Connacht senior football championship 2024

[Blowitupref]

Pádraic Joyce

It definitely was relief, We were playing second fiddle the whole game but we stuck at it and we eventually got the break at the end. Disappointing for Sligo, probably would be kicking themselves for not seeing the game out they were the better team by far all day, they were in control of the game for a lot of the time so yeah we are very relived to be out of here and into a Connacht final in two weeks.

[galwayman]

What I just can't get my head around re this Galway team are the things that we have been poor at/areas we have been weak in for a long time now seem to not even have been worked on.

Kickouts firstly. The "plan" if you can call it that goes like this...
If the opposition don't have a full press and leave one of our full back line free - Gleeson will tap it to them. If the opposition don't leave said corner back free  he literally boots it as far down the field as possible and hopes for the best.
I was watching it very closely today and there was absolutely no deviation from this for the whole game.
Nothing innovative that you would see from other teams who seem able to manufacture space to retain their own kick outs.
And the length of time he takes to actually get the ball on the tee and get the kick away is junior C stuff.

Secondly - the speed of our transition from defence to attack off turnover ball is ridiculously slow.
We slow it down, go backwards and sideways etc. instead of getting bodies bombing forward at pace to take advantage of a disorganised defence. Instead we give them all the time in the world to get organised and start our slow ponderous build up play again.

It's shocking that we're still struggling in these areas of our game.

[Rossfan]

Sounds like Ros......

[twohands!!!]

What I just can't get my head around re this Galway team are the things that we have been poor at/areas we have been weak in for a long time now seem to not even have been worked on.

Kickouts firstly. The "plan" if you can call it that goes like this...
If the opposition don't have a full press and leave one of our full back line free - Gleeson will tap it to them. If the opposition don't leave said corner back free  he literally boots it as far down the field as possible and hopes for the best.
I was watching it very closely today and there was absolutely no deviation from this for the whole game.
Nothing innovative that you would see from other teams who seem able to manufacture space to retain their own kick outs.
And the length of time he takes to actually get the ball on the tee and get the kick away is junior C stuff.

Secondly - the speed of our transition from defence to attack off turnover ball is ridiculously slow.
We slow it down, go backwards and sideways etc. instead of getting bodies bombing forward at pace to take advantage of a disorganised defence. Instead we give them all the time in the world to get organised and start our slow ponderous build up play again.

It's shocking that we're still struggling in these areas of our game.

The fact that these two issues have been ongoing through Joyce's time in charge is a damming indictment.

[Duine Eile]

"Get out of jail card" and daylight robbery that I keep seeing being mentioned everywhere suggests luck on Galway's side, not really having that. An absolutely dire performance yes. A great performance by Sligo, absolutely. Their conversion rate was superb

But everything seemed to go against Galway, from the point awarded to Sligo that was 4 foot wide, to some of the first half ref decisions and the 5 missed goal chances obviously. If even one of those chances goes in it's a very different game. Not that it means it's in anyway acceptable to be going into injury time a point behind a D3 side but it does explain a bit of how they got there

Agree with the above on O'Conghaile and McCabe. Like I get they're young but still it's completely inexcusable from management. O'Conghaile hasn't done a single positive thing since R1 of the league and McCabe couldn't even make the u20 side last year. Cunningham and o'Currain have done significantly more than either. You could play O'Flaherty in the forwards either who's in excellent form

Conroy very poor today also, gave away at least 3 passes resulting in a couple of Sligo scores. John Daly could be in major danger of being dropped. Very skillful on the ball and good at picking passes going forwards, but now very incapable of holding the HB line and keeping attacking lines on the outside. HB line in general too porous (as usual) today. This is the first and biggest problem to be addressed.

Conroy made so many silly kick passes into the corner straight to Sligo, it was ridiculous. John Daly has always been one of the first names on the team sheet but he's had a couple of stinkers now, Sean Fitz also isn't able for the fast ground. I think we need Sean Kelly back at no 3. Rob Finnerty in fairness to him stood up yesterday, apart from that the rest weren't at the races. I think we need Molloy back in the team from the start too, he brings energy around the middle that we don't seem to have at the minute.

[Gael85]

That should be black card for Jack Coyne.

[Gael85]

Surely referees are wise to Ryan O'Donoghue diving.

[Gael85]

Mayo tackling is top notch. Roscommon bringing a lot of ball into contact.

[thewobbler]

Ros can actually play a bit of football when they have to. Who'd a thunk it?

[Blowitupref]

Mayo leading 1-6 to 0-8 but IMO Roscommon was the better team in that half.

[From the Bunker]

Surely referees are wise to Ryan O'Donoghue diving.

When you're a Marquee Forward you have to look for protection from the Referee.

[Gael85]

Big score from Conroy. There more in him.  I know still recovering from a bad injury.

[Gael85]

Surely referees are wise to Ryan O'Donoghue diving.

When you're a Marquee Forward you have to look for protection from the Referee.

Was a fair tackle from Donie Smith.

[Armagh18]

Surely referees are wise to Ryan O'Donoghue diving.

When you're a Marquee Forward you have to look for protection from the Referee.

Whats that got to do with O'Donoghue?

[Gael85]

Mayo defence excellent. Roscommon not offering any goal threat.