Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Why wasn't Kelly taken off straight away , sure he was in difficulty as soon as he turned on his ankle at the end there

More heartbreak this weekend. Going in I assumed Tyrone would win so was pretty comfortable with the situation in this game as even if we lost narrowly we were ok but the Tyrone draw really messed us up. However when youre relying on favours you are asking for trouble. Like the hurling in 2019 an unfortunate sequence of events but from our perspective we didn't perform and have a lot of questions to ask after that.

First off it's pathetic that we ended up with a squad of 24. Comer is a huge loss but very few others stepped up. I though McDaid and Cooke carried the fight but lots of non performances and 2 gilt edged goal chances left out there.

The kick out strategy was non existent and Armagh had a field day with shooting or delivering balls unopposed in the half forward line. We just looked disjointed all day.

Any of the 3 teams next weekend will be difficult. Even if we win we've made the road to a final extremely difficult and I haven't seen much to suggest this team is capable of winning an all ireland even one as poor as this 2023 championship.

At least we'll be playing another team on a downer after the weekend that's about the only positive I can take this evening.

It's been a tough couple of weeks but let's see if there's a reaction next weekend.

At this rate last Sunday might have been our last trip to Croke Park this year. Whatever about the hurlers it'd be a massive let down if the footballers dont at a minimum make thr quarters.

I think we can play the Rossies as we didn't play them in a Connacht final.

Bad day. Kelly is out for a few weeks. Is comer badly injured?

Walsh is so off form it's worrying. He'd have scored that last free this time last year. And we needed it for a 2 week break.

Our play is too slow and predictable. We're very beatable. Armagh went for it and played great stuff. We look incapable of it.

Gleeson is worrying me again. Maher was in space on his own and totally ignored.

We're in big trouble.

Poor judgement again, simple ball not collected at the end, misjudged the bounce and Armagh got a very very soft free as an outcome.

Lad was well bottled up but either slipped or threw himself down….never a free in my opinion.

Galway should have won pulling up, but they didnt put the game away.

Am I alone in thinking Walsh was ok (while probably not up to his standards). Two frees outside the 45 that nobody else would get near, one from play. Burke butchered the goal chance rather than him. The last free was bad but the wind was dead and wet ball at that point

That Comer hamstring news is a disaster. He's by far and away our most important player

Padraic Joyce isnt sure Comer will be fit for next weekend. Kelly surely won't be right for a few weeks. He couldn't even walk on that ankle.

All in all it's a disastrous outcome considering we'll possibly play Comer at some stage, might win but then play Kerry Derry or Dublin. Nightmare.

There was worse than Walsh for sure. Sean Kelly is our best, thus most important player. Injury not too bad so I've heard currently. Half-forward and half-back lines need work and scrutiny; we're ran at too easily and conceding too many easy scores. Position no. 6 needs a strong hard looking at.

Watched it back. Not convinced he clipped him at all. Looked more like Murnin knew had no support up with him so decided he was going to go down when he felt any contact from the closing Galway players. Conroy laid a hand on his lower back (with no real force though) and he just tumbled over.

Agreed. I put this loss on management, they took armagh for granted and thought sure if we lose Tyrone will be beat westmeath. It was blatantly obvious that all the armagh scores were coming down Billy mannions wing and they did nothing about it, hernon and mcgrath are still very green, so having 3 of your 6 backs relatively new to intercounty football was asking for trouble.

Lotto numbers to follow......

When is the hurling venue announced?

Both Hurling & Football on Sat?

I don't think we are being given the full story on Shane Walsh tbh. In the warm up Shane Walsh did not take one practice free off the ground. Peter Cooke and Mattie Tierney were both practicing. And then in the game in the first half Peter Cooke took the only shot off the ground. Walsh seemed to be struggling with his ankles in the Westmeath game and I'm wondering are they bothering him enough not to be kicking off the ground.

Penalty was a bit strange as Johnny Heaney had the ball in his hand up until the last second when he handed it to Walsh. But in hindsight this may of just been a ploy learnt from the Messi and the lads as I've seen it done where a decoy holds the ball to stop the actually player getting the verbals before he strikes. Seeing what Walsh was put through taking the last free I can understand the logic........

I've less issue with what he missed against a few of the very sloppy passes he gave leading to turnovers. Basic stuff for a lad of his talent. It's a game we should of won. Walsh missed a penalty and two frees. Conroy missed a mark. Those dead balls alone are by Galway's standards straight forward.

Like the hurlers in 2019 enough transpired against us. Breeze completely dying in the second half (was very strong for the first 20 mins) and then Tyrone not winning but in the end if the lads did their job these things shouldn't of mattered.

Billy Mannion strange one. Maher deserves to start. I wanted Mayo next but if we have no Kelly, Comer and McHugh it's a struggle.

It's a tough life being a Galway fan. A week of heartbreak and could very likely be knocked out by our biggest rivals at the weekend. Rotten!

Walsh and Tierney badly need to sort themselves for Sunday. Both look bereft of confidence this championship.

The aul doom and gloom of Monday morning is there over on our thread too, guaranteed both sets of fans will gradually get more optimistic as the week goes on and will be raring to go come throw in!