Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Are youse/ye all in shock? My father (a Galwayman) spent most of the game (especially the first half) saying how awful Galway were. He couldn't stop smiling by the end of it.

I think Galway have the beating of any of the teams left in it. If Galway defend like they did today, and take more of their scores will take some beating. Need a fit comer and Walsh though. McDaid scored some peaches of points today. Galway kept Fenton very quiet in fairness. Great resilient type of performance by Galway.

Means nothing without an All Ireland.

Jesus. Jesus. Never enjoyed a minute of that. I know I am one of the more optimistic posters but until Tomo kicked that point I never felt we were winning.

Blocked down shots = bouncing back to Dublin

Rip a ball out = fall to Dublin

Bottle a man up = free in

Wides beginning of second half = disaster

Markers for Con and Kilkenny I felt had too much room, especially Kilkenny.

Kelly injured early. Walsh late. Tierney off. Comer battling.

Yet. We won. Kerry and Donegal win tomorrow it's a Donegal semi final.

Means nothing without an All Ireland.

Tomo. Always felt he had big days in him (as his underage career showed) nice to see management to run straight for him after the game.

Finally, they put in a performance in that 2nd half I knew they were capable of. The shackles came off, we went at them at pace. The subs all improved on the man they were replacing. Switching Hernon in for Fitz was a good call at the right time and the management deserve credit for it.

Even with Kelly, Comer and Walsh all injured and Tierney and Conroy not having the best of days they managed to dig it out. Mulkerrin typified everything that was right and was my MOTM. McDaid had a great 2nd half but Mulkerrin was immense throughout. He drove at Dublin when he carried, he was ferocious in the tackle and make a game saving block. Mulkerrin, McDaid, Maher and McHugh played out of their skin.

Walsh was superb considering the knock he was carrying. I wouldnt be the biggest fan of this management ticket as we played like we did in the first half in far too many games but they came good today. Hopefully we see more of this aggressive attacking transition from now on as it suits us and we'll be hard stopped.

Injuries have been such an issue for this team, but what its helped with is giving squad members good experience. So now we have a pretty decent panel, and can pull out results when players are not available.

Hoping this isnt the peak of it. Its probably going to be Kerry or Donegal next so no rest for the wicked

I think today shows the GAA Go thing as a horrible money grab. There's no pile of matches all on at the same time. But yet both matches were behind a paywall. Terrible.

Yep he was so brave. No turning back, he just sidestepped or dummied and kept going, especially deep in Dublin territory

Also a shout out to Mgmt yesterday who got all there match ups right.

It was ballsey putting one of our best forward running players all year on Fenton as it could have negated his attacking runs but he kept Fenton quiet and was a leader in the second half when needed. Hats off to Johnny Maher

Someone has last 10 mins uploaded on YouTube but does anyone's know where to watch the full match?

The Saturday Game highlights didn't do the games justice I feel

The Saturday game highlights show and analysis is actually a pathetic effort Imv

There is no fear of Galway getting ahead of themselves. I still think the injuries are going to catch up with us. But its great to be at semi final stage, unbeaten and in with a fighting chance

I'd wrap Comer in cotton wool for two weeks and not even think of playing Walsh in the semi at all. Trust the panel to get us over the line in the semi. It's looking like it'll be Donegal and we're capable of beating them without Walsh. He'd have a month to get right if we get over the line. Same for Kelly, D'Arcy was an upgrade from an underperforming Kelly yesterday and they need to reward him for that. We had at least 3 more decent subs we didn't see at all yesterday so the depth is there.

Yes our defense has been immense all year. Corner backs excellent and Mulkerrin deserving of his place…has added great steel there. Daly will struggle to start… who would have thought that 6 weeks ago

Gallen is the main man for Donegal. If we can nail him down it'll go a long way toward beating them.

They're struggling against a Louth defensive set up which is inferior to ours.

So I wouldn't say it means nothing without an All Ireland.

I think we could probably agree we're playing with house money here, like I don't think anyone would have expected SFs after the way the league went, injuries notwithstanding.

That's the first time any of that team will have experienced beating Dublin in the Championship & that sort of win will do loads mentally for you, case in point being our record v Mayo, for years we'd get shelled by them in the Championship and now we kind of have their number in Connacht anyway.

Anyways, hopefully we get a big crowd in Croker against Donegal.

Very true, lads coming on will also be aggrieved that that they're not starting and will be out to prove a point...... Tomo literally..