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I know of one for sure and that's been in the mill since Sept/Oct. Not sure of the other 2 you are referring to.
ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1572 - 10/12/2021 15:27:33 2392322 Link 0 |
Reported in the Indo today that Peter Cooke won't be involved as he will be abroad in 2022. galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1241 - 15/12/2021 10:03:01 2392861 Link 0 |
Peter Cooke a significant loss. He was very good for Moycullen in the knockout stages of the club championship. Capable of kicking 2 or 3 points from midfield any day. Presume his work has taken him abroad again? Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2216 - 15/12/2021 13:20:27 2392916 Link 0 |
big loss. he got better with every game last year. on a positive note Mcdaid is back according to the same report. was there a panel announced or where is this coming from? Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1829 - 15/12/2021 13:46:04 2392921 Link 0 |
Anyone have a list of people involved in the panel at this stage? Prob not, but there is a lot of rumours going about. Would be nice to know of new guys brought in and guys who have stepped away. GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 190 - 15/12/2021 15:17:48 2392933 Link 0 |
Comer not involved this year also according to sources, a few of the 2020 u20 winning team have been called up. gaillimhboy (Galway) - Posts: 339 - 16/12/2021 13:09:13 2393010 Link 0 |
He was training tuesday night
Nogoal (Galway) - Posts: 62 - 16/12/2021 21:49:36 2393052 Link 1 |
Any new faces involved?
galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1241 - 17/12/2021 10:14:16 2393062 Link 0 |
I admire the blind optimism and faith some fans are conjuring up for 2022. FallenStar (Galway) - Posts: 414 - 17/12/2021 11:29:28 2393078 Link 1 |
Some journey for Cian O Neill, must be costing a fortune in diesel. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 17/12/2021 12:09:16 2393082 Link 1 |
Surely Galway will bring in a good few more of the very talented u20 team from 2020 this year. Tierney had a great year last year but he was the only one nailed down a starting position along with Paul Kelly. Jack Glynn and Cathal Sweeney were in and out of the team, you'd imagine they'll push on and play a bigger role this year. A few out of Conor Flaherty, Sean Fitzgerald, Tony Gill (although he doesn't start for Corofin?), Cian Hernon, Conor Raftery and Tomo Culhane should break in this year. Will Michael Daly return? Also a fit John Daly would be huge, he's one of the very best centre backs in the country. Cooke is a big loss but Galway have loads of talent and I think are underachieving. I think Galway have more talent than Mayo if they can get it right. I'll be very interested to see how they do this year. Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 958 - 18/12/2021 12:26:48 2393138 Link 0 |
Thats the thing we have a lot of young talent but i dont think we have a proper develpment plan in place Those lads have beaten mayo teams in minor and u20 we played in 3 minor all ire finals and won a u20 all ire But james horan and mayo have developed their young lads into senior players They must have a plan in place because some of their young lads have passed our ones out rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 18/12/2021 18:34:49 2393197 Link 1 |
Galway do have a lot of talent. They also have Padraig Joyce as Manager though.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2168 - 18/12/2021 19:24:59 2393207 Link 3 |
The Mayo News showed a picture of Tommy Conroy this summer and last summer and the difference was striking. Not huge bulk but way more powerful looking and still lean. Boy to a man stuff. Signs were on him too with his performances this year. They seem to have nailed the S&C. We wont get all the U20's coming through but a couple of lads look to have huge potential. I'm repeating myself but McLaughlin from Moycullen looks to be the potential star. I think some that played senior last year have plenty room for development. I don't mean that in "they were rubbish last year" way but i definitely think they have potential to physically develop and when that happens you often find decision making on the field gets better because fatigue levels are not as high. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1829 - 20/12/2021 14:59:36 2393332 Link 0 |
The S&C programmes most top counties are laying out for their county panels wouldn't be hugely different. The support the players get to help them stick to the plan, could differ quite a bit though, depending on resources and planning. I'm referring to nutrition, access to facilities for rehab or recovery, physios etc. There's also the complete buy-in needed from the players. I've mentioned it before, but a lot of S&C is what's done as an individual. Monotonous prehab, flexibility and injury prevention work. This supports all of the more strenuous group work from which they'll then see better results. Mayo have definitely been well ahead of us in recent years on this front, but I think a lot of it comes from whether the players have fully bought-in to the management team's plans. If they haven't, you're up against it big time. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2043 - 20/12/2021 19:48:14 2393365 Link 1 |
Overall development of players has a foundation from the Development squads up, at least it has in other counties. With the successful counties like Dublin, Tyrone, Kerry etc it is based on structures laid out at Development level. In Kerry for example each team will have a M'ment group of at least 5 or six that will start at U14 & go all the way through. They then follow programmes that are replicated by all regional squads year on year & monitored by their GDO/GPO's. So certain age groups it is about skill development & spatial awareness, other age groups tactical & on to strength & conditioning etc. Each M'ment team is graded accordingly then. In Galway there are no structures. Each group heads off & does their own thing, coaches making it up as they go along. No assessment of coaches, no standards, no plan. Then for Tedd Webb or Minor/U17 if a good group comes along the usual glory hunters descend to take over a team. The reason a lot of very talented teams haven't got over the line in All Ireland finals is because at some stage the weakness's that weren't worked on over the whole period of development come through. Galway clubs have produced a plethora of very talented players over the last few years but it hasn't produced the results it should have. The blame for this lies with the Football Board, Coaching & Games Promotion who never put structures in place. Counties with smaller population bases including Mayo have brought more players through, better skilled, fitter & better conditioned. Galway lads thinking because they hammered these lads at U14,15,16,17 that they will walk all over them & then get a shock at Senior level. James Horan introduced 16 new players last year & they looked a different level. Another mistake in Galway is pandering to lads who can't make their minds up, positions held for lads until they have finished playing basketball or soccer & other lads dropped. Very simple, no matter how talented you are if your not committed, you shouldn't be there. As for putting structures in place now, it's way too late, look at the Post Primary Schools draws, only 2 Galway schools in Senior A, most Galway schools in B & especially C, with one school with a good past record of producing County players now playing D level. INTO Schools officers who have done massive work for the GAA at schools level will tell you that the most professional coaches coming to the schools now are from rugby & that the kids love it. They will also tell you that despite the GAA being their first love, the coaching set up is not as it should be. Drop out rates at club level in Galway from U16 to Junior level are really high. The club with biggest population pick in Connacht gave a number of walk overs this year. No point people singling out S & C, the blame lies in the fact that there are no structures for overall Development in place & haven't been for a long time. The clue lies in the word, Development ! The contrast of this has been a particular coaching officer from the Portumna area who in my opinion has been the bedrock on which a lot of the hurling success has been built on. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 21/12/2021 14:21:24 2393407 Link 3 |
Brilliant post you have hit the nail on the head and your mention of guys being pandered to re other sports I have experienced this first hand where you bring young players to several trials and training sessions only to see guys turning up on the last session and making the team nevermind the panel while lads that's spent weeks training are dropped minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 224 - 21/12/2021 18:44:55 2393432 Link 1 |
moc.dna - agree with a lot of your points but in Galway there is a lot of players who have the pick of rugby, soccer, hurling etc. Even fan base we are up against Connacht rugby, Galway Untied, Galway hurtling etc. So when you work out the number of football players (solely dedicated) in both Galway and Mayo I'd say there would be very little in it. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1572 - 21/12/2021 19:03:25 2393434 Link 0 |
Thanks Kerry 15 for highlighting the good young players in the County from that under 20 team I had forgotton some of them. However I cant see too many of them getting game time this year and I'll explain why I think so. Padraig Joyce is entering his third year in charge and I feel he is in the last chance saloon. Galway have been underwhelming in the last eighteen months and unless PJ can produce something very special this year that will be the end of his foray into inter county management. Can he turn things around? I would hope so, after all he started very promisingly before everything went pear shaped with the Covid lockdown. Plus I would hope that O Neill would bring something with the semblance of a game plan to the table. I would say that PJs most important job is to get all the main players on board and if this involves a small bit of humble pie so be it, seventyniner (Galway) - Posts: 41 - 21/12/2021 20:14:17 2393445 Link 0 |
Mayo seem to be better organised as regards young players i would say that since last year horan has a lot to do with that He seems to have most young players on a development programme And hes doing it by working with the clubs involved too its clear to see the huge improvement in those young players The no of them who have played senior for mayo proves that not alone that but they have allready played in 2 all ire finals rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 22/12/2021 09:41:25 2393458 Link 1 |