Is Power any better on kickouts or commanding the area. That's our 2 big problems and every team are going to hone in on these.

In fairness, on kickouts, if teams push up, there isn't a lot you can do except go long. Bringing Comer out for them will help that. I'm surprised Tierney doesn't win more, also lost some just on breaking ball, it's a bit of a lottery but need to have men there.

Re the high ball, Gleeson looks like an accident waiting to happen but in fairness did reasonably well against Mayo, tapped one over and batted 2 away fairly solidly.

Maybe we should be looking for someone who plays outfield to play there, a big lad who's a good footballer, confident on the ball.

Galwayspur (Offaly) - Posts: 231 - 30/01/2023 11:40:13    2455222

The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 738 - 30/01/2023 11:54:51    2455231

allstars23 (Galway) - Posts: 48 - 30/01/2023 12:00:10    2455232

Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 30/01/2023 12:03:07    2455234

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 30/01/2023 12:48:40    2455246

Thought O'Flaherty did very well for a young lad on debut. You can see he's got great athleticism and speed. Just hasn't got the match experience yet but all the tools are there.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 30/01/2023 12:53:19    2455249

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 30/01/2023 12:59:34    2455252

Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 159 - 30/01/2023 13:01:37    2455253

Gleeson would not be my choice as he gives me kittens under a high ball or when out soloing slowly however Galway could have Cluxton in goal and he would look bad as we appear to have no discernible kickout strategy or lads breaking for a driven pass around the 45s like most teams have. Either the opposition give us a short one to a cornerback or we try and overload a side and bomb it out. Do not understand why a man like Cian O Neill so clearly driven by detail hasn't sorted this to at least make us middle of the pack at it.

kazoochka (Galway) - Posts: 344 - 30/01/2023 13:11:22    2455259

Jellybaby (Dublin) - Posts: 358 - 30/01/2023 13:28:35    2455267

I'm surprised he has never taken a look at the Goldrick fella from Claregalway. Saw him against my own club Caherlistrane last year. He seems to be good talent. Management have a lot of loyalty to the inconsistent Matthew Tierney. The Moycullen corner backs did well and i'd say they will be kept around. Should be beating Roscommon at home in the league. They are never able to put 2 performances back to back.

Dermot_Desmond_96 (Galway) - Posts: 40 - 30/01/2023 14:56:44    2455295

Faherty was having a mare on kickouts in the league final last year against rossies before he went down injured. Of the lads involved, Power is the best but I'd be trying to get Lavelle back in, was the most solid keeper Galway have had in years and has the best kickouts in Galway club scene along with Power Breathnach and O'Malley.

Be interested to see Maher get some game time in midfield, looks very good for club, reminds me of Ciaran Duggan.
What are people's opinion on Niall Daly as midfielder? Know he can score points but is he a good fielder? Or similar to what's there already?

jobseekersbent (Galway) - Posts: 382 - 30/01/2023 15:02:06    2455298

jobseekersbent (Galway) - Posts: 382 - 30/01/2023 17:18:40    2455350

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 372 - 30/01/2023 18:14:11    2455367

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 372 - 30/01/2023 18:20:35    2455372

Why doesn't Gleeson be busting himself to put the ball on the tee... drives me mad.. I think he is the best of a bad bunch at the moment outside of levalle who Joyce doesn't fancy.

He doesn't seem to pick up on height mismatches.. I thought he could have dropped a few more on top of Cooke the last evening as was the case in the all Ireland and dropped more on top of Kelly who had the height on Gavin White.

Interesting to see what happens with Tierney and Conroy in the coming matches..

Howardhunt1 (Galway) - Posts: 79 - 30/01/2023 18:22:43    2455375

Niall Daly scored 5 points v Ross in league last year from midfield, he never played midfield after that he played centre forward didn't make much sense to me ,, If management' don't think he good enough he should not be there , Tierney should be out there he not doing it as a forward on borrowed time i think ,, I'm sure Joyce will find a few more Moycullen lads to play next day ,, ,

Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 968 - 30/01/2023 18:40:44    2455382

There is an awful lot of nonsense being spouted here about the goalkeeper position, going back for God's sake as far as the Martin MacNamara era. It is a totally different role now. One time ago the goalkeeper just kicked the ball out as far as he could to the midfield area and it was a lottery who won it. That's how great midfielders such as Mick O'Connell made their names. Now the goalie is blamed if his own player doesn't get possession when he has to hit it long on account of the opposition hard press. While the goalie must try to optimise his team's chances of gaining possession, his teammates in midfield have a greater responsibility. The goalkeeper is saddled with blame for lost kick-outs. Those of his teammates who should be gaining possession are almost absolved from blame. So ease up on all this condemnation of our goalie Gleeson. He is as good as any keeper in the country. There is 10 times more responsibility placed on the goalie now compared to when Galway last won All Irelands in 1998 and 2001. A keeper was "great" back then if he could make a few saves. Failure to find a man from his kickouts was not part of the assessment. So give Gleeson a chance and stop all this unwarranted negativity. He is a fine goalkeeper and will prove it in time. It is a very onerous place to play in the modern possession game.

FatLadySinging (Galway) - Posts: 91 - 30/01/2023 20:08:15    2455405

Same auld story and has been for the last number of years ie blame the goalie. Every goalkeeper we have for the last few years have got lots of criticism on here and on other forums with the exception of Flaherty. He played a few games last year and I did not see anything special but I will be delighted to be proven wrong. But this talk of begging him to come back all I can say is Jesus wept. Gleeson did ok the last night and I will judge him on each game played and not on what might happen. My own opinion is that Lavelle is the best goalie but I will back whoever is chosen.
Whats bugging most people with Gleeson is his kick outs and we have to address that. Someone reported the stats here that we won all of the short ones but that we only won about three out of nine of his long ones. We have to get used to the fact that all top teams will push up aggressivly and that most kick outs against top teams will have to go long. To my mind we have no ball winning mid fielder and hav'nt had for about ten years. This in turn has led to a short tenure for a number of goalkeepers. Unless we find one midfielder we'll win nothing with this team. Between Niall Daly, John Maher, Matthew Barrett and Ger Davoren ( who has forced himself into the reckoning after the Glen game) I hope there is one to stake a claim. I dont think that Peter Cooke is good enough in the air for mid field. It is a bit rich blaming the goalie if we have no one to contest it in midfield and just to finish up if we go with the same mid field pairing next week my expectations for the year will be seriously diminished.

seventyniner (Galway) - Posts: 41 - 30/01/2023 20:34:37    2455410

Jellybaby (Dublin) - Posts: 358 - 31/01/2023 09:59:07    2455437