Galway United thread

Waffle.

Ferguson rotated his squad. Which was probably stronger than most mid table starting 11's. To say he put deliberately fielded weaken sides for the cup is inaccurate to say the least.

The only time Man Utd pulled out of the cup was to facilitate them playing in a club world cup styled tournament one January which clashed with the opening and possibly the second round of the cup. The English authorities believed it was important for them to go over seas but did not want to damage the integrity of the cup by moving rounds/ dates to suit them.

Top managers want to win as much trophies as possible but they would rank competitions in order of importance. In Ireland there are only 2 National trophies. In the case of Cork City and Shams a cup victory preceded league success. I wouldn't expect JC to treat the next round of the cup any differently to a league game.

Sh1te in a bucket tonight. One of those games where we seemed content on just hoofing the ball.

Oh dear. A 2-0 loss and down to sixth is not good news.

I think it's important to get points from Dundalk away in the next game as we could still be dragged back into the relegation zone. Survival in the league is the name of the game here. Given our record against them this season so far three points is not out of the question.

Last night was very frustrating. We’ve shown before that when we try to play football we can work a goal out of it.
Back to hoof-ball again, and while Hickey won a lot of headers, they ultimately fell to a Sligo player more often than not.

Need the 3pts from Dundalk on Friday now.

Walshy is some man altogether. His second header was a peach and we could've won by a lot more than 2 if Keoghan didn't bottle two goals. His first miss is up there with the worst I've ever seen.

Have to disagree on Keoghan. Once you make the decision to round the keeper you have to commit to either taking a touch that puts it beyond the keeper forcing them to foul you or you take a touch that'll get you that shot. He panicked (because of the horrific miss earlier) but it's only a 50/50 if you hesitate as an attacker.

Thankfully it didn't matter but it's still criminal at this level to blow two incredible chances.

I might also be too harsh on a lad that isn't a natural striker tbf. I feel Ed is so much better on the right than his current left winger slot. Funnily enough Dervin was lost at sea in what's meant to be his natural position although I really liked him in his stint here.

Pats on Sunday week is a massive game that's very winnable after that result.

Who's Benny the Bull

Hard way to get knocked out but in fairness to the lads they didn't give up. Keoghan's goal was an absolute peach.

Lads that look as nervy as Buckley are bad news under the pressure of penalties. You just knew it was getting saved or he was missing the target.

Best of luck to the women's team tomorrow in the Final. Would be nice to see a Galway side come away with Silverware from Dublin after the last few weeks of pain.

Ya both were off. The first one looked on in real time but was actually well off. We can't have any complaints, Shels had multiple chances and Clarkey made some good saves. We did well to get back into it and we're unlucky it ended as it did.

First one Mo was offside after the flick header. Second one Francely was on the end line, the ball hit a Shels player but he would have become active from the initial ball from our player I think. Who knows how offsides work anymore sure!!

Fair dues to the women's team on another All-Ireland