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Replying To Ros4sam1:  "Some good intermediate games this weekend. I expect the winner of the whole thing to actually come from the prelims.

Breathnachs vs kilconly - Breathnachs by 3
Brendan's vs corofin - Brendan's by 4
Spidéal vs glenamaddy - Spidéal by 2
St Michaels vs cortoon - st Michaels by 3"
There are good teams in the prelims. Difficult to look past an oranmore who finally have their act together. Beating Michael's who got to semi final in div 1 league this year. Still would expect it to be one of those two.

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 119 - 26/09/2024 14:52:06    2571972

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Replying To Jellybaby:  "I can't see that happening, I don't think it would go down well. I think he is the best in the business though to be honest"
Best in the business at what??

He wouldn't help Galway take the next step.

Any players emerging in the Galway county championship that could help give them a bit of strenght in depth?
They will neec that to compete next year.

JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 8 - 26/09/2024 22:48:22    2572029

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Senior
Corofin by 7- Kilannin have a fear of Corofin and always roll over for them.
Moycullen AET by 2- Moycullen just have a better panel and that will see them through.
Salthill by 3 if Robert Finnerty is back. There could be an upset here if he is not.
Tuam by 5. Annaghdown are poor.

Intermediate
Corofin by 3- St Brendans always blow hot and cold and when they see the Corofin jersey the brown stuff will be down the leg. They should be thankful of the navy shorts.
MB by 2- Kilconly are just gone over the edge I feel.
An Spideal by 1 - 50/50.
St Michaels by 5 - Cortoon without Varley and Joesph Donnellan struggle for scores.

Relegation play offs
Claregalway by 8 (Is Jack Glynn out?)
Barna by 1

K/C by 4
Islands by 5

Green&Gold2013 (Galway) - Posts: 19 - 27/09/2024 02:22:42    2572040

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Replying To systematic:  "There are good teams in the prelims. Difficult to look past an oranmore who finally have their act together. Beating Michael's who got to semi final in div 1 league this year. Still would expect it to be one of those two."
Be careful systematic. I suggested a while back that it was between this two, and I got some very derogatory replies... "havent a clue about intermediate football" , " never kicked a ball in my life"

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 960 - 27/09/2024 08:48:06    2572051

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Fairly comfortable win for Salthill. Poor first half but Dunmore couldn't get going in the second half. Both sides missed goal chances. Fairly handy for Salthill to bring on Evan Murphy at half time who made a big difference with three great points. Rob Finnerty back on the field as well for the last 15 mins or so.

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 799 - 28/09/2024 18:05:27    2572219

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Replying To galway19:  "Fairly comfortable win for Salthill. Poor first half but Dunmore couldn't get going in the second half. Both sides missed goal chances. Fairly handy for Salthill to bring on Evan Murphy at half time who made a big difference with three great points. Rob Finnerty back on the field as well for the last 15 mins or so."
Supposedly Gary Delaney has stepped down from Dunmore this evening.

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 16 - 28/09/2024 20:07:11    2572240

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Replying To WonTon5:  "Supposedly Gary Delaney has stepped down from Dunmore this evening."
Probably best for both parties,gone a bit stale this year.some on management team 6 or 7 years at this stage.he certainly improved things and will move in to a bigger job for next year.thanks foe the great days out gary.

Dunmore10 (Galway) - Posts: 148 - 28/09/2024 21:03:54    2572258

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Looking at the line ups for the latter end of Senior and Intermediate Championships you would wonder how some clubs will manage to keep going.
The gap is getting more pronounced between the top clubs and the rest.
Lower Intermediate and Junior level is awful poor stuff
Wonder would divisional teams be worth considering ?

There must be a few players from the likes of Williamstown, St Gabriel's, Menlough, Killererin, Athenry, Ballinasloe, Headford, Clonbur etc who would benefit from playing at a better lever than their clubs are currently providing ?

Those clubs are really struggling at Adult grade so maybe amalgamations or divisional teams would Help improve the standards of many of their players ?

Just a thought, thankfully my own club is out of that mix at the moment but you never know, we could benefit from it in the future.

Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 29/09/2024 15:10:04    2572353

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Peter Cooke had a serious performance yesterday.

Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 29/09/2024 15:19:00    2572355

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Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed:  "Peter Cooke had a serious performance yesterday."
Cooke with a tour de force as expected Corofin tuam moycullen salthill progress. Corofin V Salthill & Moycullen v Tuam. Feels like it has to now for salthill Corofin looked very ordinary against kilanin granted always felt like had another fear if necessary. I feel moycullen are the best of the 4 teams left but Tuam have nothing to lose but moycullen will have too much for them. Will finnerty be fit enough ti start against Corofin I doubt it

Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 304 - 29/09/2024 18:02:58    2572373

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Replying To Dunmore10:  "Probably best for both parties,gone a bit stale this year.some on management team 6 or 7 years at this stage.he certainly improved things and will move in to a bigger job for next year.thanks foe the great days out gary."
Dunmore always one of my favourite teams along with Tuam. In fairness, they have made great advances in the last few years. Dunmore community school have also done well in recent years. So, there should be plenty of young lads stepping up in the next few years.

Imo, it would be great for Galway football in general, to see Tuam break their duck this autumn.. it's been too long.

Really (Galway) - Posts: 622 - 29/09/2024 18:31:51    2572381

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Replying To Eire89:  "Cooke with a tour de force as expected Corofin tuam moycullen salthill progress. Corofin V Salthill & Moycullen v Tuam. Feels like it has to now for salthill Corofin looked very ordinary against kilanin granted always felt like had another fear if necessary. I feel moycullen are the best of the 4 teams left but Tuam have nothing to lose but moycullen will have too much for them. Will finnerty be fit enough ti start against Corofin I doubt it"
Killanin should have huge regrets over that. Their own mistakes killed them. If Corofin have another gear (and I think they do) they didn't have to go to it.

Moycullen vs Salthill final I think but every team left rightfully will really fancy their chances

Rob finnerty and Peter Cooke are huge returnees

Dessie fully fit will cause problems

galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 29/09/2024 18:46:49    2572386

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Dunmore, Oughterard and Killanin all drew the short straw(s) in the quarters and as a result missed out on a semi final place because it was taken for granted that the big three were a shoo in and the fourth place could go to anyone of 4 or 5 teams lucky enough to avoid them.More of the second level teams need to up their game a couple of notches to have a real chance and make the championship more competitive, hoping to catch one of them on an off day isn't enough to make progress.

backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 140 - 29/09/2024 19:00:49    2572392

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Funny ould day ...Killanin in fairness really put it up to Ourselves..
I'm fairly worried about Salthill in the semis.. think they are on to something...
Moycullen with Cooke are a complete different animal than without him.
Tuam will be eyeing that...
Carlistrane in serious trouble.

Intermediate.
Kilconly Michael's etc still fancy there chances.
Must be awful worrying for the smaller clubs as mentioned above .. where does it end if your only scoring 5 points in a game

Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 29/09/2024 23:16:52    2572429

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Corofin vs Salthill - Corofin
Maigh Cuilenn vs Tuam Stars - Maigh Cuilinn

St Brendan's versus Oranmore - St Brendan's
Cliften vs Glenamaddy - Glenamaddy
Caltra vs Kilconly - Caltra
St Michael's vs St Gabriel's - St Michael's

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 417 - 30/09/2024 08:22:28    2572453

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Replying To Black+Blue:  "Looking at the line ups for the latter end of Senior and Intermediate Championships you would wonder how some clubs will manage to keep going.
The gap is getting more pronounced between the top clubs and the rest.
Lower Intermediate and Junior level is awful poor stuff
Wonder would divisional teams be worth considering ?

There must be a few players from the likes of Williamstown, St Gabriel's, Menlough, Killererin, Athenry, Ballinasloe, Headford, Clonbur etc who would benefit from playing at a better lever than their clubs are currently providing ?

Those clubs are really struggling at Adult grade so maybe amalgamations or divisional teams would Help improve the standards of many of their players ?

Just a thought, thankfully my own club is out of that mix at the moment but you never know, we could benefit from it in the future."
Athenry, Ballinasloe and Headford should never in a million years be amalgamating with anyone. The no 1 job of coaching officers should be to make sure the bigger towns are in the top divisions regardless of area.
Agree that amalgamation the way for smaller populations. I'm from a small club myself and recently visited Naomh Mearnog in Dublin which was an eye opener. Coaching officers and working in the schools seems to be the key and getting the parents involved in any way at all.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 30/09/2024 09:57:33    2572471

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Replying To Belclare7:  "Funny ould day ...Killanin in fairness really put it up to Ourselves..
I'm fairly worried about Salthill in the semis.. think they are on to something...
Moycullen with Cooke are a complete different animal than without him.
Tuam will be eyeing that...
Carlistrane in serious trouble.

Intermediate.
Kilconly Michael's etc still fancy there chances.
Must be awful worrying for the smaller clubs as mentioned above .. where does it end if your only scoring 5 points in a game"
I think the best 4 teams are left in the semis and credit to those involved because the groups and structure must be working for that to happen. Lots of people commenting earlier in the year about other clubs arriving but to be brutally honest, they are as far away as ever. I think most people would like to see a Moycullen Corofin final and that would be intriguing with the likes of Johnson, Cathal Clancy etc, 2 young(ish) guys who are improving their reputations year after year. But…there's often a spanner in the word. Semis will be good but possibly cagey

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 30/09/2024 10:03:03    2572473

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Highlights of the Peter Cooke show here: https://x.com/streamsporti/status/1840468454685487512?s=46

Ridiculous shooting.

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 799 - 30/09/2024 10:12:07    2572478

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Replying To Black+Blue:  "Looking at the line ups for the latter end of Senior and Intermediate Championships you would wonder how some clubs will manage to keep going.
The gap is getting more pronounced between the top clubs and the rest.
Lower Intermediate and Junior level is awful poor stuff
Wonder would divisional teams be worth considering ?

There must be a few players from the likes of Williamstown, St Gabriel's, Menlough, Killererin, Athenry, Ballinasloe, Headford, Clonbur etc who would benefit from playing at a better lever than their clubs are currently providing ?

Those clubs are really struggling at Adult grade so maybe amalgamations or divisional teams would Help improve the standards of many of their players ?

Just a thought, thankfully my own club is out of that mix at the moment but you never know, we could benefit from it in the future."
Shane Walsh developed in Kilkerrin Clonberne. David Clifford came from a junior club. If the talent and commitment is there, it will happen.

StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 387 - 30/09/2024 10:26:21    2572481

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St Michaels to win intermediate they should have plenty enough for Gabriels best draw they could have got in quarters. Will Oanmore be their biggest danger? Football in the wesht is at a very low ebb. Michael Breathanchs & Spiddal exiting at last 12 stage. Carraroe down in junior only lettermoe flying the flag for connemara. Carraroe should bounce straight back up although headford will feel they will have a say. Any players PJ should be looking at to get involved with Galway. Obvious answer is Cooke he should do everything in his power to get him in a maroon jersey in 2025.

Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 304 - 30/09/2024 11:43:57    2572498

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