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Replying To Belclare:  "Meath are and have for 15 years a complete shambles.. they'd struggle in Div 4.."
They were very poor but it doesn't mean we can't acknowledge today was a good day at the office for the galway team and management . An important 2 points in the bag.

galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 30/01/2022 19:34:10    2397283

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Replying To Belclare:  "Meath are and have for 15 years a complete shambles.. they'd struggle in Div 4.."
The effort with this post and others on this thread to talk down Galways result and performance is something else.

Marker has been laid. Galway near certain to get promoted and basically their Div 2 title to lose.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3617 - 30/01/2022 20:17:28    2397299

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I'm happy Galway won. Any win is a good one. Congratulations to the Kilkerrin ladies. Awesome achievement.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 30/01/2022 20:18:30    2397300

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Any word on the attendance today?

lukewalsh96 (Cork) - Posts: 252 - 30/01/2022 20:34:19    2397309

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Was in there, and the first thing I have to say is the conditions were woeful. Galway adapted to the conditions better and were more or less out of sight by half time. Our backs looked ok and seem to have a lot of pace, Kelly and Daly are two players we can build a back line around.
Need to get more clinical with goal chances.
Meath were really poor though…..but it's a start

Galway4ever (Galway) - Posts: 221 - 30/01/2022 20:38:20    2397312

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "Ah stop. We were more than ok. Give credit when it's due. We played well today. Yes, Meath were very poor, but we did almost everything asked of us today and worked some great scores.
Acknowledging that isn't going overboard or saying we're favourites to challenge for an All-Ireland, like some others are doing. We're a team in development and everyone is hoping to see a big improvement on last year.
We had a good result today. That's a positive. It gives us something to build on. Fair play to the team and management on today's performance."
Excellent win for Galway today v Meath. Conditions were abysmal. Didn't suit a fast, skillful team like Galway at all. Will be much better as ground dries up and weather conditions improve. Congratulations to the panel and management. Also huge congratulations to the Kilkerrin-Clonberne ladies footballers on their fantastic performance yesterday in winning the All Ireland title. These ladies are heroic, full of guts, determination, ability and skill. They can go on to win 3-in-a-row if they want. Go for it girls!

FatLadySinging (Galway) - Posts: 91 - 30/01/2022 20:51:22    2397316

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Defensive shape was good too and workrate was very high. I know momentum has a lot to do with it but the lads are looking fit too. It was telling we restricted them to 6 scores in that strong wind.

Only complaint I'd have is we should have taken atleast 2 other goal chances. But for last week of January we can be very very happy.

Gaillimh Abu

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1688 - 30/01/2022 20:53:17    2397317

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "Ah stop. We were more than ok. Give credit when it's due. We played well today. Yes, Meath were very poor, but we did almost everything asked of us today and worked some great scores.
Acknowledging that isn't going overboard or saying we're favourites to challenge for an All-Ireland, like some others are doing. We're a team in development and everyone is hoping to see a big improvement on last year.
We had a good result today. That's a positive. It gives us something to build on. Fair play to the team and management on today's performance."
Stop like a good lad, you were going on that getting promoted from Div. 2 was too lofty as well. You might have a reason for down playing expectations maybe. You remind me of what someone once said, "we respect the Kilkenny footballers, they will be hard to beat on their own patch", same old drivel coming out of Galway GAA for years, poor mouthing about refs, injuries, funding, or developing youngsters, big problem in Galway GAA is people not speaking their mind, all beating around the bush bs. Listen to Olivia Divilly's post match interview yesterday & you might learn something about the pyschology of goal setting, belief, confidence & winning & she showed that on the pitch. Fair play to PJ, he set out the target from year 1, no beating around the bush. Paul Conroy in his 14th year on the panel, Shane Walsh in his 10th year, many of the others in their 6th/7th year on the panel, a lot of the young lads with Joyce at U20's now in their 3rd year on the panel, you can be going on about development or blooding young lads every year, loads of experience on that panel & fair play they had the bit between their teeth today, 5 + was mocked on here, no one had the guts to say it.
Anyhow I spoke my mind, I will let you & the rest of them get on with the "we respect the Kilkenny footballers, they will be hard to beat on their own patch" narrative, I couldn't be ars@ed.

moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 30/01/2022 21:14:18    2397326

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Replying To moc.dna:  "Stop like a good lad, you were going on that getting promoted from Div. 2 was too lofty as well. You might have a reason for down playing expectations maybe. You remind me of what someone once said, "we respect the Kilkenny footballers, they will be hard to beat on their own patch", same old drivel coming out of Galway GAA for years, poor mouthing about refs, injuries, funding, or developing youngsters, big problem in Galway GAA is people not speaking their mind, all beating around the bush bs. Listen to Olivia Divilly's post match interview yesterday & you might learn something about the pyschology of goal setting, belief, confidence & winning & she showed that on the pitch. Fair play to PJ, he set out the target from year 1, no beating around the bush. Paul Conroy in his 14th year on the panel, Shane Walsh in his 10th year, many of the others in their 6th/7th year on the panel, a lot of the young lads with Joyce at U20's now in their 3rd year on the panel, you can be going on about development or blooding young lads every year, loads of experience on that panel & fair play they had the bit between their teeth today, 5 + was mocked on here, no one had the guts to say it.
Anyhow I spoke my mind, I will let you & the rest of them get on with the "we respect the Kilkenny footballers, they will be hard to beat on their own patch" narrative, I couldn't be ars@ed."
You are a confident man after a big win over Meath. We'll see if you are as boastful from April onwards.

FallenStar (Galway) - Posts: 427 - 30/01/2022 21:29:43    2397331

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I genuinely feel that Down away is a tougher assignment than Meath at home.

Div 2 looks to be a fairly poor standard. If Galway cant get straight back up even despite he fact that we are a poor team at the moment then that doesn't exactly say a lot about the health of the game.

BLT (Galway) - Posts: 53 - 31/01/2022 10:39:04    2397387

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Replying To moc.dna:  "Stop like a good lad, you were going on that getting promoted from Div. 2 was too lofty as well. You might have a reason for down playing expectations maybe. You remind me of what someone once said, "we respect the Kilkenny footballers, they will be hard to beat on their own patch", same old drivel coming out of Galway GAA for years, poor mouthing about refs, injuries, funding, or developing youngsters, big problem in Galway GAA is people not speaking their mind, all beating around the bush bs. Listen to Olivia Divilly's post match interview yesterday & you might learn something about the pyschology of goal setting, belief, confidence & winning & she showed that on the pitch. Fair play to PJ, he set out the target from year 1, no beating around the bush. Paul Conroy in his 14th year on the panel, Shane Walsh in his 10th year, many of the others in their 6th/7th year on the panel, a lot of the young lads with Joyce at U20's now in their 3rd year on the panel, you can be going on about development or blooding young lads every year, loads of experience on that panel & fair play they had the bit between their teeth today, 5 + was mocked on here, no one had the guts to say it.
Anyhow I spoke my mind, I will let you & the rest of them get on with the "we respect the Kilkenny footballers, they will be hard to beat on their own patch" narrative, I couldn't be ars@ed."
I'll ask you quote where I said that. I'll be waiting.
I said your expectations that we were favourites to challenge for the All-Ireland were lofty. Which they absolutely are. We have a lot of work to do to get to that level.
I've said in this thread and the League prediction thread that I'd be hopeful of us getting promotion, but that it'll take plenty work.
Don't the let facts get in the way of your rant though.
I'll always give credit where it's due and I'll always support my county. I'll also try to base on my opinion and expectation on what I've seen. I have no axe to grind against any player, manager or club. I've mentioned that this should be a first proper year of fixtures for Joyce and we'll be able to make a very fair assessment at the end of it.
We had a very poor year last year. We need a big improvement this year to get to where we want, which is competing at the top-end. The signs are positive so far and long may it continue.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2321 - 31/01/2022 10:50:34    2397393

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Replying To BLT:  "I genuinely feel that Down away is a tougher assignment than Meath at home.

Div 2 looks to be a fairly poor standard. If Galway cant get straight back up even despite he fact that we are a poor team at the moment then that doesn't exactly say a lot about the health of the game."
All I will say if you consider us poor you are watching a different game unless your definition of 'poor' is of a very high standard. Yes we are not top 4 but nothing stays the same and rightly or wrongly we can stake as much claim as about 5 others sides who are outside the top 4 but looking to get in. There is a lot of talk about teams like Derry and Armagh (well merited). Talent is not our issue. It is getting things right that have somewhat undone us since 2019 notwithstanding we need a relatively clear run with injuries which we have not had for a few years now.

kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1973 - 31/01/2022 11:22:08    2397413

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "I'll ask you quote where I said that. I'll be waiting.
I said your expectations that we were favourites to challenge for the All-Ireland were lofty. Which they absolutely are. We have a lot of work to do to get to that level.
I've said in this thread and the League prediction thread that I'd be hopeful of us getting promotion, but that it'll take plenty work.
Don't the let facts get in the way of your rant though.
I'll always give credit where it's due and I'll always support my county. I'll also try to base on my opinion and expectation on what I've seen. I have no axe to grind against any player, manager or club. I've mentioned that this should be a first proper year of fixtures for Joyce and we'll be able to make a very fair assessment at the end of it.
We had a very poor year last year. We need a big improvement this year to get to where we want, which is competing at the top-end. The signs are positive so far and long may it continue."
The poster you are replying to there is on record here saying he would never give a penny to Galway GAA and he and all his mates only go to watch Connacht rugby. It was amusing to see him post here on Saturday at the same time Connacht were getting beat by Glasgow at the dog track. I wouldn't pay much attention to him, and wouldn't think his views are shared by many Galway GAA fans at all.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 31/01/2022 11:39:47    2397424

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Replying To FallenStar:  "You are a confident man after a big win over Meath. We'll see if you are as boastful from April onwards."
Good man logged in correctly today.

moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 31/01/2022 11:50:24    2397427

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Replying To kiloughter:  "All I will say if you consider us poor you are watching a different game unless your definition of 'poor' is of a very high standard. Yes we are not top 4 but nothing stays the same and rightly or wrongly we can stake as much claim as about 5 others sides who are outside the top 4 but looking to get in. There is a lot of talk about teams like Derry and Armagh (well merited). Talent is not our issue. It is getting things right that have somewhat undone us since 2019 notwithstanding we need a relatively clear run with injuries which we have not had for a few years now."
Winning the FBD and beating Meath at home hasn't been enough to change my mind after last years disaster showings v Monaghan and Mayo bro.

I think the panel available for yesterday was poor based on a few injuries, certainly not the strongest at all. A fully fit Galway side is slightly above average.

BLT (Galway) - Posts: 53 - 31/01/2022 12:18:47    2397434

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "The effort with this post and others on this thread to talk down Galways result and performance is something else.

Marker has been laid. Galway near certain to get promoted and basically their Div 2 title to lose."
Good man GAA lover - still WUMMING on Galway related threads I see! Yesterday Galway played well enough against a poor Meath side that Dublin at their prime would probably have beaten by 20+ points but with Sean Kelly and John Daly in the central defensive positions things look a bit more solid back there at least. Some people would say Sean is a bit wasted at fullback as he is too talented but this has been the most troublesome position in Galway teams for over 15 years now going back to Finian Hanley's time. I would say that Galway (when they play well that is as they can be inconsistent) are in the top 8 counties but will need further major improvements to break into the top 4. S&C is a big factor now along with immense fitness to keep going for 70+ minutes up and down the field (some of the players now are built like rugby players!). well done to Kilkerrin Clonberne on their great win (they should have won by more than 4 points IMO given that Mourneabbey only scored 1 point from play in the whole match) and I was delighted for the legend Annette Clarke to finally get her well deserved club AI (to go along with her intercounty AI from 2004) after the heartbreak of losing by a point 3 years ago when they looked the better team in that final also.

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 31/01/2022 12:46:41    2397453

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Replying To tommy k:  "Good man GAA lover - still WUMMING on Galway related threads I see! Yesterday Galway played well enough against a poor Meath side that Dublin at their prime would probably have beaten by 20+ points but with Sean Kelly and John Daly in the central defensive positions things look a bit more solid back there at least. Some people would say Sean is a bit wasted at fullback as he is too talented but this has been the most troublesome position in Galway teams for over 15 years now going back to Finian Hanley's time. I would say that Galway (when they play well that is as they can be inconsistent) are in the top 8 counties but will need further major improvements to break into the top 4. S&C is a big factor now along with immense fitness to keep going for 70+ minutes up and down the field (some of the players now are built like rugby players!). well done to Kilkerrin Clonberne on their great win (they should have won by more than 4 points IMO given that Mourneabbey only scored 1 point from play in the whole match) and I was delighted for the legend Annette Clarke to finally get her well deserved club AI (to go along with her intercounty AI from 2004) after the heartbreak of losing by a point 3 years ago when they looked the better team in that final also."
I'm doing no wumning Tommy K

Calling it as it see it. Dublin in their prime went once Jim Gavin left. This Meath side had the beating of Dublin last summer and let it slip late on. They are or were a promotion a contender and Galway won by the skin of their teeth in Navan two years ago v Meath.

Calling things as they are, it's Galways Div 2 title to lose and my prediction is for Galway to have promotion wrapped up with a game or two to spare.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3617 - 31/01/2022 13:39:35    2397471

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Tough week ahead now. Only 6 day break before the Down game. 6 of the starting team against Meath have Sigerson on Tuesday or Wednesday. Down game is on Saturday. 3 games in 6 days is a lot to ask so presume PJ will have to mix up the selection for Down. The likes of Comer, Heaney, Mulkerrin, Fitzgerald, McLaughlin, Glynn all out injured at the moment. Mulkerrin and Heaney were both at the game on crutches. Mulkerrin out for the season obviously.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2383 - 31/01/2022 13:40:51    2397472

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "I'm doing no wumning Tommy K

Calling it as it see it. Dublin in their prime went once Jim Gavin left. This Meath side had the beating of Dublin last summer and let it slip late on. They are or were a promotion a contender and Galway won by the skin of their teeth in Navan two years ago v Meath.

Calling things as they are, it's Galways Div 2 title to lose and my prediction is for Galway to have promotion wrapped up with a game or two to spare."
Good man GAA lover you're doing mighty work i.e. WUMMING altogether. As a Limerick man you should stick to something you know about for the last few years at least i.e. hurling!

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 31/01/2022 13:43:52    2397474

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Replying To Marooned:  "Tough week ahead now. Only 6 day break before the Down game. 6 of the starting team against Meath have Sigerson on Tuesday or Wednesday. Down game is on Saturday. 3 games in 6 days is a lot to ask so presume PJ will have to mix up the selection for Down. The likes of Comer, Heaney, Mulkerrin, Fitzgerald, McLaughlin, Glynn all out injured at the moment. Mulkerrin and Heaney were both at the game on crutches. Mulkerrin out for the season obviously."
In fairness re Mulkerrin I had high hopes for him when he replaced Sean Andy a couple of years ago but to me he is not up to the level required as he is too easily brushed aside by powerful fast intercounty forwards so I don't think he will be a big loss being totally honest and PJ may have stumbled across his best defence with the one that started the last day.

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 31/01/2022 13:55:38    2397479

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