Galway GAA discussion thread

Took us a while to get going but in the end was a very comfortable victory. Obviously the sending off ruined the game as a contest but Dublin never really looked like they'd do enough to trouble us in terms of winning the match.

However, there were some concerning features in the first half in particular in terms of the half forward line struggling to win ball and the back line becoming a bit disjointed at times. Dublin probably have one of the weaker forward lines in the country and still gave us significant problems. If their decision making was better we might have been in a bit of trouble at half time.

Again Cathal Mannion and Jason Flynn need to up their game significantly. Niall Burke did well when he came on at the end. Conor Cooney is really starting to impose himself and hit some great scores when the game was there to be won.

Feel very sorry for Paul Killeen. He's worked hard to get his place on the team and has had a few good months but that looks like it's his summer as good as done unfortunately.

Not much learned today but still plenty for Galway to work away on ahead of the next day. Dublin have lost some quality players and some huge leaders in their team and are obviously in utter disarray. Physically the Dublin team of a few years ago could hold their own against anyone but today Galway dominated them physically. Dublin may have been entitled to a few more decisions than they got to be fair but ultimately they hadn't the forwards to do any real damage and overall to me they're back where they were before Anthony Daly came in, probably rated 9th overall.

We move on to Offaly. They'll make life difficult for a while undoubtedly but that's hopefully a game we can win well and move on with confidence to the Leinster final.