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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "You were probably doing well until you threw in Dublin, lack of research or simply haven't been paying attention to what they have been at in underage level the last few years?

Even with this Galway U20 team that flattered to deceive it should still produce a few county seniors and that's the main success of any development."
My structural deficiencies points are absolutely valid. As for counties implementing the likes of this, Kerry is a much better example, of course, but Dublin are now trying to implement those structures and have a plan to improve on where they're at re underage, and it may well convert over the next few years.
I'm offering more reasons here as to the cause of our recent demise at underage than I see you offering. Always critiquing but not offering solutions, I see. Suggest how we can improve please - the floor is yours…

togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1044 - 24/04/2025 15:29:19    2604070

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Replying To jm25:  "Sean Dunne was very good for barna last year and think it's mulhern who was very good for Caltra too, the likes of corofin SK Moycullen and claregalway have big panels so hard to breakthrough there."
Yes, agree Dunne is one of the best forwards for Barna seniors

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 494 - 24/04/2025 16:01:00    2604080

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Replying To systematic:  "Ryan Joyce has started for Killannin. I know I've seen Lonergan, Gilmore and Mikey Mulryan for their senior teams. Vinny Gill played a few times for Corofin in league prob unlucky injury kept him away last year.

I'll have to ask the Milltown lads if they are gonna play Godwin this eve"
None of those are established senior club players. Costello had a great year for Dunmore and Sean Dunne who I forgot to mention has been good for Barna.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 494 - 24/04/2025 16:03:27    2604081

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Replying To systematic:  "Ryan Joyce has started for Killannin. I know I've seen Lonergan, Gilmore and Mikey Mulryan for their senior teams. Vinny Gill played a few times for Corofin in league prob unlucky injury kept him away last year.

I'll have to ask the Milltown lads if they are gonna play Godwin this eve"
Ryan Flaherty is playing senior as well.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 24/04/2025 16:06:15    2604083

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Replying To Fox.1n.7he.b0x:  "I would have to agree with you here, and I've been saying it for awhile that 17-20 is critical age for development, and it does come down to management in my opinion, minor manager so poor and Savo's training sessions have also been extremely poor, my argument here is these lads get such important rolls and no real experience at all but it's who you know and who you were as a player, seems to be the narrative that if you played for Galway you'd make a good coach or manager, county board have a lot to answer for here!!"
we would be happy out with that result here, were Galway missing players or did complacency creep in here? no doubt a lot of your lads will still make it to senior whereas we have a massive falloff after this level to the point where it is nearly impossible to make progress.

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 622 - 24/04/2025 18:00:28    2604100

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I honestly think and only my opinion is that development squads are run at wrong time of year all lads now are playing with there clubs and are prob doing enough I know lads who trained with under 16 develop squads on sat and played with clubs on Sunday most club football at under 14-15-16 is finished or almost finished by Aug or earlier and then lads will basodi very little or anything until next April 6 months no football and probably for next 3 months 2 much so why not start even internal development squads around the county and really give all kids a fair and equal opportunity to improve I for one think it worth trying out start them in sept for 6/8 weeks take a break for fir few weeks and go again i guarantee that the players will improve without the pressure of being dropped after 2-3 trials it alway should be about improving players and basically giving them a chance ,,as I said only my opinion

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1054 - 24/04/2025 19:18:05    2604107

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Has there been a Galway senior manager, who wasn't an ex-player, since John O'Mahony?

Yvrjd (Galway) - Posts: 10 - 24/04/2025 19:18:38    2604108

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Has there being an underage manger in last number years not being ex player or teacher ,, prib is but not many

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1054 - 24/04/2025 20:48:24    2604119

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Replying To Yvrjd:  "Has there been a Galway senior manager, who wasn't an ex-player, since John O'Mahony?"
Peter Forde Joe Kernan Tomás O Flatharta none of them exGalway. You'd imagine that the vast majority of managers, and prospective managers, are explayers of some level & location.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4084 - 24/04/2025 21:13:27    2604121

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Replying To Kickitout:  "I honestly think and only my opinion is that development squads are run at wrong time of year all lads now are playing with there clubs and are prob doing enough I know lads who trained with under 16 develop squads on sat and played with clubs on Sunday most club football at under 14-15-16 is finished or almost finished by Aug or earlier and then lads will basodi very little or anything until next April 6 months no football and probably for next 3 months 2 much so why not start even internal development squads around the county and really give all kids a fair and equal opportunity to improve I for one think it worth trying out start them in sept for 6/8 weeks take a break for fir few weeks and go again i guarantee that the players will improve without the pressure of being dropped after 2-3 trials it alway should be about improving players and basically giving them a chance ,,as I said only my opinion"
Most of those lads take up something else for winter like rugby or soccer.In all fairness to under 16 academy they have had alot of S and C done without anyone being dropped at the start.These lads usually playing either hurling or another sport at club level at this stage as well.If the coaching could be standardised as in all coaches training these lads in a certain way to some extent and it was done at all age groups then lads would seamlessly slip into older age groups as style of play would be the somewhat the same instead of each manager having all different ideas.
Corofin have done it for years.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 24/04/2025 22:05:36    2604132

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Replying To Kickitout:  "Has there being an underage manger in last number years not being ex player or teacher ,, prib is but not many"
Gerry Fahy, Alan Flynn, Bunty Roche

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 494 - 24/04/2025 22:58:25    2604139

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Replying To Kickitout:  "Has there being an underage manger in last number years not being ex player or teacher ,, prib is but not many"
Being a teacher has one big advantage as far as managers are concerned is the amount of time they have off especially during the summer months so they can devote more time to the management role

minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 271 - 24/04/2025 23:10:46    2604141

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Replying To minor77:  "Being a teacher has one big advantage as far as managers are concerned is the amount of time they have off especially during the summer months so they can devote more time to the management role"
Very true. There's also the fact that their day job involves getting kids to understand information or new concepts. Effective ommunication and training is something they have to develop as part of their job, so these are very useful when it comes to coaching.
In rugby, the likes of Joe Schmidt and Stuart Lancaster have mentioned that their teaching background was a big plus when they started coaching.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2282 - 25/04/2025 09:27:26    2604164

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