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Galway V Kerry All Ireland Final 2022

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Replying To Claretandblue: "Presume the commentators on here criticising Sean Hurson's appt will go back under cover again after a truly magnificent performance by the referee, he was the best man on the pitch after Clifford and Walsh." Ya he was very good. I did think though he made 2 bad calls late in the game which might have made things a bit tighter, 1) Killian Spillane's point when he blatantly overcarried before scoring and 2) the free in to Kerry just before that for the Galway back supposedly holding the Kerry lad's arm. I thought he was trying to shake him off Shocs07 (Limerick) - Posts: 374 - 24/07/2022 20:01:57 2434032 Link
Replying To alwaysasub: "Could I suggest one rule change, that once you go past the half way line when in attack that you can't pass the ball back over the halfway Line. Think it would improve it as a spectacle and could be easily managed by the referee" Good man, the defensive systems put in place by negative management would love that. Why not put pressure on the negative teams by ruling that a stated number of players stay fwd of half way line. I see where you're coming from but I think you're suggestion would benefit the defensive teams sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 889 - 24/07/2022 20:02:50 2434033 Link
Replying To crafty: "A handy enough title for an average team by Kerry standards. You have to remember that Galway came from Div 2 and failed to beat mighty Roscommon in the Div 2 final. Dublin at about 60% of what they were in recent times almost beat Kerry. Galway were never going to win today. They won 2 titles 1997 and 2001 when they avoided Kerry and Dublin. Back then we had several good forwards like Donnellan, Joyce, Fallon and Savage but now we just have Walsh and Comer sometimes. A good honest effort but not enough." Please stop the negativity.Now is not the time.We beat Roscommon when it mattered.We got to division one.We can only play what's in front of us.We won two All Irelands when Dublin and Kerry were not the strongest teams in the country,Kildare and Meath were.In fact it was after this that money was pumped into Dublin.These lads have put a savage effort in this year and you sit behind your keyboard and not only try to knock them but disrespect what others that went before them have achieved.By the way Galway should have won 2000 as well. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 430 - 24/07/2022 20:12:22 2434035 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "So proud if Galway today. Support was mighty too. But i have to call out my disappointment at the amount of cheering we did on kerrys wides ive been criticial of other counties fans in the past so it would be hypocritical of me not to call this out. I was embarassed about it on a day that i was do proud of everything else." Unfortunately there's nothing can be done about that - it's mostly the younger generation with a few beers enjoying the occasion. We had young ones at it all year but certainly not reflective of the overall support from our county or yours. A great year overall for Galway - you came really close today and there were a couple of misplaced passes when you were on the attack towards the end that you'll look back on and wonder if thomgs might have been different! ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 24/07/2022 20:13:43 2434036 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Presume the commentators on here criticising Sean Hurson's appt will go back under cover again after a truly magnificent performance by the referee, he was the best man on the pitch after Clifford and Walsh." Ya he was very good. I did think though he made 2 bad calls late in the game which might have made things a bit tighter, 1) Killian Spillane's point when he blatantly overcarried before scoring and 2) the free in to Kerry just before that for the Galway back supposedly holding the Kerry lad's arm. I thought he was trying to shake him off Shocs07 (Limerick) - Posts: 374 - 24/07/2022 20:16:02 2434038 Link
Can I just point out, to anyone in denial, today was a hugely defensive game with Kerry nullifying Galway's threat from early on, not coughing up any goal chances of note in the 2nd half. I thoroughly enjoyed the game but just pointing out that it's not just a certain part of the island that deploys defensive tactics. ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 24/07/2022 20:17:00 2434039 Link
Replying To sligo joe: "Good man, the defensive systems put in place by negative management would love that. Why not put pressure on the negative teams by ruling that a stated number of players stay fwd of half way line. I see where you're coming from but I think you're suggestion would benefit the defensive teams" Aren't we all defensive teams? ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 24/07/2022 20:18:04 2434041 Link
Congrats to Kerry and to Ciarraí Mick, hope you enjoyed the game and the night pal. Championship felt a bit weird this year, like it was falling through stools. Think it was Kerry's year by default and you couldn't deny this one on consistency alone they were due this one given their record in the later stages, but I don't think the game has evolved very much recently in the last four or five years, Don't think there will be much in it amongst most counties in the next couple of years, a bit of luck on any given day will do it I think. Shane Walsh is a joy, player of the year for me. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4516 - 24/07/2022 20:19:26 2434042 Link
Well done Kerry, best team this year and fully deserved. Galway and Joyce deserve massive praise, they will in the mix for a while. Its not a vintage Kerry side, Clifford put on a one man show at times; he's a super footballer. Ulster teams need to get back to basics and let players actually play, these forensic systems are stifling talent. Tyrone mixed it up last year and won SAM so what does that say? Donegal have good footballers who are being held back by that awful system they play. Armagh aren't that far away but need to focus on football which they are quite capable of instead of some of that nonsense and carry on. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9818 - 24/07/2022 20:22:17 2434044 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "So proud if Galway today. Support was mighty too. But i have to call out my disappointment at the amount of cheering we did on kerrys wides ive been criticial of other counties fans in the past so it would be hypocritical of me not to call this out. I was embarassed about it on a day that i was do proud of everything else." Don't be too hard on the Galway support, all counties have a few, some more than others. A closer game than the 4 point win says. Clifford excellent but you could watch Walsh all day, love watching his lazy solo. A couple of mistake hand passes and maybe not shooting in the final 3 minutes of first half when they had ball . They will be back along of 5 or 6 other teams. Roll on 2023. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2291 - 24/07/2022 20:28:33 2434047 Link
Replying To TheUsername: "Congrats to Kerry and to Ciarraí Mick, hope you enjoyed the game and the night pal. Championship felt a bit weird this year, like it was falling through stools. Think it was Kerry's year by default and you couldn't deny this one on consistency alone they were due this one given their record in the later stages, but I don't think the game has evolved very much recently in the last four or five years, Don't think there will be much in it amongst most counties in the next couple of years, a bit of luck on any given day will do it I think. Shane Walsh is a joy, player of the year for me." Walsh had some game today alright. Can't agree on player of the year though - I don't think he even gets Galway player of the year. ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 24/07/2022 20:30:56 2434048 Link
Replying To GeniusGerry: "Tom O'Sullivan is by far our best man marker and has consistently matched up to the best players in the country in recent seasons and usually come out on top. Walsh was just on fire today, kicking outrageous scores from every angle. I'm not sure any defender in the country could have lived with him so moving another player on to him may been just for the sake of it and could have backfired in fact. We will never know of course, there is no doubt Tom struggled mightily though." Fair point regarding Tom O'Sullivan and Shane Walsh. Shane Walsh's performance today on a losing side is the best I've seen in some time. Obviously Kerry management felt when Tom couldn't tame him they coceded that they had no one to mark him. wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2100 - 24/07/2022 20:30:59 2434049 Link
Replying To ardmhacha: "Can I just point out, to anyone in denial, today was a hugely defensive game with Kerry nullifying Galway's threat from early on, not coughing up any goal chances of note in the 2nd half. I thoroughly enjoyed the game but just pointing out that it's not just a certain part of the island that deploys defensive tactics." Kerry recruited Paddy Tally; that is a signal that you've decided to setup defensively. Kerry lost to Tyrone last year conceding goals so Jack knew he had to fix that particular problem. All teams deploy these defensive today, to varying degrees. wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2100 - 24/07/2022 20:34:41 2434053 Link
Enjoyable enough. Gaelic football is getting back some of its swagger and we see signs of football breaking out. There are still too many dead spots where the ball is going no where. Back and back further but some good one on ones also. I wish the commentators would stop calling passes risky. Every pass is risky if the receiver fumbles it or can't get it. It is a great pass if collected and if it gets completed. However this game helped the football image. Congrats to the kingdom and your experience counted. Commiserations to Galway. You are a fine team and better days ahead. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3039 - 24/07/2022 20:36:28 2434054 Link
Replying To ardmhacha: "Aren't we all defensive teams?" Fair point, but I think limiting the options of the team in possession would encourage more negativity, and of course I could be and often am wrong but personally I believe limiting the number of players a team has in their own half is a better option, so my point is not aimed at any particular county but all teams sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 889 - 24/07/2022 20:37:29 2434055 Link
Good competitive final to finish the year off. Some superb individual displays from Shane Walsh,Cillian McDaid,Tadgh Morley and David Clifford the team that defended best won however and won by 4 as i prediction. Not why some on this thread thought Kerry was going win by the double figures? anyone that watched these two sides in action this year would have known that wasn't going to happen. So the inter county season over in July will take some time to get my head around that. Galway while disappointed today can be proud of their effort today and good progress made this year but they need to build on it. As for Kerry they lived up to their favourites tag and once again delivered under Jack O'Connor. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3610 - 24/07/2022 20:57:11 2434061 Link
Replying To Shocs07: "Ya he was very good. I did think though he made 2 bad calls late in the game which might have made things a bit tighter, 1) Killian Spillane's point when he blatantly overcarried before scoring and 2) the free in to Kerry just before that for the Galway back supposedly holding the Kerry lad's arm. I thought he was trying to shake him off" Kerry had the better bench but also got help from the ref at the very end. 0-16 a side, a harsh free against John Daly that Clifford pointed, then K Spillane took 7 or more steps to fist it over and the last free was engineered baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 24/07/2022 20:57:58 2434062 Link
Even though we won I was very disappointed with todays performance. I reckon it was the worst we have played in the last 2 to 3 years. It seems to have taken some of the gloss off of the win. David Clifford was really the only one who showed up. He kept us in the game. Thought Adrian Spillane made a big difference when he came in. Geaney and Moran were shocking. I think the 2 of them will and should call it a day now. Sean o Shea was very quiet. No score from play. Not sure what was going on there. Paudie Clifford was not in the game at all either. Tom O Sullivan was roasted which is not like him at all. Shane Walsh was MOTM. What a player. D Clifford will get it as he was on the winning team aidan64 (Kerry) - Posts: 668 - 24/07/2022 21:13:31 2434067 Link
Replying To Ulsterman: "What a load of nonsense. Referee had a pretty decent game, probably should have shown the Galway keeper a black card." A load of monsense you say and then qualify it with a ahem a mistake. IMO he was playing his own rules. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 24/07/2022 21:18:07 2434068 Link
Replying To Tom1916: "Referee was excellent, best in the country by far" Oh god, enough said. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 24/07/2022 21:19:18 2434069 Link