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Ratified to 2026 as it stands, so it's hardly shocking news.
ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1728 - 13/07/2025 20:11:56 2625367 Link 0 |
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Didn't look good for Galway today but we cannot take the game in isolation. Bear in mind they turned over Kerry and Dublin before us, what does the result today say about Kerry?
ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1728 - 13/07/2025 20:14:02 2625368 Link 0 |
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The West is not awake unfortunately. How did Galway lose a knockout game to that Meath team. And Roscommon and Mayo are worse than Galway. Will we e'er see Sam crossing the Shannon again at all. The Ros and Mayo Managers are gone and rightly so. Joyce should be joining them tonight after what we saw today.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2525 - 13/07/2025 20:22:11 2625371 Link 1 |
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That last line, as a management team strategy, is utterly senseless of course.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4317 - 13/07/2025 20:32:12 2625376 Link 0 |
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My gut reaction to that is another wasted year next year. They'll probably think they could go all the way with a fully fit squad and maybe that's true, but the slow laborious style of play is what cost us this year and last year. Would've won last year even with Comer and Walsh crippled, if Joyce was encouraging a fast style of play. Donegal are actually as cagey as Galway, they'll handpass all day until they get the perfect scoring chance. But they do it way faster than Galway and way more efficiently. They barely lose the ball. jam83 (Galway) - Posts: 209 - 13/07/2025 20:32:22 2625377 Link 1 |
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The difference between a game that's knockout and a game that's not. If Meath v Kerry in Tullamore had been knockout, not a chance Kerry would have lost it. Galway should not have been knocked out of the championship by that Meath team hammered by 20 points today in an All Ireland semi final.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2525 - 13/07/2025 20:37:08 2625379 Link 2 |
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Says they'll likely win the final. They've dispatched Armagh and Tyrone with far more ease than Donegal did this summer. You can't 'weigh' group matches the same as ko games. Ko games are the real deal, and Kerry look like the team to beat. Donegal look like the best equipped outfit to give them their final test too.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4317 - 13/07/2025 20:37:12 2625380 Link 1 |
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Looks bad for Galway no matter how one looks at it after that game today, A 20 point win in a semi final. In truth it has been a long time since Galway played really well, I know it was a big win v Dubs last year but this team was at its best in 22 v Derry and Armagh. Although he has improved as the year we on SK has not regained his 22 form or come near it. McHugh had a brilliant understanding with Daly and is struggling since Daly has been sidelined. Tierney form has dipped a lot also. Finnerty is probably the only player who has improved since 22 and was superb this year. The 2 teams left in it now have important similar traits, no rambling goalie, no sideways football and no celebrities. I have been unwavering in my support for PJ but maybe a different style on management is required. Maybe and maybe not. Any suggestions on why Galway are flat, lacking hunger and purpose, and reluctant to go at teams in so many of their games. All teams have bad days like Mayo v Cavan but it is very rare . More often than not they play to their full potential and give 100% . Is there a fancy dan streak in this team?? giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1291 - 13/07/2025 20:40:58 2625384 Link 0 |
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It's over 50 years since any homegrown manager made any impact. What's your point?
StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 13/07/2025 20:42:31 2625386 Link 0 |
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But if management is so bad how could same management oversee you beating Donegal last year please? Or is getting Mickey in the issue? bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 182 - 13/07/2025 20:42:54 2625388 Link 0 |
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Galway lost a knockout game to that Meath team because there not very good. Would have been a similiat result if Galway reached the semi. 2 best teams in the final.
JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 109 - 13/07/2025 20:44:50 2625390 Link 0 |
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Nobody doubts that he wants to win. Does he have the smarts to? He has to rent smarts from outside. Cian O Neill, Mickey Graham?? Would Jim Mc Guinness win the All Ireland next year with that Galway panel? We'd all put money on it! We have a closing window on a championship team and after watching our performance against Meath, you'd have to concede he wasn't even in the ballpark. When have we beaten a team out the gate in the last few years? Every game is a battle in the last 5 minutes. Raising our game for good teams, dropping standards against poorer teams. Dropping players who were playing well, messing with goalies at the business end of the championship, playing meaningless side to side keep ball v Meath. What was he at with Sam O Neill? Starts for 18 minutes, doesn't make the 26 after that. Great for a young lads attitude and confidence. We are devastating when we attack at speed. He certainly does not promote that. 2 more years will see the end of Conroy, Comer and Walsh. Barring some unfortunate injuries, he's never got the best out of them. S&C has to be questioned on Comer and Walsh. He let an injured Shane Walsh miss free after free in an All Ireland Final that we lost by a point. Not knocking the lad but where was the sideline? Matthew Tierney was a decent left footed free taker a few years ago. Why wasn't that maintained? Enough already. StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 13/07/2025 21:07:16 2625403 Link 3 |
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All ifs and buts. We move on and go again in 2026. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1728 - 13/07/2025 21:18:54 2625406 Link 0 |
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Point is fairly clear…. outside managers don't work.
ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1728 - 13/07/2025 21:21:13 2625407 Link 0 |
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Who do you all propose to bring in (realistic please) to win us an All Ireland? ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1728 - 13/07/2025 21:51:01 2625419 Link 0 |
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I'm not having a pop but a lot Roscommon posters seem a bit obsessed with underage success. The fact is it's basically development grades and success at that level guarantees nothing at senior level.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11689 - 13/07/2025 21:57:51 2625424 Link 0 |
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I disagree on Donegal not playing sideways. Countless times today they turned back from middling shooting opportunities to handpass around until they'd a player in front of goal. It's just done in fifth year, Galway do it in 2nd or 3rd gear. They've serious pace too coming onto those passes. I think Joyce has criticised players too much after matches, and has shamed them by taking players off early and not giving them a chance the next day, as someone said Sam O'Neill didn't make the 26 the next day after being taken off very early. I think he has knocked a lot of players confidence. Time for change. jam83 (Galway) - Posts: 209 - 13/07/2025 22:24:54 2625432 Link 1 |
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No Michael Murphy there last year. Boat has sailed on this galway team.
jj19 (Galway) - Posts: 467 - 13/07/2025 22:59:35 2625444 Link 0 |
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I disagree. Great u21 sides are typically very good feeders for quality senior sides. Might apply more in hurling than football admittedly, where there's never more than about 4to6 sides in contention for the top prize.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4317 - 13/07/2025 23:03:34 2625447 Link 0 |
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Homegrown managers haven't gotten it done in 50 years.An outside manager has. Mattie Mc Donagh, Billy Joyce, Kevin Walsh, Alan Mulholland, Padraig Joyce. All great players............. Never got it done even when we had the players. You are completely wrong. That's the problem with Galway. Pick the Roy of the Rovers candidate who was completly unproven and unqualified as a manager in the first place. Ah sure, give it to Padraig, he got the job done as a player. Well he hasn't as a manager. As someone previously stated, if he was the Kerry manager, would he get another year. NO! StopTheLights (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 13/07/2025 23:11:53 2625451 Link 2 |