Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

If we lose next time out (hopefully not) we get one more chance , thats my take on it

It's a strange championship format this year!

Yeah this one is weird but seems fairer, once you get to the Championship proper, lose 2 games and you're out. That seems fair enough to me.

One thing is for sure, Kerry will get a cushy number. No away trip to Roscommon for them.

You may be right 🤔 I find it hard to see the big-wigs and number crunchers (those who like-a da money💶💶💶) resisting temptation 😉

Id fancy Westmeath to take Galway

Yep, it could have been much much worse.... and I'll tempt fate here and say getting a home draw against either Louth or Westmeath was the best we could have hoped for.

I think we'll win and be in the QF's.

We fancied ourselves against Meath last year as well and look what happened there!

Can't see us losing this one tho but will be different animal to Kildare last week

Hurlers up against it big time on Saturday. Momentum is all with Dublin and we have gotten worse since the KK game in the opening round.

Impossible to know how to judge these things. Told by all and sunder Kildare were the worst in the last round. Same Kildare that took this Westmeath team to extra time…......

Hard to know if any individual game holds a lot of merit. Or else Galways performance against Kildare is being underrated.

Home draw was the main part for me. A win and possibly on the same side of the draw as Donegal and Armagh is no harm either.

I wasn't wrong about Kerry getting a cushy number

The footballers can have no excuses, as good a draw as we could have hoped for. We should win, but, we tend to play at the same level as the opposition, regardless who the opposition are, so expecting another tight affair with the result in doubt right until the end.

No excuses is the first thought I had when Westmeath was pulled as well. No major injury concerns. No battle-fatigue from round robin stage like last few years (apart from maybe McGrath?).

I think Westmeath are fitter/faster and have more hunger for victory, but that will only get you so far. And with Pearse stadium being the worst stadium to play in (even for Galway sometimes), how will they cope with that?

If Round 2A goes without any shocks (Galway, Armagh, Donegal, Tyrone/Mayo are 50:50) then Galway would avoid Armagh, Donegal, Mayo/Tyrone in the Q Final. And if no shocking results in Round 2B and subsequent play-off then they could draw either Kerry, Roscommon, Meath, Dublin, Mayo/tyrone.

Semi final will be hard to get to!

Good performance from the hurlers, systems failure from Dublin. Never got to the pitch of it.

I've been critical of Monaghan in the past but he was imperious today. Really good performances from him, Whelan and Neary.

Nice to be in a semi. Place will be packed to the rafters.

Brilliant result. Could have tidied up the last 2 dublin goals, but they were in wastage time. Great movement by the forwards. That must be the best game Tom Monaghan played for Galway in ages.

We're still behind Limerick and Cork, but we're definitely going in the right direction. Good that Galway have a few weeks off now (especially the u20s) and to heal up some injuries. The semi final is, atm, a "free shot", but no one will want to meet Galway on this form.

Best Galway championship performance in years.