2018 NFL Division 1

[Kuwabatake Sanjuro]

Kildare lose by a point. Very hard luck.

Extreme wastefulness and stupidity at times for Kildare cost us dearly. Dominated possession and were the better team for most of the game but didn't convert some kickable frees in the 1st half and took wrong options on numerous other occasions. Joe McQuillan didn't help either and was worth a couple of scores to Monaghan. These are probably the 2 weakest teams in the division so it is a huge 2 points for them. They brought a decent crowd too.

[Main Street]

You're a sour loser KS, you should learn to lose with at least a morsel of dignity
The Northern Monaghan Sound commentary team were on cloud nine, loudly cheering the boys home over the last 10 minutes.

The deferred TG4 game Donegal Galway game was interesting. Galway have great pace in their attack, they just head straight for goal in a cavalry charge whilst Donegal  look pedantic in comparison.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Great win for us today especially with Mayo, Kerry and *gulp* Dublin still to come. You'd hope that one more win might be enough to keep us in division 1. We can almost have a free hit at the big 3 but still have the Kildare and Monaghan games to fall back on.

Great batttle between McBrearty and Comer today. Both with 0-3 from play.

[Itchy]

Kildare lose by a point. Very hard luck.

Extreme wastefulness and stupidity at times for Kildare cost us dearly. Dominated possession and were the better team for most of the game but didn't convert some kickable frees in the 1st half and took wrong options on numerous other occasions. Joe McQuillan didn't help either and was worth a couple of scores to Monaghan. These are probably the 2 weakest teams in the division so it is a huge 2 points for them. They brought a decent crowd too.

You think a cavan man was giving the rub of the green to Monaghan. That's a good one.

[twohands!!!]

Great win for us today especially with Mayo, Kerry and *gulp* Dublin still to come. You'd hope that one more win might be enough to keep us in division 1. We can almost have a free hit at the big 3 but still have the Kildare and Monaghan games to fall back on.

Great batttle between McBrearty and Comer today. Both with 0-3 from play.

I doubt that there are any teams that were on 4 points after 2 games that got relegated from Division 1. Odds are good now that Galway will survive in Division 1, which is always the goal for a newly promoted side.

One of Kildare or Tyrone will still be on zero as they play each other next Sunday (unless there's a draw)
Donegal are playing Dublin in Dublin, so I'd say no-one would be too surprised if they are still on zero after next Saturday night.

Kildare will be playing Donegal in Round 4 and that is already looking like it might have the tinge of relegation decider about it - if both sides are still on zero at that stage it could be a fairly competitive affair.

[Dinny Breen]

Kildare will go down, we are struggling against the more physical aspect of Division 1 and the less time on the ball. Steep learning curve and probably invaluable long term but frustrating to watch.

[Donnellys Hollow]

What happened to McCormack? The belt he took didn't look anything out of the ordinary he looked in a bad way being helped back to the dressing room. Pity because he was playing well. Same with Cribbin although his black card was madness.

[seafoid]

Kildare will go down, we are struggling against the more physical aspect of Division 1 and the less time on the ball. Steep learning curve and probably invaluable long term but frustrating to watch.

Donegal Tyrone and Monaghan are probably in the mix as well.  I wouldn't doom Kildare yet.

[Maroon Manc]

Another good win for Galway and another game where they didn't concede any goal chances. Comer and Walsh were very good although Walsh did have a very bad wide when in on goal and dropped another one short when he should have kept going or moved in.

Kickouts remain to be a huge problem, think Galway managed to retain possession only 4 times in the 2nd half on their own kickouts whilst giving it away at least 7 or 8 times, it continues to be a huge problem. Donegal dominated around the middle and won the majority of breaking ball too.

Galway on the ball were very good though and kicked some great scores but Varley & Sweeney were passengers, Kelly was slightly better but its hard to see him starting come championship.

Donegal relied too heavily on McBrearty who was superb, they didn't move the ball as quickly as Galway.

I thought Hughes was poor, for the first 50 minutes he was very harsh on Galway; He tried leveling it up in the last 20 giving Galway some very soft frees.

[An Fhairche Abu]

Another good win for Galway and another game where they didn't concede any goal chances. Comer and Walsh were very good although Walsh did have a very bad wide when in on goal and dropped another one short when he should have kept going or moved in.

Kickouts remain to be a huge problem, think Galway managed to retain possession only 4 times in the 2nd half on their own kickouts whilst giving it away at least 7 or 8 times, it continues to be a huge problem. Donegal dominated around the middle and won the majority of breaking ball too.

Galway on the ball were very good though and kicked some great scores but Varley & Sweeney were passengers, Kelly was slightly better but its hard to see him starting come championship.

Donegal relied too heavily on McBrearty who was superb, they didn't move the ball as quickly as Galway.

I thought Hughes was poor, for the first 50 minutes he was very harsh on Galway; He tried leveling it up in the last 20 giving Galway some very soft frees.

This is a really key point, we're not seeing any improvement in what has become one of the most important facets of the game. As I said after the Tyrone match I wouldn't be in a rush to criticise Lavelle for his kick outs as it is the same problem regardless of who is in goals, it's an overall team issue, the chopping and changing of keepers during Walsh's reign is symptomatic of trying lads out as if one of them will go in between the sticks and just suddenly solve it on their own.

[seafoid]

Another good win for Galway and another game where they didn't concede any goal chances. Comer and Walsh were very good although Walsh did have a very bad wide when in on goal and dropped another one short when he should have kept going or moved in.

Kickouts remain to be a huge problem, think Galway managed to retain possession only 4 times in the 2nd half on their own kickouts whilst giving it away at least 7 or 8 times, it continues to be a huge problem. Donegal dominated around the middle and won the majority of breaking ball too.

Galway on the ball were very good though and kicked some great scores but Varley & Sweeney were passengers, Kelly was slightly better but its hard to see him starting come championship.

Donegal relied too heavily on McBrearty who was superb, they didn't move the ball as quickly as Galway.

I thought Hughes was poor, for the first 50 minutes he was very harsh on Galway; He tried leveling it up in the last 20 giving Galway some very soft frees.

Most people considering the injuries and the missing Corofin contingent would have been happy with 2 points at this stage. Goalie is a problem area but the backs are improved and the forwards are predatory.

[Maroon Manc]

Another good win for Galway and another game where they didn't concede any goal chances. Comer and Walsh were very good although Walsh did have a very bad wide when in on goal and dropped another one short when he should have kept going or moved in.

Kickouts remain to be a huge problem, think Galway managed to retain possession only 4 times in the 2nd half on their own kickouts whilst giving it away at least 7 or 8 times, it continues to be a huge problem. Donegal dominated around the middle and won the majority of breaking ball too.

Galway on the ball were very good though and kicked some great scores but Varley & Sweeney were passengers, Kelly was slightly better but its hard to see him starting come championship.

Donegal relied too heavily on McBrearty who was superb, they didn't move the ball as quickly as Galway.

I thought Hughes was poor, for the first 50 minutes he was very harsh on Galway; He tried leveling it up in the last 20 giving Galway some very soft frees.

This is a really key point, we're not seeing any improvement in what has become one of the most important facets of the game. As I said after the Tyrone match I wouldn't be in a rush to criticise Lavelle for his kick outs as it is the same problem regardless of who is in goals, it's an overall team issue, the chopping and changing of keepers during Walsh's reign is symptomatic of trying lads out as if one of them will go in between the sticks and just suddenly solve it on their own.

Agreed its an overall team issue, most of the time it was kick out long and hope for the best which is clearly not good enough and very frustrating to watch. Power though is a better kicker of the ball and surely will come back into the team when Corofin are done.

On a positive note we managed to win a game with very little possession against Div 1 opposition which wouldn't have happened in recent years.

[omagh_gael]

Very impressive start by Galway. Donegal pushed Kerry all the way last week and we saw what Kerry did to Mayo. Next weeks game against Mayo will be a cracker.

[Dinny Breen]

What happened to McCormack? The belt he took didn't look anything out of the ordinary he looked in a bad way being helped back to the dressing room. Pity because he was playing well. Same with Cribbin although his black card was madness.

I was down that end and it looked innocuous so unless he was just unlucky and got caught by a flailing elbow/arm it's hard to know. But the amount pulling and dragging that was going on off the ball, Dublin Joe seemed more worried about the sun in his eyes than actually doing his job. 

[rosnarun]

14 man Dublin beat Tyrone by 6 points in Omagh.

I would laugh at how people think somehow Dublin wouldn't have it easy if they played in the Ulster championship except it's just not funny anymore. A Dublin team back training 3 weeks.

and 13 man Kerry make Mayo look silly in castlebar - in know its early but Kerry seem to be bringing lads through and I'd say they'll be the biggest threat to Dublin

so far this year  mayo have had 9 players sent off against them to zero mayos players .
is that teams think mayo can be bullied or is mayos discipline just exceptionally good.
Kerry routinely dragged mayo attackers to the ground Saturday  not to mention the assault on Evan Regan . very disappointing and frustrating to watch