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Replying To anotheralias: "Again I ask for evidence? Where is it? Big game attendances , huge TV and steaming viewership . In general higher scoring games than ever before . These are incontrovertible stats. For sure there are other stats that are concerning i.e. ratio of footpasses to handpasses is low, number of contested kickouts is low . These are incontrovertible stats to support the other argument .. But there is no clear cut incontrovertible case in either direction. You must be talking to different people to me because I dont know where the "vast majority" is. Also I have noticed that many of the people who I talk with that agree with me are in the upper quartile on the IQ spectrum and the ones with alternative views tend to be further down the scale. Now I'm not quoting that as fact , its just my own personal observation. And please ( and this is just a request), dont quote Colm O Rourke , Pat Spillane or Joe Brolly to support your argument because ( again only my opinion) using their names only weakens the argument. One last point , when have we ever had 2 players in the game of the calibre of DC and SW who are just a pleasure to watch... You can quote any of the names in the past that you wish ( and indeed there have been some good ones) but these 2 are the best I've ever seen. Apart from these , I am a long long time watching football, and I have never enjoyed it as much as I do now - last weekends games were a particular example. I really really hope that the GAA does not apply a knee jerk reaction in terms of complex rule changes." Yeah, it could be a way to get lads to stop giving out about the state of football. Suggest to them that they're less intelligent, than 'upper quartile' lads who tend to be bothered, and indeed occasionally offended, by the constant barrage of negative commentary about the game of football that has evolved post Jimmy McGuinness. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 15/12/2023 12:19:14 2516912 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Yeah, it could be a way to get lads to stop giving out about the state of football. Suggest to them that they're less intelligent, than 'upper quartile' lads who tend to be bothered, and indeed occasionally offended, by the constant barrage of negative commentary about the game of football that has evolved post Jimmy McGuinness." Whilst the sarcasm is not lost on me, I would like to clarify . There are plenty of intelligent people who agree with the Brolly / Spillane rhetoric . just like there are plenty of intelligent people who supported Man Utd back in the day. But I feel that like the Man U fanbase it is also flooded with people, who don't really know much about football but like to follow what is perceived to be the more popular platform. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 960 - 15/12/2023 16:37:54 2516968 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Yeah, it could be a way to get lads to stop giving out about the state of football. Suggest to them that they're less intelligent, than 'upper quartile' lads who tend to be bothered, and indeed occasionally offended, by the constant barrage of negative commentary about the game of football that has evolved post Jimmy McGuinness." Not a bad idea. I suppose its as good as idea as to stop people trying to defend the state of the game by calling them "delusional" anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 960 - 15/12/2023 16:41:25 2516969 Link
Report in the Examiner that Cooke may not be involved next year. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 15/12/2023 17:28:21 2516973 Link
Any updates on Club managers lots of rumours floating Brandyh (Galway) - Posts: 25 - 15/12/2023 21:20:05 2517002 Link
Jolly workout for footballers v Cork in Limerick yesterday. Conor Flaherty was custodian - did well, energetic, vociferous, helped organised the defence and is a significant addition. Really (Galway) - Posts: 622 - 17/12/2023 11:21:30 2517132 Link
Replying To Brandyh: "Any updates on Club managers lots of rumours floating" what you hear? ref (Galway) - Posts: 253 - 17/12/2023 13:26:07 2517154 Link
Replying To Marooned: "Report in the Examiner that Cooke may not be involved next year." Said it here a few weeks ago... He's not going playing this year Galwaymaster9 (Galway) - Posts: 397 - 17/12/2023 13:35:11 2517158 Link
Replying To Really: "Jolly workout for footballers v Cork in Limerick yesterday. Conor Flaherty was custodian - did well, energetic, vociferous, helped organised the defence and is a significant addition." Rory Cunningham getting a run also I believe smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 19/12/2023 08:37:11 2517363 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "Rory Cunningham getting a run also I believe" For Roscommon... PierreBezuhov (UK) - Posts: 231 - 19/12/2023 11:36:55 2517378 Link
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "Does Stephen Cluxton or Rory Beggan?Just wondering." No ! But he's not Stephen Cluxton or Rory Beggan ! DUBJOHN (Dublin) - Posts: 939 - 19/12/2023 13:10:26 2517388 Link
Replying To Really: "Jolly workout for footballers v Cork in Limerick yesterday. Conor Flaherty was custodian - did well, energetic, vociferous, helped organised the defence and is a significant addition." Some man, was playing for UL in th hurling in Dangan on Friday evening too! hurlingfan90 (Galway) - Posts: 19 - 19/12/2023 14:48:26 2517399 Link
Who's training the Galway development senior team this year? GalwayFan97 (Galway) - Posts: 4 - 19/12/2023 19:19:59 2517426 Link
Replying To DUBJOHN: "No ! But he's not Stephen Cluxton or Rory Beggan !" For God's sake it took years for Stephen Clixton to develop and Rory Beggan.Conor Flaherty is only 22.Give him a break. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 372 - 19/12/2023 19:49:55 2517429 Link
Replying To GalwayFan97: "Who's training the Galway development senior team this year?" Donal O Flaharta, Diarmuid Blake, Finian Hanley and Johhny Ryan GalwaysFinest (Galway) - Posts: 191 - 20/12/2023 09:44:33 2517455 Link
Club Mangers 2023 Just a stab at the 2023 managers - update or change any that you know of or who are officially confirmed . Corofin - Kevin Johnston Moycullen - Milltown - Mountbellew - Val Daly Salthill - Finian Hanley Claregalway - Paddy Finnegan / Alan Glynn Annaghdown - Norman O'Brien Barna - David Donellan St James- Barry Downey Oughterard - Killannin - Caherlistrane - Dunmore - Gary Delaney Naomh Anna, Leitir Moir - galwaygoal (Galway) - Posts: 170 - 20/12/2023 15:35:15 2517487 Link
Club Mangers 2024 Just a stab at the 2024 managers - update or change any that you know of or who are officially confirmed . Corofin - Kevin Johnston Moycullen - Milltown - Mountbellew - Val Daly Salthill - Finian Hanley Claregalway - Paddy Finnegan / Alan Glynn Annaghdown - Norman O'Brien Barna - David Donellan St James- Barry Downey Oughterard - Killannin - Caherlistrane - Dunmore - Gary Delaney Naomh Anna, Leitir Moir - galwaygoal (Galway) - Posts: 170 - 20/12/2023 17:48:13 2517497 Link
Replying To galwaygoal: "Club Mangers 2023 Just a stab at the 2023 managers - update or change any that you know of or who are officially confirmed . Corofin - Kevin Johnston Moycullen - Milltown - Mountbellew - Val Daly Salthill - Finian Hanley Claregalway - Paddy Finnegan / Alan Glynn Annaghdown - Norman O'Brien Barna - David Donellan St James- Barry Downey Oughterard - Killannin - Caherlistrane - Dunmore - Gary Delaney Naomh Anna, Leitir Moir -" Dave Donnellan gone to Tuam Stars. Galwaymaster9 (Galway) - Posts: 397 - 20/12/2023 18:26:20 2517499 Link
Any change of Manager in Oughterard or Killannin? Any word on St. Michael's? ref (Galway) - Posts: 253 - 20/12/2023 20:52:20 2517503 Link
Listened to D Blake on the maroon and white podcast say that he doesn't think it's a great idea to keep swapping management there management got them to a semi final and they ran them, also he said with regards looking for the new manager he will leave that up to the players surely the club will be the ones to decide this? And players just give them a preference who they would like to have Fox.1n.7he.b0x (Galway) - Posts: 135 - 20/12/2023 21:36:48 2517505 Link