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Replying To Mayonman: "Your comment is ridiculous. A game against Mayo in the Championship is a huge game and it is only a quirk of the draw that it is a Connacht Quarter Final. A Mayo team that have arguable been in the top 3 for the last 10 years. Heaney is exactly a big game player. Always getting goal chances with intelligent movement. the fact that he got into the position in the AI Final illustrates the point that his skillset works against top opposition. And he didn't exactly botch the chance. Firstly it was not a gimmee and secondly it was an amazing block." Agreed. I cannot believe some of the commentary on JH. Great player. Yes nothing stays still and we have to evolve but he has had massive critical moments in big games for a number of years now not to mention the last ditch goal line clearance against Mayo in Salthill in '17. He is one of a number of key players we need particularly with the role he has. kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1973 - 17/02/2023 11:18:15 2458636 Link
Onwards and upwards guys. Big game this weekend. Pressure valve released if we win but it goes up a few notches if we lose. I suppose that is what being a top team is about......playing all the big guns and on any given day if you are not at it, you will get beaten. You wont get away with it like in D2. Any news on our injuries? -Finnerty, when is he due back? -James Mcloughlin - he can't be too far away if he was getting minutes in early Jan assuming no set back? -Tomo, I never heard how serious or not his injury was? We could certainly do with trying him out. -Patrick Kelly, what's the return date? On the more long term injuries -Mulcahy, is it a long term injury? heard his arm was in a sling? Apart from Comer and Molloy anyone else injured Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1895 - 17/02/2023 11:46:15 2458643 Link
Replying To PierreBezuhov: "Big games? Connacht quarter finals? Maybe if you're from Leitrim or Sligo. You have picked moments from games early in the summer to illustrate your point, but derided my highlighting of an incident in an important game, where he had already botched a goal chance. Even in the games you mention, he was relatively anonymous for most of them. Heaney doesn't have the football to influence big games. He is a fine athlete and a willing runner, and it would not surprise me if he had the best aerobic capacity on the panel. Athleticism alone won't cut it at the level we want to operate at. I would prefer to see someone like Cathal Sweeney given a few starts in his role." Galway V Mayo championship games are massive. Always have been. What proper galway fan would dismiss that as not important You don't like Heaney and are scrapping the barrel for reasons. Two managers who both improved Galway football picked him and before you start on KW and defensive football ruining our beautiful football just explain how he did not improve on the disasters that were Mullholland, O Flaharta , kernan etc. Nothing beautiful about the football they managed. Painful years for us The memories of Galwegians is short. galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 17/02/2023 16:54:56 2458719 Link
Galway team versus Tyrone Conor Gleeson - Dunmore MacHales Eoghan Kelly - Moycullen Sean Kelly - Moycullen Jack Glynn - Claregalway Dylan McHugh - Corofin John Daly - Mountbellew Moylough Daniel O'Flaherty - Salthill Knocknacarra Paul Conroy - St James' Cillian McDaid - Monivea Abbey Matthew Tierney - Oughterard Peter Cooke - Moycullen Johnny Heaney - Killannin Patrick Kelly - Mountbellew Moylough Eoin Finnerty - Mountbellew Moylough Ian Burke - Corofin Bernie Power - Corofin Johnny McGrath - Caherlistrane Cathal Sweeney - Salthill Knocknacarra Cian Hernon - Bearna Matthew Barrett - Mountbellew Moylough John Maher - Salthill Knocknacarra Paul Kelly - Moycullen Gerard Davoren - Moycullen Ryan Monaghan - Oughterard Nathan Grainger - Claregalway Robert Finnerty - Salthill Knocknacarra Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 17/02/2023 21:03:43 2458752 Link
PJ, must be reading my posts Cian Hernon named in the subs for Sunday. A very exciting player. GDL (Galway) - Posts: 776 - 17/02/2023 21:04:52 2458753 Link
Good news for Galway to have Patrick Kelly back and starting and Rob Finnerty named on the bench, if fit I'll likely start also. So could field 11 of the AI final starting team. Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 17/02/2023 21:12:48 2458755 Link
Good to see Patrick Kelly back. Cian Hernon, Ryan Monaghan and Nathan Grainger on the bench is interesting. Also good to see Finnertys injury has cleared up Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1895 - 17/02/2023 21:30:24 2458756 Link
Gallagher is a strange omission from the 26. I'd love to see him get more game time. He's always done well when given the opportunity but either he has a niggle or may just not be playing as well as he's capable of in training I think we are plenty capable of beating tyrone. These are 2 points we need to be picking up to ease the pressure a bit galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 18/02/2023 10:20:57 2458780 Link
Replying To galwayfball: "Gallagher is a strange omission from the 26. I'd love to see him get more game time. He's always done well when given the opportunity but either he has a niggle or may just not be playing as well as he's capable of in training I think we are plenty capable of beating tyrone. These are 2 points we need to be picking up to ease the pressure a bit" On our best day - yes.. But consistency of performance is a problem for us at the moment. Having said that, the game is on in Tuam, so there will be a huge local support. Hopefully, the groundsmen will have the pitch in good shape, and we cone away with a win. Galway for me by 4 points. Really (Galway) - Posts: 622 - 18/02/2023 11:57:44 2458806 Link
Replying To Yondu: "Good news for Galway to have Patrick Kelly back and starting and Rob Finnerty named on the bench, if fit I'll likely start also. So could field 11 of the AI final starting team." How many times do you think you've typed "of the AI final starting team" in the past month? 25? PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 241 - 18/02/2023 12:02:58 2458808 Link
Cian Hernon inclusion is a strange one. Looked a very good player on the U20's in 2020 but from what I hear he hasn't played much football at all since. Wasn't in any of the FBD squads even. Turns up out of nowhere on the match day squad then this week. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 18/02/2023 13:11:59 2458829 Link
Where are the scores going to come from on that bench, I'd imagine Finnerty will drop out of the 26 tomorrow. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1635 - 18/02/2023 13:39:10 2458835 Link
Replying To Marooned: "Cian Hernon inclusion is a strange one. Looked a very good player on the U20's in 2020 but from what I hear he hasn't played much football at all since. Wasn't in any of the FBD squads even. Turns up out of nowhere on the match day squad then this week." And Grainger was dropped by all accounts after the FBD. I was told last year that Hernon was taking a break from football!! smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 18/02/2023 14:02:16 2458839 Link
Hard see that forward line scoring 5 from play I'd imagine Galway try keep it tight and conceded no more than 10 scores , not saying that will happen but I'm predicting Galway not get more than 10 scores , Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 968 - 18/02/2023 14:27:03 2458845 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "How many times do you think you've typed "of the AI final starting team" in the past month? 25?" Yes someone said here Yondu is really a Roscommon man pretending to be a Galway man and it looks like that is true. tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 18/02/2023 14:27:16 2458846 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "And Grainger was dropped by all accounts after the FBD. I was told last year that Hernon was taking a break from football!!" He did his cruciate and has been out for the last year and half d.o.m123 (Galway) - Posts: 4 - 18/02/2023 14:53:43 2458852 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "How many times do you think you've typed "of the AI final starting team" in the past month? 25?" 3 or 4 times. First All-Ireland appearance for 20 years isn't something to ignore. Two of them will be unavailable (Molloy, Silke) so at best come championship time Galway could start 13 of the All-Ireland final starting team. @tommy k do you want to view my passport with born Galway on it? Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 18/02/2023 15:15:38 2458855 Link
Galway U20s bounced back with a good win this afternoon against Cork. 1-11 to 0-7. Late goal sealed the win. Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 18/02/2023 15:29:51 2458859 Link
Replying To Yondu: "3 or 4 times. First All-Ireland appearance for 20 years isn't something to ignore. Two of them will be unavailable (Molloy, Silke) so at best come championship time Galway could start 13 of the All-Ireland final starting team. @tommy k do you want to view my passport with born Galway on it?" Yes Yondu it would be a start at least! tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 18/02/2023 15:56:19 2458869 Link
Replying To tommy k: "Yes Yondu it would be a start at least!" I'd like to see it too Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 18/02/2023 16:03:49 2458870 Link