Galway GAA discussion thread

Another goal for Meath, and as I write this they nearly scored another one.

Meath could have had 5/6 goals in less than 25mins..... doesn't sound like much has changed in that regard since last season.

Mayo.... Tipp(could have had 3/4) nearly had a few.... gave a terrible one to Cork which cost us the game.

WOW...

Amazing game here in Navan.

Martin goals and Galway take the lead into the break 2-6 to 2-4

Meath messed up ANOTHER goal chance just seconds before the Martin goal when the back fisted it off the post/bar and Galway broke.

Meath apparently had a clear cut peno waved away after a Galway score, Commentators reckoned since Meath broke so quick from the kickout the ref was too far behind so didn't see it.

Galway could have given away 8/9 goal chances..... commentators description that ''it looks like 7s football the way they're creating goal chances....its like they're only going for goal chances''.

Not long after Martins goal and Meath hit the post.
In fairness though, Conroy also missed a goal chance and Martin missed a penalty just before HT.

That penalty miss could be crucial, keeps it at a two point game.

The defence sounds very worrying, it's just criminal to give up near 10 clear cut goal chances in one half of football.

Meath with 9 wides at HT, which includes one or two of the goal chances.

3-6 to 2-4... Flynn runs it from the off, 34seconds.

If we had that penalty the game could be over.

The 5/2 is looking smart now.

It was proved to be overpriced either way from here.

Pure rubbish.

Down by two now.

Just ball after ball.... absolutely brutal stuff.

:mad:

Classic Galway performance.

Roll over and let the opposition storm away.

See it far too much in Galway GAA.... throw away leads, no fight when behind.

aidan24326 wrote: »

Only heard the radio commentary but doesn't sound good. 3-18 is a whopping amount to concede and by the sounds of it Meath should have had about 3 more goals.

3 more goals would be generous.

They could have had 8/9 in the first half alone.

The forwards seemed to be doing well enough with the little supply they were getting but the backs seemed to be headless again.
You shouldn't be giving up more than 2/3 goal chances a game, gave up 3 in the first 2/3 mins today.

Why play Higgins if you're not using him at midfield?, by the sounds of things he was moved to CB. No disrespect to the lad but he's extremely limited as a footballer so you'd imagine unless you're aiming KO's at him and he's winning them, he has no place on the pitch otherwise.

By the sounds of things, the turning point was when Higgins kicked a stupid ball to a 40/60 which lead to Armstrong getting the black card. From there it was all Meath(in fairness its hard to say, but Concannon was fairly cat when he came on so it certainly didn't help)

It's sink or swim for both managers for me, both aren't getting enough out of their respective teams thus far.

There's more talent coming through for the footballers, while the hurlers have a better established base.

We seem to be playing at a D4 level in football which is certainly not a fair reflection of how things should be.
Even during the barren years of 2002-2012 we had generally good league and while we fell to some poor teams the narrow was usually 1.

Could have lost to both Tipp and Waterford last year which just isn't acceptable and it was the MGMT tactics that cost us the Cork game IMO when like today after building a 5 point lead, we couldn't close the space in our half and slow the pace down.

I'd probably cut Cunningham next year unless he wins the AI, Mulholland has to a minimum progress the team further than last year or I'd ship him out too.