Joe Canning: Galway would be better off retaining the services of Henry Shefflin and Eamon O’Shea as they begin rebuilding project
Tribesmen would be better off retaining the services of Henry Shefflin and Eamon O’Shea as they face rebuilding projectHenry Shefflin: I would like to see him give it another year. I still think his relationship with Eamon O’Shea has a lot to offer. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho
Henry Shefflin came to Galway to win the All-Ireland. Everybody understood that. In his first season they took Limerick down the stretch in an All-Ireland semi-final; in his second season they rattled Limerick for 25 minutes. This year, they failed to produce one performance that made them look like contenders.Cavan agree for all three bodies to share centre of excellence
At no stage did they look like a team going somewhere: gaining momentum, improving, growing. They looked stuck. Unsure of how they wanted to play, unsure of their identity, unsure of themselves. Is that what Shefflin signed up for? Not when he agreed to come on board in 2021 and not when he agreed to an extension nine months ago.
The reality, though, is that there are no quick fixes here. Whoever takes on the rebuilding project will be laying a foundation for the next manager. Nobody will see Galway as contenders next year.
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