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Conor Lane, didn't give a stonewall penalty on O'Boyle, which would drew the game if scored. From the same play Galway broke up the field to score a goal from Cummins.

I was down in front of that getting drenched Wasn't a pen. I do remember Lane giving Galway 2 or 3 soft frees alright that Gary Sice kicked over. Derry were hard done by but considering Galway nearly won by double scores in the end it's a stretch to say he was the difference. Neither team were going anywhere fast that year

Brendan Cawley is in the middle Sunday, the worst referee in the rotation by a country mile. Hopefully he can have as little impact on proceedings as possible but I won't hold my breath

How are Derry shaping up injury wise aside from McGrogans unfortunate long term issue?

It was Cawley who reffed last years league final? He was shocking, he reffed a game recently and came away thinking how is he still reffing in the top tier.

Galway get the toughest group for the 2nd year in a row which isn't much reward for winning Connacht.

Could come down to small margins last year, many people forget that if Tyrone had beaten Westmeath Galway would have gone through as group winners.

Derry are rightly favourites, just hope Galway turn up and put in a performance. 

Quick turnaround can't have helped, Tyrone not as naive in the full backline as Galway were the week before. Couple of real standouts on that Tyrone team, after watching both semi finals I'd expect them too beat Kerry. 

What age is McGinley?

Galway were very poor in that first half, so many basic errors with their handling, hand passing and kicking. Losing possession of the ball when not even under pressure was a regular occurrence. Nobody minds conceding scores to good play but some of those Mayo scores were soo easy, the ball was walked into the scoring zone without a hand laid on them; Sweeney & Molloy didn't cover themselves in glory there!

The balance of the team wasn't right, not enough forwards picked in the team that started, looked a totally team when Maher, Walsh & Tierney came on. Appreciate those lads aren't fit enough for 70 mins so Joyce had a bit of a dilemma. 11 points in that second half when the wind had picked up was a very good effort.

Are McLaughlin & Hernon both back training with the panel? I saw them both at the match, Hernon in particular would be a huge addition; Thought he was excellent in the few games he played last year.

Only managed to see the first half, a lot of talk after the Mayo game that Galway lost their physical edge when Thompson and Kilcommins went off injured which at the time I thought was nonsense. Either Savage has learned very quickly or those lads he's brought in were injured initially. Those lads who've come in have far superior footballing skills and its showed.

Forest a joke, don't think any of those decisions are nailed on pens. Not having either of the first 2, probably need to see the 3rd again.

The whinging after the Liverpool was a farce and thats from a United fan.

Haven't seen the Saka penalty incident yet but it definitely wasn't a penalty.

Most blatant, bordering on comical, attempt by an attacker to engineer contact I've ever seen!

Very similar to Wan Bisaka's challenge on Elliot on Sunday. Ball goes in one direction legs and body go in another. A premier league ref would probably given it, whats worrying is Rio & Keown thought it was a pen.

Too many injuries for Galway, only saving grace is there's likely 6 championship games to be played before they play knockout football but I don't hold any hope.

Form the team that started the 2022 All Ireland Final (all of them are on the panel) 4 haven't started a league game, 3 have started one league game and Tierney has started 3 league games. Throw in the likes of Hernon & Cooke who both look like good division 1 players but decided not to commit then Galway are missing far too much quality, staying in the division is a good achievement.

There's a lot of lads on their first year on the panel who've got game time, there's a few others outside of that who aren't upto to this level but their size and physicality has been needed at times. Mulkerrins & Molloy have both found it very difficult coming back from serious injury, have my doubts about Mulkerrins anyways.

McGrath has been superb, Maher has been good but both were below their best and looked tired against Kerry. They've both played a lot of football during the league and it began to show.

Keeper had a nightmare 2nd half, Joyce has been very loyal to him but surely that can't continue. He just lost the plot.

Thought Galway performed better against Derry but didn't get the breaks whereas yesterday they did. Joyce did say after the game they had targeted the high ball and it certainly paid off. Lots of sloppiness in the play yesterday!

Cunningham definitely took his chance but still think he'll struggle come the summer, he's still got a fair bit to go in the conditioning stakes but 1-3 from 4 attempts is great going. Mulkerrins and Molloy are really struggling, Glynn will surely be back in against Dublin after yesterday.

With all the injuries and after the performance against Mayo Galway have done well to get to 5 points.

I always assumed if someone went bankrupt then they'd not have to pay their student loans but its not definite.

Forgetting about the diabolical black cards Galways performance was decent enough. Galway though missed a lot in front of the posts, they weren't hail mary shots at the posts either and missed 7 or 8 shots they should be scoring and obviously the goal chance that Niall Daly missed. Joyce will be very disappointed with the 1st and 3rd goals, they got in far too easy.

John Daly was back to his best and signs Finnerty is too although he missed a few he should have scored but was getting himself into scoring positions ands got on plenty of ball. McGrath too did a brilliant job on McGuigan. The likes of Niall Daly & D'Arcy who are much maligned did ok and had good contributions for the lads that are way down the pecking order when everyone is available. Mulkerins & Molloy are really struggling though but both lads are back from serious injuries so are going to need time, O'Conghaile is finding it tough going but like that he's been given plenty of game time for a lad thats still only 20. He'll reap the benefits in the long run.

A must win next week is a must but don't think 5 points will be enough to stay up even if they win. Tyrone beating Mayo puts them in a great position and Galway's last 2 games are Dublin and Kerry.

Even if any of the injured players return their not going to have much impact for the league and as like the Galway posters above I'm concerned how much game time they've missed. Think the draw in Connacht has worked out well with what should be a couple of games before the Connacht Final and then the 3 group games so the new format works out better then the old one, only time will tell though.

Signs of improvements off the pitch which are badly needed, absolute disgrace how much money has been wasted with no joined up thinking. Its not just the players we've signed its the one's we've missed out like Haaland, Bellingham & Rice.

Take out Mainoo & Garnacho and Ten Hag would probably have been sacked already, they've saved his job and could be the bit of luck he needs to succeed.

A big summer ahead, United have the makings of a decent side and with a 2-3 good signings it could transform this team.

I'd written Dalot off but appears to be making a miraculous recovery but its still early days yet so not getting carried away but if he continues this form its one less headache for this summer. Maguire doing ok but he needs to go, 2 huge mistakes against West Ham have quickly forgotten about after a good performance against Villa. He needs to play every week to be effective and thats not going too happen next season. Get rid and keep Varane for another 12 months but thats looking unlikely.

I know Tyrone weren't great last year but 3rd seeds did them no favours.  Kerry probably would have beaten them but not in the manner they did.  Tyrone were bucked n kerry were fresh.  There's always the possibility of not making an Ulster final and drawing the connacht champions I suppose but much easier to come through as provincial champions

Mayo beat Kerry and Roscommon drew with Dublin in their first group games so that tells another tale.

Without knowing a great deal about it I find the lack of playing time of Darren McCurry under Harte bizare.

Galway are probably the side who are under achieving the most. They probably have the best set of forwards in Ireland yet managed a paltry 9 points against Roscommon. They are epitomised by Shane Walsh who always looks like a great player but yet far too seldom delivers what his ability suggests that he is capable of.

The same Walsh that wasn't playing yesterday?

It's getting a bit ridiculous the slack he takes. He's had one bad season since 2017. There were multiple times over covid he was sensational but Galway were disjointed and got knocked out. Narrative then follows that they can't get the best out of this 'maverick', one that has still somehow has man of the match awards coming out of his ears over the years

Yesterday was a poor game in terrible conditions. Galway will be disappointed they didn't win given the flow of the game but on paper Roscommon were decent favourites going in. Galway are without their 4 most important players by any objective standard and 3 other starters, a situation that won't improve short term. Survival will be a serious achievement at this point

Agreed, not expecting them too stay up but on a positive note the like of Fitzgerald, O'Currain & O'Conghaile are going to get valuable game time at this level they might not have ordinarily got which will hopefully benefit Galway later in the summer. Have my doubts on Mulkerrin but Joyce obviously sees something there and I'll be the first to admit that I didn't see McHugh becoming the player he is so I've been wrong before.