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The big 4 still standing and were very comfortable bar Tuam who got a scare. Everyone had Tuam behind the big 3. Can anyone give the 4 semi finalist stating teams? Will Cooke be back for Moycullen? Salthill will need a massive performanbce against corofin and especially after their poor showing against them last year. Is it a double header under lights saturday evening? Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 29/09/2025 10:09:45 2637773 Link 0 |
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Yes it's a double header on Saturday week under lights in Salthill.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1003 - 29/09/2025 10:46:58 2637778 Link 0 |
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Must say great idea and will bring a nice crowd I was unsure if they were going to do in 2 night with an inter semi the curtain raiser
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 29/09/2025 11:50:23 2637789 Link 0 |
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Super idea to do a double header Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 193 - 29/09/2025 12:26:09 2637797 Link 0 |
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With Corofin having won 50% of all Galway senior titles since 1991 (and U21) and with teams in both intermediate and primary Junior. How dominant do they have to be before their amalgamation (back to Corofin and Belclare) is reversed. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1611 - 29/09/2025 16:48:46 2637856 Link 0 |
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Ha ha. Split Corofin in two. They'll be calling to bring back the auld Krugers next. not2bad (Galway) - Posts: 116 - 29/09/2025 17:23:39 2637866 Link 1 |
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Corofin to take the bacon home in senior and the Spiddalers to beat there second team (mostly belclare based) n intermediate final!! northbouind (Galway) - Posts: 309 - 29/09/2025 18:43:42 2637878 Link 2 |
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Corrofin to beat salthill well, salthill won't be able to break down corrofin defence Moycullen to beat Tuam, tight contest but moycullen to pull away Corrofin to win it out, even if Cooke comes back they still won't have enough. Caltra to beat Corrofin B with some comfort, naughton the man. Brendan's to beat spiddle by 4 or 5 Caltra for the senior ranks Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 238 - 30/09/2025 07:50:48 2637897 Link 0 |
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They also in the intermediate semi which they have a chance of winning but I believe if they win they remain intermediate and the runners up would go senior as you can only have 1 senior club which I agree with. Corofin dominance in Galway is a credit to them but their stranglehold on Galway the last 30 years has not been great for club football and they will always be there or thereabouts. I believe the most dissapointing club in that period has been Salthill with their huge catchment a return of 3 co titles last one in 2012 is a massive underachievement. There is much talk of this star studded team and its time for them to deliver but will find it tough against Corofin. Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 30/09/2025 09:03:16 2637905 Link 0 |
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If their domination was mainly based on population and size, then your proposal might have some merit, but the main reason for Corofin's success has been the work done within the club. They're a large club for sure, but there are clubs with much greater numbers in Galway, the likes of Claregalway, Oranmore-Maree, Salthill-Knocknacarra etc. If you've followed recent underage results, you'll notice that Corofin aren't winning too much at minor and U19, but they're very successful at bringing players through to adult level. It wouldn't make sense to punish them for putting good structures in place and excellent coaching of their players as they come up the ranks. Especially, when there are much larger clubs in the county. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2558 - 30/09/2025 11:56:14 2637933 Link 1 |
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I'd suspect that Milltown being able to break down the Corofin defence might mean Salthill won't struggle in that area.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1003 - 30/09/2025 14:49:05 2637974 Link 0 |
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Well said. Of the three clubs you mentioned, Claregalway, Oranmore-Maree, and Salthill-Knocknacarra, only Salthill-Knocknacarra can currently say they're really competing. Claregalway have gone through two managers this year, and whoever comes in next season will be their fifth manager in four years. Oranmore-Maree are in a similar position, for a club of their size to be battling relegation is not good enough. Corofin deserve all the credit they get.
Yvrjd (Galway) - Posts: 19 - 30/09/2025 15:12:45 2637980 Link 0 |
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Difference between group & semi final and they very much failed to do it last year when S/K were bet comfortably
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 30/09/2025 15:13:52 2637982 Link 1 |
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Bit of a difference between the team that played Milltown and the team that choked the life out of Dunmore at the weekend. Different keeper, 3 changes in backs and full back line completely changed, also changed one midfielder. No surprise we looked way better against Dunmore. Throwing some undeserved shade on Milltown there - Salthill the ones that have to show they are up to it. systematic (Galway) - Posts: 233 - 30/09/2025 15:28:58 2637985 Link 3 |
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Yep Salthill definitely struggled in the fixture with Corofin last year. You'd have to say though that since then Matthew Thompson has become a completely different level of player and they have Culhane and Finnerty fit. Salthill are rightly slight favourites for the game at 5/6 given they are playing on their own patch and they have played better teams than Corofin have played in this year's championship.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1003 - 30/09/2025 16:18:25 2637994 Link 0 |
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i will certainly be getting involved if Corofin are underdogs. Champs going for 3 in a row who bet SK comfortably at this stage last year. I will not trust this SK team until they deliver which they have failed to do on several occasions even when they looked like getting over the line in 22 ultimately they found a way to lose Cooke late fist for a goal.
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 30/09/2025 16:48:50 2637999 Link 0 |
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Have they really played better teams? Dunmore better than St James's - maybe on par at a push but think Dunmore showed more this year, Monivea better than St Michaels (relegated). Oughterard probably on par with Milltown so that only leaves Mountbellew & Leitir mor - both beaten in pqf by a small margin. Salthill had their own little wobble against Michael's too who haven't won a game all year. systematic (Galway) - Posts: 233 - 30/09/2025 17:03:27 2638003 Link 0 |
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Who from the championship has done enough for run in the FBD or league? The Killannin pair Walsh and Roche are the obvious standouts. Ian Burke could still offer something, he was impressive at the weekend. Fiachra McDonagh from Moycullen is an nice footballer. Shane McGrath was Dunmores standout player during their run....to be honest I'm not sold on Colm Costello, think hes lacking a bit of pace. Kasey O Ceallaigh maybe? Probably deserves a shot. A few goal keepers have been impressive as well, Cian Costello, Ciaran Noone and Greally from Moycullen. WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 68 - 30/09/2025 20:12:09 2638026 Link 1 |
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Corofin freely available at 6/5 and they certainly won't go off as favourites in this one. Look, I've no idea if the Salthill back line will hold up as they haven't really been tested under pressure yet but there are definitely way more fires for Corofin to put out at the far end. You definitely have to tag Thompson and have two man markers for Finnerty and Culhane while still keeping someone to run with Daniel O'Flaherty. You can't really ignore Charlie Power either. It's an awful lot to manage defensively.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1003 - 30/09/2025 21:23:38 2638034 Link 0 |
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The disrepect to Corofin is laughable last year SK managed a total of 5 points against them the score was 1-11 to 0-5. Have SK improved and Corofin waned that much? I wont beleive until I see it with this SK team deliver and all this talk about "is there a best fron 6 in the country".
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 416 - 01/10/2025 10:26:47 2638075 Link 0 |