Replying To seanie08:  "Mccarville was fine until donegal goal went in then the sky caved in on him like a lot of other monaghan players. Don't see kearns or Gallagher back for different reasons but huge if even one returned. Am still at a loss at why mcphilips was basically just ignored after a decent 40 mins v donegal in ulster. Lavelle of 23 fitness levels was needed on Saturday in defence to mark Murphy who seemed to bully a lot of monaghan players. He may find his match in the semi final with meaths full back but thats another debate. Gary Mohan is a proper presence for us but he didnt look fully fit this year. Not sure what bannigans plans are for the panel next year but youd hope there was a way back for jones in the forwards. Too good of a talent for a county like ours to ignore and jack wont be around forever. This year will do likes of kelly and Carey world of good. A lot to be proud of after a year of transition.."

Replying To Kew:  "Why are people on about mcgeeney? Did he have a great bunch of players early on? It's completely different why didn't Roscommon keep Davy burke for 10 years?"

Replying To jm25:  "Ah Shtop Shane is a fabulously talented footballer but he's not in same league as Clifford, not many are. We won Connacht without him and went to the wire for an all Ireland with him on the periphery. Shane just hasn't had the consistency to be put in with the top forwards even before his injury issues in last few years. Even in 2022 we got past Armagh and Derry where he didn't perform before he turned in the all time great final performance. Hopefully again kilmacud don't win Dublin and he's well rested for next year."

Replying To Royalio11:  "Not to beat a man when they are down - but Galway had that coming. Serious lack of respect shown to the Meath team, was there any research done on in the lead up or was it a case of showing up? We have destroyed teams in midfield since the second half fiasco of the Leinster Final. Once Galway couldn't get primary ball they went short - fell into the trap and got turned over. Take off the maroon glasses, it was one of the most one dimensional performances I have witnessed. Over back, over back, over back - give it to Walsh, hop and turn, lose ball. Repeat. Meath didn't score a two pointer, something we have relied on throughout 2025 - didn't matter, Galway let our inside lads pick of scores inside the ARC. Again, was there any research done on Meath? At no stage did Galway have a real hold on the game, one flurry of scores to pull back from 6 points behind, all when our full back went off and referee decided he wasn't going to blow for pick ups and throws. Both teams guilty of bad bad wides Meath in the first half, Galway in second. Our keeper had a terrible day from boot left 5 points behind on his own. Word on the referee, brutal inconsistency on both sides. Extremely frustrating which balanced out. Anyway, we are at Year 1 and have plenty to do and work on with more players to get back from injury hopefully this season is a building block. Galways management need to shaken up."

Replying To Al_Maguire:  "Some demand for tickets already. I logged into at 2pm and was 10500 in the queue. Waited 20 mins and most sections in upper Cusack almost gone."

Replying To Kickitout:  "Walsh in his prime was equally as good as Clifford big difference is Clifford never had 2 track back the field carry ball score Walsh kept galwa in division 1 this year Kerry gave Clifford a rest for lots matches I've watched galwar fir many years and watching Shane Walsh in his prime was an joy I know he prob coming to end of his career hopefully he comes back again he is sort player that young kids aspire to be never gets booked plays with skill"

Replying To Fox.1n.7he.b0x:  "So as a Corofin man would you think that Kevin O'Brien could take over Galway as manager or maybe Kevin Johnson who of the 2 would you pick if any? What about Gary Delaney has he potential to be involved soon (in a coaching roll)or is it 2 early for the likes of him? I think it needs to be a Galway man or someone who's living in Galway like Kevin Johnson,"

Replying To togoutlads:  "Our very talented roster of forwards, both starters and bench, don't know how to cohesively attack on a consistent basis. That's down to management. They're not a well oiled, well drilled unit. That's down to management. If they were, I think they'd shoot the lights out but instead they're told to start steadily, hold possession, recycle, play across the arc repeatedly. That's down to management. I've said it consistently last year that Scan as a forwards coach is simply not up to par. He's nowhere near it. I said repeatedly that we need a first class forwards coach otherwise our AI ambitions were no more than a pipe dream. But PJ and himself are thick as thieves back to Jarlath's days and nothing can prize them apart it seems! These forwards, the odd time they took it on themselves to have a real cut in order to save games, showed what they're capable of in short bursts - but PJ and Scan hobbled them, the Final last year and this year's first half against Meath being prime example of incredibly poor advise to and coaching of forwards. We couldn't have played into the oppositions hands more. Not smart enough to win All Irelands, Connacht is this management's ceiling. Of course those Connacht titles were a joy to win but this group of players were capable of more. 6 years is too long. Thank you but really time to make way."

Replying To Donegal-lad27:  "Already buzzing for this game and its not even game week yet. No disrespect meant to meath they have played some fantastic stuff this year but if we were given this draw at the start of the year everyone would of taken your hand off Jim and the team will do everything in their power to make it to the final and us supporters must do our bit too crucial we bring a massive support next Sunday as meath certainly will everyone make sure to have a jersey/hat/flag etc with you and let's turn croke park into the hills of Donegal for the day"

Replying To GreenandRed:  "You can do that when you learn how to read."

Replying To systematic:  "IDK I'm probably too raw to take a proper look at overall year performance but maybe it will be cathartic. Gleeson: long range kickouts were overall really good even vs Meath. Had a few really good ones - one to Darcy in second half and one over top eventually got to Thompson. If we decide after all to stick with Gleeson have to prioritize long kickouts and get quicker banging them out. Short kickouts a waste of time for him and he's too slow to get mid range off. Brilliant saves including 2 v Meath. Needs to be better commanding his square see 1st Meath goal. McGrath: always got the toughest opp to mark. Never subbed off. nearly every minute of every game. Legs looked gone at end. Great ball carrying but let down for 2nd Meath goal. Brilliant player but needs more help. Fitz: really stepped up after last few games. Has marked some really great players out of it, great tackling and turnovers. New rules suit him as he's no longer required to carry ball which never his strength. Doesn't concede as much scoreable frees as he used to. Has gone from struggling to make 26 to first choice 3 imo. Glynn: mixed bag. Tackling has gotten better but getting breached more often. Morris with a lot of scores yesterday which may have been down to Glynn..... Had some amazing turnovers yesterday. McHugh: has lost a bit of pace this year. Not finding it as easy to break line - visible since Dublin game. Think pace is by far his best attribute so that needs to be worked on. Reasonably solid defensively but way too safe with ball. Possibly should work on getting kick passes as an option as it's only handpasses for now. Great break through for first goal chance - fouled but still should have scored it. Kelly: actually finding a bit of form with running last 20 mins v Down and yesterday. Still runs through too many blind alleys - will try and run through a wall which is great when he breaks through wall but often doesn't work. Will get flogged with Moycullen this year too as primary ball carrier but needs a break legs are going to go. Silke: best game all year yesterday - defensively sharp, kick passes, running, goal threat, kicking points. My MoTM. Was looking after everyone's house, one of our greatest. After all talk of him not being able to catch ball above head won some amazing kickouts vs down and meath. Will go down as best of the Silkes better than his father & uncle. (Brian please don't kill me lol) Conroy: did not get the usual kickout frees yesterday - that did not help our platform. Missed 2 pointer. Was marked out of it in last few games after amazing league. Struggled in heat yesterday. Can't track men through middle anymore. Still one of our best kickers/kickpassers. Amazing servant - can't believe he came back better after breaking legs and won PoTY 2024. Hurts to talk about retirements but I think Paul will find it hard to come back - 2yo and another on way. Very hard to miss out on time with smallies. Maher: stepped up his game massively going forward. All star level in attack. Brilliant pass to silke for goal. Some man. Defensively struggled - Menton bossed him yesterday as did Murdock last week. Not sure if he needs more help or needs to prioritize but cannot fault his work rate, works like a dog every game. D'Arcy: some hands on the lad. Amazing player this year - rarely gets caught out on kickouts main stealer of opp kickouts. Has a fantastic engine too. Love the way he has started bulldozing players out of way after winning kickouts plays with great urgency through middle. Prob needs some work on shooting. A bright spark this year. Tierney: best game was when he got brought back on vs Armagh & when he dominated Roscommon. Not a great indicator. Didn't do a whole pile wrong but way too safe. He is a major goal threat so we really have to work it. Needs to go back to basics of winning kickouts had too many taken off him this year. It might be unfair on Matthew as asking a lot of him - he could be one of our best players but not there yet which is frustrating. Thompson: actual gold dust. I'm so jealous of salthill having a creator like him. I've loved everything he's done all year. We maybe asked a bit too much from him yesterday - lads only 20 has a ton of learning to do. Will accept no complaints about Thompson. Only small thing is he probably should have put on the gloves from the start..... I know myself though he probably loves the feel of the leather you can just tell the way he holds the ball - gloves are like condoms :D Finnerty: Should be our single all star but won't get it. Amazing year. Probably unfortunate to snap at the 2 point effort but can't overly fault him for trying it. Put through Dylan for a goal opp, could have put him through for another if they communicated properly. Visionary pass across to mcDaid for goal - watch that back a left handed handpass across 2 opposition players. Probably needs to put more pressure on opp defenders coming out with ball. Walsh: unlucky to get injured v down just as he was coming into swing of things - like when did we last see Shane win a kickout let alone opposition kickout. Carrying knocks all year but we wouldn't be at qtr final without him. He can do things that nobody else can do - that nobody else has ever done. Cliff is more consistent but I know he can't kick a free 50-60 yards with weaker foot into wind - while injured..... Comer: 20 mins championship this year... He's a power house. We had to figure out how to play without him this year but being without him then we realize how much we miss him. McDaid: Pulling us out of hell every time. We need a goal, McDaid scores a goal, simple as. Id make him captain right now. He made huge impact was obviously carrying a little knock from down game. He is emblematic of us this year, he always finds a way. Hernon: as I said in half back review, too inconsistent. Can make great turnovers. A bit unfortunate that his best position might be FB and Fitz has it locked down. First sub off after the planned Cooke/Conroy switch. Very talented though and would not be against starting him more often. O Flash: as I have christened him. He's put on some amount of muscle this year is a big man now. The pace is something else. I thought he was very harshly penalized yesterday but probably did himself no favours the way he took ball into contact. Has to take his men on every time no back passing..... Can't defend though, that needs to be worked on or else he won't start. Molloy: I love players that can do things nobody else can. Shane, Thompson, McDaid. Some of the things Molloy does has to put him in that list. Some of the other things he does though, you'd be shot if you did it on a junior c pitch. Maybe hyperbole but he really epitomize the good and the bad. Sweeney: I thought this would be his year for breaking ball -best performance ever v armagh. Unlucky injury. Big year coming at club back again next year. JD: new rules suit him. Needs to get whatever injury he has sorted. Not much more to say we all know his class. Cooke: clearly being managed for game time. Slows ball too much. Passing has been fantastic - shooting not really there. Culhane: God I still don't know how he scored that goal v down. I know he works well with Finnerty. Flaherty: mid kickouts are class. Better at shorts than Gleeson. Not as good at long. Not sure if it was just those games but had 2 periods of terrible kickouts where down/Armagh won 4/5 in a row which probably didn't help. Not much between him and Gleeson - Flaherty way better at commanding square & mid kickouts, Gleeson better shot stopper & long kickouts. Heaney, O Laoi, O Chongaile, O Curraoin: these players didn't really get enough/any championship game time. I'm confident all can make an impact. Think new rules suit these lads they need more time. Unlucky with injuries/selection. Other squad players that id like to see: Kilcommins, Mannion (Brian and Billy), o neills, Egan (he's class gotta call him Egoat), Costello, Gallagher. I won't explain I'm sure you all know what ye want to see. Open to seeing other squad players kick on. Hard to know where we will be next year until we find out who is staying or leaving, including PJ. We could have 6 retirements which hurts me to say - PC, Shane, Damo, Silke, Heaney, Cooke/gleeson. We probably have 6 coming through but can we match them? My own club men Vinny Gill, Ross coen, Dylan brady are class they are ones to watch. Ryan Monaghan Oughterard probably needs another look at hoping for a big championship for him. Daithi Kilcommins is a big guy - lotto plus might know more but have heard he's better than his brother. Dara Walsh killannin big midfielder. Not sure if we can steal Ryan Roche from connacht rugby but we should try - he may not be making it this year. Warren seoige and fionn macdonnacha Leitir mor - watch them this year. McGlinchey obviously but a great argument to leave him in u20. I don't know much about the oranmore lads on u20 this year I'll have to view a few of their games. Goalkeepers - I've only seen div 1 league which might not say much. Best I've seen is Donal o Sullivan for SK...... harsh but true"

Replying To hontherossie:  "A prime example of this was the difference between our u17s v tyrone in term of s+c. at that level they are already ahead of us. how do we expect these players to be ready for county football. Have these players access to s+c / dieticians and is progress being monitored or players just doing their own things."

Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "Still they have their boxty and Edwina dancing at the crossroads!"

Replying To Jjoniel79:  "McCarville was found out, unfortunately he's not at the level required, he's there because Scotstown are winning championships on the backs of the Hughes brothers industry and it was an insult to Darren that he was looking out at that on Saturday. McPhillips is the same story, won't ever be at the level and got roasted against down in the league - but is at the right club so he gets a far better look in than a lad from the likes of toome, Seans, etc. Gary Mohan was carrying way too much timber and when you see him lined up beside Langan you see what players that truely apply themselves look like. He tried hard but his conditioning let him down and he was cramping with 10 minutes to go after having a 2 week break while a 40 year old Murphy was floating about not a bother on him. O'Toole had to be taken out of corner back previously as he was hopeless in there but on the big day Bannigan puts him on their fastest forward? Ciaran McNulty was dropped for poor performances too and again, come crunch time he was thrown in there and got shown up badly. There's more talent in the county than is on the panel but the management team brought very few fresh faces into the regular starting lineups this year - 3/4 brought in when we need maybe 8/12 just isn't good enough. The players that did get brought in all played in county finals over the last 2-3 years which is fair enough, but does anyone scout the league games where there might be an unheralded player that could do a job? Doesn't look like it. Our defence has been really poor for a few years and yet each manager that comes in does very little to change it, they just shift a few of the usual characters around hoping for something to change. Young Boyle from Truagh was Jordanstowns full back which won a sigerson cup but he didn't get a look in. Instead our great manager has decided to use the half forward line to try protect our poor full back line.. look at who the three closest men to the Donegal goal was on Saturday and you'll see why we fell apart in the last 25 minutes - our main men were out on their feet trying to get scores and get goals at the same time. The most embarrassing moment as evidence of all this was when we needed a score in the 2nd half we shifted the ball back and forth until we were turned over and Donegal played a long ball into McBrearty - who was being marked by O'Hanlon, our best game breaker. He lost his life at the defence who abandoned ship going forward to make themselves hero's when there was a break in play and he was dead right. That 2nd half has been coming all year - the championship/league format means teams don't have to be at 100% until near July, which is why Monaghan escape proper punishment for most of the year - but when teams need to they will pour it on us."

Replying To Eire89:  "Walsh is not in same planet as Clifford and to be fair no one is in my opinion. I also have O Shea & Con ahead of Walsh. Bar the 22 final v Kerry has he delivered for us on the biggest stage I dont think so. There is no doubting his talent and I would love to know was he 100% himself after the Down game the shoulder knock as to be fair he looked primed to explode after his performance against Armagh & Down. If PJ goes which I feel he may who is in line? Surely it will be within county but no standout options in my view? We have struggeld at underage level the last 5 years. Our u20s failed to win one match this year. I feel it is imperative we get it right as window is closing on this team who I still feel can deliver but has to be in nest year or 2. Also as pointed out can we get a specialist plan for Damo to have him right for All ireland series in 2026."

Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "I totally agree with that. We've a poster on here justifying Galway's cagey first half approach play, on the basis that conditions weren't up to scratch. The same poster didn't explain why Sean O'Shea fancied the same posts and conditions to the tune of 8 points before HT. We've a player like Tierney who can win and contest high balls in central offensive positions, but we don't hit any high balls into central offensive positions unless they're mishits for points, and more than one of those has wound up in the opposition net this season. In terms of poor offensive openings this season, you could certainly add the Connacht Final too. 20 mins into that, we'd recorded 0-6 from three Paul Conroy 2 pointers, and the rest of the Galway forward line had recorded precisely nothing on the scoreboard playing with a gale. It seems like Galway football has been dancing to PJs tune for about 25 years now."

Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "DUBLIN ... 1,458,154 GALWAY ... 277,737 MEATH ... 220,826 ARMAGH ... 194,351 TYRONE ... 188,383 DONEGAL ... 167,084 KERRY ... 156,458 MONAGHAN ... 65,288 Population od quarter final counties, and "know it alls" expect Gabie and his team to rebuild in one year. Would like to hear from them the names of all the talent in the clubs that are not getting a chance. Oh I forgot, most of these experts don't attend club games."