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Weather doesn't look great but some good games this weekend jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1677 - 12/09/2025 12:56:28 2635852 Link 0 |
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I hope it works out for Mr Joyce. But given his past performance. It will be unlikely. Connacht football tend to do the "Big time Charlie" thing. Whereby some players and managers are untouchable. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2658 - 12/09/2025 12:59:01 2635854 Link 1 |
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Predictions - all below to win. hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 455 - 12/09/2025 15:33:43 2635891 Link 0 |
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Since you posted that a full work week has past by without any announcement?!
Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 564 - 12/09/2025 20:14:36 2635917 Link 1 |
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That's pub talk for you!!
ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1750 - 13/09/2025 00:45:38 2635941 Link 0 |
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PJ didn't listen to CON in games too often, certainly not in any key championship games where CON had to take up position well away from PJ, effectively down with the backs, rather than shoulder to shoulder working together in-game like CON visibly was so successfully with Jack O'Connor this year. Jack is old enough and wise enough to know you need a very smart, tactically astute sounding board alongside you - and one that doesn't need to be a yes man but rather to tell you what might be needed at key points in a game. In Kerry, you're not allowed to be an unchallenged ego, you have to listen and work with lads just as good if not better than you. PJs in-game management needs improvement and really listening to a Donaghy or whoever comes in will be critical this year.
togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1100 - 13/09/2025 19:28:42 2636017 Link 3 |
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Mathew Reddington from Dunmore McHales with another player of the match and cracking performance today, definitely one of the standout players in the championship. Can a player like him who is 29/30 push onto a county panel for this first time or does this ever happen? Should Galway be looking at this type of player? WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 62 - 14/09/2025 17:51:49 2636109 Link 1 |
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Football championship came alive this weekend. Some brilliant games. Even in the terrible weather. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2422 - 14/09/2025 19:05:44 2636123 Link 0 |
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Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 361 - 14/09/2025 19:44:19 2636137 Link 0 |
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And yet the 4 senior winners this weekend will likely all exit in a fortnight at the qfinals. With that in mind?, it's surely debatable about the degree to which this weekend 'enlivened' the championship in an overall context.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4409 - 14/09/2025 20:53:08 2636150 Link 0 |
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Good competitive games will always enliven a championship. If you're only focused on the final outcome, you're missing a lot. We had some cracking games yesterday and today, with late drama in quite a few of them. Given the difficult conditions, I have to commend most of the teams involved. Intermediate looks very open again and we have some quarter-finals which look very hard to call. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2531 - 14/09/2025 22:24:41 2636173 Link 2 |
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To be fair it, it looked to me that Barry McHugh should have got a free at the end of the MM V Killanin match to level the match. Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 189 - 14/09/2025 23:47:09 2636182 Link 1 |
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Richie McNicholas must be a closet Oughterard fan MinorChamp_09 (Galway) - Posts: 32 - 15/09/2025 09:24:09 2636190 Link 1 |
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Hopefully we can make it competitive
Dunmore10 (Galway) - Posts: 174 - 15/09/2025 10:18:06 2636198 Link 0 |
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Listening it on radio and thought mountbellew got shafted from commentary but on seeing the clip it's not a clear free. Yes they get given a lot of the time but it looks like mc hugh was playing for it as well especially with the score line at the time. Unfortunately itd getting plenty of attention on national media. Seen a ridiculous penalty given to Dunmore in first half of the earlier game against leitirmoir from highlights reel. Keeper saved the resulting penalty but dunmore player fell over with no contact made against him. Gaagael15 (Galway) - Posts: 4 - 15/09/2025 13:20:05 2636252 Link 0 |
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I could not see nor anyone in the stand around me could see how Oughterard got the penalty. We got one earlier soft, but this one was ridiculous. I was gutted and the felt for the lads who battled with a very young team. I think the future is very bright for Claregalway. Just need to hold onto lads. I think we will have Frank Fox in 3-4 years. I also went to Tuam on Saturday to see Annaghdown v St Michaels expecting to see Annaghdown get relegated and to be honest they deserve some credit. Hobbling through the year with injuries, they pulled off a shock.(Well I thought Michaels would win). Their second half was totally different that the first and they seem to change tactics Kilcommins sat back in centre back and quieten Higgins (who I thought had a great first half) Comer although injured was brilliant, Frankie Burke rolled back the years. On a sour note I thought referee gave Micheals some awful soft frees. Not as bad as our match but not great either. We have some really good referees out there but the two I saw at the weekend were not two of them. Football referees have everything they want now, no talk back, no abuse, respect from players but this must be 2 ways. The referees need to be up to speed with the rules and also respect the players and be fair. LottoPlus (Kilkenny) - Posts: 107 - 15/09/2025 13:39:00 2636259 Link 1 |
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Milltown went out tamely enough in the first must win game this year, They must must surely have the oldest average age players of any senior team in Ireland, and yet have comfortably managed to extend their record reign on the top flight. They are so reluctant to give the young lads a right go in favor of the ageing tried and tested, and I think it has finally caught up with them. No taking away from the Jimmies mind, they were only in 2nd gear and may not be finished yet. giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1299 - 15/09/2025 14:50:00 2636274 Link 0 |
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Absolutely they have been given so much power they think they are immune to any criticism.If they want respect it needs to be earned.Claregalway and MM can feel rightly aggrieved at the farcial decisions that put them out of championship but clubs have no come back.There is no proper channels to complain at all and refs at that level do get paid.Maybe we need to pay them more and train them more and expect more.The players dont get paid and deserve that much respect.
Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 556 - 15/09/2025 15:26:18 2636286 Link 0 |
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It wasn't a clear free but it was a free. Reason is that the defender was very cute. He pulled mchugh and then put his arms in the air. Defenders often do this and get away with it and i don't blame the ref as it is a very difficult spot. Least said about the reaction the better as it was excessive and inexcusable, but to me the reaction further confirms that there was a pull. I think killanin were starting to look stronger and would have pulled through in extra time but I am firmly of the opinion that if the first game hadn't have gone to ET and it was wasnt running late then the free would have been given.
anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1007 - 15/09/2025 15:29:59 2636289 Link 1 |
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Intermediate wide open now - Kilconly gone, Corofin B with a big win and An Spideal and Cortoon draw meaning another big team will be gone. I would have Caltra or Brendan's as favourites but it's anyone's to win. hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 455 - 15/09/2025 15:58:10 2636298 Link 0 |