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A huge positive is there is a lot of good young players involved
it looks like a lot of the u20 all ireland winning team coming through
And with young players there only gonna get better

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 02/03/2022 10:24:39    2403392

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Replying To maroondiesel:  "Any sign of Cooke returning? Massive fielder"
Heard from a fairly good source he may be returning.

Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 166 - 02/03/2022 12:42:22    2403444

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Replying To Triffic:  "Heard from a fairly good source he may be returning."
I think Cooke is being a bit overhyped TBH. He is a decent midfielder when he plays well but a lot of the time he is too ponderous on the ball and he goes laterally too often which gives opposition defenders plenty of time to get set. He also goes "missing" too often when the going gets tough and the opposition is getting on top. I would much prefer to have Ronan Steede in any side I was managing who has been the most consistent midfielder in Galway over the last decade or so.

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 02/03/2022 12:55:11    2403449

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Replying To Triffic:  "Heard from a fairly good source he may be returning."
If he arrived tomorrow he would have a serious job getting up to speed before Mayo game. Probably too late for this year unless we are still playing on June.

Also u would need some sort of commitment from him going forward before u bring him in because if one comes in one goes out and is not fair.

Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1928 - 02/03/2022 13:27:10    2403461

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Replying To tommy k:  "I think Cooke is being a bit overhyped TBH. He is a decent midfielder when he plays well but a lot of the time he is too ponderous on the ball and he goes laterally too often which gives opposition defenders plenty of time to get set. He also goes "missing" too often when the going gets tough and the opposition is getting on top. I would much prefer to have Ronan Steede in any side I was managing who has been the most consistent midfielder in Galway over the last decade or so."
Consistent Steede may be but he's gotten a few chances with Galway and didn't show he was able to cut it. Also, he's not as pacey as Cooke, for one thing. Cooke showed good form in the latter stages of the club championship last season.

Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 166 - 02/03/2022 15:11:03    2403484

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Replying To tommy k:  "I think Cooke is being a bit overhyped TBH. He is a decent midfielder when he plays well but a lot of the time he is too ponderous on the ball and he goes laterally too often which gives opposition defenders plenty of time to get set. He also goes "missing" too often when the going gets tough and the opposition is getting on top. I would much prefer to have Ronan Steede in any side I was managing who has been the most consistent midfielder in Galway over the last decade or so."
Please God your not managing anyone...

Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 02/03/2022 15:45:22    2403501

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lads if peter cooke is to return to the panel he would be a great addition..
ok he might have spells when he is in and out of games but i seen him against mountBellew
last year and he kicked 6 or 7 points and was outstanding..
he would also a boost to the midfield as we are a little short there and in less niall daly
steps up big time and plays the remaining league games and i hope league final that will remain..

any word on fitzgerald.,dylan canny and james macloughlin.,are there injuries nearly cleared up.!

my team v offlay
flaherty
glynn
kelly
silke
mcdaid
daly
mchugh
daly
tierney
gill
conroy
sweeney
finnerty
comer d silke.

few changes and no harm give shane a break and one or two more.,
id like to see brian mannion get a run also and the 3 lads ive mentioned aboue to get a run
if there free from injury..

does anybody think fitzgerald will be full back come championship if he is fit and gets a few league
games under his belt..
looked rock solid in the f.b.d. games..
sean kelly im guessing will be man marking the oppositions best forward.,would love to see him
wing back and driving forward.,he'd be as good as any wing back in the country..
all the best on sunday lads and management as i cant make the game but will be at the clare game the following week..

gbay (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 02/03/2022 16:13:13    2403509

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If Galway start without Shane Walsh it be a mistake without him Galway average agree with a previous poster how he not get man of match from Galway bay fm a joke scored 2-7 maybe they only starting watching the match when he was taken off otherwise I'd be looking for different match commentators for rest of year ,,

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1097 - 02/03/2022 16:59:34    2403523

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Replying To Belclare:  "Please God your not managing anyone..."
Ara come on belclare you really want me to manage but you can't admit it yet! Thought you'd be delighted that I would prefer Steede to Cooke!

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 02/03/2022 17:02:08    2403524

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Replying To Triffic:  "Consistent Steede may be but he's gotten a few chances with Galway and didn't show he was able to cut it. Also, he's not as pacey as Cooke, for one thing. Cooke showed good form in the latter stages of the club championship last season."
That is not true - he was going very well for Galway in the league before covid struck and after he had won his third club All Ireland.

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 02/03/2022 17:08:31    2403525

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "There are some players that are worth the admission to see. Lads like Clifford and Shane Walsh are definitely in that bracket. I'd love to see Shane Walsh get a few championship games in a row in Croke Park with Galway going well just to see what kind of damage he'd do. And hopefully with noone assaulting him this time."
Something we have been hoping for for a while now. Great players do need a top drawer team structure around them and there is no doubt Shane Walsh would flourish on any of the great sides over the years including our last great side 20 yrs ago. Your own Michael Murphy is a case in point. Different player to Shane but was hugely effective and flourished particularly under JMcG when he had some very good footballers around him and structure to allow his talent to be realised. In our case there is a quite confidence that Shane now has players around him to allow us have a good run in the championship and to have consistency in our performance. Time of course will be the judge of this I guess.

kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1992 - 02/03/2022 20:22:28    2403549

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Replying To anotheralias:  "I think you might have inadvertently summed it up there. Although you started by saying "for everyone's benefit" you went on to say that Mayo will "want Croker all day long". A bit of an oxymoron but that is the quandary that we face if McHale Park not available."
I meant everyone in Galway. This is the Galway forum, right?

togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1089 - 02/03/2022 21:27:49    2403556

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There are some aspects that we can check out with the changes that we can talk about.

Kirstenwilliamson23 (USA) - Posts: 12 - 03/03/2022 07:07:23    2403562

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Replying To kiloughter:  "Something we have been hoping for for a while now. Great players do need a top drawer team structure around them and there is no doubt Shane Walsh would flourish on any of the great sides over the years including our last great side 20 yrs ago. Your own Michael Murphy is a case in point. Different player to Shane but was hugely effective and flourished particularly under JMcG when he had some very good footballers around him and structure to allow his talent to be realised. In our case there is a quite confidence that Shane now has players around him to allow us have a good run in the championship and to have consistency in our performance. Time of course will be the judge of this I guess."
Aye totally agree. My hope for Murphy is that he can get a year or two injury free stationed at full forward. We no longer need for him to be out the field dictating play. Nor should we. I think the others are finally adding responsibility in his absence so far in the league. I hope we can get to Croke Park this year to see once again what kind of damage a fit and hungry Michael Murphy can do at the edge of the square.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9883 - 03/03/2022 09:56:16    2403574

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Replying To togoutlads:  "I meant everyone in Galway. This is the Galway forum, right?"
Yea, its a Galway forum . But I thought when you said that "Galway and Mayo need to agree to the Hyde, for everyone's benefit" you were including Mayo. So what you are saying is that Galway and Mayo need to agree , for the benefit of everyone in Galway.

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 999 - 03/03/2022 11:16:49    2403589

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Whats the story with u20 team
There seems to be lot of lads not playing the develpment leauge
That is lads that were on 2019 minor team who reached all ire final
or are they with senior panel for training
iI know Culhane Mc Grath are with senior team

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 03/03/2022 12:59:08    2403618

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Replying To anotheralias:  "Yea, its a Galway forum . But I thought when you said that "Galway and Mayo need to agree to the Hyde, for everyone's benefit" you were including Mayo. So what you are saying is that Galway and Mayo need to agree , for the benefit of everyone in Galway."
Ok, so it would appear you wish to be a little pedantic about this. I can help. In your first reply to me you were clearly confused about what an oxymoron is. Clearly confused being an oxymoron, as it's a phrase containing two words with opposite meanings. Perhaps you'd meant to say that what I was stating was, to a degree, contradictory. In any case, however you perceive my message is of no consequence to me. Take it as you see it and get on with your busy day!
Hyde Park is a better venue for Galway and Mayo supporters for multiple obvious reasons when compared with Croke Park or the Gaelic Grounds. I clearly stated (rather than inadvertently, as you erroneously alluded to) that the Mayo team and Managment will prefer Croke Park. I don't know if either side would like to play in the Gaelic Grounds. As you may or may not know, Mayo have had McHale Park's pitch adjusted to exactly match the Croke Park playing dimensions, the prenty dome pitch in Bekan is to Croke Park dimensions, they're a team prepared toward and obsessed with playing in Croke Park, while they've many recent years of experience playing there. Would you elect to play them there? What's your call? Have you an opinion of your own?

togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1089 - 03/03/2022 15:13:00    2403660

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Has anyone questioned why Mayo will have home advantage or the choice of venue for the championship game v Galway?

In 2016 when Hyde Park was getting a new surface we played our "home" in MacHale park and the next game the following year against Galway was played in Salthill. Last summer Mayo chose Croke Park as their "home" game last summer v Galway so that championship match this April really should be in Pearse Stadium.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4119 - 03/03/2022 18:26:42    2403694

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Replying To togoutlads:  "Ok, so it would appear you wish to be a little pedantic about this. I can help. In your first reply to me you were clearly confused about what an oxymoron is. Clearly confused being an oxymoron, as it's a phrase containing two words with opposite meanings. Perhaps you'd meant to say that what I was stating was, to a degree, contradictory. In any case, however you perceive my message is of no consequence to me. Take it as you see it and get on with your busy day!
Hyde Park is a better venue for Galway and Mayo supporters for multiple obvious reasons when compared with Croke Park or the Gaelic Grounds. I clearly stated (rather than inadvertently, as you erroneously alluded to) that the Mayo team and Managment will prefer Croke Park. I don't know if either side would like to play in the Gaelic Grounds. As you may or may not know, Mayo have had McHale Park's pitch adjusted to exactly match the Croke Park playing dimensions, the prenty dome pitch in Bekan is to Croke Park dimensions, they're a team prepared toward and obsessed with playing in Croke Park, while they've many recent years of experience playing there. Would you elect to play them there? What's your call? Have you an opinion of your own?"
Stop all the petty nitpicking. Oxy Moran was a senior inter-county Galway footballer from Tuam back in the 1980s. And the spelling is Moran not Moron.

FatLadySinging (Galway) - Posts: 91 - 03/03/2022 18:43:33    2403697

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Replying To togoutlads:  "Ok, so it would appear you wish to be a little pedantic about this. I can help. In your first reply to me you were clearly confused about what an oxymoron is. Clearly confused being an oxymoron, as it's a phrase containing two words with opposite meanings. Perhaps you'd meant to say that what I was stating was, to a degree, contradictory. In any case, however you perceive my message is of no consequence to me. Take it as you see it and get on with your busy day!
Hyde Park is a better venue for Galway and Mayo supporters for multiple obvious reasons when compared with Croke Park or the Gaelic Grounds. I clearly stated (rather than inadvertently, as you erroneously alluded to) that the Mayo team and Managment will prefer Croke Park. I don't know if either side would like to play in the Gaelic Grounds. As you may or may not know, Mayo have had McHale Park's pitch adjusted to exactly match the Croke Park playing dimensions, the prenty dome pitch in Bekan is to Croke Park dimensions, they're a team prepared toward and obsessed with playing in Croke Park, while they've many recent years of experience playing there. Would you elect to play them there? What's your call? Have you an opinion of your own?"
You are 100% correct . I used the term oxymoron incorrectly ; as you pointed out the term is specific to 2 words which appear to contradict each other as opposed to 2 contradicting points in the same paragraph. I admit to being wrong . However I was not being pedantic in calling out the incorrect statement that Galway and Mayo should agree to the Hyde in the best interests of Galway, if it wasnt in the best interests of Mayo. So I think you should acknowledge ( like I have) that you were wrong.
In terms of my opinion I do believe that if it is moved from Castlebar that it should still be considered a home venue for Mayo with the next championship meeting being a Galway venue.
What ever about Mayo losing home advantage because of not having a pitch available , Galway should not pay the price of losing the next scheduled home game as a result of Mayo mis-management or poor planning.

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 999 - 03/03/2022 19:45:06    2403708

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