Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Avon8

Looking forward to the inquest as to why there's a paltry attendance at the game when the Galway hurlers are playing at the same time, Connacht Rugby is taking over half the city, there's a ladies game in Terryland, Man United legends are playing in Athenry and the Derry fans can't go because they can't get a hotel room and they won't get home until 1am with traffic

Every one of those issues would be fixed by putting the game at 3pm on Sunday

TCDStudent1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122111782#Comment_122111782

While I understand the general point of the post, I really cant see many Galway hurling fans travelling to Antrim. I dont think that fixture will have a massive impact on the attendance.

Happyilylost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122114350#Comment_122114350

You'd be surprised. Wexford is as arduous a journey as Belfast. Obviously hard to guess figures attending but I would put it at between 1000-2000 Galway supporters. Those attending Antrim may be less but after last weeks debacle with the hurlers the game had taken greater significance and more will probably now attend.

mjp

Hurlers only had 2,000 in pearse for the Carlow game so dont see 1,000 travelling to Antrim for away game.

Happyilylost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122143233#Comment_122143233

Partly expected. Missing Niland who is the best underage player since JC was bad enough but to add to that both Power and Shaughnessy (both in their final year U20) also missing made it a difficult task. Trayers looked injured also.

Least we forget same teams met 5 weeks ago and the score was 4-14 to 10points. Niland scoring 2-8. Losing players at this age its very hard to fill the gaps. Especially when it's 50% of your forward line.

SqueakyKneecap

I do think people need to be prepared for Galway to slip back into the middle pack at senior for a few years like from 2006-2011. We had fantastic U-21 teams that done the business to propel us eventually to a senior All-Ireland but we're a long way off a crop like that for the foreseeable.

It was always bound to happen. We essentially had teams competing regularly in All-Ireland semi finals so the guts of 12 years. Only utterly ridiculous counties like Kilkenny can avoid that drop and stay at the top table continuously.

MfMan

Strong team named again for the football, if they start as selected. Nice to see Hernon make a return to the bench; extended panel is interesting also, though no McLaughlin there. Tomo, Cunningham, Sweeney not in squad, could perhaps have done with a bit more forward ooompf.

Happyilylost

Team named. Hernon back on the bench my biggest take from it. Sweeney not in the 26.

Robson99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122147628#Comment_122147628

Its not looking good for the forseeable ….any decent team with legs will probably give us the runaround. Also very noticable now the loss of a player of Cannings class on the team. 9 or 10 on the panel from the 2017 panel. A lot of them could / should call it a day, a couple may have 1 more year in them. Thats a big rebuild, but one that needs to happen

Also need to start playing players of the age at u20 so as they get a chance to prove themselves… so may just have required a bit of time. As i said the future not looking good

Happyilylost

Not a whole lot of changes. No Cathal Mannion at all. F

MfMan

Or his cousin Concannon. Very retro team I'm afraid.

Happyilylost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122148705#Comment_122148705

Still feels like he's holding things back for "days ahead". We have the same workrate/intensity we had against Wexford we will run out of days ahead very quick.

littlevillage

Listening to the football on Galway Bay FM. (They are shambolic) .

Galway doing well, was Shane Walsh playing in the 1st half?

elefant

Mighty win. Fair play to Shane Walsh, sticking it to the doubters - different class.

testtech05

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122153996#Comment_122153996

Pity he missed that free at the end (was a bit of a gimme for him) but stood up well in 2nd half. Hopefully Comer and Finnerty will be ok.

Was glad the linesman spotted the stamp by McKinless too it was very nasty.

cosatron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122153996#Comment_122153996

Some of his runs were a sight to behold.

vid36

Great win, hopefully we can push on now

Doctors room ghost

well done to the footballers.

threeball

McKinless should really get an extended ban for that gutless act. No place in for that in sport. Even his reaction to getting sent off, knowing he was 100% guilty, was disgraceful.

Very good performance. Looked dangerous when we moved at pace but looked a little clueless up to the sending off. Even when opportunities to move a pace and get behind them presented itself we often turned it down. Alot of positives from the game but Derry seem to have fallen off a cliff from their league form.

Hopefully Comer is just precautionary and he can have a 3 week break.

MattressRick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122153800#Comment_122153800

He was very central and was absolutely surrounded. He wasn't an option for a one-two for huge chunks of that first half. But he set up a point with lovely quick hands.

MattressRick

Hoping the injuries aren't too bad. Comer's weak point is his hamstring and it seems to be that again. He needs a full break until at least Armagh. But can't be risking him either.

mjp

Hopefully Kelly and Finnerty both ok too. Kelly came over to sideline and signalled for them that something was amiss before he went off. Finnerty on the other hand went down with injury when we 4 up and signalled to be taken off but he had to beg to be taken off and took management good 3 mins to get replacement ready to bring on for him. Hopefully they're not risked unless they 100% for westmeath game in a fortnight as should be winning that

LowOdour

The sending off had a big bearing on the game, ultimately it gave Walsh that extra space to do damage.

I think Derry with 15 men, it would have been tough but probably we would have sneaked it. 2 decent performances will give us confidence over the rest of championship.

PCeeeee

PJ very pessimistic about Damo's injury on the RTE report. If he's out we will struggle IMO.

MattressRick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156221#Comment_122156221

Is it the ankle/Achilles or hamstring?

PCeeeee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156599#Comment_122156599

Ankle he said.

Stewball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156716#Comment_122156716

So a result of the cowardly stamp by McKinless.

The GAA need to come down hard on him.

testtech05

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122162346#Comment_122162346

I had forgotten about McKinless previously getting a red for gouging Sean Kelly a couple of years back. Not a great track record of incidents

BaywatchHQ

I saw someone make a good point that it is rich of Galway to be calling players thugs when Conroy broke a Derry players jaw 2 years ago in the league. He was red carded for it too.

BaywatchHQ

Also disgraceful to see some of the anti Northern comments on social media often crossing the line into politics. We never post anti southern things when it is the other way around. Maybe that is because we were raised as Irish nationalists.