Two Galway football stars nominated for All Stars
There are some surprise omissions from the nominations too
Just two Galway footballers have made the All Star nominations for Team of The Year.
Midfielder John Maher and full forward Robert Finnerty are the only Tribesmen to get the nod as their All-Ireland winning neighbours scooped up most of the nominations collecting eleven in total.
Footballer of the year will be battled out between David Clifford; Ryan O’Donoghue and Jack Carney while young footballer of the year will be between the two Mayo wonderkids in Kobe McDonald and Darragh Beirne as well as Dara McDonnell.
There are as many as six frontrunners to take the Galway GAA gig after Padraic Joyce’s resignation a few weeks back, according to Boylesports bookmakers.
Exclusive new odds shared to Galway Live from Boylesports show Kevin O’Brien and Kevin Johnson tied at the top at 3/1 odds.
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Next in line is All Ireland winner with Galway John Divilly at 7/2 followed by his former teammate and previous Galway manager Kevin Walsh who is 4/1 to return for a second stint.
This is followed by ex Mayo boss and Corofin county titles winning manager Stephen Rochford at 6/1 with Alan Flynn matching those odds too.
The best of the rest are as follows: 10/1 Donal O Fatharta; 10/1 Derek Savage; 12/1 Gary Sice; 14/1 Gary Delaney; 14/1 Finian Hanley; 16/1 Tony McEntee; 16/1 Mickey Graham; 16/1 Jim Gavin; 16/1 Val Daly; 20/1 Cathal Clancy; 20/1 Cian O'Neill; 20/1 John Concannon; 20/1 Eamonn Fitzmaurice; 25/1 Kieran Donaghy; 25/1 Anthony Cunningham; 25/1 Aaron Kernan.
Former Mayo senior football manager James Horan has ruled himself out of taking charge of the Galway senior footballers as has two early frontrunners for the gig in former Dublin manager Jim Gavin and Westmeath gaffer Mark McHugh.
Cathal Clancy has brought Horan into the Moycullen senior football backroom team this season, with the former Mayo manager involved in a coaching capacity with the reigning county champions. His presence at a Galway club had led to hopes among supporters that it might spark an interest in a return to inter-county management.
When asked would he be interested in taking charge of Galway, Horan said: “Will I be the next Galway manager? No, would be the answer. It will be a fascinating job for sure, Galway is a serious county,” said Horan on the Irish Examiner podcast.