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Galway boss Kevin Walsh was pleased today. Mike Shaughnessy/INPHO

Kevin Walsh enjoys opening league win as Galway boss, Roscommon and Cavan draw

Goals by Danny Cummins and Shane Walsh were crucial to Galway’s win in Pearse Stadium.

KEVIN WALSH GOT his league campaign as Galway boss off to a great start today in Pearse Stadium as they had four points to spare over Meath.

Galway bounced back from last week’s FBD league final loss to Roscommon, where they conceded four goals, and produced a much better defensive showing today against the Royals.

Danny Cummins bagged a first-half goal to help Galway lead 1-6 to 0-5 at the break. At one stage Galway were in front 1-5 to 0-1 during the first-half but Meath pegged them back with points from the likes of Michael Newman and goalkeeper Paddy O’Rourke.

In the second-half Meath cut the gap to 1-9 to 0-9 but were then rocked when Shane Walsh raised another green flag for Galway. Despite Jamie Queeney’s late consolation goal for Meath, Galway held on for a fully-deserved victory with Cummins (1-3), Walsh (1-3) and Eddie Hoare (0-2), their key sources for scores on the day.

Enda Tierney with Andrew Tormey and Joey Wallace Galway's Enda Tierney with Meath's Andrew Tormey and Joey Wallace. Mike Shaughnessy / INPHO Mike Shaughnessy / INPHO / INPHO

Elsewhere in Kiltoom, Cavan and Roscommon couldn’t be separated as a last-gasp Martin Reilly point rescued a draw for Terry Hyland’s Cavan team.

A first-half goal by Enda Smith gave Roscommon a great start and they were in front by 1-5 to 0-6 at the interval before Cavan pegged them back. Smith pointed after the restart to stretch Roscommon’s lead before four wonderful points from Gearoid McKiernan propelled Cavan back into contention.

Roscommon, who were aided by Diarmuid and Ciaran Murtagh scoring 0-9 between them, looked to have won it through Donal Smith before Dunne popped over the ’45 to ensure a share of the spoils between the two teams that were newly promoted to Division 2 football this year.

Results
Division 2 football league
Galway 2-13 Meath 1-12
Cavan 0-14 Roscommon 1-11

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:56 PM

    Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:56 PM

    Top player.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:42 PM

    Super performance and result albeit against a woeful Watford. Unlikely to be a worse performance by any PL team this season. Salah is unbelievable and his goal was magical, give him the contract his performances and goals deserve. Great to see Firmino scoring. Though Kelleher had nothing to do he kept his concentration to make a very good save at the end. Gonna be a tight title race. Surprised Salah and Mane played the 90 minutes, Minamino could have done with game time especially against that Watford team.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:49 PM

    Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch him…..Firmino not bad either : )

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:11 PM

    Time to sack Ranieri…….

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    Oct 16th 2021, 10:05 PM

    @John S: dilly ding dilly dong

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    Oct 16th 2021, 10:12 PM

    @Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:12 PM

    Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:01 PM

    Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:56 PM

    Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:31 PM

    Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:59 PM

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PL side as bad as that Watford side today….if they lost 10-0 it wouldn’t have been a surprise! Woeful…

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:12 PM

    @Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for you…. :)

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:27 PM

    @Gordon Larney: no need to fix anything. That was the worst performance I’ve ever seen from a PL side, dreadful stuff and Liverpool could have put 10 past them.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:09 PM

    @Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:12 PM

    Salah in great form. But how long canhe hold that form? He has 20-25 goals in him a season, but he’s up and down. If he held this form, he’d be close to 40 goals?
    Bigger tests against Athletico and United on the way.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:28 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: did you like your own comment…

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:28 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: how long can he do that. ? He has been doing it for the last 4 seasons. 104 goals in 166 games in the Premier league but you think he should score more. Okay so

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:04 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: you’re gonna need bigger bait on that hook ….

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:55 PM

    @WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: But by that metric 4 seasons at 40 goals would be 160 goals. He hasn t done that. But my point is that if he can keep that killer hat on his head for a prolonged period, and with our squad almost injury free, he could break records for us. I’m HOPING he keeps this lethal form indefinitely. He still can’t be put in the Messi/Ronaldo category until he starts being seriously clinical. I’d love to see him win the Balloon d’Or this year (or the next)

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:56 PM

    @len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 6:10 PM

    @WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, it’s 102 in 153 for Liverpool

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    Oct 16th 2021, 7:38 PM

    @Shane Roche: It’s still an amazing number of goals per season, but I think he can go even further, he needs to keep this current form. Biggest tests are against Athletico and then United.

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    Oct 17th 2021, 1:02 AM

    That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..

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    Oct 17th 2021, 2:02 AM

    As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.

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