Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

The core of that team is far to old and immobile to be competitive with the younger faster teams.

4th in Leinster is about the level now.

That was only another indication that Shefflin had no intention of changing tact and was doubling down on lumping ball forward, just like he did for 3yrs.

Agree totally, we don't have the players in Galway at the moment. By u20 level the teams that were winning or at least competitive at minor level are already gone, even getting some serious hammerings in recent years. Even at minor level we are starting to slip, so, something seriously wrong with how players are being coached and selected.

Even with all the problems of bringing in new players I think we should be more competitive, the teams in Leinster are all fairly mediocre, even Kilkenny are no great shakes ( they are a far cry from where they were 10 years ago), but we are making them look much better than they are, no real passion or fight in this team.

The future looks fairly bleak, I definitely think a new manager needs to come in ( definitely not O Shea), clear out most of the older lads and rebuild the team. If we continue to persist with current setup and players, we'll end up scrapping with the likes of Antrim, Offaly, Carlow and Laois to stay out of the Joe Mcdonagh Cup!

No Comer, Kelly, Finnerty........... hopefully still have enough but makes Westmeaths job of shutting down our forwards alot easier. I'm guessing they'll leave Shane close to Galway but outside of that no inside forward starting….

🤣🤣🤣🤣 fair point. Close to goal might be a better way of phrasing it!

They need to be able to put teams away without always relying on the same few. If Dublin were missing O Callaghan, Mannion and Fenton, they'd still find a way to put Westmeath to the sword. It's good for a team to know they can do it without marquee players too, otherwise when you lose one to injury or suspension the doubts creep in. If they can't beat Westmeath with the team they have out they wouldn't deserve to progress anyway.

Sligo all over again so far. No intensity. Not tracking runners. Forcing passes that aren't on. And then when we have possession and players look up to play it inside, we have McDaid and D'Arcy standing in the full forward line. Been a huge struggle so far. Full back line and Shane Walsh only ones showing anything so far, Tierney the odd flash.

Armagh look strong. Hard to see a Galway win without Comer Kelly or Finnerty. Need to be scoring about 2-12 minimum I'd say to even keep pace with Armagh.

Most of the lads from the 17 AI win are over the hill, only the likes of Whelan and Cahal Mannion should be kept, with a few more on the bench to come on to close out matches, but, not to start. The U20s are too young, there should be more than enough players between the ages of 21 to 30 to make up the team. The team needs to be rebuilt, next year will be 8 years since 17, so can't be expecting them lads to be still going.

Kelly should be OK. Other two doubt it.

McGrath and Glynn phenomenal. Tierney and Shane Walsh good. Gleeson good in goals 2 from 4 from free. disappointing.

Middle 8 were shocking especially the half back line. No pace or intensity at all. No one breaking the line. Subs thankfully brought some much needed pace and directness. Sweeney making a great run for Tierney point and Molloy kicking the insurance score.

18 point mark or 2-12 as you say seems a bit high. Can say overall things were poor but defensively we don't concede big scores. I think I saw 13 points is about the average we concede.

Management need to take responsibility for the team picked. Lacked balance. And adding Hernon before throw in just added another defender to an already congested middle third. Didn't make sense.

First straight into Quarter finals, 2nd and 3rd have play off game round from what I recall last season

Did McDaid play as a conventional corner forward or come out as a third midfielder. It was a weird selection as we're light on inside forwards then we pick a guy in there who's not suited to the position and we don't really need as 3rd midfielder

He stayed in there. It was so strange. He was turned over a lot. In the end Galway stopped playing it in there and it made Westmeaths job easier as they could press us out further knowing we weren't going to look for an inside pass. Hernon seemed a bit lost as to what was expected of him too. Kicked a score but not much else went right.

I know we are down what we are down but overall management didn't make it easy on the players with the way we set up. Even Shane was out the field a lot when we so badly needed a focal point close to go to keep Westmeath honest. Odd time Matty drifted in there he caused them no end of problems.

why go spouting that nonsense on here ….completely contradicts what Joyce said this evening.

well if the manager is saying the opposite to yourself it almost deems your post pointless , a lot of people come on here from other counties too to gain information and see what is happening in other counties , speculation and hearsay is the last thing anyone wants to hear or see