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Loughrea, Sarsfields, Clarinbridge, Turloughmore and Cappataggle would be the main contenders imo after St Thomas. Seriously challenge? Hard to tell. That's why they play the games.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4081 - 06/08/2023 20:45:17 2499297 Link 1 |
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Yes they'll be challenged. Turloughmore has a nice team as do others that I haven't seen yet this year. Don't expect Thomas's to have it easy in Galway. Loughrea look dangerous again this year. Thomas's barely beat them last year. Clarenbridge are a monster too.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 07/08/2023 00:27:27 2499326 Link 1 |
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Agreed. Any and all of them teams could beat St Thomas's on a given day and that's with all due respect to the 5 In a Row Champs.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 07/08/2023 00:43:25 2499328 Link 0 |
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Yes Loughrea will. They are gunning to make a menda from last year
Jackson88 (Galway) - Posts: 72 - 07/08/2023 09:30:15 2499336 Link 1 |
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I thought Johnny Glynn lived in New York the last number of years
BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 160 - 07/08/2023 13:59:25 2499372 Link 1 |
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He may have flown over for the weekend. He played with the NY GAA Football Team a couple of months ago.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 07/08/2023 19:09:32 2499410 Link 0 |
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Who in Galway Bay FM picks the team of the week in Hurling. I was at a number of matches last week and really dont see how some players did not make it. Or is it a **** take team just to start controversy. LottoPlus (Kilkenny) - Posts: 92 - 10/08/2023 10:23:54 2499836 Link 1 |
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Yes but until some other club really steps up and beats them, Thomas's are entitled to be favourites as they seem to have everyone's number in Galway at least (not so outside of Galway). Obviously David Burke's absence may shrink the gap a little bit but not sure if it will be enough. I think it would be better for Galway hurling in general to have new champions regularly like in the 80's but that hasn't happened for a long time now and before Thomas's Portumna dominated and before Portumna there was Athenry.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 10/08/2023 11:56:33 2499866 Link 1 |
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Of course they should be favorites but Loughrea should feel good about their chances. Very close last year. Great Hurling ahead.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 10/08/2023 12:20:00 2499871 Link 1 |
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Who would you have in and who would you take out?
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 278 - 10/08/2023 16:29:19 2499940 Link 1 |
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What team did they pick? Can't find it online?
Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 166 - 10/08/2023 19:33:35 2499985 Link 1 |
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The commentators, including Cyril Farrell and Cyril Donnellan I would think. As the other poster says, what ones do you think they got wrong? Of the games I saw Daithi Burke, GMac, J. Glynn, and Mark Kennedy are deserved, Conor Walsh was decent too.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2008 - 11/08/2023 09:29:32 2500011 Link 1 |
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1. A. Bindon Clarinbridge 2. G. Forde Ardrahan 3. J. Garvey Cappy 4. S. Morgan Loughrea 5. GMac 6. Daithi Burke 7. D. Concannon Killimordaly 8. J. Regan Thomas's 9. I. Hanrahan Loughrea 10. C. Cooney 11. B.Burke Killimordaly 12. C. Walsh Turlough 13. M. Kennedy Clarinbridge 14. J. Glynn 15. N. Collins Cappy ================ 16. D. Fahy Ardrahan 17. B. O'Donovan Gort 18. I McGlynn Kilconieron 19. S. Ryan Clarinbridge 20. J. Kennedy Ardrahan 21. J. Mooney Loughrea 22. A. Burns Loughrea PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2008 - 11/08/2023 10:40:29 2500023 Link 1 |
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Kennedy the standout from this weekend in terms of looking for county players with 3-3 from play but it was incredible that all three goals were exactly the same - switch ball from Gavin Lee to Sammon and then a flick hand pass to Kennedy into the net. They moved nicely in the forward line without Evan having to do too much at centre forward. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 870 - 11/08/2023 12:42:17 2500054 Link 1 |
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Has any county ever 'replaced' a team like that?. The first really great Hurling was Kilkenny,('03-'13) that won 7 All Irelands in 11 years, they won 1 in the next twenty years from '13 to '32. Cork won 4 from '26 to '31, but then went 10 years without an All Ireland. KK won 4 in the Thirties, but then won 2 in 24 years, each by a single point. Tipp won five from '58 to '65 but then won one in the next 24 years and only some appalling decisions, in the decisive game that year, gave them that single win. Some would say if Galway had handled the Tony Keady debacle better, the Tipp 'Famine' might have been longer. We all know how KK have gone back since their last mighty run. So considering the fact that we have the Sixth Hurling Population in the country, I would find it very hard to see how we can replace this exceptional side with an equally formidable one. After all far stronger counties have failed to do it. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4490 - 11/08/2023 16:24:58 2500099 Link 1 |
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Any chance of Henry & Co. enticing Johnny Glynn and Niall Burke back into the Galway squad? Two big men with big match experience in the championship including winning AI's and both seem to be back to their best form judging by last weekend at least. tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 11/08/2023 18:47:45 2500116 Link 1 |
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Niall Burke....that's the future alright. 33 years of age by the time the 2024 championship starts. Johnny Glynn for sure if he has moved back home permanently. Has a year or 2 yet of top class hurling ability left in him.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2008 - 12/08/2023 10:39:41 2500161 Link 1 |
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Think Niall Burke walked in year 1 under Henry due to a lack of game time around the end of the league so I'd well imagine that boat has sailed. He was a good hurler but always felt there was so much more in him at county level, sense of unfulfilled talent, did make a huge imapct off bench in 17 final and motm in 2018 leinster final draw game but he never fully established himself, outrageous minor and u21 hurler and 2012 looked like he'd be Galways no.11 for the next 10 or years, but missed a couple years and never kicked on and stayed consistentlyin the team after.. Excellent club hurler too, never let Oranmore down, amazing display in intermediate club all Ireland. Johnny Glynn I think is definitely a runner,hes only 29 or maybe recently turned 30 and never relied on pace cus he never really had it and wasn't his game, definitely think galway could get another 2 or even 3 years out of him, he's not that much older than most of the Limerick team about the same age as Dan Morrissey, Hegarty, Brynes, Hannon, all lads who don't have great pace but huge physical men who are great in the air too. His sharpness might be a while coming back at intercoubty level but he should still in his peak if at home playing full time, always found that age bracket of 27-31 is when the good intercounty players are at the very peak of their powers. Would love to see him play with galway, something about the big man catching that gets a crowd and team going can't be quantified, just great to watch. Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 304 - 12/08/2023 19:05:36 2500224 Link 2 |
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No point replacing them til they're gone, and they're not gone. BostonGuy seems to think that if you're 'professional' enough with structures, you can produce perpetual quality, and replace great quality with great quality. Even his own city has a classic example of this not being possible, looking at the prospects of the post-Tom Brady New England Patriots currently. Amateur or professional, you've no right to expect to replace greatness with more greatness.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4081 - 12/08/2023 23:58:33 2500260 Link 1 |
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If Conor Cooney was anonymous off the panel, rather than anonymous on it, we'd be begging for his return too, alongside Niall and Jonny.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4081 - 13/08/2023 08:44:35 2500271 Link 1 |