King Henry of Galway (Part 1) 👑

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2112

Now you’re rambling, pal. If I didn’t know any better I’d nearly suspect you were drunk.

2113

Ive heard the 4 ringleaders names and if thats all there is he wont go anywhere. I take it the 27/30 is all just bullshit so?

2114

Appears to be.

2115

Post 2092, the evidence you claimed was there? What is it?

2116

Write off next year so.

2117

So what you’re saying, mate, is that there is no evidence this group of Galway players are good enough to win an All-Ireland and that Cunningham has significantly over-achieved by getting them to two All-Ireland finals in four seasons, going close to winning both times?

2118

I would have thought he was best placed but you’d have to wonder after the manner of defeat in the All-Ireland U-21 final. However he’ll have next year at that level, at least, to show he’s learned his lesson from this year. Dunne will be over the senior for another season.

2119

Doyle has had three years in charge of Leinster-winning Wexford U-21 teams. He hasn’t learnt his lesson in All-Ireland series matches. It’s surely time to throw him out on his ass.

2120

Christ, great argumentative technique just imagining what i said. Theres nothing to say another manager wouldn’t improve them, you seem to ignore the two terrible years he had with them in between. He’s had a shot, four in fact. No need to repeat history again. If there was incremental improvement all the way along fair enough but there wasnt, cloonan just had them hopping this year before they were out muscled by Kilkenny.

2121

Who are these ringleaders? Name names here, please. Surely David Collins is one of them after his bizarrely upbeat interview on The Sunday Game on the night of the final. He seemed delighted they lost given he came on and scored a couple of points. Vindication.

2122

It seems a pretty bizarre argument to me to try and justify getting rid of a manager because of what happened in previous seasons as opposed to the one just gone.

Progress isn’t always incremental and doesn’t always run in straight lines.

Call me easily pleased but I’d say thrashing Dublin and Cork, beating Tipperary and being in a great position at half-time in an All-Ireland final against Kilkenny is significant progress and demonstrates that the manager is actually pretty good at his job.

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2123

let the cunts off. They might just need a bit of Jimmy McGuinness on it. They’ll fall in line quickly enough.

If they are disgruntled due to appearances even better, they obviously are not frontliners.

I like Cunningham. He lost to one team last year. Only one team can win the fucking thing. The Mayo players gripe I understand, there was alternatives slapping Homes & Connelly in the face, but this one is bullshit.

I’d fancy them to win 2 of the next 3 with their talent and size if they keep chugging along and add a man here or there as they go.

I keep going back to the youth of the guys who got rail roaded in the 2nd half of the final, not to be dismissed. Those lads will only get better, in IC Senior hurling terms quite a few of them are babies.

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2124

So keep doing what they’re doing and be good boys and sooner or later they should win the All Ireland? Have you noticed how the last 10 All Ireland’s have panned out by any chance?

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2125

Well then what happened in 2013? 2014 wasn’t good but we were beaten by tipp and kk, who would beat everyone else, just the performances were poor. They arent useless, theres plenty of top class hurlers there who were hindered i think the two previous years. But if this wasnt unanimous, just a few axe grinders, then that changes everything. And of the lads ive heard only one is a definite starter, maybe one other. He’ll hang on so but some of his team selections and how poorly organised he sent out teams in the past has me pessimistic. This group of hurlers properly organised and motivated should have no problem beating dublin and cork in their current guises. That they are eventually at the level they should be almost every year is hardly commendable.

2126

that’s a very dumb post and has little to do with what I said.

How anyone will do any better now is beyond me. Anyone ne will need 2 years to get on top of everything. That’s the reality.

2127

There is also a chance that Cunningham gets rid of a bunch of whiney fucks and ends up with a panel that has only one shared target. That would be a big improvement on last year.

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2128

No evidence to suggest that that is a possibility. He’s had four years to do that and he hasn’t done it yet.

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2129

I thought Joe Canning sounded extremely subdued and nervous during his interview on Off The Ball last Wednesday. Didn’t mention Anthony Cunningham’s name once although he mentioned Eugene Cloonan’s.

Andy Smith also made strange comments regarding Cunningham’s “See you in September” comments to Cody after the Leinster final and I’d say is seething at being taken off as captain in the All-Ireland final.

I’m also surmising that there’s a Portumna-St. Thomas club rivalry simmering away underneath driving it.

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2130

FOAD you uucoam

Lets keep this inhouse on the galwegian clique group lads, no need to give ‘miguel’ and the lads fodder

2131

“I thought”, “I’d say”, “I’m also surmising”.

That’s definitive so.

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