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Best of luck to Galway we've had some tussle and plz God there'll be more in near future
But yeah are my bit of hidden chocolate something doc says is bad for me but make me happy after the Ros of course
OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 23/07/2017 23:08:59
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Replying To endgame: "Ye'll hardly beat Kerry but I certainly hope ye do and I wish our Connacht neighbours the best." Yep, I'll always support a Connaught team in the AI. Hopefully we'll have two in the semis but seriously doubt it
Sindar (Roscommon) - Posts: 348 - 23/07/2017 23:13:09
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I'm really looking forward to next Sunday's games, il get to see mayo up close again when they play the rossies, if the rossies can bring the high tempo game they brought against Galway in the Connacht final they could give a battle weary Mayo a good rattle.
Jays watching cillian O'Connor yesterday in limerick and he is something else and his brother looks like he's in better shape this year, Andy Moran is a live wire at 34.
As for our selves v Galway, it's gonna be intriguing to see what Galway turn up, Galway have played 3 division 1 teams so far and they've won 2 and lost 1 and now they're up against the best division 1 team in the country in Kerry , personally I think we'll win this game, but if we were to lose I'd rather lose to a proper football team like Galway.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/07/2017 23:13:57
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I think we can give Kerry some trouble going forward but ultimately the weakest line on the Galway team is the full-back line and probably the strongest line on the Kerry team is their full-forward line. Hard not to see that being a decisive factor on the day.
Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2224 - 24/07/2017 00:05:04
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Looking forward to this weekend, Look Kerry will be very very strong favourites and it will be a togh ask. Hopefully we can have some plan in place to stop the Kerry forwards. We are getting regular games in Croker now and our forwards are in a better shape since the Connacht final. 4 17 is a great scoreline against an establised div 1 side. Wow imagine if somehow we won and got a shot of Roscommon again in the semi or as all my Mayo friends keep saying since we bet them again this year "if we get ye in Croker we would destroy ye". Anyways we can dream....
Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 24/07/2017 10:58:06
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Does anyone know when the throw-in times are to be confirmed?
surfdude62 (Kerry) - Posts: 46 - 24/07/2017 11:14:11
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Replying To surfdude62: "Does anyone know when the throw-in times are to be confirmed?" Sure we'll keep it kicked out to ye!
baire (Galway) - Posts: 1823 - 24/07/2017 11:20:14
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Bit of perspective
Great win at the weekend, I went up and was really impressed with Galway, but when they took their foot off the intensity pedal then Donegal subs had a good run for a while - this cant happen Vs Kerry. Also Murphy sauntered through Galway players without a hand on him when he wanted to (not often enough for the Donegal lad I brought with me to the game) again, this cant happen Vs Kerry.
I see this game going even enough in the first half, but will be something like, Kerry to surge ahead and Galway to fight back, then Kerry to goal and Galway to fight back....then Kerry will goal twice in quick succession in the 2nd half and that's all she wrote.
HOWEVER, Id love Galway to win but even if they do lose this has been a great year in its entirety:
- Won Div 2 and won in Croke Park to clinch the title
- Great resolve and fight-back shown against Donegal
- Another great win against Mayo
- Some class U21's to make the step up and well as continued development of 22-23year olds on the team and panel this year
All of that said, none of the current team give a blood damn about winning or not winning a champ match in Croker in the last 16 years, do you think that will even be a factor? Hope the lads go out and do themselves justice and we cant ask for anything more.
The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 709 - 24/07/2017 11:24:31
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Replying To Belclare1: "Looking forward to this weekend, Look Kerry will be very very strong favourites and it will be a togh ask. Hopefully we can have some plan in place to stop the Kerry forwards. We are getting regular games in Croker now and our forwards are in a better shape since the Connacht final. 4 17 is a great scoreline against an establised div 1 side. Wow imagine if somehow we won and got a shot of Roscommon again in the semi or as all my Mayo friends keep saying since we bet them again this year "if we get ye in Croker we would destroy ye". Anyways we can dream...." You'd have to say Donegal cut a fairly poor impression of an 'established div1 side' on Saturday night. Kerry are more like everyone's idea of an 'established div1 side'. If we put 4-17 on Kerry, it might well be as well to call off the Mayo/Ros clash. Which is the 'curtain raiser', I wonder?
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3468 - 24/07/2017 11:28:42
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Replying To Marooned: "I think we can give Kerry some trouble going forward but ultimately the weakest line on the Galway team is the full-back line and probably the strongest line on the Kerry team is their full-forward line. Hard not to see that being a decisive factor on the day." Galway must get into Donaghy and O Donoghue's faces from the get go. Like the Dublin and Tyrone full backs do. Donaghy will be very very physical, so must Galway. If need be pull 13 men back imo. This is plan A, if plan A does not work then try plan B, a return to traditional Galway kick and catch football. In other words Kevin Walsh must be flexible and must be prepared to change things around if Galway fall behind. Slán
galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2522 - 24/07/2017 11:40:38
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I think Kerry GAA people have always had a lot of respect and admiration for Galway and the great football they traditionally played and of course the brilliant array of players they have always produced. It's beginning to look like Galway are finally emerging from the doldrums and are becoming a force again and they are doing so by sticking to their tradition of fine attacking football.
As someone else said, Gaelic football needs a strong Galway as much as it needs a strong Cork team or a viable contender for Dublin in Leinster.
I'm really looking forward to this game because I think it has the potential to be high scoring, with some great football on display. Once you get to Croke Park there are no easy games and given what happened to our U-21's against Galway in April, everyone in Kerry should be extremely wary of dismissing the task we face.
We will need to be very good to get over the line here. It should be a stiff test for our defense and I welcome that as Cork didn't test them to any great extent.
Looking at the long term forecast its due to rain, could we get another epic like 2008? If nothing else I expect Galway to be miles the better than the 2014 version we faced at the same stage.
As a final aside, it was great to see Michael Meehan in the maroon and white again, he is something special and if injuries had been kinder who knows where he's career would have taken him.
TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 24/07/2017 11:46:07
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Replying To galwayford: "Galway must get into Donaghy and O Donoghue's faces from the get go. Like the Dublin and Tyrone full backs do. Donaghy will be very very physical, so must Galway. If need be pull 13 men back imo. This is plan A, if plan A does not work then try plan B, a return to traditional Galway kick and catch football. In other words Kevin Walsh must be flexible and must be prepared to change things around if Galway fall behind. Slán" Getting into fellas faces isn't really in the Galway DNA though is it? Galway should play to their strengths i.e. by playing attacking ,fast, open football.
They probably won't win but there is a lot to be said for going down swinging.
Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 24/07/2017 11:59:37
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Replying To TheHermit: "I think Kerry GAA people have always had a lot of respect and admiration for Galway and the great football they traditionally played and of course the brilliant array of players they have always produced. It's beginning to look like Galway are finally emerging from the doldrums and are becoming a force again and they are doing so by sticking to their tradition of fine attacking football.
As someone else said, Gaelic football needs a strong Galway as much as it needs a strong Cork team or a viable contender for Dublin in Leinster.
I'm really looking forward to this game because I think it has the potential to be high scoring, with some great football on display. Once you get to Croke Park there are no easy games and given what happened to our U-21's against Galway in April, everyone in Kerry should be extremely wary of dismissing the task we face.
We will need to be very good to get over the line here. It should be a stiff test for our defense and I welcome that as Cork didn't test them to any great extent.
Looking at the long term forecast its due to rain, could we get another epic like 2008? If nothing else I expect Galway to be miles the better than the 2014 version we faced at the same stage.
As a final aside, it was great to see Michael Meehan in the maroon and white again, he is something special and if injuries had been kinder who knows where he's career would have taken him." Tomás Ó Sé is right, Galway will be hammered by Kerry on Sunday. Give it up.
baire (Galway) - Posts: 1823 - 24/07/2017 12:00:45
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Replying To TheHermit: "I think Kerry GAA people have always had a lot of respect and admiration for Galway and the great football they traditionally played and of course the brilliant array of players they have always produced. It's beginning to look like Galway are finally emerging from the doldrums and are becoming a force again and they are doing so by sticking to their tradition of fine attacking football.
As someone else said, Gaelic football needs a strong Galway as much as it needs a strong Cork team or a viable contender for Dublin in Leinster.
I'm really looking forward to this game because I think it has the potential to be high scoring, with some great football on display. Once you get to Croke Park there are no easy games and given what happened to our U-21's against Galway in April, everyone in Kerry should be extremely wary of dismissing the task we face.
We will need to be very good to get over the line here. It should be a stiff test for our defense and I welcome that as Cork didn't test them to any great extent.
Looking at the long term forecast its due to rain, could we get another epic like 2008? If nothing else I expect Galway to be miles the better than the 2014 version we faced at the same stage.
As a final aside, it was great to see Michael Meehan in the maroon and white again, he is something special and if injuries had been kinder who knows where he's career would have taken him." Don't be too disappointed, because we're not 'miles' better than we were in 2014. We're a bit better maybe, but this Galway team is only progressing in baby steps, year on year. Mayo's regression (due to age/miles on the clock etc) has helped to create the illusion that Galway are progressing. because we've managed to clip them narrowly in successive championships. It'll be a serious eye-opener for almost all imo, if Galway are competitive in this Kerry match.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3468 - 24/07/2017 12:26:56
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Replying To baire: "Tomás Ó Sé is right, Galway will be hammered by Kerry on Sunday. Give it up." Hammering Galway will do us no good, we need to.
I hope Galway will give us a serious rattle, we need to be tested and we need serious questions asked of us. Otherwise we could be going into a Semi-final without a proper test since our game in Ennnis in early June.
TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 24/07/2017 12:42:17
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Replying To TheHermit: "Hammering Galway will do us no good, we need to.
I hope Galway will give us a serious rattle, we need to be tested and we need serious questions asked of us. Otherwise we could be going into a Semi-final without a proper test since our game in Ennnis in early June." If you want a decent game don't pick Donoghue or Geaney! lol
baire (Galway) - Posts: 1823 - 24/07/2017 12:54:51
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Been a fair while since Kerry played any sort of competitive football match
Probably against Clare - the Cork game was a glorified training game at home.
They might be a bit rusty while Galway have that match sharpness/fitness through the back door, and the Roscommon loss looks to have refocused their minds after beating Mayo and maybe getting a bit over confident. Sometimes a loss can be better than a win to act as motivation as you can learn more about yourself.
No doubt Galway are a good side but Kerry are a very good side indeed and deserve to be confident of the win.
But who knows.. Galway have some talented players and a good manager, so if Kerry are a little sluggish after not playing for a while and Galway find a sustained high intensity performance with good finishing.. then Galway could cause plenty of trouble.
I don't think Galway can go toe to toe with Kerry so they'll need to box smart and have their defensive duties well drilled.
I still think it'll be Kerry by 5+ but it has the makings of a good game
jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20601 - 24/07/2017 12:57:13
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Thought the lads on the Sunday Game were a bit harsh on Galway last night. Concentrated more on Donegal being poor rather than any brilliance by Galway. Were very dismissive of Galways chances versus Kerry. I don't think Galway have the same fear of Kerry as my own county and will give a good account of themselves on Sunday. Both teams weaknesses are in defence so could be a high scoring game. Hope I'm in the humour to wait for it!
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 24/07/2017 13:29:54
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Not sure why some Kerry fans are getting stick saying they'll win easily - another thread is saying they are sick of Kerry/Dub fans playing down their chances! All logic points to Kerry winning hands down. I see this in the way of the Dub- Kildare game. Galway, like Kildare, have some very talented players going forward. They will kick some great scores but ultimately their defence will be too exposed to the movement and abilities of the Kerry forwards.
poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 24/07/2017 13:43:39
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a glorified training game at home.
Dublin fans would know all about this phenomenon
Galantis (USA) - Posts: 55 - 24/07/2017 15:03:33
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