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Replying To PoolSturgeon: "Need to look deeper into the profiles of the teams before you begin to make judgements. I understand that the majority of the Kieran's team were a year or 2 older than the majority of the Athenry lads, which is huge at underage." The age mentioned a lot, but there were older lads not starting that should have, there was probably 2 Athenry 2 Craughwell and 1 Clarinbridge hard done by. Tactically having one lad inside was never going to work in Croke Park. Croke Park magnifies frailties that existed in Connacht final and Semi. A lost chance for Pres to really go for it. WesternSeaBoard (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 20/03/2023 19:18:17 2465355 Link
Best wishes to David Burke on his recovery. Hope he makes it back. A great hurler and great servant of Galway. Not many captain their county to lift the McCarthy Cup, and not many win 4 All-stars (going back as far as 2012). foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1910 - 21/03/2023 11:10:54 2465431 Link
Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin: "An absolute warrior, never any messing out of him either, a real old school hurling man, great down to earth lad. Has achieved as much in the game, won everything on offer at club and county. The difference he makes on the pitch as not only a hurler but as a leader is incredible, even small things like fighting for line balls, getting on to lads, directing on the pitch, fighting calls, while some mightnt be things you'd tell a young lad to do but he gave that bit of bite that Galway lacked before he came and whenever he wasn't there. Very like Shefflin was on the pitch. The ultimate clutch hurler, always showed up, even in the very dissapointing finals of 2012, 2015, 2018, semi final in 2016 and the semi fina last year he stood out as one of the best on the pitch. Outside of Joe Canning the best amd most consistent hurler I've ever seen Galway produce. In any all ireland best team of the last 25 years he has to be midfield on that team. A generational talent and even 4 all stars seems like too few for him. Not retiring him at all and I genuinely think he won't want to go out like that and will be back last year for one more go. He's a huge loss to galway this year, always felt that bit more confident with David Burke playing." Good summation there. David is a real hurling man and there is never any showboating or goading of opposition players. He is well able to look after himself but is not a dirty player. I think he should stick around the backroom team this year and give his advice / encouragement to the younger players which could be invaluable. tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3322 - 21/03/2023 14:34:27 2465502 Link
Replying To WesternSeaBoard: "The age mentioned a lot, but there were older lads not starting that should have, there was probably 2 Athenry 2 Craughwell and 1 Clarinbridge hard done by. Tactically having one lad inside was never going to work in Croke Park. Croke Park magnifies frailties that existed in Connacht final and Semi. A lost chance for Pres to really go for it." Hard done by? This is complete nonsense any way and I've watched the team a good bit all year. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 180 - 21/03/2023 14:50:49 2465511 Link
Minor hurling championship starts this Saturday in Louth against Antrim. 20 different clubs represented in the panel which is good for the future. Starting 15 will be backboned by the Clarinbridge and Loughrea lads. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 675 - 22/03/2023 08:19:39 2465654 Link
Sean McDonagh was billed as a potential future star for Galway. Any sign of him still, or has he gone travelling, mot playing anymore? pauliec (Galway) - Posts: 6 - 22/03/2023 09:56:10 2465666 Link
Replying To galway19: "Minor hurling championship starts this Saturday in Louth against Antrim. 20 different clubs represented in the panel which is good for the future. Starting 15 will be backboned by the Clarinbridge and Loughrea lads." Full Minor panel. Some spread of clubs with a few familiar surnames in there! Luke Kennedy - Ahascragh Fohenagh Evan Kennedy - Ardrahan Brian Callanan - Ardrahan Dylan Quirke - Athenry Jason Rabbitte - Athenry Cathal Maloney - Ballygar Harry Holmes - Ballygar Brendan Fox - Carnmore Cian Corcoran - Castlegar Gearoid King - Castlegar Donnacha Campbell - Cappy Sean Murphy (Captain) - Clarinbridge Darragh Counihan - Clarinbridge Aaron Niland - Clarinbridge Michael Fallon - Clarinbridge Ronan Murphy - Clarinbridge Conor Gilligan - Craughwell Ciaran Leen - Craughwell Cathal Duffy - Craughwell Eoghan Mulleady - Kilconieron Shane Murray - Kilconieron Dara Burke - Kinvara Ed O'Reilly - Mellows Cullen Killeen - Loughrea Gavin Maher - Loughrea Bobby Feeney - Loughrea Vince Morgan - Loughrea Lughan Mac Con Iomaire - Micheal Breathnach Adam Rocke - Mullagh Thomas Blake - Oranmore Maree Colm Burke - Oranmore Maree Dylan Melia - Oranmore Maree Jonah Donnellan - Pearses Andrew Canning - Porumna Conor Murray - Portumna Stephen Keane - Sarsfields Michael Burke - Skehana/M/M Dean Cunningham - Skehana/M/M galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 675 - 22/03/2023 13:44:12 2465771 Link
Any word on U20 panel? I'd imagine they should have a decent pool of players Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 127 - 22/03/2023 14:51:46 2465799 Link
Replying To pauliec: "Sean McDonagh was billed as a potential future star for Galway. Any sign of him still, or has he gone travelling, mot playing anymore?" Played for the Galway Development Squad under Eamon O Shea in the done back in January. SamandLiamSoon (Galway) - Posts: 590 - 22/03/2023 15:45:37 2465835 Link
Replying To galway19: "Full Minor panel. Some spread of clubs with a few familiar surnames in there! Luke Kennedy - Ahascragh Fohenagh Evan Kennedy - Ardrahan Brian Callanan - Ardrahan Dylan Quirke - Athenry Jason Rabbitte - Athenry Cathal Maloney - Ballygar Harry Holmes - Ballygar Brendan Fox - Carnmore Cian Corcoran - Castlegar Gearoid King - Castlegar Donnacha Campbell - Cappy Sean Murphy (Captain) - Clarinbridge Darragh Counihan - Clarinbridge Aaron Niland - Clarinbridge Michael Fallon - Clarinbridge Ronan Murphy - Clarinbridge Conor Gilligan - Craughwell Ciaran Leen - Craughwell Cathal Duffy - Craughwell Eoghan Mulleady - Kilconieron Shane Murray - Kilconieron Dara Burke - Kinvara Ed O'Reilly - Mellows Cullen Killeen - Loughrea Gavin Maher - Loughrea Bobby Feeney - Loughrea Vince Morgan - Loughrea Lughan Mac Con Iomaire - Micheal Breathnach Adam Rocke - Mullagh Thomas Blake - Oranmore Maree Colm Burke - Oranmore Maree Dylan Melia - Oranmore Maree Jonah Donnellan - Pearses Andrew Canning - Porumna Conor Murray - Portumna Stephen Keane - Sarsfields Michael Burke - Skehana/M/M Dean Cunningham - Skehana/M/M" Nobody from Gort, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, or even ST THOMAS'S?!? Huh? Galway Abu! Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2120 - 23/03/2023 15:35:31 2466051 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Nobody from Gort, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, or even ST THOMAS'S?!? Huh? Galway Abu!" Add in Turloughmore as well galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 675 - 23/03/2023 15:57:07 2466063 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Nobody from Gort, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, or even ST THOMAS'S?!? Huh? Galway Abu!" Maybe noone good enough in those clubs? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11847 - 23/03/2023 15:58:16 2466065 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Nobody from Gort, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, or even ST THOMAS'S?!? Huh? Galway Abu!" At least Katser (being a good East Galway man) will be happy about that! lol tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3322 - 23/03/2023 16:18:59 2466069 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Nobody from Gort, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, or even ST THOMAS'S?!? Huh? Galway Abu!" I'd say having no one from Beagh or Kilbeacanty is pretty much the norm tbf. Two tiny clubs who might produce a underage hurler every 5 or 6 years or even l5 years in Kilbeacantys case. I'd say they've onr of the lowest representation of any club in galway the last 10 years at underage squads. But bit unfair on them, they struggle big time and even at underage the Michael Cusacks teams are really much Beagh dominated. St Thomas's wouldn't be that big a surprise either. Another tiny club who got a golden generation and have actually produced more underage hurlers over the last 6/7 years than they would've pre the golden crop coming up together. Gort bit of a surprise but again not really pulling up trees at underage or might have 1 or 2 every few years at underage over the last decade or so. Usually B grades or lower in recent times. Tirloughmore not having one on the panel is very eye catching though for the numbers and success they have at underage. Did they not win feile all Ireland's around this age too? All in all this should be the norm for the size of galway and its playing population. Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 258 - 23/03/2023 17:51:33 2466092 Link
Replying To tommy k: "At least Katser (being a good East Galway man) will be happy about that! lol" I believe Katser picked this team!!! Change my mind! Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2120 - 23/03/2023 18:22:33 2466099 Link
Replying To galway19: "Add in Turloughmore as well" Not none from Ballinderreen, home of the great Noel Lane, one of the handful of Galway hurlers with 3 AI SENIOR medals. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1910 - 23/03/2023 18:35:42 2466101 Link
has Alex Connaire been called up to the Galway squad? He's a hugely talented player Albara (Galway) - Posts: 30 - 23/03/2023 20:22:07 2466116 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Not none from Ballinderreen, home of the great Noel Lane, one of the handful of Galway hurlers with 3 AI SENIOR medals." Coincidentally there looks to be great talent available from the clubs of the team management and selectors. Surely we have moved on from the patronage of the past. I recall back in the day getting "our own man" onto the panel was something to cherish. Results of course would ease any cynicism that I may be displaying!!! SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 304 - 24/03/2023 09:56:51 2466143 Link
Replying To SixtiesKid: "Coincidentally there looks to be great talent available from the clubs of the team management and selectors. Surely we have moved on from the patronage of the past. I recall back in the day getting "our own man" onto the panel was something to cherish. Results of course would ease any cynicism that I may be displaying!!!" The Minor record has been second to none since 1992, over 30 years now. However, the u20/u21 record since 2011 has been poor, and indeed arguably catastrophic, when measured in tandem with those corresponding u17/u18 performances. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3421 - 24/03/2023 10:13:35 2466152 Link
Replying To SixtiesKid: "Coincidentally there looks to be great talent available from the clubs of the team management and selectors. Surely we have moved on from the patronage of the past. I recall back in the day getting "our own man" onto the panel was something to cherish. Results of course would ease any cynicism that I may be displaying!!!" Thought the same myself. 2 nephews in last 2 years who sadly aren't up to pace. CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 487 - 24/03/2023 10:41:22 2466166 Link