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Comhghairdeachas Duckie! The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 872 - 03/11/2026 16:30:41 2699351 Link
Replying To ValPadden: "Younger players didn't get a look in when it mattered last year. Shane McGrath came in as a sub on 67 mins vs Dublin. Otherwise, it was the old brigade. It's a lot worse than "ok" in terms of Galways use of u20 players." Just wondering if anyone has the league fixtures for next year I know they Kerry first home think away Meath ( croke park ) also think they have Armagh , Donegal and cork home and away mayo and Ross but don't know in which order I seen on Ross page they playing 28th Feb Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1191 - 03/11/2026 18:09:08 2699357 Link
Replying To Eire89: "OK is not enough nor will it have us winning an all ireland." OK was enough for Mayo at U20 level. Remains to be seen will Fitzmaurice be the manager to place his trust in starting few U20s come the business end of the championship. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 1011 - 03/11/2026 18:28:46 2699360 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "OK was enough for Mayo at U20 level. Remains to be seen will Fitzmaurice be the manager to place his trust in starting few U20s come the business end of the championship." Don't think what Mayo did at u20 is of any relevance. They'd a couple of generational players last year and were focused on senior. Look ahead to 2027 and hopefully Galway can unearth a few young guns and actually play them ValPadden (Galway) - Posts: 18 - 03/11/2026 20:26:38 2699372 Link
Seems like this is Galway's fixture list for the league. Not too bad on paper. 4 home games. Not much travel really. Although I think Galway have generally played better away from home in the league in recent years. Galway v Kerry Meath v Galway in Croke Park Mayo v Galway Galway v Armagh Roscommon v Galway Galway v Donegal Galway v Cork Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2579 - 03/11/2026 20:53:01 2699374 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "OK was enough for Mayo at U20 level. Remains to be seen will Fitzmaurice be the manager to place his trust in starting few U20s come the business end of the championship." Depends if they're good enough. There is no point putting lads in if they're not. Not too many u20s are ready straight away for senior, Lets not get carried away here - Mayo had just two under 20s involved. Kobe was clearly good enough and was destined to be a superstar - a blind man could tell you that whilst Darragh Beirne was also flagged from his minor days and crucially for them was a left footed free taker which they didn't have. That's what got him into the team. galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1417 - 04/11/2026 08:30:41 2699386 Link
Replying To galwayman2: "Depends if they're good enough. There is no point putting lads in if they're not. Not too many u20s are ready straight away for senior, Lets not get carried away here - Mayo had just two under 20s involved. Kobe was clearly good enough and was destined to be a superstar - a blind man could tell you that whilst Darragh Beirne was also flagged from his minor days and crucially for them was a left footed free taker which they didn't have. That's what got him into the team." Beirne is also fully developed physically - a powerful unit. crankyincorofin (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 04/11/2026 10:06:33 2699392 Link
Replying To galwayman2: "Depends if they're good enough. There is no point putting lads in if they're not. Not too many u20s are ready straight away for senior, Lets not get carried away here - Mayo had just two under 20s involved. Kobe was clearly good enough and was destined to be a superstar - a blind man could tell you that whilst Darragh Beirne was also flagged from his minor days and crucially for them was a left footed free taker which they didn't have. That's what got him into the team." Exactly, it's all about the quality. We won u21 all irelands in 2002 and 2005, and still had a senior team that was thoroughly outclassed by Mayo 2011-2015. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4930 - 04/11/2026 10:32:13 2699394 Link
How do Galway people see Salthill doing in Connacht? Interested to hear as I know St Brigids beside us are very strong and are being talked about as all Ireland contenders. Haven't seen Salthill play but on paper look very strong and I think they'd give Brigids plenty of it? BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 163 - 04/11/2026 10:53:12 2699398 Link
Replying To galwayman2: "Depends if they're good enough. There is no point putting lads in if they're not. Not too many u20s are ready straight away for senior, Lets not get carried away here - Mayo had just two under 20s involved. Kobe was clearly good enough and was destined to be a superstar - a blind man could tell you that whilst Darragh Beirne was also flagged from his minor days and crucially for them was a left footed free taker which they didn't have. That's what got him into the team." "Lets not get carried away here - Mayo had just two under 20s involved." It was actually 3 - Eoin McGreal, Darragh Beirne and Kobe McDonald all started the all Ireland final. Dmoa95 (UK) - Posts: 23 - 04/11/2026 11:26:07 2699404 Link
Replying To BadgerDog: "How do Galway people see Salthill doing in Connacht? Interested to hear as I know St Brigids beside us are very strong and are being talked about as all Ireland contenders. Haven't seen Salthill play but on paper look very strong and I think they'd give Brigids plenty of it?" Of course St Brigids are All Ireland contenders as they should have won it last year as they had the lead and only had to run out the clock. Salthill are a very good team but will have to be at their very best to have a hope vs Brigids at all. Some great football ahead. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 293 - 04/11/2026 14:40:20 2699415 Link
Replying To BadgerDog: "How do Galway people see Salthill doing in Connacht? Interested to hear as I know St Brigids beside us are very strong and are being talked about as all Ireland contenders. Haven't seen Salthill play but on paper look very strong and I think they'd give Brigids plenty of it?" Was at both the semi final and final and didnt think salthill looked special although they did deserve to win both games. Brigids will only be happy with an All-Ireland while salthill might be happy with a first county title since 2012. Id imagine Brigids will have too much for them but you never know. Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 412 - 04/11/2026 14:44:56 2699418 Link
Replying To BadgerDog: "How do Galway people see Salthill doing in Connacht? Interested to hear as I know St Brigids beside us are very strong and are being talked about as all Ireland contenders. Haven't seen Salthill play but on paper look very strong and I think they'd give Brigids plenty of it?" Salthill-Knocknacarra are just after beating Moycullen who lost on fine margins to Brigids last year so should the two meet as expected in the semi-final it will be another fine margin contest and the winner should beat Castlebar in the final who remarkably only have to beat the London champions to reach the final. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 1011 - 04/11/2026 15:33:26 2699421 Link
Brigid's are obviously the much more experienced team at this level. A team with a lot of quality players too. Salthill have have some real quality themselves, but this group hasn't competed at this stage before. I think Salthill are good enough to be competitive against almost any team, but it's very difficult to know. They don't seem to have that ruthless streak which Maigh Cuilinn have, but they're a very difficult team to beat. They have enough intercounty players to make them a threat. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 3151 - 04/11/2026 16:44:26 2699428 Link
Replying To Dmoa95: ""Lets not get carried away here - Mayo had just two under 20s involved." It was actually 3 - Eoin McGreal, Darragh Beirne and Kobe McDonald all started the all Ireland final." Ah yes apologies I forgot McGreal was still u20. I suppose my main point though is that these 3 lads were all well flagged within Mayo (live around the border and had seen and heard plenty on all 3 well before this year). I'm just not sure we have any u20s at the minute that would be at the level to make that impact on the starting team just yet. galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1417 - 04/11/2026 18:22:35 2699437 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Salthill-Knocknacarra are just after beating Moycullen who lost on fine margins to Brigids last year so should the two meet as expected in the semi-final it will be another fine margin contest and the winner should beat Castlebar in the final who remarkably only have to beat the London champions to reach the final." Salthill Knock beat an underperforming Moycullen team. And have been celebrating as wildly as Mayo since. they won't trouble Brigid's or Castlebar (if Salthill somehow manage to get to the final) ValPadden (Galway) - Posts: 18 - 04/11/2026 18:35:11 2699438 Link