HENRY SHEFFLIN IS set to commit his future to Galway for the next few seasons as he bids to lead the Tribesmen to silverware in his first stint as an inter-county manager.
Shefflin has confirmed he will manage Galway for a third season in 2024 and has indicated to the county’s hierarchy that he is willing to extend his term beyond that.
Shefflin came on board for a three-year term for the start of the 2022 season and there were fears that successive Leinster final losses to his native Kilkenny and All-Ireland semi-final defeats to Limerick might see him depart.
But Galway GAA chairman Paul Bellew said that Shefflin has confirmed he is remaining on board and now both parties are looking at extending the term beyond the initial three-year deal.
“Henry is on board for next year and we are looking at extending it beyond that. Henry has indicated a willingness for that and so have we, so now it’s a matter of finding a mutually acceptable agreement. But it’s great he is on board and will continue the work carried out so far,” said Bellew.
Shefflin’s confirmation of remaining for a third year does not require ratification but an extension of his term would need to come before a meeting of the county committee.
“We would hope to have it all wrapped up for the August meeting of the county committee. The four manager positions at U17 and U20 in football and hurling are all open as well as each of the managers have come to the end of their term,” added Bellew.
The Galway chairman also confirmed that Pádraic Joyce has confirmed he will remain in charge of the county’s footballers in 2024. He is going into the second season of a three-year deal, having last summer completed his first term after being appointed for the 2020 season.
“The 2023 inter-county season came to an end on Sunday so it’s good to have our senior managers in place and begin preparations for 2024. Hopefully, we will have our underage managers in place in due course and go from there,” added Bellew.
Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him
Top player.
Super performance and result albeit against a woeful Watford. Unlikely to be a worse performance by any PL team this season. Salah is unbelievable and his goal was magical, give him the contract his performances and goals deserve. Great to see Firmino scoring. Though Kelleher had nothing to do he kept his concentration to make a very good save at the end. Gonna be a tight title race. Surprised Salah and Mane played the 90 minutes, Minamino could have done with game time especially against that Watford team.
Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch him…..Firmino not bad either : )
Time to sack Ranieri…….
@John S: dilly ding dilly dong
@Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone
Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us
Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!
Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him
Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PL side as bad as that Watford side today….if they lost 10-0 it wouldn’t have been a surprise! Woeful…
@Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for you…. :)
@Gordon Larney: no need to fix anything. That was the worst performance I’ve ever seen from a PL side, dreadful stuff and Liverpool could have put 10 past them.
@Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.
Salah in great form. But how long canhe hold that form? He has 20-25 goals in him a season, but he’s up and down. If he held this form, he’d be close to 40 goals?
Bigger tests against Athletico and United on the way.
@Finn Faulkner: did you like your own comment…
@Finn Faulkner: how long can he do that. ? He has been doing it for the last 4 seasons. 104 goals in 166 games in the Premier league but you think he should score more. Okay so
@Finn Faulkner: you’re gonna need bigger bait on that hook ….
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: But by that metric 4 seasons at 40 goals would be 160 goals. He hasn t done that. But my point is that if he can keep that killer hat on his head for a prolonged period, and with our squad almost injury free, he could break records for us. I’m HOPING he keeps this lethal form indefinitely. He still can’t be put in the Messi/Ronaldo category until he starts being seriously clinical. I’d love to see him win the Balloon d’Or this year (or the next)
@len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, it’s 102 in 153 for Liverpool
@Shane Roche: It’s still an amazing number of goals per season, but I think he can go even further, he needs to keep this current form. Biggest tests are against Athletico and then United.
That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..
As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.