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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Some lads on this thread giving out that Shefflin didnt blood new players but on the other hand giving out about young lads being too young and light on Sunday.
Its the league , its a new team , lads will play, lads will shine others wont . But its the only way to find out .Look at the footballers they got relegated a few years ago with a changing team and came back up .
John Kielys Limerick didnt go too well in his first year and thrived in year 2/3 .
Tipp are always flying in the league
Galways big games are in Leinster in a few months time
KK might beat us again Sunday, but we could learn a bit more . Trust the man that brought us Liam, he got a few trimmings in the league with Dublin last year and performed when it mattered.
puckemhard (National) - 30/01/2025 13:04:32
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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "It's is woke. Anyone that dons a county jersey is going to get criticism, it's unrealistic and I you're missing my point I said it's not his fault he shouldn't be there. Management threw him on the deep end and as John McIntyre said in the tribune this week there was a few completely out of their depth for Galway." John McIntyre puts his name to any criticism and can be confronted by family members of players, so he'll have to stand over his opinion. The BigBàsMan is an anonymous account on an internet forum. There is a clear difference.
TanCanRan (National) - 30/01/2025 13:07:37
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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TanCanRan: "John McIntyre puts his name to any criticism and can be confronted by family members of players, so he'll have to stand over his opinion. The BigBàsMan is an anonymous account on an internet forum. There is a clear difference." Bigbasman is probably Skehill ;-)
Viking66 (National) - 30/01/2025 15:33:28
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GAA Dome - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "Once in a life time storm, sorry that isn't good enough, if you are building a structure - particularly one of that cost what this project did, you risk assess and quality assure the project to withstand adverse and unusual weather events.
In essence you take the worst storm of a life time and you multiply by at least 5 in severity and you make sure your structure can withstand that.
Clearly this wasn't the case.
Another case of vanity, ruling substance.
Thankfully no one was hurt, but as per the Connacht chairman comments there was a potential risk to life.
Given the above, I don't what I would take for some to say, hmm maybe it wasn't the cleverest idea.
The argument that our tent wasn't a stupid idea, the weather was just bad just doesn't cut it." With your attitude nothing would ever be rebuilt. I'm aware of structural engineering and what engineers plan for, I studied it in college.
yew_tree (National) - 30/01/2025 15:34:37
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Fermanagh GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
I shared my honest and valid opinion, only to be met with dismissal by someone unwilling to consider another perspective. As for his Cavan associate, his curiosity about certain players and their club, with all due respect, is a matter that doesn't concern him.
BigToeJoe (National) - 30/01/2025 15:45:45
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Onlywayiswicklow: "Great to see so many Wicklow lads on the TU Dublin sigerson panel that made it to the semi finals yesterday. thought the two wing backs in fee and prendergast were excellent. Is Conor McGraynor the last Wicklow man to start on a sigerson winning team or is there someone obvious I'm forgetting.. hoping the extra games won't be a strain on on the lads coming into this weekend." It is a great sign to see Wicklow players are playing sigerson and standing out in the latter stages of this competition. To the best of my knowledge Conor McGraynor was the last player to win the sigerson with DCU. Conor is a player who could have had a great career with Wicklow but it never seem to happen for him for some unknown reason.
wicklowsupport (National) - 30/01/2025 10:06:18
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Bib: "The point is why is he or any of our young players not ready , and so aside from guessing his weight as you did in previous post why not look deeper , the tipp freetaker was playing schools hurling last year and has clearly improved in all physical metrics in the interim , we'd all love to have wristy lads with a few naturally strong men mixed in but the reality now is that won't cut it at intercounty level anymore ,
And hardly "woke" to suggest personal criticism of a debutant is out of order," It's is woke. Anyone that dons a county jersey is going to get criticism, it's unrealistic and I you're missing my point I said it's not his fault he shouldn't be there. Management threw him on the deep end and as John McIntyre said in the tribune this week there was a few completely out of their depth for Galway.
BigBàsMan (National) - 30/01/2025 11:51:33
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Is There A Workable Solution To Limiting Handpasses In Football? - 1 Like(s)
Some of the posts on here are mind boggling at times . I won't even respond with some real game scenarios which would mean the suggestions on here are just plain stupid. As usual it's people who clearly have no involvement in coaching or playing that suggest these ideas.
TheFlaker (National) - 30/01/2025 11:58:03
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Is There A Workable Solution To Limiting Handpasses In Football? - 1 Like(s)
Firstly, there is a lot of new rules just introduced so wait till the end of the league at least to see what works or doesn't work, which I think is there plan anyways.
Secondly, putting restrictions on the attacking team isn't going to solve anything, holding onto the ball and going back and over is due to the mass defensive setup most teams have now.
If after the 3rd handpass a team has to kick, sure that's most of the job done for the defending team, sit back and wait for them to kick it and then hit on the counter. Most scores come from counter attacks or frees. the counter attack works because there is no mass defence setup. Limiting handpass or solos will solve nothing.
Keeping 3 up and 2 point arc, both help the attacking team and its the way forward for helping the game to become more attractive, the 2 pint option from frees needs to be kept, otherwise defending teams will just foul instead of letting a possible 2 point shot being kicked.
The goalkeeper issue will need to be addressed.
tommy132 (National) - 30/01/2025 12:07:36
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
We've done nothing at U20 level for over a decade now. That's where the problem is. Even with a clatter of successful minor sides they still didn't kick on at U20 level. Minor is children's hurling really and is no barometer at all of future senior success but U21/20 is a far more relevant form guide.
Since we last won the U21/20 in 2011 we've only reached two finals in 2016 and 2021 and we got hammered out the gate in both.
Marooned (National) - 30/01/2025 12:22:44
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "Interesting, any idea why it was disbanded if it appears to be working and neither club currently have the resources to go their own? Would have thought Bmore had it but would understand if Kiltubrid do not, could be wrong but I think Annaduff are the only club outside of a town that do not amalgamate at any level and have not done so in recent times" As much as I hate to say it you have to admire Annaduff. While times are good for them now at underage they spent years playing in division 3s and 11 aside competitions yet they never amalgamated.
While I am not saying every club should go on their own you have to respect the commitment Annaduff have to ensuring that every young player coming through only ever has to wear one jersey. THEIR OWN
sillyjambon12 (National) - 30/01/2025 13:25:45
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GAA Dome - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Ros2013: "I see nothing but begrudgery here and not surprised that some are gleeful it was destroyed. My experience of it is hundreds of children loving attending go games and development panels from Connacht getting top class coaching there. Can't wait for it to be built again and I'm sure there will be lessons applied regarding the structure. We'd have nothing across the Shannon if we didn't go ahead and build it ourselves such as Knock airport and the foresight of the great Monsignor Horan." Understand your sentiments. We feel the same down in the south east. We can't get a bit of asphalt put down to land a plane. Or a catlab to stop people from dying in ambulances on the way to Cork. Cronyism with politicians is the story of our lives. You obviously value and use your dome. The only question is it the correct building for the purpose. It could happen again and you don't want to have spent the money that would have built a solid structure.
Canuck (National) - 30/01/2025 14:12:35
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Tom Prior looked very good for DCU tonight as they progressed to the Sigerson cup semi final.
With Prior, Honeyman and Beirne Leitrim have the firepower to cause plenty of problems to Div 3 defences." There's a post that gives cause for optimism. We have the forwards even with the few gone away and Poacher might have a few systems to tighten things up in defense. It sounds like Clare were still in the dressing room for the first 20minutes but then worked a lot of goal chances only for the Antrim keeper to have a stand out day.
I hope we travel in good numbers as usual. I have a feeling this could be a gettable 2pts on the road. As Séamus O'Rourke put it on Tommy Tiernan, you have to have hope of a win travelling to these places.
Good luck to the team on Sunday.
Liatroim Abú
Mugatay (National) - 30/01/2025 16:50:21
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GAA Dome - 1 Like(s)
Can anyone tell me with clarity if there is any man made, built for purpose structure in the country that would pass a safety check to withstand winds of up to and including 100 mph, if needs be turbine generators, mobile phone masts that vary considerably in height, and high voltage power lines that can reach frightening heights across the mountainous parts of the country, one or two examples will do rightly.
Personally, I hope the Dome is rebuilt asap in fact I think it was an ingenious bit of thinking and forward planning, I would repeat the process again as it would most likely weather many a storm over the next 75 years approx. I would however ask the project developing and engineering managers come up with a mechanism to protect it from winds of 115 mph ish.
Should the insurance people refuse to pay out fully or in part then a suitable fund raiser could be put in place, national or provincial and I would have no problem subscribing to one.
supersub15 (National) - 30/01/2025 21:09:40
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