Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

i must b the only one in the county to think that them northern teams are middlin When ur on the opposite side of Kerry and Dublin. It’s fairly handy

The question is simple, were Armagh who had come in hammering Donegal and Tyrone a harder prospect than the other teams Galway could possibly draw, Clare or Cork? It was well known long in advance of Galway Mayo in Castlebar last year that the Connacht winner was due to be on the opposite side to Dublin and Kerry, that carrot was there for both teams.

The idea of winning your provincials is that you get rewarded for it. If Galway manage to get over the line on Sunday, they'll have a tougher group awaiting them than a whole host of non provincial winners. Same short end of the stick as last year

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He's not dropped, bit of rotation goin on, plenty games still to come

Same could be said of Gleeson after the league final, or Power after the Kerry game when he hadn't played up to that round of the league.

It's a very strange situation though, you don't see any other teams near the top swapping keepers. Even those like us who have no real standout option usually pick one and stick with him.

4 scored. Could be 4 more. Galway very goal hungry.

Antrim fixture was set in stone for a few months so it was hardly going to be changed. Tyrone game could easily have been on afterwards. Neither have to finish on the day. So unless it's going to be fixed for Tuam, fans will have to set out about 11.30am on Saturday in order to get there in time.

Unfortunately I'd be inclined to think it's down to the issues the county board are having with the Leinster Board over not getting what they see as their "fair share" of match proceeds.

It's rubbish because it's the fans who'll suffer.

That's bleak for anyone from Tyrone travelling. They'll be lucky to be back home before 12 if, as per usual, the traffic in Salthill is awful.

There's no reason it shouldn't have been a double header tbh.

Not so sure........ God help kerry if something happens to Clifford.

I see general admission tickets are on sale now for the Tyrone match.

Any idea how much stand tickets are for season ticket holders?

25 feels a bit steep for standing on an open terrace. But I'm guessing if any unsold stand tickets go on general sale next week they'd be more expensive.

After seeing this and checking ticketmaster I've emailed season ticket.

1. In previous years as a season ticket holder you would get a small discount on every game bar a Provincial Final and All Ireland Final. That looks to be gone.

2. Worse than that it looks like Pearse Stadium will be completely GA. No difference between stand or terrace. Which means A) as a season ticket holder you may not be guaranteed a seat in the stand and B) if someone wanted a cut a few euro off and get a cheaper terrace ticket that doesn't seem a possibility.

With all the GAAGO furore this seems a but rich and another money grab.....

If no discount for season ticket holders it's bad form. If no seat guaranteed either it's a disgrace.

They surely wouldn't be able to control the people looking to get into the stand if it's general admission? I've never seen a slick crowd control system in operation there.

Prices are too high. Connacht semi in Roscommon was 20 for seated terrace. This is 25 for standing, and it's a round robin match.

Walsh was one of our better players in the league final, largely responsible for bringing us back into it in the first half. Kicked 2 scores from play no-one else would get also. He had been ill v. Sligo, and according to management, they only started him because they didn't want to line-out without both he and Paul Conroy.