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Replying To Galwaymaster9: "Thompson out for the season as well" Heard that too galway202 (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 08/04/2026 16:07:05 2665291 Link
Walsh, Comer and Mcdaid are all back training and will be available for the championship Thompson is not injured and will be back in May Galway2001 (Galway) - Posts: 27 - 08/04/2026 16:21:42 2665295 Link
Galway U20s with a good last 10 minutes to the half to lead by 6 points. 5-4 behind before that a Sligo fully deserved their lead. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 761 - 08/04/2026 19:15:45 2665319 Link
Galway U20s one winners in Tuam, far from convincing win, lucky to be gifted a goal on 43 mins and then in added time the Sligo forward put his goal bound effort over the bar than under it. Big improvement needed from Galway if they want to beat Mayo next and avoid a semi-final. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 761 - 08/04/2026 19:57:04 2665323 Link
U20 result Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-15 Galway 6 up at HT. Outscored 0-10 to 1-2 in the second half. Just about hung on for the win. Blocked down a Sligo 2 point effort right on the final whistle. Not overly convincing though. 3 wins from 3 all the same. Mayo will be the big test. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2518 - 08/04/2026 20:01:39 2665325 Link
First 20 minutes they couldn't win a kickout, totally dominated. They were far too passive when Sligo had the ball, Galway played like they thought they were always going to win and were nearly caught in the end. Outside of the 3 lads on the senior panel though Coen stood out which is no surprise and expect him to be part of the senior panel next year. Going to have to play a lot better to beat Mayo next week. TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 311 - 09/04/2026 08:51:14 2665361 Link
Replying To TheBishop: "First 20 minutes they couldn't win a kickout, totally dominated. They were far too passive when Sligo had the ball, Galway played like they thought they were always going to win and were nearly caught in the end. Outside of the 3 lads on the senior panel though Coen stood out which is no surprise and expect him to be part of the senior panel next year. Going to have to play a lot better to beat Mayo next week." Midfield issues not helped with Shay Mcglinchey carrying a knick was eventually taken off late on. He'll be a doubt for Mayo and no real replacement for him. Vinne Gill ,Richard McGrath was others to stand out last night. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 761 - 09/04/2026 12:06:56 2665401 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Midfield issues not helped with Shay Mcglinchey carrying a knick was eventually taken off late on. He'll be a doubt for Mayo and no real replacement for him. Vinne Gill ,Richard McGrath was others to stand out last night." Is Mcglinchy turning into another Mcglaughlin from Moycullen? Is injuries are piling up for a young lad WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 153 - 09/04/2026 13:40:46 2665423 Link
Replying To WonTon5: "Is Mcglinchy turning into another Mcglaughlin from Moycullen? Is injuries are piling up for a young lad" Hopefully not but doesn look good very injury prone at his young age. McLaughlin hasn kicked a ball and while looked like he had potential from u20 always felt like people overhyped him whereas Mcglinchey has alot more football in him but hoping he can get fit and playing a serious prospect in my opinion. Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 482 - 09/04/2026 14:37:00 2665433 Link
McGlinchey kicked a huge 2 pointer with the last kick before half time that basically won Galway the game as they needed those 2 points. Went off then at the break. Credit also to his midfielder partner, Patrick Keaney. I think it was him who blocked down the Sligo 2 point attempt with the last kick of the game. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2518 - 09/04/2026 16:20:55 2665445 Link
Replying To combo: "Tomo Culhane is currently in Australia, playing Aussie rules with AFL Pathway Opportunities, trying to get a contract, he has given up on the place kicker in NFL route. If it doesnt work out he could be back next year for Galway" And, him coming back will improve things how? StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 464 - 12/04/2026 12:29:26 2665867 Link
Replying To Marooned: "McGlinchey kicked a huge 2 pointer with the last kick before half time that basically won Galway the game as they needed those 2 points. Went off then at the break. Credit also to his midfielder partner, Patrick Keaney. I think it was him who blocked down the Sligo 2 point attempt with the last kick of the game." McGlinchey went off with a few minutes to go. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3914 - 12/04/2026 14:01:04 2665880 Link
Big one tomorrow night for the U20s, much improved performance required in order to win MacHale Park. The winner will have a huge advantage for the final and can rest and prepare for the April 29th final. While their final opponent will have to play their 3 matches in 14 days, tough on established senior footballers nevermind 18 to 20 years. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 761 - 14/04/2026 12:24:28 2666346 Link
Two Galway v Mayo games at underage this week. U20's this evening will be big underdogs against Kobe and a fancied Mayo side. U17's will probably be marginal favorites against Mayo on Friday evening. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2518 - 15/04/2026 11:57:05 2666532 Link
Replying To Marooned: "Two Galway v Mayo games at underage this week. U20's this evening will be big underdogs against Kobe and a fancied Mayo side. U17's will probably be marginal favorites against Mayo on Friday evening." Galway U20s are 5/2 to win tonight. Dean,Lydon,Kobe,Beirne and Lynch running from deep is a lot of fires to put out. No odds on Minors but if there was I can imagine the odds would be the opposite to what they are at U20 level tonight. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3914 - 15/04/2026 12:19:56 2666538 Link
Club Games: I am seriously worried about the lack of games for adult players especially for teams who are not successful. Example: Our senior team will play 8 league matches and 4 championship matches this year. Min. 12 matches Our 2nd team will only play 3 Cahill Cup games and 6 championship games. Min. 9 matches...... The training to games ratio is crazy its no wonder lads are retiring or not committing for the year. gaalway (Galway) - Posts: 67 - 15/04/2026 14:37:14 2666577 Link
Replying To gaalway: "Club Games: I am seriously worried about the lack of games for adult players especially for teams who are not successful. Example: Our senior team will play 8 league matches and 4 championship matches this year. Min. 12 matches Our 2nd team will only play 3 Cahill Cup games and 6 championship games. Min. 9 matches...... The training to games ratio is crazy its no wonder lads are retiring or not committing for the year." This is a common problem everywhere. Mayo have a similar problem with only 9 league, 1 Regional cup and 3 championship matches guaranteed. Training starts in January - season lasts 10 months. It should be easy to have a game every 2 weeks - but of course the pitches are unplayable for the first 2 months so really its 2 months preseason and 13 matches in 8 months - so not that bad once the games start. Its the 2 months slog in Jan/Feb is the problem - as it means nothing on the hard ground of championship come August. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1741 - 15/04/2026 15:04:55 2666588 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "This is a common problem everywhere. Mayo have a similar problem with only 9 league, 1 Regional cup and 3 championship matches guaranteed. Training starts in January - season lasts 10 months. It should be easy to have a game every 2 weeks - but of course the pitches are unplayable for the first 2 months so really its 2 months preseason and 13 matches in 8 months - so not that bad once the games start. Its the 2 months slog in Jan/Feb is the problem - as it means nothing on the hard ground of championship come August." All depends on a teams approach. Start back first week of Feb, league starts mid March with a game every fortnight, perfect time of the year to take weekends off, or fit in your hurling if you are a dual player. The gap between league and championship offers a space to take some time down, fit in a holiday, then train hard again, get challenges etc, then again, a game every fortnight. Some people will give out no matter what the schedule is, but this certainly seems attractive from my point of view. If managers go flogging lads early doors then its a disaster, if you ease into it, its a nice season. At least you can plan around this fixture list, with 7 league games and 3 championship games gaurunteed. GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 216 - 15/04/2026 16:40:50 2666600 Link