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Replying To Belclare7: "One ounce of proof ??? Come on show please" They are gone to ground ,if we happen to lose which is very possible they'll be back on saying they are right. Tedious stuff jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1456 - 19/04/2025 09:50:03 2602703 Link
Replying To Marooned: "Galway 3-14 Mayo 3-12 Last round of the minor round robin. A dead rubber as both teams meet in the semi-final on the May bank holiday weekend. Worryingly for Galway they had more or less their best team out while Mayo rested most of their first team. And Galway still barely beat them. Doesn't bode well for the semi-final but we'll see I suppose. Galway storing up big problems at underage for the years ahead. Been a bleak few years at both U17 and U20." I wouldn't read anything into it. Mayo were entitled to do whatever they want but from a Galway perspective it made no sense to rest players 2 weeks after a game and 2 weeks before a semi final. I can't see how a month off is going to help a 17 year old with form etc but as you say, we'll see. smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 490 - 19/04/2025 10:07:44 2602706 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Hoping Galway can beat Rossies on Sunday. But is there an air of over confidence in the camp. P.Joyce needs to get a grip, or Galway will exit the championship." How would you know whether there is an air of over confidence in the camp or not? If we lose to Roscommon it will have nothing to do with over confidence. galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1307 - 19/04/2025 11:12:17 2602720 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "I wouldn't read anything into it. Mayo were entitled to do whatever they want but from a Galway perspective it made no sense to rest players 2 weeks after a game and 2 weeks before a semi final. I can't see how a month off is going to help a 17 year old with form etc but as you say, we'll see." Agree... that game will bring the lads on a lot last night... I would say it was Mayo moreso giving the panel a run out rather than resting 16/ 17 year olds.. Makes no difference.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 231 - 19/04/2025 11:58:14 2602735 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "I wouldn't read anything into it. Mayo were entitled to do whatever they want but from a Galway perspective it made no sense to rest players 2 weeks after a game and 2 weeks before a semi final. I can't see how a month off is going to help a 17 year old with form etc but as you say, we'll see." Hard not to read into it. As Marooned said when a full strength team struggles against a 2nd strength team it doesn't bode well for the semi final next week against a full strength Mayo but yeah we'll see. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 381 - 19/04/2025 14:33:11 2602753 Link
Connacht final in all but name in Pearse Stadium tomorrow given the way Mayo struggled past a patched up Leitrim team today? Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 381 - 19/04/2025 18:15:17 2602831 Link
We won't see Walsh for a while, I fear. Will we ever see all our marquee players fully fit at the same time?! It's bizarre. There'd want to be a mass said!! As for Mayo, they were nowhere near full throttle in the first half today and did enough in the second. There's way more in them. The Rossies are expecting to ambush us tomorrow. Wait til you see. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1042 - 19/04/2025 21:01:23 2602897 Link
Replying To togoutlads: "We won't see Walsh for a while, I fear. Will we ever see all our marquee players fully fit at the same time?! It's bizarre. There'd want to be a mass said!! As for Mayo, they were nowhere near full throttle in the first half today and did enough in the second. There's way more in them. The Rossies are expecting to ambush us tomorrow. Wait til you see." If Galway could keep their big players fit they would have an All-Ireland title in the bag already. Unfortunately it seems they can't. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2377 - 20/04/2025 01:33:15 2602945 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Connacht final in all but name in Pearse Stadium tomorrow given the way Mayo struggled past a patched up Leitrim team today?" Haha you wish! Did Galway scraping past Sligo count for anything last year in the overall scheme of things? Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 35 - 20/04/2025 08:12:15 2602956 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "Haha you wish! Did Galway scraping past Sligo count for anything last year in the overall scheme of things?" Sligo are a better team to be fair having underage and school Connacht titles, They beat Leitrim by 22 points this year also. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3586 - 20/04/2025 09:27:55 2602968 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Sligo are a better team to be fair having underage and school Connacht titles, They beat Leitrim by 22 points this year also." You're missing the point Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 35 - 20/04/2025 10:53:37 2602992 Link
Replying To togoutlads: "We won't see Walsh for a while, I fear. Will we ever see all our marquee players fully fit at the same time?! It's bizarre. There'd want to be a mass said!! As for Mayo, they were nowhere near full throttle in the first half today and did enough in the second. There's way more in them. The Rossies are expecting to ambush us tomorrow. Wait til you see." If Galway could keep their big players fit they would have an All-Ireland title in the bag already. Unfortunately it seems they can't. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2377 - 20/04/2025 11:53:12 2603010 Link
Replying To Kickitout: "I guess I got it wrong about Mulkerrins starting i thought he would as he a fav of Joyce's ,, id expect Cooke to move into the 26 match day squad and if he does I'd expect he be brought on at some point,, it be interesting to see how Galway get on without there best forward Walsh prob a lot less 2 pointers scored ,," Looks like you were right, mulkerrin in for O laoi Knocknadrough (Galway) - Posts: 33 - 20/04/2025 15:55:19 2603078 Link
Replying To Knocknadrough: "Looks like you were right, mulkerrin in for O laoi" Not a huge fan of Mulkerrin as he doesn't offer anything when we are attacking but he did a good job on Enda Smith today galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1307 - 20/04/2025 18:21:33 2603122 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "You're missing the point" Given the local rivalry, I'd say it will be a close game. As regards "missing the point" it's definitely something of a problem for both counties.. Galway will rue those missed point chances in AI final until the final breath. However, we have a chance to redeem ourselves this year. A lot of people thought Rory McIlroy had missed his chance of winning Augusta and yet he triumphed in the end. So, it's definitely do-able for both counties. Really (Galway) - Posts: 629 - 20/04/2025 18:23:26 2603123 Link
Good win today, moving nicely. One player who never really gets the plaudits is Liam Silke, thought he was excellent and our most consistent performer. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1660 - 20/04/2025 18:52:55 2603146 Link
Replying To togoutlads: "We won't see Walsh for a while, I fear. Will we ever see all our marquee players fully fit at the same time?! It's bizarre. There'd want to be a mass said!! As for Mayo, they were nowhere near full throttle in the first half today and did enough in the second. There's way more in them. The Rossies are expecting to ambush us tomorrow. Wait til you see." What happened with midfielders not been able to jump. There must be some box jumping going on the last few weeks jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1456 - 20/04/2025 18:59:25 2603151 Link
Solid performance today everyone chipped in. Plenty of 2 pointers even without Walsh and you'd think clowns now would have learned to stop writing off conroy jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1456 - 20/04/2025 19:01:46 2603156 Link
Really impressed with Thompson. Looks like a lad that has played senior intercounty for years already. Very composed. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 870 - 20/04/2025 19:02:54 2603157 Link
Good win for ye today. Well done. Much more comfortable than I expected. Roscommon were very poor and very limited. Ye won pulling up and not really getting near top gear. bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 31 - 20/04/2025 19:23:33 2603176 Link