Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

So it was just an complete Derry implosion that they didn't score from play for 40 odd mins. Nothing to do with Galway figuring them out ?

I'd recommend turning on the tennis.

Unfortunately.

shîtty weather and at least one red card from memory influenced that.

He had two men on him for the majority of the match.

At least he keeps his cool when things not going his way. Doesn't get pissy like a couple of o connor brothers I know.

Nailed a few important frees at the start of the second half as well.

I reckon he's one of the best forwards in the country.

I don’t need to. You are getting a bit upset about nothing ;)

nobody is claiming them to be a bad team. Just that they’ll be no match for the two other teams left.

We'll see. I hear the same everytime we make a final.

Roryball doesn't seem to suit Galway

Last three games against Galway (2017 as Donegal manager,League encounter this spring and today)

10-36 conceded and just 1-32 scored

I'd give Galway a decent chance of winning the final if they defend as well as they did today with huge intensity and aggression in their play. Dublin are not good as they use to be especially with bench options, question marks over Kerry also have lost to Cork,Tyrone the last two years and Galway beat them in Croke Park in 2018.

Would have guessed the same but it’s hard to gauge Dublin.

an 11 point victory over Cork was a result that actually flattered Cork…

Dublin passed up a few goal opportunities and indeed intensity waned late on …

be an interesting watch. With Con and McCarthy absent I’d say Kerry.

I can't quite decide if it was good tactically or not.

Derry completely **** the bed in attack, but it seemed to be as simple as Galway just packing that central scoring zone and letting Derry faff about with the ball. They didn't even try to go down the sides and the few long range shots were all rushed and terrible.

Derrys plan was always to be holding the ball until the right moment and then breaking the line past a defender and working a shot on goal. They completely failed to do this because they only ever tried to penetrate down the middle, and every single time they came near a Galway defender they immediately turned back and recycled the ball. So because Galway had the middle packed they didn't really have to do much to stop them.

Is it tactical genius to do something simple that negates the opposition? Or were Derry so unbelievably bad that they just made Galway look good?

Derry not a bad team, they beat 3 division 1 teams this year and won an Ulster title, which is still the toughest province. They've probably overacheived but they've plenty to work with going forward. They've had a good season. Can't believe they didn't try to exploit the Galway keeper though, he was there for the taking.

Galway changed it up in the second half and it paid off. They were woefully negative in the first half. I still think there is a flakiness about them though. Even though they won today, they weren't as clinical as you'd like imo. Some of the wides in the first half were terrible. Still I think they have a great chance in the final, they won't have any fear. Kerry untested and Dublin are ponderous in attack without Con imo.

Tailteann Cup game was great. Galway v Derry game was an odd one . Would not have called Galway winning beforehand. Comer’s second was the strangest goal I saw in CP. Previously to that Hawkeye was a boost to Galway big roar start of second half.

Derry fans did not seem too disappointed because Derry were well beaten.

It was obviously an adjustment because they were cutting through them for fun for the first 12 mins but Galway figured out not to go to the man in possession as he was unlikely to shoot. Concentrate on the runner who had just gone for a give and go and they'd cut out the main Derry attacking threat. They cut it out and Derry didn't score from play again for 40mins. An indictment of Derry but kudos should be given to the defence who figured it out as a group. No matter what side the attack came the result was the same.

Kerry or Dublin won't be as one tactically one dimensional but they're also not as solid defensively and won't/can't afford to spend so much time exclusively locking down the Galway attackers.

No Hawkeye tomorrow.