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Re the kickouts last week. The biggest reason for that was the fact that we played without big men around the middle. Us picking no midfielders is not Gleesons fault. Under the current rules you need to fight for possession a lot more than before, so if you're playing without physicality in the middle third you will lose the midfield battle.

We really need to find someone who can kick two pointers from long range frees off the ground. It's huge in these rules. Walsh and Tierney have both sustained injuries kicking off the ground so that has meant they don't take many.
Gleeson has the range but his radar is way off.
Surely he could be worked with and developed into a consistent free taker?

Otherwise we need to find someone else - even if they otherwise wouldn't make the team it would besiege playing someone who can kick them as the rewards are so high

galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1347 - 31/01/2026 08:50:07    2654112

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Replying To jm25:  "Do you know how many kickouts Galway did not retain in 2024 final ?

Lazy lazy analysis"
Can the goalie not change the kickouts or vary them??

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 565 - 31/01/2026 10:16:54    2654115

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "Can the goalie not change the kickouts or vary them??"
Yes if he has more than basic kicking skills and has average visual agility.

backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 210 - 31/01/2026 11:26:53    2654122

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Replying To galwayman2:  "Re the kickouts last week. The biggest reason for that was the fact that we played without big men around the middle. Us picking no midfielders is not Gleesons fault. Under the current rules you need to fight for possession a lot more than before, so if you're playing without physicality in the middle third you will lose the midfield battle.

We really need to find someone who can kick two pointers from long range frees off the ground. It's huge in these rules. Walsh and Tierney have both sustained injuries kicking off the ground so that has meant they don't take many.
Gleeson has the range but his radar is way off.
Surely he could be worked with and developed into a consistent free taker?

Otherwise we need to find someone else - even if they otherwise wouldn't make the team it would besiege playing someone who can kick them as the rewards are so high"
Good point about 2 pointers. This was highlighted at the recent Dingle Finbarrs Munster final I thought, when Dingle played most of the football all through, had imo the better footballers through the field, barring 2or3 exceptional Finbarrs players, and still wound up in a massive 7or8 point hole on the scoreboard due to Sherlock landing an astonishing six 2pointers in little more than a half of football, 4 of them placed balls. Dingle dramatically survived of course, needing 3 spectacular 2pointers of their own to do it.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4530 - 31/01/2026 12:11:13    2654127

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "Can the goalie not change the kickouts or vary them??"
Yes they can but how is that relevant??

We were 16/18 from our kickouts in 24 final.

Yet we have someone on here going on about our retention rate in that game been an issue.

I'm just finishing on this is he one of the top 10 goalies in the country? No

Is he the best goalie in Galway ? I think he is

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1916 - 31/01/2026 12:32:11    2654129

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