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Galway not at the races today whatsoever. Congratulations to Mayo. Mayo goalie should have been sent off. Referee was atrocious. Gave everything he possibly could to Mayo, inclusive of turning a blind eye to Tommy Conroys blatant over carrying of the ball. Reality check for Galway, but theres enough time yet to get back on track. Albara (Galway) - Posts: 30 - 02/04/2023 18:07:21 2468324 Link
Replying To Yondu: "Winning of that game was there for Galway, Reape man of the match tells its own tale. Wait goes for a Div 1 league title. Wishing Heaney a speedy recovery one of Galways most important players and very underrated by some." Absolutely.Johnny Heaney does not go down easily so it was a bad challenge. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 219 - 02/04/2023 18:08:02 2468325 Link
Don't think Galway need to fixate on Reape as a bad guy , it just distracts from another poor performance in Croke Park . As does Padraics interview saying there was plenty of questionable frees. Analyse the game on our strengths and weaknesses. Heaney was savagely brave to go for that ball but if our keeper made that challenge we would all say he has turned a corner ! Their keeper had 100% strike rate on 45s while we missed at least 4... is it really the best option to have Shane Walsh kicking from both sides ? Out of his hands some times and off the ground other times. Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 122 - 02/04/2023 18:09:44 2468327 Link
Had 4 decent goal chances and didn't take any of them. You have to take at least or two. Comer with two shots off the post. Shane missed a 45 while Reape nailed all his. In tight games those things cost you. Overall it was a patchy display but certainly could have won it. You can tell they were very frustrated with the ref. Mayo were getting handy frees all afternoon. That's OK but you then can't not give them at the other end and Comer wasn't getting frees for exactly what he was giving them to O'Shea for. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2217 - 02/04/2023 18:12:36 2468329 Link
Replying To Albara: "Galway not at the races today whatsoever. Congratulations to Mayo. Mayo goalie should have been sent off. Referee was atrocious. Gave everything he possibly could to Mayo, inclusive of turning a blind eye to Tommy Conroys blatant over carrying of the ball. Reality check for Galway, but theres enough time yet to get back on track." Go back and look over the decisions. Very few were not obvious frees. Galway constantly pulling hands back for a second then letting go. Also constantly pulling the hand that is about to give the handpass. They were rightly penalised for it. Even the defenders outraged at the last free against Conroy. Hands in pulling the whole time he is running. Imagine if Mayo fans were crying about the ref. We would never hear the end of it. Mayo played poor enough but still won. Only the league. Plenty of work for both. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 02/04/2023 18:21:53 2468332 Link
There's nothing worse than losing to Mayo in championship but this comes close. Thought Mayo were the better team even with some questionable decisions from the ref . Comer could not get the rub of the green at all . Great to have him back and looking lively. Thought Mcgrath was good. Plenty of issues to work on for round 2 or Roscommon in a few weeks Hope heaney is ok galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 02/04/2023 18:23:31 2468334 Link
Replying To Black+Blue: "Don't think Galway need to fixate on Reape as a bad guy , it just distracts from another poor performance in Croke Park . As does Padraics interview saying there was plenty of questionable frees. Analyse the game on our strengths and weaknesses. Heaney was savagely brave to go for that ball but if our keeper made that challenge we would all say he has turned a corner ! Their keeper had 100% strike rate on 45s while we missed at least 4... is it really the best option to have Shane Walsh kicking from both sides ? Out of his hands some times and off the ground other times." No we wouldn't better team won . Most agree. We can be angry about our player being the victim of a dirty tackle that resulted in him going off injured and the man who did it walking away scot free. It doesn't distract from the mistakes galway made but it definitely should not be ignored galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 02/04/2023 18:27:27 2468336 Link
The good thing for our lads is no ref is going to want to ref a championship game like that with the amount of frees for soft enough tackling. Otherwise we are the better team from open play and should prove that in Salthill. We do need to get McDaid back in and Comer and Glynn will start. Power should start as well and there is a spot up for grabs at half back. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 680 - 02/04/2023 18:34:58 2468340 Link
Hard luck today Galway - one of those goal chances probably would have done the job for you. How the Mayo keeper escaped a red is beyond me, you won't see a worse 'tackle' the rest of this year. ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 02/04/2023 18:36:55 2468343 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Go back and look over the decisions. Very few were not obvious frees. Galway constantly pulling hands back for a second then letting go. Also constantly pulling the hand that is about to give the handpass. They were rightly penalised for it. Even the defenders outraged at the last free against Conroy. Hands in pulling the whole time he is running. Imagine if Mayo fans were crying about the ref. We would never hear the end of it. Mayo played poor enough but still won. Only the league. Plenty of work for both." I thought a few of them were legit, but a few were incredibly soft. The one at the end of the first half and, I think there was one on Conroy midway through the second half, not the Glynn foul. The main issue for me though was the lack of consistency at the other end. If a ref is going to whistle by the book, he needs to do it on both sides. Comer had one where he was pulled every direction, and eventually took on the shot off balance. It was 100% a foul. In saying all that, we had more than enough chances to win the game. They'll need to learn from this and be smarter. I thought our decision making was poor at times. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2045 - 02/04/2023 18:42:44 2468347 Link
Well deserved win for Mayo overall, the root of which was their ability to do well in midfield from long kickouts, and as per usual their rate of turnovers. It is possible we may turn the tables later on but it will require significant improvement and much more in terms of hunger and intensity. On a positive note this game will really stand to the younger players and they will have learned from it. It will be no surprise if one of these teams lift SAM as the championship is really open this year, the team who can get to the final with a full deck will have a right chance. giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1224 - 02/04/2023 18:43:45 2468349 Link
Congrats Mayo. Hard luck Galway. A bit hard done by with some strange ref decisions. Mayo keeper lucky not to be black carded is one. Too many subs also used by Joyce. I always thought Galway beating Kerry last Sunday and this sunday Mayo was a step too far for this team. Anyway, lets look to next year. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2520 - 02/04/2023 18:49:10 2468351 Link
The "foul" on Heaney shouldn't even have been a yellow. No big deal. A few poor performances there but if that was a championship match that team would not have started. We are in decent shape bar one obvious problem position. Nice cup for Mayo to win for themselves. The league is grand for those counties that can't win the big stuff. PierreBezuhov (UK) - Posts: 226 - 02/04/2023 18:49:24 2468352 Link
Let's see how Mayo Ros game goes next week. Disappointed to lose that , if we cleaned up on the fouling at the back and took more chances, four goal chances, 4 missed 45s. Mayo scored 5 points from play? Reape was lucky to get away with that... Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 02/04/2023 19:03:07 2468357 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Go back and look over the decisions. Very few were not obvious frees. Galway constantly pulling hands back for a second then letting go. Also constantly pulling the hand that is about to give the handpass. They were rightly penalised for it. Even the defenders outraged at the last free against Conroy. Hands in pulling the whole time he is running. Imagine if Mayo fans were crying about the ref. We would never hear the end of it. Mayo played poor enough but still won. Only the league. Plenty of work for both." I think the point is that he was not giving those frees against Mayo at the other end and if you look back over game Mayo did foul the man as well but Galway weren't good enough today but please don't give me that Mayo are whiter than white when it comes to fouling. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 219 - 02/04/2023 19:05:09 2468358 Link
Replying To PierreBezuhov: "The "foul" on Heaney shouldn't even have been a yellow. No big deal. A few poor performances there but if that was a championship match that team would not have started. We are in decent shape bar one obvious problem position. Nice cup for Mayo to win for themselves. The league is grand for those counties that can't win the big stuff." He took Heaney out of it late.Definite yellow but yes Galway weren't good enough today. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 219 - 02/04/2023 19:08:57 2468359 Link
Replying To PierreBezuhov: "The "foul" on Heaney shouldn't even have been a yellow. No big deal. A few poor performances there but if that was a championship match that team would not have started. We are in decent shape bar one obvious problem position. Nice cup for Mayo to win for themselves. The league is grand for those counties that can't win the big stuff." He took Heaney out of it late.Definite yellow but yes Galway weren't good enough today. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 219 - 02/04/2023 19:09:00 2468360 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "I thought a few of them were legit, but a few were incredibly soft. The one at the end of the first half and, I think there was one on Conroy midway through the second half, not the Glynn foul. The main issue for me though was the lack of consistency at the other end. If a ref is going to whistle by the book, he needs to do it on both sides. Comer had one where he was pulled every direction, and eventually took on the shot off balance. It was 100% a foul. In saying all that, we had more than enough chances to win the game. They'll need to learn from this and be smarter. I thought our decision making was poor at times." I thought ours was dreadful first 15 minutes 2nd half. McLoughlin a liability with his passing. Both teams will take a lot from that. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 02/04/2023 19:10:12 2468361 Link
Replying To giveitlong: "Well deserved win for Mayo overall, the root of which was their ability to do well in midfield from long kickouts, and as per usual their rate of turnovers. It is possible we may turn the tables later on but it will require significant improvement and much more in terms of hunger and intensity. On a positive note this game will really stand to the younger players and they will have learned from it. It will be no surprise if one of these teams lift SAM as the championship is really open this year, the team who can get to the final with a full deck will have a right chance." Galway lost this game around the middle. Tierney anonymous conroy only doing bits on the ball, compare him to McCarthy Fenton DOC glass all these lads and he only does something now and then. Goalie was running out to attack the ball harsh yellow imo, split second stuff, if Heaney was any good he'd have put it into the open goal Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 213 - 02/04/2023 19:20:14 2468365 Link
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "I think the point is that he was not giving those frees against Mayo at the other end and if you look back over game Mayo did foul the man as well but Galway weren't good enough today but please don't give me that Mayo are whiter than white when it comes to fouling." Lol who said they were. Anytime Mayo even question a ref they are ridiculed on here. I never give out about the ref unless it's scandalous. Today wasn't if you look back over the frees. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 02/04/2023 19:20:21 2468366 Link