Galway GAA discussion thread

Fr Tod Umptious

seligehgit wrote: »

Truly bizarre,up there with Derek O Mahony's red card in the Corofin game.

Here is one worried Mayo man,Galway were very impressive again today.

No need to worry.

Galway are playing with far more championship starters than the likes of Mayo or Kerry.

Happens regularly enough to newly promoted teams.

Roscommon say hello.

Doctors room ghost

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

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No need to worry.

Galway are playing with far more championship starters than the likes of Mayo or Kerry.

Happens regularly enough to newly promoted teams.

Roscommon say hello.

You could say the same thing about the Dublin team yesterday evening in fairness.most of that Dublin team would feature in September if they progressed that far.let it go todeen.

threeball

Impressed with Cooke so far. Very willing to work hard. A tad light but that will come with time.
Sean Andy has been excellent for such a young guy.
Hopefully mcdaid will see the AR for the turd of a game it is and head home next year. He'd be a great addition to that half back line.
Hard to know what to do with Shane Walsh. Oodles of talent. The left footed free from the ground was sublime but the decision making throughout the game left a lot to be desired. A pity cos talent wise he has it all.

Green Peter

I'm having this recurring dream that Galway are going to win the all Ireland like they did in 98 after all our efforts in 96 and 97. I'm besides myself!!!

Utopia Parkway

Green Peter wrote: »

I'm having this recurring dream that Galway are going to win the all Ireland like they did in 98 after all our efforts in 96 and 97. I'm besides myself!!!

I think you're safe enough. Dublin are a massive roadblock for anyone trying to win an All-Ireland at the moment.

spurshero

Lads a lot of posters on here need to calm down . Castlebar in may will be very tough game to win . Mayo are building for summer not now . I'm not even sure it's in our best interest to get to a league final as a tonking of Dublin Would be likely and that could do more harm then good . Having said all that the lads are doing very well and are still missing burke Daly silke and power off the top of my head . But we need to keep a lid on things . We haven't won a championship game in croker in 17 years and posters are going on here as if only Dublin can stop us ! Hopefully we will have a long summer but I for one won't lose the run of myself just yet

aidan24326

was at the hurling and a few observations:

Flynn was excellent, on this sort of form he is one of the best forwards in the country, Cathal Mannion very good too but a bit more consistency from these two and we're in business. Such gifted players.

Backs were very good, Touhy, P Mannion and McInerney especially. Bigger tests lie ahead but they seem to be going well. No TJ Reids or John McGraths to deal with today though.

Of the new guys Sean Loftus did well enough but Grealish and Concannon didn't do anything to suggest they'll be grabbing a starting jersey in the Summer, and Davy Glennon once again showed why he isn't anything more than a sub.

Tactics seem to be the same, shoot on sight was the policy. Galway hit some super scores but there were a lot of wides aswell, I'd say probably at least 15 in total.

And no goal chances apart from the one Flynn scored. Conor cooney played very deep, out around midfield area most of the time, with the result that balls were played in towards the full forward line and no-one there. It was like the Cunningham days. Not sure why.

Against inferior opposition we should be adopting Kilkenny tactics, go for the jugular, get a couple of goals and put it to bed. Once again today we barely created a goal scoring chance the whole game and i really don't think we'll get away with this for another year. We have forwards who can score goals for fun given the chance but we're playing very deep and relying on shots from 50+ yards.

BENDYBINN

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

I think you're safe enough. Dublin are a massive roadblock for anyone trying to win an All-Ireland at the moment.

Dublin only managed 2scores in the second half on sat night.......that doesn’t spell greatness to me.
No question mayo should have won the last two all Ireland’s

TCDStudent1

Very impressed with Barry McHugh yesterday. Won a couple of really hard balls and contributed well from general play. If he continues that, it will be hard to drop him. Especially when you consider his free taking ability as well.

Brannigan has been Galway's best player in this year's league. Hopefully he can continue this kind of form into championship. After watching the replay last night, it looked like the 2 Galway lads were completely confused by their black cards as well. Galway got a free in from the attack just after and it looked to me like Shane Walsh & Sean Armstrong were also asking the ref why they were black carded. I would love to know the reason. Be very interesting if it was sledging or something.

grbear

I don't think many in here are going overboard with their praise of the footballers progress this season. They seem more solid at the back and they look to have added a bit more depth up front so they have earned some praise which is fair enough. A few comments in here look like attempts to raise Fr. Tods blood pressure but you expect a bit of messing like that.


I'd agree with the comments about McHugh. Yesterday would have pushed him into a being definite starter as far as I'm concerned. His general game still has plenty of room for improvement but he has reached a point where any deficiency in his play is outweighed by what he brings in terms of free taking.
They've a really solid set of forwards right now. They may be lacking an O'Connor/McManus/Geany calibre player who can drag a misfiring team to a win (I think Comer might have it in him but we haven't seen it yet) but they'll be leaving a few decent forwards on the bench when the Corofin lads and Daly are back.

Bonniedog

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Dublin only managed 2scores in the second half on sat night.......that doesn’t spell greatness to me.
No question mayo should have won the last two all Ireland’s

Five All Irelands in seven years, sure how could that be mistaken for greatness! As for the game in Castlebar, it was over at half time and Dublin used the rest of the game as training exercise.

Mayo did not win the last two AIs, so claiming that they ought to have is nonsense. a bit like saying that Waterford should have won the hurling final.

As for Galway, they have the makings of a team that may well become one of the leading contenders. I notice that Walsh is still getting a lot of stick, especially over kickout strategy and ball won at midfield, which seemed to me from TV to have improved yesterday. Division I is the place to sort out all sorts of things and Galway are making a good fist of that! If they make it into "Super 8" they will be well set up for a real cut over next few years.

TCDStudent1

Bonniedog wrote: »

Five All Irelands in seven years, sure how could that be mistaken for greatness! As for the game in Castlebar, it was over at half time and Dublin used the rest of the game as training exercise.

Mayo did not win the last two AIs, so claiming that they ought to have is nonsense. a bit like saying that Waterford should have won the hurling final.

As for Galway, they have the makings of a team that may well become one of the leading contenders. I notice that Walsh is still getting a lot of stick, especially over kickout strategy and ball won at midfield, which seemed to me from TV to have improved yesterday. Division I is the place to sort out all sorts of things and Galway are making a good fist of that! If they make it into "Super 8" they will be well set up for a real cut over next few years.

They definitely had a tactic of kicking the ball for Sean Kelly to run on to kick outs yesterday, particularly in the first half with the wind. Kerry pushed up. Lavelle was able to hit the space to allow Kelly run on to the ball. It was more difficult in the 2nd half though. I like Lavelle but I wonder a little about his temperament when the pressure comes on - his decision making seems to be at it's worst when Galway are being pinned back and thats when you need a cool head in goal.

BENDYBINN

Bonniedog wrote: »

Five All Irelands in seven years, sure how could that be mistaken for greatness! As for the game in Castlebar, it was over at half time and Dublin used the rest of the game as training exercise.

Mayo did not win the last two AIs, so claiming that they ought to have is nonsense. a bit like saying that Waterford should have won the hurling final.

As for Galway, they have the makings of a team that may well become one of the leading contenders. I notice that Walsh is still getting a lot of stick, especially over kickout strategy and ball won at midfield, which seemed to me from TV to have improved yesterday. Division I is the place to sort out all sorts of things and Galway are making a good fist of that! If they make it into "Super 8" they will be well set up for a real cut over next few years.

When it takes a free kick eight minutes into injury time to win an all Ireland then your good but great....I’m not so sure.

spurshero

Dublin have won 5 of last 7 all Ireland's . There's no doubt they are one of the great teams it's not even up for debate . Are we not better off sticking to all things Galway here?

BENDYBINN

spurshero wrote: »

Dublin have won 5 of last 7 all Ireland's . There's no doubt they are one of the great teams it's not even up for debate . Are we not better off sticking to all things Galway here?

My point is Dublin are beatable. And Galway must go in with this attitude when they meet in a couple of weeks.

Utopia Parkway

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

They definitely had a tactic of kicking the ball for Sean Kelly to run on to kick outs yesterday, particularly in the first half with the wind. Kerry pushed up. Lavelle was able to hit the space to allow Kelly run on to the ball. It was more difficult in the 2nd half though. I like Lavelle but I wonder a little about his temperament when the pressure comes on - his decision making seems to be at it's worst when Galway are being pinned back and thats when you need a cool head in goal.

Kelly has some engine on him. He turned up everywhere against Kerry. Still a bit light obviously but his engine and mobility are really needed to carry possession out of defence at times.

Bonniedog

BENDYBINN wrote: »

My point is Dublin are beatable. And Galway must go in with this attitude when they meet in a couple of weeks.

That goes without saying. That's what is creating great potential, unlike many if not most teams who seem content to frustrate other teams in the hope of stealing the odd victory or even just holding down the score.

And i'm not just referring to the top level where Galway now are, but you can see it in the other divisions where teams like Cavan, Fermanagh, Clare, Tipp, Rossies when they don't get the head staggers, are playing much more adventurously than their rivals, and are reaping the benefits, in the league at least. Can only be a good thing.

MfMan

BENDYBINN wrote: »

My point is Dublin are beatable. And Galway must go in with this attitude when they meet in a couple of weeks.

Dublin are beatable, Kerry showed that in last year's league. Take a very fit and mobile team to say the least to do it though. Am I wrong in saying that if we beat Monaghan next week then we're through to a league final? If so, it makes our league game with Dublin a probable dead rubber (presuming Dublin win their remaining games also.)

Galway might have a decent chance at the big one, but it might have to be within a year or two as Kerry will soon enough get their act together and perhaps become the next big thing after this Dublin team starts to decline. Equally, Dublin will have 5-in-a-row in their sights and will strive might and main to achieve this.

Galway team still needs sorting out though; couple of more tight defenders needed, ditto scoring forwards and midfield is still a wipe-out. At nothing until these are resolved.

Utopia Parkway

MfMan wrote: »

Galway team still needs sorting out though; couple of more tight defenders needed, ditto scoring forwards and midfield is still a wipe-out. At nothing until these are resolved.

Just more forwards, midfielders and backs then?

MfMan

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Just more forwards, midfielders and backs then?

The players are there to come in, save midfield really, but KW is obstinately being loyal to a few that aren't up to it. Not just talking about the Corofin contingent either.

TCDStudent1

MfMan wrote: »

The players are there to come in, save midfield really, but KW is obstinately being loyal to a few that aren't up to it. Not just talking about the Corofin contingent either.

What players would you bring in?

MfMan

Would like to see Cein D'Arcy, Johnny Duane, Eoin Finnerty get (more) game time. Dessie Conneely, Goldrick (Claregalway) off the minor team of 2 years ago might be worth more of a try. Maybe Sean Mulkerrins also.

Raisins

aidan24326 wrote: »

was at the hurling and a few observations:

Flynn was excellent, on this sort of form he is one of the best forwards in the country, Cathal Mannion very good too but a bit more consistency from these two and we're in business. Such gifted players.

Backs were very good, Touhy, P Mannion and McInerney especially. Bigger tests lie ahead but they seem to be going well. No TJ Reids or John McGraths to deal with today though.

Of the new guys Sean Loftus did well enough but Grealish and Concannon didn't do anything to suggest they'll be grabbing a starting jersey in the Summer, and Davy Glennon once again showed why he isn't anything more than a sub.

Tactics seem to be the same, shoot on sight was the policy. Galway hit some super scores but there were a lot of wides aswell, I'd say probably at least 15 in total.

And no goal chances apart from the one Flynn scored. Conor cooney played very deep, out around midfield area most of the time, with the result that balls were played in towards the full forward line and no-one there. It was like the Cunningham days. Not sure why.

Against inferior opposition we should be adopting Kilkenny tactics, go for the jugular, get a couple of goals and put it to bed. Once again today we barely created a goal scoring chance the whole game and i really don't think we'll get away with this for another year. We have forwards who can score goals for fun given the chance but we're playing very deep and relying on shots from 50+ yards.

Flynn had a mixed game he lost possession a few times far too easily and had a few wides but he took some brilliant scores. In the first half he must have had two points in about 60 seconds out at the half way near the sideline.

Thought the team looked well short of fitness and sharpness against last week against Offaly and again vs Dublin. That's a very weak Dublin backline. We seem to to be carrying this lack of creativity in creating goals last summer into this season but it's early days.

TCDStudent1

MfMan wrote: »

Would like to see Cein D'Arcy, Johnny Duane, Eoin Finnerty get (more) game time. Dessie Conneely, Goldrick (Claregalway) off the minor team of 2 years ago might be worth more of a try. Maybe Sean Mulkerrins also.

In fairness to KW, he has tried all of those in the FBD this year with the exception of Goldrick. Duane is very close to that team at the moment and has come on in almost every match. Dont think Darcy, Finnerty or Conneely are currently better players than our starting 15.

Utopia Parkway

MfMan wrote: »

Would like to see Cein D'Arcy, Johnny Duane, Eoin Finnerty get (more) game time. Dessie Conneely, Goldrick (Claregalway) off the minor team of 2 years ago might be worth more of a try. Maybe Sean Mulkerrins also.

MulKerrin was in the squad for the FBD. Did OK but realistically it's probably a year early for him. He was only minor last year after all. He would probably benefit more by being left with the U-20's this year. Conneely was in the FBD squad too. As was the two Finnerty's. Not sure about Darcy. I agree he's a good prospect though but he's also very young.

A lot of those lads probably need a year or two before they are ready to seriously contribute in senior intercounty football but they all got game time during the FBD so they are on the radar.

Dr_serious2

Colm O'Rourke accuses Galway of being negative and playing defensive football like Tyrone.

Any chance RTE would see the light that this man is a negative attention seeker and get rid of him? Meath in the 80s weren't exactly renowned for sexy football.

mjp

Anyone know what the bench was for Sunday's game in Tralee. Can't see squad named anywhere? Interested to see who other players were that didn't get a run out the last day. Looking at table here if we beat Monaghan should guarantee us a crack at Dublin in league final on Easter Sunday as they the only other county that can make top 2 and that would put us 4 points ahead of them. Even if we loose last 2 and they win we would go through as it goes on head to head.

Two matches against the Dubs in both Pearse and Croker would be brilliant test and great experience for these lads for championship run so hopefully they can knuckle down and get result on Sunday.

TCDStudent1

mjp wrote: »

Anyone know what the bench was for Sunday's game in Tralee. Can't see squad named anywhere? Interested to see who other players were that didn't get a run out the last day. Looking at table here if we beat Monaghan should guarantee us a crack at Dublin in league final on Easter Sunday as they the only other county that can make top 2 and that would put us 4 points ahead of them. Even if we loose last 2 and they win we would go through as it goes on head to head.

Two matches against the Dubs in both Pearse and Croker would be brilliant test and great experience for these lads for championship run so hopefully they can knuckle down and get result on Sunday.

Saw a screenshot of it on the Tuam Herald facebook page earlier:

https://www.facebook.com/tuamherald/photos/a.534747629929828.1073741828.171572416247353/1819444368126808/?type=3&theater

aidan24326

Raisins wrote: »

Flynn had a mixed game he lost possession a few times far too easily and had a few wides but he took some brilliant scores. In the first half he must have had two points in about 60 seconds out at the half way near the sideline.

Thought the team looked well short of fitness and sharpness against last week against Offaly and again vs Dublin. That's a very weak Dublin backline. We seem to to be carrying this lack of creativity in creating goals last summer into this season but it's early days.

The team in general had some bad wides but took some good scores too. We kept Dublin in it really with some erratic shooting, Galway could have been out of sight by half time.

Something else to note is that Skehill in goals was very dithery. He did well to save the penalty but had a bit of a 'mare otherwise, fumbling the ball on several occasions. Could have been very costly against better opposition.

Footballers really impressed me, the defensive solidity and the physicality and aggression they're bringing to it now is a welcome change. This mightn't be vintage Galway in terms of sexy football but we're becoming really difficult to beat.

Kerry ran out of ideas and had no way through the wall of defence and we have players with blinding pace to play on the counter attack. Brannigan was excellent again. Be a few selection headaches come May especially in the forward line, with the likes of McHugh, Brannigan and Kelly very much playing themselves into contention. Guys like Burke and Daly will have a fight on their hands now to grab a starting spot when they come back.

Great to have that sort of competition for places and also to see the team playing with a bit of a harder edge, something that had previously been missing.

Doctors room ghost

There’s a definite hunger showing in the footballers that was lacking the last few years.they are far more focused and determined looking of late.long may it continue.theyre seriously keen looking and physically tougher and fitter.