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Replying To jobseekersbent: "McHugh isn't a reliable point kicker. He was in great form in 24 yes but he is not a reliable point kicker. If he could add that consistency to his kicking he would go up a level to elite. Someone mentioned nailing down a solid free taker. It is incredible that we haven't got a consistent free taker and haven't had one since Barry McHugh in 2017/2018. Galway need a player on the pitch who can kick long frees consistently from the ground. That's a lot of scores we have been leaving behind over the years. I don't think there is anyone in the panel at the moment with that skillset? Someone also mentioned that Comer being fit is dream territory and I think the same can now be said for Walsh. The starting 15 for championship needs to be a team that doesn't rely on Comer or Walsh because they are most often injured/not fully fit. I wouldn't say no to their impact off the bench but realistically we need to plan without them judging on their injury history." What championship games has Walsh actually missed in the last 5 years through injury? Past last years Connacht championship, I'm struggling to think of any Yeah there's been times he's been carrying and playing with knocks, such as 2024. Galway would also have been knocked out in the quarter final stage v Dublin were it not for him being on the field that day, carrying a knock or no. Plenty were saying the same things about his injury profile last year and he put in two superb performances to keep Galway in the championship v Armagh and Down PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 352 - 19/02/2026 22:52:01 2657386 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "What championship games has Walsh actually missed in the last 5 years through injury? Past last years Connacht championship, I'm struggling to think of any Yeah there's been times he's been carrying and playing with knocks, such as 2024. Galway would also have been knocked out in the quarter final stage v Dublin were it not for him being on the field that day, carrying a knock or no. Plenty were saying the same things about his injury profile last year and he put in two superb performances to keep Galway in the championship v Armagh and Down" If we needed a superb Walsh performance to avoid exit to Down, alarm bells should have been ringing before the Meath 'surprise'. Maybe they were ringing of course. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4562 - 20/02/2026 09:55:20 2657408 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If we needed a superb Walsh performance to avoid exit to Down, alarm bells should have been ringing before the Meath 'surprise'. Maybe they were ringing of course." Surely that was the case though? Alarm bells should've been ringing all year, especially after the narrow escapes in Derry, Cavan and Down especially. It doesn't mean Walsh wasn't exceptional in two of those games despite being "constantly injured" PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 352 - 20/02/2026 12:37:16 2657461 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If we needed a superb Walsh performance to avoid exit to Down, alarm bells should have been ringing before the Meath 'surprise'. Maybe they were ringing of course." Alarm bells certainly were ringing at the time. We went through rollercoaster games against Derry, an Armagh team who were already guaranteed top spot in the group, and had another against Down. We were flying by the seat of our pants for most of last year's All-Ireland championship. Teetering on the brink of elimination, before Meath finished the job. Even then, we had hauled ourselves back from a very poor position, only to hand the initiative back to them. As we've seen again in the year's league, the lads always fight to the end and have shown tremendous character over the last few years. We're all well aware that we need to improve massively if we're to make any impression on this year's championship. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2728 - 20/02/2026 13:02:11 2657465 Link
PJ seems to be finding players which is great, I was thinking its not so long ago if we fell 12 down to Kerry we were relying on Shane to do some magic and save us. If the baton has passed for Shane and Damien its a pity but if they were both fit and we made it to the latter stages no team would like to see Comer and Walsh coming in for the last 20 minutes. I think Molloy is a savage competitor but has a habit of taking one touch too many into possession, if he could Iron out that tendency and offload it quicker he is some player. I would stick with the young goal keeper as the match in Kerry was played in awful conditions, he deserves another few goes. It will be interesting to see how we go against the Rossies who are flying. JahTribe (Galway) - Posts: 172 - 20/02/2026 20:06:47 2657554 Link
Big boost to have Darcy,Conroy back, McHugh,Fitzgerald deemed fit to start another boost should be enough to allow Galway edge a competitive contest under lights tomorrow night. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 689 - 20/02/2026 21:39:28 2657569 Link