Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Absolutely no need for comments about his personal life like this, he’s still an amateur sportsman.

Kilkerrin would be wise not to fight it too hard. They can't make him play for them and if they burn their bridges he'll never return. Be far better off to shake his hand, thank him for everything and ask him to consider returning in the future. Keep him involved with having some coaching sessions with the underage kids. It's tough but everyone has a right to choose their own path and what's right for them.

What does this have to do with anything? He stayed with Kilkerrin-C and almost single handedly dragged them to senior while recieving abuse from every team that came in contact with him. Look at the closing stages of the 2020 intermediate final, on YouTube, for a good example of what he had to put up with. I still don't think he should move but fcuk me he's done enough for k-c

Not particularly disappointed in him at all. Was just highlighting how he appears to be lying in order to force through a move away. Fair play to you for supporting his antics, well done, flick that collar and give yourself a big clap on the back before returning to your Mayo obsession.

I'm 100% behind him, I actually think it might even improve him as a footballer and bring him to an even better level. Looking forward to Mayo panicking about him in the league and championship next year. Best to take him out of it after 5 minutes rather than leave it to half time like in last year's Connacht final which ye would never have won if he wasn't taken out of it. Sign of a class team alright.

Half the mayo team playing in Chicago this summer.... No different

Pretty sure you're not qualified to classify anyone else as 'class' considering your own behaviour, but if it keeps you happy work away. Doubt we'll be panicking too much up here, you seem to have a short memory about your own teams's recent failings so don't go worrying about ours.

For once I agree with you P. The GAA is supposed to all about community. If a guy moves to a different part of the country for work etc then fine, because he's living there he's part of the community there. This however is imo very wrong and dangerous if the precedent is set. Shane Walsh is all mighty player and I love to watch him. Its great to have sports people on that level in our sport. But this stinks to high heaven. I can't see it being sanctioned in its current state.

Surprised the fuss made over Shane Walsh decision. Very disappointed in their chairman to make this so public and basically try to back an amateur player into a corner in such a manner. If this had happened a few years ago I would of been less forgiving (again this is a young man with free will who can do whatever the **** he likes) but since the County/club split this has to be viewed correctly.

Shane Walsh is attending college AND living in Dublin.

Before club/County calendar split Shane like most County players rarely trained with their club. They would be released the week prior to a championship game for maybe a session. But they had intensive inter County training to the fore of all club activities.

So Shane has three choices.

Make a round trip two or three times a week up and down between Dublin and Galway. No fuel allowance. Nothing. Probably not much fun and a lot of wasted hours.

Not train as much. Drive down when he can. Play matches. No inter County training to fall back on. Basically a poor four months of half arsed effort.

Join a team in Dublin train regularly. Get the benefits of it. Maybe improve.

Shane being Shane he can't ask a club to let him join in for training as it's against the rules and being so high profile every kid in the parish will be on him and that word would get out and Shane plus club would be punished.

He could join one of those collective trainings for ex pats like the Mayo guys do but with it now off season for intercounty I doubt their is much desire for it. And if he found a few for a kickabout I doubt it would be up to scratch.

Pain for the club. I completely get that. Maybe because it's happened so often with my own club(granted not as high profile as someone like Shane) it doesn't surprise me anymore even if it still stings.

I'm fairness, if he's already living in Dublin and has been commuting up and down over the years, that changes things and it's a reasonable enough transfer request.

The article makes it sounds like his connection with Dublin is this online teaching course in which case I'd be fully supportive of the club stance

If the lad is living and working in Dublin then the transfer is 100% OK in my book. I was under the assumption that he was still living Galway and was using a tenuous reason of an online course in the big smoke as his transfer reason. This kind of transfer has been done hundreds if not thousands of times and before. Just maybe not this high a profile. In any case case I'm sure himself and the entire Galway set up will be taking a break before gearing up for next year! Hoping to build on this year's progress. Will they push on or regress? It'll be interesting