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We might be. Best of luck to all Connacht teams in the All Ireland series. Despite losing the Connacht final, Galway are in a good place. We'll all be looking at the draw on Tuesday morning.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2682 - 30/05/2026 14:50:07 2676583 Link 1 |
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Ultimately losing in your provincial final doesn't matter a jot for the all Ireland stage. If anything you'd be better off losing and having the few bits to work on. Motivation in provincial finals, both this year and going forward, has to be under serious inspection
PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 373 - 31/05/2026 01:30:30 2676677 Link 0 |
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Alot of dangerous teams waiting in the next round, home advantage will be huge for whoever gets it Jonnytest (Galway) - Posts: 26 - 31/05/2026 05:24:36 2676682 Link 0 |
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So what it's not for you but he wants to do it.Best of l7ck to him.
Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 603 - 31/05/2026 12:22:22 2676719 Link 0 |
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Exactly,like the legions of young kids in modern Ireland who are ditching gaelic games and playing soccer and rugby instead. Some on here bemaon this phenomenon. I dont. They want to do it. Best of luck to them. Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 46 - 31/05/2026 13:05:57 2676730 Link 0 |
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So it's one of Donegal, Cork, Armagh, Mayo, Louth, Tyrone or Westmeath. I would be of the opinion we just need a win and get into a QF. Donegal and Armagh would be difficult, any of the others we have a good chance smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 594 - 31/05/2026 19:50:20 2676849 Link 0 |
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Agree, avoid the extra game to be fresh for a QF. It's a free hit really this next game but a smooth passage could make all the difference, we saw last year how hard it was to play 3 weekends in a row at this level
LárBáire (Galway) - Posts: 84 - 31/05/2026 20:21:17 2676862 Link 0 |
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Yes that's right. A provincial title is nice to win but doesn't help in the All Ireland series bar getting home advantage for the next game but the provincial losers get that as well.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2682 - 31/05/2026 20:32:26 2676870 Link 0 |
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Guaranteed for cork and kerry every year, without barely getting out of first gear. Think Galway and Donegal realised that this year. They're out to fry bigger fish.
Expertinall (UK) - Posts: 132 - 31/05/2026 22:57:34 2676901 Link 0 |
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Your last sentence is what HQ want and once managers stop fielding their strongest available 15s the provincial championships will be ended and the days of 20k plus turning up for Connacht finals over. The provincial councils didn't realise want they voted on. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 864 - 01/06/2026 03:30:05 2676922 Link 0 |
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i hear Matthew Thompson is back in ireland and doing light training, We might have him yet Galway2001 (Galway) - Posts: 36 - 01/06/2026 09:35:08 2676933 Link 0 |
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Would you have rather lost to Galway so? And found a few things to work on for the All Ireland series eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2462 - 01/06/2026 11:24:38 2676961 Link 0 |
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Would be great but following an injury and having little football played it would be very tough to get him up to speed. Maybe if Galway make the quarters or semis we might see him off the bench.
Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2549 - 01/06/2026 11:52:01 2676973 Link 0 |
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Should be no perks for Provincial losers.
Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 608 - 01/06/2026 11:52:21 2676974 Link 0 |
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Cynic in me thinks that they did the draw before the finals for exactly that reason...
systematic (Galway) - Posts: 292 - 01/06/2026 11:55:39 2676977 Link 0 |
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Would you have rather lost to Galway so? And found a few things to work on for the All Ireland series eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2462 - 01/06/2026 12:05:01 2676981 Link 0 |