Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Brutal, disheartening, depressing, disjointed, lacklustre, clueless, leaderless display, the underdogs from Tg4 would have put up a better fight.. we deserved nothing and no amount of roarin about pride in the maroon and white in the dressing room will sort that.. It's deeper than that...

Poor display, didn't get going, I wouldn't be too worried, Ist game of the league. Mayo had a strong team out and we were off the pace, put Kelly, comer, McDaid and silke back into that team and it changes it but still alot to do. I thought Gleeson was solid and o conghaile has alot of potential. No harm to get a bit of a kick in the hole and let the neighbours start talking about all Ireland's again in January.

Was Comer injured? If so I'd have to ask what is going on. Or even in general it's chronic. Dublin don't seem to have half the number of injuries we get.

No drink, but I don't panic or get too excited in january

Same thing said here every year. Wouldn't worry its just the league, people being accused of being hard on Joyce etc, etc. Go back 12 months in this thread and 12 months before that. You'll see the same conversations. If you think this team will come good you're fooling yourself.

This is not a players issue (although they were poor individually) It's not like they can't execute a gameplan, it's that there is no game plan, or one that's worth a damn at least. Its been the same for years now. Even the run to the all ireland was shambolic in parts. Remember the Armagh game?

No panic really, it's just the handling out there today was terrible from a Galway pov, these lads are trainin together for the last 2 months, O conghaile the only positive... Competing for and winning ball in the middle of the field was poor, that's not something that can be switched on when the championship bell rings, we gave away so much ball sometimes after winning it back I lost count, Walsh left on the field with an injury.. I'm going forward in hope more than expectation with this management team

It's not too early to judge Galway when the same warning signs were there this time last year. Whether the kickouts are long or short, there's absolutely no plan. Watch how long Gleeson has to wait until he finds someone to kick to. The other team are fully set up in defensive mode. Almost every pass today in the Galway forwardline was to someone with a defender on his back and no quick option to pass to. Mayo on the other hand were full of support runs. Of the Division 1 teams I've seen this weekend we look the worst coached. We could scrape a few wins in the league but it'll probably be when Comer is playing. Christ I naively expected a change from last year's pedestrian stuff, but we're stuck in reverse.

Didn't see the toss but didn't realise we won. Exact same as in the championship game in June when we went with it in the first half, knowing full well Mayo had the likes of C O'C coming in which proved crucial. Stupid.

On the kickouts, it's hard not to feel sorry for Gleeson. Options just aren't there. Mayo fairly pushed up in fairness.

I had a feeling we wouldn't win when I saw the teams. But I didn't think we'd be so poor. Losing Comer before throw in was a loss but you'd still have hoped for better. Avoiding relegation will be a struggle now. Hyde Park is crucial now, Rossies will be all out after losing today too.

I really really hope that the team were doing heavy training on Saturday because otherwise the performance was very worrying.

Keeper needs changing and forwards need to be picked.

Does anyone know what corner backs are on the panel? Outside of the 2 lads yesterday and silke and Glynn. Is mulcahy around?

I agree with you re: traffic and parking, but if there's a gale in Salthill, then it wouldn't be much less in any other venue in the west of Ireland either. It wasn't so bad yesterday that it prevented the teams from scoring into it.

I'd like to hear that they trained Saturday but I really doubt it. Fbd maybe, but the league is important and I just can't see Padraic Joyce binning a home match against mayo just for a big training session.

Galway are really on a hiding to nothing this year. There's absolutely no change in gameplan from last year. It's more obvious now when Kelly and Comer are missing, they provide so much energy themselves that it rubs off, but it's them doing it off the cuff.

Football now involves the other team dropping as many as possible back to stop scores. The All Ireland final last year showed the importance of quick kickouts to try and get up the field quickly. We're still dawdering and yesterday I felt that Gleeson had zero options to aim at.

This is a consistent ten year problem with Galway managements. I'd take any club level coach at this stage if it just meant seeing a proper kick out strategy for once. See what Davy Burke is doing for Roscommon, you can actually see that they worked on football over the winter. Galway look a mess. Need a proper football coach next year. It's another year wasted with Walsh and Comer slipping out of their peak years.

The Wexford match was played in Carlow

Try google maps next time for something other than the main routes if you don't know galway, tips are come early and have a pint, have a pint after the match and let the impatient people sit in traffic. Too many people want to arrive last minute and expect to park at the gate and want a clear road home after the match. No pleasing some gaa folk

Oh believe me I've tried every possible way to get from the outskirts of Galway city to Pearse Stadium. I've stayed I overnight on occasions and walked from the GMIT area, amongst other things. Obviously numerous Galway people feel the same as I do, judging by comments here.

Nonsense……yesterday’s football was brain dead,clueless……