Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

They're making a balls of the upgrade so far. They built the new stand which is partially finished but it seems no real planning was put into it. It lines up with the old stand which is grand if the plan is to continue it on and then roof the lot. But then it's too far from the pitch unless they widen the pitch. So right now it's just a load of seats, 15m from the pitch where if it rains you get soaked.

Gleeson has had a fairly decent League in all honesty. I wish we gave lads like James Keane and Conor Fla a go this season, but Gleeson only made one mistake today that you could argue his outfield forced on him when he had to risk a short one on the sideline to Sean Kelly. It should be Joyce and Co absolutely hammering quick kickout strategies in the outfield. It's a glaring failure in Joyce's tenure that carried over from Kevin Walsh and is tactically naive at intercounty.

McDaid looked ropey enough today too prior to going off injured. I'd be wrapping him in cotton-wool and give a lad like Maher the chance. I think it's time for Paul Kelly to be thrown in at midfield again too off the bench. We tried it against lesser teams last year but he needs to step up at senior imo. Peter Cooke is too windy to be thrown into midfield, I'd leave him CHF for now. Conroy might not have the legs but he's reliable to give us 60 minutes judging by today (albeit his was wing forward for a lot of the second half).

Have to agree with above poster re mc daid. Was carrying an injury into mayo game and whilst his performances have been good we should be protecting him as will need him fit and ready come summertime and he's talking plenty of hits. Heard Joyce interview post match and was asked whether Walsh be back for Donegal game and said no. Mulcahy had surgery on wrist and be out for 6 weeks which is pity as would have liked him get more game time in league and give option of bringing Sean Kelly out to wing back to offer us more of attacking threat.

Know they doing lot of work in tuam last few years to improve facilities but surely they could get the powerwasher or paintbrushes out as the place looks dreadful on tv which undoes some of the good work they doing . Doesnt help that weather is always seems be poor whenever they have any decent game.

ridiculous performance by tyrone in the first half today , with the talent on the field it was rubbish , ye have nothing to worry about against the likes of monahgan and donegal either ye are far too good for both teams , i actually think the mayo game could bite ye in the backside in terms of making a league final place

its a huge turnaround though over the last 6 or 7 years and all without some seriously key players this season

to be fair the surrounding area is terrible , last year when i was up there i parked outside a recreantly burnt out house , i was parked on the corofin road , not to mention the christening at that took place at the top of the street ,the marquee was still half up and the broken bottles still on the road

instead of moving them people out of that area how about moving their ponies out of the fields beside the ground provide proper parking , the town center is excellent as is the plaza on the west side of town , the haybarn shed is the least of the problems in tuam

no no no , the government get the blame for everything these days , its shocking out side that ground , if people have pride in their club or area they sort this crap out tuam is the worst i have seen and i have been all over the country multiple times over the years you cant even start to defend it

Bad day at the office there. Left needing a win now out of three tough fixtures. Shane Walsh can't come back soon enough

Armagh away and Kerry at home will be nearly the hardest 2. To me survival is riding on the Monaghan match up next.

What was the penalty for? Couldn't see Gleeson at fault for anything.

Unfortunately I think you are right

Ian Burke needs to be staying much closer to goal. If he's not helping to unlock a full back line with his smart handpassing, then I don't know what he's bringing that a converted wing back wouldn't bring. He's just coming 40 yards out to handpass it backwards.

He was training at the start of the week anyways. I don't see why they'd hold back the subs list if he wasn't featuring.

Plenty of positives. Even with the sending off I felt we were in an ok position at half time with the strength of the breeze. Monaghan for whatever reason ran out of ideas very quick in the second half.

Gleeson had his most comfortable game in a long time. Dealt with dropping balls and a couple of hanging high ones. Kickouts for the most part were on point aided massively by having willing runners (as mentioned here a million times best goalie can do little without a kickout plan)

Defence continues to me the meanest in the division with all looking to break the line when in possession. John Daly marshalled everything fantastically well.

PC seems to prosper well in league football. Sweeney/Heaney/Tierney got on a mountain of ball.

Rob Finnerty showed what we've been missing. No thinking when opportunity arises pulls the trigger.

Shane back. Tomo on the bench. Depth wise we could do with a couple more shooters to step up. If Tomo or possibly Ian Burke could fill that void Galway would be in a much better place.

Hard to understand them at times. Very random what they decide is or isn't important. Good hard fought win.