1.Adrian faherty
2.Kieran fitzgerald
3.Finian hanley
4.Damien burke
5.Alan burke
6.Diarmuid blake
7.AN OTHER
8.Joe bergin
9.Greg higgins
10.Paul conroy
11.Gareth bradshaw
12.Matthew clancy
13.Sean armstrong
14.Padraig Joyce
15.Michael meehan

ballaghbuck (Galway) - Posts: 89 - 30/10/2009 03:03:34    470491

BALLAGHBUCK, you went to the trouble of creating a topic on Galway football for 2010 and picked your team,and you picked a n other at number 7,surely you could have put someone in that position after you going to all the trouble of starting this,UNBELIEVEABLE.

reteoir (Galway) - Posts: 197 - 30/10/2009 11:00:07    470597

1. Paul Doherty
2. Kieran Fitzgerald
3. Finian Hanley
4. Damien Burke
5. Alan Burke
6. Gareth Bradshaw
7. Darren Mullaghy
8. Diarmuid Blake
9. Joe Bergin
10. Niall Coleman
11. Cormac Bane
12. Paul Conroy
13. Sean Armstrong
14. Michael Meehan
15. Nicky Joyce

KK (Galway) - Posts: 29 - 30/10/2009 12:27:46    470711

Not a bad team, anyone else think Paul Conroy is not up to senior football, saw him play this year and he's no where near county standard!

Gaillimh (Galway) - Posts: 191 - 30/10/2009 12:31:01    470717

What are u on about Paul Conroy is wel fit for senior football he is up there with the best players we have at moment.

AllStar00 (Galway) - Posts: 146 - 30/10/2009 13:58:02    470835

Paul Conroy is one of the best under age footballers galway have, the lad is only 20 years of age, he'll be playin wing forward this year and this will suit him alot better.

Fballfan (Galway) - Posts: 83 - 30/10/2009 14:09:31    470855

Gaillimh what club are you from,and have you a clue about football? Noticed you havent apologised for your INCORRECT and scurrulous attack on St.James in another thread. Now your moaning about Paul Conroy,captain of our victorious All Ireland winning minor team,and a natural footballing talent,who will no doubt physically mature and benefit under Joe Kernan's guidance.Didn't agree with him being thrown in at midfield in Croker against Kerry last year,too much too soon at that point,and he is still finding his feet at senior level,but after kicking two sweet points against Donegal,he shouldn't have been substituted.A sweet stricker of the ball off either foot,he can kick points from distance. (remember who kicked the winning point against Mayo last year!)Midfield isn't his best position,but half forwardline is perfect for him.Definitely one of the County's more promising players and needs all the experience he will get playing inter County senior football.Has started for Connacht also.Should be a permanent fixture in the county team for next ten years.
Gaillimh ,you seem to be just a knocker,anything positive to say??? No sign of that apology either,so you don't admit when you are wrong either!!

carrigrua (Galway) - Posts: 363 - 30/10/2009 14:11:06    470858

Galway Football 2010.... KK, your team selection is along expected lines, however and the sooner its realised in Galway, the bulk of the players you have selected have achieved nothing at senior level over the past number of years, so rolling them out again in 2010 is unlikely to bring any success either..Lets face facts, we hav'nt gotten past the quarter finals since 2001.....The likes of Blake, Coleman, Bane, Conroy are way off intercounty standard, though Conroy might yet deliver something....its time to clear the panel out, and start again with a 3 to 4 year plan, on a team built around the likes of Tom Fahy, Eddie Hoare, Conor Doherty, Toto Griffen, Jonny Ryan, Greg Rogan, Eoin Concannon, Damian Reilly, David Reilly, John O Brien, Greg Higgins, Colin Forde, Damien Reddington, Damien Dunleavy. A new team should be given time to develop, and with some of the aforementioned players, backed up with Bradshaw, Armstrong, Meehan, and Nicky Joyce we could do so better...however i would'nt hold out much hope of a major rebuilding program happening, so in my view it will be more of the same in 2010

1. Paul Doherty
2. Kieran Fitzgerald
3. Finian Hanley
4. Damien Burke
5. Alan Burke
6. Gareth Bradshaw
7. Darren Mullaghy
8. Diarmuid Blake
9. Joe Bergin
10. Niall Coleman
11. Cormac Bane
12. Paul Conroy
13. Sean Armstrong
14. Michael Meehan
15. Nicky Joyce

Brendan Bowens (Galway) - Posts: 164 - 30/10/2009 14:25:00    470880

good man Gaillimh,you saw Paul Conroy play this year did you!!! What did you think of the 1-7 he scored in the Intermediate league match out in Oughterard,some performance wasn't it? The goal he scored that day was pure class.Nice goal he scored against Dublin in Pearse stadium too wasn't it.Remember last year and the injury time winner he kicked against Mayo in the league,and did the same in championship,not bad for a young 18 year old.
But gaillimh you have seen him play and think he is nowhere near county standard!!! What a great scout you would make!! No doubt he has played poorly too at some stages,like this years Connaught Final,and Inter final on crappy day.Give the guy a break though,plenty other lads have had the odd off game too,(esp in that Connaught Final).
Form is temporary,Class is permanent,and Conroy has abundance of the latter.
Colm Cooper,Tommy Walsh,Dara O'Shea,Declan o'Sullivan went through slumps in form ,did you question their pedigree aswell?Conroy not up to their standard yet,but give him time.............who knows! Dont be knocking our young talent just cos you seem to bear a grudge!

carrigrua (Galway) - Posts: 363 - 30/10/2009 14:43:02    470905

Carraig rua: Fair enough your a James man and have to support your own.... I have to agree Conroy is a good player and played ok last season wing forward but was totally out of it at midfield. He really needs to step it up if Galway are going to contest for SAM 2010!

Gaillimh (Galway) - Posts: 191 - 30/10/2009 15:48:38    470995

1. Paul Doherty
2. David Finnegan
3. Finian Hanley
4. Damien Burke
5. Alan Burke
6. Gareth Bradshaw
7. Darren Mullahy
8. Barry Cuillane
9. Greg Higgins / Toto Griffin
10. Damien Dunleavy / Cillian de poar
11. Sean Armstrong
12. Declan Meehan / Mattew Clancy
13. Micheal Meehan Captain
14. Joe Bergin
15. Nicky Joyce

Will have a strong bench with the likes of Paraic joyce, Diarmuid blake, Fitz, Niall coyne, Eddie Hoare , Paul conroy, Tomas fahy , Greg rogan, Gary sice,

rockindude21 (Galway) - Posts: 37 - 30/10/2009 18:03:53    471196

1. Brian Donoghue
2. Damien Burke
3. Fitzy
4. Bradshaw
5. Alan Burke
6. Blake
7. Mullahy
8. Coleman
9. Berign
10. Clancy
11. Meehan
12. Nicky Joyce
13. Armstrong
14. Joyce
15. Bane

galway5000 (Galway) - Posts: 104 - 30/10/2009 18:04:44    471198

Gaillimh...It is not only Conroy that needs to step up, at least he is young enough to try..but the above teams, My God..Not more of the same this year..Trying the same thing over and over and expecting different outcome.
Them people ypu are listing above...Not only you Gaillimh..but all these teams that are being listed..Not a hope! The best player of the lot, is only a below average player.

SAMMYTHEBULL (Galway) - Posts: 1646 - 30/10/2009 19:25:35    471283

1.B.Donoghue
2.C. Silke
3.F. Hanley
4.D. Burke
5.G.Sice
6.G.Bradshaw
7.D.Mullahey
8.T.O'Griofa
9.J.Bergin(Although...)
10.N.Joyce
11.S Armstrong
12.P Conory
13.P Joyce/D Dunleavy
14.M Meehan
15.C De Paor/D Cummins

Guys like M. Martin and D. O'Rielly on the bench to be blooded in the future, the talent thats not in the Galway panel is not as good as some posters make out, Selectors go through a long process to get the best players avaliable and players who don't make the cut clearly have not played well enough. Also i think players who got on the championship ''Dream Team'' should be looked at closely, as their the guys who proved they can play on the big occasion, along with players of proven class.

footballman22 (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 31/10/2009 12:33:12    471655

My ideal team for Galway would be this: 1. Adrian Faherty 2. Damien Burke 3. Finian Hanley 4. Kieran Fitzgerald 5. Alan Burke 6. Niall Coyne 7. Gary Sice 8. Gareth Bradshaw 9. Joe Bergin 10. Paul Conroy 11. Paraic Joyce * 12. Fiachra Breathnach * 13. Sean Armstrong 14. Micheal Meehan (C) 15. Cormac Bane Subs: GK: Paul Doherty Backs: Darren Mullahy, Diarmud Blake, Tom Fahy, etc. Mids: Greg Rogan, Toto or Greg Higgins Forwards: Nicky Joyce, Coady, Conor Doherty, Damien Dunleavy, Matthew Clancy Greg Rogan is a fabulous player and should be given a chance, but i doubt he will be thrown straight in so could well be a good impact sub with Bergin moving to full forward when he comes on maybe. * Fiachra Breathnach is some grafter and is very fit and seen as Naomh Anna are gone senior I think he will start. He is still young and is physical aswell which is what Sean O'Domhnaill wants. * PJ at 11 for one last year i think, as we are trying to build a new team we still need his experience but he cant there for any longer than one more year, we need some No.11 that can change the game like Alan Brogan for Dublin & you could always switch him into the corner for Armstrong.

GAA15 (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 31/10/2009 20:17:42    471928

Footballman22, in response to your post i think you have picked a good team, and obviously u know ur football by nominating the likes of Silke, De Paor, Cummins and Toto who all should be given a chance However i disagree with your reckoning that the selectors go through a long process to get the best players avaliable and players who don't make the cut clearly have not played well enough. I dont believe that they spend enough time at club games across all grades to really get a idea of who is performing. The notion raises the following points: 1. Does Alan Burke ever have a bad game for Corofin? Yet last season when he was brilliant all year, he was not given a chance 2. Greg Rogan was not given any chance whatsoever last year, after having a season when he was inspirational for St. Michaels at no.11 3. C De Paor has not been given any chance to show what he can do either despite being one of his clubs best players day in day out 4. Where did Niall Coyne (who is a good player) display a line of form to warrant his automatic selection at corner back? It certainly was'nt for Carna Cashel as he was'nt playing in that position for them....the decisions made by the selectors/management on the sideline after Nialls unfortunate injury were not based on any logic known to man. Had the selection commitee been watching out for corner backs showing good form at the business end of the club championship then surely Kieran McGrath or even Gary Delaney would have emerged as contenders, not to mention Fitzy, a top drawer defender who was sitting on the bench 5. Mullaghy was very good in the initial league games he was given, yet he was dropped off the team for no apparent reason 6. After taking the early stages of the league off last year due to work commitments, Niall Coleman was parachuted in for the final game against Kerry despite a lack of training. This was blatently unfair on the likes of Mark Lydon, who had been training and not to mention Greg Higgins who had'nt even been called up despite very good form for Corofin. Prior to this Tom Hughes of Killerin had been given a chance, with his opportunity hardly arising out of a red hot streak of good club form 7. Was Gary O Donnell blazing a trail for St. Colemans, or NUIG to such startling effect that it warranted automatic promotion straight up to midfield on the Galway team? I dont think u'l disagree with any of the above points?

Brendan Bowens (Galway) - Posts: 164 - 31/10/2009 22:38:56    472021

None of the selections posted here have a midfield pairing capable of lifting Sam theres our problem.Ballaghbuck naming A.N.Other at no 7.....hiliarous!

Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 31/10/2009 23:58:49    472061

Gaillimh - What? are you mad?

Starie1975 (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 01/11/2009 09:30:32    472104

Its my opinion, and I can voice it like everyone else.

Gaillimh (Galway) - Posts: 191 - 01/11/2009 16:12:01    472292

In response to Brendan Bowens, your points are valid and well educated. However, the point i'm trying to make is that selectors can't just not pick players because they have played poorly at inter-county level previously, if their playing well for their club they can't just be ignored. i.e Gary O'Donnell was very good for Tuam throughout the year.The point I'm making about the selectors is, for example, people talk about Galways midfield problems, which would suggest a new midfield s needed, however if Joe Bergin does'nt play midfield for Galway aftre his year for M/M, eyebrows will be raised, however Joe has never really been outstanding for Galway i lar na pairce. Therefore selectors have a hard choice to make. Niall Coyne has been treated unfairly by previous management, players should be played in their best positions, and the full back line is not where a player with the qualities of Niall belongs. He is clearly a wing-back, or a defensive wing forward. Well i hope Big Joe can sort out all these problems!

GAILLIMH ABU.

footballman22 (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 01/11/2009 18:56:55    472393