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"At least they took defeat in a respectful manner" i presume thats yet another dig at mtbellew. I am fed up with it. Mtbellew have lost big games to corofin and moycullen over the last 8 years and have always taken the defeat with dignity and sportsmanship...as you would expect from a fine and talented bunch of young men. A couple of their players behaved badly after the game but , whilst it is no defence, there was extremely extenuating circumatances. The puts and takes of this have been debated ad nauseam and i dont want to be re-raising it, but i had to respond to the snide comment.
anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 997 - 15/01/2022 17:11:39 2395073 Link 0 |
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Agreed on Dessie but how many more chances can Mcdaid get, has never done it at adult level and never will imo
Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 233 - 15/01/2022 18:36:08 2395084 Link 1 |
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Before Covid JD he was outstanding for us. I assume management are just trying different things. We must have a super HB line if he can't get in it! Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1928 - 15/01/2022 21:14:19 2395109 Link 0 |
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Tremendous match yesterday between Naomh Anna and St Faithleachs. Both teams were very fit and it was end to end stuff for the full match and in extra time, with some fantastic scores. Both teams went for it and it could have went either way, with neither team playing negative/cynical football. As a Roscommon supporter I was delighted that St Faithleachs won it, but was really impressed with the Naomh Anna team in (a) The standard and quality of their play (b) Their sportmanship in how they played the game (c) How the players stayed on the pitch for quite a long time, before the cup was presented. That shows the character of the players and I expect them to do really well in the senior championship in Galway next year. I looked at the goal a couple of more times on social media last night and I think that most fair minded people would agree that it was a fair goal at the very end to win the game. All the players ran into the square at the end and contested the ball. However that is no consolation to the Naomh Anna players and supporters. Highlights of the game will be shown on TG4 on Monday night, where everybody will be able to see the quality of a great intermediate final. letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 772 - 16/01/2022 08:51:27 2395117 Link 1 |
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Good post you got it all there a great game My god Diarmuid Murtagh is a class act he was the difference between the two teams Everytime he got the ball he seemed to score Naomh Anna have some good young players Hopefully they will progress into a good senior team rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 16/01/2022 10:36:40 2395124 Link 0 |
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Jonathan Harris-Wright has joined Pádraic Joyce's backroom team with the Galway senior footballers as Head of Strength & Conditioning for the 2022 season. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2403 - 16/01/2022 13:48:09 2395149 Link 0 |
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Think he played for Connacht rugby as a 2. Anyone else notice Joyce and Cian O'Neill have never spoken on the side-line as far as i can see.
brisbane (Galway) - Posts: 675 - 16/01/2022 13:59:17 2395151 Link 0 |
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Unless u were in the dome for the last 2 games or had a better camera angle than I had a comment like that seems to be trying to stirr things
Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1928 - 16/01/2022 14:23:41 2395154 Link 1 |
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we looked a little short at midfield..i wonder would it be worth given patrick kelly ago there will conroy beside him for experience..think tiereny will play at 11..you could see conroy and tierney inter changing..comer could get a free role to play around midfield and the forwards.. finnerty and walsh will play inside with possibly darragh silke/eoin finnerty in there two.. mcdaid fully fit i think will play 10 or 12..great engine and and score.. o laoi is a work horse but doesnt offer much scoring wish.. i think gallagher offers something different..very direct and looks very power.. a fit john daly will play 6.. i think the more games fitzgerald plays at 3 the better he will get..looks a serious prospect.. heaney looks in great shape..strong runner..can kick points..obviously has done a power of work in pre season.. one thing that was very obvious is that all players looked so comfortable. there playing heads up football and will kick forward when they can.. dessie is a brill player.,he nearly looks like he's trying to hard and he isnt the fittest looking either.. cathal sweeney .,the more he plays the better he gets.. i hope dylan canney is ok..looked like a shoulder injury..he looks a fine player too.. was interesting to hear joyce saying no other player will be called in.. i thought sean andy might have done since mulkerrins is out.. billy mannion or colin murray would have ben my choices..excellant players.. looking forward to the meath game in two weeks.. gbay (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 16/01/2022 15:52:45 2395162 Link 0 |
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Can't comment if that last sentence is true but it would not surprise me in the slightest if it was the case.
FallenStar (Galway) - Posts: 431 - 16/01/2022 16:04:26 2395165 Link 1 |
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The league will be a fair indicator as to where we are at. With virtually a full panel to pick from there is no excuses , and while there is an element of experimentation in the league usually , I dont think there is room for much this year as there will be little between the top 2 and the bottom so 1 or 2 games could decide whether we play in Leagues 1,2 or 3 next year. This will be a key barometer of success this year and I think management will realise this. Here's hoping for a good run, but 1st game is a tough start. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 997 - 16/01/2022 18:14:40 2395186 Link 0 |
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Yes he has done it at adult level. Played very well in his first league campaign with Galway and was class for Monivea before he headed to Oz. Injuries since then have troubled him and some indiscipline with black cards
Townee2018 (Galway) - Posts: 282 - 18/01/2022 09:40:41 2395387 Link 0 |
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He hasn't done it at intercounty level. Very poor. Will always remember him being absolutely cleaned v Mayo in Limerick a few years ago. He's years home from Australia and hasn't kicked on whatsoever. Adds nothing to half back line and as we say v Roscommon in FBD final, he sure aint a corner back. Looks like playing him at midfield is the final roll of the dice. Just because someone goes to Australia doesn't mean that will re-translate back into being a top quality intercounty footballer. Look at Ronan Steede for example. BLT (Galway) - Posts: 53 - 18/01/2022 13:55:15 2395446 Link 2 |
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Never said anything about him being good just because he went to Australia to play AFL. I'm judging him on his gaelic football ability. He obviously hasn't been a huge success, but the pieces are there. If he was able to get over all the injuries he'd had the last few years then it would bring him on a nice bit. He played midfield that day against Mayo, so not sure how moving him to midfield is now the final roll of the dice. I also would add a pinch of salt to that game because he had just come back from injury and then got asked to play an unfamiliar position in a knockout game against one of the country's top teams. He was doing very well in the league at wing forward before he got a bad injury v Dublin in Croke Park and was out for the next 3-4 months, and then launched back in for championship. A bit of context is needed there. The position for him is surely wing forward. Every bit as athletic and hard working as O'Laoi and better able to score. Townee2018 (Galway) - Posts: 282 - 18/01/2022 15:21:52 2395459 Link 2 |
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McDaid was a top class underage player for Galway. The year they got to the U-20 final and lost it to Dublin he was probably Galway's best player during that campaign. Then there was a short spell in Australia and a series of injuries since he got home. And he hasn't looked the same player since. I remember he was lightning quick at U-20 level and that same acceleration just doesn't seem to be there now. And he tends to give away too many fouls. That said I would not write him off just yet. Maybe with an injury free run he can recapture something more like his best form. Mentally, injuries can be tough to come back from just as much as physically. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2403 - 18/01/2022 16:02:59 2395468 Link 0 |
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Bit of a fan boy are we ?
BLT (Galway) - Posts: 53 - 18/01/2022 16:08:01 2395470 Link 2 |
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The thing is - on the evidence of the last few seasons his athleticism doesn't seem to be there anymore. He was extremely athletic and pacey as an attacking wing back for the u21s in 2017. Looking at him now he looks leaden footed, His pace seems to have totally deserted him. He has been very unlucky with injuries to be fair to him but that acceleration he had looks to be gone now for whatever reason. galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1321 - 18/01/2022 16:16:50 2395471 Link 2 |
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There's no dignity and sportsmanship in water bottle antics, and not showing up to either moycullen or corofin to well wish after the games. Funny that you took a small unrelated comment as a dig at MM tho.
systematic (Galway) - Posts: 226 - 18/01/2022 16:40:44 2395478 Link 0 |
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Agree re his loss of speed the catalogue of injuries seem to have had a big effect on him Ryan Forde is another example of a speedster that has lost his speed due to several bad injuries
minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 281 - 18/01/2022 17:19:50 2395485 Link 0 |
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I think he's a good footballer and deserves a chance to find form after a bad run of injuries. Hardly unreasonable?
Townee2018 (Galway) - Posts: 282 - 18/01/2022 20:50:58 2395510 Link 2 |