Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Armagh winning here against Dublin make life a bit easier. They'll be top of the group with a game to spare. Likely could rest a few against Galway. Great fight. 7 or 8 minute spell with all the wides was a killer.

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Bad decision there near the end not to take the point and opting to try a 2-pointer in those conditions, we had momentum at that stage , but sure it's a draw... An Gleeson give up the shitealking kicking the ball to yourself you'll be the cause of someone getting a heart attack

Terrible performance.

Conroy was MIA again today, starting to show his age now. I don't know who the lad wearing 5 is, but it's not Dylan McHugh anyway. Walsh was gassed around 50mins.

The decision making in the last 10mins was atrocious. Kieran Molloy taking on two 2Pters, at least Maher managed to turn one of them into a goal. Tierney refusing a point for a 2Pt attempt and slicing it wide.

Armagh winning, probably gives us a decent chance of finishing ahead of Derry now. I can see a scenario of both us & Derry losing and we get through on points difference - but that's probably as far as we go, unless we get drawn against Meath/Roscommon/Down/Monaghan in the PQFs, but I wouldn't be overly confident of beating any of them either on current form

Joyce needs to decide what type of football want to play. We looked allot better when he hooked conroy and walsh. The new rules don't suit the slow ponderous play that conroy and walsh seem to revert to. There was glimpses of what this team is capable of when the ball is moved fast. Also he needs to put kelly back to 3 and daly to 6

what happened the under 17 hurlers against Clare. Another big loss.

Terrible headless hurling again. Alot of selfish stuff, solo running into blind alleys, pumping ball to no one in particular. The coaching just looks pìss poor. Clare in contrast were constantly looking for the man in the better position. Their first goal went the length of the field with 6 players involved. I dont think we strung 3 passes together all day. Now Clare were no great shakes either but we bet ourselves with the style of play.

Our club hurling is similar and you have the same coaches taking the underage teams. The day of pumping the ball is dead, Galway hurling needs to catch on to that fact and we need to start picking intelligent players who know how to control a game.

Under the new rules it very hard to defend the d and arc all at once so you have to pick your poison. To be honest I don't think any team look defensively solid. There are big gaps and holes in every team it's matter of exploiting it with speed which galway are very slow to cop on to, that's why I would like to see daly at 6 and his kick passing will speed up the game for us.

Exactly, we need Dublin to hammer derry and hope that it's a low scoring slog against Armagh. Armagh's B team could easily beat us.

After the misery of last year it should be Armagh sleepwalking and Galway coasting their way through but no...

what about Castlebar.?…our lucky ground!!!!

I read earlier the GAA have said none of the final round games will be in croker

Gus Lohan (nephew of the Lohans from Clare) and Tadhg McCárthaigh impressed me in games this year. But at this age its impossible to gauge where these kids will end up.

First time in 18 years Galway not in an All Ireland semi final.

It makes complete sense to take a 45 short nowadays. You're about 60% likely to score the 45. Any good team that has possession in the opposing teams half is more than 60% likely to get a score, with the added benefit that you might score a two pointer. Obviously situation dependant but playing it short and working a better scoring situation is something all smart teams are incorporating now. The fact that it didn't work out a couple of times is irrelevant

Same situation with people complaining that Tierney took the two point free option over the tapover. With a wind that's a two point score the vast majority of the time, he just didn't execute. It was 100% the right option and he should go for it again if it happens the next day

You never hear about the times it works out. Multiple times Walsh and Tierney brought tap over frees out for two point scores during the league and no one mentioned it after because they scored

I thought Shaughnessy the CF was quite good but again prone to taking pot shots. Not really impressed by anyone else. They must have some decent players there because Pres Athenry and Claregalway went a long way in the schools comps this year but they need a manager who's going to implement a proper gameplan and just jettison the lads who show they're only in it to promote themselves.

None of the Galway underage I saw this year looked like teams. Just a group of individuals thrown together and expected to work out just because they're talented. Any team needs the grafters who don't mind letting other lads shine while they toil in the engine room. We don't have them. And you can't carry 15 individuals. 3 or 4 at most.

Breffni Park in Cavan for the Armagh/Galway decider. What a joke! 2.5-3hr journey to Armagh's 1-1.5hr trip.