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Replying To Sportsfanatic90:  "MB are not a small club. The stretch 18km along the main road from spiddal to rosaveel.
They aren't much smaller than moycullen. Way bigger than monivea dunmore cortoon and many others.

Not taking away from their achievements fair play to them, but none of this David v Goliath nonsense"
It's a large enough area alright but not the most populated to be fair. Most of that area is empty bar the houses along the road. Population of Rossavel is only about 200 odd. Lot more in Inverin alright.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2484 - 07/02/2026 13:37:07    2655329

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Replying To galwayman2:  "Anyone know of any challenges the minors have coming up?
Connacht league is a thing of the past these days so no real way to watch them in action prior to championship other than word of mouth challenges"
Had a challenge match today against Tyrone they had a good win better football played than against Meath the last day

Galwayforsam26 (Galway) - Posts: 4 - 07/02/2026 14:53:26    2655339

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Kerry v Galway the live game on RTE next Saturday.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2484 - 07/02/2026 23:22:45    2655446

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Not sure if it true heard Shane Walsh out for rest league and also Darcy out for 4/ 5 weeks which if true is rest of league,, and we already know Damien comer out. For league in reality we have though that anyway

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1127 - 08/02/2026 12:33:43    2655481

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Replying To Crashingwaves:  "MB is a dual club unlike the ones you mentioned in North Galway."
Monivea is effectively a dual club for the purposes of this argument. 2 separate clubs but 1 parish.

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1026 - 08/02/2026 14:33:25    2655501

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Replying To anotheralias:  "Monivea is effectively a dual club for the purposes of this argument. 2 separate clubs but 1 parish."
Monivea/Abbey have a huge catchment area picks up players from Turloughmore right over to Kilimordaly . I wouldn't put them in the small rural club bracket at underage

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 131 - 08/02/2026 14:42:09    2655504

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Can I ask how a club such as Michael Breathnachs is expected to field a team in the U17 league when six players are involved with county squads? As seen last year, the U17 Connacht Championship runs concurrently with the U17 club league, meaning players committed to county panels are unavailable to their clubs during this period.

While the absence of 3 or 4 ayers may have little impact on numbers for larger clubs such as Claregalway or Oranmore, the effect on smaller clubs is far more significant. For clubs like MBs, Caherlistrane, or Dunmore, losing several players to county commitments can be the difference between being able to field a team or not.

This overlap creates an imbalance within the competition and places smaller clubs at a clear disadvantage, which is unfair to both clubs and players involved.

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 131 - 08/02/2026 16:41:42    2655527

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Replying To Kickitout:  "Not sure if it true heard Shane Walsh out for rest league and also Darcy out for 4/ 5 weeks which if true is rest of league,, and we already know Damien comer out. For league in reality we have though that anyway"
havent heard but i was convinved he was limping aftet mayo game and during Armagh game.He was definitley not walking properly after the Armagh game.

fairplay4ever (Galway) - Posts: 457 - 08/02/2026 19:16:24    2655545

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Replying To WonTon5:  "Can I ask how a club such as Michael Breathnachs is expected to field a team in the U17 league when six players are involved with county squads? As seen last year, the U17 Connacht Championship runs concurrently with the U17 club league, meaning players committed to county panels are unavailable to their clubs during this period.

While the absence of 3 or 4 ayers may have little impact on numbers for larger clubs such as Claregalway or Oranmore, the effect on smaller clubs is far more significant. For clubs like MBs, Caherlistrane, or Dunmore, losing several players to county commitments can be the difference between being able to field a team or not.

This overlap creates an imbalance within the competition and places smaller clubs at a clear disadvantage, which is unfair to both clubs and players involved."
The U17 league is for development, so it should benefit the rest of the panel who will get more game time. This should stand to them come championship. Nobody should be too bothered about who wins a minor league. The players will be available for championship, which is the main thing. Even at that, the minor championship is also for development but it is special to win one. Especially for clubs who wouldn't be regular contenders, but might get a talented group once in a while.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2719 - 08/02/2026 23:31:59    2655579

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Replying To Kickitout:  "Not sure if it true heard Shane Walsh out for rest league and also Darcy out for 4/ 5 weeks which if true is rest of league,, and we already know Damien comer out. For league in reality we have though that anyway"
Tbh, with the young talent coming on stream, I think we need to be looking beyond Comer and Walsh. Giving McGlinchey and McGrath game time should be a priority. No sham - no Sam. No shaft - no craft..

AnCrúiscínLán (Galway) - Posts: 111 - 09/02/2026 00:08:05    2655581

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