Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

The ownership of the SG has always been unclear to me, think its owned by the some club/society I've never heard of in any other context. If we're going to spend X amount of public money on it then the public may as well own it.

If we were looking to rehouse the greyhounds I'd suggest the 19th century as that's where their treatment of animals belongs.

Anyone know anything about the Galway Agricultural and Sports Society?

My understanding is the doggy people are the primary tenants so moving them was never an option.....but we can hope.

I’d expect a bit of rotation this week. Would think something like:

Dooley DTM Auinger

Thornbury Dowling

Murphy Butler SHL

Blade Carty

Hawkshaw Farrell

Porch Fitz Ralston

stewart Buckley Illo Murray Boyle Marmion forde Byrne ?

Was there any news on Dooley's hamstring? We might be more likely to see Duggan or Burke with Buckley at LH.

In the absence of our internationals, I wouldn't give Oliver the week off, he'll have a break through the window and we need him.

Back three is very unsettled, might see TOH again, and not sure where things stand with Kilgallen's injury but he'll figure at some point.

Dragons share Rodney Parade with Newport County as well. Probably fair to say that if the City Council can afford to blow almost €60m on moving 2km out the road, they could have afforded some sort of municipal sports facility for Connacht and GUFC but it's gone too late now.

Great to see Adam Byrne on the team sheet, looking forward to see how he does.

And congratulations to Darragh Murray on his debut.

Connacht have been luckier than the other provinces when it comes to injuries. Touch wood it remains that way

Just hoping to see Connacht resourcing the rucks better tomorrow. Everything else looks decent

As for the references to the vitriol directed at Frank Murphy from the Connacht fans, I agree it is unacceptable. Personally I'm more inclined to try and focus on getting the linesman to see a forward pass without calling him a blind bo**ix.

That said I would be interested in knowing how many games Connacht has lost under Franks supervision.

I personally believe that Frank has it in for Connacht. I believe he offers penalties to Connacht once he is in the knowledge that Connacht are losing the game.

I really don't understand why this might be the case. Or maybe I am totally wrong. It just seems to me that Frank finished up his career with Connacht on a negative and it's not something he is willing to forgive anytime soon. Is that the issue with him?

DTM outplaying Heff by miles. So the ability is there for a win tonight

Maybe Frank is on boards.ie and reads what Connacht "fans" say about a former player and a pretty decent ref.

Tbf a lot of teams have an issue with Frank as he's so particular. A lot of the time he may be technically correct but it can really make the game very stop start and less of a spectacle.

Saw the rest of your post btw.....probably not far wrong 🤣

Was just gonna post similar about Heff he has been very good over the last few games after being out of form for a while.

On Frank there is plenty of stick coming at him from the stands in Thomand tonight too

Just to go back to this and I agree with everyone who gave out about the "fans" booing frank off the pitch in our game but be interesting to see if there is the same pile on now after he got the same treatment in Thomand at the end there.

Getting a bit too common in general tbh...

I know it's been discussed before but the league really need to look at trying to have a neutral ref for the derby games across the board. The refs are put in a very hard position. Any mistake or decision gets twisted into some perceived bias which will only get worse.