Galway manager Pádraic Joyce first met selectors John Divilly and John Concannon in St Jarlath’s College 35 years ago.
WHEN PÁDRAIC JOYCE and his selectors sit down this week to pick the Galway side to play Armagh in Sunday’s All-Ireland final, it will be the pinnacle of a process that began at the back of the class in St Jarlath’s College 35 years ago.
Advertisement Concannon said previously that all through their playing careers they always reckoned that one day they would take charge of the Galway team, and while they sit down this week to select a team for the biggest day in Gaelic football, it’s a process they have been fine-tuning for three and a half decades.
They are now in their fifth year in charge of the Tribesmen and with 28 players used so far in this summer’s championship after a year where injuries stretched their squad to the limit, Concannon knows they have benefited enormously as so many players have got game-time and are in contention for places.
Also, we have 39 serious players now. Not saying we hadn’t 39 two years ago, but it was very inexperienced, very sort of a younger group. But even then, some of our more experienced players, they had never played in a semi-final or a final before. So now we have that experience. “I think in all the tight matches so far, that experience has helped us get over the line, especially against Dublin and even the last day against Donegal as well.
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