Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Good fightback from the hurlers. Noticeable improvement when Monaghan and Brennan went off. Good squad players but not first team. Far better options now.

If we hadn't been so naive on both sets of puckouts, especially theirs we wouldn't have had as much ground to make up. Alot of positives though. The new lads are really standing up. I thought Rabitte was outstanding on limited/poor ball, Neary was excellent, Molloy did well.

Rory Burke and Gavin Lee will add alot to that team. We need Burkes physicality in the half forward line. Burke, Mannion and Killeen would be that line for me.

How do you make that out. He dragged Loughrea through Galway from CF. They only got going in the semis.

We didn't have playmakers in midfield tonight. Daniels is a worker and Brennan is similar but with worse decision making. Gavin Lee will bring that creativity to the middle and link with those half forwards. Once they're causing more problems the inside lads get freed up.

The ball delivery at times was terrible. Lads being double marked and a less the 50/50 ball delivered in to them.

Couldn't believe the sideline across the pitch. As soon as he hit it I knew we were going to concede a goal. It was a terrible puckout to Mannion that got Limerick up and running in the first instance. We were 5pts up and conceded 4 in 2 minutes after that puckout.

All stuff that should be easy enough to tidy up. We do need to get smarter when we come in to contact. You cannot go from contact to contact with Limerick or other top teams, you will get turned over. You have to move it 20 to 30m away from that area as soon as possible. They commit bodies and the space is always available elsewhere.

Galway footballers are so badly coached. It's just terrible stuff. In backs and forwards, lads are getting bottled up and overturned because there's no proper support. PJ and his friends would wanna pack up this year, there'll be no big silverware playing this poorly.

Thought there should have been another penalty before that melee at the end.

Not sure what happened going off but Ger Brennan was pulling out of one of the Galway backroom lads going off the pitch when the players finished pushing and shoving

Brennan should get at least a month for that assault. But nothing will happen. Discipline in GAA is non existent, a red card for both Brennan and the Galway backroom guy was a total cop out. Just a week earlier McGeeney got yellow carded and a free in against them from the 20m line at the restart of the 2nd half for next to nothing.

Constant double yellows, double blacks, double reds because these lads don't want to make a call.

Not Joyce's biggest fan but who else is putting up their hand to take over as manager. Can't see anyone in the county ready to step into the job bar maybe Kevin Johnson. No point looking outside the county as them days are long gone .

I can't see him ever taking the job, the drive from his home even to Killarney or Tralee is a trek many times per week. Can't even use the airport in Galway cos it's closed, and they'd want to spend huge money to fly him up even if it was.

Hopefully Kevin Johnson will show he's capable of it. He's living around Claregalway area.

Three weeks before the footballers play either Leitrim or Sligo and they don't even need to win any provincial game to get to the new confusing qualifier system. More than enough time to let Walsh, Mcdaid or others get over the injuries and work on a system to (at the very least) win 50% of our own kickouts let alone the oppositions.

Maybe Thompson could be coaxed home a bit earlier? PJ needs to bin the backs and forwards and zone in on two-pointers. Some of the division 3 and 4 teams were lobbing 2-pointers over from all over the pitch. Galway havent even a single reliable 2 point scorer...

Great win today by Galway. We had a load of wides that, if taken, would have seen Galway win by 20 points (+).

Interesting to see that Cathal Mannion failed to score today, yet we racked up 3-25. Shows that, while still our most important forward imo, there's plenty of lads to cover his scoring exploits, if he's having a quiet day.

Rory Burke getting MOTM was deserved. Tiernan Kileen, a lad who I thought was lucky to satu on the starting 15, seemed to get on a tonne of ball and used it relatively well.

If Galway stay focused, they should make the Leinster final and, all going well, would win the title for the first time since 2018. If that were to happen, it would be a great boost for the younger members on the panel. I don't think we're genuine All-Ireland contenders yet, but Donoghue is building a nice team there.

Not Sure what to say about Kilkenny, tbh. It seemed like their one and only idea in the first half was to balloon it into Reid at 14. It worked, to a certain extent, but given the breeze, you'd have thought they would have tried a few more long range point attempts.

Anyways, on to the next game. Gaillmh abú

Just home from the game. A decent turnout from the fans for once. Think the team has shown enough in the last few months to warrant a decent following going forward!

Genuinely think we’ll run the table in the round robin and comfortably beat whoever we face in the Leinster final. There’s a wonderful balance in the squad now, between some seasoned veterans and the newcomers with their youthful exuberance. Not sure any other team in Leinster have that.

Fans at the ground were a bit cautious of the new playing style but we’re looking sharper each week. Rabbite is an unbelievable ball winner and has the skill and pace to match it. A great safety blanket when things get tetchy in the middle. Gavin Lee very unfortunate to not win MOTM.

Will be intriguing to watch tomorrow’s hurling but we should have nothing to fear if and when we have a Munster opponent in Croker. Is it too soon to start booking Mondays off work in July?!

Is Jason Rabbitte any relation to Joe lads?

A big win in a game we didn't even get out of 3rd gear. Good signs but KK are awful. Worst KK team I've ever seen.

Big displays from the young lads. The elderstatesmen apart from Daithi and Glennon were quiet enough. They'll be in a Leinster final anyway and I think Croke Park will really suit them. They'll give any team problems this year.

At the great risk of tempting fate, I see us as very genuine contenders. League form to date has been an accurate indicator, and we progressed incrementally against the Munster teams in this season's campaign. The young lads have a nice bit of hunger and fearlessness about them, e.g Rabbitte refusing to take the easy option of a point but going for the kill instead.

Don't entirely agree about a good crowd yesterday. I'd say we had 10k out of the 10.5k in attendance, but I was hoping for a lot more, given the momentum this team now has. No excuse for next Sunday not to increase this crowd. Go, and bring two with you.