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Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed:  "I was up there last night came on to talk about midfield - what are ye on about? Seán Kelly was unreal. Absolute work horse. The three nearly-certain goal chances he blocked when the defenders lost their men… he just read it, stepped in, and got them out of danger every single time. Proper leader on the pitch too."
What they're on about, based on Drax stats there, is Armagh kicking the ball out 7 less times than Galway, but still winning 11 more kickout possessions than Galway on the night.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4532 - 01/02/2026 12:25:04    2654279

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Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed:  "I was up there last night came on to talk about midfield - what are ye on about? Seán Kelly was unreal. Absolute work horse. The three nearly-certain goal chances he blocked when the defenders lost their men… he just read it, stepped in, and got them out of danger every single time. Proper leader on the pitch too."
Yes we are not discounting that - but also have to look at the multiple times he lost his own man resulting in a point for armagh. On balance more pluses than negatives.

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 242 - 01/02/2026 12:29:04    2654280

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Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed:  "I was up there last night came on to talk about midfield - what are ye on about? Seán Kelly was unreal. Absolute work horse. The three nearly-certain goal chances he blocked when the defenders lost their men… he just read it, stepped in, and got them out of danger every single time. Proper leader on the pitch too."
He played very well in general play as he did in the final 10/15 min in the Mayo match. However, still don't think he is a midfielder or that his best plays were as a midfielder where both Mayo and Armagh got the better of us. One of the puzzles we need to solve is where to play him to get the best out of him, if we can get him playing to the best of his potential he is unreal . I think under the new rules he is possibly too loose for the full back line. McHugh has right half back locked down and I don't think he holds the space well enough to be centre back , I'd like to see him at left half back or move McHugh over to left and try him at right half back, he is lethal coming into the ball

Trucker1 (Galway) - Posts: 466 - 01/02/2026 12:38:44    2654281

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Replying To Trucker1:  "He played very well in general play as he did in the final 10/15 min in the Mayo match. However, still don't think he is a midfielder or that his best plays were as a midfielder where both Mayo and Armagh got the better of us. One of the puzzles we need to solve is where to play him to get the best out of him, if we can get him playing to the best of his potential he is unreal . I think under the new rules he is possibly too loose for the full back line. McHugh has right half back locked down and I don't think he holds the space well enough to be centre back , I'd like to see him at left half back or move McHugh over to left and try him at right half back, he is lethal coming into the ball"
It's because where ever the fire breaks out in this team he seems to be the first or option to quench it, so he was never allowed to develop a one set of plays for a specific facet of play. He initially started as a half forward, I remember him coming on as a sub v Mayo in Castlebar and linking with Burke to set up Heaney for a late goal next up full back then half back and now mid field.It's not surprising that he doesn't feature in MOM discussions, as rectifying defenders errors doesn't lend itself to a more orthordox form of play.

backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 212 - 01/02/2026 13:21:35    2654290

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I enjoyed Oisin McDonagh's two shoulders in a row to Armagh men. Sent them flying.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2478 - 01/02/2026 14:21:45    2654296

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