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Are Galway really one of the teams that can actually put a fight up to Dublin oakleafersir (Derry) - Posts: 808 - 19/07/2016 11:11:51 1886106 Link
They don't have the calibre of player of the '98 and '01 winners but Walsh and his players have learned and improved in every championship game. There'll be a lot less pressure on them than on Dublin so they might get within 4 points of them. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7342 - 19/07/2016 11:46:17 1886139 Link
In a word no. Agree with four points maybe . Teams who can maybe beat Dublin are Mayo/Kerry/Tyrone and Donegal..and I'd be leaning more towards ourselves or Mayo. I know Galway bet Mayo but I think it was a real off day for them ,a rematch in Croke Park and I'd have all my cash on Mayo GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 19/07/2016 13:08:14 1886238 Link
No , not a chance, there is only one team that can beat Dublin.. Mayo. They have it all.. and all their injured players are back!! Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 19/07/2016 13:36:12 1886275 Link
Anything is possible now having got out of Connaught and will certainly cause major problems for anyone they come up against. Hurlers could take a page out of their book. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 19/07/2016 14:15:52 1886322 Link
Replying To Dubh_linn: "Anything is possible now having got out of Connaught and will certainly cause major problems for anyone they come up against. Hurlers could take a page out of their book." Aren't they both in the QF? gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 19/07/2016 14:22:11 1886330 Link
Replying To GameOfTyrones: "In a word no. Agree with four points maybe . Teams who can maybe beat Dublin are Mayo/Kerry/Tyrone and Donegal..and I'd be leaning more towards ourselves or Mayo. I know Galway bet Mayo but I think it was a real off day for them ,a rematch in Croke Park and I'd have all my cash on Mayo" I don't think for a minute Galway can win an All Ireland this year but I keep hearing Galway beat Mayo on an off day, it looks like they've had another 2 off days since. At what stage does and off day become the norm? I haven't seen anything from Mayo to suggest there as good as last year. TheWestIsAwake (UK) - Posts: 529 - 19/07/2016 14:25:06 1886333 Link
One swallow.. Tyrone/qualifier v Galway/qualifier is the semi-final pairing. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7838 - 19/07/2016 14:53:50 1886369 Link
Not yet but they have started a comeback no doubt. Galway at this stage remind me a bit of Mayo in 2011. We were not on any radar that year even for Connacht after bombing out to Longford the year before. A semi final appearance along with Connacht would be a great year for Galway at this stage of team development....? yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11229 - 19/07/2016 14:54:33 1886371 Link
Galway certainly looked good in the few miserable minutes RTE bothered to show last Sunday night.They seem to have a lot of pace in the team which is a must.I'dont see them as a threat to Dublin though, not this year. By the way I see people are still saying Mayo had an off day when Galway beat them.Nonsense. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 19/07/2016 15:44:05 1886411 Link
Teams had a lot of off days against Galway in '98 and '01 too! ;-) J Brolly and C O'Rourke kept saying they they had 'nice' forwards but would never win an AI! baire (Galway) - Posts: 1788 - 19/07/2016 16:40:46 1886480 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "One swallow.. Tyrone/qualifier v Galway/qualifier is the semi-final pairing." Are you sure about that ? Seems more likely that Galway and Kerry are on same side of draw seeing as they are both playing on same day July 31? conordee (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 19/07/2016 17:15:23 1886501 Link
Mayo didn't have an off day.. Galway bet them fair and square.. Galwaymaster9 (Galway) - Posts: 395 - 19/07/2016 17:15:46 1886502 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "One swallow.. Tyrone/qualifier v Galway/qualifier is the semi-final pairing." Seems you have it spot on despite the logic of the fixture list https://crokepark.ie/match-day/2016-season-fixtures Surely it would have made sense to have the winners of first weekend playing in semis? Now if Tyrone/An Other draw the first day Aug 6th they would be out 3 weeks running..6th/13th/21st conordee (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 19/07/2016 17:23:22 1886513 Link
Replying To Galwaymaster9: "Mayo didn't have an off day.. Galway bet them fair and square.." Maybe, maybe not. The reality is it is history either way. Galway need to drive on and see where it takes them. Maybe with a bit of luck for all concerned you will get to prove your theory later in the year. TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 19/07/2016 17:24:13 1886515 Link
Replying To conordee: "Are you sure about that ? Seems more likely that Galway and Kerry are on same side of draw seeing as they are both playing on same day July 31?" Legend is right in relation to the draw . Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 19/07/2016 18:01:28 1886545 Link
Belclare1 - not true all our injured players are back. Our first choice full back is out for year as is Jason Gibbons who started midfield v Galway. Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 251 - 19/07/2016 18:03:27 1886548 Link
Galway's aim is to win a game in Croke Park first and possibly reach an All Ireland semi-final. Dublin are on a different level currently although the missing players might bring them back towards the chasing pack a little. Galway are on the right track though but maybe lack a little depth to challenge. Need a few players back from the US next year as they rely a lot on their starting 15 at the moment. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2214 - 19/07/2016 19:25:38 1886603 Link
joe brolly did have a bad off day v galway in 1998 he met the mighty thomas mannion who didn't give him a look in he got the curley finger from brian mullins and was called ashore rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 19/07/2016 19:30:15 1886608 Link
Not sure about beating Dublin. They are a machine. But the way the draw is they have a realistic chance of an All Ireland final. Only 1 possible Div 1 team in their way .....Mayo. They would be outsiders against Mayo or Tyrone but would have a decent chance. They will be hot favorites in Q final (that doesn't mean they can't lose it!). Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1828 - 19/07/2016 22:30:54 1886721 Link