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We're the Mayo of hurling. The real hurling counties know we don't and won't show up on a consistent basis. O Donoghue had the best team in Ireland last time around, won 1 final against mighty Waterford. Didn't even show up for 60 minutes against Limerick. If we played Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipp or Cork, we know and they know we'd have figured out a way to bottle it StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 390 - 27/01/2025 21:49:40 2588062 Link 2 |
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I disagree. There's no way Galway could have so many All Irelands at Minor, U21, Clubs, etc if they weren't a Hurling County.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2301 - 28/01/2025 06:00:14 2588079 Link 1 |
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Of course you are a hurling county. You have the 3rd most hurlers of any county after Cork and Dublin.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14421 - 28/01/2025 08:16:35 2588091 Link 2 |
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Ah come on now. Let's be realistic here. You put a lad of 18-20 that's barely 75kg into an intercounty match and you know what you're going to get. Showed on Sunday.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 76 - 28/01/2025 09:14:47 2588099 Link 1 |
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It never translates to success at senior inter county. Look what Limerick achieved after having underage success? Like Mayo in football, we're the galant also rans.
StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 390 - 28/01/2025 09:31:05 2588105 Link 1 |
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I don't know if it's Sean Murphy you're referencing here but he did pretty well for a corner back in his first game on a team that was getting demolished. Very tidy and excellent on the ball, couple of nice dispossessions thrown in. If Donohue really is playing the long game as we've all been crying out for then what harm throw him in as early as possible and get him some exposure. There's always the chance he'll be a duck to water and if he does struggle a bit the experience will stand to him.
Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 28/01/2025 09:41:00 2588106 Link 2 |
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They're out early this year alright screaming about too many Bridge players when there were a grand total of 2 on the team! and a Clarenbridge manager who barely gave a Clarenbridge player a sniff in his previous 4 year term. No wonder previous manager were afraid to change things up when people fly off the handle so quickly (not saying you here @poolsturgeon) What you say about the Bridge is interesting in general though, right down to the playing in maroon the seem to be a reflection of Galway. produced one of the best club performances ever in the 2011 All Ireland but often seem to not hurl to their ability. Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 28/01/2025 09:48:42 2588109 Link 2 |
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Plenty keyboard warriors hiding out here with an axe to grind. Toxic stuff as usual on the Galway Forum. 1shot (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 28/01/2025 10:21:16 2588117 Link 2 |
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Don't know what match you were watching he was cleaned out of it. Galway will be lucky to win 1 game in the league prob against wexford due to all their injuries.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 76 - 28/01/2025 14:14:49 2588174 Link 1 |
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Will you relax for God's sake. You're going totally over the top of a young lad who just played his first game for the Galway seniors. It's hardly his fault Kieran Hanrahan was dropped or Loughrea players haven't been given chances (in your view). Plenty more senior players were terrible also. That would be far more worrying.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 246 - 28/01/2025 15:05:31 2588192 Link 2 |
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Limerick only RECENTLY hit their purple patch but before that you could have said they were underachievers too but you wouldn't have said they weren't a hurling county. I know Galway should be much higher in the All Ireland count but outside the Big Three you could say it about all the others too.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2301 - 28/01/2025 15:28:20 2588204 Link 1 |
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Watch the game back. Himself and Grealish did the beat they could in circumstances where the middle third was cleared out. It's bizarre to be going in so hard on a young lad when many senior players were worse.
Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 28/01/2025 15:34:28 2588205 Link 1 |
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The problem historically for all of us "other counties" was there were probably no years all of the big 3 had bad, or maybe not bad but not great, teams at the same time in any given year. Until probably the last few years. We would beat Kilkenny occasionally in Leinster, but would then lose to Cork in an AI final, as we did in the 70s, or Tipp, as we did in the 60s. Same for yourselves. Most of our AIs, as in Wexfords and Galways, were won by exceptionally good teams, as they had to be to beat at least one if not 2 of the big 3 on the way. I could be wrong but I think Limerick and Clare are the only counties to have beaten all the big 3 in one season, and Clare did it 4 times last year fair play to them.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14421 - 28/01/2025 15:53:41 2588213 Link 1 |
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Remember Limerick won 3 All-Ireland under 21's in the early noughties and didn't win even a Munster Title until 2013. An awful lot of seriously talented young hurlers some with 2 All-Ireland U20 Medals never won anything after so it doesn't always translate. I can turn around very quickly though. In Limerick we had a "changing of the Guard" in 2015 to 2017 when a lot of the current team came in from the 2015 and 2017 Minor and U 21 Teams. The year before they won the All Ireland in 2017 we played 2 an lost 2 very few could see what was to come after. As long as I can remember Galway have always produced really fine hurlers and it might not take a long as you think for them to climb the mountain again. LimerickandProud (Limerick) - Posts: 106 - 28/01/2025 16:29:45 2588221 Link 1 |
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Galway should have started the rebuild process 3-4 years ago but with the "short term" outlook of outside managers they didn't. I give MOD and his team kudos for taking the challenge and basically starting from scratch. The game continues to evolve, size is a big factor right now. Everyone thinks we need a team of 7 foot athletes but I would prefer burning speed and top notch ball control any day. The time margins to score or deliver ball are getting narrower each year, having the speed to get that extra split second to get a shot off is going to become more critical, not mention the foul count going in your favor. Cork are the nearest I see to this right now and only for the sheer brilliance of Tony Kelly they would be AI champs. Even at that it took them 3+ years and they were a puc of the ball away from elimination in first round. Reality is we are in a rebuild here, we have to assess what we have available and then put a plan to play to our strengths if we have any. I expect it to take 2+ years to be competitive and MOD and his team should be given the time to do this. BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 138 - 28/01/2025 19:08:15 2588248 Link 3 |
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I don't blame him at all. He shouldn't be there in the first place! My point is, let him develop. It's not his time yet.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 76 - 28/01/2025 19:17:29 2588252 Link 1 |
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Wouldnt bet on that.
Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 285 - 28/01/2025 19:19:41 2588254 Link 1 |
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What would starting the rebuild process 3-4 years ago have achieved? Very little, I'd warrant. Cork rebuilt with u21s who lost the '18 and '19 finals, and won the '20 '21 and '23 finals. Galway haven't won in this grade since 2011, and have been uncompetitive in the grade more often than not recently. Yet, you're talking about Cork and Galway 'rebuilding', as if it were essentially the same exercise, that could deliver similar end product. Dream on!! Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3921 - 28/01/2025 20:48:39 2588263 Link 1 |
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Seriously, criticism of a young player on this forum is ridiculous, or any player for that matter, Most of these lads have been in an academy system since 13 years of age , on the assumption that they were being readied for adult hurling, so the question should be , what has been happening in the 6-7 years that these lads have been in the "system" , any young fella playing senior for galway would have been clearly above average at their age group even from 13or 14 years of age , why o why weren't they resourced and supported in a competent environment to have them ready, taking Cathal o Niell from limerick as an example, he has transformed physically since being a 16 year old minor , his contemporaries in galway haven't progressed at all in that department , Bib (Galway) - Posts: 16 - 28/01/2025 23:36:47 2588282 Link 1 |
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We produced stronger tougher fitter 'wristier' hurlers 40 years ago, when lads druv cattle with their hurls, than what's emerging from the gyms and 'academys' these days.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3921 - 29/01/2025 11:01:41 2588312 Link 1 |