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Replying To Kinvara:  "For TAD Micheal Power was excellent at the weekend. If he stays fit he seems to have the size and athleticism to be given a chance in pre season. A lot of Kinvaras guys are on the small side. Joshua O Connor has the size and hurling ability to be given a chance down the road but he has a lot of filling out to do if he is to get there"
Is James Downey from Eyrecourt worth a look at county level, or what age is he now? Got a lot of praise in this year's campaign for them.

Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 158 - 08/11/2024 13:07:06    2578931

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Replying To Triffic:  "Is James Downey from Eyrecourt worth a look at county level, or what age is he now? Got a lot of praise in this year's campaign for them."
He is a brilliant player. Very good in the air and fairly accurate shooter. The issue is he's not particular big or quick and must be 27/28 now. I would say the Flemings have a better chance of getting into training squads

Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 08/11/2024 13:59:06    2578939

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Replying To Kinvara:  "He is a brilliant player. Very good in the air and fairly accurate shooter. The issue is he's not particular big or quick and must be 27/28 now. I would say the Flemings have a better chance of getting into training squads"
By all accounts the new players being brought into Seniors were met last week by mgmt
Names like Reilly from Castlegar, Walsh, Trayers, Whelan from Turloughmore, Niland & Murphy from Clarinbridge mentioned

WesternSeaBoard (Galway) - Posts: 136 - 08/11/2024 16:32:26    2578966

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Jonathan Glynn unopposed for the office of vice-chairperson of the New York Board.

Gaa Fan (USA) - Posts: 762 - 08/11/2024 17:47:35    2578975

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Tomorrow for the county final I predict a very evenly fought game. I think cappy will look to bring a physical game to Loughrea early on and unsettled them. I imagine Loughrea will ride it out and their experience will see them over the line. Maybe a goal or two from them also. Loughrea by 4

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 09/11/2024 15:32:01    2579037

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Tomorrow for the county final I predict a very evenly fought game. I think cappy will look to bring a physical game to Loughrea early on and unsettled them. I imagine Loughrea will ride it out and their experience will see them over the line. Maybe a goal or two from them also. Loughrea by 4

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 09/11/2024 16:16:30    2579039

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Great opportunity for Cappataggle to win today.
They are more than capable to match Loughrea in every department of the field.
I am going for Cappataggle to win by 2pts.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2471 - 10/11/2024 10:59:30    2579088

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Congratulations Loughrea!!! Best of luck going forward. Hard luck to Cappy. Better days ahead.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2257 - 10/11/2024 15:32:12    2579105

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Bad luck Cappy the missed penalty, 13 wides and not squeezing up man v man on the Loughrea puck outs was their undoing. Loughrea nothing special and completely there for the taking.
Don't think Cappataggle will ever get a better chance again on winning the Co Cup.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2471 - 10/11/2024 15:58:41    2579107

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Replying To katser:  "Bad luck Cappy the missed penalty, 13 wides and not squeezing up man v man on the Loughrea puck outs was their undoing. Loughrea nothing special and completely there for the taking.
Don't think Cappataggle will ever get a better chance again on winning the Co Cup."
Youll never seen Darren shocks or tiernan killeen play so poorly. They won it with 14 men. Cappy never looked like winning

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 10/11/2024 16:10:22    2579108

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Replying To BigBàsMan:  "Tomorrow for the county final I predict a very evenly fought game. I think cappy will look to bring a physical game to Loughrea early on and unsettled them. I imagine Loughrea will ride it out and their experience will see them over the line. Maybe a goal or two from them also. Loughrea by 4"
Good assessment and prediction! Congrats to Loughrea! Hope Cappataggle come again!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2093 - 10/11/2024 16:16:15    2579110

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I think cappy need a few more men to contribute to the scoreboard but they were very impressive again. Surely Micheal garvey should be in with Galway.

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 10/11/2024 16:23:11    2579111

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Replying To katser:  "Bad luck Cappy the missed penalty, 13 wides and not squeezing up man v man on the Loughrea puck outs was their undoing. Loughrea nothing special and completely there for the taking.
Don't think Cappataggle will ever get a better chance again on winning the Co Cup."
Agree poor game overall cappy giving loughrea the puck outs was a disaster as a neutral the game never took off too many mistakes by both team's

minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 240 - 10/11/2024 17:29:30    2579117

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Good assessment and prediction! Congrats to Loughrea! Hope Cappataggle come again!"
They'll definitely come again. They have some lovely young hurlers coming through and they have a high workrate

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 10/11/2024 20:24:56    2579138

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Agree with previous posters Cappy giving up the Loughrea puck outs was a disaster and its one thing trying the tactic but to not change it for the entire game was baffling stuff.
They had some amount of wides also so will have serious regrets when they review the game.
From a Loughrea viewpoint and the size of the backroom team they have including John Conlon it was amazing to see the only tactic they had was to go short to the full back who either passed back to the keeper who hit it long or else the full back put the hand up to signal he was going long and every time proceeded to drive it as far as he could.
Lack of tactics on both sides was a surprise bearing in mind the sums of money being paid to outside trainers. Overall Loughrea looked slightly better and most likely winners but only just.

But the big takeaway from the day was the venue with the biggest crowd ever seen in Athenry and the carnival atmosphere in the town and in the ground. Just shows the peoples desire to not have finals in PS. Walked through the pitch after the game to get out and the playing surface was immaculate and lush - a credit to the grounds staff. Hopefully all hurling finals are played here going forward. No bother getting home either as straight out on the the motorway.
Anyone able to put a figure on the attendance yesterday ?

John Doe (Galway) - Posts: 240 - 11/11/2024 07:40:34    2579175

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Does anyone know when Loughreas next match is and against whom?

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2257 - 11/11/2024 10:25:12    2579193

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Replying To John Doe:  "Agree with previous posters Cappy giving up the Loughrea puck outs was a disaster and its one thing trying the tactic but to not change it for the entire game was baffling stuff.
They had some amount of wides also so will have serious regrets when they review the game.
From a Loughrea viewpoint and the size of the backroom team they have including John Conlon it was amazing to see the only tactic they had was to go short to the full back who either passed back to the keeper who hit it long or else the full back put the hand up to signal he was going long and every time proceeded to drive it as far as he could.
Lack of tactics on both sides was a surprise bearing in mind the sums of money being paid to outside trainers. Overall Loughrea looked slightly better and most likely winners but only just.

But the big takeaway from the day was the venue with the biggest crowd ever seen in Athenry and the carnival atmosphere in the town and in the ground. Just shows the peoples desire to not have finals in PS. Walked through the pitch after the game to get out and the playing surface was immaculate and lush - a credit to the grounds staff. Hopefully all hurling finals are played here going forward. No bother getting home either as straight out on the the motorway.
Anyone able to put a figure on the attendance yesterday ?"
Tactics remained unchanged throughout from both teams. winter ground conditions despite the pitch being in good condition may have played a part in going direct.I would estimate the attendance to be in the region of 7 1/2 thousand, a bit short of what was there for a national league match against Clare a good number of years ago.The quality of the viewing vantage in a lot of the ground when that size crowd is present leave a bit to be desired.This was a game that seems to have generated a lot of anticipation in the Cappy, Loughrea areas if one was to judge by the number of team colours on cars around Galway city and Salthill on Saturday.

backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 138 - 11/11/2024 10:25:57    2579194

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Replying To backtooldwall:  "Tactics remained unchanged throughout from both teams. winter ground conditions despite the pitch being in good condition may have played a part in going direct.I would estimate the attendance to be in the region of 7 1/2 thousand, a bit short of what was there for a national league match against Clare a good number of years ago.The quality of the viewing vantage in a lot of the ground when that size crowd is present leave a bit to be desired.This was a game that seems to have generated a lot of anticipation in the Cappy, Loughrea areas if one was to judge by the number of team colours on cars around Galway city and Salthill on Saturday."
I mentioned the vantage points last week. The terrace in Athenry is a bit 'flat' compared to a good viewing terrace, like the 3 sides of Pearse Stadium. And you'd need to be a VIP to get in the shhtand in Athenry the sizeen of it.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3868 - 11/11/2024 11:50:04    2579206

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Replying To John Doe:  "Agree with previous posters Cappy giving up the Loughrea puck outs was a disaster and its one thing trying the tactic but to not change it for the entire game was baffling stuff.
They had some amount of wides also so will have serious regrets when they review the game.
From a Loughrea viewpoint and the size of the backroom team they have including John Conlon it was amazing to see the only tactic they had was to go short to the full back who either passed back to the keeper who hit it long or else the full back put the hand up to signal he was going long and every time proceeded to drive it as far as he could.
Lack of tactics on both sides was a surprise bearing in mind the sums of money being paid to outside trainers. Overall Loughrea looked slightly better and most likely winners but only just.

But the big takeaway from the day was the venue with the biggest crowd ever seen in Athenry and the carnival atmosphere in the town and in the ground. Just shows the peoples desire to not have finals in PS. Walked through the pitch after the game to get out and the playing surface was immaculate and lush - a credit to the grounds staff. Hopefully all hurling finals are played here going forward. No bother getting home either as straight out on the the motorway.
Anyone able to put a figure on the attendance yesterday ?"
I'm curious what other tactics you'd suggest Loughrea to employ when they had corner backs free at every pick out? They generally tried to play the ball diagonally into space like they did all year. What else could they have done genuinely curious?

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 11/11/2024 13:39:07    2579224

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Replying To Trump2020:  "Does anyone know when Loughreas next match is and against whom?"
Dec 13/14 Vs Leinster champions

BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 11/11/2024 13:39:31    2579225

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