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Seems Tom Flynn is to have a fitness test this morning that will decide his fate,Paul conroy to make his first start since last year if Flynn doesn't make it.

So the super 8 groups are taking shape,
Kerry
Donegal
Galway or who beats them rd 3
Meath or who beats them rd 3

Dublin
Roscommon
Cork or who beats them rd 3
Cavan or who beats them rd 3

I would only know mid west radio for mayo match,but the hoganstand live updates are brilliant and have a refresh button for each game so you do get the scores as they happen.

Westmeath v Limerick   westmeath

Longford v Tyrone           tyrone

Antrim v Kildare               kildare

Leitrim v Clare                 clare

Down v Mayo                    mayo

Derry v Laois                     derry

Offaly v Sligo                    offaly

Monaghan v Armagh       monaghan

Yes a nice start to the day in salthill a slight breeze blowing from the salthill gaa end towards the city ground is dry but showers(downpours) on the way hope a few hurling supporters get behind the footballers after last night's loss and fair play to the dubs.

1-11 to0-9pts galway lead 7 mins left.

With the weather that's promised its ball winners not fast little forwards that will be needed,there will be definite changes,galway played Kerry in a challenge last week who had a full team bar donoghue.galway lost by a point with Clifford giving kerin a torrid time.no doubt about it our backline Is seen as a weak point and am expecting lots of high ball to be dropped in or alternatively try and isolate the full backline.All to play for.

Kevin Walsh's selection problems are mounting in that he really does not know his best team in the a v b games the b team has being coming out on top,Martin farragher and rob finnerty are believed to be in flying form,whatever about finnerty definitley think farragher will start.

Galway panel away on a bonding weekend better spell "bonding" right,
jeez I'm sure they are watching the champions league final maybe a beer or two??🍺🍺

U17 Connacht League Rd3

00mins 2nd half

Sligo u17: 0-7(7)
Mayo: 0-9(9)

U17 Connacht League Rd3

06mins 2nd half
Sligo u17: 0-9(9)
Mayo: 0-10(10)

There was a Culhane lad who was on the Galway minor panel last year even though he was playing his club football in Kildare and been u16, he's back on it this year and will be one of the better players. I know his dad is a Galway man but under what rule is he available for Galway?

He Is back playing for salthill/ knocknacarra I think he still is in kildare but like your man cox with roscommon he lines out with listowel Emmett.

Comer will be playing on June 16.
It's a nice ploy to take some focus off Galway as favourites.

Have a feeling he will be introduced off the bench. Even without him Galway are firm favourites, they have got the required results all year with a few injuries (comfortably stayed up in Div 1) but it helps when you arguably have the strongest panel in Connacht to choose from.

Would agree he will more than likely be on the bench
Martin farragher 99.9% to start,all depends how good or bad things are going,would provide a huge lift to the crowd and the team,just to come on for ten minutes.8

Well its onto the final,Ross must be favourites after that performance,14 men for 7 minutes and eek out a win its performances like that that makes or breaks a team.it reminded me of when galway beat mayo for the first time in years was it 4 years ago?it was like winning a connacht final.
As for the final itself,
I expect the rossies to target kerin as a weak link in our backline,cregg to maybe push up on Sean Andy for a few high balls,silke is the only one I would have faith in on that backline.
We are going to have to push up on the Ross kickout,force to kick long think we are stronger here,mayos new great hope ruane was made look very ordinary which he is.rossies defence is dogged feck all room for fancy Dan stuff,donie Smith will also start a huge plus and murtagh so nothing handy at all in this game,I was actually hoping mayo would win as I would have been more confident of beating them,how times have changed!😁

Glowing report for mayo in today's indo, keep it up please, yes I think roscommon will give them a good game and pack bodies into their defence,midfield is where I think mayo may have the advantage unless Ross have come up with a good kickout plan.one part of me wants mayo to run out easy winners without their deficiencies been shown up,another wants it to be so close that numerous cracks appear in the league champions,so many in fact that there wont be time to remedy them all😁
Unfortunately we in galway dont know how good or bad we are, with the games we have had and by the time we do, it may be too late😞