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Dunmore did incredibly well to come back from conceding 3 goals in the first 20 minutes to actually lead by a point with a few minutes left to play. Especially playing into a gale of wind in the 2nd half. Unfortunately one big kickout was caught by Galbally in midfield and quickly kicked straight into their full forward and they got the late goal to put them 2 up. Midfield was a big problem for Dunmore all game. Galbally had 2 big midfielders who were cleaning up any long kick outs and it's probably the weakest area of the field for Dunmore. It forced them to take every kick out short. Bit naive as well to allow Galbally to run straight down the middle in the first half. Needed to be a bit more cynical and clog up that area or even foul further out the field rather than just let them run straight at the goal. They did it much better in the 2nd half but had conceded the 3 goals by then.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 07/01/2023 16:30:34    2451448

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Replying To Marooned:  "Dunmore did incredibly well to come back from conceding 3 goals in the first 20 minutes to actually lead by a point with a few minutes left to play. Especially playing into a gale of wind in the 2nd half. Unfortunately one big kickout was caught by Galbally in midfield and quickly kicked straight into their full forward and they got the late goal to put them 2 up. Midfield was a big problem for Dunmore all game. Galbally had 2 big midfielders who were cleaning up any long kick outs and it's probably the weakest area of the field for Dunmore. It forced them to take every kick out short. Bit naive as well to allow Galbally to run straight down the middle in the first half. Needed to be a bit more cynical and clog up that area or even foul further out the field rather than just let them run straight at the goal. They did it much better in the 2nd half but had conceded the 3 goals by then."
Dunmore did the parish proud. Hopefully, they can build on this at senior level. Galway and Kerry clubs performing well.. and this is telling at IC level.

AnCrúiscínLán (Galway) - Posts: 102 - 07/01/2023 21:42:38    2451483

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Whatever happens today these lads have brought such joy to our village. Leave it all on the field and they can have zero regrets

They'll have heavy hearts today but the Dunmore and Clifden players have brought their parishes on some journey

galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 08/01/2023 09:15:26    2451486

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Fair Play to Dunmore and Clonbur they went down Fighting
They Gave It Everything Against very Strong Tyrone Clubs

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 08/01/2023 10:10:28    2451491

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Replying To AnCrúiscínLán:  "Dunmore did the parish proud. Hopefully, they can build on this at senior level. Galway and Kerry clubs performing well.. and this is telling at IC level."
Kerry clubs generally perform well at intermediate level. A big part of it is the fact that they have only 8 senior clubs. Their intermediate winners are their 9th best club every year.
In recent years, our intermediate winners have been our 19th to 21st team (soon to be our 17th) once senior is trimmed to 16.
Either way, it's a big advantage for the Kerry clubs. The 9th best club in Galway would be a lot stronger.
The year Oughterard beat Templenoe was some achievement, given that they had 4 Kerry seniors.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2223 - 08/01/2023 10:12:03    2451492

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Good look to Moycullen today. Slow start to the game so far, and it has to be said, the horns blaring from the stands are pretty obnoxious; I had to turn the sound down! I must be getting old.

festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3143 - 08/01/2023 15:52:43    2451518

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End of the road for Moycullen. While Glen deserved their win the real killer for Moycullen was the opening 15 minutes to that match.

Just Shane Walsh in Galway interest left in the club championship now.

Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 08/01/2023 17:03:49    2451530

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Best team won or be it kept Moycullen in it with their foul count. TanCanRan might change his view on that All perspiration with very little inspiration view now?

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3518 - 08/01/2023 17:07:24    2451532

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Poor start to the game cost Moycullen. And then conceding a soft enough goal right from the throw in of the 2nd half. Battled right back but their running game wasn't working for them today. Glen were getting bodies back and turning them over when hand passes went astray. Maybe needed to move the ball faster and kick the ball into the forwards more but Moycullen just don't want to kick any ball. Just run it. They did well in midfield though. Won more than enough possession.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 08/01/2023 17:08:47    2451533

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Replying To festinog:  "Good look to Moycullen today. Slow start to the game so far, and it has to be said, the horns blaring from the stands are pretty obnoxious; I had to turn the sound down! I must be getting old."
Dissapointing weekend for Galway clubs as it turned out. All will probably look back with regrets and missed chances. Moycullen never got going fully, even when they started moving a bit better there was always a bad final pass or wrong decision at the end....and still only beaten 2 points. The Dessie free to bring it back to 1 was huge and hate pointing it out and awful to single a moment out in a game where they didn't play well in as whole...but Glen going straight down the pitch and getting a score straight away and bringing it out to 3 instead of 1 was massive. Really puts into perspective how good Corofin were in Croke Park when they got there. Who knows, Moycullen could well learn from their first venture out of galway (much like Glen did last year) and I do think they're the best club team in galway and have a much better suited team for an all Ireland run than the others in Galway. Hard luck once again to Moycullen, they're not far away at all from an all Ireland..

Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 286 - 08/01/2023 17:28:43    2451538

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Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin:  "Dissapointing weekend for Galway clubs as it turned out. All will probably look back with regrets and missed chances. Moycullen never got going fully, even when they started moving a bit better there was always a bad final pass or wrong decision at the end....and still only beaten 2 points. The Dessie free to bring it back to 1 was huge and hate pointing it out and awful to single a moment out in a game where they didn't play well in as whole...but Glen going straight down the pitch and getting a score straight away and bringing it out to 3 instead of 1 was massive. Really puts into perspective how good Corofin were in Croke Park when they got there. Who knows, Moycullen could well learn from their first venture out of galway (much like Glen did last year) and I do think they're the best club team in galway and have a much better suited team for an all Ireland run than the others in Galway. Hard luck once again to Moycullen, they're not far away at all from an all Ireland.."
In fairness Corofin were a much better club team and even now would have beaten that Glen team IMHO. Players like Sice, Burke, the Farraghers, Canney, Leonard, McHugh, Molloy, Steede etc would have worked the ball much better with astute kick passes etc and taken vital goals / points to see out the game. Saying that Moycullen were poor today from how they can perform and still only lost by 2 points so Glen are not a great team by any means and I would give Kilmacud a fairly good chance of beating them the next day. It would be good to see Shane Walsh get a well deserved AI title.

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 08/01/2023 17:59:37    2451546

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Replying To tommy k:  "In fairness Corofin were a much better club team and even now would have beaten that Glen team IMHO. Players like Sice, Burke, the Farraghers, Canney, Leonard, McHugh, Molloy, Steede etc would have worked the ball much better with astute kick passes etc and taken vital goals / points to see out the game. Saying that Moycullen were poor today from how they can perform and still only lost by 2 points so Glen are not a great team by any means and I would give Kilmacud a fairly good chance of beating them the next day. It would be good to see Shane Walsh get a well deserved AI title."
Those tears seem pretty salty and bitter. Get over it. Glen were in total control of that game. The Kilmacud game was poor, pulling and dragging all over the place. Dry your eyes.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9791 - 08/01/2023 18:06:51    2451549

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In fairness Corofin were a much better club team and even now would have beaten that Glen team IMHO.
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Past Corofin better no doubt but the past is the past and the current Corofin team was not even good enough to reach the Galway final would not be good enough to beat Glen.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3518 - 08/01/2023 18:11:38    2451551

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Those tears seem pretty salty and bitter. Get over it. Glen were in total control of that game. The Kilmacud game was poor, pulling and dragging all over the place. Dry your eyes."
Glen deserved their win and I thought they were the better team overall. They had a better range of scores got their kickers into space. At the back, they clogged up the middle to stifle Moycullen's running game.
I wouldn't agree with total control. They lost control of it during the second half and Moycullen got it back to 1 point at one stage. Moycullen had the better of the midfield battle, which surprised me given the midfield pairing Glen have.
Moycullen kicked a few bad wides late on, which could have swung the result.
Glen were full value for their win, but they eked it out in the end rather than being in total control.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2223 - 08/01/2023 18:20:04    2451553

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "Glen deserved their win and I thought they were the better team overall. They had a better range of scores got their kickers into space. At the back, they clogged up the middle to stifle Moycullen's running game.
I wouldn't agree with total control. They lost control of it during the second half and Moycullen got it back to 1 point at one stage. Moycullen had the better of the midfield battle, which surprised me given the midfield pairing Glen have.
Moycullen kicked a few bad wides late on, which could have swung the result.
Glen were full value for their win, but they eked it out in the end rather than being in total control."
That's fair comment.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9791 - 08/01/2023 18:43:55    2451559

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I left croker sad but proud. Seeing your club on a big day in HQ is special

A very slow start cost us. I still thought we would come out and do it in the second half because we had plenty of slow starts and always did just enough this championship . I think many felt the same then the goal went in. Fairplay to the lads for battling to the end.

I think the team will have massive regrets but I'd rather that than one individual feeling his mistake cost them the game. The village is still bursting with pride and they'll get a heroes welcome tonight. What they have done for the young ones is amazing . They dream of putting on the moycullen jersey for the senior team. In 10- 15 years we'll still be seeing the positive affects of this run

Well done to Glen. Better team won. Very strong defensively and turned us over so many times. Played some excellent attacking football too. Good luck to them in the final.

galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 08/01/2023 18:59:11    2451567

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Replying To tommy k:  "In fairness Corofin were a much better club team and even now would have beaten that Glen team IMHO. Players like Sice, Burke, the Farraghers, Canney, Leonard, McHugh, Molloy, Steede etc would have worked the ball much better with astute kick passes etc and taken vital goals / points to see out the game. Saying that Moycullen were poor today from how they can perform and still only lost by 2 points so Glen are not a great team by any means and I would give Kilmacud a fairly good chance of beating them the next day. It would be good to see Shane Walsh get a well deserved AI title."
Today was about Moycullen and Glen. Corofin weren't there because they were beaten.

galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 08/01/2023 19:07:37    2451569

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A lot of huff and puff from Moycullen but they never looked like winning. Glen fully deserved their win. Game highlights just how good Corofin were in their pomp. They dismantled teams like Dr Crokes, Slaughtneil and Nemo Rangers. If they had Molloy and Silke would probably have won the Galway championship this year. Salthill should have beaten Moycullen in Galway final. Glen are a good side and have a chance in the final but Crokes are a step up from Moycullen.

crafty (Galway) - Posts: 257 - 08/01/2023 19:15:47    2451574

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "Glen deserved their win and I thought they were the better team overall. They had a better range of scores got their kickers into space. At the back, they clogged up the middle to stifle Moycullen's running game.
I wouldn't agree with total control. They lost control of it during the second half and Moycullen got it back to 1 point at one stage. Moycullen had the better of the midfield battle, which surprised me given the midfield pairing Glen have.
Moycullen kicked a few bad wides late on, which could have swung the result.
Glen were full value for their win, but they eked it out in the end rather than being in total control."
Both Connelly and Cooke missed very good chances in the last few minutes. Could easily have been a draw game and extra time in the end. Glen fell over the line really but they won't care tonight.

Thought all 3 Kelly's were quiet enough. Probably the quietest I've seen Sean Kelly all year but he's played so much football the past 12 months that he could probably do with a break for a month.

Cooke was good though. Thought Gallagher injected some pace into Moycullen's play when they could get him the ball. They are so wedded to their running game though that they've almost forgotten how to kick the ball forward. It just gave Glen loads of time to funnel players back into defence.

Final will be close. A point or two in it probably.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 08/01/2023 19:17:39    2451575

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Clear to see that there's people delighted with Moycullens loss today.

We were there because we won Frank Fox.

Thanks to the Galwegians who genuinely supported us and wanted us to win.

galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 08/01/2023 19:38:13    2451582

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