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Replying To Stool Pigeon: "Why don't you reply to the question(s) you were asked and cut down on the waffling? You've never made a result prediction here because you haven't the stones, so you're in no position to criticise anyone who does. I'm not afraid to be wrong, son. That's the difference between you and me. BTW 'popebenedict', while I respect his contributions highly, is not a 'buddy' of mine, I wouldnt know him if I tripped over him. Regarding how much 'time I have on my hands' I have the same 24 hours in my day that you and everyone else has. How I choose to spend it is entirely my own business. However, when you consider I have about 750 posts and you have over 3,000, it seems a bit unusual to criticise me for 'having too much time on my hands'. You must have much more time than I do. Maybe you should use it to contribute a bit more positively?" Don't be telling me to "contribute a bit more positively" "son" when you are the one going around trying to belittle or ridicule other poster's opinions with smartass remarks calling them "keyboard warriors" and similar nonsense without anything constructive to say yourself apart from stupid "predictions" that are laughable. Keep them coming as I always put a bet on the team that you say will definitely lose and I have made a good few bob from Paddy Power down through the years as a result! tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 13/07/2023 19:52:40 2494219 Link
Replying To katser: "Well I am happy with Henry as it stands, but my preference IF a new manager was required would be Davy Fitz." Davy Fitzgerald.. that has to be a joke? Jackson88 (Galway) - Posts: 72 - 14/07/2023 06:41:00 2494242 Link
Replying To katser: "Well I am happy with Henry as it stands, but my preference IF a new manager was required would be Davy Fitz." The one thing that's to be learned from the AIs we have won, they were all won with a Galway man in charge. All the Munster managers set the teams back years and treated them with derision, even McIntyre who lives in Galway used to address the media before talking to his team in the dressing room after a defeat. Loughnane despised Galway. I have respect for Shefflin and I appreciate the huge sadness of losing his brother. The one criticism I'd have is the same tendency to disassociate himself from the team when they lose. He and his management team are part of the team. Rather than looking at why the players lost the management team must also accept that they were to some degree responsible for the loss or the margin of the loss. D Fitz! No thanks! baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 14/07/2023 08:46:27 2494248 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Of course Henry Shefflin should finish out his term as it's not like Brian Cody or whoever is waiting to take it. I don't know who is out there that would have done much better with the current team. Since Anthony Cunningham nobody has stayed in charge very long." Micheál Donohue 2016-2019 stayed for the exact same duration as Anthony Cunningham 2012-2015. Both 4 season tenures. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3914 - 14/07/2023 09:44:55 2494263 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Depends who wins between Monaghan and Dublin in the semifinal!" I expect Dublin to win. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 14/07/2023 10:49:30 2494286 Link
Replying To tommy k: "Don't be telling me to "contribute a bit more positively" "son" when you are the one going around trying to belittle or ridicule other poster's opinions with smartass remarks calling them "keyboard warriors" and similar nonsense without anything constructive to say yourself apart from stupid "predictions" that are laughable. Keep them coming as I always put a bet on the team that you say will definitely lose and I have made a good few bob from Paddy Power down through the years as a result!" Beware folks, Tommy K is on the war path! But I do side with him this time! Keep posting them Tommy. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2124 - 14/07/2023 11:37:41 2494300 Link
Replying To baire: "The one thing that's to be learned from the AIs we have won, they were all won with a Galway man in charge. All the Munster managers set the teams back years and treated them with derision, even McIntyre who lives in Galway used to address the media before talking to his team in the dressing room after a defeat. Loughnane despised Galway. I have respect for Shefflin and I appreciate the huge sadness of losing his brother. The one criticism I'd have is the same tendency to disassociate himself from the team when they lose. He and his management team are part of the team. Rather than looking at why the players lost the management team must also accept that they were to some degree responsible for the loss or the margin of the loss. D Fitz! No thanks!" I'd agree wholeheartedly that you need a Galway man in charge. The essence of the GAA is passion for the club, County you're from. It's a huge driving force. Outside managers rarely work. We were a mess for years.. Changing managers regularly to try and find a good fit. The only out side manager that really worked here was John Allen from Cork 10 yrs ago when we won the Munster final, mainly because he was such a decent man to work with & The players had great time for him. People maintain the only reason we're successful is financial backing. It's not, JP was backing us for years before Kiely took over. Himself and Kinnerk along with a generational group of players are the reason. Galway have all the raw materials to be very successful, just have to get the right back room team in place.. Best of luck.. I'd be happy to see you take our mantle when we go into decline. skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1103 - 14/07/2023 11:40:28 2494301 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Beware folks, Tommy K is on the war path! But I do side with him this time! Keep posting them Tommy." I always sided with you youngeen even when you were incorrect as I love America! lol tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 14/07/2023 12:06:09 2494311 Link
Replying To baire: "The one thing that's to be learned from the AIs we have won, they were all won with a Galway man in charge. All the Munster managers set the teams back years and treated them with derision, even McIntyre who lives in Galway used to address the media before talking to his team in the dressing room after a defeat. Loughnane despised Galway. I have respect for Shefflin and I appreciate the huge sadness of losing his brother. The one criticism I'd have is the same tendency to disassociate himself from the team when they lose. He and his management team are part of the team. Rather than looking at why the players lost the management team must also accept that they were to some degree responsible for the loss or the margin of the loss. D Fitz! No thanks!" Exactly baire that is what I stated in my earlier post. No "outside" manager has even reached the AI final with Galway never mind winning it as they are not that emotionally or psychologically invested in it and are probably there just for the "expenses" so to speak. In fairness Henry at least shows some passion on the sideline (unlike some of his predecessors) but as you say he has a bad habit of distancing himself from any responsibility when Galway lose calling the players "they" e.g. "they seemed to lose energy" etc. even though he is the manager who should be fully accountable. Very well spotted! tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 14/07/2023 12:24:46 2494319 Link
Replying To skillet: "I'd agree wholeheartedly that you need a Galway man in charge. The essence of the GAA is passion for the club, County you're from. It's a huge driving force. Outside managers rarely work. We were a mess for years.. Changing managers regularly to try and find a good fit. The only out side manager that really worked here was John Allen from Cork 10 yrs ago when we won the Munster final, mainly because he was such a decent man to work with & The players had great time for him. People maintain the only reason we're successful is financial backing. It's not, JP was backing us for years before Kiely took over. Himself and Kinnerk along with a generational group of players are the reason. Galway have all the raw materials to be very successful, just have to get the right back room team in place.. Best of luck.. I'd be happy to see you take our mantle when we go into decline." Galway don't have 'all' the raw materials to be very successful right now. They don't have 3 half forward players capable of knocking the current Limerick halfbackline back on their hls for starters. Limerick are the one AND ONLY very successful team of the current 2018-20?? era. Because Galway hired Henry, there seems to be a higher bar set for them to jump, compared to all of the other PRETENDERS to Limerick's current premier status. There was a laughable Sunday Game segment with Liam Sheedy the weekend that Westmeath beat Wexford, that emphasised this very 'phenomenon' to a tee. Liam (still high on MHC 'juice' maybe) was flashing positive 'interim report cards' about like confetti, to Limerick, and to all THE PRETENDERS [even eliminated ones like Cork] too, bar Shefflin's Galway notably. No they'd have to win 1 2 3 games, including the all-ireland, before Liam would be thrusting any positivity at all in the direction of the Tribesman, or The Shefflin Project. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3914 - 14/07/2023 12:33:49 2494322 Link
Replying To skillet: "I'd agree wholeheartedly that you need a Galway man in charge. The essence of the GAA is passion for the club, County you're from. It's a huge driving force. Outside managers rarely work. We were a mess for years.. Changing managers regularly to try and find a good fit. The only out side manager that really worked here was John Allen from Cork 10 yrs ago when we won the Munster final, mainly because he was such a decent man to work with & The players had great time for him. People maintain the only reason we're successful is financial backing. It's not, JP was backing us for years before Kiely took over. Himself and Kinnerk along with a generational group of players are the reason. Galway have all the raw materials to be very successful, just have to get the right back room team in place.. Best of luck.. I'd be happy to see you take our mantle when we go into decline." in fairness though some of our past managers were poor - several of them had to pick from useless players as well. KnockaineyAbú (Limerick) - Posts: 96 - 14/07/2023 13:08:55 2494330 Link
Replying To katser: "I expect Dublin to win." Should be an entertaining final then! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14284 - 14/07/2023 13:28:39 2494339 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Should be an entertaining final then!" Oh the Football Final if Kerry v Dublin should be an absolute cracker, but that man I was talking too...thinks the hurling Final could be a horrible boring Final, I think Kilkenny could win it! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 14/07/2023 13:42:51 2494348 Link
Replying To KnockaineyAbú: "in fairness though some of our past managers were poor - several of them had to pick from useless players as well." Easy on the "useless" there lad daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1197 - 14/07/2023 13:53:06 2494349 Link
Replying To katser: "Oh the Football Final if Kerry v Dublin should be an absolute cracker, but that man I was talking too...thinks the hurling Final could be a horrible boring Final, I think Kilkenny could win it!" How old are you? Seriously daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1197 - 14/07/2023 13:53:37 2494350 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Of course Henry Shefflin should finish out his term as it's not like Brian Cody or whoever is waiting to take it. I don't know who is out there that would have done much better with the current team. Since Anthony Cunningham nobody has stayed in charge very long." Yes I definitely agree Henry should finish out his term....and when his contract is finished then they can decide what's next. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 14/07/2023 14:41:52 2494362 Link
Replying To katser: "Yes I definitely agree Henry should finish out his term....and when his contract is finished then they can decide what's next." It'll be like Tubridy then, he'll either get a new contract, or he won't. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3914 - 14/07/2023 14:51:04 2494369 Link
Replying To katser: "Oh the Football Final if Kerry v Dublin should be an absolute cracker, but that man I was talking too...thinks the hurling Final could be a horrible boring Final, I think Kilkenny could win it!" The Hurling final will be a cracker Katser. Best not to be talking to negative people tell him not to waste his time watching it so. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14284 - 14/07/2023 15:03:46 2494371 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "It'll be like Tubridy then, he'll either get a new contract, or he won't." That's exactly it. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 14/07/2023 15:11:05 2494374 Link
Replying To katser: "Oh the Football Final if Kerry v Dublin should be an absolute cracker, but that man I was talking too...thinks the hurling Final could be a horrible boring Final, I think Kilkenny could win it!" kathleen my aul friend how are things.....you usually go missing when limerick beat galway but i suppose you're getting used to it by now.......are your limrik cousins all excited looking forward to their 4th final in a row. munsterchamps (Limerick) - Posts: 1130 - 14/07/2023 15:50:02 2494384 Link