King Henry of Galway (Part 1) 👑

[dodgy_keeper]

The Galway psyche is not suited to outsiders telling them what to do.

[gaillimhmick]

Sean Treacy

[flattythehurdler]

@dodgy_keeper

The Galway psyche is not suited to outsiders telling them what to do.

This unfortunately is at club level.

[iron_mike]

The solution is staring ye in the face. Get ODonohoe back in and get the burger man to open his wallet and get Eamon O’shea in there as well.

[Keadyshouldhaveplayedin89]

Apparently O’Shea would see it as a slight to Irelands answer to Alabama. Also know as Tipp.

[Fat_Pox]

That’s the best ticket alright on paper. I couldn’t see O Shea going in with Galway straight after being with Tipp. He is a principled and honorable man who would put too much hold on the personal relationships he has built with many of the Tipp players and couldn’t face them in battle just yet. Give him 2 years out though and…

[Tierneevin1979]

They were flying it until Joe hit the post and Cyril Donnellan had a perfectly good goal disallowed and then got sent off.

[KinvarasPassion]

What’s Tony Ward up to these days?

[Keadyshouldhaveplayedin89]

Still trying to puck the head off that ref as far as I know.

[Ambrose_McNulty]

Was it in 2015 that Josie Harte cost us the AI?

[Keadyshouldhaveplayedin89]

T’was.

[Ambrose_McNulty]

Some man.

[ChairmanDan]

Wardy has had some health battles in recent years, significantly greater than any of his battles with Ollie Campbell for the Number 10 shirt.

Wardy also has strong Limerick connections which is surely a no no after the Shane O’Neill dalliance.

[iron_mike]

@ChairmanDan

Last 7 Galway managers - the four Galway natives, Michael O’Donoghue, Anthony Cunningham, Conor Hayes and Noel Lane have all got Galway to an All Ireland Final.

The three outside managers Shane O’Neill, Ger Loughnane and John McIntyre across a cumulative total of 7 seasons made just 1 semi final and no final.

I think at the end of the day that the amount of counties playing hurling increases the possibility of a non native manager coming up against his own at some stage and while it may be all sweetness and light when your playing other teams, coming up against your own sets off something in the managers mind that makes them feel uncomfortable. Cregan 94 was probably the ultimate example but if you want to fast forward it, it was obvious in 2013 that John Allen was not comfortable after the Munster final. Liam Cahill this year was also visibly ill at ease after the quarter final.

[flattythehurdler]

@Ambrose_McNulty

Was it in 2015 that Josie Harte cost us the AI?

He got POTY in kk. Cc @Malarkey

[Keadyshouldhaveplayedin89]

Mattie Kenny looked fucking delighted back in June.

[Ambrose_McNulty]

[iron_mike]

Theres always an exception which proves the rule.

[ChairmanDan]

Diarmuid Healy never seemed too put out when Offaly were beating Kilkenny in the 1980’s and winning All Ireland’s.

Ditto Justin McCarthy in Waterford when he was putting one over on Cork.

[Keadyshouldhaveplayedin89]

Was he talking about the training done after the drawn game.

One major blot on Cunningham’s record was playing Skehill in the replay in 2012. Even by Galway standards of self imploding it was just ludicrous.