I’m only going to engage with @GeoffreyBoycott on this hence forth. A beacon of sanity in a sea of lunacy.
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They players knew. Cunnningham wasn’t up to the job and the players indicated that O’Donoghue was the man for the job. Yet you dismiss all that as luck.
There was plenty of “lunacy”, as you put it, from your fellow Galwaymen there.
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Cunningham quite clearly proved he was up to the job - his Galway teams beat and drew twice with Kilkenny teams which went on to win the All-Ireland, and beat Tipperary. He had to face better teams in 2012, 2014 and 2015 than Galway faced in the entirety of 2017.
You’re just trying to be controversial for the sake of it. Cunningham for all his merits made terrible tactical and personnel decisions in 2012 and 2015 and allowed a mini revolt in 2013 that potentially cost Galway at least a shot at an AI final or title.
Do you seriously think Donoghue would have played a one armed goalkeeper?
When in 2013 did the revolt happen ?
Before the championship started I believe.
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Haven’t most Galway goalkeepers have been one armed?
The chap in the final this year certainly looked a bit one armed when he let a harmless ball into the square go through him for a goal.
What match did Galway lose because of a “one armed goalkeeper” under Cunningham because I certainly can’t recall any.
Wouldn’t the players be to blame for a “mini-revolt”?
And what “terrible personnel and tactical decisions” did he make?
The substitution of Harte in the 2015 final is commonly cited. His replacement David Collins was the only Galway player to play well in the second half of that final.
IINonsense out of you.
Mike Conneely won the 80 final for Galway, John Commins was an excellent keeper and we had plenty other good keepers, except for the Tipp gobshite in the 79 final. Skehill conceded a goal in 2012 that should have been stopped.
I wouldn’t actually say Callinan was at fault for either goal, but have to watch the second one back. The defenders were at fault for not keeping the square protected, it was a very difficult ball for a keeper to deal with, given he had a forward in on top of him.
I wouldn’t disagree with Harte being withdrawn and there’s an argument he should have been withdrawn around the same time last Sunday, but we had no one to replace him unlike 2015, Loftus is too green for an AI final.
I havnt time to be arguing with you, but Donoghue hasn’t got a call wrong all year and prepared his team brilliantly for every game.
What would a rugby head know about the intricacies of playing in goal in hurling? The first thing you expect is your defenders will defend and not allow a forward in on top of you. It was an incredibly hard ball to deal with, anyone saying otherwise really hasn’t a clue. Look at it in real time, bit slow motion.
I played hurling for 20 years. What would a fucking yank know about it?
If you are telling me that callanan is fully excused for that 2nd goal then its clear which one of us knows fuck all about it
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Did you once score all your team’s points in an U10s camogie match and then never shut the fuck up harping on about it? Or am I mixing you up with someone else?
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Mixing me up with someone else. Im more modest about my more modest achievements
Where did I say I excused Callanan fully for the second goal? What I’m saying is most of the people yapping about how badly he dealt with it haven’t a notion what they are on about.
I grew up in Ireland, played hurling as well and played in goal in multiple sports for years, and have a notion of what that situation was like to deal with.
Colm’s Ma wouldn’t excuse him the second.
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I think his positioning was poor, but it was such a fuck up in many players positioning i would not 100% leave it at his door.
But will always look worse in slow-mo
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The second was really poor keeping, worse than Mark O’Leary’s goal in 2001.
He let a bouncing ball through him lads, it was his fault