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Rather than forget it, I had literally made the point that they struggled in a few games against teams they were expected to beat more comfortably. They rose to the occasion when the stakes were highest though. I'd also echo the comment above that Strokestown are far from a poor team. Roscommon winners are always highly competitive and have a better recent record than the Mayo champions. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2034 - 10/12/2022 09:15:30 2450008 Link 0 |
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Of All the Players People Have Mentioned To Compete For a Place Billy Mannion is the one Player I Want to See Given A Chance He Has Been Very Good For Mountbellew The Last Few Years He Is a Very Good Defender Good Man Marker He is Also Very Good on The Ball Calm and Composed It Was a Mystery to Me Why he Did Not Play in League or Championship Until That is The All IRE Quarter final in Extra Time Crazy i Know But In That Short time He Set up A Goal For Cillian Mc Daid and and also set up a Point He Could if Hes Given A Run of Games Do a Job in the Full Back Line for Galway Therefore Freeing up Sean Kelly To Be More Advanced and Show His Ability rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 10/12/2022 14:15:35 2450038 Link 1 |
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I think Sean kelly best position is in full back line he rarely kicks the ball which in my opinion is vital if ur in halfback line in full back line u get away with it , Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 832 - 10/12/2022 17:26:27 2450066 Link 0 |
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Wouldn't be in the slightest bit impressed by the quality in that Ulster final yesterday. Can say Moycullen winning at their ease. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 179 - 12/12/2022 13:45:23 2450187 Link 0 |
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Would love to see a Crokes Moycullen final just to see a battle between Shane and Sean Kelly. That would be worth the admission alone. Moycullen probably in a 50-50 game against Glen although Moycullen probably have a better balance to their 15. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 672 - 12/12/2022 15:25:22 2450208 Link 0 |
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The fact that on his debut in a QF he relaxed so much into the game is brilliant. Plenty of lads have the talent but not the head to match. Nerves can get the better of even the best of lads. That pass to Cillian was perfect. Definitely want to see more of him
galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 12/12/2022 15:47:30 2450213 Link 1 |
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The intensity in the contest was impressive was as close to inter County game you would likely get this time of the year and Glen holding the defending All-Ireland champions to a mere 1-6 was impressive. Cooke v Glass makes for intriguing match up. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3337 - 12/12/2022 16:42:55 2450226 Link 2 |
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Glen will be warm favourites against Moycullen I feel. They have an awful lot of hype around them at the moment. And they are a good side in fairness. I think Moycullen have a right decent chance though and of course Derry teams have an absolutely woeful record against Galway sides in general. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2208 - 12/12/2022 19:24:15 2450241 Link 1 |
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NUIG with a very strong panel in this Sigerson. Could retain it with the strength they have. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 672 - 14/12/2022 16:26:48 2450421 Link 1 |
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All perspiration with very little inspiration was the Ulster final. Quality was lower than a snakes belly. It was exciting don't get me wrong but hard to be blown away by any class.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 179 - 14/12/2022 16:56:52 2450427 Link 0 |
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Just wondering about people's opinions on the top Gaa clubs in Galway. Separate top 10 for football . Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 14/12/2022 18:49:27 2450438 Link 0 |
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how far off a return is james mcloughlin. it is a long time since his operation. didnt realise it was that serious at the time. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1826 - 15/12/2022 08:47:30 2450450 Link 0 |
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Very hard to rank these. For Corofin, you could argue they are top because of their high retention rate of players. Keeping their players playing adult football, which is definitely helped by the many options of adult teams they have, for lads of all standards and interest levels. Dunmore deserve serious credit for the work they have put in recently. I think any rural club should look at Dunmore as a great example of what can be done with small numbers and a club wanting to improve and work together for the betterment of the club. Claregalway have improved at holding onto young talents and I think they will continue to improve as there seems to be an increased community feel to the club in recent years. However, their drop off rate for various reasons has been noticeably poor. They would have multiple Frank Foxs if they held on to all of their underage talent in recent years. S/K the same, but you will always have a higher drop out rate in the city. And to be fair to S/K they have brought through a young team full of new leaders, so they can be saved some criticism here. M/M similar to Corofin, need to be applauded for their retention rate of players. Always in the business end of championship and wouldnt have huge numbers. Killanin doing well based on numbers. Annaghdown are a club with a big playing base who havent done much in underage in recent years. From speaking to an Annaghdown man, it is an issue they need to address soon. In saying that, they have been introducing one or two to the senior panel every year recently and that is key for any club. St Michaels are doing well based on what they have. I'm sure they would love to retain more players but again this is an obvious issue in city clubs. Milltown need to be credited for punching above their weight in recent years. Their underage is struggling and I would assume they have the oldest panel in senior football, and only for luck and the way the fixtures fell, they would have been in the last 8 again. That's an achievement in itself. Impossible to rank these clubs as there are a lot of different factors to consider. Do you rank Claregalway higher than Milltown? A club with multiple underage teams per age group, or a team struggling desperately for numbers who are consistent at senior level? Unless there is a clear weighting system, it is very hard to put one 'over' the other. All clubs are trying their best and have different issues that effect them. GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 190 - 15/12/2022 11:35:47 2450469 Link 2 |
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Do you Know Whos in The Panel Is There Many From Galway rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 15/12/2022 12:09:29 2450473 Link 0 |
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1 Colin Murray Mountbellew Galway 2 Conor Carroll Oranmore Roscommon 3 Rory Egan Edenderry Offaly 4 Cathal Donoghue Kilcormac Offaly 5 Cian Monaghan Oughterard Galway 6 Ryan Monaghan Oughterard Galway 7 Donal Hunt Salthill Galway 8 Mark McInerney Eire Og Clare 9 Gavin Burke Corofin Galway 10 Patrick O Donnell Aran Galway 11 Darragh Heneghan Michael Glaveys Roscommon 12 Liam Brady Ramor United Cavan 13 Evan Lyons Shamrock Gaels Sligo 14 Cathal Sweeney Salthill Galway 15 Eoghan Kelly Moycullen Galway 16 Paul McGrath St.Brigid's Roscommon 17 Sean Kelly Moycullen Galway 18 Tomo Culhane Salthill Galway 19 Sean O Flynn Courtwood Laois 20 Paul Kelly Moycullen Galway 21 Diarmuid Kilcommins Annaghdown Galway 22 Tommy Conroy The Neale Mayo 23 Matthew Tierney Oughterard Galway 24 Nathan Mullen Mullinabreena Sligo 25 Shane McGrath Dunmore Galway 26 Conor Dunleavy Balla Mayo 27 Conor Corcoran Moycullen Galway 28 Cillian Golding Balla Mayo 29 Cillian O Curraoin Micheal Breathnach 30 Conal Gallagher St Michaels Galway 31 Rob Walzer Salthill Galway 32 James McLoughlin Moycullen Galway 33 Mark Moran Westport Mayo 34 Dan Cox Moycullen Galway 35 Daniel Flaherty Salthill Galway GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 190 - 15/12/2022 12:42:43 2450479 Link 0 |
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Matthew Tierney, Culhane and Cathal Sweeney are still there along with Donal Hunt (Salthill), Gavin Burke, Colin Murray, Diarmuid Kilcommins so a lot of last year's winning side. Add in Tommy Conroy and Mark Moran from Mayo as well. They also have six Moycullen lads who will play some part in the competition with Sean Kelly, Paul Kelly, Eoghan Kelly, James McLoughlin, Conor Corcoran and Daniel Cox. 20 of the 35 are from Galway.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 672 - 15/12/2022 12:44:03 2450480 Link 0 |
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The top 10 doesn't need to be in any order in reality.. It's a numbers game .. Claregalway have large numbers of coaches and players compared to Milltown Kilconly etc . Milltown had a great win in Minor this year, and indeed are punchng above their weight at senior. There's a great community spirit in all these clubs, they are all working hard with what they have. Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 15/12/2022 14:01:35 2450492 Link 0 |
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Was wondering that myself. He's been out for a good while now. Played a small bit in the FBD last January but has barely been since since. I know he had surgery at some stage but thought he would be back by now.
Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2208 - 15/12/2022 15:25:13 2450499 Link 0 |
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Round 1 and 2 of the Sigerson cup on 10th and 17th of January if Moycullen reach the All-Ireland final it will be played on the 21st so can imagine those lads will have little or no involvement?
Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 15/12/2022 16:09:46 2450505 Link 0 |
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Not sure what game you watched. Was plenty of inspiration in the term of team defending and midfield play and the winners Glenn was clinical when when they needed to be. It will be interesting to see how Glen and Moycullens style of play transfers into Croke Park its could well be two well matched teams cancelling each other out. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3337 - 15/12/2022 16:15:34 2450507 Link 1 |