Galway 0 - Shels 3

**Conor H** · 03/02/2006, 9:44 PM

Well not much to say i suppose.Pre season games alot of substitutions......bit of a howler from Ryan for Crowe's goal.Good crowd there for a friendly it must be said.I can see a very big crowd for the first league match.
Good run out nevertheless....wycome should be interesting.

**Red4Eva** · 04/02/2006, 11:27 AM

good crowd alright(650 maybe?), at least 4 times what was at yer 1st friendly v bohs last year. surprised how poor galway were. if shels had byrne, cahill & to a lesser extent crowe startin it cud easily have been 6. murphy was awful, if he keeps hitting free kicks like that there be no shortage of footballs for the residents of dun na coirbe. stevie gavin was very quiet too. taut foley&ryan done ok. i think galway defo need a cupla more quality players. prob a bit harsh to be so critical considering how early it is&the obvious class of shels. joey ndo was a step above. shels 3rd goal was quality

**Gareth** · 04/02/2006, 4:44 PM

I think Galway have positives to take from the game. I think that you have to remember they are only back and well, Shels have a squad with a good deal of depth. Our bench was excellent. And the three young lads seem to be quality too. I hope to see alot from them this season!!!

Have a report on Shelsweb of the game.

**Patrick Dunne** · 04/02/2006, 6:39 PM

Rogers
O'Halloran
Crowe
Byrne
Cahill

vs

Goldbey
Cooke
Rojas

tells its own story. Shels were the better side on the night, but our bench is very weak. Players who didn't make an impact last year have no business with the panel this year.

On the plus side, enocuraging crowd. Our jersey offer has gone down really well. 100 replica tops came in on Friday, 10 left after Friday and our stand in the Galway Shopping Centre today. We will be getting in more stock for next weekend.

**Gareth** · 04/02/2006, 7:22 PM

Who painted the wall?

**jambo08** · 04/02/2006, 7:37 PM

on startin eleven

**GalwayFrancis** · 05/02/2006, 1:49 PM

Originally Posted by Gareth

Who painted the wall?

which? the grafitti wall? some lads from the Jes school in galway, nice isnt it

**DonO'Bate** · 05/02/2006, 2:22 PM

Good crowd for a pre-season friendly. There was over 400 paying customers plus the season ticket holders.

**Gareth** · 05/02/2006, 3:21 PM

Originally Posted by GalwayFrancis

which? the grafitti wall? some lads from the Jes school in galway, nice isnt it

Yeah its only lovely. Pity it isnt a stand but if its going to be a wall, it may as well look the part!!

**Conor H** · 05/02/2006, 3:24 PM

Originally Posted by Gareth

Yeah its only lovely. Pity it isnt a stand but if its going to be a wall, it may as well look the part!!

The stand is been built there.

**The Stars** · 05/02/2006, 4:08 PM

will they be keeping the wall?Its a crowd puller

**sligoman** · 05/02/2006, 4:55 PM

Originally Posted by Conor H

The stand is been built there.

When is this stand due to be constructed?

.

**Terry** · 06/02/2006, 7:53 AM

Originally Posted by sligoman

When is this stand due to be constructed?

.

next month, if everthing keeps going to plan

**JC_GUFC** · 06/02/2006, 12:31 PM

Getting back on topic lads - what was the line-up on Friday? Shels seemed to have a strong team out so I wouldn't be too worried about the result, especially as 2 of the goals were in the last 10 minutes.

**Gareth** · 06/02/2006, 12:42 PM

I'll put the lineup this evening unless soemoen beats me to it.

**gufct** · 06/02/2006, 1:43 PM

Goughy
O'Donnel
Clery
Keane
Reilly
Gavin
Foley
Murphs
O'Brien
Eric
Barry

SUBS
Ryan
Franny
Cooke
Goldbey
Mixie
O'Dowd
Keady
Rojas
McKenna

**JC_GUFC** · 06/02/2006, 5:26 PM

Who are Ryan and McKenna?!
Are they any good?

**Conor H** · 06/02/2006, 5:28 PM

Ryan is a goalkeeper....he's 17 from Clare and made an absoloute howler the last night.

Lian Mckenna plays in defence....he's with the U21's.....very much a squad player.

**Mayo Red** · 06/02/2006, 8:45 PM

Decent crowd there alright the last night lads and the pitch was in great nick, ye were unlucky not to equalise in the first half with the goal line clearance but Shels were a step above. As has been said though, hardly surprising when you see the quality they had on the bench, let alone starting. I thought Foley battled well in midfield and Gavin made some good runs down the right but ye didn't have much of a cutting edge up front. Still, ye worked hard and it took the two late goals to kill the game completely.

Just wondering, were there programmes on sale at the game lads, I just missed the kick-off and when I went through the turnstiles I thought there would be someone there selling them but there wasn't. I thought then that there might not have been any because it was a friendly?