Galway issue update on Pádraic Joyce’s future as football manager

Well that clears it up...

The Tribe great has been in charge since 2019 and has led his county to two All-Ireland finals, in 2022 and 2024, where they suffered losses to Kerry and Armagh, respectively.

However, the last two seasons have seen Galway limp out of the championship at the quarter-final stage, last year to Meath and this year to Dublin.

With the quality they have on paper, this is being looked at as a serious underachievement by fans, with many calling for Joyce to step down.

But despite the speculation, the Connacht Tribune reported that Galway officials have completely denied rumours that he will be leaving his post.

After the Dublin loss, Joyce - who still has two years left on his contract - spoke about his future.

He said: “I've seven years done here now, I’ve two more to do. Galway's getting there.

“I think we're lacking, obviously, didn't get it over the line last year. We've been in four quarter-finals now, we've lost two of them, lost two finals. It's a lot of defeats for a lot of the players there.

“Today is probably not the day to talk about that but there's still a lot of good young talent coming through in the squad. There's two or three probably on the wrong side of 30, though, at the same time. Not that they're going to decide anything in the next while, but they just have to come back again.

“The football is there in the county, so they'll always be there or thereabouts.”