Inside Track with John McIntyre

THE longer there is no news about Padraic Joyce’s intentions regarding the Galway senior footballer team manager’s post, the more likely the Killererin clubman will be facing into a seventh season in charge next Spring.

And though there has been some cribbing about tactics and the choice of personnel – isn’t there always when a team doesn’t land the Holy Grail – an overwhelming number of supporters would want Joyce to stay at the Tribesmen helm.

More importantly, the county’s GAA top officials are also behind the incumbent. Apart from delivering four consecutive Connacht titles and two All-Ireland final appearances, Joyce has turned Galway into one of the most consistent and formidable teams in the country.

True, last year’s final defeat to Armagh was a sickener and this Summer’s shock quarter-final exit to Meath must have been equally devastating, but Joyce knows his........

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