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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "You can't compare Donegal and Galway for Government investment, on infrastructure alone, you've 3 motorways M6, M17 and M18, you've a train service and this is due to be upgraded with the Western line, you've a health service with 3 Major hospitals and are getting Surgical hubs. We've to put people on buses to Galway to get Cancer treatments. You also don't have to compete economically with a border and currency issue or a massive mica issue. Finally, there was plenty of Galway posters complaining about the Cavan location including your 1998 winning Captain on social media."
Yes but after winning you get on with it.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 490 - 16/06/2025 14:16:41    2618299

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "No that is just a nonsensical reply, Carndonagh to Roscommon is 240km and Ballygar to Cavan is 100km. Roscommon wasn't central for Donegal and Cavan wasn't central for Galway."
Nobody from Ballygar on that team. More than half of them are west of the Corrib.

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 215 - 16/06/2025 14:23:59    2618306

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "I take your point but Roscommon was an awful treck for most of us. 3 hour journey, road works and a detour along the way didn't help.
The facilities were terrible as well, 10k stand and no toilets. 20 portaloo's for men and women. No running water."
It 350km from Cliften to Newry (265 from Galway City) for us next weekend and I am sure there will be roadworks along the way. The stand they have will be more than sufficient and if I have to tie a knot in it for an hour or two, I will! Galway play in the Hyde every year, its 100% - stop you're whinging!

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 16/06/2025 14:36:13    2618313

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "You can't compare Donegal and Galway for Government investment, on infrastructure alone, you've 3 motorways M6, M17 and M18, you've a train service and this is due to be upgraded with the Western line, you've a health service with 3 Major hospitals and are getting Surgical hubs. We've to put people on buses to Galway to get Cancer treatments. You also don't have to compete economically with a border and currency issue or a massive mica issue. Finally, there was plenty of Galway posters complaining about the Cavan location including your 1998 winning Captain on social media."
You're gone off topic. There were many other counties in the west/midwest, border regions that were neglected for years. There's an airport in Donegal and lots of investment from Údarás na Gaeltachta and the IDA, far greater investment than in counties like Leitrim, Roscommon or even Cavan.

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 215 - 16/06/2025 14:40:35    2618315

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Lads the slow starts are killing us all year and it caught us out against Dublin and very nearly Derry. Also looking back to last year we had some slow starts as well. Need to change something whether is tactics or warmup or whatever. Could be the last we've seen of Comer in a Galway jersey, shame really but its likley the reason he's so good when fit (that hes a powerhouse) is the same reason he's injury prone - that muscle density can put a strain on other parts.

The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 796 - 16/06/2025 14:43:21    2618325

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The benefit of a group of death is you will avoid them if possible until a final.

We now have no excuses.

An away game against division 3 opposition who are coming off a loss.

Win that and we will have none of the so called big teams. They will play each other.

Nothing to be taken for granted but if we lose we can have no complaints.

Second half was fantastic performance on Saturday.

When I watched it back some of Armaghs two pointers were amazing kicks. Not a whole lot you could do about them. Probably put a gloss on the scoreboard from their perspective in the first half.

Cooke was much more direct and when he is he is a fantastic footballer.

The directness of the subs really gave us impetus.

No Damo for the next game but hopefully he'll get some luck soon.

Gaillimh abù

Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1927 - 16/06/2025 14:45:51    2618327

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Replying To hopballref:  "It 350km from Cliften to Newry (265 from Galway City) for us next weekend and I am sure there will be roadworks along the way. The stand they have will be more than sufficient and if I have to tie a knot in it for an hour or two, I will! Galway play in the Hyde every year, its 100% - stop you're whinging!"
Might be road works from clifden to Galway but the rest is all motorway. I've done the journey a good few times might be tempting to go over land around Mullingar but the roads would make ya sea sick so I'll stick to the motorway.

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 195 - 16/06/2025 14:46:17    2618328

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "No that is just a nonsensical reply, Carndonagh to Roscommon is 240km and Ballygar to Cavan is 100km. Roscommon wasn't central for Donegal and Cavan wasn't central for Galway."
What you say is correct . It is also 130 km from Ballyshannon to Roscommon.The most distant regions are much challenging from both counties.ie NW Donegal and West Galway.

backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 145 - 16/06/2025 14:58:23    2618336

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Replying To Crashingwaves:  "Nobody from Ballygar on that team. More than half of them are west of the Corrib."
You picked poor geographical locations and it was about distances for fans. The furthest one of your players travelled was Moycullen, about 10 miles to Galway city. Did you not know your greatest ever footballer was from Ballygar. Sure google him.

Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 137 - 16/06/2025 15:16:04    2618354

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Replying To Mayonman:  "The benefit of a group of death is you will avoid them if possible until a final.

We now have no excuses.

An away game against division 3 opposition who are coming off a loss.

Win that and we will have none of the so called big teams. They will play each other.

Nothing to be taken for granted but if we lose we can have no complaints.

Second half was fantastic performance on Saturday.

When I watched it back some of Armaghs two pointers were amazing kicks. Not a whole lot you could do about them. Probably put a gloss on the scoreboard from their perspective in the first half.

Cooke was much more direct and when he is he is a fantastic footballer.

The directness of the subs really gave us impetus.

No Damo for the next game but hopefully he'll get some luck soon.

Gaillimh abù"
I disagree on the 2ptr from McMullen he had possession a good while and Kelly stood of him at arc when he could have pushed out on him.

Kelly btw had some second half best I've seen him play since before ankle injury

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1579 - 16/06/2025 15:24:52    2618356

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Replying To Mayonman:  "The benefit of a group of death is you will avoid them if possible until a final.

We now have no excuses.

An away game against division 3 opposition who are coming off a loss.

Win that and we will have none of the so called big teams. They will play each other.

Nothing to be taken for granted but if we lose we can have no complaints.

Second half was fantastic performance on Saturday.

When I watched it back some of Armaghs two pointers were amazing kicks. Not a whole lot you could do about them. Probably put a gloss on the scoreboard from their perspective in the first half.

Cooke was much more direct and when he is he is a fantastic footballer.

The directness of the subs really gave us impetus.

No Damo for the next game but hopefully he'll get some luck soon.

Gaillimh abù"
agree with all of that. be great to have comer for croke park in full tilt. Couldn't get a better result in draw but no question that Down are a serious scoring outfit like meath and monaghan who just go for 2 pointers and can rack up big scores fast. They don't care about missing and taking chances. Key is for us is to start fast and dont let opposition dictate.

We have so much power and need to start imposing it in our games. Was brilliant to see in the second half last week when they got stuck in. would like to see a player in the half back line that can put more direct ball inside..Kelly did very well, maybe switch to 5?

subs we have now are excellent. been a great squad built, now is time to use them in the right spots.

jp_coyne (Galway) - Posts: 1 - 16/06/2025 15:27:51    2618357

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Replying To hopballref:  "It 350km from Cliften to Newry (265 from Galway City) for us next weekend and I am sure there will be roadworks along the way. The stand they have will be more than sufficient and if I have to tie a knot in it for an hour or two, I will! Galway play in the Hyde every year, its 100% - stop you're whinging!"
Next weekend is a home match for Down. Yesterday was meant to be a neutral venue which it certainly was not.
Exactly Mayo like yourselves are very familiar with Hyde Park..

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 578 - 16/06/2025 15:34:57    2618366

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "You picked poor geographical locations and it was about distances for fans. The furthest one of your players travelled was Moycullen, about 10 miles to Galway city. Did you not know your greatest ever footballer was from Ballygar. Sure google him."
That's not true, both Matthew Tierney and Johnny Heaney travelling from Oughterard, 20 mins past moycullen. Plenty of Galway football fans from Clifden & West of corrib in general - great football traditions in an gaeltacht. Sean Mulkerrins is from the aran islands - that's surely a good distance away lad?

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 195 - 16/06/2025 15:50:14    2618377

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "You picked poor geographical locations and it was about distances for fans. The furthest one of your players travelled was Moycullen, about 10 miles to Galway city. Did you not know your greatest ever footballer was from Ballygar. Sure google him."
Actually Matthew Tierney from Oughterard and Sean Mulkerrins from Aran Islands.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 490 - 16/06/2025 16:02:13    2618389

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "You picked poor geographical locations and it was about distances for fans. The furthest one of your players travelled was Moycullen, about 10 miles to Galway city. Did you not know your greatest ever footballer was from Ballygar. Sure google him."
I know all about Ballygar, Dunmore and Tuam. I'd have Purcell ahead of Mattie McDonagh. You're going back to the 50s and 60s, a time when no footballer west of the Corrib (there were some great ones there too) would be even considered since all the training happened in Tuam and Connemara was considered too remote and far away. There were few cars, poor roads etc. Lots of fans from west Connemara and the Aran Islands follow the Galway footballers and some of them follow the hurlers too. Galway is a big county. When you leave Clifden you're half way to Dublin at Ballinalsloe and still in County Galway.

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 215 - 16/06/2025 16:12:50    2618404

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Sorry to interrupt this thread on Irish geography but game is down for 1:45 Pm on Sunday and its on GAA+

The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 796 - 16/06/2025 16:20:36    2618410

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Looking ahead to Sunday, I'd definitely get Gleeson back in, I'd start O Flaherty , and maybe spring Conroy from bench again..
Won't be an easy game whatsoever but I wouldn't have fancied Killarney or Ballybofey..
Again I go back to the lift that win would have given our lads on Saturday, I'd say they are buzzing this week.

Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 299 - 16/06/2025 16:28:17    2618414

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Is Liam O'Conghaile injured lads or what's the story.
He comes on and scores the winner in the Connacht Final and then is on the terrace Saturday evening

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 523 - 16/06/2025 16:51:49    2618424

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Replying To dillontim16:  "Subs: P Conroy (0-0-1) for Tierney (33 mins), D O'Flaherty for Silke (ht), C Sweeney (0-0-1) for McHugh (54), Tierney for Cooke (59), J Heaney for McDaid (68).

conroy, flaherty, sweeney, tierney and heaney all fantastic when they came on especially conroy and flaherty who I believe will start next weekend against county down."
lets not get carried away. O Flaherty was good but he should be there anyway as Silke and McHugh have been poor all year. In fact out corner backs were not great either. Bringing Tierney back on only shows that PJ is not picking the right subs. No point having subs if he wont use them. Bring the right 26 next time. Also I think (I hope I am wrong) that Armagh took their foot off the gas and although the comeback was brilliant I think it hides other problems that we have 6-7 players who are playing off past reputations not what they can do now. Change wont happen now too late in the season

LottoPlus (Kilkenny) - Posts: 100 - 16/06/2025 16:54:36    2618428

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Replying To Ulsterchamps72:  "You picked poor geographical locations and it was about distances for fans. The furthest one of your players travelled was Moycullen, about 10 miles to Galway city. Did you not know your greatest ever footballer was from Ballygar. Sure google him."
The greatest footballer ever to play Gaelic Footballer, never mind play for Galway, was Sean Purcell from Tuam. Named player of the millennium

For what it's worth, I thought Hyde Park was a very unfair ground for Donegal. When you've big counties involved you can always the very far corners like Clifden, Aran Islands, Inisowen or Belmullet and complain about distances. I think the only fair way to do it is to pick both county grounds of either team and try come up with somewhere equal. In this instance Donegal got screwed. Mayo were also very very familiar with the Hyde

However I don't think there was an obvious venue. Clones was an option as Jim said, but Monaghan were playing elsewhere that same day and it's very hard to get stewards in those instances. Jim had also requested it not to be Croker a week prior

PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 293 - 16/06/2025 17:21:06    2618444

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