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Replying To Fox.1n.7he.b0x: "The final is the 7th but where will it be on it is due to be in markievicz park?? On the game we did enough a few really good performances 2 corner backs were excellent and Dylan mchugh and Ian burke of course comer a few more did ok the rest were under par which means loads of room for improvement we don't need to by flying on all cylinders at this stage, i do worry that Peter Cooke has been poor now for awhile and i don't see the hype about him at all, I do agree if Gleason made the same mistakes power did yesterday we would be all over him!!!" Galway last played Sligo in 2019 in Markievicz park. Going by the home and away arrangement the next game would be on in Galway but as Markievicz isn't deemed capable of holding a provencial final the game will be in Mac hale park by virtue of nuetral arrangment for Connacht finals. I feel like the connacht council should play the game in Pearse stadium as I can't see much of a crowd going to Mac Hale from either county. The crowd for that game could be the lowest seen in years for a Connacht provencial final. If it was Sligo's turn to host i'd have no issue abour the game being in Markievicz.
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Replying To Fox.1n.7he.b0x: "The final is the 7th but where will it be on it is due to be in markievicz park?? On the game we did enough a few really good performances 2 corner backs were excellent and Dylan mchugh and Ian burke of course comer a few more did ok the rest were under par which means loads of room for improvement we don't need to by flying on all cylinders at this stage, i do worry that Peter Cooke has been poor now for awhile and i don't see the hype about him at all, I do agree if Gleason made the same mistakes power did yesterday we would be all over him!!!" The final is at 1:45pm in Castlebar on the 7th.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 674 - 24/04/2023 14:44:00
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A great day out in Ros yesterday. Good Galway support too. We're building nicely imo. The squad strength in depth is looking much better now and credit to all involved for bringing this on, not the finished article by any means but we're going the right way. Don't worry too much about Shane Walsh, he's not at full pace yet but he will be. He'll light it up yet, I'm convinced of that. If we see him, Comer and Tierney all play well on the same day, then that'll be entertaining watching up front! If you had Finnerty fully firing too, well that could be serious stuff to watch.
Burke linking well and I noticed was screaming for some early ball in the first half yesterday, he'd got well away from his man but never got the deliveries. I've said it previously but now he categorically has to put some big hours on the training ground into shooting, as if he has that in the armoury too then he'll seriously test back lines. Cooke adds size, power, fielding and more but he's still looking too ponderous and slow in the build up for top tier IC level. He has to up a gear on this, he'll be turned over repeatedly if he doesn't. Maher did his job well yesterday, some man to take a hit too, they absolutely rattled off him a couple of times yesterday and he ploughed on! Sweeney, while good in general play, looked very loose at times. C Murtagh did huge damage in a few mins on the left in the second half. Glynn stretched a bit too. Daly a bit off the boil but class is permanent and he'll have super days ahead. McHugh very good but needs a left boot at times, too one sided when in scoring range. Comer was fantastic yesterday - worth the admission alone! Powerhouse stuff. Conroy worked extremely hard but a few mistakes that he'll be all too well aware of. We need McDaid in full health and at full tilt if we're going to have a real crack at it this year. Dublin absolutely demolished Laois. Kerry did the same to Tipp. Are we going to be easy-osy about this Connacht final and become potential ambush fodder for a fast rising Sligo or are we going to man up, put in a monster performance and just throw down the gauntlet to the rest of the country? We have the firepower, we're looking pretty good but now we have to start being ruthless - just like the other big contenders.
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Don't think conroy will move to a target roll as time goes on ,he prob move to impact sub maybe ,, always gives his best but legs are gone and passing is poor management need to replace him earlier in matches 40-50 mins max Kerry did it with Moran last year at ht and it prob won them all Ireland fresh legs Galway way 2 slow on sideline making changes or not making them , no point talking about the strengths of panel if they not brining them on ,, it will cost Galway yet
Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 840 - 24/04/2023 16:11:21
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Replying To crankyincorofin: "Shane Walsh is obviously a superb talent, but he was really very poor today. He had the game of his life last year in the All Ireland final, which is of course the stage on which to shine, but he has had more bad days than good for Galway and today was one of his worst. Plenty of time to improve but he needs to. We need him to.
Comer, Sweeney, Kelly, McHugh all excellent.
Cooke and Heaney… not so much." I would have to disagree with your comment on Heaney. He is excellent and is well above Sweeney and Cooke etc anyday.
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That was a lovely goal by Murtagh but having watched it back.
1. Bad ball by J Daly up the other end gets intercepted.
2. Conroy is standing next to Murtagh and when the high ball goes in, Murtagh makes a run and Conroy stands still, he's on his own gathering the ball in front of goal.
The sub coming on seemed to cause confusion, Sweeney wasn't sure who he was picking up and Murtagh seemed to get freed up with Cooke and Conroy just marking space.
We made a switch then but that few minutes nearly cost us the game
smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 364 - 24/04/2023 16:27:53
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Replying To crankyincorofin: "Power is not perfect but he is definitely better than Gleeson. I don't think I saw too many claiming that he is the solution to every issue - just better than the other option." I think Gleeson has improved a lot but the time taken to get kick outs away was the issue for me. I counted 23 seconds for the first kick out against Mayo in the league final and it allows the opposition time to much time to set up. Didn't time Bernie yesterday but there was no crowd getting on his back the way they do with Gleeson (which spreads jitters among the defence) and he was 14/15 seconds against Kerry. I'm not convinced he's the solution to everything but with what we have got ,would go for him over other keepers.
Heard Flaherty was in Portugal but havent managed yet to establish if that was true or just one of those rumours that get legs from time to time.
fairplay4ever (Galway) - Posts: 415 - 24/04/2023 16:30:08
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Yes great to see a good Galway support yesterday, we are building nicely.
ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1572 - 24/04/2023 16:45:29
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Replying To fairplay4ever: "I think Gleeson has improved a lot but the time taken to get kick outs away was the issue for me. I counted 23 seconds for the first kick out against Mayo in the league final and it allows the opposition time to much time to set up. Didn't time Bernie yesterday but there was no crowd getting on his back the way they do with Gleeson (which spreads jitters among the defence) and he was 14/15 seconds against Kerry. I'm not convinced he's the solution to everything but with what we have got ,would go for him over other keepers.
Heard Flaherty was in Portugal but havent managed yet to establish if that was true or just one of those rumours that get legs from time to time." It's nuts that Ros recovered possession of 100% of their kickouts yesterday, while Galway only recovered 60% of their kickout possession. Talk about an obvious area to improve on. Maybe twas 'a tactical move' to give up 100% of their kickouts? You'd hope so!!
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Replying To smallfrank: "That was a lovely goal by Murtagh but having watched it back.
1. Bad ball by J Daly up the other end gets intercepted.
2. Conroy is standing next to Murtagh and when the high ball goes in, Murtagh makes a run and Conroy stands still, he's on his own gathering the ball in front of goal.
The sub coming on seemed to cause confusion, Sweeney wasn't sure who he was picking up and Murtagh seemed to get freed up with Cooke and Conroy just marking space.
We made a switch then but that few minutes nearly cost us the game" Maher was caught ball watching and when he spotted Smith it was too late, Smith won it and laid it off..
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Replying To centrefield99: "Galway last played Sligo in 2019 in Markievicz park. Going by the home and away arrangement the next game would be on in Galway but as Markievicz isn't deemed capable of holding a provencial final the game will be in Mac hale park by virtue of nuetral arrangment for Connacht finals. I feel like the connacht council should play the game in Pearse stadium as I can't see much of a crowd going to Mac Hale from either county. The crowd for that game could be the lowest seen in years for a Connacht provencial final. If it was Sligo's turn to host i'd have no issue abour the game being in Markievicz." Ah I'm sure all our good friends in Mayo will go and roar their heads off for Galway!!....
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Delighted with the result, in total control in the first half, one poor pass from Daly and we got caught out for the goal, the Rossies playing with a huge home crowd has their tails up but we managed it fairly well.
Some poor shot selection from Walsh mainly, Cooke and one bad wide from Ian, and Kelly's goal chance, he should have popped it over..
Power was better than Gleeson and is not number 1 , Mc grath was excellent along with Kelly, Sweeney, Maher, Burke and Comer, thought we were a little slow getting subs in but all in all , we can't complain..
Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 24/04/2023 18:19:38
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Replying To Pope_Benedict: "It's nuts that Ros recovered possession of 100% of their kickouts yesterday, while Galway only recovered 60% of their kickout possession. Talk about an obvious area to improve on. Maybe twas 'a tactical move' to give up 100% of their kickouts? You'd hope so!!" I saw a statistic that Galway only won 9 kickouts out of a total of 38 i.e. just over 23% - that is shocking especially when we hear about all the "big men" that Galway have in the midfield / half forwards such as Conroy, Maher, Cooke and Tierney. Something is rotten in the state of the Galway midfield diamond being able to catch high ball or win breaking ball and it has become the elephant in the room that PJ and co. don't want to talk about it seems.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3322 - 24/04/2023 18:51:13
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Replying To fairplay4ever: "I think Gleeson has improved a lot but the time taken to get kick outs away was the issue for me. I counted 23 seconds for the first kick out against Mayo in the league final and it allows the opposition time to much time to set up. Didn't time Bernie yesterday but there was no crowd getting on his back the way they do with Gleeson (which spreads jitters among the defence) and he was 14/15 seconds against Kerry. I'm not convinced he's the solution to everything but with what we have got ,would go for him over other keepers.
Heard Flaherty was in Portugal but havent managed yet to establish if that was true or just one of those rumours that get legs from time to time." .....crossing the border into Spain now apparently
Albara (Galway) - Posts: 30 - 24/04/2023 18:55:05
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Replying To galway19: "The final is at 1:45pm in Castlebar on the 7th." Sligo were due to play us in 2020 in Pearse Stadium but could not field and Galway were awarded the Game
this is why they have a home venue now
Galway2001 (Galway) - Posts: 11 - 24/04/2023 19:30:38
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Replying To fairplay4ever: "I think Gleeson has improved a lot but the time taken to get kick outs away was the issue for me. I counted 23 seconds for the first kick out against Mayo in the league final and it allows the opposition time to much time to set up. Didn't time Bernie yesterday but there was no crowd getting on his back the way they do with Gleeson (which spreads jitters among the defence) and he was 14/15 seconds against Kerry. I'm not convinced he's the solution to everything but with what we have got ,would go for him over other keepers.
Heard Flaherty was in Portugal but havent managed yet to establish if that was true or just one of those rumours that get legs from time to time." Roscommon crowd behind me were constantly shouting that power was taking too long. He actually did take a good while yesterday because he generally has no options. Nobody running, everybody static. Full back line had to bail him out a lot.
His first kickout too he was ages getting the ball from the side, plus the tee. Not ideal.
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Replying To Galway2001: "Sligo were due to play us in 2020 in Pearse Stadium but could not field and Galway were awarded the Game
this is why they have a home venue now" My understanding is that Castlebar, Salthill and Roscommon are the only grounds capable of staging a Connacht final. If Sligo or Leitrim qualify they can nominate the venue. I presume that also applies to NY and London. I seem to remember Sligo nominated Castlebar in 2010 v Roscommon Some fuss a few years ago about Hyde Park with health and safety issues but I have been there numerous times over the last fifty years or so and never heard of any spectacular even breaking a toe nail.
Rossieforever (Roscommon) - Posts: 85 - 24/04/2023 22:41:45
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win a game by 4 points and still complaining somethings will never change on this forum
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Replying To Rossieforever: "My understanding is that Castlebar, Salthill and Roscommon are the only grounds capable of staging a Connacht final. If Sligo or Leitrim qualify they can nominate the venue. I presume that also applies to NY and London. I seem to remember Sligo nominated Castlebar in 2010 v Roscommon Some fuss a few years ago about Hyde Park with health and safety issues but I have been there numerous times over the last fifty years or so and never heard of any spectacular even breaking a toe nail." Can't see why Sligo couldn't hold Connacht Final. It always seems to be crazy that we give up home advantage when it is our turn
thedreamer (Sligo) - Posts: 52 - 25/04/2023 08:12:37
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Replying To Rossieforever: "My understanding is that Castlebar, Salthill and Roscommon are the only grounds capable of staging a Connacht final. If Sligo or Leitrim qualify they can nominate the venue. I presume that also applies to NY and London. I seem to remember Sligo nominated Castlebar in 2010 v Roscommon Some fuss a few years ago about Hyde Park with health and safety issues but I have been there numerous times over the last fifty years or so and never heard of any spectacular even breaking a toe nail." I don't think Roscommon are allowed to anymore. They were allowed to host in 2018 on condition that renovations were complete next time they have a home final. Should sure if these have been complete. Looked like a large portion of the seated area infront of the stand was cordoned off.
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