Connacht senior football final Galway v Roscommon July 10th

[Syferus]

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.

[maigheo]

Still fancy Ros.First 10 min vital and if Ros can tag on a point or 2 the momentum will shift in there favor

[Tubberman]

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.

50% of a complete championship performance :-)
You're pure entertainment Syf.

[maigheo]

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.

Think the opposite is true.Ros should have been pushing up on Galway kick outs.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Awful scuttery goal to concede. A couple of rebounds and a toe poke into the net. Pity about that as otherwise it would have been a great first half into a gale. Albeit poor quality but conditions really are atrocious.

[joemamas]

Guy on Shannonside not willie said everything going to plan so far for Kevin Mcstay and Fergal O Donnell

[Syferus]

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.

Think the opposite is true.Ros should have been pushing up on Galway kick outs.

Not a hope of that. We were way too loose against Sligo so we were always going to start conservatively and have bodies deep and give Galway the free kicks if they wanted them. Finals are for winning and there's no point being out the gate at the half. Our best defensive display so far this year and hopefully it continues because when Galway's legs tire and if they're still behind they'll have to pour forward and there will be acres of space to expose them.

[seafoid]

3 points up with the wind for Ros. Is it enough?

[sligoman2]

Very disappointing so far.  Hopefully the 2nd half will be better.  I don't understand Roscommon in the first half playing like they were against the wind.

[maigheo]

3 points up with the wind for Ros. Is it enough?

Might be as Galway minors were only 2 up at HT.

[GalwayBayBoy]

3 points up with the wind for Ros. Is it enough?

Galway minors only had a 2 point lead with the wind at half-time and won by 6 in the end. Wind won't win the game by itself.

[imtommygunn]

Not sure dessie likes roscommon.

[From the Bunker]

Not sure dessie likes roscommon.

Ah he does, cousins are only across the river!

[Jinxy]

Galway are the only team trying to play football here.
The poverty of ambition from Roscommon is bewildering.

[Tubberman]

Not sure dessie likes roscommon.

Ah he does, cousins are only across the river!

Marty, on the other hand, still has a hard-on for Galway.
Galway gone ahead with 20 to go, but this is all part of the Ros masterplan.