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Game management from Galway after getting Comers goal was shocking.

How many times did they kick the ball up in the air.

And then Comers giving the 50 metre penalty away.

We do this all the time.
We could be 15 points up and we would let whoever we're playing back into the game.
Pj has questions to answer over his team selection today. Roche, Molloy and O'Flaherty have absolutely no form all year to deserve starting a Connacht final.
Roche had a few games in the league and was dreadful.

Yeah they easily could have closed that game out with the possession thry had.

Where was the marking for that 2 pointer straight after the goal too.

Game management from Galway after getting Comers goal was shocking.

How many times did they kick the ball up in the air.

And then Comers giving the 50 metre penalty away.

If you had to pick a team winning tonight who you picking?

Would have to be Hearts would it not?

Draw tomorrow and I've a quick query.

Now that theres only 2 seeds will there be any need to do the draw the way they did it last 3 years.

Instead of Armagh/Monaghan v Mayo for example can we set in stone exactly who all the provincial finalists are playing in advance.

I see no issue in doing a complete draw tomorrow anyways.

Would stop teams getting tougher draws for winning their provincial like we seem with Galway last year.

With every passing year it shows how brilliant a manager RG was and how he had that Derry team flying.

Theyd have beat Monaghan by 15 plus today if he was in charge.

He had them flying to an extent. They weren't flying against Galway in the all Ireland semi.  Persisting with lynch coming out of goals and him as slow as a tortoise at getting back.

Rogers, McKinless were in their prime then. It could be their last year

Fair point but they comprehensively beat a better Monaghan team than that by a big score. Game today was following a similar path dont think they'd have let Monaghan back into it under his tenure.

On a side note I though Derrys keeper today looked very good until that bad kickout to Beggan.

Also have some the Derry players bulked up an awful lot compared to last year.

With every passing year it shows how brilliant a manager RG was and how he had that Derry team flying.

Theyd have beat Monaghan by 15 plus today if he was in charge.

I expect a big reaction from Dublin - they could win this game pulling up.

Would be shocked if Louth pull this off.

But would be great to see it and Devlin is definitely getting the most out of them, but beating Dublin in championship might be a step too far for them.

Think i was the only one seen this coming. Louth never going to beat Dublin in championship.

Sideline used to be worth 1.

I presumed that rule has changed and it wasn't an officiating error.

This commentator on GAA plus making some amount of mistakes

I expect a big reaction from Dublin - they could win this game pulling up.

Would be shocked if Louth pull this off.

But would be great to see it and Devlin is definitely getting the most out of them, but beating Dublin in championship might be a step too far for them.

Does sport get much better than that first half?

I've heard that the draw for the round 1 games will be made this weekend once the 8 provisional finalists are known. Can anyone clarify if this is correct.

Makes sense. Wasn't it meant to be yesterday before Down upset the applecart

The draw was made already lads ?

Does anyone else think its ridiculous that Cavan, Down and Westmeath don't know which championship they will be playing in in 2 or 3 weeks time.

Should it be changed that this years leagues and provincial championships determine what championship you will be in year after instead of this year.

This way you know what championship you will be playing in pre-season of that year and can plan accordingly.

Just saw that. Amazing how these rumours take off like wildfire!

If it is true, and we can get him fit back in time for the first round of the AI knock-outs, we should be a tough enough opponent for most. Especially with a wee bit of air having been let out of the hype balloon.

Should be some incredible ties in that draw.

As a Cavan man I have no qualms in saying that we deserve no place in that top 16.

If Westmeath and Down make it; we might for the first time have 16 teams all capable of competing.

Travelled to Letterkenny yesterday in hope of a good performance and to stay with Donegal for as long as possible.  That performance by Doen was off the charts. I was at every league game and they were never as direct as they were yesterday. And the plaudits for Mooney wow what a performance by a man who hasnt kocked a ball all year for Down.  Byt everyone of the team and the subs were magnificent. Rooney never scored a goal for Down until yesterday and he shouldve jad 3. 
Did Donegal under prepare for Down? Does Jim ever undee prepare. Lost 1 UC game in 21. Conceded 4 goals in total in that timeframe. ?
The conditions helped Downs running game. Hoping for a sunny dry Clones on Sunday. It will be hard to reach that intensity again but momentum is a big thing. Maybe the trip to Killarney last weekend fpr a friendly gave them belief.
Whatever happens next sunday there are a lot of happy Down people this morning , we domt get that too often these days. Thats what its all about. The unexpected and the reason why you keep going, for special occasions like yesterday.

I'd say Jim had them well prepared and the main Down dangermen analyzed and planned for (McBrearty on tv even referred to Murdock having been a major focus for last year's meeting).

However, there's not much a manager can do about the general atmosphere surrounding a game. No matter how much you drum it into players, they're hearing in the media and from everyone outside the camp that they're among the favourites for Ulster and the AI, that there's another big meeting with Armagh a couple of weeks down the line, and while Down are a decent side, you still handled them with relative ease in the end the previous  year. And equally, Laverty will be using the same background noise to put fire in the bellies of his own team, who have been totally written off and have a free shot. Same thing happened to us against Cavan in 2020 when, on our way to a showdown with the Dubs, we got ambushed by a team that had been completely written off.

Anyway, hope you can build on it and Down get back to challenging for Ulster. Some superb players in Guinness, Murdock, Rooney and Mooney and a very good manager who came up with a great game plan to nullify a lot of our strengths.

I'd say Langan was a huge loss for Donegal for all the obvious reasons but also the fact he kept Murdock relatively quiet for large parts last year.

Anything confirmed around his injury, seen rumours ranging from a couple of weeks to a month to season ender. 

Haven't seen anything official. Just the same internet rumours that he is gone for the year. I'd imagine it will be clarified this week.

If he's gone, that's a major blow to our hopes and the second big man/long range scorer we will be missing in addition to Ciaran Thompson.

Gaelic Life have it that McGuinness confirmed its only a minor ankle injury