WARY OF
weekend and a game midweek.
“But in fairness, the S&C (strength & conditioning) coach Keith Carr and Kevin have been very good. And Maurice Sheridan and the boys with NUIG have been very good. They are in constant communication.
“In fairness to us we are not really training at the moment we are just playing the games.”
Yet the fixture schedule places Corofin duo Liam Silke and Kieran Molloy in a quandary.
They are involved with UCD and NUIG respectively but are due to play for their club against Moorefield in Saturday’s AIB All-ireland club semi-final.
Also involved in that Corofin game is Micheal Lundy, who didn’t envy the position his clubmates had been placed in when speaking yesterday.
“It’s disappointing on them, no one wants to miss out on a Sigerson, at the end of the day it’s an All-ireland final,” said Lundy. “You have to choose.
“There shouldn’t have to be a choice there. Unfortunately that’s the way it is and hopefully we have them anyway.”
Lundy is among the Corofin contingent that Walsh is sure to call on once their campaign is over and, naturally, he’s been enthused by what he’s seen from Galway of late.
“I literally only caught the end of it [the Mayo game] because we were training. It’s always good fun when you beat Mayo. It’s nice to see it.
“There was a bit of an edge to it too. I suppose it probably got a bit out of hand. But sometimes it’s no harm, Galway have got pushed around for years.
“The lads, in fairness to them, they’re starting to stand up. And they’re doing it where it counts, they’re doing it on the scoreboard
“But the Championship is the big one.
“There’s a game there in the middle of May that Mayo and Galway eyes are fairly focused on. It’ll mean nothing [Sunday] if you go and lose in May.” ALL of the National Football League fixtures that fell victim to the weather over the weekend have been rescheduled for next Sunday.
It means the O’byrne Cup final between Meath and Westmeath, which was due to be played next
Sunday, has been