Galway GAA discussion thread

miocicmma

I want to see Galway absolutely smash Sligo on Sunday. I'm talking at least a 14 point winning margin. That performance against Mayo was not impressive. If Galway are serious about a Championship run, they need to be making a statement here.

jr86

Why wouldn't that team start?

Acc to the Tribune Kerin came off injured for Annaghdown, Gary O'Donnell isn't up to this level anymore and Armstrong is a good impact sub at best at county level these days

Duggan is the only question mark, but he may have a knock. Tom Flynn seems to have gotten a lot of free passes from KW in my view, I'd have him much more down the pecking order. It really is a mystery Steede's lack of impact at this level

jr86

jr86 wrote: »

Why wouldn't that team start?

Acc to the Tribune Kerin came off injured for Annaghdown, Gary O'Donnell isn't up to this level anymore and Armstrong is a good impact sub at best at county level these days

Duggan is the only question mark, but he may have a knock. Tom Flynn seems to have gotten a lot of free passes from KW in my view, I'd have him much more down the pecking order. It really is a mystery Steede's lack of impact at this level

Whatever about Flynn, Steede isn't good enough for inter county.

He offers little from open play and constantly does silly things with the ball at club level.

Outside of competing for kick outs he'd offer nothing and the bench mark don't bother kicking balls out there anymore.

TCDStudent1

Dont think Steede is up to it at this level either. However, he probably would have been given a shot if Corofin hadn't been so successful in the last few years. And then who knows what he may have developed into.

matt360

Is the Galway v Wexford game on TV?

McLoughlin

matt360 wrote: »

Is the Galway v Wexford game on TV?

One of the Sky Sports channels I think its Sky Arena.

matt360

McLoughlin wrote: »

One of the Sky Sports channels I think its Sky Arena.

Cheers!

PCeeeee

Handy enough win.

testtech05

Anyone aware of any extra buses from city out to salthill tomorrow like they had on last weekend for the hurling?

Curly head

PCeeeee wrote: »

Handy enough win.

Joe is pure class. He’s way ahead of everybody else!

jay0109

testtech05 wrote: »

Anyone aware of any extra buses from city out to salthill tomorrow like they had on last weekend for the hurling?

https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/traffic-information-for-galway-v-sligo-sunday-pearse-stadium/
The 401 Bus will Bus service from Eyre Square to Salthill will operate every 15 minutes from 1pm.

windy shepard henderson

Curly head wrote: »

Joe is pure class. He’s way ahead of everybody else!

outstanding , hopfully the injury is only a short stint out , think dathi burke is also unreal the best full back in the country by miles ,

there is more then one all ireland in my opinion over the next couple of years heading west

I says

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

outstanding , hopfully the injury is only a short stint out , think dathi burke is also unreal the best full back in the country by miles ,

there is more then one all ireland in my opinion over the next couple of years heading west

Looks like limerick are the team to fear this year I’m mightily impressed by them so far.
Big physical team that can hurl and are young enough to not give a fiddlers who they meet.
They are the ones who appear to be closing the gap between Galway and the rest for this year.
Tipp will still do damage so I wouldn’t write them off yet if the can get there act together

Galway lose 4 kick outs in a row with no movement and it booted long.

And there is the reason why we won't topple Dublin with KW in charge.

These are the margins you can't concede in Aug/Sept.

spiritcrusher

To be fair Galway are cruising. Sligo unable to stop the movement of the forwards and the space they're creating.
Delicious goal at the end of the half, set up by an outrageous pass by Comer.

grbear

Absolutely cruising today, some lovely scores.

Green Peter

gilberto_eire wrote:

And there is the reason why we won't topple Dublin with KW in charge.

gilberto_eire wrote:

Galway lose 4 kick outs in a row with no movement and it booted long.

gilberto_eire wrote:

These are the margins you can't concede in Aug/Sept.

Did you see any of the rest of the match?

Green Peter

Green Peter wrote: »

Did you see any of the rest of the match?

Yes. I was at the match.

The kick outs are a continued problem.

Sligo won a mountain of ours and most were kicked to contests, about 75%.

It's not an issue playing a D3 team. It'll be an issue when we get to Croke Park/competition ramps up as it for the last few years.

If you think its a good idea to have no movement and kick to contests, explain to me why Dublin don't do it?.

There's such a lack of strategy we had the ref throw in the ball as Lavelle stopped and started numerous times.

Hulk Hands

Donegal and Monaghan both go long and hope to win breaks at pace and exploit space. Winning a ball around the middle is far more valuable than Kyne for example winning slow kick out ball in the corner and the other team resets the blanket and we have to start handpassing around the middle. We have a lot of pace with Kelly and Brannigan when we do win it around the middle. Personally I agree I think we should be looking to go short every time and there should be far more movement from the backs but he's obviously happy with it and we won midfield today comfortably. We went short every time vs Mayo when the handy option was there. Lavelle had two excellent early kick outs to the wing we got scores direct from

O.A.P

Its been a good weekend for us, Sligo was a potential banana skin and Wexford fancied their chances of beating the champs on their own ground.


Both teams are getting stronger as they progress it seems (hopefully any injuries are minor ones)
Roscommon will be looking forward to teaching us how football is played but I think (hope) its going to be them that get the lesson
The hurlers are going to meet an awful stubborn team along the line this year at some stage but who? and are Galway good enough to keep the momentum up and get to another final.
I hope so.

threeball

O.A.P wrote: »

Its been a good weekend for us, Sligo was a potential banana skin and Wexford fancied their chances of beating the champs on their own ground.


Both teams are getting stronger as they progress it seems (hopefully any injuries are minor ones)
Roscommon will be looking forward to teaching us how football is played but I think (hope) its going to be them that get the lesson
The hurlers are going to meet an awful stubborn team along the line this year at some stage but who? and are Galway good enough to keep the momentum up and get to another final.
I hope so.

I think the Hurlers are well capable of going the distance. The irony of a Galway ref and umpires keeping the only team, with the real potential to go toe to toe with us, in the championship today with shocking decisions might come back to haunt us yet.

The footballers put up an impressive tally regardless of the opposition. Hard to ask for much more

grbear

It was a strange sort of game today. It was as good as over as a contest after fifteen minutes but it was good to see Galway deliver such a high scoring performance. Colm O Rourkes article in today's paper was about how Kerry, Galway and Monaghan needed to deliver statement performances and Galway did just that.


It'll get glossed over in the analysis but today was another sign that the squad is developing a bit of depth. That's something that'll get put to a proper test later on.

Hyde Park up next anyway so I think a trip to Safety Direct might be in order. I hear the place is pure lethal altogether.

MattressRick

Great to put a score on the board that a Kerry or Dublin would put on a team like Sligo. I felt sorry for the Sligo supporters, everyone expected a bit more from Sligo. It was a long round trip and they were sound to meet.

I can't see Galway being complacent this time round against Roscommon after what happened last year. Would be great to sock it to Roscommon down in Hyde park. Galway lads will be well up for this one. Going man to man with Roscommon I think we'd blow them away.

FarmerBrowne

MattressRick wrote: »

Going man to man with Roscommon I think we'd blow them away.

Yeah because Kyne, Sweeney, Bradshaw, O'Donnell and Flynn are really top notch players 😂😂😂

MattressRick

FarmerBrowne wrote: »

Yeah because Kyne, Sweeney, Bradshaw, O'Donnell and Flynn are really top notch players 😂😂😂

I never said Galway have the complete team!
Firepower in the galway team is better than Roscommon though

threeball

MattressRick wrote: »

Great to put a score on the board that a Kerry or Dublin would put on a team like Sligo. I felt sorry for the Sligo supporters, everyone expected a bit more from Sligo. It was a long round trip and they were sound to meet.

I can't see Galway being complacent this time round against Roscommon after what happened last year. Would be great to sock it to Roscommon down in Hyde park. Galway lads will be well up for this one. Going man to man with Roscommon I think we'd blow them away.

We should go toe to toe with them. Two games like that would be great prep heading into the super 8s. We need to be able to play it both ways depending on teams and game position (few points down or up, struggling or just not having enough scoring threats).
Roscommon is the perfect game to try it out. We might have to use both styles in one game due to them being a fairly decent team.

threeball

FarmerBrowne wrote: »

Yeah because Kyne, Sweeney, Bradshaw, O'Donnell and Flynn are really top notch players 😂😂😂

Kyne has been excellent and Bradshaw has been very solid. The others I'll give you.

MfMan

threeball wrote: »

Kyne has been excellent and Bradshaw has been very solid. The others I'll give you.

Kyne not great today, though it was an exception rather than the rule for his year to date. Will have to judge them really against the very top opposition. Still think Galway have a hard day at the office coming sometime this year if KW continues to pick bad players in defence.

Tellyium

threeball wrote: »

We should go toe to toe with them. Two games like that would be great prep heading into the super 8s. We need to be able to play it both ways depending on teams and game position (few points down or up, struggling or just not having enough scoring threats).
Roscommon is the perfect game to try it out. We might have to use both styles in one game due to them being a fairly decent team.

We should be try a hybrid of approaches against Roscommon, leave Comer, Walsh and Burke up front and let them run wild given the right ball. Give them some respect but I think they’re closer to the second day v Mayo last year than the first, We need to show that we’ve progressed markedly since last year.

Utopia Parkway

FarmerBrowne wrote: »

Yeah because Kyne, Sweeney, Bradshaw, O'Donnell and Flynn are really top notch players ������

Think I saw this exact post on Stolen Sheep.

Not every team is full of super stars. Not even Roscommon incredibly. Galway won All-Ireland's with a few fairly average players on the team.

Hulk Hands

The ironic thing is all 5 of those would walk onto the Roscommon team. Very good forwards but I'd comfortably take our defense over theirs on current form

Diabhal Beag

Flynn had a much improved game yesterday tbf. Not saying he's going to put two back to back but he's a player that struggles with confidence until he fields a ball or beats a man. Then we get moments like the Mayo or Kerry goals.

Kelly was very impressive. Not the biggest but he won one ball out by the terrace where he didn't compete in the air but robbed it off the Sligo lad.

Comer and Burke up top were unmarkable. Burke is an absolute joy to watch.

TCDStudent1

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Flynn had a much improved game yesterday tbf. Not saying he's going to put two back to back but he's a player that struggles with confidence until he fields a ball or beats a man. Then we get moments like the Mayo or Kerry goals.

Kelly was very impressive. Not the biggest but he won one ball out by the terrace where he didn't compete in the air but robbed it off the Sligo lad.

Comer and Burke up top were unmarkable. Burke is an absolute joy to watch.

Kelly has had a terrific year. Was dreadfully unlucky not to start against Mayo.



Flynn was very good alright yesterday. Looked like he was feeling his hamstring or something and went off as a precaution.

Diabhal Beag

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Looked like he was feeling his hamstring or something and went off as a precaution.

Comer was nursing his ankle towards the end too. Think he scored a goal not too long after it though so hopefully he's OK too.

Bleating Lamb

Am a Leitrim man so used to watching poor quality football:).....go to an odd Sligo League game when they are at home.That current Sligo team are very light physically and have no real leaders on the field with the exception maybe of Ross Donovan and Pat Hughes when fit.

I hope Galway don’t read much into the scoreline yday.....the likes of Corofin would beat that Sligo team comfortably.Tbf I think most astute Galway fans realize this.

manofwisdom

Hulk Hands wrote: »

The ironic thing is all 5 of those would walk onto the Roscommon team. Very good forwards but I'd comfortably take our defense over theirs on current form

Galways individual defenders i feel looks better because they are collectively playing to a set system with midfielders and half forwards giving extra protection when required. Yesterday they broke out of that system and went with an old fashion one on one defending the result was to concede 1-12 to div 3 team who kicked 13 wides and missed 3 other good goal chances so i think from that game yesterday they will be going back to their set system for the rest of the championship.

Roscommon in comparison rarely ever play to system and they leave decent defenders in Niall McInerney,Peter Domican,John McManus etc exposed to McStays preferred all out attacking style of play.

PCeeeee

manofwisdom wrote: »

Galways individual defenders i feel looks better because they are collectively playing to a set system with midfielders and half forwards giving extra protection when required. Yesterday they broke out of that system and went with an old fashion one on one defending the result was to concede 1-12 to div 3 team who kicked 13 wides and missed 3 other good goal chances so i think from that game yesterday they will be going back to their set system for the rest of the championship.

Roscommon in comparison rarely ever play to system and they leave decent defenders in Niall McInerney,Peter Domican,John McManus etc exposed to McStays preferred all out attacking style of play.

Did you see yesterday's game?

threeball

manofwisdom wrote: »

Galways individual defenders i feel looks better because they are collectively playing to a set system with midfielders and half forwards giving extra protection when required. Yesterday they broke out of that system and went with an old fashion one on one defending the result was to concede 1-12 to div 3 team who kicked 13 wides and missed 3 other good goal chances so i think from that game yesterday they will be going back to their set system for the rest of the championship.

Roscommon in comparison rarely ever play to system and they leave decent defenders in Niall McInerney,Peter Domican,John McManus etc exposed to McStays preferred all out attacking style of play.

Dublin conceded 1-11 to possibly the worst team in the country but shur the Dublin defence are muck too.

blowitupref

threeball wrote: »

Dublin conceded 1-11 to possibly the worst team in the country but shur the Dublin defence are muck too.

Auto pilot Dublin are in during Leinster championship games nowadays and they only focus on the defensive side of things of their team until the business end of the championship. Galway probably gave away more goal scoring opportunities against Sligo yesterday than in all of their 9 previous games combined.

threeball

blowitupref wrote: »

Auto pilot Dublin are in during Leinster championship games nowadays and they only focus on the defensive side of things of their team until the business end of the championship. Galway probably gave away more goal scoring opportunities against Sligo yesterday than in all of their 9 previous games combined.

And Galway focused 100% on attack yesterday probably getting a little loose at the back. You can't apply one standard to Dublin and another to Galway in games they approached with a similar mindset.
We go defensive we're criticised. We go ultra offensive we're criticised. It's a learning curve. Find the middle ground and we'll give any team a good run.
They win the game by 21 points. I think any defender is not going to be 100% switched on in a game like that. Kerry conceded 10 points against Clare. Was that a defensive disaster too?

Utopia Parkway

blowitupref wrote: »

Auto pilot Dublin are in during Leinster championship games nowadays and they only focus on the defensive side of things of their team until the business end of the championship. Galway probably gave away more goal scoring opportunities against Sligo yesterday than in all of their 9 previous games combined.

Things like that tend to happen when games are practically over after 15 minutes and one side is 10+ points up. The concentration levels drop as players from both sides realise the match is already over.

blowitupref

threeball wrote: »

And Galway focused 100% on attack yesterday probably getting a little loose at the back. You can't apply one standard to Dublin and another to Galway in games they approached with a similar mindset.
We go defensive we're criticised. We go ultra offensive we're criticised. It's a learning curve. Find the middle ground and we'll give any team a good run.
They win the game by 21 points. I think any defender is not going to be 100% switched on in a game like that. Kerry conceded 10 points against Clare. Was that a defensive disaster too?

Not disagreeing with you just pointing out how Dublin treat Leinster championship games while come the more important games they can play the blanket defence as good as any team even tough the narrative is they are all out attacking team that doesn't have to focus on defence to win those games..



Kerrys win with plenty of debut lads had a more impressive win than Galway yesterday as they were playing a side that finished 3rd in div 2 and who were tipped by a few on this forum to reach the super 8s this summer.

threeball

blowitupref wrote: »

Not disagreeing with you just pointing out how Dublin treat Leinster championship games while come the more important games they can play the blanket defence as good as any team even tough the narrative is they are all out attacking team that doesn't have to focus on defence to win those games..



Kerrys win with plenty of debut lads had a more impressive win than Galway yesterday as they were playing a side that finished 3rd in div 2 and who were tipped by a few on this forum to reach the super 8s this summer.

I don't think anyone is doubting Kerry going forward. It's going backwards that there's plenty of questions to answer and that may not get truly tested til the super 8s.

Powerhouse

blowitupref wrote: »

Not disagreeing with you just pointing out how Dublin treat Leinster championship games while come the more important games they can play the blanket defence as good as any team even tough the narrative is they are all out attacking team that doesn't have to focus on defence to win those games..

Not sure where you're hearing that narrative. Dublin certainly place emphasis on defence but they just don't get men behind the ball for the sake of clogging space. They transition into attack incredibly well which is maybe why their defence is not analysed hugely as they have far more going on. For example, has any defender scored as often as Philly McMahon in recent years? Never saw Neil Magee or Justin McMahon doing it to be honest.

spurshero

blowitupref wrote: »

Not disagreeing with you just pointing out how Dublin treat Leinster championship games while come the more important games they can play the blanket defence as good as any team even tough the narrative is they are all out attacking team that doesn't have to focus on defence to win those games..



Kerrys win with plenty of debut lads had a more impressive win than Galway yesterday as they were playing a side that finished 3rd in div 2 and who were tipped by a few on this forum to reach the super 8s this summer.

ok we get it ya dont rate galway . why some posters have to be so negative is beyond me

blowitupref

spurshero wrote: »

ok we get it ya dont rate galway . why some posters have to be so negative is beyond me

Its beyond me how you have drawn to that conclusion from what i wrote.

Powerhouse wrote: »

Not sure where you're hearing that narrative. Dublin certainly place emphasis on defence but they just don't get men behind the ball for the sake of clogging space. They transition into attack incredibly well which is maybe why their defence is not analysed hugely as they have far more going on. For example, has any defender scored as often as Philly McMahon in recent years? Never saw Neil Magee or Justin McMahon doing it to be honest.

Poor pundits on RTE and old school journalists on the indo and examiner is where i read and heard it. Lee Keegan to answer your question? and all the top teams have a good spread of scorers in their teams.

jr86

Something else by the hurlers again on Saturday and then seeing how loose both Munster games were at times, it's hard not to be extremely confident this team could do 2 in a row

I really thought this could be a write off year of sorts given the mental fatigue winning an All Ireland could bring but if anything Galway look even better this year.

Still a long way to go and all that - but clear favourites

h2005

When are Connacht final tickets on sale?

SarahOH

What kind of team do you think will line out on Sat? Dublin have been seriously competitive so far but seeing as we’re safe for a place in the final, surely they’ll want to rest some bodies?

SarahOH

SarahOH wrote: »

What kind of team do you think will line out on Sat? Dublin have been seriously competitive so far but seeing as we’re safe for a place in the final, surely they’ll want to rest some bodies?

It should be second 15.

There's nothing to play for and we have a settled back 9 with only a few pushing in the forwards.

So Killeen, N.Burke, Flynn, Concannon, Glynn(if fit) and then the rest of the panel.

Would be suicide to risk any of the 13/14 regulars with the bigger days to come.