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As a Galway man. Im fairly worried about the match tomorrow. Everyone tipping Galway. Look at the rugby result today. Don't follow if but I heard everyone say they felt Leinster would win handy. Cork nearly caught Kerry. Mayo are a goid sidd. Galway just about bet Mayo this time last year with a very similar pick. If the crowd get behind Mayo and they get ahead going down the stretch, will our heads drop? Will they run out of steam? Being a good team on paper isn't worth a thing if Mayo beat us tomorrow. OhReally (Limerick) - Posts: 26 - 03/05/2025 20:01:49 2606496 Link
Replying To OhReally: "As a Galway man. Im fairly worried about the match tomorrow. Everyone tipping Galway. Look at the rugby result today. Don't follow if but I heard everyone say they felt Leinster would win handy. Cork nearly caught Kerry. Mayo are a goid sidd. Galway just about bet Mayo this time last year with a very similar pick. If the crowd get behind Mayo and they get ahead going down the stretch, will our heads drop? Will they run out of steam? Being a good team on paper isn't worth a thing if Mayo beat us tomorrow." If I was a Galway man I would discard the win against Roscommon straight away as we were so bad that even most middle of the road Div 3 teams would have beaten us. Mayo might be as bad tomorrow? I doubt it in front of their home support. Galway before playing with us was well beaten by Kerry,Dublin conceding big scores and Kerry,Dublin were less than great against Cork,Meath since then. You also only drew with Tyrone,Derry two teams Mayo are as good as if not better. I'm a full neutral tomorrow hoping for a good game that shows Connacht football in a good light in front of the RTE cameras and may the best team win. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4030 - 03/05/2025 20:38:39 2606506 Link
Galway by 5 points Galway2001 (Galway) - Posts: 22 - 03/05/2025 21:07:42 2606514 Link
Replying To Galway2001: "Galway by 5 points" Hard to say, both teams will probably change before throw in, heard kelly struggling. If true u are missing 3 really good lads, joyce looking at winning an ireland so loads of football even after tomorrow regardless. jj19 (Galway) - Posts: 449 - 03/05/2025 21:48:15 2606520 Link
Replying To Marooned: "Galway minors well beaten by Mayo in the Connacht semi-final this evening. Yet another very poor year at underage for Galway football. In a complete tailspin at underage level in Connacht now. Is anyone paying attention to this?" Ah no need to worry about that, sure didnt ye win the senior all Ireland last year..... more or less JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 33 - 03/05/2025 21:49:06 2606521 Link
Good test tomorrow, be a good boost to win it without the injured lads. Cooke will have to start to get games into him, and think Galway's physicality around the middle should mean they dominate the kickouts and thats massively important now with new rules. Conroy, Cooke, Tierney well able to kick two pointers and McDaid, should be good weather wise so think we should be winning it, maybe by 2 points. Tribes88 (Galway) - Posts: 38 - 03/05/2025 22:09:26 2606525 Link
Replying To JimB1991: "Ah no need to worry about that, sure didnt ye win the senior all Ireland last year..... more or less" Clare, on the 4th of April 2025 it will have been 28888 days since Sam visited Mayo. Will you update S1234 please? Ha! GDL (Galway) - Posts: 796 - 03/05/2025 22:12:42 2606527 Link
Replying To OhReally: "As a Galway man. Im fairly worried about the match tomorrow. Everyone tipping Galway. Look at the rugby result today. Don't follow if but I heard everyone say they felt Leinster would win handy. Cork nearly caught Kerry. Mayo are a goid sidd. Galway just about bet Mayo this time last year with a very similar pick. If the crowd get behind Mayo and they get ahead going down the stretch, will our heads drop? Will they run out of steam? Being a good team on paper isn't worth a thing if Mayo beat us tomorrow." I'm the same. I think belief in Mayo will surge with Comer and Walsh out, plus Durcan will give a huge boost when he comes on. I never expected there to be much in it, and I'm expecting a Mayo goal tomorrow which would close that gap. It'll be very very tight. jam83 (Galway) - Posts: 189 - 03/05/2025 23:12:56 2606547 Link
Replying To OhReally: "As a Galway man. Im fairly worried about the match tomorrow. Everyone tipping Galway. Look at the rugby result today. Don't follow if but I heard everyone say they felt Leinster would win handy. Cork nearly caught Kerry. Mayo are a goid sidd. Galway just about bet Mayo this time last year with a very similar pick. If the crowd get behind Mayo and they get ahead going down the stretch, will our heads drop? Will they run out of steam? Being a good team on paper isn't worth a thing if Mayo beat us tomorrow." I don't envisage any heads dropping no, unless we're getting absolutely hammered. You don't seem to be too aware, but Galway have an excellent record 'down the stretch' in Castlebar. Anyone watching this fixture for over 50 years knows that neither team tends to 'drop the head' down the stretch, and these clashes tend to be won by the team that makes a few key plays late on. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4120 - 04/05/2025 10:27:05 2606571 Link
Replying To GDL: "Clare, on the 4th of April 2025 it will have been 28888 days since Sam visited Mayo. Will you update S1234 please? Ha!" Good to know. Who is Clare? JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 33 - 04/05/2025 10:36:37 2606573 Link
Mulkerrin costing us big time. Wake up sideline.. Really (Galway) - Posts: 630 - 04/05/2025 17:15:53 2606620 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "We have 3 forwards on the subs to come on a get us a score if the game is tight. Liam O'Conghaile, Tomo Culhane and Colm Costello. That worry's me a bit to be honest." I'd like to retract this comment. Liam O'Conghaile…great man to come on with 5 mins left and get a score!!!!! smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 503 - 04/05/2025 17:55:25 2606631 Link
Congratulations Galway. Took the scores that mattered. 4 Nestors in a row. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7936 - 04/05/2025 17:57:57 2606634 Link
That's a sweet one alright. Hernon is a great bit of stuff off the bench. Might have to be without a few more all stars to give Mayo a chance next time. Not having Walsh, Comer or Maher in that second clearly wasn't enough! galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 884 - 04/05/2025 17:59:45 2606636 Link
Mayo will be sick with that one. Played great to get back level then kicked some bad wides. The old failings came back. Goal chance was kicked straight at the keeper when there was the whole other side of the goal to aim at. Good win for Galway in the end but has to be a worry how dominant Mayo were for long spells. A big question mark whether either team will make much progress beyond the group stages. JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 33 - 04/05/2025 18:13:58 2606637 Link
Conor Gleeson has been scapegoated for years but he has made decisive match winning contributions in back to back Connacht finals FallenStar (Galway) - Posts: 427 - 04/05/2025 18:21:33 2606641 Link
Hope Kelly and Maher are okay. Another sweet one. Enjoy the celebrations!! ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1671 - 04/05/2025 18:22:08 2606642 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I don't envisage any heads dropping no, unless we're getting absolutely hammered. You don't seem to be too aware, but Galway have an excellent record 'down the stretch' in Castlebar. Anyone watching this fixture for over 50 years knows that neither team tends to 'drop the head' down the stretch, and these clashes tend to be won by the team that makes a few key plays late on." They stood up and were counted. Great result. OhReally (Limerick) - Posts: 26 - 04/05/2025 18:23:28 2606643 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "I'd like to retract this comment. Liam O'Conghaile…great man to come on with 5 mins left and get a score!!!!!" Another flip flop. Criticising players before a ball is kicked is never a good idea but at least you own up to your mistake. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 475 - 04/05/2025 18:26:37 2606646 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Congratulations Galway. Took the scores that mattered. 4 Nestors in a row." The Galway penalty was an awful decision. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 475 - 04/05/2025 18:27:30 2606647 Link