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Galway V Kerry All Ireland Final 2022

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Great game, best team won and after all the questions about the referee, he had a stormer. Well done ref. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1663 - 24/07/2022 18:58:54 2433995 Link
Presume the commentators on here criticising Sean Hurson's appt will go back under cover again after a truly magnificent performance by the referee, he was the best man on the pitch after Clifford and Walsh. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1502 - 24/07/2022 19:02:21 2433997 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Galway need to get better at the kickouts. Galway keeper lucky not to be black carded. GAA should look at advanced mark too. Maybe play advantage. Galway midfield and forwards were not great. Kerry also very wasteful with the wides." A handy enough title for an average team by Kerry standards. You have to remember that Galway came from Div 2 and failed to beat mighty Roscommon in the Div 2 final. Dublin at about 60% of what they were in recent times almost beat Kerry. Galway were never going to win today. They won 2 titles 1997 and 2001 when they avoided Kerry and Dublin. Back then we had several good forwards like Donnellan, Joyce, Fallon and Savage but now we just have Walsh and Comer sometimes. A good honest effort but not enough. crafty (Galway) - Posts: 249 - 24/07/2022 19:08:08 2433999 Link
Great game, best team won and after all the questions about the referee, he had a stormer. Well done ref. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1663 - 24/07/2022 19:09:12 2434000 Link
Replying To Breffni1969: "How in the name of god would you expect to win an All Ireland with a goalkeeper like that ?? I wouldn't pick him for a junior B club team!" Coming from Cavan you'd know all about junior B. crafty (Galway) - Posts: 249 - 24/07/2022 19:15:35 2434001 Link
Replying To wicklowsupport: "Kerry marginally the better team. Galway seem to lose their intensity around 50/55 minutes but the key difference was the fact that Kerry had a couple of key impact subs which Galway didn't. Galway will need to find some impact subs as it is a 20 man game if they want to push on and win the all ireland. David Clifford is a magnificent player but is he much better than Shane Walsh? I thought Shane Walsh was magnificent for Galway but overall the other forwards didn't contribute enough. Also if Kerry had lost there would've been serious questions posed as to why Tom O'Sullivan was left on Walsh for the entire match; sullivan got roasted, will be interesting to see if o'sullivan gets an all star considering the weighing given to all ireland performances." 100% agree with you especially re our forwards when only 2 forwards score its virtually impossible to win all Ireland final needs to find 2 or 3 scoring forwards minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 224 - 24/07/2022 19:19:15 2434003 Link
So proud if Galway today. Support was mighty too. But i have to call out my disappointment at the amount of cheering we did on kerrys wides ive been criticial of other counties fans in the past so it would be hypocritical of me not to call this out. I was embarassed about it on a day that i was do proud of everything else. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 842 - 24/07/2022 19:29:50 2434011 Link
Well done kerry. The best team in the country all year and hard luck Galway. Ye should be really proud of that team and no doubt they will be back. Shane Walsh and David Clifford were a joy to watch. dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1059 - 24/07/2022 19:35:18 2434012 Link
Replying To sam1884: "What is the county Pat would most like to needle on his last SG appearance? On the day Kerry replaced Tyrone as All Ireland champions, to have a Tyrone man get obviously annoyed sitting beside him would of made Pat's day. Cavanagh fell right into the trap, and I'm sure Pat and many Kerry people would of had a laugh at it. Of course it's no different to 20 years ago, but have one last bite and watch to see if Tyrone man sitting beside reacts, he did, so as usual Pat wins the battle. Despite what many think, he was a great pundit as he knew the narrative he wanted out there, and in most cases achieved it, including one last success in the studio, on the day Sam returns to Kerry. Cavanagh allowed him that one last success by reacting." Hmm, you're crediting Pat with a subtlety that he never for a moment possessed. Brilliant ball player, a tremendous competitor, and a thoroughly decent, principled and very likable bloke who, if he was in public office, would in my view do the right thing for the public good far more than most politicians would. I like and admire Pat very much, he's a national treasure by this stage; but I always saw him as more of a raconteur than a pundit. His subjectivity was off the scale anyway; albeit he was so honestly and straightforwardly biased that you'd always forgive him for it, as he just would attack head on without ever being snide or two-faced or malicious - and you often could see he was hurting when he was on the attack (and we all can sympathise with that). I know people in Kerry who viewed him as a loose cannon, handing motivational nuggets to opposing teams through various intemperate outbursts. Some contrast with the silver-tongued Micko, a man much more in the traditional Kerry cultural style, able to disguise a ferocious will to win under a layer of old-fashioned charm. Pat doesn't win too many "battles"; half the time, the other commentators humour him and let him ramble on. He has never bothered to understand the modern game though [see: https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-20333297.html ], and has only sort-of stopped complaining about modern football when it became clear to even him that Kerry were also doing it. Anyway, enjoy the break Pat, and best wishes from all you many friends over the border. One point I agree with him on though - if the Kerry 70s-80s team were in a time machine and playing today (of course fed, watered and conditioned and coached to today's standards), imho they'd clean up. Saw nothing out there today that would worry them. More generally, the double standards are obvious though - both sides playing swarm defences - even the RTÉ commentator today said it was a "Tyrone" defence - and not a word about it; all you get is the usual patronising chat about the "purist's final", whatever that's supposed to mean in 2022. All the top teams play to the same blueprint, and have done so for years. (You see the same myth-making drivel in soccer commentators too though - all that chat about Brazil and their "samba football", even though they haven't played like that since the last century.) Today was a good average game, no more than that, with lots of sideways stuff, some poor shooting, poor kickouts, stray passes; and saved primarily by a magnificent individual display by Walsh, easily the MOTM; and a fired-up leadership individual display by Clifford too. Clifford had to do so much by himself, and deserves huge credit - more than in most finals, Clifford won this one for Kerry. Comer was the one slight let-down for me - was he assigned defensive duties early on or what - he was OK, but expected more from him. I think there's a lot more in him. Overall though, other teams watching will fancy their chances next year; either team looks beatable. points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet (Tyrone) - Posts: 242 - 24/07/2022 19:36:37 2434014 Link
Galway very unlucky. Kerry subs proved strong. Massive decision when John Daly was peolized when K Spillane couldn't tackle to sake his life. Swung the momentum at a key time. K Spillane was great. Ref had a good game bar a few calls in Kerrys favour. Galway missing 1 or two impact subs to add that extra energy. halftime subs made a difference going down the home strait. if Galway had a big name to bring in for the last few minutes, it would have helped. convroy going off sucked a little belief out of the team maybe even if he wasnt performing. No ball went into Comer or Finnerty. Well done Kerry. OhReally (Limerick) - Posts: 23 - 24/07/2022 19:41:26 2434017 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Great game, best team won and after all the questions about the referee, he had a stormer. Well done ref." Generally, yes. He favoured Galway with a marginal call on a possible black card - through to me that would have been a harsh black card. However, Kerry's 17th point came off a free, which although technically a free, was nonetheless harsh enough. Perhaps it would have been better for Galway if he'd have black-carded the goalie and then let the later free go. But overall, fair and quite sensible too, generally did not over-blow. Hurson comes from a good family, well thought of in the county, as anyone who knows their history will appreciate. points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet (Tyrone) - Posts: 242 - 24/07/2022 19:41:56 2434018 Link
Replying To Square_B: "Dessie Farrell will surely fancy staying on for another year... lets be honest Kerry deserved their win but they made tough work of it." Kerry didn't play great but got the job done. Winning a close all Ireland final will mean more to Kerry (and give them more confidence for future years) than if they had won it easy. This group of talented Kerry players this year have finally got 2 monkeys off their back (beat Dublin and finally won an all Ireland), this will stand to them a lot in big championship games in the next few years. bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1357 - 24/07/2022 19:42:11 2434019 Link
Replying To crafty: "A handy enough title for an average team by Kerry standards. You have to remember that Galway came from Div 2 and failed to beat mighty Roscommon in the Div 2 final. Dublin at about 60% of what they were in recent times almost beat Kerry. Galway were never going to win today. They won 2 titles 1997 and 2001 when they avoided Kerry and Dublin. Back then we had several good forwards like Donnellan, Joyce, Fallon and Savage but now we just have Walsh and Comer sometimes. A good honest effort but not enough." Kerry won the title in 1997. I think you mean 1998. Agree with a lot of your post. This is not a great Kerry team. Not yet anyway. Galway are short a number of players needed to win an All Ireland. Your bench is too thin and your goalkeeper is a liability. Shane Walsh brilliant today and Cillian McDaid has been outstanding for the last few games. Hope mighty Roscommon as you describe us can test ye in Connacht next year. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2170 - 24/07/2022 19:42:19 2434020 Link
Replying To wicklowsupport: "Kerry marginally the better team. Galway seem to lose their intensity around 50/55 minutes but the key difference was the fact that Kerry had a couple of key impact subs which Galway didn't. Galway will need to find some impact subs as it is a 20 man game if they want to push on and win the all ireland. David Clifford is a magnificent player but is he much better than Shane Walsh? I thought Shane Walsh was magnificent for Galway but overall the other forwards didn't contribute enough. Also if Kerry had lost there would've been serious questions posed as to why Tom O'Sullivan was left on Walsh for the entire match; sullivan got roasted, will be interesting to see if o'sullivan gets an all star considering the weighing given to all ireland performances." Maybe start Comer in the second half ... he wasn't at himself today, for whatever reason points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet (Tyrone) - Posts: 242 - 24/07/2022 19:43:03 2434021 Link
Commiserations to Galway, that performance from Walsh was out of this world and McDaid was phenomenal but I think the lack of depth on the panel really told towards the end and that was the difference. I have to say I did not want Jack O'Connor back but he has proven me wrong, the addition of Tally was a masterstroke and it's not one I saw coming when Jack was appointed. Call it hypocritical or whatever coming from a Kerryman but the difference in 12 months in terms of defensive stability is unbelievable, they'd have given up at least two goals in that game under the previous management. I'll take it all day long. The changes at half time were also really key, the Spillane's made a big difference and I think Kerry were clearly the better team down the stretch. I don't see this Kerry team going on a run of dominance as others have said, any injury to Clifford and they are just another team. There are a group of 4-5 counties with a more than realistic chance next year but it's Kerry's day today. Couldn't make the trip for personal reasons, first Kerry final I missed in a long time. Felt strange watching it at home, safe home to all that made the trip GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 24/07/2022 19:47:41 2434023 Link
The Galway keeper is coming in for a lot of unfair flack today. A couple of jitters/mistakes but he definitely was not the cause of losing the match today. Key players in key positions - Comer and Conroy not being in it was Galway's undoing really. Heaney's goal chance will be replayed in Tribe memories for years to come liosbreac6265 (Longford) - Posts: 212 - 24/07/2022 19:48:03 2434024 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "So proud if Galway today. Support was mighty too. But i have to call out my disappointment at the amount of cheering we did on kerrys wides ive been criticial of other counties fans in the past so it would be hypocritical of me not to call this out. I was embarassed about it on a day that i was do proud of everything else." Tbf some Kerry fans were giving plenty of it to Shane Walsh when he was taking his frees but I get your sentiment. All counties have fans who jeer wides/opposing free taker. kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1947 - 24/07/2022 19:48:06 2434025 Link
Replying To minor77: "100% agree with you especially re our forwards when only 2 forwards score its virtually impossible to win all Ireland final needs to find 2 or 3 scoring forwards" O'Sullivan was roasted today by an exceptional footballer. If using your logic re an All-Star for O'Sullivan i Hope you use the same logic about Comer, he contributed nothing today and was roasted reffingmad (Roscommon) - Posts: 371 - 24/07/2022 19:49:53 2434026 Link
Galway's forwards didn't show up besides Walsh who was outstanding and personally should get MOM but won't as Clifford carried Kerry especially in first half, Galway bit like mayo in finals had no impact from the bench whereas Kerry's subs really pushed them on. Yourjoking (USA) - Posts: 706 - 24/07/2022 19:53:22 2434029 Link
Replying To wicklowsupport: "Kerry marginally the better team. Galway seem to lose their intensity around 50/55 minutes but the key difference was the fact that Kerry had a couple of key impact subs which Galway didn't. Galway will need to find some impact subs as it is a 20 man game if they want to push on and win the all ireland. David Clifford is a magnificent player but is he much better than Shane Walsh? I thought Shane Walsh was magnificent for Galway but overall the other forwards didn't contribute enough. Also if Kerry had lost there would've been serious questions posed as to why Tom O'Sullivan was left on Walsh for the entire match; sullivan got roasted, will be interesting to see if o'sullivan gets an all star considering the weighing given to all ireland performances." Tom O'Sullivan is by far our best man marker and has consistently matched up to the best players in the country in recent seasons and usually come out on top. Walsh was just on fire today, kicking outrageous scores from every angle. I'm not sure any defender in the country could have lived with him so moving another player on to him may been just for the sake of it and could have backfired in fact. We will never know of course, there is no doubt Tom struggled mightily though. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 24/07/2022 19:59:01 2434030 Link