Connacht senior football final Galway v Roscommon July 10th

[cornetto]

Galway training tonight in pearse stadium,by jesus any drink left in them was well sweated out.a training match first using half the pitch all the panel involved,lively stuff for a training match.9.45pm and the starting fifteen were still doing sprints.things step up a gear from here on in i suppose,good to watch the amount effort thats put in.

[Brapbrap]

Kevin Walsh gift-wrapping this Connacht title for us by not marking up on our kickouts. Seems extremely poor tactics given our weakness in the middle but even on their own kickouts Galway avoid kicking long.

Surely they'll readjust in the second half and we have to be ready. Playing within ourselves so far and 50% of a complete championship performance is in the bank at halftime. Not many times we could say that.

Time to drive on in the first ten minutes of the second half.

It was decent of "McFod" to gift-wrap the replay for Galway

Weakness at midfield?? Weakness everywhere more like. That Roscommon team is one big overrated weakness.

[Maroon Manc]

You'd think McHale would have kept quiet this week but no he's been on with Parkinson's podcast. He's making a show of himself, can't believe how critical of his own players. I'm sure he doesn't believe the nonsense that there wasn't a lot between the 2 teams apart from the 2 sloppy goals they conceded in the first half, obviously he didn't mention they could have easily have conceded 4 or 5 goals in the first half.

[larryin89]

Ahh no he didnt go wafflin again. Hes not well.

[Tubberman]

You'd think McHale would have kept quiet this week but no he's been on with Parkinson's podcast. He's making a show of himself, can't believe how critical of his own players. I'm sure he doesn't believe the nonsense that there wasn't a lot between the 2 teams apart from the 2 sloppy goals they conceded in the first half, obviously he didn't mention they could have easily have conceded 4 or 5 goals in the first half.

The likes of that was one of the main reasons I didn't want McStay & McHale to get the Mayo job (although last Sunday highlighted several more!).
McHale never refuses an opportunity on the airwaves and the brother-in-law doesn't seem to be able to stop him

[From the Bunker]

Yeah, that's the problem with McHale - He opens his mouth too wide. Horan instilled a Keep you mouth shut ethic with Mayo football. Any comment that was loaded was meant to be loaded. There was little or nothing said in pre and post match interviews.

This was one of the reasons I did not fancy the McStay/McHale combination. In fairness McStay holds his station well, just McHale says way to much.

[moysider]

Yeah. Looks like I owe Paddy and Vincy an apology!! Seriously. Wtf is he at at all?

[macdanger2]

I think McStay will still make a good job of it with roscommon. McHale is a bit mouthy but sure that's ballina lads for you 

[larryin89]

Could get a p45 tmrw if he doesnt win. Long term they need to build a defensive unit and to do that they will have to find bucks cause the ones there are not up to it.