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Considering we had 17 wides to Dublin's 3, and were kind enough to hand them an own goal as well, I'd say there's massive scope for improvement. We had much more of the ball and plenty more shots, so it's not as much of a lost cause as you suggest. They can absolutely beat us again, as I said before the match, but if we perform as we should, we're well capable of beating them.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2812 - 20/05/2026 22:20:49 2674436 Link 0 |
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Dublin not really better than us. They went 2 up with the wind late in the match and instead of pushing on, let us back in to it. Until Hayes and 'Hetherington' were sprung, they were at very little in the forward unit. Their second goal came when a ball dropped in the square and Trayers and Daithi each left it to the other. Third goal arrived when dropping ball deflected luckily to the Dublin midfielder. Them's the breaks.
Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 184 - 20/05/2026 22:23:35 2674437 Link 0 |
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One way traffic in the u20 final. The scoreline flattered Kilkenny and if we had our full squad available it could have been a 20 point beating. Very funny watching David Barcoe trying to bully some of our lads in the first half, he barely hit or caught a ball all day and then when Rabbitte came in on him he was all over the place defensively. Rightly sent off in the end. Jack Shaughnessy is some talent for an 18 year old. Two cups secured in Leinster and hopefully we can pick up the third in a few weeks time as well as an all ireland u20 title galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1102 - 20/05/2026 22:46:05 2674439 Link 0 |
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How does Donoghue 'rectify' that? Water them, I suppose? At least they only 'look smaller', so you appear to be marginally uncertain as to whether they're smaller or not. Dublin didn't look 'a lot better than us' imo. We 'won' the widecount 17-3 or so, and Daithi conceded an unforced og, and yet we were still level after 70mins, losing it in concluding injury time.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4725 - 21/05/2026 00:59:14 2674452 Link 1 |
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Galway has more dramatic doom merchants than most counties, and they are incredibly quick to come out. Expecting us to win Sunday and then the Leinster final will define the year. Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 119 - 21/05/2026 12:00:20 2674489 Link 0 |
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That's a shame if it's the case as he was one of the form forwards in the country.
ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 50 - 21/05/2026 12:39:01 2674493 Link 0 |
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Agreed that its nice run we are on, but even if we do manage to win senior ( which is a big if, based on the trajectory of last few senior games) lets not become as annoyingly triumphalistic as some ( but certainly not all) rossie supporters.
anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1075 - 21/05/2026 13:26:12 2674501 Link 0 |
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Nigels son... An ounce of breeding is worth a tonne of feeding. Thought Fallon was brilliant at 3. Cullen, ed o Reilly, callanan, Vince Morgan all had great games.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 277 - 21/05/2026 14:18:49 2674513 Link 0 |
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The great invasion or should I say "invitation " of the Connaught Warriors into Leinster is paying off because by the looks of the Minor and U20 competitions Galway could be dominant and conquerors of Leinster for the foreseeable future!
katser (Galway) - Posts: 2844 - 21/05/2026 15:36:36 2674527 Link 0 |
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IMO the introduction of Cahalan and Rabbitte had a big influence on the game, Galway were the better team but kept a poor Kilkenny team in the game until those lads came on to put the result in no doubt who would win.
katser (Galway) - Posts: 2844 - 21/05/2026 15:42:36 2674528 Link 0 |