All saying we let it slip when 6 up, but dubs got 2 soft frees to get back to 3, and then Shane Walsh was fouled by Scully before the penalty. No penalty, stand by that. And black card one out best defender might as well have been a red..... Then Maher gets no penalty, which is shocking call. The advantage would have been to get a penalty!
Kieran Molloy had best game for Galway. Dylan fantastic but should have scored his goal. Maher real die on his feet man. Darcy really stepped up on kickouts in 2nd half."
I'm sorry about all the times I cursed Kieran Molloy in my head. He stood up today. At least now I can enjoy the football.
Galway didn't deserved to win today. Back to the usual sideways football and slow build up. Why won't they attack at pace instead of letting Dublin get every player back. The dubs kept it simple. Direct balls into con. Shane Walsh was invisible. Why Finnerty didn't take that 2 point free when Walsh hit the post? I knew when I seen him take it he was gona miss.
Replying To WanPintWin: "It wasn't unreal. We pretty much saw the same against Roscommon. 6 up with 10 minutes left in that one. We almost let Westmeath catch us as well. A 9 point lead with 6 minutes left wasn't safe in that case. Only for Comer won the last kickout, they could very well have levelled it. I'm not going to put the boot in to anyone individually, but we saw some of the same issues we've been looking at for 6 years. We all know what the major one is and we're still no better at it. We've been backboned by a strong U21 All-Ireland finalist team in 2017 and an U20 All-Ireland winning team in 2020, plus a few very talented older players. This coupled with Dublin's inevitable slide from their peak, left us with opportunities to win an All-Ireland but we didn't manage it. I'll never question the effort the lads put in and their resilience has been shown many times, but we've come up short and it's of our own making. We've been poor underage for the last number of years. There's no arguing otherwise. Some people think that's harsh, but it's the reality. It's very difficult to see how we're going to have a better chance in the next few years. The drought from 66 to 98 isn't far off being eclipsed. I'd love to know how many championship games Galway have lost as favourites in the last 5 years. I'd be surprised if there's a team which has lost more, especially big knockout ones. We're a big well-resourced county. Our return at the top level is extremely poor in both codes, given this. People on here slag Mayo. Our own record is awful. I know everyone is doing their best for the betterment of Galway football, but a county if our size shouldn't be going 4 or 5 years without a provincial underage title. I worry for the next few years. It'll make it all the tougher when we know we didn't capitalise on the talent we had."
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People have been turning a blind eye at how poor we've been at underage since 2020 really. Mainly because we've had a senior team competing for All-Ireland titles. But that run seems over now and who are the players that are going to replace the likes of Conroy, Walsh, Comer, etc? I haven't seen them yet.
Just back from the game. Can have all the names on paper but as mike tyson says what do you do when you get punched in the face. A great side and ill follow them always but its just so frustrating to see our big men in midfield consistently being beaten for dirty ball especially in first half. Just didnt have it. Against a team where they had 3 games and extra time and are older than us