New Galway hurling panel

[GalwayBayBoy]

New Galway hurling manager John McIntyre has omitted Alan Kerins, Tony Og Regan, Eugene Cloonan, Conor Dervan and Kevin Hayes from his preliminary squad.

Kerins is the most glaring omission, having been a regular on the Galway senior side for the past 11 years, while Cloonan is also excluded after returning to the fold this year. Hayes, who featured at centre forward in this year's All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Cork, also loses out, as does Dervan, who came on as a sub in the same game:

Centre back Regan last played for Galway in their National Hurling League final defeat to Tipperary last April.

Provisional Galway hurling panel: J Skehill, C Callanan, O Canning, B Costello, E Lynch, J Lee, F Healy, G Mahon, F Moore, J Canning, N Healy, R Murray, K Hynes, K O'Donovan, B Burke, G Farragher, S Kavanagh, A Coen, D McLearn, E Forde, K Huban, B Mahony, J Gantley, M Ryan, C Donnellan, A Smyth, P Killilea, M Kerins, D Hayes, A Cullinane, D Joyce, D Tierney, N Hayes

Of the players omitted I think Alan Kerins might feature yet at some stage next year. Few players not included as they are coming back from injury. These include Iarla Tannian, David Collins and Kerrill Wade.

[thejuice]

Cloonan has been one of those players who I thought would have done alot better ove the years. He's not bad by any means though. I am a little surprised at his omission. Kerins will probably be back at some stage

[MaroonAndWhite]

Very surprised at Alan Kerins being left off seen as he played under McIntyre when Clarinbridge won the county title. Plus Kerins is one of the few forwards we have that you could rely on to have a big game the off occasion they get to Croker. Maybe his charity work is getting in the way of training perhaps? Maybe he hasnt the time to give to the hurling anymore.....

Regan was a victim of his own versatility to an extent and was used as a stop gap measure in three or four positions. Nice tidy hurler but we have plenty of them i suppose.

Chunky, Dervan and Cloonan are less of a surprise.....Hayes and Dervan really not top level inter-county hurlers and Cloonan doesnt have the legs for it anymore given the amunt of injuries hes had.

I see hes added a few of the Loughrea timber merchants......that should harden things up a bit! David Tierney back in too?  Would like to see Danien McClearn get a go at full-back...the few games ive seen him in, hes done well and takes no prisoners

[youngfella]

Regan was a victim of his own versatility to an extent and was used as a stop gap measure in three or four positions. Nice tidy hurler but we have plenty of them i suppose.

You could say the same of tommy walsh.

[MaroonAndWhite]

Regan was a victim of his own versatility to an extent and was used as a stop gap measure in three or four positions. Nice tidy hurler but we have plenty of them i suppose.

You could say the same of tommy walsh.

Hes not quite that tidy  Thats comparing a modern day legend to a jack-of-all-trades like Regan. Indeed, many might say Tommy Walsh isnt all that "nice".......

[GalwayBayBoy]

Cloonan has been one of those players who I thought would have done alot better ove the years. He's not bad by any means though. I am a little surprised at his omission. Kerins will probably be back at some stage

Eugene is probably a bit past his best at this stage. Has had terrible trouble with his back down through the years but was a fine player in his day.

Interesting to see McLearn on the panel. He's declined any invites to join the county panel until now. Would be a step in the right direction if he could solve the full-back problem.

[mouview]

Ya, Cloonan was probably too injury-prone to be reliable at this stage. Dervan and Chunky Hayes weren't good enough / too slow at the top level. In a team full of inconsistency Alan Kerins was one of the worst offenders, 2 Healys must be under threat in this dept. also. Tony Og wasn't good enough to be inconsistent.

Additions are interesting; Martin Ryan was good at U-21 level; Brian Costello probably hasn't enough hurling in him, honest though he is; hearing good things about Athenry's O'Donovan; Brian Mahoney gets yet another chance; is Joe Gantley good enough? McIntyre will have a better idea of where he stands when all injuries have cleared up though, as usual, Ger Mahon must be kept away from the team.

[GalwayBayBoy]

In fairness to Alan Kerins he is one of the few Galway players that usually delivered on the big days in recent years. He was one of only a couple of Galway players that performed in the 2005 AI final when he roasted John Gardiner.

[INDIANA]

 Staggering omission on kerins. Not sure about Mc Intyre at all.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Staggering omission on kerins. Not sure about Mc Intyre at all.

Well it's only a provisional squad. I think there's a good chance we might see Kerins rejoin the panel sometime in the new year.