Connacht SFC 2020

[galwayman]

Our silly turnovers cost us that in the end.
It was there for the taking.

[Armagh18]

Disgraceful from McLoughlin

Not a bit. What is he meant to do ffs

Attempt a tackle??

It's about the GAA started awarding automatic penalties for that shit. The punishment should fit the crime.

Did what anyone would do in the same situation

Says a lot about our game.

Lads want to win? Shock f**king horror!

[sid waddell]

Winners have a hard nosed mentality and do what they have to do

Maradona had it, Luis Suarez had it, Dublin had it in 1983, Tyrone had it in 2003, Dublin had it in 2013, Dublin had it when Cormac Costello stopped David Clarke taking a quick kickout in 2017

McLoughlin did what he had to do and it paid off

Galway can cry all they like they did in 1983 or like Trump is doing at the moment, it won't change the result

[Armagh18]

I'm a Galway man and utterly depressed after that but to be fair if we were in the same position I'd be screaming at our defenders to do the same.
I would have done exactly what he did

Exactly. Galway were poor but still could have won that. Walsh is some player but will disappointed with those frees. Comer fully fit and starting would have been some help there obviously

[GalwayBayBoy]

Would have been happy with a decent performance this morning. By the end I was mad they didn't win it.

Last 6 or 7 minutes there Daly missed a sitter of a point from straight in front. Shane Walsh kicked two frees wide on the far side. Not the easiest angle alright but he's capable of nailing those. Then Kelly was cleaned out of it bearing down on goal just outside the area. Poor ball in from the sideline then to end it after Hurson pulled it back. The first kick in was actually on the money. The free out Hurson gave to Mayo just before all that after Higgins clambered all over the Galway forward was mind boggling though.

Think the lack of games didn't help in the end. Galway awful sloppy in possession at times. Kicked and hand passed away a mountain of ball needlessly. To be fair they really stuck at it though.

[galwayman]

Winners have a hard nosed mentality and do what they have to do

Maradona had it, Luis Suarez had it, Dublin had it in 1983, Tyrone had it in 2003, Dublin had it in 2013, Dublin had it when Cormac Costello stopped David Clarke taking a quick kickout in 2017

McLoughlin did what he had to do and it paid off

Galway can cry all they like they did in 1983 or like Trump is doing at the moment, it won't change the result

Who's crying? f**k off like a good lad.

[macdanger2]

Great win but Tipp or Cork won't be too worried after that.

Back in 2015, who'd have thought we'd value a Connacht championship so much

While I was happy to see McLaughlin make that foul, I have to agree with J70 on it

[yellowcard]

Shane Walsh was the only shining light of quality in an otherwise forgettable match. Beautifully balanced footballer.

[sid waddell]

Shane Walsh was the only shining light of quality in an otherwise forgettable match. Beautifully balanced footballer.

He fluffed those frees late on and the sideline ball

Fine player but there's a touch of self indulgence about him

[MayoBuck]

Delighted to get the win.

Thought Eoghan McLaughlin was our MOTM but they couldn't give it to him after the black card. Ruane had a very good 3rd quarter but was hit and miss after that.

Shane Walsh and Sean Kelly were probably the 2 standout players overall IMO.

[Duine Eile]

Well done Mayo. Disappointing but as said above would have taken a decent performance this morning but still hugely disappointing to lose by a point. You could really see the lack of match sharpens in the first half, passes down into the feet of the forwards, sloppy hand passes etc. Conroy was brilliant again as was Shane Walsh but Christ he's a frustrating player, had a complete melt down at the end. Kieran Molloy player well when he came on, McDaid is improving as are the two Kellys, don't think Johnny Heaney is going to cut it at corner back. Power in goal was great, that one foray up the pitch in the first half apart of course but his distribution and his saves were excellent. As for the last tackle on Seán Kelly, of course you want your team to do that when you're the defending team but no more than the hurling yesterday, there has to be a more severe punishment for it, conceding a penalty for those types of fouls would cut a lot of that out.

[An Fhairche Abu]

Galway not good enough today, simple as. Should have been beat out the gate in the first half, Mayo poor shooting was all that kept us in it. The lack of matches coming into this was a disaster as predicted, it took at least 15-20 minutes for them to get up to the pitch of it.
They didn't give up and there was plenty of effort so couldn't fault them on that but the amount of unforced errors was just incredible, handing the ball back to Mayo, loose passes, taking the ball into contact etc. That was the losing of the match.
When there was 2/3 points in it Galway made a few key mistakes although how Silke didn't get that free after the poor Clarke kick out was baffling given some of the frees called that went the other direction.
Special word for Sean Kelly there, what a player and unlucky to be caught for the tackle at the end, another two steps and it was a penalty, such are the margins.

Congrats to Mayo, made hard work of it but hard to argue that they weren't deserved winners over the course of the match.

Winners have a hard nosed mentality and do what they have to do

Maradona had it, Luis Suarez had it, Dublin had it in 1983, Tyrone had it in 2003, Dublin had it in 2013, Dublin had it when Cormac Costello stopped David Clarke taking a quick kickout in 2017

McLoughlin did what he had to do and it paid off

Galway can cry all they like they did in 1983 or like Trump is doing at the moment, it won't change the result

No one in Galway crying, we'd have done the same I'm sure in the same position, you can f**k off with your nonsense throwing the boot in after that match, as for your "touch of self indulgence" crack, Jesus wept. 

[galwayman]

Extremely disappointing to lose a game that was there for the taking.
Some of our turnovers under not huge pressure were infuriating.
Conroy, Walsh (immense in the second half) and Sean Kelly (came of age today) were fantastic.
Power in goal showed he is far superior to Gleeson.
Cillian McDaid cost us a few scores with bad mistakes - he has simply got to improve his decision making when in possession.
Ian Burke was poor. Conneely found it hard to get away from Barrett.
One thing I found strange - why bring on (a not fit) Damo if you're not going to place him on the edge of the square? He spent most of the time out around the 45/middle area where he was no threat.

[Blowitupref]

Shane Walsh was the only shining light of quality in an otherwise forgettable match. Beautifully balanced footballer.

He fluffed those frees late on and the sideline ball

Fine player but there's a touch of self indulgence about him

Should never have taken on the first one, 2nd one a bad miss.

[chrissears]

When will Mayo ever learn? Early in the game when 4 points up we kicked away possession when there was no need to at all and the old failing, not taking easy scores. Very frustrating.
On the bright side, Tommy Conroy and Eoghan McLaughlin were impressive, still a lot of work to do but we are in the semi of an AI.