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I think Liam Sammon will be a breath of fresh air to the galway panel..he is quite and inspirational coach who has at a junior level had great effect on many young players and was one of the co-founders of salthill knocknacarra..it will be interesting to see who he brings in as a selector..hopefully eoin donnellan.

He is a well respected figure amongst galway folk and i hope he can mould and develop the galway team as he has done with so many youngsters through st marys and also through salthill knocknacarra.

Davy Fitz should be the next Tipp manager.....

for the crack!!

i wonder if he will take up on the clare managerial position

Eoin Donnellan is the meant to be one of the hot candidates due to him being a selector under forde and also cos of bringing my local club Salthill/Knocknacarra to 2005 All-Ireland Club championship win.

Brian Talty..still a dublin selector however he has expressed his views in recent years that he'd jump at the chance to manage Galway after playing for them all those years ago.

Liam Salmon..great player in his day..great coach also..i remember he used to run summer camps in Marys years ago..not sure if he still does, but i think he would make a great galway manager.

THe board have said that they intend to look inside the county for a manager before going outside..though if they were to go outside the likes of

John Maughan is staying on for another year at least with Roscommon, he announced it last night on RTE news.

other speculations are with Colm O'Rourke though i cant see it happening

Paidi O' Sea would be a good bet as weill in my opinion but once again i cant see it happening.

Forde tried his best with Galway but didnt get far...he didnt achieve much when he was with sligo either...there is alot of youth coming through and the likes of blake,armstrong and nicky joyce are players that will develop into a strong team and hopefully the experience of padraig joyce will guide young players through..the team has been under a transition period with forde trying different tactics and hopefully this will follow through with the new manager in order to be ready for the run up to next years all-ireland.

Galway have alot of skilful players coming through but they are missing the vital spark that they had in 98 and 01, only time will tell if they can regain this..but holding on to the past isnt the way forward only focusing on whats to come and developing a team with what they have..all galway fans will wait and see and hope the team can regain its strength in order to be decent contenders for next year.

In my opinion they need to get revamp the entire structure!

Two groups with teams seeded, top two and the end of group games in each group progress to the All-ireland semi finals.

At the end of the day who really cares about the provincial championships apart from Tipp people that is.

Oh i'm not so sure an open draw is the way forward.
Youse Wexford folk looked damn pleased with yourselves last time you won Leinster 
In hurling Leinster is a dream for Dublin, just look at the u21s when they won a few weeks ago. i means the world to a county trying to improve but an asses roar away from an all ireland.
Look at Sligo this year. Take away the provinces and that sort of thing goes out the window.
For me, and it's been moted more and more, get Galway and Antrim into Leinster, i think it'd do them both good aswell as the Leinster championship. [would need to be renamed] ... give every county two chances, if anything i think the league could be ditched. do we need a league + provincial + all Ireland series? The league is the weak link if you ask me.

Does the league not suffice as a time to try out new tactics and also give players a chance to make the panel in the run up to the provincials?

that was my understanding of it..but i can see your points..what exactly does winning the league mean.

it doesnt get a team anywhere in the all-ireland or in the provincials as far as im aware though i could be wrong.

a total restructuring of the system is in order but according to the pundits it may not take place next year..who knows

From a Galway point of view..well it boils down to what can Ger Loughnane do with the Galway team on the road up to next years all-ireland.

He had only 8 months to make changes and an improvement in the team and i think they did themselves justice with their performance against KK until the last 10mins.

But the way the all-ireland stands at the moment..the question is should galway be allowed into Leinster to make it more competitvie for the likes of KK instead of an easy walk through to the q/f or s/f for kK.

Galway and antrim are teams that have no competition going in to the draw really in comparison to the likes of munster and if the system is to stay the same for the next 2 years until Dublin get up 2 speed or even the likes then KK will be walking their way through to a q/f again!!

There is also the queston of should Galway be brought into Munster to give them more competition in the run up to the all-ireland?

The motion for the leinster idea was put forward and was rejected by both Galway who being a Connaught team wouldnt be right lifting a Leinster cup and also from the Leinster board stating that there is enough strength in the minors in Leinster to provide competition in the coming years once Dublin and even West Meath get up to speed.

Opinions folks??

Thanks lads for advice and help

Tuigim nach bhfuil go leor daoine anois ag caint gaeilge sa tír, ach féach anseo..taispeanann an scoineann seo go raibh gaeilge ar fheabhas ag usuaid i CLG.


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Gaillimh Abú!!!

Hi all,

i have a question i was hoping i could get an answer for as im not 2 familiar with all of the clubs in dublin...basically i used to play football and also hurling to a junior level until around the age of 13/14 in Galway  but havent played since but have always wanted to get back in 2 it...so basically im about 13 years without touching a sliotar or a football.

i am looking to joiin a club in Dublin just to train and get back into the game in both hurling and football. i currently work near clontarf and this matters as i work till 8.30 mon-fri so if i was to join a club i need to find out what time they train at.

I am aware of some of the clubs near clontarf such as st.vincents and also a few others but i have checked thier websites on clubgaa.ie and cant seem to find their training times.

I know i could just go and email a heap of clubs but just off-hand could anybody give me an idea of training times for certain clubs within the northside of dublin and also southside as i live in Rathmines so either way i am committed in getting back in 2 it.

all help is appreciated.

Cheers