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Replying To Mayonman:  "Dubln were a class a head of us at the time.

We did miss a penalty and had a simple 2 on 1 for another goal all around the time Comer scored the goal. It would have been interesting if we got the 3 goals in a couple of minutes. That would rattle most teams.

However that Dublin team were class. I have no doubt they would still have reeled us in...... and then it would really have hurt!"
Dublin certainly feared Galway at that stage. Was third clash that year.

I thought manager got short straw before Joyce came in. Took a lot of flak but was going right way. Took a few years for PJ to get back to that level?

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4418 - 24/06/2026 14:02:34    2681694

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Replying To Maroon26:  "Couldn't agree more! Madness for management to leave a man that wasn't fully fit taking frees and not make a change.....i was at the game and its a game i haven't watch back and I don't think I'll ever get over it.....i can't imagine how the players feel."
Bit of a misconception around the frees that day. Understandable that Galway fans have never watched, or wanted to watch it back

After main free taker Finnerty went off, Walsh missed 4 "placed balls", two frees in the first half which he should've gotten. However the two in the second half were marks, which he won because of that old stupid rule whereby you'd get a free kick at goal for catching a 20m pass

So nobody else could've taken those kicks. They were both 40m out and from the left, which Cahair o'Kane explained in an article last week is basically a dead zone for scoring in Croke park, you very rarely see 2 pointers from there and people often turn down shots from that side into the hill. So while they looked bad at the time, there's probably some mitigating circumstances in hindsight. Hobbling with an injury obviously not helping either

PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 380 - 24/06/2026 15:02:07    2681701

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Very lazy analysis of Mayo games yet again this week. The usual "chaos" mantra mentioned but no in depth detail on players like they do with other games.

Then Pat Spillane on the Indo podcast says David Clifford has now joined Dean Rock as the all time top scorer. No he has not. Cillian O Connor by my count is still top scorer with Cooper, McManus and Rock following. I know Pat means well and I like him but surly he can get his facts right."
Chaos! They are like children. How long have they been rabbiting on about this meaningless concept as it apllies to football?

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4418 - 24/06/2026 19:03:08    2681730

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It's safe to say that I will be going for Kerry, Mayo,Monaghan and Galway all to win this Weekend.
P.S I will be in Dublin early this weekend for "The Cure" concert in Marley Park Friday!
All Ireland Semi Finals .....Kerry v Mayo and Galway v Monaghan.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2882 - 24/06/2026 19:23:01    2681732

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Dublin certainly feared Galway at that stage. Was third clash that year.

I thought manager got short straw before Joyce came in. Took a lot of flak but was going right way. Took a few years for PJ to get back to that level?"
Yeah, Kevin Walsh a decent coach but he could only have taken us so far with his brand of football.

He's now with the Cork management and will hopefully be a part of defeating them this week.

ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 115 - 24/06/2026 19:36:22    2681735

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Replying To systematic:  "If Rob Finnerty played full game we may indeed have won, so that could be street smarts.

That 2018 game was unreal if you were at it. Comer the bear in the square, I think Clucko still has nightmares about him"
I wasnt at it but i remember it being a fairly straightforward victory for dublin tbh.

As for cluxton im sure his 9 all Ireland medals will somewhat help him recover from the trauma of Comer being in the square.

Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 57 - 24/06/2026 21:00:39    2681748

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Who'd be everyone's current All-Star team. For me:
1. Niall McDonnell (Louth)
2. Tadhg Baker (Westmeath)
3. Peter Teague (Tyrone)
4. Cian Hernon (Galway)
5. Ronan Wallace (Westmeath)
6. Dara McDonnell (Louth)
7. Enda Hession (Mayo)
8. Conn Kilpatrick (Tyrone)
9. James Maguire (Louth)
10. Con O'Callaghan (Dublin)
11. Sam Mulroy (Louth)
12. Shane Walsh (Galway)
13. Jack McCarron (Monaghan)
14. David Clifford (Kerry)
15. Steven Sherlock (Cork)

ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 115 - 24/06/2026 22:08:17    2681757

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Replying To tireoghainabu:  "I cannot understand for the life of me why teams when they win a turnover in their own half insist on slow lateral movement up to the D giving the opposition time to re- group. I know not every team has a David Clifford but I think Tyrone need to throw caution to the wind on Saturday to have any chance."
If Tyrone had another Kennedy or Kilpatrick for the edge of the square Kerry would be worried. Even breaking the ball down to runners coming in.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2791 - 24/06/2026 22:14:15    2681758

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