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Replying To jm25: "Going well so far bar we managed to weaken team bringing in fahy for Conor cooney somehow managed to bring in a worse shooter Linnane been excellent" would you stop. Wipe your mouth. Fahy was the difference yesterday. His size and physicality bossed the half forward line and allowed the small lads like inland to get a few shots. Super display. I would go as far and say he was a serious consideration for MOTM. clare_sparrow (Galway) - Posts: 441 - 25/06/2023 14:50:56 2489118 Link
Replying To Jackson88: "Great win for loughrea in the senior A league final 5-21 to 2-21 after ET Vs cappy. Hard to believe not one player from the 30 players in the county final 22 started for Galway yesterday" not really hard to believe. there is no1 from Thomass you'd put in. and from loughrea Jamie Ryan is the most one but he's too similar to niland but niland is miles better at this standard. clare_sparrow (Galway) - Posts: 441 - 25/06/2023 14:55:11 2489119 Link
Replying To Jackson88: "Great win for loughrea in the senior A league final 5-21 to 2-21 after ET Vs cappy. Hard to believe not one player from the 30 players in the county final 22 started for Galway yesterday" Is Skehil retired didn't see in team photo. CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 499 - 25/06/2023 15:17:46 2489127 Link
Replying To clare_sparrow: "not really hard to believe. there is no1 from Thomass you'd put in. and from loughrea Jamie Ryan is the most one but he's too similar to niland but niland is miles better at this standard." All the while it's still hard to believe the two best teams in the county last year have nobody "good enough" for galway Jackson88 (Galway) - Posts: 72 - 25/06/2023 17:32:37 2489191 Link
Replying To CillTormoir: "Is Skehil retired didn't see in team photo." I wouldn't say so. Maybe just injured Jackson88 (Galway) - Posts: 72 - 25/06/2023 19:40:58 2489255 Link
The wides and missed goal chances were disappointing, but I was very happy with that Galway performance. Tipp were poor, but it was clear as day Galway are a far better team. The halfback line was dominant. Mannion brilliant. Fahy had a bit of a tough start but was excellent after that, they missed that ball winner in the half-forward line. Whelan, as always, is unmarkable. Mad what he can do when he gets good ball in, luckily he's not out around midfield!! I was very impressed with the fullback lines work, particularly on Jake Morris. They were all picking him up at different times and he didn't get a sniff. Linnane also brilliant. I would imagine he will have the same job on maybe Lynch the next day and Monaghan will come in for Glennon Very positive stuff. On another day Galway win that by 10+ Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 182 - 26/06/2023 07:41:16 2489356 Link
What was really encouraging was that we absorbed the blow of the goal and went down and got the next score and finished the stronger team. Great fortitude in these players and we are lucky to have them wearing Maroon. Terrific attitude from every man the last day, not a backward step taken. Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 906 - 26/06/2023 10:07:42 2489404 Link
Replying To Kinvara: "The wides and missed goal chances were disappointing, but I was very happy with that Galway performance. Tipp were poor, but it was clear as day Galway are a far better team. The halfback line was dominant. Mannion brilliant. Fahy had a bit of a tough start but was excellent after that, they missed that ball winner in the half-forward line. Whelan, as always, is unmarkable. Mad what he can do when he gets good ball in, luckily he's not out around midfield!! I was very impressed with the fullback lines work, particularly on Jake Morris. They were all picking him up at different times and he didn't get a sniff. Linnane also brilliant. I would imagine he will have the same job on maybe Lynch the next day and Monaghan will come in for Glennon Very positive stuff. On another day Galway win that by 10+" Whelan fluffed at least 2 'easy' goal chances. Still need more from him against Limerick. Always something to work on ;) CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 499 - 26/06/2023 11:23:52 2489448 Link
Replying To CillTormoir: "Whelan fluffed at least 2 'easy' goal chances. Still need more from him against Limerick. Always something to work on ;)" Agreed, I thought Mannion and Daithi Burke were better on the day, but it's not bad if you've scored 1-4 and still have plenty left to get better! Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 182 - 26/06/2023 12:17:47 2489489 Link
Replying To Kinvara: "The wides and missed goal chances were disappointing, but I was very happy with that Galway performance. Tipp were poor, but it was clear as day Galway are a far better team. The halfback line was dominant. Mannion brilliant. Fahy had a bit of a tough start but was excellent after that, they missed that ball winner in the half-forward line. Whelan, as always, is unmarkable. Mad what he can do when he gets good ball in, luckily he's not out around midfield!! I was very impressed with the fullback lines work, particularly on Jake Morris. They were all picking him up at different times and he didn't get a sniff. Linnane also brilliant. I would imagine he will have the same job on maybe Lynch the next day and Monaghan will come in for Glennon Very positive stuff. On another day Galway win that by 10+" key point here Tipp were poor. which was no surprise. A clear pattern has formed in the ranking of hurling countys.. the top 4 are now clearly defined as such with no arguments whatsoever and a big big gap to the rest of the pack. 1 Limerick (a gap) 2 KK 3 Galway (a small gap) 4 Clare (a big big gap) 5 Tipp 6 Cork 7 Dublin 8 Wexford 9 Waterford clare_sparrow (Galway) - Posts: 441 - 26/06/2023 12:20:57 2489490 Link
Replying To clare_sparrow: "key point here Tipp were poor. which was no surprise. A clear pattern has formed in the ranking of hurling countys.. the top 4 are now clearly defined as such with no arguments whatsoever and a big big gap to the rest of the pack. 1 Limerick (a gap) 2 KK 3 Galway (a small gap) 4 Clare (a big big gap) 5 Tipp 6 Cork 7 Dublin 8 Wexford 9 Waterford" That's fair TomWex (Wexford) - Posts: 85 - 26/06/2023 12:38:47 2489505 Link
Replying To Flaherty: "Too true...JM25 criticism of Fahy way off. A few wides yes but he took two great points and more importantly he won masses of dirty ball in the air and on the ground, one of our best players on the day. He's finally embedded himself i feel in this team and he's a sure fire starter against Limerick. Sadly Conor Cooney in his short cameo only confirmed what we already know..." Yep. I hoped Conor Cooney would be stung by being dropped and light it up. I think he had 3 shots and no scores. He will be lucky to make semi final panel. Fahy and Monahan did well in those blustery conditions...as did Niland to nail so many frees. Henry freshened it up and got his reward. Coolockweigan (Galway) - Posts: 29 - 26/06/2023 14:13:13 2489578 Link
Replying To CillTormoir: "Is Skehil retired didn't see in team photo." His mouth is definitely not retired BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 26/06/2023 14:14:36 2489579 Link
Replying To TomWex: " Replying To clare_sparrow: "key point here Tipp were poor. which was no surprise. A clear pattern has formed in the ranking of hurling countys.. the top 4 are now clearly defined as such with no arguments whatsoever and a big big gap to the rest of the pack. 1 Limerick (a gap) 2 KK 3 Galway (a small gap) 4 Clare (a big big gap) 5 Tipp 6 Cork 7 Dublin 8 Wexford 9 Waterford" That's fair" Fairly irrelevant imo. It's not like the top6 or 8 get Masters invites, or Wimbledon seedings. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 26/06/2023 14:17:08 2489582 Link
Couple of things here, first off didn't think Galway would beat Tipp so hold my hand up there. Everyone is saying TIpp did not turn up, but has anyone considered that Galway did and actually stopped Tipp from playing their game. One thing we learned is that Munster and Leinster hurling are different styles, I wouldn't be too sure either that Clare will walk past KK especially when their injured players come back. Now that Galway have sat Conor Cooney except for his cameo (added nothing as usual), we now need to look at the next big issue Gerry Mc, he is a huge liability. People will say he had a great first half, but he was marking a burnt out 34 year old Seamus Callanan who did not have a good game for Tipp all year. The second half on a speedy player he was lost, also made some really stupid decisions. Limericks inside forwards will burn him in two weeks, he simply does not have the pace. Is it time to put Burke back at nbr 3 and J Cooney at Nbr 6? Not a huge pace upgrade but with C Mannion playing deep it would be a better solution IMHO. BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 26/06/2023 14:26:39 2489590 Link
Replying To CillTormoir: "Whelan fluffed at least 2 'easy' goal chances. Still need more from him against Limerick. Always something to work on ;)" Whelan has been our best forward this year so we don't need more from him....we need more from our other forwards especially B Concannon and K Cooney. We also need our Full Back line to raise their game, that goal Tipp got which let Tipp back into the game was a blunder from our full back line. Morrissey and Grealish just stopped and looked at eachother. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2481 - 26/06/2023 16:08:27 2489683 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: " Replying To TomWex: "[quote=clare_sparrow: "key point here Tipp were poor. which was no surprise. A clear pattern has formed in the ranking of hurling countys.. the top 4 are now clearly defined as such with no arguments whatsoever and a big big gap to the rest of the pack. 1 Limerick (a gap) 2 KK 3 Galway (a small gap) 4 Clare (a big big gap) 5 Tipp 6 Cork 7 Dublin 8 Wexford 9 Waterford" That's fair" Fairly irrelevant imo. It's not like the top6 or 8 get Masters invites, or Wimbledon seedings."]I just put the rankings down to emphasize the point i was making... which was tipp are well down the pecking order and it should have been no surprise that galway had there measure. I wasnt one bit surprised anyway. and I let me money to the talking thankfully and claimed a hefty profit as the bookies got it wrong. clare_sparrow (Galway) - Posts: 441 - 26/06/2023 16:26:11 2489694 Link
Replying To BostonGuy: "Couple of things here, first off didn't think Galway would beat Tipp so hold my hand up there. Everyone is saying TIpp did not turn up, but has anyone considered that Galway did and actually stopped Tipp from playing their game. One thing we learned is that Munster and Leinster hurling are different styles, I wouldn't be too sure either that Clare will walk past KK especially when their injured players come back. Now that Galway have sat Conor Cooney except for his cameo (added nothing as usual), we now need to look at the next big issue Gerry Mc, he is a huge liability. People will say he had a great first half, but he was marking a burnt out 34 year old Seamus Callanan who did not have a good game for Tipp all year. The second half on a speedy player he was lost, also made some really stupid decisions. Limericks inside forwards will burn him in two weeks, he simply does not have the pace. Is it time to put Burke back at nbr 3 and J Cooney at Nbr 6? Not a huge pace upgrade but with C Mannion playing deep it would be a better solution IMHO." Im saying it for so long. He's a huge liability - got caught very poorly for the tipp goal. Mobility wise very poor, distribution poor, tackling poor. I would have daithi burke back at 3 in an instant. Gillane will eat him alive Jackson88 (Galway) - Posts: 72 - 26/06/2023 16:42:26 2489708 Link
Replying To clare_sparrow: "key point here Tipp were poor. which was no surprise. A clear pattern has formed in the ranking of hurling countys.. the top 4 are now clearly defined as such with no arguments whatsoever and a big big gap to the rest of the pack. 1 Limerick (a gap) 2 KK 3 Galway (a small gap) 4 Clare (a big big gap) 5 Tipp 6 Cork 7 Dublin 8 Wexford 9 Waterford" I'd have Clare and yourselves and Kilkenny all around the same based on this year tbh. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14250 - 26/06/2023 16:50:36 2489716 Link
Replying To clare_sparrow: " Replying To Pope_Benedict: "[quote=TomWex: "[quote=clare_sparrow: "key point here Tipp were poor. which was no surprise. A clear pattern has formed in the ranking of hurling countys.. the top 4 are now clearly defined as such with no arguments whatsoever and a big big gap to the rest of the pack. 1 Limerick (a gap) 2 KK 3 Galway (a small gap) 4 Clare (a big big gap) 5 Tipp 6 Cork 7 Dublin 8 Wexford 9 Waterford" That's fair" Fairly irrelevant imo. It's not like the top6 or 8 get Masters invites, or Wimbledon seedings."]I just put the rankings down to emphasize the point i was making... which was tipp are well down the pecking order and it should have been no surprise that galway had there measure. I wasnt one bit surprised anyway. and I let me money to the talking thankfully and claimed a hefty profit as the bookies got it wrong."]Well if they were well down the pecking order we'd have beaten them by more than 2 points. And dont come back to me with versions of "we should have won by 15 points.....all the chances we created......the goal chances we missed ....the 18 wides " etc. Because all of those explanations are in the fantasy world of "if my aunt had b*s...." PoolSturgeon (Galway)** - Posts: 1969 - 26/06/2023 17:10:07 2489723 Link