Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Even though Tyrone are down to 14 I would take a 1 point win now and get out of this with a with. Messy game. Messy conditions. Ball a bar of soap.

Thought that was shocking bad. I know conditions to be fair were tough but that was no excuse for what went on.

For all our defensive toughness how many times did we let Tyrone up the pitch to tap over a score without a hand been laid on them.

Forwards lived on scraps as once Tyrone were down to 14.

Shane Walsh much improved.

Gleeson was fantastic. Those two under pressure kickouts against the full press were excellent at the end along with handling under the high ball.

Sweeney good when he came on. Kelly plenty of energy, poor finishing. Cooke better than Tierney.

Intensity needs to go up quite a few notches.

Sweeney was the one player who really took it to Tyrone. He ran at them numerous times before offloading to provide some our simplest and best scores. I wouldn't class it as a good win though. Pretty terrible performance and as I said earlier, we don't seem to be able to mix modes. Its the same laboured swtich and probe tactic over and over.

@Happyilylost Agree with every word of that. Only thing il add is Paul Conroy is a giant. On wet scuttery days when nobody else seems to have a clue what they're doing he stands up again and again. When it boils down to it he's by far and away the leader of that team. Incredible performance yet again

Winning a disgusting game of football like that against a quality side that are masters in generally getting away with the dark arts was not something Galway teams were proficient at for a long time. That gives me more optimism than if we beat Tyrone by 8 points on a mild day.

Hope Glynn isn't out for long. That could be a broken jaw easily enough which would be a disaster.

Hurlers did what was needed yesterday but Cathal Mannion looked to have pulled his hammy. Joseph Cooney might have had a knock too. Nice to see Monaghan finding his form again after his injury spell. Conor Cooney is a different player altogether without the pressure of taking frees. He has great confidence in himself which is mighty to see as he's carrying his excellent mullocking form at club level into intercounty. Like the look of young McLoughlin too, he recovered well from a quiet enough first half.

Galway Gaa have released a new app. Only had a quick flick through it (fixtures/results/tables) and credit where its due its very user friendly.

Super news. Will capacity ever be big enough to get a championship match back there?

Its a total waste of the money given if they're keeping any of the old stand. You'll end up with a complete mish mosh of a stadium. It should be leveled and the existing new seating extended into the place of the old stand. Cover as much as the funds will allow with scope to extend the roof as funds become available. Also look at widening the pitch and bringing it closer to the stand rather than having that pit behind the dugouts thats never used. It'll open up space on the far side for further development in future

They need to accept that championship ties are never coming back but they should strive to pick up at least 50% of football league games and maybe the odd hurling one too. Top it off with loads of club games from inside and outside the county. Thats what would serve the town best rather than hoping for a pie in the sky championship game once in 10yrs.

Do we know if the new roof extends the full way across, from where the cowshed is now, over across the new seating to its left as you look at the pitch? If so it's basically a nice modern stand across one side of the field. It won't be holding championship games but it'll be great for the odd league game and a lot of club championship. Dare I say it but with the motorway access, it could be used for matches between specific clubs with easy road access for big hurling games also

Yeah actually 1500 is a bit unambitious. It's Galway so a roof would be needed over the whole ground in an ideal world.

Suppose they're cash strapped. No mention of the stand being expandable in future so I'd say this is it.

I thought DAFTS had a goal to bring championship matches back to Tuam or am I wrong?

If so a stand capacity of 1500 is the death knell for that plan

C. Mannion and especially on form Concannon big losses (although he is named at 26)

With the way Dublin games have gone over the years I hope the lads turn up ready for battle (and limit frees anywhere within a 100 metres)

Mental to think of the big Mayo/Galway games there in the 80's and 90's with 25k+ there. Used to love Tuam on match days, great buzz about the place

Typical pathetic display from the hurlers vs Dublin. Can't understand how we can lose to them consistently and still not get motivated to play them. Lethargic rubbish at the moment

Does Niland take them?