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Come on Galway. We can do it. We can beat Kerry or run them very close. Believe. The Dubs did not believe today. Galway can score goals. 25 goals this season so far. Gaillimh abú galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2520 - 10/07/2022 18:47:12 2431145 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Come on Galway. We can do it. We can beat Kerry or run them very close. Believe. The Dubs did not believe today. Galway can score goals. 25 goals this season so far. Gaillimh abú" Goal is to be in the game with 10 minutes to go. They pulled it off today and fair play to them but I still maintain that kerry don't like pressure. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1723 - 10/07/2022 19:26:30 2431158 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Come on Galway. We can do it. We can beat Kerry or run them very close. Believe. The Dubs did not believe today. Galway can score goals. 25 goals this season so far. Gaillimh abú" Don't think so. That game on Saturday was terrible stuff. Ulster was very poor and Derry were negative in the extreme. Comer won't get the freedom of the park against Kerry. Dublin had a lot of all Ireland medals going into todays match even though they had a good few retirements. Dublin teams always believe they can win and nearly did. I would confidently predict that Kerry will win by at least 11 points. Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 280 - 10/07/2022 19:57:45 2431167 Link
Stop Paudie Clifford at source, stop his runs, stop him getting the ball into his brother and O'Shea. sam2008 (Tyrone) - Posts: 797 - 10/07/2022 21:24:25 2431208 Link
We certainly can beat them but we will have it all to do. We have improved every day this year and will need to again. Our defence was rock solid yesterday but Kerry are a different animal in attack. What separates them from others is their movement and appreciation of space. Our attack will get more room than yesterday. While Kerry defend in numbers they take more risks than Derry. We have been underdogs in every game except against Leitrim but I fully expected is to win each of them. For this game we will rightly be underdogs and while I fully believe we can win I know we will be up against it and will need to be at our best. Anything can happen in a final. Shane or Damo could rince Kerry for a few goals, Clifford or Seanie Se the same the other end. Looking forward to this one! Gaillimh abù! Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1835 - 10/07/2022 21:26:14 2431209 Link
Replying To Magpie2: "Don't think so. That game on Saturday was terrible stuff. Ulster was very poor and Derry were negative in the extreme. Comer won't get the freedom of the park against Kerry. Dublin had a lot of all Ireland medals going into todays match even though they had a good few retirements. Dublin teams always believe they can win and nearly did. I would confidently predict that Kerry will win by at least 11 points." I don't think its as cut and dried as that. Look, Kerry are big time favourites and it is will take a monumental performance from our lads to get a result. There are lots of reasons to support an argument for a Kerry victory , but to say that Saturday was terrible stuff is not one of them. Yes the first half was terrible and Galway not scoring for 20 minutes was worrying. But in the remaining 50 minutes we scored only 3 points less ( 2-8) than Kerry scored in the full 70 minutes (1-14). Some of our wides were very poor in that early period , but Dublin and Kerry both had periods of difficulty in front of the posts yesterday. Our shooting and our kick out strategy are our 2 biggest concerns. The shooting can be resolved , we know our lads are good footballers and are accurate so I'm hoping that the bluntness we saw on Saturday can be resharpened over the next couple of weeks. Not as confident about the kick out strategy but hopefully big work will go in to this and we can improve a bit , at least. We are now a Division 1 side and have beaten 3 x Div 1 sides plus the Ulster champions ( who in turn beat 3 x Division 1 sides) to get this far. Kerry have beaten 1 Division 1 side and no team who has beaten a Div 1 team ( apart from the Div 1 team they beat who in turn had beaten 1 other Div 1 team) . So its a bit insulting to completely dismiss our chances. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 843 - 11/07/2022 09:31:11 2431252 Link
Don't see it happening unfortunately. Moyle (Tipperary) - Posts: 86 - 11/07/2022 09:39:41 2431256 Link
No they cannot. This is a dead duck. Kerry forwards will run riot. Yesterday was the final liosbreac6265 (Longford) - Posts: 212 - 11/07/2022 09:42:40 2431259 Link
Replying To sam2008: "Stop Paudie Clifford at source, stop his runs, stop him getting the ball into his brother and O'Shea." And then just stop all the rest afterwards, simple! You'd wonder why nobody else has figured that out... an_cearrbhach (Cavan) - Posts: 28 - 11/07/2022 09:44:56 2431260 Link
Tyrone showed last year how they can be got at and the same with Dublin and Mayo, had they been more clinical in their shooting. Galway forward line seems to have more quality than Dublins without Con. Galway can ask huge questions of Kerry and need their defence to lift it another level. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 797 - 11/07/2022 09:54:38 2431263 Link
Did a division 2 team ever win the league?This will be the first time!!! Tj73 (Galway) - Posts: 29 - 11/07/2022 09:59:57 2431265 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "I don't think its as cut and dried as that. Look, Kerry are big time favourites and it is will take a monumental performance from our lads to get a result. There are lots of reasons to support an argument for a Kerry victory , but to say that Saturday was terrible stuff is not one of them. Yes the first half was terrible and Galway not scoring for 20 minutes was worrying. But in the remaining 50 minutes we scored only 3 points less ( 2-8) than Kerry scored in the full 70 minutes (1-14). Some of our wides were very poor in that early period , but Dublin and Kerry both had periods of difficulty in front of the posts yesterday. Our shooting and our kick out strategy are our 2 biggest concerns. The shooting can be resolved , we know our lads are good footballers and are accurate so I'm hoping that the bluntness we saw on Saturday can be resharpened over the next couple of weeks. Not as confident about the kick out strategy but hopefully big work will go in to this and we can improve a bit , at least. We are now a Division 1 side and have beaten 3 x Div 1 sides plus the Ulster champions ( who in turn beat 3 x Division 1 sides) to get this far. Kerry have beaten 1 Division 1 side and no team who has beaten a Div 1 team ( apart from the Div 1 team they beat who in turn had beaten 1 other Div 1 team) . So its a bit insulting to completely dismiss our chances." I'm not sure you should be worried about kickouts. Kerry didn't compete for any of Dublin's kickouts yesterday from what I remember. They set up defensively, then try to turn the ball over and counter. HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 11/07/2022 10:18:31 2431275 Link
Will capacity for the final be reduced because of RTE Tower. Both games at weekend had 10000 below capacity but we were told they were sell outs. It appears to be taking up a lot of ground, will it be left like this for both finals? xxx (Mayo) - Posts: 1275 - 11/07/2022 10:26:47 2431280 Link
Replying To liosbreac6265: "No they cannot. This is a dead duck. Kerry forwards will run riot. Yesterday was the final" They absolutely can do it. Can't believe Galway are being written off by so many already. They have shown resiliance this year and have a steeliness about them. Should be a cracker. Honestly can't predict the winner. Leftpeg1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 89 - 11/07/2022 10:31:04 2431283 Link
Replying To Leftpeg1: "They absolutely can do it. Can't believe Galway are being written off by so many already. They have shown resiliance this year and have a steeliness about them. Should be a cracker. Honestly can't predict the winner." All i am certain of is that Galway have a much better chance than Cavan of winning Sam but i say its only about 20 percent more. breffnibluewhite (Cavan) - Posts: 457 - 11/07/2022 10:41:26 2431286 Link
Replying To HokeyPokey: "I'm not sure you should be worried about kickouts. Kerry didn't compete for any of Dublin's kickouts yesterday from what I remember. They set up defensively, then try to turn the ball over and counter." Nearly too defensively in the second half. 5 points up at halftime and should have been more. A bit more on the the front foot in third quarter could have made life easier with the forwards they have. I think they were asking for trouble and Galway attack has a lot more threat than yesterday's Dublin team. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7364 - 11/07/2022 10:42:53 2431287 Link
Replying To Tj73: "Did a division 2 team ever win the league?This will be the first time!!!" Will Galway be the first division 2 to win Sam this year!! Tj73 (Galway) - Posts: 29 - 11/07/2022 10:45:42 2431291 Link
Replying To Tj73: "Did a division 2 team ever win the league?This will be the first time!!!" You mean the Championship? Yeah Armagh did in 2002 when they beat Kerry who were also a Division 2 team. Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 786 - 11/07/2022 10:56:12 2431292 Link
Replying To Leftpeg1: "They absolutely can do it. Can't believe Galway are being written off by so many already. They have shown resiliance this year and have a steeliness about them. Should be a cracker. Honestly can't predict the winner." I honestly can …. Kerry ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1951 - 11/07/2022 11:02:50 2431297 Link
Replying To Leftpeg1: "They absolutely can do it. Can't believe Galway are being written off by so many already. They have shown resiliance this year and have a steeliness about them. Should be a cracker. Honestly can't predict the winner." They are been written off by people that really don't have a clue about football on forums like this. They are going on tradition and stuff like that. I would argue if you go on the basis of the championship and both teams performances throughout the championship that Galway have been better throughout the championship. Yes Kerry will be favourites, matchups will be crucial for Galway and stopping supply of the ball into the Kerry forwards, for all the talk of Kerry being great and being great yesterday it took a monster free to win, Dublin without their best forward still were more then a match for Kerry. To be honest I think Galway need a big game from Shane Walsh, he has been relatively quiet from general play in the last few games, his free taking as been absolutely outstanding though. CartaDubh (Clare) - Posts: 51 - 11/07/2022 11:07:11 2431300 Link