Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Loafing Oaf · 26-06-2022 04:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119252907#Comment_119252907

Looks like his skills won't be required...

FintanMcluskey · 26-06-2022 04:30PM

They made ye sweat for that.

Great penalties

threeball · 26-06-2022 04:33PM

Comfortably the better team apart from 3 huge brain farts in goal. Great second half and gutsy extra time. Fair play

John Doe1 · 26-06-2022 04:34PM

Fair play to Galway, amazing to keep their head to win on penalties after losing a 6 point lead.

Armagh, once more showing once more they should be playing UFC rather than GAA

Happyilylost · 26-06-2022 04:40PM

Go through the rest later but what's the story with Sean Kelly? Will it stand? Can't be without him.

Oh ya woooooooooooooooooooooo

C__MC · 26-06-2022 04:41PM

Ye nearly blew it but well done

Have a sneaky feeling ye will be in the final but will come up short

threeball · 26-06-2022 04:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119253039#Comment_119253039

I think we could beat anyone left apart from Kerry. If kerry fall today or against Dublin I wouldn't count us out.

Loafing Oaf · 26-06-2022 04:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119252755#Comment_119252755

In fairness Walsh's attemped crossfield pass at the end has to bear some of the blame. Player of his calibre would probably make that pass 9 times out of 10 but you don't take even a tiny risk at that stage...

FintanMcluskey · 26-06-2022 04:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119253069#Comment_119253069

I've a funny feeling Dublin or Mayo would feed a lot of direct ball on top of that full back line and get a goal every time unless something changes dramatically

threeball · 26-06-2022 05:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119253139#Comment_119253139

Well the goalie has to change for a start as you can see they have no confidence in his ability to help out in that situation. Punching a ball straight out the middle and allowing the ball to bounce in the box are cardinal sins. An u12 would know that.

threeball · 26-06-2022 05:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119253098#Comment_119253098

Yes I agree. Terrible decision but I'd give him a pass given the treatment he received throughout that game. The body was gone and the mind followed.

O.A.P · 26-06-2022 06:19PM

Galway football is in a better place tonight than it has been for years.

We won we let them back in against the run of play but still saw it out to win.

Derry next in the simi final and it sounds a bit familiar if you're old enough.

Armagh, derry and meath

Avon8 · 26-06-2022 06:58PM

What a fcuking day

thecretinhop · 26-06-2022 07:10PM

Has there ever been 8 minutes injury time before it was insane

Happyilylost · 26-06-2022 07:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119253756#Comment_119253756

Times a million. What sport is built for. Just had a quick look at the tunnel incident:

Sean Kelly doesn't seem involved at all. Is there other footage.

Can a sub (Galway) be suspended for swinging at a lad I'm guessing shouldn't be near a pitch.

rn · 26-06-2022 07:19PM

Congratulations to Galway tonight. I was concerned ye were poor defensively and not fit enough. But at least on this occasion, penalties returned the right winner. Best of luck v Derry

cosatron · 26-06-2022 07:38PM

Great win. You got to love the spirit of this team, all 14 out field players and subs gave it there all. Molloy, Kelly, mcdaid, daly, teirney and finnerty were excellent all the way through. Will flatherty be back or is anyone is galway football capable of keeping goal. His just a bag nerves in goal

26-06-2022 08:16PM

Delighted to get the win in the end. Should never have been in that position though especially against 14. I feel sorry for Gleeson. It's a lonely spot when things go that badly wrong but he needs to be taken out of the firing line now imo.

I think in general the kick outs went alright for him and for close to 70 minutes I'd have said he was fine. Theres an argument that we can't move to a 3rd goalkeeper at this stage but goal 2 in particular was awful at this level and he needs to be far more commanding on the third goal too.

The panic attacks when the game is in the melting pot are too frequent to hope that they won't happen again.

I presume Flaherty is done for the year or any chance he'll be back? If not is Keane any good as alternative? Is Bernard Power still there. Not ideal by any means but his kick outs are generally good, he has played big games previously and has the connection with the Corofin lads.

Either way it's the major issue that the management team need to confront before Derry.

Leaving that aside I thought after the first 20 galway delivered today for most of the game. As in the previous two games though we had been well on top and should have been cruising to victory. On the flip side the reaction to the 3rd Armagh goal was good. Great to see the bench making an impact.

It's a good weekend for Galway football. It's been a long struggle to get back to this point so let's hope this is the start of Galway being a respectable team again.

Given the expectations were at a low last winter its nice to have two teams in the last four. The hurling is going to be a struggle to even be competitive but Derry presents a definite opportunity to make the final for both sides.

littlevillage · 26-06-2022 08:18PM

Great win for Galway.

A few observations

The Good.

- We no longer have a soft center , Armagh came with a plan today, to get stuck into us (legal & illegal) but we stood upto them and gave as good as we got. This type of win is character building.

- We now have more than 2 forwards (Walsh, Comer), McDaid had a stormer today. Finnerty & Conroy also contributed.

The Bad

- We have a goalkeeping problem. (Understatement of the year)

- Our fade out in games is very worrying, whether its physical or mental fatigue or something else.... PJ needs to get to bottom of this ASAP.

supernova5 · 26-06-2022 08:26PM

Galway for the double, its written in the stars, cannot see how it can be any other way...

Happyilylost · 26-06-2022 08:36PM

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For those of us that likes the stats.

Stewball · 26-06-2022 08:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119253552#Comment_119253552

Without looking it up, if I recall correctly we beat Derry in the semi finals in 98 & 01.

callaway92 · 26-06-2022 08:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254181#Comment_119254181

That is one ugly, ugly graphic

cosatron · 26-06-2022 09:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254272#Comment_119254272

Yes. Tough battles. Brolly and tohill

26-06-2022 09:16PM

Personally I don't see Derry being a harder game than today.

They scored 5 goals yesterday but played a team who wouldn't be a good bet to have even made the final of the Tailteann.

Also every shot they took went in, they weren't walked into the goal so they could have ended up with 1/2/3 as well.

On Gleeson, I wouldn't blame him too much about the kickouts. I do blame him for his slowness in getting the ball placed(again that is something the management clearly don't see an issue with so not fully his issue) if players aren't making runs the goalie can only do so much but he needed to deal with all of the goals better.

That aside, there shouldn't have been 8 mins.

So we should have won by 2/3/4 points. That's saying that a quarter of the half was wasted which was ridiculous.

Last time I saw that long added someone would have been stretchered off.

Outside of the red card there wasn't anything that warranted long stoppages.

I didn't see anything from Dublin or Kerry to say they're a step above. I think any of the 4 have a decent shot at winning it. Kinda like Galway/Clare and KK in the hurling. Not as whole pile between them.

What was the rationale for having both teams using the same dressing rooms instead of one on each side?... Personally if I was a a manager I'd make sure my team avoid entering together to avoid issues like today.. same in Rugby(I remember a Connacht yellow earlier this season and you could see the HT flashpoint coming), it's just something that happens too much.. you should just rally the squad together on the sideline for 30seconds to avoid getting dragged into these things.

Jizique · 26-06-2022 09:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254341#Comment_119254341

There were plenty of stoppages in H2, I was commenting on it with the Galway lad beside me; there was a spell where a Galway lad dropped everytime Armagh got a score, even the ref finally started ignoring them: Walsh was down for a long time as well when the game was stopped for him mid-action; I expected at least 6

26-06-2022 09:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254431#Comment_119254431

I did expect 4-6 alright but 8 just seemed overkill.

It would be just common sense to take it away from the ref.

What use would it be for someone to go to ground if the clock stopped?.

People can talk about killing momentum but 99% of people go down to waste time.

In a tight game when the ref blows it up is the difference between winning, losing or drawing. Needs to be fair. Amazing how they won't vote it in when there's literally zero advantages to letting the clock run on regardless.

threeball · 26-06-2022 10:09PM

They gave the impression on the Sunday Game that Comer instigated the incident which is worrying as the GAA seem to take the lead from tv when dealing with incidents like this.

The truth is, the player he confronted had just shoulder charged him to the back as he was leaving the pitch and then Comer hit him a shoulder back. Then 3 Armagh lads piled in and then the Galway lads came to Comers aid.

I could see the gobshítes in HQ going after Comer though based on the footage they ran on the Sunday Game.