Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Yes. Tough battles. Brolly and tohill

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

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.

More suspensions is a huge worry alright, who knows what they will do.

There should have been about 4-5 added to the first half for significant stoppages to an armagh attacker who went down and for the off the ball incident on Walsh. I guess that was all just added to the end.

On gleeson, don't be too hard on him. His kickouts are/ were very good I thought.

Like Walsh wayward cross field pass was the incident that gave armagh the chance to equalise. Like if he even kicked it wide in the corner, the game was over on the restart.

Agree re poor galway support, but it's hard & expensive to follow the hurlers and connacht rugby.

First goal should have been dealt with, he should have commanded his area better, his two backs in on top of him hindered him, second goal he panicked and played the ball into the danger zone instead of out along the end line after having the hard work done, third goal shouldn't have been allowed bounce by the backs

.. I dunno I'd prefer to stick with him bringing in a new goalie at this stage would be counterproductive imv, get Gleeson to work, work Work on his failings for the next 2 weeks, I for one won't be getting a possee together for a Lynch mob, between the sticks is a lonely place, tell me about it, every mistake is marked down, the forward can miss a sitter and its soon forgotten, the back can be turned over two or three times an there won't be a word about it if the result goes the right way in the end.... Stick with him cos we have no one better at this moment and time

Fully agree on the kickouts. Glynn got free on his left multiple times and he didn't even see him. At the end Cathal Sweeney came on as a sub and was totally unmarked on the left wing and Gleeson pumped it long to a contested area which we thankfully won. He doesn't seem to scan the field at all. He seems to have a plan on where he's putting the ball and its going there regardless of the reality in front of him.

I know it would be harsh for him to lose out but even a half fit Flaherty is a better option in my opinion. I've seen too many ballsups at this stage. How in all the clubs in Galway we can't get one decent keeper is beyond me.

I think it would be unfair to put Gleeson in goal the next day. The pressure he would be under would be too much. It's not like soccer where there is a financial issue involved.

All the usual talk about the kick out, but the stats show 86% of restarts won. Nothing wrong with that. Much better go long than mess about to corner back and the pressure that brings.

Gleeson badly at fault for 2 of the 3, but the full back line were no addition in the situations either.