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They have 3 division 1 teams next season same as Ulster
Kew (Galway) - Posts: 166 - 18/05/2025 18:17:36 2610678 Link 0 |
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We didn't do well in group stages last year either but were pretty decent when we got out of them.Hopefully we will but hard to know.
Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 18/05/2025 18:17:43 2610679 Link 0 |
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Agreeing with yourself ? Going to be hard to keep up with all these aliases. Do you keep the one pass word for them all to keep track?
Trucker1 (Galway) - Posts: 434 - 18/05/2025 19:09:03 2610715 Link 1 |
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That was last year. You beat Dublin last year too if you remember, didn't help yesterday.
JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 55 - 18/05/2025 19:24:57 2610721 Link 0 |
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First off, can we please just ignore the obvious troll. For a lad with so much to say about Galway (in his many guises) he has never posted on the Donegal thread and even on national level discussions only ever talks about Galway. He's a bloody bore and it would be great if we could just starve him of the attention he apparently craves. festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3149 - 18/05/2025 19:54:53 2610732 Link 4 |
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tough loss yesterday but i predicted it..dublin had a massive point to prove and deserved there victory over a very flat galway team..its not the end of the world losing a game by a point to another division 1 team but we'll see now what this galway team and management are mad off with a massive game v derry in 2 weeks.. gbay (Galway) - Posts: 268 - 18/05/2025 20:50:42 2610755 Link 1 |
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Disappointing result yesterday, great crowd and a great atmosphere in pearse stadium especially in the terrace, but unfortunately going down the home stretch it was a game we never felt like winning, our attack was too slow and unpredictable, the dubs took conroy out of the game, they had a man on him at all times and his scoring was a massive loss. The dubs got scores was easier, their directness and speed in their attack was very impressive. All that said we should of scored 2 goals in the first half, i think it was mchugh the first half had a shot blocked and shane should have no excuses for his miss that should have been buried, will Joyce rush Comer back? He was walking the prom when i was walking into pearse stadium before the hurling Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 18/05/2025 22:56:48 2610813 Link 0 |
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I knew the kickout tactic would get found out, especially against a smart team like Dublin, Dublin are the masters at using body to either stop opposition or create space for themselves real basketball stuff. It was the worst time to get the Dubs also, they really needed the reaction after the Meath result. We were flat and poor. I know ppl are saying we only lost by one score but we didnt deserve to win and we were 4 or 5 points the worse team i think, O Callaghan going off was a big help. Hernon was disappointing, Cooke was ok but needs to be more direct. If Hernon or Walsh scored there goal chances or took both, then might have given a boost Tribes88 (Galway) - Posts: 41 - 18/05/2025 23:22:54 2610815 Link 0 |
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Forwards win games, and I was looking at the programme before game thinking 7 of Dublin's players would make Galway forward line. They play game at far higher pace than Galway forwards. But ironically, when we do play at pace we look very good - the chance created for Shane Walsh goal being an example. Galway generally are good defensively but got taken to cleaners against Dubs pace. If I was picking a combined Dublin/Galway it would be the following: Cluxton, McGrath, Kelly, Silke, McHugh, Howard, McDaid, Maher, O' Cofaigh Byrne, Kilkenny, Walsh, Bugler, Small/Finnerty, Con, Basquell/Costello. hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 432 - 19/05/2025 08:38:25 2610847 Link 0 |
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Ya sure leave FOTY last year out of your combined team
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 331 - 19/05/2025 09:35:02 2610861 Link 1 |
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Walsh should have scored his goal chance, Hernon's while it nearly went in wasn't a clear goal chance. Galway's second goal came from a poor shot that deserved a wide but ended up in the net (fair dues to the Galway man for keeping the ball in play). In fairness Dublin's goal came from a bad error from Galway and the ball couldn't have bounced better for Costello. Dublin twice established a deserved 4 point lead in the game and were twice pegged back, both times with goals that they would be disappointed with. However the Dubs never really conceded momentum/control to Galway bar for a few minutes after the first Galway goal. Going down the stretch no doubt both teams would have taken a draw. Having watched the full game again though Dublin certainly deserved the win and a 3 or 4 point margin would not have flattered the winners. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 901 - 19/05/2025 10:52:52 2610884 Link 0 |
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Us Dubs delighted that POCB had his best game ever in Blue on Saturday but to put him in ahead of Conroy, well now I don't think so. On all known evidence it has to be PC. POCB is a huge man, 6'6" and near 16 stone, sometimes these really big men develop as footballers a little later so at 25 maybe Peadar is going to throw off the shackles and come into his own, also with Brian Fenton gone his responsibilities in the team are more clearcut. Is there some suspicion/talk that Conroy was carrying a knock on Saturday? sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 901 - 19/05/2025 11:13:10 2610890 Link 0 |
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The new rules are all about pace and you need legs - I think Conroy will end up being a brilliant impact sub later in year should Galway qualify.
hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 432 - 19/05/2025 11:16:01 2610893 Link 0 |
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good post sligo joe. yes the word on the street is he was carrying an injury although not sure what it was, conroy has been a colossus for us since 2008 but people rule you out after one game these days, similiar to walsh. galway have a huge mountain to climb now away to derry and last game against armagh. dublin and armagh game in croker should be a classic! dillontim16 (Armagh) - Posts: 5 - 19/05/2025 11:22:49 2610895 Link 0 |
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Ah, JM25, always having a pop at me and my posts! So be it but just so as you know, I'm not trying to write an article for the Times here, I'm posting based on what I see as a lifelong Galway supporter when I'm at our games. I'm entitled to do so and if you don't like that, you know what to do with it. Try focusing on saying your own thing in your posts but if you feel you must come back again to have a go at me to try and redeem yourself when I've disproved your pointed comments in the past, then that's your prerogative. So, let me explain for you what you found so 'nonsensical'. I'll make this easy for you. We were badly beaten in midfield. Okay. The midfield, indeed our middle 8, couldn't win primary possession. I think 99% of galway fans there could see that but maybe it wasn't obvious enough for you. With the new rules, fielding is now even more critical to gaining primary possession. It's not complex - Dublin bossed us in that department, possession in midfield creates the platform for scores and they did it with ease time and again. Ciaran Kilkenny is 6ft tall, he claimed 6 kickouts, he outfielded some of our guys who are physically bigger, rated as top IC fielders, and are 3 -4 inches taller than him. We got cleaned in the air. That's being stuck to the ground on our part. We're not getting off the deck. Watch it back. Our big men are repeatedly going slightly too short for the dropping ball, then they have to step backwards into the drop zone, the Dublin midfielder puts a hand or two on their shoulder as they reverse into the Dublin player, who then times his jump and claims the ball. Dublin player is in the air, Galway feet still on the ground. There were multiple instances of that. Watch it back. Is there a foul in it? Perhaps, but it'll never be called as that jostling is seen as a constant and largely ignored by refs but the Dubs have it down to a fine art. Another point you seemed to have an issue with and I'll say it again for you, our shooting isn't good enough. We're expecting to win the All Ireland right? At least that's the ambition. If it is, then our shooting has to become elite and right now it's not. 2 of our 6 two pointer efforts is all we landed. 2 or 3 of those 2 Pointer effort wides were straightforward and should be landed at this elite grade. 2 two point frees in the later stages could've been attempted. Cooke shooting twice off the outside of his boot to get distance isn't what we should be expecting at this stage from such a quality player. A man his size and with his power should standard hook kick those over the bar all day long. It's a far simpler skill to execute and the breeze was negligible at that stage. Wrong shooting decision and not practised enough. Simple as that. If we landed any one of those, we'd have beaten Dublin for only the second time in 90 years - but we failed to make it happen. Also, we've very little in the way of runners at angles coming at speed off the shoulder, rather than going back and forth in predictable arcs. Our defence had so many shortcomings on Saturday but on just one point alone, we have to put more contact on in defence outside the arc. We have to tackle, we have to hit. We didn't lay a hand on many of their runners, who we could see were going to come off the shoulder and drive at us. They breezed through us. That's enough for you to digest for now JM, even with all that bile! togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1050 - 19/05/2025 11:29:46 2610900 Link 0 |
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It was Hernon that had the shot. It beat Cluxton but was cleared off the line behind him. Weirdly enough it was Galway who had all the goal chances. Scored 2 but missed another 2 good chances. Even Tierney had a goal chance there for his equalising fisted point at the end but can't blame him for taking the point at that stage. Dublin didn't really create any goal chances bar the one Silke handed to them. Big problem was the kickouts. Conroy, Maher and D'Arcy weren't really in the game at all. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2387 - 19/05/2025 11:48:44 2610911 Link 0 |
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Interesting comment on Cooke's size and power. He has less of both than when we last saw him. crankyincorofin (Galway) - Posts: 107 - 19/05/2025 11:57:20 2610916 Link 0 |