Latest Developments In Galway Hurling Saga Show How Bleak The Situation Is

Started by MoChara, November 12, 2015, 01:12:14 PM

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Asal Mor

To be fair to the players they apparently did try to do this all as quietly as possible by letting Cunningham know before he was ratified, but in a bizarre move afterwards he allegedly still told the board he had the backing of the panel. Not sure how almost everyone is coming down on his side if that's true.

Also, a major gear grinder in all this is a lot of the same "fans", who jumped on the bandwagon last September and snapped up tickets for their first game in 3 years, and were boldly predicting that this Galway team had what it takes and absolutely would beat Kilkenny, are now condemning the players as spineless, deluded and useless.

manfromdelmonte


ashman

Quote from: manfromdelmonte on November 19, 2015, 08:25:33 PM
Fair weather Galway fans???
No.
When did this start?

Galway folk are great supporters .  Best attendees of club games to be fair.

There was never a tradition of provincial championship there.

GalwayBayBoy

QuoteThe involvement of Eamon O'Shea in his prospective backroom team is set to boost Michael Donoghue's chances of becoming the next Galway hurling manager.

O'Shea stepped down after three years as Tipperary manager following their narrow All-Ireland SHC semi-final defeat to the Tribesmen in August, and the Irish Times is reporting that both he and former Galway minor manager Josie Harte are set to be on Donoghue's ticket.

Travel wouldn't be an issue for O'Shea who is based in Galway where he works as the Head of Economics at NUIG.

Donoghue, who won an All-Ireland U21 medal with Galway in 1993 before masterminding Clarinbridge's All-Ireland club success in 2011, is expected to go head-to-head with Mattie Kenny for the position, which was vacated by Anthony Cunningham on Monday.

Kenny, who is preparing Cuala for a Leinster club SHC final against Oulart-The Ballagh on Sunday week, remains favourite for the post.

Duine Eile

Eamon O'Shea was on Tipp FM today and said he was retired from inter county management and would not be getting involved in the Galway set up.

Blowitupref

GALWAY HURLERS 'SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT' OVER ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM IN EXPLOSIVE LETTER


Poor coaching, bad man management and what they consider to be the "disjointed tactical approach" are the reasons behind the player heave against Anthony Cunningham by the Galway hurlers, according to a letter seen exclusively by SportsJOE.

Cunningham stepped down as Galway senior hurling manager on Monday night following a prolonged goodbye with the western county.

His decision came hours before a County Board meeting where he was expected to be ratified for another year in charge, despite losing the support of the players.

The players have since sent a lengthy letter to the county board, which has been obtained by SportsJOE, in order to "set the record straight" following intense criticism in some quarters of the media.

The lengthy letter (which can be read in full at the bottom of the page) outlines the reasons for their lack of faith in Cunningham, as well highlighting poor coaching, bad man management and what they consider to be the "disjointed tactical approach from Anthony and his management team" ahead of crucial fixtures, specifically this year's All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary.

The letter addresses three core issues:

The perception that it was a minority of players that were unhappy with Cunningham's management

– The letter insists that four players met with Cunningham on September 27th. At that meeting Cunningham was informed that the "vast majority of players had no confidence in him". This ultimately led to a secret ballot on November 15th in which 26 players answered 'No' and six players answered 'Yes" when asked if they had confidence in Cunningham. When asked if they would play for the current team in 2016, 23 answered 'No' and nine answered 'Yes'.

That this show of player power needs to be suppressed

In the letter, the players deny that this is an exercise in player power and that their aim is the same as the County Board delegates to win the Liam McCarthy Cup in 2016. The letter states: "The players' view is that the county is not best placed to win the All Ireland next year if Anthony Cunningham continues to be team manager." It continues: "We ask delegates whether it is improper for players to express our views? We think not. Instead of being improper, is it not the case that this is information that delegates ought to have before they make a decision on who will manage the Galway team. Rather than being an exercise in player power, it seems to us that the players would be open to justified criticism if they did NOT make their views known."

That all the unrest arises from a poor final 30 minutes in the All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny

– The players strongly deny this suggestion. The letter states: "The players absolutely accept and acknowledge that Anthony invested considerable time and effort in the performance of his duties" and "deserved praise for that effort and commitment." However the players go on to say that: "We [the players] have, to date, avoided any washing dirty laundry in public because we do not want to embarrass anybody or to make the process of moving on from this impasse any more difficult than it needs to be. Dissatisfaction with Anthony's management does not arise simply because the team played poorly in the second half of the All-Ireland Final. Almost all points of dissatisfaction pre-date the All-Ireland final and most issues have been ongoing and growing over the course of the last two seasons."

http://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/exclusive-galway-hurlers-reveal-reasons-they-lost-faith-in-anthony-cunningham-in-explosive-letter-to-county-board/50903?utm_source=facebook
Is the ref going to finally blow his whistle?... No, he's going to blow his nose

Minder

"When it's too tough for them, it's just right for us"

orangeman

If this was Cork, we'd have at least 100 pages by now.

This thread needs Reillers to come back.

;)


seafoid

"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

orangeman


Duine Eile

Quote from: seafoid on November 22, 2015, 07:34:08 PM
Who replaces Cunningham for the Fenway match ?

Malachy Hanley, Tex Callaghan and Damien Coleman I think. Anyone else think the schamozzle and the celebrations at the end felt a bit staged and for the benefit of the crowd?  ???

INDIANA

Quote from: orangeman on November 22, 2015, 09:51:46 PM
Good old schemozzle to entertain everyone.

Pity Galway didn't show a bit of that in the second half v kilkenny. But then you'd have to have leaders to do that. You saw all the leadership all the galway hurling team with Skehill running the length of the field to a dublin player a cowardly belt in the back when he wasn't looking. Says everyhting

didlyi

Quote from: Duine Eile on November 22, 2015, 11:17:17 PM
Quote from: seafoid on November 22, 2015, 07:34:08 PM
Who replaces Cunningham for the Fenway match ?

Malachy Hanley, Tex Callaghan and Damien Coleman I think. Anyone else think the schamozzle and the celebrations at the end felt a bit staged and for the benefit of the crowd?  ???

Staged? Maybe. The yanks love schamozzles and it certainly didnt deter from the game given the twitter reaction.

deiseach

The 'epic brawl' seems to have gone down well with NESN (favourite comment: "Looks like a 1970's Bruins game"). But I'm reserving judgement until I see Indiana's video.