Replying To JimB1991:  "That was last year. You beat Dublin last year too if you remember, didn't help yesterday."

Replying To gbay:  "tough loss yesterday but i predicted it..dublin had a massive point to prove and deserved there victory over a very flat galway team..its not the end of the world losing a game by a point to another division 1 team but we'll see now what this galway team and management are mad off with a massive game v derry in 2 weeks..
we all can see the problems is that we are not aggressive enough in the tackle and teams are scoring to easily
against us and at this stage i would consider changing goalie as you cannot concede a goal like the one we did
yesterday..it was way too easy..
for the next day its time for change..
time to bring daly back to 6 for structure and organisation..
move silke back to 4.
kelly to7.
i actually start cooke and bring conroy on with 25 to go.
drop darcy for a more natural scoring wing forward and move mattie to 10..
we also need to start kicking the ball alot more.
this year is not over yeat and one good win could make all the differece.

my team v derry.
1.flaherty.
2.mccrath.
3.mulkerrins.
4.silke.
5.mchugh.
6.daly.
7.kelly.
8.cooke.
9.maher.
10.tierney
11.mcdaid
12.thompson
13.finnerty
14.walsh
15.o conghaile.

introduce comer., conroy., molloy., o flaherty.,tomo, darcy/glynn in the secind half and see what happens.."

Replying To LottoPlus:  "What seems to be happening is re shuffling the same players to get the right position for them. Not much trust in the management team outside the core. How many chances does Hernon need to get? Kelly is not a centre back and Daly is too slow for this game to fill in. Cooke was poor when he came on and slows the game down too much. He is not used to the new format. Tomo added Zero (probably more negative) why was O Conghaile not brought on? It is quiet clear that Joyce and Co have their favourites. And I guarantee if Comer or Walshe were fully fit earlier in the season Thompson (our best player) would not be playing now. Not blaming Joyce as it happens to most managers as there are players living off past glories under Joyce and from what I see his new management team are not strong enough to counteract Joyce's obvious Bias. Brian Cody used to have this thing that if a 21- 23 year old was playing better that the established player then he would be player the younger lad to keep the established players on their toes. We have too many players who are just comfortable and know that they are going to start no matter what happens. Realistically Has Liam Silke played well this year? Dylan McHugh has been on and off, Sean Mulherrins has been put everywhere and still has not done well. Darcy played well against a poor Roscommon team who looked like boys against us. Tierney beside frees and the odd catch? i feel sorry for Johnny McGrath as he looks tired. He needs a rest. Then look at the bench, o Flaherty is trialed everywhere. Give him a position Corner back one day, Half forward then what chance has he got for establishing himself. Sweeney (Confidence is shot) and Tomo (really) Sam O Neill (honestly). Was Fitzy not worth a chance last weekend even as a sub? He would have done better that some in the backs. Comer must be seriously injured. Joyce picks the same 26 plus or minus 1 but he has subs that will never be used. Is there anyone else in the 34-36 on the panel. Brian Mannion (Tuams best forward/player), Paddy Egan (Club player of the year), Diarmuid Kilcommons (Annaghdown would win nothing without him) to name but three who have been outstanding for their clubs this year but why arent they brought in to 26. Surely they are better that having subs who are really un-useable. Joyce wont change. The team against Derry will be the following, **** all changes because we no threat from a good number of subs:
Gleeson, Mcgrath, Mulkerrins, Glynn, McHugh, Kelly, Silke, Maher, Conroy, Tierney, Walshe, McDaid, Finnerty, Walshe, Thompson. Cooke will come on for Conroy just after half time, Molloy will come on 5 mins later for Mulkerrins, He will then bring on O Flaherty and last 10 mins give Tomo his few mins along with O Conghaile while the un-useable subs will continue to warm up along the sideline.
While players are comfortable knowing that they will 90% of the time start there will be no improvement. It happened to the hurlers after the all ireland final in 2017 and it is happening now with the football."

Replying To LottoPlus:  "What seems to be happening is re shuffling the same players to get the right position for them. Not much trust in the management team outside the core. How many chances does Hernon need to get? Kelly is not a centre back and Daly is too slow for this game to fill in. Cooke was poor when he came on and slows the game down too much. He is not used to the new format. Tomo added Zero (probably more negative) why was O Conghaile not brought on? It is quiet clear that Joyce and Co have their favourites. And I guarantee if Comer or Walshe were fully fit earlier in the season Thompson (our best player) would not be playing now. Not blaming Joyce as it happens to most managers as there are players living off past glories under Joyce and from what I see his new management team are not strong enough to counteract Joyce's obvious Bias. Brian Cody used to have this thing that if a 21- 23 year old was playing better that the established player then he would be player the younger lad to keep the established players on their toes. We have too many players who are just comfortable and know that they are going to start no matter what happens. Realistically Has Liam Silke played well this year? Dylan McHugh has been on and off, Sean Mulherrins has been put everywhere and still has not done well. Darcy played well against a poor Roscommon team who looked like boys against us. Tierney beside frees and the odd catch? i feel sorry for Johnny McGrath as he looks tired. He needs a rest. Then look at the bench, o Flaherty is trialed everywhere. Give him a position Corner back one day, Half forward then what chance has he got for establishing himself. Sweeney (Confidence is shot) and Tomo (really) Sam O Neill (honestly). Was Fitzy not worth a chance last weekend even as a sub? He would have done better that some in the backs. Comer must be seriously injured. Joyce picks the same 26 plus or minus 1 but he has subs that will never be used. Is there anyone else in the 34-36 on the panel. Brian Mannion (Tuams best forward/player), Paddy Egan (Club player of the year), Diarmuid Kilcommons (Annaghdown would win nothing without him) to name but three who have been outstanding for their clubs this year but why arent they brought in to 26. Surely they are better that having subs who are really un-useable. Joyce wont change. The team against Derry will be the following, **** all changes because we no threat from a good number of subs:
Gleeson, Mcgrath, Mulkerrins, Glynn, McHugh, Kelly, Silke, Maher, Conroy, Tierney, Walshe, McDaid, Finnerty, Walshe, Thompson. Cooke will come on for Conroy just after half time, Molloy will come on 5 mins later for Mulkerrins, He will then bring on O Flaherty and last 10 mins give Tomo his few mins along with O Conghaile while the un-useable subs will continue to warm up along the sideline.
While players are comfortable knowing that they will 90% of the time start there will be no improvement. It happened to the hurlers after the all ireland final in 2017 and it is happening now with the football."

Replying To tirawleybaron:  "Wouldn't normally post here but no harm to give an independent view. As a teenager in the early nineties I grew up hating Roscommon (as Mayo usually beat Galway when I was growing up) so dont really have an anti Galway agenda.

A few simple points
Dubs were well up for this and have sorted out their kickout strategy that failed against Meath. Having been written off, Kilkenny, O Callaghan et al were always going to come back with a big statement.

Galway have had such success at midfield this season, they weren't ready for what Dublin gave them - they will learn from that.

Galway persist in playing an unfit Shane Walsh (or Comer). They would be better served planning without him and brining him on as an impact player.

Dublin did what Mayo should have done - put a man marker on a 35yr old midfielder and take away the 6 points per match he usually brings. Everyone will see that as a tactic from here - Conroy will likely need to be a sub as he is most needed for 2 pointers in the last 20mins.

Galway dont have enough of a kicking game to get through a match when they dont dominate in midfield. Getting John Daly back to centre back and putting Kelly to wing back would fix that."

Replying To LottoPlus:  "What seems to be happening is re shuffling the same players to get the right position for them. Not much trust in the management team outside the core. How many chances does Hernon need to get? Kelly is not a centre back and Daly is too slow for this game to fill in. Cooke was poor when he came on and slows the game down too much. He is not used to the new format. Tomo added Zero (probably more negative) why was O Conghaile not brought on? It is quiet clear that Joyce and Co have their favourites. And I guarantee if Comer or Walshe were fully fit earlier in the season Thompson (our best player) would not be playing now. Not blaming Joyce as it happens to most managers as there are players living off past glories under Joyce and from what I see his new management team are not strong enough to counteract Joyce's obvious Bias. Brian Cody used to have this thing that if a 21- 23 year old was playing better that the established player then he would be player the younger lad to keep the established players on their toes. We have too many players who are just comfortable and know that they are going to start no matter what happens. Realistically Has Liam Silke played well this year? Dylan McHugh has been on and off, Sean Mulherrins has been put everywhere and still has not done well. Darcy played well against a poor Roscommon team who looked like boys against us. Tierney beside frees and the odd catch? i feel sorry for Johnny McGrath as he looks tired. He needs a rest. Then look at the bench, o Flaherty is trialed everywhere. Give him a position Corner back one day, Half forward then what chance has he got for establishing himself. Sweeney (Confidence is shot) and Tomo (really) Sam O Neill (honestly). Was Fitzy not worth a chance last weekend even as a sub? He would have done better that some in the backs. Comer must be seriously injured. Joyce picks the same 26 plus or minus 1 but he has subs that will never be used. Is there anyone else in the 34-36 on the panel. Brian Mannion (Tuams best forward/player), Paddy Egan (Club player of the year), Diarmuid Kilcommons (Annaghdown would win nothing without him) to name but three who have been outstanding for their clubs this year but why arent they brought in to 26. Surely they are better that having subs who are really un-useable. Joyce wont change. The team against Derry will be the following, **** all changes because we no threat from a good number of subs:
Gleeson, Mcgrath, Mulkerrins, Glynn, McHugh, Kelly, Silke, Maher, Conroy, Tierney, Walshe, McDaid, Finnerty, Walshe, Thompson. Cooke will come on for Conroy just after half time, Molloy will come on 5 mins later for Mulkerrins, He will then bring on O Flaherty and last 10 mins give Tomo his few mins along with O Conghaile while the un-useable subs will continue to warm up along the sideline.
While players are comfortable knowing that they will 90% of the time start there will be no improvement. It happened to the hurlers after the all ireland final in 2017 and it is happening now with the football."