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Some freetaking from Kelly from MM, very very few who can kick like that with both feet. How did he play apart from that? He was with the u17's last year so only turned 18 this year. Gallagher still u20 by my reckoning next year. Conneely & Eoin Finnerty need to kick on as does Culhane but he's got years on those two. TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 289 - 30/08/2022 15:16:27 2439173 Link
Replying To galway19: "Conall Gallagher definitely worth a look in the county panel. Agreed Claregalway look so poor. Even if they qualify from the group, they are way behind the likes of Tuam and Salthill never mind Mountbellew, Moycullen and Corofin. Remarkable considering all the underage success that they barely resemble a senior outfit. I think the winner comes from Moycullen, Corofin or Mountbellew. You'd have to make Mountbellew slight favourites because of the way they are playing without Michael Daly but Corofin looked like they have plenty of room to improve with Ian Burke and Darragh Silke coming back into the team. The semi finals are going to be savage but prior to that I can see see a few one sided games with the few poor teams that are going to qualify from the groups." Monivea had to win that game and threw everything at Claregalway.Claregalway were not great but not as poor as you are suggesting.Considering they had lost 2 starting players since start of season,their captain from last year is still recovering from serious injury last year and their goalkeeper who is playing well since he had to come outfield hasn't played outfield for 3 years they are coping pretty well.Take that amount of starting influential players out of any team and there are days when thing won't go to plan. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 421 - 30/08/2022 17:22:34 2439189 Link
There should be more clubs in junior with a more even spread of teams in all competitions.. looked at a fair few senior games to date and the lower end of the scale wouldn't go up from intermediate this year.. i.e. Spideal Howardhunt1 (Galway) - Posts: 81 - 30/08/2022 18:48:53 2439195 Link
Quarter final places done and dusted in intermediate championship apart from group 2 where Brendan's topped the group with a winner takes all for second spot in last match Caltra v MB. I predicted MB would top the group so I will keep my mouth shut on this game. Stripsandbanners (Galway) - Posts: 82 - 30/08/2022 21:21:47 2439207 Link
Replying To galway19: "Conall Gallagher definitely worth a look in the county panel. Agreed Claregalway look so poor. Even if they qualify from the group, they are way behind the likes of Tuam and Salthill never mind Mountbellew, Moycullen and Corofin. Remarkable considering all the underage success that they barely resemble a senior outfit. I think the winner comes from Moycullen, Corofin or Mountbellew. You'd have to make Mountbellew slight favourites because of the way they are playing without Michael Daly but Corofin looked like they have plenty of room to improve with Ian Burke and Darragh Silke coming back into the team. The semi finals are going to be savage but prior to that I can see see a few one sided games with the few poor teams that are going to qualify from the groups." Corofin will no doubt be back with the bit between their teeth! I fear them kicking on from here.. Few in game management calls the last day and Corofin would have had Moycullen bet up a stick. Silke and Burke will no doubt be starters in the lateral stages of the championship, who will come out of the team I'm not sure. Farragher not at his best, Sice playing good stuff, Canney really impressing this year, Gill goes in and out of games and wasn't at the races against Moycullen at all. The depth in the Corofin squad is phenomenal and I think that's what will get them over the line! LetsPlayBall (Galway) - Posts: 64 - 31/08/2022 11:57:40 2439236 Link
Replying To Stripsandbanners: "Quarter final places done and dusted in intermediate championship apart from group 2 where Brendan's topped the group with a winner takes all for second spot in last match Caltra v MB. I predicted MB would top the group so I will keep my mouth shut on this game." MB should have the experience and guile to win by by 5 or 6. Who is standing out as the frontrunners for the Intermediate? Dunmore and Kilconly have been impressive so far, albeit against weak opposition. The group game in 2 weeks time could be a dress rehearsal for a county final. 98galway (Galway) - Posts: 8 - 31/08/2022 14:31:38 2439248 Link
Very difficult to call intermediate winners. Such a gulf in standards in groups e.g. oranmore, Williamstown, cortoon are very poor and thus its hard to measure teams accurately. Dunmore, kilconly or Brendans. northbouind (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 31/08/2022 16:31:44 2439253 Link
I'd put our second team Corofin in the mix as well. Were going well. Can't see Caltra getting a result and I feel they will be reasonably happy holding on to there intermediate status. handpassking (Galway) - Posts: 438 - 31/08/2022 18:37:11 2439255 Link
Replying To handpassking: "I'd put our second team Corofin in the mix as well. Were going well. Can't see Caltra getting a result and I feel they will be reasonably happy holding on to there intermediate status." I'd go with Dunmore. Some lovely young players coming through and they are joining a hardened core of experienced players. The Brendan's lads are not long up from junior and I still think that might be closer to their level. Wasn't there talk of them looking to join the Roscommon club competitions too? I think we are ok at senior without them. Our own intermediates are fine and no more than that. crankyincorofin (Galway) - Posts: 104 - 01/09/2022 12:34:41 2439301 Link
Not. Sure when brendans were on about joining the Roscommon championship maybe it was same time Belclare we're on about setting up there own club ,,, saying that junior is there level shows ur total lack of football knowledge,, u definitely must be passing through corofin there no way any football person in corofin is that clueless,,, Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1057 - 01/09/2022 13:00:48 2439305 Link
Replying To crankyincorofin: "I'd go with Dunmore. Some lovely young players coming through and they are joining a hardened core of experienced players. The Brendan's lads are not long up from junior and I still think that might be closer to their level. Wasn't there talk of them looking to join the Roscommon club competitions too? I think we are ok at senior without them. Our own intermediates are fine and no more than that." corofin imed a nice mix of experience and u19's .dont expect them to win but no one will take them for granted either.Colin Kelly is a senior player if he could commit and no corner back will like to see him coming on with the fresh legs. fairplay4ever (Galway) - Posts: 432 - 01/09/2022 14:22:28 2439316 Link
Replying To northbouind: "Very difficult to call intermediate winners. Such a gulf in standards in groups e.g. oranmore, Williamstown, cortoon are very poor and thus its hard to measure teams accurately. Dunmore, kilconly or Brendans." I think Oileáin Árann have a chance too. They've been knocking on the door for a few years now. I'm not sure what the latest is with Mulkerrin, but there was some talk a while back of him possibly being available for the latter stages of the club championship. If they can get him back this year, it'd be a big boost. Intermediate has been very competitive for a number of years now. There's very little between a batch of teams. Not many picked Naomh Anna to win it last year, especially after they lost an early group game. They then went on a great run including hammering Breathnachs and were a last kick freak goal away from winning the Connacht intermediate title. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2299 - 01/09/2022 15:13:33 2439322 Link
We need more creativity up front - what's the chances of getting Ian Burke back. I really think had we had him v Kerry we'd have been celebrating... John Daly with a few defence-splitting passes proved this. Look at Erikssen today - simply no replacement for these technically astute players.. AnCrúiscínLán (Galway) - Posts: 102 - 04/09/2022 20:31:50 2439674 Link
Replying To AnCrúiscínLán: "We need more creativity up front - what's the chances of getting Ian Burke back. I really think had we had him v Kerry we'd have been celebrating... John Daly with a few defence-splitting passes proved this. Look at Erikssen today - simply no replacement for these technically astute players.." I'm a huge fan of Ian Burke but in his last season with County he looked off the pace. A year out will push him further away from required conditioning. If he's coming back he would want to be on a conditioning program asap to be ready for next year ........ if course I'm assuming he did not a lot for the last year. Maybe he has a bit done but no more than Cooke and Mike Daly if they are coming back they should commit as soon as possible. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1920 - 04/09/2022 21:48:49 2439693 Link
Anyone have any update on expected return to full club training for Mulkerins and McLoughlin? tks giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1275 - 05/09/2022 08:35:53 2439699 Link
Replying To crankyincorofin: "I'd go with Dunmore. Some lovely young players coming through and they are joining a hardened core of experienced players. The Brendan's lads are not long up from junior and I still think that might be closer to their level. Wasn't there talk of them looking to join the Roscommon club competitions too? I think we are ok at senior without them. Our own intermediates are fine and no more than that." Brendan's .. junior standard ?? There really is some waffle posted on this forum .. I'd be genuinely interested to know when you last watched them? Donaldtrump (Galway) - Posts: 252 - 05/09/2022 09:45:14 2439708 Link
Dunmore, Kilconly, Aran, Brendan's all looking good. Glenamaddy also motoring well and nobody seems to be talking about them. The business end of intermediate c'ship should be great. On the downside, Cortoon, Oranmore-Maree and Williamstown very much on the slide. Cortoon lost a lot of players after Savage retired. Williamstown likely to be struggling for numbers, as their underage is amalgamated with Glen and Glinsk. Low population areas / fewer young people must surely be biting now for some of our rural clubs outside commuter areas. At the other end of the numbers game, you'd expect OranmoreMaree to be improving. Big numbers there and while it's a dual club with more of a hurling tradition, underage football is building real momentum there. They should get a lot better over time but could drop this year. How Aran Islands do it is something to be really admired. A great club and super competitive on the field. It would be a massive achievement if they win it out. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1045 - 05/09/2022 11:46:59 2439733 Link
Replying To Donaldtrump: "Brendan's .. junior standard ?? There really is some waffle posted on this forum .. I'd be genuinely interested to know when you last watched them?" Well weren't they junior for a few years? They are closer to that level than senior level. And that's fine, probably good enough to compete for an intermediate title in Roscommon. crankyincorofin (Galway) - Posts: 104 - 05/09/2022 12:12:14 2439735 Link
Replying To Mayonman: "I'm a huge fan of Ian Burke but in his last season with County he looked off the pace. A year out will push him further away from required conditioning. If he's coming back he would want to be on a conditioning program asap to be ready for next year ........ if course I'm assuming he did not a lot for the last year. Maybe he has a bit done but no more than Cooke and Mike Daly if they are coming back they should commit as soon as possible." I agree Ian Burke would be a big addition to the Galway forwards or a player similar to Ian. I haven't seen a forward similar to him at club level this season but I haven't seen all the games either Brandyh (Galway) - Posts: 25 - 05/09/2022 17:18:11 2439780 Link
Replying To giveitlong: "Anyone have any update on expected return to full club training for Mulkerins and McLoughlin? tks" Mulkerrin has been named on the subs bench for both Aran's games. Don't think he's actually got on the field yet though. Have my doubts that he will figure for them much during the championship. I'd say the plan is to get himself right for the league with Galway early in the new year. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2377 - 05/09/2022 19:37:29 2439790 Link