Tribesmen must be more clinical - Walsh
January 17, 2019
Galway's Shane Walsh and Daniel Courtney of Kildare.
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Galway star Shane Walsh wants the Tribesmen to be more clinical in front of goal in 2019.
Speaking at yesterday’s Allianz Football League launch, the Kilkerrin-Clonberne sharpshooter feels the Connacht champions must learn from last year’s All-Ireland semi-final loss to Dublin where they went down on a nine-point margin despite after having only trailed by two at the half.
"The big thing from last year’s semi-final was being clinical in front of goal," Walsh is quoted saying by RTE Sport. "Dublin, I think only had about ten chances in the first half and they got 1-7 or 1-8 or something like that.
"How many chances did we have? We maybe took one in three or one in four of our chances, which at the end of the day, when you’re playing the All-Ireland champions, who are the team to beat this last couple of years, is not going to be good enough.
"That’s a big thing for us to learn from. The experience from it alone will bring us on a bit more. We often find on the big days, you do things you never did before, things you shouldn’t be doing.
"Looking back over the year gone by, there’s much to bring forward to this year. The need to kill teams off at crucial stages is probably the big one.”
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