Galway v Cork TG4 it's half way through

[theskull1]

Can't bring myself to watch the second half 

How Galway lost that game 

[Minder]

They used to say that anyone in Loughguile who didnt have an admiration for Joe Cooney and cows was banished from the parish.......He is their favourite son

[Bord na Mona man]

It was Galway's to win and they threw it away.
The wind was a big factor though. In the first half Kevin Hennessy hit a few frees wide and the same happened to Galway in the second into the wind.
In the second half Ger Cunningham's puckouts were landing right in front of the Galway full back line.
They couldn't cope with the ball coming in and too much of it was allowed to bounce and break in danger areas.
Cork made sure to crowd this area and with so much loose play in the match, they got enough breaks near the goal.

While Joe Cooney's first half performance became legendary, Noel Lane also took his man to the cleaners and could have bagged a couple of more goals.

Galway also started to use possession badly in the 2nd half.
Having played great fast, open hurling in the first half they reverted to soloing, charging and flinging chancy handpasses.
Their ball carriers like Anthony Cunningham took same rash shots at goal instead of trying to play it in to the full forward line.

Cork made the better switches by moving Tomas Mulcahy out and Mark Foley close to the goals. Both players had been marked well until then. Whereas Galway brought on a less mobile hurler in Tom Monaghan instead of Pat Malone and left it too late to bring on Brendan Lynskey.

A couple of refereeing decisions went against Galway too. Martin Naughton had a shot blocked by Ger Cunningham's face and didn't get a '65, while John Fitzgibbon took his shot for a goal on the 10th step.

What was noticeable was the amount of times players tried to pull first time on the loose ball. Which is fine in open play, but often the last defender was swiping at the ball where anything less than good connection meant big trouble. There's is no way a modern day corner back would take such a risk and nowadays you expect every defender to get the ball in hand at all costs and then be prepared to ship a tackle.

[bottlethrower7]

still arguably my favourite game of all time (I frequently argue with myself over it)

even bought it from videos.ie when they were still on the go

what a match