Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

They could. Galway could nominate Timbuktu as their home venue. But you know... convenience for fans... support for local business.... preparation for players... and you know.... IT'S IN MAYO!

Can't believe that your being serious about playing our league games in the dome. Great facility but it's a glorified basketball court and matches played there will do nothing in preparing us for Connacht championship Ina few months which will more than likely be played in the wind and rain as it's been for last 5 years. Not to mention the limitation of numbers of fans that can attend. Sure as hell Galway fans don't want to travel to ballyhaunis or bekan or wherever in mayo it is to play our home games.

It's ok for a pre season warm up game like fbd where there's nothing at stake but this is league football you talking about. Look at the conditions in Sligo last Sunday for mayo Donegal game and every other match played last Sunday. The weather for horrific and I was at the match and cam gladly say that there was great shelter in the stand which had lot more than 3,000 people in it. You would want to be in tuam stadium at 11 in the morning to get a seat in the shed for shelter so no point harping on about there until you get proper covered seating for 5,000 + which I hear is in the pipeline

**** me there'd be more intensity in an U-12 challenge game than this!

Handy enough in the end.

You'd like them to be more clinical on the couple of goal opportunities.

Good to get out there with a win on dirty night, wouldn't read too much into the performance.

Two wins and defence looks better than normal but we're playing division 2 so it should look better. Way to lateral when we get held up by the opposition defence. No runners off the shoulder on far too many occasions. And we're still hitting and hoping on our kickouts. No plan there still.

Better than they've been up to now under Joyce but miles short of whats required to contend in the championship. If they only focused on improving the attack when it hits a wall and putting a kickout strategy together then they could take a huge leap forward. The personnel are as good as any other county.

Break next week hopefully put a pep back in the step. Felt the Sigerson lads were very leggy today. Couple of the younger lads could do with been taken out of the firing line altogether. PJ might be trying to develop them but may do more harm than good confidence wise.

Overall need more options at midfield PC been excellent first two games but I don't think he should be midfield. Too much donkey work and after Mayo last year not sure the legs have it. He's a natural scorer and link man. Trying the same thing and expecting different results never works.

Couple of out and out scorers light too. (Starting and lads to make a difference off the bench)

Impressed with Cian O Neil so far. Been close to him in the stand for both games and he's constantly barking instructions.

Pressing opposition kickouts much improved. Our own needs to develop and I hope they don't knock the natural instincts out of Flaherty to find a man rather than lump it long.

Not sure that's the case. After the early run of scores by O Hagan Galway dropped either McDaid or Daly in front of the two man full back line to stop the quick ball coming in when Down transitioned. Down ran out of ideas after that.

Maybe the GAA should just play every single Championship game this season in the dome and be done with it?

to be fair the FBD final showed how entertaining football actually is without any sort of elements in the way , my idea of covering every county ground in the country with a duffys circus type tent dose'nt look so foolish after all😂