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Replying To Doylerwex: "What a win lads. I didn't see something like that coming in the first round of the championship. Fair play" Thanks Doyle.......I fancy Galway to win Leinster and go straight through to the All Ireland Semi Final. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2818 - 19/04/2026 17:09:36 2667247 Link
Replying To katser: "Thanks Doyle.......I fancy Galway to win Leinster and go straight through to the All Ireland Semi Final." Hard not too at this stage. Trick will be maintaining the peak, or ideally building it up further. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19267 - 19/04/2026 17:40:31 2667260 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Hard not too at this stage. Trick will be maintaining the peak, or ideally building it up further." I'm happy to one game at a time it. Which is how I expect we will approach it. No need to be looking too far ahead. We've lost plenty of Leinster finals. Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 1006 - 19/04/2026 21:26:36 2667357 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Hard not too at this stage. Trick will be maintaining the peak, or ideally building it up further." It will be great momentum for Galway to be in the All Ireland Semi Final with 6 consecutive wins on the spin. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2818 - 20/04/2026 18:01:35 2667568 Link
Replying To Stool Pigeon: "Tiernan Killeen appreciation post Didn't always rate him but he was excellent yesterday, always took the right option and linked play, covered gaps and used the ball superbly. A big factor in us decimating Kilkenny in the middle third yesterday." Finally bringing his Loughrea form to Galway jersey. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 268 - 20/04/2026 19:16:20 2667586 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Finally bringing his Loughrea form to Galway jersey." Probably played out of position too at no11. Even in midfield, his style is to do exactly what he was trying to do at no11, which is to get on ball a lot, influence the game a lot, and be the consumate playmaker at all times. He's probably getting more comfortable with the environment as times passes, but I'd also say that it's possibly easier to get on ball in a deep midfield role than it is typically at intercounty no11, and getting on the ball a lot is the key for Killeen, because his forte is to use it very well. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4667 - 21/04/2026 14:24:21 2667724 Link
Agreed here on Killeen, i think he was finding it difficult to influence the game as much from the half forward line given the congestion there and between the 65s. He's not a massive physical presence despite his size and that was comign against him. Being a little deeper gives him breathing space and allows him also to time his runs into the middle and hit space. Another major factor though is I think Daniels coimpliments him very well, more dogged and direct. They could be a great combination going forward but I'm hopeful Daniels can continue his rise as a real engine for the team who can be paired with a more 'wristy hurler' as Cyril would say Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 104 - 21/04/2026 15:20:37 2667734 Link