Galway Top Fantasy Table

**Terry-Lander** · 07/04/2008, 6:54 AM

Originally Posted by sligored

bohs have sold their soul....... no western teams will ever do that.
i cant see galway playing in clifden
cant see rovers playing in tubbercurry
cant see harps playing in raphoe

galway should be top six .. they have a good ground , good support and represent a lot more good supporters than bohs ever will.

money is not everything and galway will never sell their soul.

cousins was never the solution but i guarantee if they get the right manager they will be a top six team

Thank you.

**Gaillimh Al** · 07/04/2008, 7:15 AM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

Point of interest:

Connacht Rugby manager Michael Bradley lives in Cork. Connacht have done reasonably well under his management. I understand he spends a hell of a lot more hours in Galway than TC ever did.

If you were to read Dara Bradley in your beloved Tribune a little closer, you would find that Bradley is doing a far from reasonable job. Bottom of the Magners League with no chance of getting into Heineken Cup.

**Demoshield** · 07/04/2008, 9:01 AM

What the City Tribune ( Local Galway Paper, Not one of the freebies) had to say:
http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=87525

**Redie** · 07/04/2008, 9:13 AM

Originally Posted by boh so good

What do they want? A 'Shannon Stop-Over' solution to their problems? League table points being taken away from Dublin clubs and shared between Galway United, Sligo Rovers, Finn Harps and Limerick 37 in the interest of regional balanced development.

I think this proposal merits serious consideration by league officials!

**KBurke** · 07/04/2008, 9:23 AM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

Point of interest:

Connacht Rugby manager Michael Bradley lives in Cork. Connacht have done reasonably well under his management. I understand he spends a hell of a lot more hours in Galway than TC ever did.

When John Mahoney was manager of Galway Gaelic Footballers, he lived in another county. He was not full time. Galway won 2 All Irelands under him.

The last trophy won by GUFC was the League Cup in 1998. Then manager Denis Clarke lived in Athlone. He was not full time.

Tony Cousins lives in Kildare, drives a taxi in Dublin and worked full time as manger of Galway United.

Ya last fot the last 3 yrs. he's as bad as cousins

**A face** · 07/04/2008, 9:57 AM

Originally Posted by KBurke

Ya last fot the last 3 yrs. he's as bad as cousins

Can we conclude that both of them should have moved to Galway if they ever wanted to be in with a chance of success?

**Patrick Dunne** · 07/04/2008, 11:01 AM

Bradley may be a complete spoofer, but he hasn't got a taxi-plate and a furniture company in Cork, and the Connacht physio doesn't take the squad for training while he is in Cork.

**geezer** · 07/04/2008, 11:12 AM

is full of ****e the last time i sat in the rust buckets of Dalymount,Tolka, Inchicore, Lourdes stadium and Windsor Park you would want to fanatasize to imagine any of these clubs operating at a level very far beyond the rest of the clubs

**A face** · 07/04/2008, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by geezer

is full of ****e the last time i sat in the rust buckets of Dalymount,Tolka, Inchicore, Lourdes stadium and Windsor Park you would want to fanatasize to imagine any of these clubs operating at a level very far beyond the rest of the clubs

Well, either that or be completely out of touch with what is actually going on in the league. If you based your argument on research done 20 years ago then it wouldn't be hard to come up with the same kind of fantasies.

You have to bare in mind as well, when writing about the league some people just aren't up to the job, its sad but true

**Ceirtlis** · 07/04/2008, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good

The other "poor us Galway United" article in the Mail today article is a classic piece of West of Ireland "poor us" Professional Victim Card carry on. What do they want? A 'Shannon Stop-Over' solution to their problems? League table points being taken away from Dublin clubs and shared between Galway United, Sligo Rovers, Finn Harps and Limerick 37 in the interest of regional balanced development.

I can see O'Cuiv saying this should happen.

Any chance you would give us a jist of the article, you have lost me with your political tripe.

**Paddyfield** · 07/04/2008, 3:27 PM

Originally Posted by Gaillimh Al

If you were to read Dara Bradley in your beloved Tribune a little closer, you would find that Bradley is doing a far from reasonable job. Bottom of the Magners League with no chance of getting into Heineken Cup.

I guess I've just shown my lack of interest/knowledge of Connacht Rugby. I thought they were doing OK until I looked at the paper.

Is Dara Bradley related to Michael Bradley?

Also, why makes you say the Tribune is beloved to me?

**GuisaSaigon** · 07/04/2008, 3:55 PM

I find it hard to believe that "Journalists" like Sweeney, Phat Dolan etc dont have an another agenda here. How could anyone that is supposed to be an expert on our league believe that a full time club, that dont own their own ground or training facilities, could operate in the Leagues Premier Division on a budget of €500,000?
If they had the slightest clue about the League or of Galway United Football Club they would know that it would be impossible for us to survive on that. The initial budget at the start of last season was 1.2 Million. Members of the board had to reach further into their pockets to bail out Cousins (or Spoofer as he became known to Utd fans) after he signed lads that wouldn't make a nightowls team. This year the budget rose to €1.5 Million.
We all know why Dolan had a go at Leeson. but has Sweeney been looked over as Galway United manager in the Past too? Whats his excuse? He couldn't believe the crap he's writing could he? If he does he has no business writing on this league. A LOI Man.......... My Arse!

**gilberto_eire** · 07/04/2008, 4:04 PM

Originally Posted by Gaillimh Al

If you were to read Dara Bradley in your beloved Tribune a little closer, you would find that Bradley is doing a far from reasonable job. Bottom of the Magners League with no chance of getting into Heineken Cup.

If they beat Ulster in there next game there level on points again.

On a sidenote about Connacht its a completly differant ball game, for starters two of the other four provinces are among the best in ''Europe'' and regularily compete in the latter stages of the Heineken Cup, also as soon as Connacht produce a player of any ability he's straight out the door to a bigger club!. Then there's the fact that there's no relegation to worry about and also to get into Europe we only have to finish in front of one of the other 3 provinces!.

He's not doing a bad job, he could easily say some of TC's infamous quotes about budget's and the like and it would be true in there case!!