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Replying To galway2015: "Hard to see Aran making the step up when they got beaten in the semi final.." Yes perhaps he thought Lettermore was close enough to Aran! tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 13/11/2021 19:30:39 2389312 Link
Cortoon straight back down to intermediate. Menlough down to junior. Lost after extra time to Gabriel's. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2377 - 13/11/2021 19:35:34 2389313 Link
Savage spirit from leitir mor. Dunmore had all the resources all the cards and so called 'expertise' .Ousiders can't coach spirit! Stripsandbanners (Galway) - Posts: 82 - 13/11/2021 19:49:04 2389316 Link
Replying To Stripsandbanners: "Savage spirit from leitir mor. Dunmore had all the resources all the cards and so called 'expertise' .Ousiders can't coach spirit!" How they blew that against inferior opposition will haunt Dunmore in the months ahead. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1660 - 14/11/2021 14:31:34 2389369 Link
Congratulations to MM. We were simply not at the races today. handpassking (Galway) - Posts: 438 - 14/11/2021 15:04:09 2389371 Link
Fantastic display by MM . Delighted for them Better team on the day won galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 14/11/2021 16:03:26 2389382 Link
Fair play Mountbellew Moylough.. No complaints here.. Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 14/11/2021 16:59:06 2389389 Link
Replying To Belclare: "Fair play Mountbellew Moylough.. No complaints here.." Corofin crying out for Ian Burke up front today but don't think he was there at all even though he was named on the panel. GalwayLurker (Galway) - Posts: 109 - 14/11/2021 17:39:21 2389400 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "How they blew that against inferior opposition will haunt Dunmore in the months ahead." Fairly ridiculous statement. I think 5 of the starting Dunmore 15 were U19 and they had one U18 playing. Naomh Anna probably a more physical, and also a more experienced outfit. They have couple of players who've played senior with Galway in the last 2/3 years too, Seán Andy & Barrett. Fair play to Naomh Anna, but I would say dunmore are an emerging team that will get better in the next few years. Donaldtrump (Galway) - Posts: 252 - 14/11/2021 18:23:09 2389411 Link
Replying To GalwayLurker: "Corofin crying out for Ian Burke up front today but don't think he was there at all even though he was named on the panel." I don't think it would have made much of a difference, to be honest. MM were dominant all over the pitch. Their work-rate was excellent and Corofin struggled with their physicality. The quality of ball going into the Corofin forwards was poor, due in large part to the pressure being applied further out the pitch. They were clinical enough to make their dominance count on the scoreboard too. I'm delighted for them after all the near misses. Commiserations to Corofin. They just couldn't get into the game. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2277 - 14/11/2021 18:37:25 2389415 Link
Replying To Donaldtrump: "Fairly ridiculous statement. I think 5 of the starting Dunmore 15 were U19 and they had one U18 playing. Naomh Anna probably a more physical, and also a more experienced outfit. They have couple of players who've played senior with Galway in the last 2/3 years too, Seán Andy & Barrett. Fair play to Naomh Anna, but I would say dunmore are an emerging team that will get better in the next few years." I call it as I see it, Dunmore were superior opposition. I expect Litir Mor spell in senior football will be short lived based on yesterday's evidence. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1660 - 14/11/2021 20:51:39 2389444 Link
Replying To Belclare: "Fair play Mountbellew Moylough.. No complaints here.." Yes, congrats and well deserved. Looking from a county viewpoint, did we seen anything in the club championship to give hope for the future? Mayfair (Galway) - Posts: 68 - 14/11/2021 21:49:51 2389460 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "I call it as I see it, Dunmore were superior opposition. I expect Litir Mor spell in senior football will be short lived based on yesterday's evidence." A 'superior' attitude never wins matches! It's quite simple really, the team that scores the most is the better team. Take it on the chin and move on. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 15/11/2021 08:20:19 2389464 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "I call it as I see it, Dunmore were superior opposition. I expect Litir Mor spell in senior football will be short lived based on yesterday's evidence." Call it as you see it? Did you see the scoreboard galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 15/11/2021 11:21:30 2389508 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "I call it as I see it, Dunmore were superior opposition. I expect Litir Mor spell in senior football will be short lived based on yesterday's evidence." Superior in what way? There was very little between the teams, which is the case most years for a lot of teams in intermediate. It's usually a very competitive championship. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2277 - 15/11/2021 12:58:16 2389524 Link
Congratulations to MM. Great win. I didn't see it coming to be honest. Now go win it all. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2483 - 15/11/2021 13:25:40 2389526 Link
Good win by MM. Margin of 6 points. I hope they can go on and win again now. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2602 - 15/11/2021 16:49:23 2389557 Link
Replying To galwayfball: "Call it as you see it? Did you see the scoreboard" Lads relax, just an opinion. Were all entitled to it. Scoreboard that's fair enough, it's just sometimes the best teams don't win. I think that was the case of Saturday in my opinion. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1660 - 15/11/2021 20:59:09 2389582 Link
Overall a good championship and , I would have to say well run, by the county board. Some observations 1. Corofin have obviously come back in to the pack and while you would expect them to rebound and probably win more titles , the days of winning 3 or 4 in a row are, most likely, behind them. 2. Part of the reason for this is down to some Corofin disimprovement / retirement of key players ,but part is due to the fact that a number ( probably 5 or 6) of teams stepping up a notch. 3. The draw was a bit lop-sided with most of the 5 or 6 teams above in the opposite half of the draw to Corofin. Would there be merit in seeding the championship draw further with teams being assigned pots ( based on League position or otherwise) like the way World Cup qualifiers are done? This would increase the relevance of League and would ensure competitive games from QF stages onwards. 4. This years final result has in a way validated Moycullen's achievement last year. Pre this years final there was a school of thought that Mountbellew caught Corofin on the hop and that Moycullen won the title without beating Corofin ( a little bit like back in the day winning a golf major when Tiger Woods was injured) . The unfortunate thing for Moycullen is that they didn't get the opportunity to play in Connacht / AI series.. I think the GAA missed an opportunity to open up this years comp to the county champions from both years. At most it would have meant 1 extra round ( and maybe not even that as in several counties there will be repeat winners). 5. Not too many new or exciting young players emerged from the pack that we didn't know about. Many of the top performers were current or recent county panelists . It is critical that we get all our top performers back into county panel. We can blend the younger players in then but we don't have enough high performers in the county to have several of them not on the panel for one reason or another ( Michael Daly, Eoin Finnerty , Dylan Wall, Adrian Varley are a few names that spring to mind) anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 979 - 16/11/2021 10:20:00 2389601 Link
Great win by MM - congrats and well deserved after so many near misses. In saying that I have to say that is the poorest I have seen Corofin play in about 25 years! There was no machine like zest or clear game-plan which had become their trademark. Gary Sice and Ian Burke were always 2 of the main creators and finishers of many of their best moves at their peak and helped others like the Farraghers and Lundy get onto the scoreboard regularly too so without them they seemed leaderless / rudderless. tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 16/11/2021 18:53:38 2389709 Link