HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling

National Forum

Galway Hurling thread

(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post

You need to Login to Post

Replying To galway19: "Ballinasloe is the place to be next weekend looking at the fixtures for the final round of group games. Turlough against Thomas' on Saturday evening, Sarsfields against Ardrahan and the Bridge against Larkins in a double header on Sunday. That will be Sarsfields trying to stay in the championship and Turlough will be under pressure for qualification as well, although it would be cruel if Turloughmore went out in the group given the way the Gort game ended. Ardrahan Sarsfields is a belter with Johnny Glynn coming back for the game and Ardrahan topping the group while Sarsfields have to win." That Gort v Turloughmore match was close throughout. Gort led at the half by one point. I was fairly surprised as I thought Turlough would destroy them but it didn't happen. Even when Turlough went up by 4 points it wasn't like they outplayed Gort it's just that they took their chances. A draw was a fair result tbh. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2487 - 27/08/2023 08:10:41 2502400 Link
Replying To galway19: "Forgot Turlough will actually be ok coming third given the Portumna scoring difference so should be safe." port have 0 points turlough have 3, top team straight into 1/4s, 2nd and 3rd into pre lims and crossplay another group. Turlough can't finish bottom, they have already qualified for a pre lim at least. basillarkin (Galway) - Posts: 65 - 28/08/2023 13:17:56 2502627 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Interesting that he used the term 'different class'. Interesting, because many observers felt that Kilcommins never displayed the requisite level of class, across a range of hurling skillsets, to thrive or even survive at the highest level of intercounty. This was an intermediate grade club hurling game against Turloughmore''s B team, when 'Turloughmore man' made that evaluation." Pope Benedict, your comments against the young lad is a bit unfair and actually nasty. Did he take a your place on a team some time or were you dropped by someone from an intermediate club and you are holding some bad feelings. I would say you were a fine hurler alright. I was not at the match so I can comment. was only talking to the Turloughmore man and he expressed his opinion. I think he would like to get the young lad to go to Turloughmore where his hurling can improve. He was way above everyone in that match. Which you would expect. But you know best, You are always right. LottoPlus (Kilkenny) - Posts: 92 - 29/08/2023 10:30:50 2502779 Link
Replying To LottoPlus: "Pope Benedict, your comments against the young lad is a bit unfair and actually nasty. Did he take a your place on a team some time or were you dropped by someone from an intermediate club and you are holding some bad feelings. I would say you were a fine hurler alright. I was not at the match so I can comment. was only talking to the Turloughmore man and he expressed his opinion. I think he would like to get the young lad to go to Turloughmore where his hurling can improve. He was way above everyone in that match. Which you would expect. But you know best, You are always right." No, nothing personal whatsoever. He actually looked like a potential prospect as an intercounty minor imo. In the very few senior intercounty outings that I saw him in, I was less impressed. There's no rule that says he can't improve of course, and if such an improvement occurs, he has the sort of pace the current Galway senior side is a good bit short of. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4100 - 29/08/2023 11:38:05 2502797 Link
Replying To LottoPlus: "Pope Benedict, your comments against the young lad is a bit unfair and actually nasty. Did he take a your place on a team some time or were you dropped by someone from an intermediate club and you are holding some bad feelings. I would say you were a fine hurler alright. I was not at the match so I can comment. was only talking to the Turloughmore man and he expressed his opinion. I think he would like to get the young lad to go to Turloughmore where his hurling can improve. He was way above everyone in that match. Which you would expect. But you know best, You are always right." If he was to transfer to Turloughmore where does that leave him regarding football as Turloughmore don't have a football team and Annaghdown do and they also have a hurling team unless Annaghdown have no objection I don't think he can transfer minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 271 - 29/08/2023 14:06:07 2502845 Link
Kilcommins has been proven to be a good intermediate club player, mainly against sup bar teams. A good free taker but is short of the hurling ability to tickle an intercounty player. MapleSyrup (Galway) - Posts: 165 - 29/08/2023 14:38:27 2502859 Link
Replying To minor77: "If he was to transfer to Turloughmore where does that leave him regarding football as Turloughmore don't have a football team and Annaghdown do and they also have a hurling team unless Annaghdown have no objection I don't think he can transfer" The poster was talking hypothetically 'if' there was a transfer market. He wont be transferring, nor does he want to. End of topic. GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 193 - 29/08/2023 14:52:08 2502861 Link
I see SARS vs Ardrahan pegged on GAA Go! Worth a watch? Or do ye think that it'll be a lop-sided affair? Neither name jumps out as a top club, recently anyway, in Galway county club hurling. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2196 - 29/08/2023 17:36:33 2502900 Link
Might be part of the problem with our inter county half forward line when you see two of them give an exhibition at centre back at either end of the field yesterday. Joseph had a stormer for Sarsfields. Connaire has to be brought into the panel. Silky first touch and has bulked up noticeably. The other game was an awful spectacle. Larkins were hopeless in the forward line but the Bridge weren't much better. They need to buck their ideas up quickly. Their teamsheet would beat pretty much everyone in the county on paper but they aren't clicking. Still dangerous if they put everything together. Kennedy got an awful stupid red card galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 881 - 04/09/2023 10:15:29 2502941 Link
Replying To minor77: "If he was to transfer to Turloughmore where does that leave him regarding football as Turloughmore don't have a football team and Annaghdown do and they also have a hurling team unless Annaghdown have no objection I don't think he can transfer" How does Daithi Burke manage? Corofin123 (Westmeath) - Posts: 11 - 04/09/2023 10:46:27 2502950 Link
Replying To galway19: "Might be part of the problem with our inter county half forward line when you see two of them give an exhibition at centre back at either end of the field yesterday. Joseph had a stormer for Sarsfields. Connaire has to be brought into the panel. Silky first touch and has bulked up noticeably. The other game was an awful spectacle. Larkins were hopeless in the forward line but the Bridge weren't much better. They need to buck their ideas up quickly. Their teamsheet would beat pretty much everyone in the county on paper but they aren't clicking. Still dangerous if they put everything together. Kennedy got an awful stupid red card" I don't think anyone needed to see yesterday's game to know that Cooney and Fahy are 'fish out of water'/'just doing a job' type of half forwards at the highest level. It's normal enough I suppose, that 'hurling a lot of ball' as a no6 amounts to 'giving an exhibition' for some people, without paying very much attention at all to the actual core defensive qualities exhibited in either no6 display. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4100 - 04/09/2023 11:26:28 2502958 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "I see SARS vs Ardrahan pegged on GAA Go! Worth a watch? Or do ye think that it'll be a lop-sided affair? Neither name jumps out as a top club, recently anyway, in Galway county club hurling." I watched it. Decent match. Neither team is deep enough to trouble the likes of Thomas's or Loughrea I'd say. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2487 - 04/09/2023 11:56:06 2502967 Link
As an Annaghdown man, after seeing Kilcommins yesterday out in Kinvara there is no debate about his county credentials... or lack there of intercounty credentials. MapleSyrup (Galway) - Posts: 165 - 04/09/2023 12:09:02 2502972 Link
Glynn should have walked for that incident at the end of the first half against sarsfields Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2271 - 04/09/2023 13:46:23 2502994 Link
Ardrahan v Sarsfields was decent game, some good displays on both sides. Sarsfields fairly dominated first 35/40 mins and Ardrahan dominated the last 20/25. Seen enough chinks in both teams Armour that Thomas's or Loughrea would be able to exploit when it comes down to it. Ardrahan lacked a bit of pace up front and looked a lot more dangerous when Donagh Fahy and Iain Lynskey came on. Ardrahan probably very dissapointed not to get at least a draw at the end. Missed about 4 goal chances. Don't know how that wasn't a penalty after goalie took out man. But good game to watch, very lively, lot of intercounty experience on both sides. Can see maybe a semi final at max for both, would be expected for Sars and if Ardrahan got a favorable draw could sneak there too. But big take away from weekend is that Loughrea and Sarsfields look very clear of the rest and any two of 8 teams could make up the other semi finalists. Johnny Glynn incident doesn't look good at all. Getting the yellow during the game might save him from missing next game as refs report will say he dealt with issue. Don't know if there's some rule about using video evidence to appeal at club level, all comes down the refs report. Open to correction on that. Johnny had a very good game and Sars struggled big time with him in the air even with Hynes and Joe Cooney on him as nearly a double team (I'd imagine Henry will want him in) but no excusing what he done, looks terrible, I know that he probably got some off the ball treatment too but he went too far in retaliation. Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 312 - 04/09/2023 14:10:03 2502998 Link
A lot of attention on Johnny Glynn for his antics yesterday, he took it a bit far in fairness, but it must be remembered, that it is not those who are "willing to die "that the current galway team needs but those who are "willing to kill " Get him on board Henry, …. if only to test the mettle of the current squad we have on the training ground Bib (Galway) - Posts: 16 - 04/09/2023 14:21:49 2503005 Link
Replying To Bon: "Glynn should have walked for that incident at the end of the first half against sarsfields" If you were at the game it was absolute handbags stuff in the middle of a scuffle. None of the Sarsfields lads were even complaining so I don't know how the ref was expected to spot it. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 881 - 04/09/2023 14:41:56 2503009 Link
Replying To Corofin123: "How does Daithi Burke manage?" Corofin don't have a hurling team so he can play hurling with any club where as annaghdown have both minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 271 - 04/09/2023 14:51:43 2503013 Link
Replying To galway19: "If you were at the game it was absolute handbags stuff in the middle of a scuffle. None of the Sarsfields lads were even complaining so I don't know how the ref was expected to spot it." He was choking yer man with two hands on his throat, did you not see the state of his neck after? Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2271 - 04/09/2023 15:42:52 2503021 Link
Replying To galway19: "If you were at the game it was absolute handbags stuff in the middle of a scuffle. None of the Sarsfields lads were even complaining so I don't know how the ref was expected to spot it." Wrong. A number of the sarsfields lads were pointing out to the ref that he was choking him. And this can clearly be seen in video footage of the action and players reaction. The ref couldn't have seen it or the umpires so not surprised he wasn't sent off but the gaa should retrospectively step in and punish him. No doubt about that Jackson88 (Galway) - Posts: 72 - 04/09/2023 15:46:01 2503023 Link