Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 372 - 08/10/2023 15:53:53    2507346

Not much between the top 8 teams at all.Gap is getting smaller to top 4.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 372 - 08/10/2023 17:32:08    2507364

That Moycullen-Mountbellew game decides the winner of the championship. Should be Moycullen really

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 806 - 08/10/2023 17:39:27    2507366

Watched Mountbellew v St James in Stadium, St James the better team they were very unlucky not to of won the game, young Sam O Neill going off after 5 minutes with a bad looking knee injury was a huge blow. John Daly probably the only one for M/M that you could say played well. If I see Eoin Finnerty in another Galway training panel or even the panel for a league game I think I'll get sick, million miles off it, nowhere near the level. Michael Daly came on set up a score, kicked 2 wides didn't do much else. It's definitely a game St James' will feel they should of won

Flemenstar200 (Galway) - Posts: 65 - 08/10/2023 17:41:39    2507367

Galway SFC semi-finals

Mountbellew-Moylough v Moycullen
Milltown v Corofin

Galway IFC semi-finals

Kilconly v Oileaín Árann
Monivea-Abbey v Cortoon Shamrocks

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2304 - 08/10/2023 17:42:14    2507368

Only for Cooke moycullen were in trouble, for a man that hasnt played any club game this year he is in some shape, just oozes confidence. Sean lucky enough not to get shown the line seen them given.
Salthill stepped it up in fairness from their group games.
Corofin will have too much for milltown
MM will need up their game wonder will we see Sean hammer the hammer and mark Daly from the off?

Got to watch some of the relegation over the fence, can't for the life of me figure spiddeal having two, yes TWO, sweepers for the whole game and trailing all throughout, I taught their management with a cv like that would have gone for it. Finian o laoi the standout and quite by his standards but can't be expected to carry a team. Very poor and surprisingly unfit inside forward
McGrath cut through twice for vital scores. Both average teams not much between them

Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 226 - 08/10/2023 19:39:26    2507406

Flemenstar200 (Galway) - Posts: 65 - 08/10/2023 19:45:14    2507408

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 806 - 08/10/2023 20:02:59    2507413

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 960 - 08/10/2023 20:36:23    2507421

Moycullen do what champs do & found a way. That game will bring them on leaps on bounds as they had no competitive game as they were top dogs in their group early doors. Cooke some operator & will only be better for the game today & same with S Kelly. MM will need to bring it up a few levels but cant see it. Corofin to get past Miltown who to be fair have had a great champo. Kilconly & Monivea in Inter final for me. In relegation Lmore & Spideal for the drop. Football in west is really struggling & shows with 4 west teams bein in round robin. There be no "proper Gaeltacht" team in senior in 2024 IMO a sign of the times? (Not including Moycullen or Barna as Galetacht team for obv reasons)

Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 304 - 08/10/2023 21:28:53    2507436

5plus9 (Galway) - Posts: 19 - 09/10/2023 01:08:22    2507461

I was in Pearse stadium today. Firstly , no comparison at all between the two matches. Different quality and different pace. It was like night and day. That's not to say that MM won't show up a good fight to Moycullen.

St James were very unlucky. I thought they were the better team but they needed to take more chances. John Daly played a blinder, you can see why he won an all star. He's going to be well able for Moycullen in two weeks.

Salthill Knocknacara came out fighting, and to hand it to them, they gave it all they could. Will be a tough pill to swallow to lose to Moycullen by a point yet again. I said whoever gets the goal will win, but somehow, Moycullen managed to pull it off once again. Rob Finnerty played well, and you'd have to wonder would it be a different story tonight if Tomo Culhane was on the field. Another point - Salthill played very dirty football. They were giving Sean kelly kicks which is just so poor to see, especially after the Mayo controversy, and it's a real shame to see it happen on the pitch today. They lacked confidence at the end of the day, and were getting sloppy and scrappy, so based on that I'm glad Moycullen won. There was also one Salthill point that was really wide that they gave to them. Anyone at Pearse Stadium could see it was wide. You'd have to wonder if the line men were biased or if Hawk Eye should be brought in.

Now onto Moycullen. Today was a serious wake up call for them. They aren't half as good as people claim they are.

I agree with another comment - Peter Cooke just oozes confidence and class. He's not cocky, just completely self assured. He commanded the pitch, he didn't look like he was trying too hard, he kept his cool and he what he needed to get done. I would find it hard to believe they'd have won without him. Alot will be said about his points, but he was also super defender. Wynne was the fittest player on the pitch, he's so fast driving the game, and he also set up a lot of their points. He does a lot of communication on the field between the lads and his experience is a real asset to them. Dessie Connelly, you have to hand it to him, he can score, he got some really impressive shots from play today. His big weakness is was pulling jerseys today and that's going to get them in trouble sooner or later.

As for the rest of the lads. Nothing great.

It's impossible to discuss Moycullen without mentioning Sean kelly - I wasn't going to go there. He has has to be one of Irelands most naturally gifted footballers, but, he seems to have lost all confidence whatever is going on. This is a man who can run faster than anyone, drive a goal, and stop David Clifford from scoring, so where is he gone? It's really sad to see him loose confidence. He was a shadow of himself . He lost his cool a lot today and got himself a yellow card. I think a lot of it is down to confidence. I hope he comes back to form and gains that confidence. It was sad watching him loose faith in himself and give a bad pass, when we all know he's capable of driving through and scoring a goal. Anyone know why Moycullen play his as a forward? Surely they should have it in backs? And bring Niall Walsh on as a forward .

No idea why they took Ger Davoren off? He was winning all the balls in mid field. Owen Gallagher didn't bring his usual impact either, he's capable of much more points. Eoghan kelly was solid at times but he loses his temper too much. Paul kelly had an unlucky wide. Claffey was pretty good to be fair. There was few terrible passes and messy frees from a few lads I won't mention now.

For all the depth on the Moycullen team they talk off, they didn't have any subs except one today.

Salthill knocknacara we're subbing every five minutes it was like the jacks at times.

Bottom line, Moycullen seem to show us what they are made off even when it's full time and they are down. They have that fight in them and that's the difference.

Will they be county winners again? Hard to know.

Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 09/10/2023 01:11:18    2507462

Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 09/10/2023 01:34:12    2507464

Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 09/10/2023 01:36:16    2507465

From watching club games over the past few months the worrying thing from a Galway senior panels point of a view is that there does not seem to be many forwards with pace that can take a man on and score in the county (a Tommy Conroy/Ryan O Donoghue type player hate to say it) which is something that we badly need.

Flemenstar200 (Galway) - Posts: 65 - 09/10/2023 07:48:08    2507470

t.g (Galway) - Posts: 108 - 09/10/2023 10:21:59    2507497

Sign of the times indeed Eire89 with immigration raising its ugly head again under the watchful eye of successive governments but that's another days work.

Very little clubs can do to reverse this trend apart from amalgamating and that could be a very bitter pill for some to swallow back west.

Moycullen and Corofin for senior with moycullen winning

Kilconly and Cartoon for Inter final with Cortonn to win and come down again I fear.

padthepostman (Galway) - Posts: 150 - 09/10/2023 10:38:49    2507503

Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 304 - 09/10/2023 10:57:53    2507516

MapleSyrup (Galway) - Posts: 165 - 09/10/2023 11:10:06    2507523

Corner flag (Galway) - Posts: 37 - 09/10/2023 11:56:21    2507533