Sep 8, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 15 segments
Michael is joined by Pat Spillane and Dick Clerkin to chat through all the movement in the inter-county management space, including Gabriel Bannigan stepping down from his post at Monaghan and Pádraic…
Pat SpillanePanelist
Dick ClerkinPanelist
Michael VerneyHost
back together again Dick and Pat the county season may be over but we're back and we'll be back fairly regular too hopefully have fortnightly shows where there's always even if the county action is over there's always stuff happening
yeah no no Dick no no you're in demand don't worry there's loads of things happening at the minute and we'll jump around the houses but I'll fire it to you Pat straight away Horik Joyce stepping away after seven seasons with Galway surprised or not
The fact that he said that he was continuing on because he had an extension to his contract for a couple of years.
When it came, when it did, yes, I was surprised because I expected he would have stepped down, like I said, when Galway exited.
And as a manager, look, four kind of titles in a row, got them to two All-Ireland finals.
Do you know, he came in like, like a lot of managers and he was gung-ho and he was, he declared from the rooftops that it's all about winning in All-Ireland and, That's what it is nowadays with the likes of Galway.
He talked a lot in the early days about his style of play and what he wanted from Galway.
And as we've mentioned, Dick and myself, several times over last year and this year, it was one of the failures of Galway under Geist that despite having...
Like, honestly, I genuinely thought this was a Galway team that ticked all the boxes in terms of physicality, in terms of athleticism, in terms of scoring power up front.
And yet, when it came to their attacking play over the years, their attacking play was the exact opposite of what he demanded.
And I think he was sort of unlucky, like he was an unlucky gill on 20-22 against Kerry.
back together again Dick and Pat the county season may be over but we're back and we'll be back fairly regular too hopefully have fortnightly shows where there's always even if the county action is over there's always stuff happening
yeah no no Dick no no you're in demand don't worry there's loads of things happening at the minute and we'll jump around the houses but I'll fire it to you Pat straight away Horik Joyce stepping away after seven seasons with Galway surprised or not
The fact that he said that he was continuing on because he had an extension to his contract for a couple of years.
When it came, when it did, yes, I was surprised because I expected he would have stepped down, like I said, when Galway exited.
And as a manager, look, four kind of titles in a row, got them to two All-Ireland finals.
Do you know, he came in like, like a lot of managers and he was gung-ho and he was, he declared from the rooftops that it's all about winning in All-Ireland and, That's what it is nowadays with the likes of Galway.
He talked a lot in the early days about his style of play and what he wanted from Galway.
And as we've mentioned, Dick and myself, several times over last year and this year, it was one of the failures of Galway under Geist that despite having...
Like, honestly, I genuinely thought this was a Galway team that ticked all the boxes in terms of physicality, in terms of athleticism, in terms of scoring power up front.
And yet, when it came to their attacking play over the years, their attacking play was the exact opposite of what he demanded.
And I think he was sort of unlucky, like he was an unlucky gill on 20-22 against Kerry.
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