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Any predictions on this weekend s intermediate games? padthepostman (Galway) - Posts: 150 - 11/08/2023 21:06:52 2500122 Link 0 |
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Moycullen to beat St James, Corofin to beat Killanin, and Salthill Knocknacara to beat Caherlistrane? Should be a good afternoon watching it anyhow
Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 12/08/2023 12:51:20 2500181 Link 0 |
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Kilconly ,Monivea Abbey, Caltra to beat Corofin if they have the Mannions which i believe they will definitley have one of them.(Corofin lost McCabe and McHugh two weeks ago).Draw between Carraroe and Glenamaddy,Breathnachs to beat Cortoon,Williamstown /Ballygar a toss up but think Ballygar will have just enough. Oranmore will fancy themselves against Gabriels. Not sure who ive left out.
fairplay4ever (Galway) - Posts: 432 - 12/08/2023 13:27:02 2500185 Link 0 |
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Fantastic to see Michael Daly back on the pitch today. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 886 - 12/08/2023 14:53:53 2500198 Link 1 |
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Corofin looked very laboured for long stages today. Not a clue what Power was at for the Kilannin goal. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 886 - 12/08/2023 18:01:18 2500215 Link 0 |
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Agreed, Corofin looked heavy legged, but they appear to be resting players with a lot of new inexperienced senior players getting game time. For the Killannin goal It looked like he was advancing to cut the angle he just slipped and Patsy with a super finish. Power's kickouts were outstanding, he hit one in the second half and it landed just outside the Killannin D and the ones in the first half into a wind were impressive. Liam Silke and Johnny Heaney the two outstanding players in the game, Molloy continues to look fitter as the summer moves on. Game was a very poor standard, Moycullen and Mountbellew still look like the two best teams.
GDL (Galway) - Posts: 797 - 12/08/2023 18:51:11 2500222 Link 0 |
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Looking at some of the scoring in senior championship so far or the lack of scoring it's absolutely cat bad these teams are training since feb st michael got a goal after 4 mins and 1 more point in 56 mins it's not just them intermediate Jusr as bad at least the S/C is working ,,,, Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1061 - 12/08/2023 19:17:55 2500227 Link 0 |
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Moycullen team were super fit today, great passing and great speed. That team today don't even need Cooke or Sean Kelly. They will be the ones to beat Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 12/08/2023 21:37:55 2500240 Link 0 |
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Terrible conditions, wind, rain & a solid Mountbellew defence would have a bit to do with that
Donaldtrump (Galway) - Posts: 252 - 12/08/2023 23:11:26 2500254 Link 0 |
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They looked good in parts but look primed for a long run, Gallagher running the show, DC's goal was a very good finish, he got some handy frees around the D but nailed them. Others will have noted the physicality Conroy brought and not all the Moycullen lads liked it, Mountbellew, Tuam and or Corofin will match them for fitness and will physically match them and won't stand off them. Will Cooke return, Kelly will add a different dimension when he returns. Avoiding injuries and player fatigue will be crucial.
GDL (Galway) - Posts: 797 - 12/08/2023 23:37:12 2500258 Link 1 |
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INTERMEDIATE...
galway2015 (Galway) - Posts: 67 - 13/08/2023 06:41:10 2500268 Link 0 |
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I think I made the same point after the 1st round. But at least yesterday the weather was a big contributor. St Michael's missed a number of chances that they would have easily scored on another day and made the score more respectable. Just one other note . Yes 11 and 10 points is a poor return for teams of the calibre of mtbellew and corofin but I revert to my comment about conditions. Note that 11 points is more scores than mtbellew got in winning the county final of 1986 (cumulative score across the draw and the replay!)
anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 981 - 13/08/2023 11:08:25 2500280 Link 1 |
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Corofin did enough, Power slipped for the goal, it made rotten showers in Pearse stadium yesterday so the underfoot conditions were cat. The score line flatters Killanin a little TBH, Corofin left 2 sitters of goals behind them from Liam Silke and Mike Farragher, another day they go in and Killanin are buried with 15 mins left to play. Ciaran Brady in midfield for Corofin made some savage high catches from kick outs yesterday, Molloy did well with his 2 points, Johnny Heaney was decent. Power got some great kick outs away and Leonard and Mc Hugh were steady. You get the feeling Corofin are playing the long game though, doing enough to get the job done and exposing a lot of young lads to senior football before the real deal starts after the group stages. GalwayLurker (Galway) - Posts: 109 - 13/08/2023 14:01:54 2500294 Link 0 |
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Big win for Claregalway here at Tuam Stadium. Tuam surprisingly flat. It will be a battle in the group for 2nd place after Mountbellew. Dunmore v Tuam will be a big local derby. Michael's won't fear Tuam and Claregalway will fancy turning Michael's and Dunmore over. I reckon Tuam will have to beat Mountbellew now to get out of the group. GDL (Galway) - Posts: 797 - 13/08/2023 17:48:00 2500314 Link 0 |
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That's very poor from Tuam defensively. Claregalway could have been there for hours the last day against Mountbellew and they wouldn't have come anywhere close to scoring what they got today. The gap between the top 2-3 and everyone else is massive. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 886 - 13/08/2023 18:33:55 2500323 Link 0 |
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The club scene at senior is in disarray. You have your top 3/4 teams then mid range and then bottom 3/4 teams. The league arrangement as it is only adds to this disconnect, 1 up down in league how are the likes of barna annaghdown James dunmore going to compete when they are stuck down the leagues, yes if their good enough and all that but it should be at least 2 up 2 down or 3 up/down so there is movement and teams are mixing it with different teams every year. Senior teams scoring 1.1 and 1.4 & 8 points isn't saying much for the quality in Galway. Mm moycullen corrofin and the rest are miles off salthill included Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 228 - 13/08/2023 20:56:25 2500356 Link 0 |
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Where can you find the dates for the upcoming fixtures for the clubs? Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 14/08/2023 00:45:09 2500382 Link 0 |
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Sure that's the case in almost every county championship. A handful of teams capable of winning it, a middle tier who could maybe spring one surprise but don't have the quality to win it out, and a batch of teams battling for survival. It's very rare that any county championship will have a large group of teams with genuine aspirations of being county champions. If there is, it's usually one where the quality is low across the board. Our top 3 teams are of a very high standard. Corofin have been exceptional when coming out of Galway, Moycullen won Connacht at their first attempt last year and M/M were extremely unlucky not to have a provincial title a couple of years ago. You'd do well to name a few counties with 3 club teams as strong. Maybe Dublin, but I can't think of any others. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2317 - 14/08/2023 08:34:34 2500393 Link 1 |
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Claregalway were missing a good few players for the Mountbellew game who returned for Tuam but would have to agree that Tuam defensively were very bad. They are in mega trouble if McWalter got injured. State of Galway Club Football is very depressing. MapleSyrup (Galway) - Posts: 165 - 14/08/2023 09:44:26 2500401 Link 0 |
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They were very exposed all game at the back.. Claregalway were not much better, but did enough. The post above regarding the standards in Galway club football is very true.. Top 2 or 3 and the rest playing at a much lower level.. Galwaymaster9 (Galway) - Posts: 397 - 14/08/2023 09:47:10 2500402 Link 0 |