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Or Car lane! You'd have to have a good motor for that; no pedestrians allowed.
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2053 - 18/11/2023 05:32:38 2513573 Link 1 |
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I wouldn't have fancied Thomas' after the county final but that Ballygunner Na Piarsiagh game is woeful stuff. Thomas' will be very fresh for the semi final. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 739 - 19/11/2023 17:05:12 2513743 Link 1 |
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Bar the Ballyhale performance in January 2022 Thomas' haven't impressed in a game outside Galway the last 5-6 years.
TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 19/11/2023 20:45:54 2513772 Link 1 |
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Fair point but you have to remember it's PARISHES that are playing. It's hard to scrounge up a lot of stud players from a PARISH. You're lucky to get a few or even ONE from my Parishes like mine. lol.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2198 - 20/11/2023 01:16:35 2513801 Link 0 |
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NAP v Ballygunner was slow paced, bad wides, and generally a poor watch.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13070 - 20/11/2023 10:29:17 2513829 Link 1 |
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True but people sometimes forget that Thomas's have already won 1 AI club title albeit 10 years ago. Also they didn't always have a full panel to pick from in most of those years due to injuries etc. Being a small club that counts for a lot so they should be in better shape this year but will still be outsiders / underdogs if Ballygunner win Munster as expected.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 20/11/2023 10:51:44 2513834 Link 2 |
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They will rightly be underdogs but this is the best shape they have come into a semi final in terms of injuries in a while. Shane and Fintan fully fit, David Burke good to go and no other injuries. Ironically it is actually their hurling that hasn't been crisp this year but they will only need it to click once.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 739 - 20/11/2023 12:04:07 2513853 Link 1 |
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Agreed. I have no problem with Ballygunner being favorites as they've earned it through great play and consistency. Clonlara should give them a stiff challenge but it's hard to see past Ballygunner.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2198 - 21/11/2023 11:16:11 2513992 Link 0 |
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Big weekend for Ballindereen in the Connaught Club Final but should the Senior B winners be representing Galway instead? Intermediate is now the 3rd Grade in Galway. Ballindereen would probably be ranked 20th in Galway against basically the Mayo Senior Hurling team in Toreen katser (Galway) - Posts: 2401 - 21/11/2023 14:07:09 2514026 Link 1 |
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They're ranked 25th actually, since we had 24 teams above them. In answer to your question, in my opinion yes we should. But it would need to be renamed as intermediate. I actually don't see the logic in calling it senior B, apart from the fact that the clubs can still call themselves senior. But in reality it's the 2nd tier, which is the same as intermediate in almost any other club championship. The clubs in senior B can't compete for the senior county title and can't represent Galway, no matter what they do, unless they get up to senior or go down go intermediate. I understand it was a compromise from the county board which enabled them to reduce the senior championship to 16 teams as required by Croke Park, while at the same time allowing clubs 17 to 24 still call themselves senior. It seems mad to me though, all for the sake of a label. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2105 - 21/11/2023 14:37:33 2514032 Link 4 |
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It's ridiculous. The top 8 Intermediate teams should be reclassified with the Senior B teams as the Intermediate championship. The rest should drop to Junior and get over the label
Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 154 - 21/11/2023 15:18:52 2514040 Link 1 |
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Jusr wondering if there are any hurling clubs looking to change underage hurling to even ages agsin. As in 14 -16 -18 I know lots of counties have reverted back to even grades Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 899 - 21/11/2023 17:12:44 2514067 Link 1 |
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Agree 100%. The current setup prevents Mullagh who are our 2nd tier winners, from having a crack at an Intermediate All-Ireland. We're sending our 25th team into that competition, while Kilkenny send their 13th.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2105 - 21/11/2023 17:15:43 2514068 Link 6 |
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Tipperary renamed their Senior B championship to Premier Intermediate and the grade below that is Intermediate. Something similar could be done in Galway . Bring up 8 from Intermediate to join the eight Senior B teams . The remaining 8 Intermediate teams could then be joined by the 5 pure Junior Clubs ( Spiddal, Ml Breathnachs , Bearna Furbo , Salthill Knocknacarra and Ballinasloe plus three other clubs second teams from this years Junior A possibly Loughrea, St Thomas and castlegar. That would reduce Junior A then to 10 teams from 18 bring up two from Junior B to make it 12 teams like all the other Junior grades.
Corner flag (Galway) - Posts: 36 - 21/11/2023 23:00:36 2514108 Link 1 |
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To be fair, an 8 team competition is a bit small when there's a 16 team competition underneath. They could do worse than promote the 4 Intermediate SF teams from this year and make it a 12 team competition, it's hard to see the likes of T/A/D and Meelick-Eyrecourt significantly weakening the Senior B competition in its current guise. M/E are long enough trying to reach the promised land as it is :) Then have a 12 team intermediate competition. Run two groups of 6 for both and take it from there, everyone gets a good share of games and isn't that what we all want? Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 882 - 23/11/2023 13:34:24 2514306 Link 1 |
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Hard to disagree, Fintan Burke ate any high ball into forwards and Sean Loftus sent into mark him didn't fair any better. Error of judgement on mmgt behalf. Jamie Holland a half back- Best position is centre back. Dissapointed Turlough didnt throw Daithi or even Fergal Moore into full forward. Sean O Hanlon had a fine game. Maybe next year
quizhead (Galway) - Posts: 7 - 23/11/2023 20:27:19 2514374 Link 1 |
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If you put Daithi up forward you'd miss him in defense badly. Robbing Peter to pay Paul I'd say. Turlough are a lad or two short when compared to Thomas's. Nothing to be ashamed of. They'll break through eventually.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2198 - 27/11/2023 02:36:36 2514666 Link 0 |
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You'll often have musical chairs at club level between backs and forwards. Different management teams will experiment with different things. Getting 'backs' to 'do a job' up front will be even more prevalent in a club side like Turloughmore where you're not spoiled for choice of prolific natural scoring forwards. You're pointing to a management 'error of judgement' re.Sean Loftus, and you're pointing out Holland's best position at no6, but you're still 'disappointed' you didn't see Daithi or Moore at no14. What if Daithi and Moore were useless at no14? Would you be filing that under management 'error of judgement' then as well?
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3725 - 27/11/2023 11:23:49 2514700 Link 1 |
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It would still have been worth trying, given how badly they were struggling for scores in the 2nd half. Daithí caused havoc in the short time he went up front late in the game. He won two frees and obviously buried a goal from another one. Thomas's had to haul him down one occasion after he won a ball and went directly at them. He gave them a completely different challenge to what they'd faced up to then.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2105 - 27/11/2023 12:10:01 2514707 Link 1 |
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Just saw "The Charter" for a Galway club that had previously won an All Ireland Club that looked crazy no booze and no holidays!! BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 116 - 27/11/2023 16:30:27 2514761 Link 4 |