Yeah I think it's probably a good idea to reward the top team with home advantage.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Blowitupref on April 12, 2024, 08:45:20 PMConnacht Minor championship started tonight. Draw in Tuam and a six point win for Mayo in Castlebar with Kieran McDonald son Kobe MOTM with 1-5.This years Mayo minors will take beating. Very very strong at u15 and u16 the last two years.
Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 2-7
Galway 0-11 Sligo 2-5
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on March 09, 2024, 08:59:41 PMBetter team won, but why gift possession back to England with 90 seconds left?My thoughts were the same at the time.
Quote from: seafoid on March 05, 2024, 08:08:47 AMThey were reigning All Ireland champions this time last year.Quote from: Whishtup on March 04, 2024, 01:38:12 PMI made my way down to Kerry from Clare yesterday with my 8 year old daughter for what was a mostly enjoyable day. Nice weather, the Kerry scenery beautiful as always. The game wasn't too bad either bar the Tyrone wides and ref a little whistle happy at times for both teams. Doesn't feel like a bad defeat for Tyrone. A few defensive tweaks in the second half and we were back in it but it was too little, too late. During melee, I was disappointed to hear"shower of kna**ers, always were, always will be"from the row behind me. Middle aged, well dressed man from Kerry with small kids. Not nice to hear and disappointing for all within earshot, Kerry and Tyrone fans alike. I know there's always one but it felt very personal. Could do without it.That sounds very unpleasant. It was definitely not about Tyrone people. Kerry football is not in great shape. In the last 20 years Kerry have been unable to beat first Tyrone and now Dublin. Kerry have lost 5 all Irelands to these 2 teams AFAIK. The roll of honour is now under threat. Kerry fans are used to winning and those days are over, at least for now.
Quote from: seafoid on February 22, 2024, 05:12:32 PMLet's be clear about this - the "stars" as you call them haven't played because they have been injured. Comer, McDaid and Silke have all been unavailable through injury for every game so far. Kelly was unavailable until last weekend and they are easing him back.Quote from: imtommygunn on February 22, 2024, 05:07:01 PMThey have been trying out other players in order to broaden the panel.The stars have not played in the first 3 matches.They aren't interested in the league final. I think that is significant. the all Ireland now starts in January. It's more like the EPL now. Arsenal had basically the same team last season and they were gassed with a month or so to go.Quote from: seafoid on February 22, 2024, 04:57:57 PMMayo 2023 are another warning sign for Derry.So are Galway 2023. Journalists will always focus on the now and both teams got loads of attention in the run up to May, just like Derry now , but neither county was there at the business end. Both counties have learnt their lesson .
Fans love winning but the All Ireland now is about pace, patience and avoiding injuries. Nobody was talking about Dublin this time last year.
What lesson have Galway learned? How have they shown to have learned from it?
Quote from: GaillimhIarthair on February 18, 2024, 03:25:17 PMA hard watch but an important win in terms of trying to stay in Div 1.Absolutely there are a few lads not up to this level (in my opinion) getting game time at the moment.
Some terrible turnovers late on that could have been very costly but got away with them. A poor enough day from placed balls also. Great to have Kelly back but more of the frontline lads will be required in the next few weeks.
Quote from: Onthe40 on February 18, 2024, 02:26:15 PMThat Galway forward line is seriously poor.. Tyrone well in control without even doing muchThe Galway forward line is always poor when Comer doesn't play.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 11, 2024, 05:38:35 PMHow bad are England at the moment when they only beat that Italy side by 3 points and conceded 24 against them?They're still the type of dogged forward oriented team that can make life very difficult for Ireland at Twickenham - their performance against South Africa in the World Cup semi final showed what they could be capable of on a given day. They don't have the quality to sustain it over a full series of games but very much they are the one team capable of one huge performance.
Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on January 28, 2024, 03:52:55 PMNow in mitigation Galway are down a lot of good players at the moment and given the teams selected I expected Mayo to win that game. However I have absolutely zero idea what the Galway management were trying to achieve there today.Yeah I couldn't believe it when I saw Daly in at 14. Why? Because he's tall?
Comer out before the game so they replace him with Niall Daly, a midfielder, and tell him to play up front. Through no fault of his own he doesn't play well up there so they sub him off again after 20 minutes. They have another midfielder, Cein Darcy, playing at wing forward marking one of the fastest wing-backs in the country in McLaughlin. To nobody's surprise he can't run with him but they leave him there anyway. Dylan McHugh a natural half back is playing in midfield and Sean Mulkerrin is playing at wing-back where I don't think I've ever seen him play. Cathal Sweeney a wing-back continues to be picked at corner-forward. Tierney came off the bench despite not being fully fit either and barely touched the ball. They just looked a disorganised mess. And I don't think they'll be getting any of the injured players back soon bar maybe Comer.
About the only bright spots is that the young lads O'Conghaile and O'Curraoin look like they are well able to kick scores when they get some service. But they probably won't be picked anyway as they'll want someone who can run around the the half back line instead.
Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on January 28, 2024, 02:11:21 PMIs it just me or have Galway been absolutely abysmal in this game.You're spot on.
Couple of great long range scores the only positive.