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Replying To cavan.galway: "the same players who always score from play" Think match v Armagh 4 Galway players scored from play o flaherty corner back conroy midfield o Laoi and o curraine in forwards might have missed someone Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 985 - 28/01/2025 19:18:18 2588253 Link
Replying To Belclare7: "Your understanding is incorrect my friend.. He was not amongst the subs, is training but mostly recovery and fitness work. From my understanding he won't be risked in certain situations, one being the terrible surface in the stadium last week." Apologies yes, I worded that incorrectly. He was amongst the substitutes in Pearse the other evening but not togged, along with the rest of the extended panel. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1641 - 28/01/2025 23:48:22 2588284 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Mayo losted to a patched up Dublin team. Galway will have to perform worse than they did against Armagh not to win. Do a decent marking job on Ryan O'Donoghue and you are 70% there to beating them." You could argue Mayo missing more players, apart from O'Callaghan& Cluxton who do Dublin have to come back? Fenton, McCarthy, Mannion and McCaffrey all gone. Looks unlikely John Small will be back and did Mick Fitz retire? I can't recall TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 289 - 29/01/2025 08:16:07 2588293 Link
I hope we mind Kelly, Walsh and Comer this year. Heavy pitches are notoriously bad for dodgy hammers. Also a huge percentage of hammer injuries happen when players are fatigued. When starting the above lads we should be taking them off early even if they are going well. Especially Comer, the other reason being we need to develop a plan for when we are without him. So giving COC and others opportunities will be great in the long term. Quietly confident with this squad. We have a lot of talent, but we do need more scorers. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1904 - 29/01/2025 10:17:10 2588305 Link
Back in the land of the living Even with win quite downbeat with performance particularly first half. No pace or drive to beat a man and not a lot in FF line. Disappointing see McLaughlin hobble out of warm up. Mcdaid had a real off day wasn't as impressed with olaoi as others I'd play mcdaid again this weekend as had words with Joyce and wasn't impressed with been taken off so will have point to prove Tierney again let game drift by and can't judge O'Neill out of position Thought oflaherty Fitzgerald excellent and Maher had a mighty cameo Go hard for next weekend and try win this league and get monkey off our back losing finals in croker What is story with availability of comer finnerty tomo? jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1320 - 29/01/2025 11:34:44 2588321 Link
We'll have to improve significantly for the Mayo match in Castlebar. They will bust a gut to beat us and feel they can't go 0 from 2. Rob Hennelly summed it up on Midwest's coverage of their Dublin loss. He stated that Mayo are targeting the Galway match. He also said that Mayo team and mgmt believe Galway are much easier to turnover in play than Dublin, and that they'll beat us with turnovers and quick counter attacks. He added that their high press on our kickouts will force lots of mistakes. So there ye go lads, don't say ye weren't forewarned. Now let's go up there and put them back in their box. The truth is, they loathe us, so let the feeling be mutual!! Bring fire!!! togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 988 - 29/01/2025 12:38:23 2588339 Link
Daniel flaherty will hopefully keep improving, Joyce likes him going forward but wants more out of him defensively.Dont think rob finnerty was ever going to feature against Armagh,fit or injured.He could well make the subs bench this week.Will be interesting to see will young Matthew Thompson get any game time in the league definitely one to watch.Hopefully Sam o Neill gets another chance a man that can win his own ball.As for the goalkeeping looks as if both keepers could be used in games all depending on the game situation. Cornetto2 (Galway) - Posts: 168 - 30/01/2025 20:54:16 2588546 Link
Galway team v Mayo Gleeson McGrath Fitzgerald O'Flaherty McHugh Daly Kelly Conroy McDaid Sweeney O'Laoi D'Arcy O'Curraoin Tierney S O'Neill Subs Flaherty Glynn Molloy Silke J O'Neill Maher O'Conghaile Finnerty Costello Walsh Heaney Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2323 - 31/01/2025 21:15:16 2588697 Link
Replying To togoutlads: "We'll have to improve significantly for the Mayo match in Castlebar. They will bust a gut to beat us and feel they can't go 0 from 2. Rob Hennelly summed it up on Midwest's coverage of their Dublin loss. He stated that Mayo are targeting the Galway match. He also said that Mayo team and mgmt believe Galway are much easier to turnover in play than Dublin, and that they'll beat us with turnovers and quick counter attacks. He added that their high press on our kickouts will force lots of mistakes. So there ye go lads, don't say ye weren't forewarned. Now let's go up there and put them back in their box. The truth is, they loathe us, so let the feeling be mutual!! Bring fire!!!" Not sure why Mayo would be thinking that. The Dublin team they played was a patched up team who unless they get some experienced players back won't reach the business end of the championship. Yes Mayo will play this match like a cup final but they are playing a far strong Galway team than what they faced in Croke Park, just look at the strength of the Galway bench named tonight, Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 295 - 31/01/2025 21:36:19 2588700 Link
Like the last match can't see many scores from the forwards only 2 scores last day from play will Galway get 13 scores ?? Last year in league Fergal boland gave John Daly the run around Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 985 - 31/01/2025 22:24:15 2588706 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Not sure why Mayo would be thinking that. The Dublin team they played was a patched up team who unless they get some experienced players back won't reach the business end of the championship. Yes Mayo will play this match like a cup final but they are playing a far strong Galway team than what they faced in Croke Park, just look at the strength of the Galway bench named tonight," I think you're a Mayo double agent, Drax ;-) togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 988 - 01/02/2025 09:20:26 2588735 Link
Thought O'Neill looked like a fish out of water in the inside forward line last week. Just not his position. Interesting to see he's named in the same spot this week. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2323 - 01/02/2025 13:54:52 2588762 Link
Replying To togoutlads: "I think you're a Mayo double agent, Drax ;-)" No amount of money would get me to be that. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 295 - 01/02/2025 14:12:16 2588763 Link
Personally I would have like see a change in goal if Galway trying to bring keeper out every team that comes up against Galway know Gleason is no threat with ball in had he just gets ball and passé it 2 yards he never going to kick a score not his fault he just not thar type player ,, Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 985 - 01/02/2025 15:13:58 2588770 Link
Replying To Kickitout: "Personally I would have like see a change in goal if Galway trying to bring keeper out every team that comes up against Galway know Gleason is no threat with ball in had he just gets ball and passé it 2 yards he never going to kick a score not his fault he just not thar type player ,," Never going to kick a score? Perhaps you need to rephrase that a little, after the 2024 Connacht Final epic finale. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3932 - 01/02/2025 19:23:42 2588789 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Never going to kick a score? Perhaps you need to rephrase that a little, after the 2024 Connacht Final epic finale." I'd say he ment from play minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 251 - 01/02/2025 19:45:15 2588794 Link
Replying To minor77: "I'd say he ment from play" Yes meant from play ,,,,maybe he might prove me wrong still I think looking at matches this evening on tv galway would be as well off getting an outfield player play in goal as all keepers are up the field and scoring regular personnel I'm not in favour of the 2 points or being allied bring ball back out side arc if ball is brough forward by referee Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 985 - 01/02/2025 20:22:13 2588800 Link
Thought O'Neill looked like a fish out of water in the inside forward line last week. Just not his position. Interesting to see he's named in the same spot this week. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2323 - 01/02/2025 23:05:00 2588821 Link
link Safe travelling today lads. Hope it'll be a cracking game. Maigh Eo Abú! GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7734 - 02/02/2025 09:50:39 2588839 Link
There will be better challenge matches than that during the year. Mayo are miles off the pace and the difference in the standard of shooters in the two forward lines was stark. Thought McGrath and Fitzgerald were class at the back. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 817 - 02/02/2025 16:23:48 2588913 Link