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I'd prob just make one change next day I'd put Liam silke on bench he has struggled a bit this year got turned over in good few games and going into tackles a fair bit I'm definitely not writing him off but I think j he mighr need a rest I'd prob start John Daly at 6 and move Kelly to wing back and keep Hernon and o flaherty as impact subs which worked well last day ,, Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 1091 - 16/06/2025 17:22:09 2618445 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "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.." its is 169 km from Blacksod th Roscommon. a long way from home i'd say SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 355 - 16/06/2025 17:26:01 2618449 Link
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." Sean Purcell was from Tuam ;) streaker (Galway) - Posts: 516 - 16/06/2025 17:55:53 2618462 Link
"Poor old Damien again, he's picked up a nick there on Thursday night in training and just wasn't fit to come today," Joyce's quotes on Comer. It's hard to read just how serious it is. Please God we see him in action again this season, him coming off the bench in a knockout game in Croker would lift the roof. Must get over Down first,however. gaillimhboy (Galway) - Posts: 371 - 16/06/2025 18:01:35 2618468 Link
Big day next Sunday, we struggled in Newry there in the league in 2022. The O'Hagan lad at full forward gave us a tough time that evening. Johnny McGrath started his first game for Galway and what a player he has become. It is our own fault we are on the road next weekend after conceding late scores to Dublin and Derry, but I'm delighted we aren't going to Killarney as they will be ravenous or to Ballybofey as Donegal have a serious physically to them and a massive support base. We will need a big score as Down will score plenty. GDL (Galway) - Posts: 841 - 16/06/2025 18:28:29 2618477 Link
Corofin won't need to rush the county lads back in anyway, looking at championship draw. Walk in the park stuff for them. Tuam will be happy enough with their group I'd say. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 922 - 16/06/2025 21:44:08 2618508 Link
Replying To galway19: "Corofin won't need to rush the county lads back in anyway, looking at championship draw. Walk in the park stuff for them. Tuam will be happy enough with their group I'd say." Very handy in fairness.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 310 - 16/06/2025 22:53:45 2618538 Link
Replying To GDL: "Big day next Sunday, we struggled in Newry there in the league in 2022. The O'Hagan lad at full forward gave us a tough time that evening. Johnny McGrath started his first game for Galway and what a player he has become. It is our own fault we are on the road next weekend after conceding late scores to Dublin and Derry, but I'm delighted we aren't going to Killarney as they will be ravenous or to Ballybofey as Donegal have a serious physically to them and a massive support base. We will need a big score as Down will score plenty." Did we really? We were up by 8 at half time and they brought it to 4 before we put our shooting boots back on. Terrible wind down there. Ending score was a 6 point win and honestly flattered them as we should have had another goal and a penalty. systematic (Galway) - Posts: 197 - 17/06/2025 00:43:51 2618560 Link
Replying To Kickitout: "I'd prob just make one change next day I'd put Liam silke on bench he has struggled a bit this year got turned over in good few games and going into tackles a fair bit I'm definitely not writing him off but I think j he mighr need a rest I'd prob start John Daly at 6 and move Kelly to wing back and keep Hernon and o flaherty as impact subs which worked well last day ,," Spot on. I fully agree. Silke needs to be introduced later to help settle a game later. Far too many turnovers conceded. Kelly not a 6. Daly a bona fide 6. So Daly in. Kelly to wing back. Fla and Hernon needed off the bench (and earlier at that) for pace of new rules game. It's gone too fast for anyone caught for a yard of pace. Kelly was left for dead a number of times in the first half (for anyone doubting this, watch the full game back and it was clear as day up there in Breffni) and Silke clutching at passing jerseys too. It's gone so fast. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1074 - 17/06/2025 07:26:47 2618575 Link
PJ doesn trust his inside subs espec with Comer out who must be close to retiring at this stage. He bought Tierney back on our other insuide option was Costelloe. He obv does not trust Culhane O Conghaile O curraoin. Also when think back to AI final when he bought Heaney on for Finnerty. It is an issue for us and the goalie is a big issue as well does he go back to Gleeson after sat? Whilst Down will be no pushovers we should have enough than either Tyrone Monaghan or Meath which you would take in a QF however Tyrone would be the one to avoid if give the choice. I presume Fitz should be ok for sunday? Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 345 - 17/06/2025 09:31:19 2618593 Link
Replying To galway19: "Corofin won't need to rush the county lads back in anyway, looking at championship draw. Walk in the park stuff for them. Tuam will be happy enough with their group I'd say." Tuam, Claregalway, Dunmore, Annaghdown. Tuam won't have it their own way in that group, its probably the most even group overall. Tuam are a good team but they can look better than they are during the league because they are never effected by the loss of players to county. Dunmore are the dark horses in that group and will be a match for anyone. You don't know what Claregalway will turn up, they have regressed slightly over the last year missing Rohan and Goldrick but the talent is still there and as for Annaghdown, with a fit Comer and quality sprinkled throughout, they are always handful. WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 38 - 17/06/2025 09:32:43 2618594 Link
Replying To Eire89: "PJ doesn trust his inside subs espec with Comer out who must be close to retiring at this stage. He bought Tierney back on our other insuide option was Costelloe. He obv does not trust Culhane O Conghaile O curraoin. Also when think back to AI final when he bought Heaney on for Finnerty. It is an issue for us and the goalie is a big issue as well does he go back to Gleeson after sat? Whilst Down will be no pushovers we should have enough than either Tyrone Monaghan or Meath which you would take in a QF however Tyrone would be the one to avoid if give the choice. I presume Fitz should be ok for sunday?" Fair point but why have them as subs if he can't trust them.You cannot compare goalies as Gleeson has had 4 or 5 seasons of experience. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 497 - 17/06/2025 10:09:19 2618607 Link
Lads I'd be slow to write off Liam Silke. Had a bug last week by all accounts smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 526 - 17/06/2025 10:57:14 2618627 Link
i see Buff Egan jumping on the bandwagon now, my oh my ModernMaharaja (Donegal) - Posts: 98 - 17/06/2025 11:11:21 2618634 Link
Replying To JimB1991: "Kerry, Donegal and Armagh top 3. Dublin and Tyrone, best of the rest and capable of winning All Ireland if they get momentum at the right time. Then Galway are in a group of teams with Monaghan, Derry, Mayo and possibly Down & Louth. Capable of a scalp or two but unlikely to be good enough to seriously challenge for the All Ireland." Derry and Mayo gone now.. I see in my peoples rankings Mayo have dropped out of top 12 teams in the country. Armagh and Donegal top 2.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 310 - 17/06/2025 11:16:31 2618640 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "Lads I'd be slow to write off Liam Silke. Had a bug last week by all accounts" Silly to play him so when wing back is probably where we've most strength in depth jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1590 - 17/06/2025 11:19:10 2618641 Link
Replying To Kickitout: "I'd prob just make one change next day I'd put Liam silke on bench he has struggled a bit this year got turned over in good few games and going into tackles a fair bit I'm definitely not writing him off but I think j he mighr need a rest I'd prob start John Daly at 6 and move Kelly to wing back and keep Hernon and o flaherty as impact subs which worked well last day ,," Kelly is needed in a Central role be it 3 or 6 for his ability to organise these around him as could be seen during the closing stretch of games , firstly he seemed to concentrate on getting a result and at the death to maintain the patience to win it on Saturday. backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 17/06/2025 11:37:49 2618654 Link
Tickets got, seems to be queue on the site. Only holds 20k so could sell out smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 526 - 17/06/2025 11:52:39 2618664 Link
Replying To smallfrank: "Lads I'd be slow to write off Liam Silke. Had a bug last week by all accounts" I'm certainly not writing off Liam Silke. I think he's a super footballer, great footballing brain and a really tremendous servant to Galway for years. I just think he's had a number of uncharacteristic and very costly turnovers in recent key games and that he needs to regain a bit of form. I've no doubt he will. I'm not saying this re Silke in general but I do think we sometimes find it hard on the sideline to make key switches at the back. Like sticking with Sean Kelly as a 6 when it's looking very vulnerable at times (yes his go forward ability is still strong at times but he's not closing the space and closing shooters like he should. Too much space up that channel and it's being exploited). Daly appears to be the better option at 6. Daniel O'Flaherty suits summer ground and the new rules to a tee but he's finding hard to get real chances now it seems. He needs a right cut at Down, with meaningful time on the field, to see what he can do. Same with Hernon. As Alex Ferguson used to say when he'd land in a newer, super hungry guy for a star "I pick players, not reputations." It was on merit and it was giving ambitious and aggressively hungry youth a chance. We've a chance to do a bit more of this at the weekend, I hope. Silke, Glynn, Kelly need to be challenged for their jerseys. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1074 - 17/06/2025 11:56:01 2618666 Link
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." I get your point with the venues not being central to our respective counties for our respective matches but you still take the furtherst populated point from Donegal to Ros and the nearest populated point from Galway to Cavan to arrive at your calculations. I am not disputing the kms more choosing Ballygar in our case. Clifden being the furthest populated point on Galway from Cavan would have been more appropriate surely ??? kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1988 - 17/06/2025 12:28:56 2618679 Link