Huge congrats to Galway!

Deserved win, and I've been onto my Galway cousins who are of course over the moon. Happy for them and for GAA in Galway who have produced many great underage teams in both codes during their hurling famine

This is a richly deserved title to a great GAA county

My heart goes out to Waterford and this is a young enough team and I'd like nothing more to see them win it next

Chin up. You played very well but Galway were just that extra 5% better

Enjoy your celebrations Galway posters

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 03/09/2017 20:36:49    2042315

Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 996 - 03/09/2017 20:47:09    2042319

Well done Galway on a great year and hard luck Waterford.

What was Austin Gleeson doing taking that last free when if anything he should have been inside waiting to collect a ball that should have been dropped into the square..

ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 03/09/2017 21:15:38    2042331

HurlingSnob (Dublin) - Posts: 220 - 03/09/2017 21:22:21    2042333

PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 03/09/2017 21:32:39    2042335

Was Canning carrying an injury for much of the second half today?

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 03/09/2017 23:14:07    2042370

wanted waterford to win to delighted for galway and joe canning

however out of respect for traditions past
1 there should have been at least one ad during the game showing joe cooney senior dosing a cow while having it in a headlock
2 there should have been interviews in dressing rooms with the players drinking mile to beat the band
3 gerry mac junior should have worn white boots
4 there should have been a rendition of the west awake =though my da (who was at the 1980 final-hates "that song" )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
5 post match studio analysis should have been done by an emotional joe connolly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuEjN3o0oRo
just kidding

congratulations galway, enjoy it lads -well earned

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 04/09/2017 00:04:14    2042387

Congrats to Galway all that hurt drove them on but you have to feel sorry for Waterford. They were still in with a shout at the end but their key players were tied down most of the game and when you don't have Shane Bennett and Austin Gleeson scoring its hard to peg back the scoreboard. When the game was opening up someone like Bennett if on the field could have got in for a goal.Maurice probably had his worst game in a Waterford jersey for as long as I can remember. Tommy Ryan scored a fantastic point easily the point of the game.
However its all the about winners and Galway with that whirlwind start was the winning of the game. The only team to come out and play like that in an all ireland final from from the off was Kilkenny. Thats how highly I hold this Galway team. Leaders stood up and every player had a part to play.Its actually hard to say one Galway player had a bad game.
Now that Galway have finally won I hope Waterford can win not too far in the distant future.Minor and U21 success albeit beating Galway in both finals can only mean the county has a steady stream of talent to work with.
Here's to 2018 already fast forward the clock someone I for one cannot wait.

WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 04/09/2017 07:46:15    2042409

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 04/09/2017 08:47:43    2042421

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 04/09/2017 09:33:46    2042437

For me the big turning point was when Waterford were a point up and Kevin Moran got a ball in oceans of space he'd only one man to beat and he was in on goal and Moran has pace to burn so he surely would of fancied himself beating that last Galway defender but maybe he was too tired and instead went for an easy point that he hit wide , massive turning point in the game imo. Now Galway were the better team and dererved their win but a goal there could of changed everything.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 04/09/2017 09:38:14    2042438

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 04/09/2017 10:02:09    2042454

Delighted for Galway. A historic day and the celebrations will go on for the week. Hard luck to Waterford....keep at it.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 04/09/2017 10:18:09    2042458

I thought all the way through it Galway were going to win......they just seemed to be able to score more fluidly/easier when they really needed to........the goals are what kept Waterford in it, both of which were easily preventable.......think only two starting forwards for Waterford scored Mahoney and Brick which isn't going to ever be enough to win an all Ireland, Glynn was only starting forward for Galway not to score.........I would love to see Waterford just come out and play, think they should trust themselves more and just go for it.........yes they are competitive with this system but not sure they will ever win an all Ireland with it

PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 04/09/2017 10:21:25    2042460

Well, wasn't that a good day yesterday..... unreal stuff from the minors and the seniors finally bringing Liam back west.... I've never seen so many Galway jerseys in my life, there were some numbers in and around Dublin. Brilliant brilliant day and Galway will be on fire tonight!!!!! Up the tribesmen!!!!

Best of luck to Waterford going forward too, they still have a load of youngsters coming through so if wont be the end of them even if a few do call it a day. Keep it going lads, you'll get to the promised land too...

tribeinbrum (Galway) - Posts: 4155 - 04/09/2017 10:53:59    2042472

Right team won , was cheering for Waterford
Big lesson for Austin Gleeson to be learned , game passed him by
On the game was stunned by handling errors , some savage scores was definitely a mixed bag , was refed well , not a classic

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 04/09/2017 10:54:44    2042473

Great day yesterday - Better team won and atmosphere in the last 10 mins especially was just amazing . Hats off to both teams and their supporters , the ref too .. fantastic day for hurling .

Finsceal (None) - Posts: 559 - 04/09/2017 11:52:04    2042502

Well firstly credit to Galway, Smokie lived next door to Alice for longer than they waited to bring Liam across the Shannon. It is great to see players who have suffered repeat heartbreak, no more than the rest of us, at the hands of Kilkenny, finally get over the line.
I know it is not a day to knock players, but if Waterford are to get over the line, Austin Gleeson needs to become more of a team player. The long range shots, even the goal v Cork, if a Cork player had flicked the ball away, the Brick would have killed him and rightly so. Long range pot shots, when they go over, are a great roar from the crowd, but 3 points down in injury time, needing a goal, there was no point in it. There is no doubting the talent of the player, but a more team player he needs to become.
The greatest players deliver on the greatest day, and unfortunately he failed to deliver. I hope he will learn. Personally I would have taken him off yesterday.
But to the victors, the spoils. And lets all be honest, there were plenty of great Galway men who retired without a Celtic Cross (Joe Rabbite, Ollie Canning, to name but 2). It would have been an injustice if Joe didn't get one.
I always had the height of respect for Galway, their supporters are gracious in victory and defeat. This is their day, enjoy it but don't forget who the only team to beat you in 2017 were ;)
The west is well and truly awake, enjoy it Galway folk, I didn't think in 1996 I would be typing 21 years later without having added to our triumph. They are too hard won to not savour.
Well done Galway.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 04/09/2017 12:07:32    2042508

Well done and thanks to all Galway hurling folks for this season, a massive achievement, it will sink in soon. Waterford were classy in defeat all round, their day is coming for sure.

suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1667 - 04/09/2017 12:19:41    2042515

brilliant Galway, they join Cork as the only county to have a Sam and a Liam in this century, what an achievement, hope to see Waterford back to seal the deal in future.

maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1196 - 04/09/2017 12:44:41    2042523