Galway GAA discussion thread

27-03-2017 06:18PM

I think ye'r wrong on McHugh.

I can't see a manager starting a lad basically every league match and then dropping him for the Championship.
This isn't the FBD and there's no history of managers picking teams like that.

I agree on his input from general play but a good free taker in football is a lot rarer than hurling(even you're third/fourth best might be looking at 80% conversion) and his free taking thus far has to be in the top 3, at least from difficult kicks.
That alone warrants a spot imo.

It's not like we have an adequate second, a few who are decent from hand(which doesn't usually translate well from distance) and Comer from the ground(who isn't very accurate).

No better example than Tyrone to the importance, their keeper coming up and just booting wides all the time.

You'll never get 6 firing forwards so no harm having a slot for an excellent free taker.
As evidenced by this thread, we're struggling to pick starters after 3/4 certainties so there's room for him.

We could possibly drop Sice back to HB.

Realistically attacking is just as important from that line(as much as defending for HFs).

I wouldn't worry about players being beat 1v1 as GAA is exceptionally difficult to defend players with space.
We've looked adequate when set up in numbers, the issue is being caught on the break so managing the ball and slowing counter attacks down is the key there.

That goes for the FB line too, if we have sufficient cover they wouldn't be getting exposed as much, a lot of the ball they're losing is with space in front and players caught up field.

The one thing I do know on the defence is Kyne can't be trusted as he's too hot headed. I like his tenacity, our smarter backs are missing that, but he doesn't use it right and gives soft frees away(hitting lads down on the ball) and two reds in 6 games means he'll let us down in a big match one day.

Diabhal Beag · 27-03-2017 06:41PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I read someone say a double header might attract 7000.... what were they on, there was 7000 at the Wexford game and we were 1/3 to win that.
They brought a healthy crowd but there was at least 5000 home fans.

I'd expect 8-9k for the hurling and with the footballers playing for promotion that'll likely attract 5-7k.

That was me! I think it take a lot of Blaas to bring it close to 9k. We've fairly poor support in both codes and I don't think fairweathers will care too much about the League. Hopefully I'm wrong. Would be great to see the hurlers play in a packed Pearse Stadium.

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I think ye'r wrong on McHugh.
I can't see a manager starting a lad basically every league match and then dropping him for the Championship.
This isn't the FBD and there's no history of managers picking teams like that.

This I agree with. It's not free-taking that has cost us games in the last few years but I think Walsh fancies McHugh (and I do too tbh, he's capable of getting busy at times in play). He reminds me a lot of Hehir in that sense.

TCDStudent1 · 27-03-2017 07:18PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Lundy is looking like someone who might miss out. Hasn't really had a great league campaign. Not really discovered the form of a few years ago yet. Might have to settle for coming off the bench. Armstrong I think has shown he just doesn't have the legs for intercounty anymore. Doesn't have the burst to get away from anyone. Looks like another bench option.

You got this sense v Down yesterday alright. However, he did some good things too - put in a beautiful ball for O'Donnell to score a point in the first half. And then, a wonderful catch and pass to Walsh for the 2nd goal. But he definitely looks to have slowed down that bit for inter-county. Still, a great option to have on the panel.

Lundy has a disastrous 20 minutes v Meath. It was one of those games that we have all had where everything went wrong. However, he does look very hungry for the ball and did ok yesterday (and v Derry). Be nice to see him taking on men like he did for Corofin a couple of years ago.

I'd love to see McHugh make it for championship (mostly because I was raving about him last year after seeing a few of Mountbellew's games and it would be great to go back and tell my friends "Didnt I tell ye he should be in there?!" :-) ). However, if Comer is back, Comer gets the number 14 jersey. In the couple of matches Comer & McHugh played together, they did not link up well together at all.

27-03-2017 09:48PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

That was me! I think it take a lot of Blaas to bring it close to 9k. We've fairly poor support in both codes and I don't think fairweathers will care too much about the League. Hopefully I'm wrong. Would be great to see the hurlers play in a packed Pearse Stadium.

This I agree with. It's not free-taking that has cost us games in the last few years but I think Walsh fancies McHugh (and I do too tbh, he's capable of getting busy at times in play). He reminds me a lot of Hehir in that sense.

I think the poor support tag is a bit of a myth tbh.

Looking at the Wexford game, 7000 is a hell of a crowd for a Sunday game.
One you were expected to win handsomely.

Look at the crowds in Leinster, always a fair commute and we generally have more there then the rest.
Id also say on the Tipp semis it was pretty even.

The footballers I'll agree haven't great support these days, but its hard when you've been as poor as we have.
With our tradition and size, we shouldn't sink lower than top 8 which doesn't equate to championship/league lately.

A team that does have poor support... Tipp footballers(or Dublin hurling) scarcely a 1000 at the quarter final last year and I think they had 700 at their first home league game this year.

I think ours are about what you'd expect considering everything.

Anyway I think we're in for a big weekend, fingers crossed for the weather.

MfMan · 28-03-2017 10:16AM

MfMan wrote: »

Cooke named MOTM, though to be honest I thought he did some good things followed by some brainless enough moves immediately afterwards (known in Galway GAA circles as a 'Joe Bergin' :P ) Molloy quite good while Mannion kicked 4 good points from play in the first half but was starved of possession after the break. Cillian McDaid made some good raids forward in the first half also, inexplicably he was taken off later when he should have been moved to no 10 to replace the very ineffective O'Laoi. Good to see Cian D'Arcy and Eoin Finnerty (Mountbellew) come on and improve things straight away. Galway now play Munster winners I think; could have a chance but you'd be afraid the management might have some more silly maneuvers or selections up their sleeves.

Turns out McDaid was ill during game thus was replaced later. I'll give mgmt. a pass on that one. He may be needed at wing-forward in future games though to beef up that line.

jam83 · 29-03-2017 08:55AM

gammygils wrote: »

I also use Hoganstand Match tracker on my phone as well as @TribesmenGAA.
Keep hitting the Refresh button. That way you can keep up to date with all the matches

Thanks for that and another poster mentioned the tribesmen twitter page. The official galway gaa twitter page so is pretty much good for nothing.

01-04-2017 06:09PM

Shocking from TG4.

Still no sign of the match stream and its on over 5mins.

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 06:16PM

They disabled the chatbox in the stream too because people were complaining. Poor form from TG4.

01-04-2017 06:19PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

They disabled the chatbox in the stream too because people were complaining. Poor form from TG4.

Complete joke and shows how unreliable this format still is... not long ago the Connacht final replay went basically 60mins offline.

I've a feeling it might come on at 6.30.

The message says "5.30pm GMT +1"... wouldn't surprise me if someone set it for 6.30 based on that.

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 06:24PM

Ya hopefully that's the case. Gutted enough to not be able to head up without not having the consolation of the streaming from the phone in the pub during the Munster match option.

4-2 to Sligo so far btw

01-04-2017 06:29PM

We're not missing much, getting hammered by a team who hasn't even won a provincial at this level.

My lord.

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 06:32PM

1-6 to 0-2 and we sound done. Daly is meant to be injured and playing on too.

01-04-2017 06:34PM

Even if they were playing into a gale against Dublin you'd expect more than 2 points in 30 minutes... really poor.

Utopia Parkway · 01-04-2017 06:39PM

1-7 to 0-5 at HT.

Have the wind 2nd half but won't be easy to turn that around.

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 06:40PM

If Ollie could write them off for the first 10 minutes in the second half I reckon we could pull level.

01-04-2017 06:42PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

1-7 to 0-5 at HT.

Have the wind 2nd half but won't be easy to turn that around.

Hopefully they can turn it around like TG4s top class online service.

Absolutely nothing of note even on the channel to justify this being online.
Probably won't come on at any point now.

Will need to hold Sligo to 3/4 in the second half and maybe need a goal.

They did at least get on top a bit at the end so we'll see(or hear...:rolleyes:) how they restart

01-04-2017 06:45PM

Oh look we've a picture.

They must have got the engineer out of the local pub, he was further down town than anticipated so took a while.

01-04-2017 07:03PM

We get a picture but a delayed audio.

Really poor to get 8 straight, draw level and then give them 3 back in a row straight away.
Nearly our whole first half total in about 4 minutes.

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 07:13PM

Daly is something else

MfMan · 01-04-2017 07:15PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Daly is something else

Masterminding the whole attack. Very consummate player,

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 07:18PM

Penalty to Sligo to take the lead again

01-04-2017 07:19PM

Ffs... 4 points up and now Sligo can go ahead again.

What was the sub doing running out towards Cookes cross field ball when he'd a team mate running onto it.
Then the FB just loses the ball when running with it.

Awful errors that should never happen.

Would be a pure travesty to lose this after a 12 point swing.

01-04-2017 07:20PM

If Sligo win this it'll be because Galway lost it... they're awful.

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 07:30PM

FFS Extra Time. Back to 15 at least. Exciting game in fairness. McDaid and Daly are outstanding.

Utopia Parkway · 01-04-2017 07:30PM

Ref gave Sligo every chance to equalise there as they say.

Hulk Hands · 01-04-2017 07:30PM

Weak priick of a referee. Shouldve been blown up when Sligo were making no inroads and soft free then

Diabhal Beag · 01-04-2017 07:31PM

There's fans leaving the ground

Hulk Hands · 01-04-2017 07:32PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

If Sligo win this it'll be because Galway lost it... they're awful.

Theyre absolutely not. One moment of idiocy from the keeper is all that kept Sligo in it. Been some terrific displays there in the second half

01-04-2017 07:32PM

What a ridiculous challenge to make.

Sligo got all of their scores bar that in two spurts and generally off mistakes.

3 quick points and 1-2.

You'd find it hard to pick out any players from Sligo as being classy yet they could have won.

01-04-2017 07:35PM

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Weak priick of a referee. Shouldve been blown up when Sligo were making no inroads and soft free then

I wouldn't argue with the time added, Galway were fouling and wasting the time.

The best thing they can do in GAA is follow Rugby/AFL and just have the time managed properly... nobody can ever complain or feel aggrieved.

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