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Might be in the minority on this one but I can't see Corofin being Connacht winners anytime soon. Sice, Farragher, Lundy, Steede will all be gone. Lot of miles on the clock for Wall, Cunningham, Daithi, Silke, Leonard etc. Ian Burke not likely to be available in near future and they didn't really trust the young lads yesterday with Egan taken off and Gill only a late sub. I think Sean Kelly not playing the county final was the deciding factor and Moycullen will be comfortable favourites next year. Salthill will be coming with new management, Mountbellew won't go away and Claregalway will get it together. I think time will prove it is still a major rebuild in Corofin and as the odds suggested in this years county final, it was a bit of a fluke to catch Moycullen off guard.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 739 - 04/12/2023 13:45:51 2515468 Link 0 |
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I agree St Brigids were the better team on the day. No complaints or excuses from me. Best of luck going forward.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2198 - 04/12/2023 13:57:14 2515469 Link 1 |
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Management didn't seem to trust the older guard yesterday either it seems. Ian Burke, Jason Leonard and Dylan Canney were all big losses but why weren't the likes of Eddie Steede and Martin Farragher introduced as both are big game players who have seen it all and won it all before?
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 04/12/2023 14:04:06 2515471 Link 0 |
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Corofin in crisis surely!! You could argue that the Joe Brolly PR wing is the only dept. really operating on overdrive in the entire club. At least no one on here will be wondering where Kevin Johnson lives, after that display yesterday.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3725 - 04/12/2023 14:10:42 2515472 Link 0 |
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Hasn't Ian Burke as many miles on the clock as most of that second lishhht? Gas that when fellas are unavailable, no one will question their milometer readings at all, they're so focused on the 'unavailability' problem.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3725 - 04/12/2023 14:16:46 2515476 Link 0 |
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Yes I did and I thought most of the frees awarded to Brigid's were dubious at best. I saw perfectly good tackles by Corofin players given as fouls - some of those Brigid's players were barely touched, fell over and hey presto they get a "free". It will be interesting going forward if that is the case with another ref.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 04/12/2023 14:36:05 2515483 Link 0 |
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That's some chip you have on your shoulder there. I wonder if you were so annoyed when Parnell's had lads from Mayo and Laois joining them? Or when Kildare were recruiting outsiders in the late 90s? If you knew anything about Galway football you'd know that Shane Walsh owes his home club nothing. Ailteoir (Galway) - Posts: 873 - 04/12/2023 15:08:39 2515486 Link 0 |
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No complaints on the way it was reffed. Brigid's were the better team by some distance.
Ailteoir (Galway) - Posts: 873 - 04/12/2023 15:13:29 2515488 Link 0 |
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HAHAHAHAHA
Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1717 - 04/12/2023 15:35:12 2515492 Link 1 |
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Corofin can be happy with their season, still think the balance of the team isn't where they want it to be, not enough forwards in the team. TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 273 - 04/12/2023 16:09:41 2515498 Link 0 |
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Eddie Steede is 58
Galwaymaster9 (Galway) - Posts: 397 - 04/12/2023 17:33:33 2515507 Link 0 |
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I agree Corofin have had a good year. To be back again in the Provincial final is a good achievement for the club. It's not easy to keep coming back year after year at the top level. Brolly didn't do them any favours with his ridiculous assertion that they might save football which I'm sure gave a lot of motivation to their opponents. They were very poor at midfield and yesterday wasn't a good day for Liam Silke. They will be a strong team in Galway and Connacht in the years to come. They don't owe anything to anyone.
crafty (Galway) - Posts: 253 - 04/12/2023 18:39:15 2515519 Link 0 |
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Bernie not the answer.. any goalie or midfielder around?? Howardhunt1 (Galway) - Posts: 78 - 04/12/2023 21:16:58 2515532 Link 0 |
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Agree - a lot of unhelpful rubbish written by Brolly. Just a flat day at the office. If we scored our scorable frees and performed as we usually do on the kickout we would have won. But we didn't. Good luck to Brigid's. Their county players were all excellent. PierreBezuhov (UK) - Posts: 226 - 05/12/2023 10:09:58 2515566 Link 0 |
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Apologies Ronan Steede but Eddie may have even done a better job out there compared to some of them the last day! lol
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 05/12/2023 10:10:43 2515567 Link 0 |
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Corofin a shadow of their former selves. Too risk averse and reluctant to kick the ball. Conor Cunningham missed numerous goal chances. Lost midfield and missed their dead balls. Not good enough. MapleSyrup (Galway) - Posts: 165 - 05/12/2023 10:14:07 2515568 Link 1 |
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That is true and it probably brings up the issue of the standard of club football in Galway, they hammered Caherlistrane and Salthill in group games and beat Moycullen who were only missing Sean Kelly on the day and they themselves were missing 3 or 4 key of their own starting forwards in the county final.
GDL (Galway) - Posts: 751 - 05/12/2023 11:16:54 2515582 Link 0 |
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The Corofin team(s) we seen from 2013-19 never likely be seen again. A period that won 7 Galway titles in a row, 4 Connacht titles in 5 years and 4 All Ireland titles won in 6 years. I'll have to watch the game back a 3rd time to see these numerous goal chances missed. The one I recall in the first half against the run of play a foul really should have been called as Conor Cunningham made about 10 steps before taking on that shot on that came off the crossbar. Sunday was just another chapter in the Roscommon v Galway keenly contested and competitive rivalry. At both club and county level really nothing between the two counties, All on the day and matches between the sides never easy to call. Next competitive meeting (I don't count the waste of time FBD comp played indoors) will be the NFL Div 1 meeting on the first weekend in Feb. While it's disappointing for Corofin to make their exit on the plus side Padraic Joyce chances of winning that match will now be boosted by having Corofin players available for selection and if St Brigids go on to reach the AI final they won't be available for Roscommon. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 175 - 05/12/2023 18:02:56 2515643 Link 2 |
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That's very true. Corofin deserve great credit for bringing all their young players through with a great emphasis on competitiveness and skill. Their contribution to schools and colleges is legendary. They are always magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat. Their supporters are rightly very proud of their teams and add to the collective. Long may it continue...
Really (Galway) - Posts: 610 - 05/12/2023 19:13:09 2515647 Link 1 |
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Not quite true they were also missing No 14 N Walsh who was one of the highest scorers from play in this years championship also M O'Reilly who played most if not all games in 22 but I'm told was recovering from surgery and only played very few minutes in semi and final either of whom I imagine would have been of great benefit to their attack. Missing top line players has an impact on all teams as we saw in Co final and Connacht final. backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 88 - 05/12/2023 21:27:44 2515667 Link 1 |