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Replying To Jellybaby:  "Niall Daly and Mulkerrins will be in the squad you would imagine. Mulkerrins is having a great championship to date.

Conor Raftery from Glenamaddy should get another go and this time give him league time. He was a very good underage player for Galway.

I would have Adrian Varley in the squad, he should be on the bench every game. I'm not sure why he was let go.

Karl Healy maybe, is a very good player but I am not sure if he has what it takes for Inter-County. Rory Cunningham has had a good year.

Alan Naughton is a nice forward but again I'm not sure has he what it takes for Inter-county.

Prendergast and Liam Boyle are worth a look, I think Paul Mannion has missed his opportunity. O'Curraoin and O'Beoilain are other good players.

Two of the best defenders in Galway at Intermediate are Cian Davin, Kilconly, and Steven Raftery from Williamstown, and the Williamstown keeper Jack Donnellan is very good too.

A few keepers at Intermediate are worth a look but I'm sure it is the same with Senior."
Mulkerrin and Varley aside. None of the rest of the players are within an asses roar of being good enough. Karl Healy? Rory Cunningham? They're good in a pure average Brendan's team.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 239 - 11/10/2023 11:52:52    2507850

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Replying To UtahBlaine:  "I think you may have inadvertently got to the nub of the issue , How many of the guys are living locally?"
With all this talk of Moycullens transfers, can anyone answer the following:

Where does Johnny Moloney live? Who would be his 'local' club, in Galway.

Is he a cop? Is that how he got involved with Moycullen (and Don Connellan)

What outsiders do Moycullen have? Clarke, Moloney, Gallagher - who else?

Genuine question, so no smart answers :)

GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 191 - 11/10/2023 14:05:29    2507893

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "Mulkerrin and Varley aside. None of the rest of the players are within an asses roar of being good enough. Karl Healy? Rory Cunningham? They're good in a pure average Brendan's team."
There are guys on the first team and panel that haven't stood out at all in the club championship.
Rory Cunningham was a very good underage player for Galway and has been consistently good for around 3 years at club level. Similarly guys like Nathan Grainger and Liam Costello are very good for their clubs every time I've seen them and we're good underage Galway players. Is that not how you get your chance

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 11/10/2023 14:11:05    2507895

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "Mulkerrin and Varley aside. None of the rest of the players are within an asses roar of being good enough. Karl Healy? Rory Cunningham? They're good in a pure average Brendan's team."
Sure all intermediate teams are average plus a lot of senior B teams, so that is irrelevant really. I would say some of the players he mentioned are as good as some of the panel players or as least to be given a chance. Buy yes, if Alan Naughton, Prendergast, Karl Healy or the Williamstown lads get called we are in serious bother!

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 417 - 11/10/2023 14:21:16    2507896

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Well, one thing the current manager cannot be accused of is not giving lads chance. Who can name one player in any club that should be playing for Galway or on the panel who has not got a chance? So far this year Egan of Corofin is the only player I have seen and I am sure PJ will invite him in. Since his appointment players are always picked based on their history rather than geography which is as it should be.

giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1258 - 11/10/2023 15:17:54    2507907

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Replying To hopballref:  "Sure all intermediate teams are average plus a lot of senior B teams, so that is irrelevant really. I would say some of the players he mentioned are as good as some of the panel players or as least to be given a chance. Buy yes, if Alan Naughton, Prendergast, Karl Healy or the Williamstown lads get called we are in serious bother!"
I'm only giving my opinion on players who are performing well at this level, I am not saying they should go straight into the team or match day squad. All I read on this forum is that the current management doesn't give Junior or Intermediate players an opportunity.

Maybe hold trial games over the next few weeks or invite them the to development squad and let PJ and his management team decide if they are good enough or not.

Jellybaby (Dublin) - Posts: 358 - 11/10/2023 15:22:10    2507910

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Replying To hopballref:  "Sure all intermediate teams are average plus a lot of senior B teams, so that is irrelevant really. I would say some of the players he mentioned are as good as some of the panel players or as least to be given a chance. Buy yes, if Alan Naughton, Prendergast, Karl Healy or the Williamstown lads get called we are in serious bother!"
No need to associate these guys names with that comment.

GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 191 - 11/10/2023 15:59:40    2507922

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Replying To giveitlong:  "Well, one thing the current manager cannot be accused of is not giving lads chance. Who can name one player in any club that should be playing for Galway or on the panel who has not got a chance? So far this year Egan of Corofin is the only player I have seen and I am sure PJ will invite him in. Since his appointment players are always picked based on their history rather than geography which is as it should be."
A player with a huge future has to be Dunmore McHales Colm Costello. He has been the teams top scorer on their return to senior football and lad is still in Secondary School.

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 20 - 11/10/2023 21:40:42    2507961

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Replying To GalwaysFinest:  "With all this talk of Moycullens transfers, can anyone answer the following:

Where does Johnny Moloney live? Who would be his 'local' club, in Galway.

Is he a cop? Is that how he got involved with Moycullen (and Don Connellan)

What outsiders do Moycullen have? Clarke, Moloney, Gallagher - who else?

Genuine question, so no smart answers :)"
All you mentioned are outsiders and Walsh is from Cavan.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 239 - 11/10/2023 23:09:02    2507966

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Replying To GalwaysFinest:  "With all this talk of Moycullens transfers, can anyone answer the following:

Where does Johnny Moloney live? Who would be his 'local' club, in Galway.

Is he a cop? Is that how he got involved with Moycullen (and Don Connellan)

What outsiders do Moycullen have? Clarke, Moloney, Gallagher - who else?

Genuine question, so no smart answers :)"
Genuine answer - Tom Clarke's family are actually from Moycullen originally , his mother is from Moycullen and he'd have a lot of cousins and uncles etc living in moycullen. He's a cop.

Owen Gallagher is a doctor and has lived in Moycullen for years now, he's in his 30s and has settled down in Moycullen, so I don't see him as a transfer at this stage when he's got a house there.

Johnny Maloney is a civil engineer with a wife and two young kids. Not sure if they're in Moycullen school, someone else might confirm. They've settled down in Galway anyhow , there's a lot in the news about it.

Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 12/10/2023 04:05:06    2507971

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4:30pm on Saturday for the minor final between Tuam and Claregalway

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 806 - 12/10/2023 08:11:19    2507973

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Replying To GalwaysFinest:  "No need to associate these guys names with that comment."
Its hardly too bad of a comment = vast majority of lads not good enough for county as huge step up obviously. They are decent club players.

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 417 - 12/10/2023 08:58:42    2507975

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Replying To Jellybaby:  "I'm only giving my opinion on players who are performing well at this level, I am not saying they should go straight into the team or match day squad. All I read on this forum is that the current management doesn't give Junior or Intermediate players an opportunity.

Maybe hold trial games over the next few weeks or invite them the to development squad and let PJ and his management team decide if they are good enough or not."
They are all given a fair chance - its unfair on the management to accuse them of that. Between development squads and trials there are loads of opportunity to make it if you want to and are good enough.

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 417 - 12/10/2023 09:00:40    2507976

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Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed:  "Genuine answer - Tom Clarke's family are actually from Moycullen originally , his mother is from Moycullen and he'd have a lot of cousins and uncles etc living in moycullen. He's a cop.

Owen Gallagher is a doctor and has lived in Moycullen for years now, he's in his 30s and has settled down in Moycullen, so I don't see him as a transfer at this stage when he's got a house there.

Johnny Maloney is a civil engineer with a wife and two young kids. Not sure if they're in Moycullen school, someone else might confirm. They've settled down in Galway anyhow , there's a lot in the news about it."
Who was the keeper from Donegal who played in the county 2020 final ?

MapleSyrup (Galway) - Posts: 165 - 12/10/2023 09:43:53    2507979

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Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed:  "Genuine answer - Tom Clarke's family are actually from Moycullen originally , his mother is from Moycullen and he'd have a lot of cousins and uncles etc living in moycullen. He's a cop.

Owen Gallagher is a doctor and has lived in Moycullen for years now, he's in his 30s and has settled down in Moycullen, so I don't see him as a transfer at this stage when he's got a house there.

Johnny Maloney is a civil engineer with a wife and two young kids. Not sure if they're in Moycullen school, someone else might confirm. They've settled down in Galway anyhow , there's a lot in the news about it."
https://www.the42.ie/moycullen-galway-football-owen-gallagher-5229086-Oct2020/

https://westernpeople.ie/2022/11/12/garda-clarke-treads-a-winning-beat-behind-enemy-lines/

It has been a successive recruitment campaign in Moycullen. Not settled in Moycullen as poster would have you believe.

galwaygoal (Galway) - Posts: 170 - 12/10/2023 10:47:12    2507996

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I see Colm Boyle has thrown his toys out of his pram in relation to Mayo management seeking expert coaching advice from Galway. Perhaps PJ should intervene now and get Joe Canny to join the Galway set up rather than heading to Castlebar a few evenings a week.

GDL (Galway) - Posts: 776 - 12/10/2023 11:26:30    2508008

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Replying To galwaygoal:  "https://www.the42.ie/moycullen-galway-football-owen-gallagher-5229086-Oct2020/

https://westernpeople.ie/2022/11/12/garda-clarke-treads-a-winning-beat-behind-enemy-lines/

It has been a successive recruitment campaign in Moycullen. Not settled in Moycullen as poster would have you believe."
It comes with the location of Moycullen to Galway City, and it will continue to be the case going forward. Oranmore is no different the other side of the city. They have plenty of personnel from outside the area who now live there; Conor Carrol, Mark Ronaldson etc. Just because Moycullen are successful its been used as one of the reasons why.

bogmaster19 (Galway) - Posts: 16 - 12/10/2023 13:23:23    2508023

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Replying To GDL:  "I see Colm Boyle has thrown his toys out of his pram in relation to Mayo management seeking expert coaching advice from Galway. Perhaps PJ should intervene now and get Joe Canny to join the Galway set up rather than heading to Castlebar a few evenings a week."
Looks a bit like a clickbait moment from the Mayo GAA Podcast. It's not like anything we've tried before has gotten us closer to All Ireland win. A former player and coach from Corofin, given their great recird, probably has more to offer than any former Mayo club player and coach and should be less prone to make Mayo club political decisions. Could be a great man to help us unearth and develop new talent and a winning mentality.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7704 - 12/10/2023 13:46:06    2508030

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Replying To WonTon5:  "A player with a huge future has to be Dunmore McHales Colm Costello. He has been the teams top scorer on their return to senior football and lad is still in Secondary School."
Scored 1.7 last weekend in relegation playoff. Only 18 yet, will be in with under 20s next year.

Dunmore10 (Galway) - Posts: 149 - 12/10/2023 14:00:03    2508034

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Replying To galwaygoal:  "https://www.the42.ie/moycullen-galway-football-owen-gallagher-5229086-Oct2020/

https://westernpeople.ie/2022/11/12/garda-clarke-treads-a-winning-beat-behind-enemy-lines/

It has been a successive recruitment campaign in Moycullen. Not settled in Moycullen as poster would have you believe."
The same fella was trying to say that all the Moycullen players were fluent Irish speakers.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 239 - 12/10/2023 14:38:14    2508045

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