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Replying To galway2015:  "Serious question marks have to be asked of the S&C and medical team given the ongoing volume of injuries which has been heightened by the fact that they're to our key players. Doesn't reflect well at all when so many are repeat or new injuries off the same players. That is unforgiveable at the elite level. It's no secret that some players are using their own preferred physio. Speaks of an environment that is below the top level of professionalism needed to reach the top. Just not good enough; to me its a weak spot in Padraic Joyce's overall approach to managing at this level possibly because it wasn't something he had to deal with too much as a player. The players deserve better than this. Feel really sorry for the likes of Sean Kelly who has been completely mismanaged from a player welfare perspective since his initial ankle injury last yr. You reap what you sow."
FFS, cop on, you are showing a lot of disrespect to the medical team. Man Utd and Liverpool have players out with injuries, do you know how much expertise and medical budget they have access too. The New York Jets got Aaron Rodgers on a three year contract in 2023 at $50 million per year and he got injured in their first game and hasn't played since. Injuries happen. What medical, physio or S&C qualifications have you?

GDL (Galway) - Posts: 779 - 16/03/2024 23:54:05    2531578

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Replying To tommy k:  "Yes I agree. Too easy to score against and no bite whatsoever in whatever tackles they were trying to put in which weren't many in fairness. Forwards were starved of possession and I lost count of the number of sloppy turnovers like what happened in the Monaghan game but the Dubs had the forward power to punish the turnovers. Trying to convert backs / midfielders to forwards will never work. PJ and Cian O'Neill have taken the team backwards from even where Kevin Walsh had them and they don't seem to have any discernable game-plan whatsoever. Not good enough - time for them to go now and bring in a manager / coaches that know what they are doing."
Rubbish...
Backwards from Kevin Walsh?
They have moved on from that , you want to sack a manager during the league?
There is up to 14 players doing rehab at the moment getting ready for championship, all working together for Galway , but Tommyk on Hoganstand wants to sack the manager now...

Galwaymaster9 (Galway) - Posts: 397 - 17/03/2024 07:55:31    2531590

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Replying To GDL:  "FFS, cop on, you are showing a lot of disrespect to the medical team. Man Utd and Liverpool have players out with injuries, do you know how much expertise and medical budget they have access too. The New York Jets got Aaron Rodgers on a three year contract in 2023 at $50 million per year and he got injured in their first game and hasn't played since. Injuries happen. What medical, physio or S&C qualifications have you?"
If we're emulating the New York Jets, we certainly won't be winning much. Aaron Rogers is 40 years old.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4007 - 17/03/2024 08:46:02    2531593

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Real Galway supporters are behind PJ. We have a massive squad for 2024 and I think we can survive in division 1.
I think we can get something on the road next week also.

suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1713 - 17/03/2024 09:16:09    2531602

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Replying To galway2015:  "S&C and medical team need to look at themselves. Any muscle injury is preventable and is often linked to training overload. Plenty of the injuries that the Galway lads have did occur while with the county. It's likely that Joyce could be too strong a personality when it comes to how much players are doing; that still doesn't excuse the team specialists in standing their ground- it's the least the players deserve. Everyone has to question themselves in high performance environments like this. Either that or keep your head in the sand like it looks like you wish to continue doing."
Lads it doesn't take long to see how much smaller and unconditioned Galway are, they are probably the lightest team in div 1, I know raw strength doesn't kick the ball over the bar but given lads are running into tackles they need to have the strength to hold onto the ball. The S&C team hasn't changed since kw time and needs to go with pj, it was an easy appointment for pj "ah sure keep the same lads who cares" come the champo heat Armagh mayo Donegal will be far stronger and leaner than Galway not to now the top 5.

Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 227 - 17/03/2024 09:22:27    2531603

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It's definitely not looking good At moment for championship with not much sign of injured players coming back it's actually got worse still can't understand why Niall Daly being played at full forward it's not fair on him or Darcy either the amour of time players go into tackle is crazy and same players keep doing it every game and keep getting picked decision making on ball is junior C level shot selection cat shoot on sight John Daly no where near good enough center back just solo ball poor kicker kicks ball along ground outside of boot , defenders never look up when get ball just solo head down 2, yard hand pass to player in same or maybe worse position,, Johnny McGrath great player he actually looks to give kick pass at this stage league is done Galway need Ross to loose 2, matches otherwise we gone not hope coming near Kerry need start silke next week Jack Glynn as well

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1020 - 17/03/2024 10:02:52    2531608

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Replying To suckvalleypaddy:  "Real Galway supporters are behind PJ. We have a massive squad for 2024 and I think we can survive in division 1.
I think we can get something on the road next week also."
Define real supporters please? Do you need to have a season ticket and at least 5 stubs from going to games in 80s/90s

FallenStar (Galway) - Posts: 424 - 17/03/2024 10:03:14    2531609

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "If we're emulating the New York Jets, we certainly won't be winning much. Aaron Rogers is 40 years old."
What about Mo Salah or Rasmus Højlund ages, you conveniently left them out of your reply. Pope, you should try and get out more and if you ever do, you should consider a trip to New York, take in the Jets Training centre at Florham Park, ironically sponsored by "Athlantic Health". They have an amazing facility to get injured players rehabilitation done. However, I can't see that happening as I imagine you as a "Jim Royle" type of character, sitting with the TV remote & mobile phone in each hand and a tray on your lap. Enjoy the rest of your day, probably a big one planned for yourself, drinking cans, a spice bag in the afternoon and 'The Pool' on the TV in the afternoon.

GDL (Galway) - Posts: 779 - 17/03/2024 10:22:09    2531612

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Replying To Sportsfanatic90:  "Lads it doesn't take long to see how much smaller and unconditioned Galway are, they are probably the lightest team in div 1, I know raw strength doesn't kick the ball over the bar but given lads are running into tackles they need to have the strength to hold onto the ball. The S&C team hasn't changed since kw time and needs to go with pj, it was an easy appointment for pj "ah sure keep the same lads who cares" come the champo heat Armagh mayo Donegal will be far stronger and leaner than Galway not to now the top 5."
That's not correct. Any of the younger guys O'Flaherty, McGrath, Fitzgerald even O'Curraoin are in Div 1 shape.
Our conditioning was better than Monaghan and on a par with Tyrone.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 461 - 17/03/2024 11:48:36    2531624

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Replying To Kickitout:  "It's definitely not looking good At moment for championship with not much sign of injured players coming back it's actually got worse still can't understand why Niall Daly being played at full forward it's not fair on him or Darcy either the amour of time players go into tackle is crazy and same players keep doing it every game and keep getting picked decision making on ball is junior C level shot selection cat shoot on sight John Daly no where near good enough center back just solo ball poor kicker kicks ball along ground outside of boot , defenders never look up when get ball just solo head down 2, yard hand pass to player in same or maybe worse position,, Johnny McGrath great player he actually looks to give kick pass at this stage league is done Galway need Ross to loose 2, matches otherwise we gone not hope coming near Kerry need start silke next week Jack Glynn as well"
John Daly is one of the best and most intelligent footballers in Ireland. I would say he's one of the first names on the team sheet

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 461 - 17/03/2024 11:50:48    2531625

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Replying To smallfrank:  "John Daly is one of the best and most intelligent footballers in Ireland. I would say he's one of the first names on the team sheet"
I agree he probably one first names on team sheet there lies the problem,,

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1020 - 17/03/2024 12:04:13    2531628

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Replying To FallenStar:  "Define real supporters please? Do you need to have a season ticket and at least 5 stubs from going to games in 80s/90s"
Supporters are people who want Galway to win, people without agendas, I get it. But look we can all disagree here and we are mad for the Tribe.
Also, I want Roscommon to win today. If they can beat kerry, we have to do the same or take the drop.
Happy St. Pat's.

suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1713 - 17/03/2024 12:37:17    2531634

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Replying To GDL:  "What about Mo Salah or Rasmus Højlund ages, you conveniently left them out of your reply. Pope, you should try and get out more and if you ever do, you should consider a trip to New York, take in the Jets Training centre at Florham Park, ironically sponsored by "Athlantic Health". They have an amazing facility to get injured players rehabilitation done. However, I can't see that happening as I imagine you as a "Jim Royle" type of character, sitting with the TV remote & mobile phone in each hand and a tray on your lap. Enjoy the rest of your day, probably a big one planned for yourself, drinking cans, a spice bag in the afternoon and 'The Pool' on the TV in the afternoon."
After all that waffle, the fact remains that Rogers is 40, and at that age is likely to be quite brittle on the injury front.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4007 - 17/03/2024 12:49:51    2531637

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "After all that waffle, the fact remains that Rogers is 40, and at that age is likely to be quite brittle on the injury front."
The fact is they pay him $50 million dollars a year for his arm and sporting brain, there was another lad who played in the NFL at 40, an average enough lad they called him Tom Brady. The chippy will be open now if you want that spice bag, you can order it on deliveroo as you don't get out much!!!

GDL (Galway) - Posts: 779 - 17/03/2024 13:11:58    2531647

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Replying To Kickitout:  "I agree he probably one first names on team sheet there lies the problem,,"
Totally agree bout john daly and I said it weeks ago, wide open again yesterday. It's going to be a very short summer, same old rubbish every year with heaps of players injured. Some one is nt doin there job properly and we are bigger fools for going to matches.

Dunmore10 (Galway) - Posts: 153 - 17/03/2024 13:29:30    2531652

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Yes yesterday very poor but needs to be put into context, no other team in the country could sustain the level of injury we have at the moment. Now why we are so disproportionately impacted in terms of injury is another debate entirely.

A lot people have made their minds up about this season already which is fair enough but the serious stuff doesn't start until the end of May. If we can get a few players back over the course of the Connacht championship we can give the group stages a go good and it's anyone's guess after that. Gaillimh Abu

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1645 - 17/03/2024 13:43:54    2531658

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Replying To Dunmore10:  "Totally agree bout john daly and I said it weeks ago, wide open again yesterday. It's going to be a very short summer, same old rubbish every year with heaps of players injured. Some one is nt doin there job properly and we are bigger fools for going to matches."
Do you go to many matches? Only reason I ask is when Galway were defending John Daly was sitting in front of the full back. I'm sure when you saw O Callaghan get the ball the two nearest people to him were Fitz and Daly. Not sure he can play that role and also be out in the half back line plugging gaps. Anyone that believes a "wide open" team has anything to do with one player knows little about modern football. All about the system baby. John Daly wouldn't be top of my list for our system failures.

SamandLiamSoon (Galway) - Posts: 623 - 17/03/2024 14:03:00    2531666

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "After all that waffle, the fact remains that Rogers is 40, and at that age is likely to be quite brittle on the injury front."
Brady won it at 43 and 41. Manning at 39
Elway 38. Maybe we should emulate these teams? Bring PJ into the 11 role? Players mentioned are the most protected in contact sport I've seen. Not sure it's any sort of correlation to football this side of the pond.

SamandLiamSoon (Galway) - Posts: 623 - 17/03/2024 14:06:49    2531668

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Replying To GDL:  "The fact is they pay him $50 million dollars a year for his arm and sporting brain, there was another lad who played in the NFL at 40, an average enough lad they called him Tom Brady. The chippy will be open now if you want that spice bag, you can order it on deliveroo as you don't get out much!!!"
Rogers is no Tom Brady. Just never won enough when the chips were down, in complete contrast to TB12.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4007 - 17/03/2024 14:31:24    2531673

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Replying To SamandLiamSoon:  "Brady won it at 43 and 41. Manning at 39
Elway 38. Maybe we should emulate these teams? Bring PJ into the 11 role? Players mentioned are the most protected in contact sport I've seen. Not sure it's any sort of correlation to football this side of the pond."
Very little correlation. You don't see many intercounty Gaa players over 35.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4007 - 17/03/2024 14:34:17    2531674

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