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Did anyone else see the double hop before Andy Moran took a pass and kicked a point?

Yep I spotted it at the time. Roscommon could certainly have had grievances had they not got the result.

David Gough once again likes to be the star of the show. He's being praised now (as was his intention), for letting the game flow. Every other referee would've given the majority of those instances as fouls. Yet Gough thinks hes 'ahead of the game', and lets it go. Either Gough is right and every other ref needs to be retrained or Gough is wrong. He cant just rewrite the rules. With hilarious irony, he is completely picky on all the little things, like very slight contact off the ball, handpasses, steps, stuff that gets him attention, and then is completely unpicky when people are clashing and fouls on the man in possession.

I do know this , it was two years ago I was sat in the croke park hotel in the front lobby as a few mayo players came in after drawing with ros , one player said quietly to a couple of us  " we"ll make mince meat of them in the replay "  . His arrogance really impressed me and I made a right few quid out of it .

Mayo fans would've been going into the bookies with butter vouchers at that stage, given how the year had gone to that point punting wise? Had a few bottle caps on the -3 at 10/11 did ya?

5365 people ,jeez wtf is wrong with Galway people they are pure useless at supporting the county team .

There are 4 teams to support in Galway, including a top class hurling team, rather than just one. How's the support been for the Mayo hurlers recently? Or ladies?

There also tends to be rather more to do in Galway City in the summertime than other spots nearby

Strokestown, Castlerea and Ros Town are thriving, vibrant and beautiful areas

All those are definitely unfit. It's largely interesting with a couple of disappoting parts. He really needs to get Molloy a bit of inter county game time. Understandable that maybe he wants experience beside John Daly by playing O'Donnell, but still, you won't get any better opportunities. Always thought he viewed Silke as a half back over corner back, this confirms that. Michael Daly as midfield is interesting with a view to him possibly being a third midfielder later in the year. O'Laoi and Cummins deserved to keep their place

I'd prefer to see Silke in the corner and Molloy at wing-back. We have quite a few half-backs now but we're still quite thin in the corner. I think that would maximise the potential overall rather than Silke taking up a spot where we already have a very good young playing coming through. Get both of them on the field.

Would agree with that purely because our need is greater in the corner.
Without wishing to disrespect David Wynne he is there for the taking by any decent intercounty inside man.

Wasn't Wynne a starter on the Galway 2016,2018 Connacht winning teams and when he was sub in 2017 they didn't win Connacht?

Kerin was injured in 2018, came on at half time though for Wynne, Wynne's only start. He played in 2016 alright but we could barely get 20 lads together at that stage. He'd be 2 or 3 down the pecking order

All those are definitely unfit. It's largely interesting with a couple of disappoting parts. He really needs to get Molloy a bit of inter county game time. Understandable that maybe he wants experience beside John Daly by playing O'Donnell, but still, you won't get any better opportunities. Always thought he viewed Silke as a half back over corner back, this confirms that. Michael Daly as midfield is interesting with a view to him possibly being a third midfielder later in the year. O'Laoi and Cummins deserved to keep their place

Not really getting the same assumption about O'Donnell starting. He's obviously been the vice captain up until now and captain before that. He didn't get his game at all last year after the Mayo game, and that area is looking a lot busier this year with the addition of McDaid (who he clearly loves), Silke (guaranteed starter)and John Daly. He'll have to try fit in players like Heaney who he's always started, Kelly whos constantly improving and Molloy who the fans all want to start. People say Walsh is over loyal to Bradshaw and GO'D but he has no trouble trying Michael Farragher as a left field alternative to Bradshaw in early 2017, and dropping GO'D last year. Injuries will likely dictate everything versus London and Sligo for starters though

Could be more advantageous to lose a Connacht final this year, especially with Kerry looking far from invincible towards the end of the league. Guesses on how it could play out in second part

Connacht Winner
Leinster winner - Dublin
Ulster RU v Q - Donegal
Munster RU v Q - Monaghan

Connacht RU
Munster winner - Kerry
Ulster winner - Tyrone
Leinster RU v Q - Meath.

Provided the qualifier was manageable, give me option B. Extreme example, but just to show that Connacht is less important this year than in other years

As a Mayo supporter said on boards.ie they have a better chance of reaching the AI final if they avoid Dublin in the semi final. No one knows what the qualifers will bring as Mayo found out last summer.

Dont think that's necessarily true. If Scenario A is finishing second to Dublin in Group A, and then having to beat Group B winners like Kerry, and scenario B is finishing top of Group B and beating 2nd from Group A, scenario B is slightly more likely for any team. I worked out the odds for all potential scenario's one day when bored and it works out near equal for winners and runners up of Connacht.

Obviously you'll want to be winning Connacht, getting the bit of silverware and not breaking momentum. Its just that there'll be mass hysteria when one of Mayo/Galway/Ros lose in June (most hysterical if Mayo by far), when in reality it wont change their chance of reaching a final or winning Sam all that much

Could be more advantageous to lose a Connacht final this year, especially with Kerry looking far from invincible towards the end of the league. Guesses on how it could play out in second part

Connacht Winner
Leinster winner - Dublin
Ulster RU v Q - Donegal
Munster RU v Q - Monaghan

Connacht RU
Munster winner - Kerry
Ulster winner - Tyrone
Leinster RU v Q - Meath.

Provided the qualifier was manageable, give me option B. Extreme example, but just to show that Connacht is less important this year than in other years

Galway's game management going down the home stretch was superb. Time keeping in gaelic football is a total farce at this stage but Galway exploited it to the max. There was 6 minutes of injury time and 3 of those were stoppages, yet Deegan blew up as soon as the 6 were up...jokeshop. Compare Galway's time wasting in the second half, when they were against the wind, with Mayo. Not one Mayo player tried to slow the game down in the first half when we were against the wind. Mayo need to wise up.

How did he blow up when 6 were up, when Vaughan's last point was scored into the 7th min of added time, and there was two more kickouts after that? 6 mins added was more than fair in the first place. Galway didnt get that in the first half despite injuries. It's accepted practice to take the wind first and try build a lead but a past club manager of ours used to always take it for the second half, on the basis that you'd get far more added at the end of 60 (or 70) than at the end of H1. Hard argue against it

I was right in line with O'Laoi's pass and it was a beauty. Very inventive and superb vision. The winning of the game. His cameo at the end of the first half, ball over to Walsh, run for return, shimmy the defender and kick a score is a sign of a very classy player. Certainly needs to bulk up, so probably a year too soon alright but he has impressed no question.

Willie Joe's blog makes entertaining reading this morning. "Galway always target the league and will be pooped come August" after Galway beat Mayo while missing 2/3rds of their panel. "I'd rather lose than play as defensively as Galway tonight". This is a game where Galway with 13 players scored 1-1 against a Mayo side that funneled everyone back to defend that 2 man advantage. In fairness you get weirdos in every bunch, they just seem to have a high number count over there

There is a slow denial going on here in Mayo. The three Connacht Championship losses to Galway in a row are seen as sort of flukes. Many don't see that the 2012-2017 group is in decline and it's just a case of adding one to five new faces and we are up and running again.  Many in Mayo  have forgotten that Mayo have fallen back into the chasing pack (if not behind) and Galway are in the chasing pack. Problem is the Chasing pack are all well behind Dublin.

Yeah that would be a source of frustration for me talking with Mayo mates, a general lack of acceptance that Galway might finally be on their level. The seeds of this have been sown in all the underage victories for Galway sides when they've met in the past 5 years. At the same time, hard to argue about Galway getting respect until they put it up to Dublin in the way Mayo did

Willie Joe's blog makes entertaining reading this morning. "Galway always target the league and will be pooped come August" after Galway beat Mayo while missing 2/3rds of their panel. "I'd rather lose than play as defensively as Galway tonight". This is a game where Galway with 13 players scored 1-1 against a Mayo side that funneled everyone back to defend that 2 man advantage. In fairness you get weirdos in every bunch, they just seem to have a high number count over there

Galway team for Saturday evening named:

1. Ruairí Lavelle
2. Eoghan Kerin
3. Seán Andy Ó Ceallaigh
4. David Wynne
5. Gary O Donnell
6. Gareth Bradshaw
7. Johnny Heaney
8. Thomas Flynn
9. Ciaran Duggan
10. Michael Daly
11. Johnny Duane
12. Eamonn Brannigan
13. Barry McHugh
14. Pádraic Cunningham
15. Antaine Ó Laoi

Might we get a shock and have no changes prior to the throw in?

Corofin alone would be strong favourites versus that side and that's no exaggeration. Horan must be beside himself

What will your starting one to nine look like come the summer ?

There'd be 4 or 5 changes from that if I was guessing. It's more to do with the forwards. Walsh, Comer & Burke are by far and away our 3 best players, all missing. You could make a strong argument that Silke is next after those. It's at least 8 starters overall

Galway team for Saturday evening named:

1. Ruairí Lavelle
2. Eoghan Kerin
3. Seán Andy Ó Ceallaigh
4. David Wynne
5. Gary O Donnell
6. Gareth Bradshaw
7. Johnny Heaney
8. Thomas Flynn
9. Ciaran Duggan
10. Michael Daly
11. Johnny Duane
12. Eamonn Brannigan
13. Barry McHugh
14. Pádraic Cunningham
15. Antaine Ó Laoi

Might we get a shock and have no changes prior to the throw in?

Corofin alone would be strong favourites versus that side and that's no exaggeration. Horan must be beside himself