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Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

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    #482
    threeball
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    grbear wrote: »
    A lot depends on how quickly lads return from injury.

    Roscommon-Tyrone is a huge game. If Roscommon win that it'll be between Galway and Tyrone to see who joins Cavan.

    Looking at this crap on TG4 it wouldn't matter if half of Dublin defected to Galway. When you see the aggression and pace that Kerry played with last night and we're strolling around with a breeze to our back. Retreating to the 45 and shuffling back and over the line like a game of table football it's evident we're going nowhere yet again. Walsh is trying to either bore the other team into submission or hopes the supporters get so disconnected they won't care enough to get him the shove.


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    #483
    SecretsOfEarth
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    As an outsider looking in, what is Kevin Walsh playing at? At least last year, while the defensive system curtailed the attack to an extent, there was was a good enough ability to transition and the attack was largely effective, especially when given extra freedom. Instead of expanding on what reaped any sort of dividends (attacking freedom), he seems to have doubled down on the systematic defending.


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    #484
    [Deleted User]
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    64% possession and they're playing into a gale.

    First time one of their players was pressed he turned it over but sure why would pressure be a valid tactic.


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    #485
    threeball
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    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    As an outsider looking in, what is Kevin Walsh playing at? At least last year, while the defensive system curtailed the attack to an extent, there was was a good enough ability to transition and the attack was largely effective, especially when given extra freedom. Instead of expanding on what reaped any sort of dividends (attacking freedom), he seems to have doubled down on the systematic defending.

    Maybe not today but when we have everyone back we genuinely have a squad that talent wise could go toe to toe with Kerry and Dublin but they may as well send out a junior club team if Walsh stays at the helm. I had thought Tallys influence was the main reason we played as we did last year but it appears Walsh can only ape what Tally put in place. Time to parachute someone in before the year is lost again.


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    #486
    SecretsOfEarth
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    threeball wrote: »
    Maybe not today but when we have everyone back we genuinely have a squad that talent wise could go toe to toe with Kerry and Dublin but they may as well send out a junior club team if Walsh stays at the helm. I had thought Tallys influence was the main reason we played as we did last year but it appears Walsh can only ape what Tally put in place. Time to parachute someone in before the year is lost again.

    Oh I completely agree that Galway have a very strong squad but some of the more creative players like Walsh and Comer must get disheartened playing this depressing, rigid system of play all the time? Leaving them off the leash while still maintaining a defensive frame isn't impossible.


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    #487
    grbear
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    threeball wrote: »
    grbear wrote: »
    A lot depends on how quickly lads return from injury.

    Roscommon-Tyrone is a huge game. If Roscommon win that it'll be between Galway and Tyrone to see who joins Cavan.

    Looking at this crap on TG4 it wouldn't matter if half of Dublin defected to Galway. When you see the aggression and pace that Kerry played with last night and we're strolling around with a breeze to our back. Retreating to the 45 and shuffling back and over the line like a game of table football it's evident we're going nowhere yet again. Walsh is trying to either bore the other team into submission or hopes the supporters get so disconnected they won't care enough to get him the shove.
    Well the latter won't happen anyway. People can see theres a good set of players there with more quality coming through the ranks.

    This style has taken Galway as far as it can. Walsh needs to trust his players more and go for a more offensive style.


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    #488
    grbear
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    Or less offensive from an aesthetic point of view.


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    #489
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    Ref blows it up 30seconds early when it should be a free in.

    You couldn't make it up... Haha

    "There MAY be at least two minutes of additional time played... Or maybe not... We'll see"


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    #490
    threeball
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    grbear wrote: »
    Well the latter won't happen anyway. People can see theres a good set of players there with more quality coming through the ranks.

    This style has taken Galway as far as it can. Walsh needs to trust his players more and go for a more offensive style.

    Walsh has shown he's not capable of either showing trust or having an offensive plan. It's ironic that a team that he won two all Irelands with played the style football that we should be playing now. The 98 to 2001 team pressed the opposition from 15, stayed high and attacked with blistering pace yet he has his team with all the talent available playing a game that wouldn't beat Corofin in a month of Sunday's.


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    #491
    threeball
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    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    Oh I completely agree that Galway have a very strong squad but some of the more creative players like Walsh and Comer must get disheartened playing this depressing, rigid system of play all the time? Leaving them off the leash while still maintaining a defensive frame isn't impossible.

    I'd imagine the whole team is sick to death of playing the style they play but are probably sticking with it as they see the talent that's there.


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    #492
    BENDYBINN
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    There is a strong possibility now that we won’t even beat Mayo this year.!


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    #493
    threeball
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    grbear wrote: »
    Well the latter won't happen anyway. People can see theres a good set of players there with more quality coming through the ranks.

    This style has taken Galway as far as it can. Walsh needs to trust his players more and go for a more offensive style.

    They won't give him the shove but the CB should insist on him bringing in someone in an advisory role. You can't just waste years of talented young players lives for sentiment


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    #494
    RMAOK
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    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    There is a strong possibility now that we won’t even beat Mayo this year.!

    If it continues like this, it'll be relegation from the league and no connacht title. The corofin lads are good, but they'll get stifled with this hyper negative rubbish from Walsh.


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    #495
    threeball
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    The only thing keeping us in this game is that Monaghan are equally as dour.


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    #496
    Utopia Parkway
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    Some how 2 points up now. We seem to have sent Monaghan into a coma.


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    #497
    threeball
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    Utopia Parkway wrote: »
    Somehow 2 points up now. We seem to have sent Monaghan into a coma.

    Walsh's boredom tactic is working so.


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    #498
    elefant
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    Monaghan just look like a very poor side, to be honest.

    Hard to believe they beat Dublin a fortnight ago on this display.


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    #499
    threeball
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    We have some giants on the squad and we haven't got an offensive Mark all game or even went for one. Just shows how badly prepared this team is. That alone should be worth 3 to 4 points a game.


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    #500
    Diabhal Beag
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    Duane was excellent today.

    Great goal.


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    #501
    RMAOK
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    Monaghan were extremely naive there for the Galway goal - it might liven up Galway now.


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    #502
    threeball
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    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    Duane was excellent today.

    Great goal.

    You'd imagine he's worth a spot somewhere in the defence. Only player who took it to Monaghan for the first 30 mins.


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    #503
    threeball
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    RMAOK wrote: »
    Monaghan were extremely naive there for the Galway goal - it might liven up Galway now.

    More likely to wake Monaghan


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    #504
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    We normally let ourselves get pegged back when we're winning late by slowing it down to a snail's pace.

    Let's see do we increase the lead instead of get reeled in.


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    #505
    threeball
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    Relying on the clock to win it for us again. A good team will eat us.


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    #506
    threeball
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    Unfortunately all that does is paper over the cracks so we go headlong into a summer playing absolute scutter.


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    #507
    Diabhal Beag
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    Crucial win but we made awful work out of that lead. 2/3 is good going especially with 2 away games done.


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    #508
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    Reeled in again but similarly to Cavan they came up short.

    Hopefully stay in D1 for the new manager next year.
    Can't surely get six years.


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    #509
    h2005
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    Great result, was needed after last week


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    #510
    spurshero
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    Same negative posters on here . Go to Monaghan with half a team and win and still not happy . Wouldn’t be a Walsh fan either but from now we have won 2 out of 3 with a depleted panel and we were never winning in Croker last week . Let’s stay in division one get players back and go from there


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    #511
    RMAOK
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    Oranmore finding it difficult up in croke park - they are down by 6 at halftime.

    Charleville 1-10 oranmore 0-06


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