Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

So far this year cian lynch has been the least mobile man on the limerick team..hasn't seemed right at all..unless the 4 weeks has done a lot for him I'd be inclined to trust mcinerney on him..having said that I'd.say Henry will leave 3 and 6 as they were all year

I'd have my doubts Lynch will start at centre back. I'd say they'll shift Dan Morrissey up to centre-back and maybe bring Richie English off the bench for either Lynch or Reidy. Then you could pop Casey in fullback.

Least mobile yes, but he still has the turn to leave Mcinerney in serious bother. All he needs to a quick jink left or right.

I think Limerick ruined him. They bulked him up way too much and his small frame couldn't handle it. He's going to be destroyed with injury for the remainder of his career unless he slims down. You can be powerful and lean, no need to carry that bulk.

Absolutely….Lynch is in great shape.

Time to get rid of the auld stagers. Thanks for the memories but we’re in the doldrums for a long while yet.

1 all Ireland since 88....countless underage titles definitely all on Henry

If you can't see the difference between the way we played in the first half, which I advocated all year, and the way we played from 30mins on then you know as much about it as Henry.

What manager would let his goalie hit ball relentlessly to an area of the pitch that you were outnumbered and had a clear physical disadvantage.

Great player. Clueless manager.

It's hard to see a Galway team playing on a consistent level. That's the reason they haven't won more All Irelands. Plenty capable of winning all Irelands but just never do it when it matters.

I assume he is getting paid well to do the job and to be honest there are plenty of ex Galway players or managers that I think would do a better job.

We have a self destruct button, that runs right through from administration to players. We get a manager who finally gets us over the line and we don't back him. We consistently don't nurture the talent we develop from underage. We ignore players that aren't from the traditionally strong football or hurling clubs. That's especially prevalent in hurling.

We have probably two of the strongest club scenes in football and hurling but when it goes beyond the club the whole thing falls apart. Vested interests, lads looking after their own, no long term vision or strategy and a history of bringing on outside (hurling) managers hoping they'll be the one.

The reality is, we've only ever won all irelands with home grown managers in hurling. And trying to shoe horn a kilkenny style on to a group of players who were obviously not suited to play that way was never going to work. No matter how long he persists with it.

I agree the 2 halves were completely different ..don't see how its all on Henry though

I always thought managers job is to prepare a team for a game and once ball is thrown in its up to the lads on the field..

Kiely basically said he left them at it and they figured it out themselves

Galway Puckouts were shocking in the 2nd half

Joe Canning said on the analysis that he would like Shefflin to stay on. I was puzzled why he wanted that. Has Shefflin brought Galway on from the previous manager, Im not sure if he has to be honest.

Well was I talking rubbish with my call

Kiely did in his bollicks....he's as useful tactically as we are. Kinnerk is the brains, he's the last man giving instructions to every sub coming on and Limerick were set up differently after half time. I'm not sure but I think they pulled men back to crowd our forwards out. Bit like the 2015 final.

Yet we pucked about fifteen puckouts on top of them. Half of them inaccurate too.

Tactically we were found out.

The plan was good at the start. But like Stephen Kenny, we're limited tactically when it comes to in-game changes.

Daithi has had a fine campaign generally. Ger (McInerney?) is long past his best and has made a lot of mistakes all season. Definitely change need there. This evening brought home the management's failure to pick a settled midfield and HF line all year. When playing the biggest games you need to know probably 14 out of 15 players each time. They have been chopping and changing players in these lines all year without allowing any combination to bed in.

A fair rebuild is needed now, the players are there. Don't get too wrapped up in a lack of U20 success, Fitzgibbon is nearly as reliable a breeding ground for talent. Mgmt need to throw a lot more of the younger crew in at the deep end a-la Cyril in 1985.