Galway GAA discussion thread

Doctors room ghost

Hard luck to the mellows

Utopia Parkway

MfMan wrote: »

Any sign of a Galway team?

Footballers seem very slow with the team announcements so far this year. Generally no sign of the team until an hour before throw-in.

seligehgit

Any chance this game will be called off?

Curly head

seligehgit wrote: »

Any chance this game will be called off?

Nice covering of snow in Castlegar. .Doesn't look good for game I'd say

sean555

There is snow on the pitch but only a light covering and should be easily melted by 11.30 but i still doubt it will go ahead.

grbear

There's a decent thaw setting in already near Tuam and I'm not sure it froze that hard as there wasn't much ice on the roads this morning. There was some but nothing like as bad as Friday morning for instance.

I'd say the ladies match won't go ahead but I'm 50/50 on the men's game.
Is there anyway they can push the kickoff back an hour or is that impossible due to it being on TG4?

sean555

Both games going ahead according to Galway Gaa twitter

Diabhal Beag

Take it handy and leave early if you have to travel a distance to get to Salthill. Pitch given the go ahead but a lot of roads haven't been gritted this week so no guarantees it was done last night.

TCDStudent1

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Take it handy and leave early if you have to travel a distance to get to Salthill. Pitch given the go ahead but a lot of roads haven't been gritted this week so no guarantees it was done last night.

Snowing at the moment in Galway - this will not be pretty today

MfMan

Any conditions update?

Happyilylost

MfMan wrote:

Any conditions update?

Snow. Wind. Baltic. Pitch is clear of snow. Sun is shining. Crowd small so far.

Diabhal Beag

Ladies match well underway but we had snow in Salthill in the last 20 minutes again. Sunny now

flazio

I don't know if it's just my TV but I'm finding it hard to distinguish which team is which from the wide shots. The dark jerseys are hard to tell apart.

Condenser

Mayo only in it due to giving away stupid frees.

elefant

Condenser wrote: »

Mayo only in it due to giving away stupid frees.

Our kick outs are septic. By far the better, sharper team but we can't get enough possession.

PCeeeee

Seán Andy will learn plenty from Cillian

rgace

Some great views from behind the Galway kick outs and the lack of movement is unreal

Condenser

elefant wrote: »

Our kick outs are septic. By far the better, sharper team but we can't get enough possession.

Yep and getting worse. Not goalies fault though. More movement down the graveyard at night than inside our 45.

Diabhal Beag

elefant wrote: »

Our kick outs are septic. By far the better, sharper team but we can't get enough possession.

Not even sure we won a single breaking ball in midfield. Shane Walsh being so selfish is killer on days like today when it's going badly.

Lot of non existent lads like Heaney and Kelly today.

jr86

Galway really are carrying too many passengers for comfort

Midfield all over the shop

Good organisation defensively though, and Comer easily the best player on show.

Utopia Parkway

jr86 wrote: »

Galway really are carrying too many passengers for comfort

The two Sweeney's for a start. Both of whom made errors for Mayo scores.

Two bad misses by Shane Walsh. Should really have scored those. He's a terrific talent but needs to nail those to take himself to the very top level.

Condenser

jr86 wrote: »

Comer easily the best player on show.

Spending far too much time in defence though and coughing up silly frees.

Same analysis on every game.

No kickout strategy and you're giving every team a 4/5 point edge.

Mayo won 5 or 6 of our 8 and we won about 2 of their 10.

Mayo got two points directly from our kick outs.

We'd be 6-8 points up if we had a manager who understood the importance of the modern restarts.

We won't be AI contenders until we get rid of KW.
Mayo are worse than us but they get there because teams like Galway give them half their restarts and most of theirs.

grbear

This is a hard match to watch. McHughs goals was very well taken.

Condenser

Straight red all day. The O connors are scumbags

Utopia Parkway

Condenser wrote: »

Straight red all day. The O connors are scumbags

Definite red alright. Very lucky.

Condenser

Kyne is an animal of a man. A lad in each arm. One of the AOS and has them both pinned. Remember him ragdolling boyle a few years ago too.

Diabhal Beag

Cillian O'Connor is a little rascal

Diabhal Beag

Good man Cillian. His best performance against Galway in years too.

rgace

He must be the most dislikeable player in the game.

Condenser

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cillian O'Connor is a little rascal

Rascal doesn't really describe him in fairness.

PCeeeee

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cillian O'Connor is a little rascal

A right devil. But a master of the wounded facial expression.

Fann Linn

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Good man Cillian. His best performance against Galway in years too.

He's a sly cnut.

PCeeeee

It'll be hot come the summer when these two meet again

PCeeeee

That's 6 points now. We are staying up.

Condenser

rgace wrote: »

He must be the most dislikeable player in the game.

His brother not far behind. Two Nasty, petty characters with not a backbone between them.

JohnnyFlash

Jesus, that was one bad tempered game of big ball. Galway staying in division 1 after 3 games is some going in fairness. Back playing with the big boys.

MfMan

Tom Flynn shouldn't be let near a Galway team.

Utopia Parkway

PCeeeee wrote: »

That's 6 points now. We are staying up.

Should rest Comer especialy for a couple of the league games now. Some amount of work he does and big hits he takes. And delivers.

Doctors room ghost

Hup the tribes 4 from 4

Condenser

If COC spent more time working on not sh1tting his pants when the chips are down and less on conning refs or throwing sly digs he might have an all Ireland.

Diabhal Beag

Happy with that. Our weakness in midfield not being punished so far but think Kerry and Dublin could exploit that.

Comer was excellent. SAOC was good too. Lots of better performers in the second like Conroy and Bradshaw. Fullbacks solid.

Credit to the lads and mgmt. Wouldn't gave expected 3/3 in division 1. Hopefully they can push on when it matters in the summer.

Borders no.2

3 from 3 is better than anyone could have hoped for really. After the way the championship ended last year there was a real fear that Galway could be humiliated in Division 1.

To be honest though until the debacle in the last 10 minutes or so it was a fairly non-descript game. There were a few of the Galway lads who got needlessly involved near the end and it's a pity that will take away a bit from Galway controlling the game comfortably enough.

Cillian O'Connor let himself down at the end and Diarmaid O'Connor to me was a straight red too. On the flip side Conroy brainlessly got himself sent off and while he had a good game today I'd question the temperament of him and some of our other players when the chips are down.

Looking at it from a Mayo viewpoint I don't really see where the next wave of talent is coming from. There was a number of players playing today who aren't good enough or have been tried and failed in the past.

Mayo though will be a different team in the championship and are going to throw everything at the Connacht quarter final. I still fancy them to win that.

jam83

Delighted with the win. The way the fixtures fell allowed Galway to target a few wins and build confidence but the hard part was getting the wins.

Defence today was very good. We look organised back there. It's not nice to see 26 lads in our half when we are defending but we transition brilliantly from defence to attack. It's fast and direct and easy on the eye. Mayo were slow and laboured but maybe they are behind Galway fitness wise.
Our lack of a kickout plan is a joke. It's unbelievable. No corner backs making any runs, I saw only one such run all day. Every kickout to static midfielders. No midfielders making dummy runs or running to the sidelines for a kickout.
How in the name of God is this continuing? Galway won't become a top 3/4 team until that's fixed. It's not the goalies fault at all. It's Kevin Walsh's. Jesus it's just unbelievable.
Credit to the team, how they can win games with lower possession rates than the other team is a credit to the lads.

PCeeeee

The kick out thing is beyond bizarre now. I would like to hear KW asked what the plan is.

And we started conceding Mayos kickouts 10mins into the second half.

Its stopping us from breaking into that top 4.

Least this is likely his last year either way but its so frustrating to see us just thumping all but one kickout to a contest.

Hulk Hands

McHugh has a set of stones on him, going for goal from that position with the handy point on. It's a pity he's not a bit quicker. Still though, he knows where the posts are. Might deserve a run.

Diarmuid O'Connors hit was even filthier than his brother I thought. Trying to finish the job his bro started on Kerin. Fair play to Kerin for getting up from both so quickly. He's become a good tough corner back. Other positives include SA, Conroy's ability to score and looking solid at the back. Kickout continue to frustrate

TCDStudent1

Hulk Hands wrote: »

McHugh has a set of stones on him, going for goal from that position with the handy point on. It's a pity he's not a bit quicker. Still though, he knows where the posts are. Might deserve a run.

Diarmuid O'Connors hit was even filthier than his brother I thought. Trying to finish the job his bro started on Kerin. Fair play to Kerin for getting up from both so quickly. He's become a good tough corner back. Other positives include SA, Conroy's ability to score and looking solid at the back. Kickout continue to frustrate

By summer, Ian Burke will have taken the Varley / McHugh position. Michael Daly will take Patrick Sweeney's place.

Armstrong will be used as an impact sub this year.

Hulk Hands

Agree, Burke and Daly have to be starters. Think McHugh should keep his place over Sweeney in the next couple of league games though

TCDStudent1

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Agree, Burke and Daly have to be starters. Think McHugh should keep his place over Sweeney in the next couple of league games though

Cant see McHugh being dropped after today. He might be one of the players starting in FBD final as well to give him a further chance to cement his place the next day. The only potential change I could see v Kerry is Varley starting ahead of Sweeney but I doubt that will happen. My guess is we se ethe same 15 that started today.