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The way Galway set up I'd say it'll be a bit closer. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 25/03/2018 22:29:33 2088009 Link 0 |
You are dead right, league final is a waste of time, the table toppers should be the winners.
Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1870 - 25/03/2018 22:40:55 2088022 Link 1 |
Not too bothered about the result as long as we are competitive. We were in Salthill against them last week but Croke Park is different. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2198 - 25/03/2018 22:51:47 2088030 Link 0 |
I think it's great that we get a crack at the all Ireland champs in Croke park. We need our weaknesses highlighted sooner rather than later but have to agree that whoever tops the table should be league champs
galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 25/03/2018 23:01:15 2088034 Link 0 |
Dead right. I don't even know why we're bothering to even show up. Dublin by 40. At least.
festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 25/03/2018 23:37:42 2088053 Link 1 |
Dublin to win by 6 or 7. We have played an almost full strength team the whole campaign. The defensive system will have to be tweaked in a big way for us to progress further. Dublin are not unbeatable for sure but it will take a great performance to beat them. We are top six at best at the moment. carantryla2012 (Galway) - Posts: 61 - 26/03/2018 00:00:41 2088062 Link 0 |
Funny no o e was saying that last year when Dublin topped the league by 3 points jd1963 (Dublin) - Posts: 16 - 26/03/2018 07:38:11 2088080 Link 2 |
A league final is probably a waste of time for the top teams but for ourselves and Cavan it's all about getting experience in croke park and winning in croke park..I think for Galway this will be the game where they find out how good they really are..I hope they stick with them and its a good game.
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1036 - 26/03/2018 08:07:05 2088086 Link 0 |
Galway back in their place? What exactly is their place? Also, did you just say "it will take a hell of a lot more than an impressive league campaign" to win the league? Ahmmmm The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 26/03/2018 08:39:28 2088094 Link 2 |
Agreed. I think it will be tight but Dublin to eek out a win by a point or two
The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 26/03/2018 08:40:42 2088095 Link 1 |
God I love a bit of farming....
The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 26/03/2018 08:41:23 2088096 Link 0 |
"We have played an almost full strength team the whole campaign" - ehhhh no we haven't! Galway Vs Dub 2 weeks ago was two very experimental sides, as was the Galway outfit Vs Kildare yesterday, we finally have some depth in our panel. - also Corofin lads to come back after the league The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 26/03/2018 08:43:11 2088099 Link 0 |
Out of curiosity, what would it take of rthis Galway team to prove themselves? They have made consistent annual progress under Kevin Walsh in: - Stopping Mayo's dominance in Connacht / winning a Connacht title - Making Galway a competitive team - Getting Galway one step further in the Championship with every year in charge - Adding depth to the panel / integrating younger players while implementing a defensive system - Gaining promotion - Making a Div 1 league final The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 26/03/2018 08:46:55 2088100 Link 0 |
Game far from a waste of time for Galway. Every game against top quality opposition will improve us. This is much better than a challenge game a head of May 13th. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1824 - 26/03/2018 08:58:11 2088103 Link 1 |
I just hope its a better game of ball then salthill a couple of weeks ago, none of that, time wasting, starting melees, "or putting down markers" yawnfests. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 26/03/2018 09:16:23 2088111 Link 1 |
Dublin will win relatively handy if they start Cluxton in particular and the rest of their first team. Cian O Sullivan is a massive loss. One thing this league campaign has done in my eyes is to show that Dublin minus their top players are not that far ahead i.e their depth is not as good as people thought. However, if they bring back in Cluxton, Connnolly, McManamon etc then they will have too much for us at our stage of development. We will use this game as another opportunity to improve and to set down a marker that we are very hard to beat and are very dangerous for any team. Galway have made unreal progress under Kevin Walsh but we have a good bit to go before we break into Dublin's class. The aim for Galway this year is to stay in Division 1(achieved but mindful of what happened Derry since they reached the league final in 2014), beat Mayo, win Connacht, break into the top 2/3 outside of Dublin and hopefully make a semi final/final and make sure that any team who might beat us will have to work like absolute dogs until the last ball is kicked Trucker1 (Galway) - Posts: 368 - 26/03/2018 10:07:47 2088149 Link 0 |
Galway to win well & pulling up. Wests_Awake (Galway) - Posts: 877 - 26/03/2018 10:18:44 2088155 Link 0 |
Best of luck to Galway at HQ the next day. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 26/03/2018 11:14:29 2088191 Link 0 |
I am left with the question is this Galway team, in fact one of the greatest teams of all time. Something tremendously special seems to have been born this spring. If i was Galway i would leave some in reserve for a tilt at Sam, this Galway team shouldn't be concerning themselves with the likes of the National League. We had a good run at it to be fair to us. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 26/03/2018 11:21:25 2088194 Link 0 |
Good response! Please note these are not the thoughts of the majority (even through we'd love it to be the case!)
The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 26/03/2018 11:33:54 2088204 Link 0 |