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RTÉ News
12 hours ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Shane Walsh confident he's found his flow after injury issues
Shane Walsh believes that Galway played their best football of the year in the second half of their comeback win over Armagh and is hopeful they are hitting the high notes as the season enters its crescendo. Trailing by eight points at half-time in Kingspan Breffni, while Dublin and Derry were deadlocked in Newry, the prognosis looked grim for last year's All-Ireland finalists, who were in danger of exiting the All-Ireland championship in abject fashion. However, they rallied superbly in the third quarter, essentially wiping out the deficit by the 50th minute. "We went in at half-time knowing that they'd probably been a bit hot (on shooting) but we probably weren't executing our chances," Walsh said at the All-Ireland SFC knockout launch. "I think we were shot-for-shot (with them) in the first half. They might have had one extra shot. "We were saying we had the chances but Pádraic (Joyce) obviously wanted us to up the level and just bring a bit more intensity in the second half. It never felt like we were gone." The 2022 All-Star found his flow against Armagh after two relatively subdued and uneven performances against Dublin and Derry. While he slipped home a terrific individual goal in Celtic Park, Walsh was on the bench for the closing stages as Galway desperately scrambled to rescue their season. In Cavan, he racked up 0-07 from play - and 0-10 in total - in a bravura performance, putting the improved display down to re-discovering his confidence in front of goal after his injury issues. "When you come back from an injury in the middle of the year, it can be hard because you're chasing. The lads are moving at a certain level and there's a certain synchronisation that they have. "It's tough going and you're probably taking shots that you normally would score, you'd feel. But they're not coming off for you maybe because you haven't had that repetition or you haven't had that time that the rest of them have. "Then it can knock you. You can go into your shell a bit I suppose. I definitely felt that probably in the Dublin and Derry games a bit. "It was just great to have that backing of the lads in the dressing room to say to me like 'we back you no matter what' "And basically, that it's not a good thing for us if you're on the field and you're not taking the shots." One-to-one conversations with his manager - who was himself previously relied upon to get scores - were also a help in him recovering his form. "Having one-to-one meetings with Pádraic helped. People probably don't see that side of him too often in the media. He's quite black and white I suppose "But then when you get underneath it, you get, I suppose, the reminder that he was a player himself and he obviously had... well he probably didn't have too many confidence issues... "But at the same time he kind of passed on a couple of things to me. It stood to me going into the weekend." Joyce, characteristically blunt in his post-match interview, said Walsh's performance had been "outstanding" but that it was also "a long time coming, to be honest." The Galway manager has acquired a reputation for being unusually forthright about his players' performance in the media, famously passing up the opportunity to explain away the early substitutions of Walsh and Rob Finnerty in the league loss to Dublin as being due to slight injury niggles. "They missed about 2-10 between them," has since gone down as one of the more memorable quotes of Joyce's long period at the helm. "You'd probably be humoured by it as opposed to actually anything else," Walsh says. "Because you don't really see the Pádraic that we see all the time. You just see what he says to ye (the media). "We'd nearly be laughing and joking about it. He could be saying things about us to the media. And sure, we know where he's coming from. It's not as if we'd be saying that's a personal attack or anything like that." Are they nearly immune to it, at this stage? "I wouldn't say we're immune to it. We have to listen to him at the end of the day. He is the gaffer. But you know where he's coming from." Walsh indicates that Joyce's demeanour at half-time in the Armagh game showed how he had evolved over his time in charge. Whereas in his first two years, he might have been in teacup-throwing mood, on Saturday, the Galway boss was relatively composed in the dressing room. "His first minute or two was just to get a few things across and then the rest was just about bringing belief and confidence into the group. He's been doing that, in particular, since the Derry game. "We probably felt the two games that we played (in the group), we weren't getting to a level and confidence wasn't high. Whereas he was constantly reminding us how good we can be." The draw has thrown up a first championship meeting between Galway and Down since the 1971 All-Ireland semi-final. Walsh returns to a venue which was enveloped in a thick layer of fog the last time he played there - the 2024 All-Ireland club semi-final - and faces off against a manager in Conor Laverty who he last encountered when he was a selector for Cavan. "I remember he was eating the head off me against Cavan when we were playing them back in the league a couple of years ago. "Then, he came out smiling, giving me a hug after the game. I was like, I didn't know what to make of you about half an hour ago. You would have met him from time to time as well at different things. Nice fella." Either way, it's all knockout stages from here. No need to consider the permutations which Galway supporters were keeping a constant track of last weekend. When Galway were well behind against Armagh, it looked like their best bet was a Dublin victory and a score difference foot race with Derry. Were the players aware of the lie of the land in the second half? "I think management were. We weren't though. I remember asking along the sideline at one stage what the score was (in Newry). "They said, 'never mind, just win the game.'"
Irish Times
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Shane Walsh on coming back from injury: ‘It can knock you, you can go into your shell a bit. I definitely felt that'
At some point in Galway's frantic endgame against Armagh last Saturday, Shane Walsh shouted over at the sideline, asking what the score was up the road in Newry. There, the result of the Dublin-Derry game might help salvage Galway's summer. 'Never mind,' Walsh was promptly told, 'just win the game'. It was good advice. Despite trailing Armagh by eight points at the break, Galway's rousing second-half performance, inspired by Walsh's best championship display this summer, saw them win by a point – enough to set up an away preliminary quarter-final. When they drew Down on Monday morning, that refocused Galway minds again. It's their first championship meeting since 1971, which Galway won. But Down were the form team in the round-robin stages, top scorers of all 16 teams with their 4-78. Galway had the highest goal tally of eight, including two against Armagh. READ MORE 'It's game by game at this stage,' Walsh says in advance of Sunday's showdown in Newry. 'Obviously we just want to bring our best every day we go out. Have we brought our best so far? I don't believe so. 'But it's been hard, I suppose. We've had a bit of a broken spell with players missing, and that obviously affects the rhythm of the group too. I think we are getting there.' Walsh is talking about himself in terms of broken spells. He missed most of the Connacht championship with injury, and appeared well off his best against Dublin and Derry . Regaining full confidence against Armagh, where he finished with 0-9, including the match-winning free just after the hooter, was in part about his team-mates expressing their belief in him. 'I think that mattered a lot, and obviously having Pádraic [Joyce] there as well. Definitely as a forward, especially when you come back from an injury in the middle of the year. The lads are moving at a certain level and there's a certain synchronisation that they have out on the pitch,' Walsh says. [ Can Galway squeeze more from Shane Walsh and Damien Comer? Now is the time to find out Opens in new window ] 'You're trying to get to that pitch then as well. It's tough going and you're probably taking shots that you normally would score. But they're not coming off for you, maybe because you haven't had that repetition or you haven't had that time that the rest of them have. 'Then it can knock you, you can go into your shell a bit. I definitely felt that probably in the Dublin game, the Derry game a bit. But at the same time, Pádraic kind of passed on a couple of things to me. It stood to me going into the weekend, trained well for the two weeks, and it kind of followed into last Saturday.' Shane Walsh missed most of the Connacht championship with injury. Photograph: Sports File Under manager Conor Laverty, Down's confidence has been soaring. Despite losing to Donegal in the Ulster semi-final, they certainly won't fear Galway. 'We all know about going up to Newry, you never get it easy up there,' says Walsh. 'Conor Laverty always has his team well drilled. I know him, he's a lovely fellah off the field, but when it comes to his football, he's very serious about winning as well, and he'll do whatever it takes. 'Like Michael Murphy's a nice fellah, gentle off the field, and then when he goes on the field, he's just a possessed animal, really. It's great to be able to have that mindset, that you're able to switch between two. It can be hard at times to take yourself out of it and put yourself into it, but they seem to do it pretty well. 'It's another great challenge, if you get through it to build your confidence, build the belief in the team and build a bit of momentum.' Walsh required all his old confidence when standing over the free-kick, just outside the 40-metre line, to win the match last Saturday. He looks back on that process in three different steps. [ Conor McManus: Here's my ranking of the top 12 counties going into the knockouts Opens in new window ] 'Firstly, when you're walking over, you're just saying 'calm, this is my job now'. The rest of them have done their work to win the free. Then there's a few words coming your way from opposition and then the heart rate starts to go up a bit. 'Then you're coming back in saying, 'you've dreamt of this as a young lad'. This is what you grew up dreaming about, saying you want to be in these situations and just commit to the kick, be yourself. That's all I could do, thankfully it went over.' While Joyce has sometimes been critical of his team's performance, admitting he'll have a hard time picking his best 15 players for Sunday, Walsh believes it's all part of his plan to get the best out of them. 'We'd nearly be laughing and joking about some things. He could be saying things about us to the media. And sure, we know where he's coming from. It's not as if we'd be saying that's a personal attack or anything like that. 'You build confidence through yourself, but you also build it through your team-mates, your manager and the people around you as well. If people are knocking you, it obviously doesn't encourage you to do the things you're doing.'
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Yahoo
Sandown man charged after allegedly holding woman against her will
Sandown police say a man is in custody after allegedly holding a woman against her will at a local home. On Wednesday, Sandown Police and members of the Southern New Hampshire Special Operations Unit executed a search and arrest warrant at a home at 40 Eastfield Loop in Sandown. The search was conducted to locate a woman, 19, who officials believed was being held against her will. 'The search successfully located the young woman,' Sandown Police said in a news release. Police arrested Donald K. Forsyth III, 39, of Sandown at the home on charges of criminal restraint and false imprisonment. He is being held at the Rockingham County House of Correction on preventive detention until his arraignment, scheduled for Friday at the 10th Circuit Court in Derry at 9 a.m. Sandown Police said this case remains an active investigation, and anyone with information should contact Chief Joseph Gordon at the Sandown Police Department at 603-887-3887.
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
Londonderry: Three men and six teenagers in court over disorder
Three men and six teenagers have appeared in court on charges connected to rioting in Ramsey, 30, of Rathlin Drive in Derry, is accused of riotous behaviour in Nailors Row on McDonald, 29, from Cromore Gardens in the city, is also charged with riotous behaviour on the Lecky Road on Wednesday while Michael O'Connor, 47, of Glenfada Park, is accused of inciting and encouraging a riot on the same teenagers - one aged 14, three aged 15, and two aged 16, who cannot be named because of their ages - are all charged with riotous behaviour on Tuesday and Wednesday. One of the 15-year-olds also faces a charge of having a petrol Magistrates' Court was told on Thursday that violence erupted at about 19:30 BST on Tuesday, when youths moved towards a known interface area in the city. Police intervened and trouble erupted which resulted in them being attacked with petrol bombs, masonry and stones. A police officer told the court that Mr Ramsey was among a group of three unmasked men who joined masked rioters in attacking police. He was alleged to have encouraged others to participate in the his solicitor said the prosecution had not alleged that Mr Ramsey had thrown any acknowledged Mr Ramsey's presence at the scene, but said that his client denied involvement in any claims were made regarding Mr McDonald, who was seen in the vicinity of the Lecky Road disturbances. He also denies the Mr O'Connor's case, a police officer said he was observed speaking to a group of masked youths shortly before they began rioting. It was further alleged he filmed the ensuing violence. Drone footage analysis Deputy District Judge Chris Holmes told the hearing there was "extensive drone footage" of the three men were granted bail with conditions, including a curfew, restrictions on entering specific parts of the city and an exclusion zone around any police Holmes said he would not treat the youths differently from the adults, although he acknowledged the statutory presumption of bail for minors. All six were granted bail with curfew conditions and are scheduled to appear in court again in judge directed the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to prioritise analysis of the drone footage to determine whether further charges should be brought.
BreakingNews.ie
a day ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Nine people charged following disorder in Derry
Nine people have been charged with rioting following disorder in Derry. The males range in age from 14 to 47 and are due to appear before the city's magistrates' court on Thursday. Advertisement Police said a 14-year-old boy, three 15-year-old boys, two 16-year-old boys and a 29-year-old and 30-year-old man have been charged with riotous behaviour connected with scenes in the Nailors Row area on Tuesday night. One of the 15-year-olds faces an additional charge of throwing a petrol bomb. A ninth person, a man aged 47, has been charged with the offence of intentionally encouraging or assisting riot. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old boy, arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour on Monday night in connection with the disorder, have been released on bail to allow for further police inquiries. Advertisement On Wednesday, some 14 police officers had been injured, some requiring hospital treatment, following a second night of unrest in the Nailors Row area. Chief Constable Jon Boutcher described the trouble as 'blatant sectarian violence' and warned those responsible will be pursued 'with the full force of the law'.
