Tribesmen must solve scoring conundrum

Many small margins have anchored Galway to the bottom of hurling’s Division 1A in 2013.

Anthony Cunningham’s side have won just one of four games and, while accepting this is the tightest league in years, there’s no denying the Tribesmen have been below their 2012 standards. No side has managed fewer scores than Galway and, in terms of defensive records, only Tipp have been worse, by a single point.

However, statistics show us this is no overnight development. Indeed there has been an incremental regression in Galway’s attacking threat from play, due to a variety of reasons. Firstly, they are now managing a return of half the amount of scores from play they achieved during last season’s peak, less than any of the other top six sides right now. They also rely more on placed balls than their five rivals in Division 1A, which is a 20% increase for them on this stage last year.