Galway v Tyrone 07.02.2016 2pm Pearse Stadium

[Wildweasel74]

Tyrone 1.05 (or 6) Galway 0.02

[GaillimhIarthair]

Galway 0-05 Tyrone 1-06 at HT.  Galway with the last 3 points of the half.  Will be interesting to see how our lads manage the wind advantage in the 2nd half. 

[GalwayBayBoy]

HT

Galway 0-5 Tyrone 1-6

Tyrone had the wind in the first half. Tom Flynn black carded for Galway.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Paul Conroy off. 2 yellow cards. Galway down to 14.

[Wildweasel74]

Tyrone 1.11 Galway 0.06, 6 mins to go

[Wildweasel74]

Galway have goaled

[GalwayBayBoy]

FT

Galway 1-9 Tyrone 1-11

[omagh_gael]

Cheers for updates lads, managed to get the odd connection to teamtalk so can't comment at all on performance apart from it bejng good to have got four points on the board going into the three week break.

[Cunny Funt]

FT

Galway 1-9 Tyrone 1-11

1-3 without reply in the final 5 mins did that comeback flatter Galway today? Galway still far from full strength if those players return they should be there or thereabouts for promotion.

[GalwayBayBoy]

FT

Galway 1-9 Tyrone 1-11

1-3 without reply in the final 5 mins did that comeback flatter Galway today? Galway still far from full strength if those players return they should be there or thereabouts for promotion.

Flynn getting black carded in the first half and Conroy being sent off early in the second were big losses. Tyrone always had a lead from early on though and kept Galway at arms reach. Very well drilled side and would expect them to win all their games in this division unless they take their eye off the ball.

[Duine Eile]

FT

Galway 1-9 Tyrone 1-11

1-3 without reply in the final 5 mins did that comeback flatter Galway today? Galway still far from full strength if those players return they should be there or thereabouts for promotion.

It does fairly flatter them I think. Shane Walsh coming on did make a big difference when he settled, you'd have to wonder why he wasn't brought on sooner especially with Varley and Comer well marshalled. We seem to be stuck with the same goalkeeper problem as last year, no strategy at all, hoof it out and hope for the best, needs to be sorted out badly. Don't think Declan Kyne is the answer at full back, he looked vulnerable any time the ball came in, not sure what other options we have though, Cathal Silke might be a bit small and the only other option on the bench at the moment is Finian Hanley. Eoghan Kerin is doing well in the corner, I'd expect to see himself and Cathal Sweeney in the corners come championship time.

[tyroneman]

Jaysus is salthill ever warm?? Rain, wind, more rain, hail, freeze.....took me hours to thaw out.

Real curates egg of a game. Tyrone laboured going forward for long parts but were reasonably sound at the back (assume mcCarron was taken off due to being on a yellow).

Tyrone didn't make great use of the wind however it really wasn't a huge factor in the first half, it picked up much more in the second though especially near the end making kick outs very difficult.

Some of the passing from Tyrone was very errant, even under no pressure, giving the ball back to Galway far too cheaply, also a lot of running up blind alleys or directly into 2 man coverage. We seem to do everything to avoid kick passing the ball over 20yards.

The extra man didn't really help Tyrone much in that we just continued to play defensively, rather than pour on the pressure, instead we stood off allowing Galway to kick out short on several occasions uncontested.

When Galway pushed up on us (too late) they forced Morgan into some real 50-50 hoofs and put us under real pressure. I think time is up on Morgan and free taking too.

Midfield broke even but it was noticeable that when Colly went off we were opened up very easily.

Bradley was very good when he came on. Game as a pheasant and playing some real lung bursting  end to end stuff.

Brennan has surely nailed down a half back slot and it was good to see RoN get a full game and put a solid shift in.

Galway were pretty average to be fair, the late burst really flattered them as did the 3 points before HT which were more down to Tyrone taking wrong options / being sloppy than anything else.

Worrying for Tyrone was the scoring drought of around 15-20 min either side of the half and letting 2 very comfortable leads slip away. Should never have been in a position of hanging on at the end

Still.....4 points despite not playing particularly well is better than a kick in the ar$e and hopefully we will get better as MH settles on his main 15.

[the goal was on]

How many Galway missing from last year champ team?

[Duine Eile]

How many Galway missing from last year champ team?

8ish I'd say. Hanley, Sweeney, Duane, Paul Varley, Bradshaw, Micheál Lundy, Danny Cummins, Gary Sice all played last year but we're missing today.

[seafoid]

The Tyrone number 7 was very tanned looking for February. Not much between the teams, I thought. Galway had a few bad wides. Once they started running at the Tyrone backs they got motoring. Tyrone were 8 points up halfway through the second half but let their concentration go. The second Galway goal was class.