Joyce: ‘We’ve got a lifeline’
GALWAY remain undefeated against Derry in championship football. Only just, mind, after Sunday's thrilling clash ended all square, 4-14 to 2-20, in the second round of All-Ireland Group 4.
Afterwards, Herald Sport heard the views of Galway manager Padraic Joyce and his Derry counterpart Paddy Tally as the rain belted down post-match in Celtic Park.
PADRAIC JOYCE
ON A DRAW WITH DERRY
"Relived to get out of there with a point. The way we played and obviously being six points down with six minutes to go, we showed good character to stick at it. A bit of Hail Mary stuff but delighted to still be involved in it and take a point. It gives us something to play for in the last game. Overall, I wouldn't be happy with our performance at all. We seemed to panic a bit in the second half. A lot of wild shots. Someone said there we had 16 misses at the goals, so we need to look at that."
ON RECOVERING FROM EIGHT POINTS DOWN
"The way the game is gone, you never have enough done. When we went eight points down, it was looking very bleak for us, there's no doubt about that. We clawed it back and went a point up. Just like the Dublin game, we didn't learn and left them in for a soft score to level the game. At that stage, you'd take the point and the performance we put in probably wasn't enough to win the game, to be honest. Fair play to Derry, they were up for the game and brought a lot of fight to the game all day long. That's what a proper championship game looks like."
ON GALWAY'S SHOOTING RETURNS
We're very disappointed with a lot of it ....................
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