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NFL Division 1: May 3-23 Galway 0-17
Galway manager Padraic Joyce made no bones about it, describing this beating from his old rivals Mayo as the most embarrassing day of his career.
And Joyce, in her first year in charge of a county that inspired two All-Ireland victories, said the responsibility for the league’s biggest loss in 68 years to her neighbors rests firmly on her shoulders.
Galway fans, probably grateful to have seen it on television instead of being at Tuam’s stadium, might not be so harsh and point out that it is those within the white lines who should produce the products, especially against their rivals. more ferocious.
“We were a mile away. It was like men and boys all day. I will take responsibility for that as a team manager. I’m not going to throw the boys under the bus. I prepared them, took them out to the field and will take full responsibility.
“It was a disappointing day, probably the most embarrassing day of my career. I am 43 years old and I have never seen such a bad performance, really ”.
Damien Comer lasted just four minutes and Joyce fears the hamstring injury could rule him out of the championship, while Johnny Duane also left early and joined a casualty roster that sees Captain Shane Walsh out with knee injuries. and ankle.
The next is a clash with Dublin and Joyce feels that her men really have to prove something.
“The only positive news of the day is that the only way is to go up. We can’t go any lower than that. We’re training twice this week and we have a good battle this week against the five-in-a-row champions.
“When you play against your fiercest opponents, if you need to motivate the guys, they are in the wrong game. We shouldn’t have had to be motivational guys. May was ready for the game, I don’t know why we couldn’t be. It is a psychological thing. I don’t know what it is, but you’re losing a battle when you’re so late from the start. “
Captain Aidan O’Shea was superb as a full forward and center forward Mark Moran capped his debut at 1-2 in a man of the match display.
“We had five U-21s and we brought in two more,” manager James Horan said. “A lot of the young players that have passed are really talented. Mark Moran, having been at Westport all season, feels very comfortable with the ball.
“I think our teamwork was very good today, looking to hit the right ball at the right time, good support lines. We dropped it a bit at the beginning of the second half, but I thought when we were moving the ball we were very good.
May, with the breeze, led 1-5 to 0-1 after just 12 minutes with Moran finding the net after good work from Eoghan McLaughlin, O’Shea and Cillian O’Connor.
Two points from Paul Conroy and one from Rob Finnerty closed the gap, but a point from Tommy Conroy increased their lead to 1-9 to 0-5 after 21 minutes and then they went 1-7 with no response to lead 2-17 to 0 -7 at halftime, with Paddy Durcan advancing and impressive cornerback Oisin Mullin involved before O’Shea delivered the final pass.
That interval count was more than Mayo scored in any of their five league games earlier this year and they continued to dominate after the restart with a sloppy Galway defense that was punished when Conor Loftus took a delivery from Moran to hit the net.
May scorers: C O’Connor 0-10 (8f), M Moran 1-2, C Loftus 1-2 (1m), P Durcan 1-2, A O’Shea 0-3, T Conroy 0-3, S Coen 0- 1 (1m) Galway: R Finnerty 0-7 (6f), P Conroy 0-3, L Silke 0-2, G O’Donnell 0-1, C McDaid 0-1, A Varley 0-1, CD ‘Arcy 0-1, M Barrett 0-1.
MAYONNAISE: D Clarke; O Mullin, D McBrien, L Keegan; P Durcan, S Coen, E McLaughlin; M Ruane, C Loftus; F McDonagh, M Moran, D O’Connor; T Conroy, A O’Shea, C O’Connor.
Subs: B Walsh for McDonagh (45), P O’Hora for McBrien (51), R O’Donoghue for D O’Connor (55), D Coen for C O’Connor (55), J Flynn for Ruane (64),
GALWAY: C Gleeson; C Campbell, SA Kelly, J Heaney; Silke L, Duane J, McDaid C; C D’Arcy, J Maher; E Brannigan, D Comer, J Leonard; R Finnerty, P Conroy, I Burke.
Subs: M Daly for Comer (4 minutes), G O’Donnell for Duane (10), A Varley for Brannigan (29), T Flynn for Maher (break), M Barrett for D’Arcy (57).
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
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