Galway ladies footballers secure home All-Ireland quarter-final
“Delighted to get the win,” was the immediate reaction of Galway manager Daniel Moynihan after his charges delivered another storming second half to run out comfortable winners over Tyrone in round two of the All-Ireland Championship on Saturday afternoon.
“It’s hard to know what you’re coming up against from Tyrone having not played them in the recent years (2013 was the last encounter). It was a case of getting the homework done and going out and showing what we were capable of doing.”
Even though Galway led at half-time, the talking point was primarily about chances missed but it was a different story once they fully got motoring in the second half.“We came out the second half and just things started clicking a little bit better and we kept the scoreboard ticking over,” added Moynihan.“
“If we can move that ball fast from one end of the pitch to the other, it’s always going to open up opportunities for you. And luckily enough, our defence held firm in that second half in particular.“Anything that came at them, it was not one, two but three players that were in there amongst it and were turning over ball. The attitude was right.”
“We probably should have put the ball over the bar and keep the scoreboard ticking,” continued Kate Slevin who contributed three points.
“You can’t fault the girls for going for them as well because another day, they go in. We just knew at half-time we were creating chances.
“Everyone wants to play fast football. You don’t want to play slow football. It’s not fun to watch; it’s not fun to play. When we get the chance to break quick, we want to do it because we have the forwards up there that will make the ball stick.”
“She not only worked really hard off the ball, I think she turned over 5/6 balls as well,” stated the Galway manager about Slevin’s performance.
“When she has ball in hand and she’s looking up in front of her, she finds things. And that’s key to open up defences that maybe top heavy in numbers.”
“It was definitely a big game for us to try get the win to ensure we have this break for ourselves to get our thoughts and get things moving and start looking towards a quarter-final at home in Tuam Stadium,” concluded Moynihan as he started to look ahead.