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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhiabu: "All Stars selection process is a shambles, as the individual's team progression in the Championship carries so much weight. The GAA All Stars are not genuinely about individual performance. They are obsessed with picking from semi finalists, completely undermining the idea of an individual award. You just know Mayo will get 7 or 8, Kerry 2, maybe 3 and 1 for Louth, Dublin, Armagh, Westmeath and Roscommon for winning the provinces. It's the same story every year. Ronan Wallace, Matthew Whittaker, Sam McCartan and Brandon Kelly are all All Stars in our eyes." You need to have some perspective, if we get one we are doing well. No way do we deserve four.
We didn't make it to the Quarter Finals and that's primarily when performances count.
DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 22/09/2026 15:11:47
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Diarmuid Murtagh was outstanding for Roscommon ALL YEAR. If you look at the evidence for both league and championship he fully deserved an All Star this year. While there are many good competitors for the full forward line it probably will come down to picking three out of the following four players:
* David Clifford is number 1.
* Diarmuid Murtagh Riscommon
* Darragh Beirne Mayo
* Kobe McDonald Mayo
Let's compare Murtagh, Beirne, McDonald for the last two positions. It is important to recognise that it is an All Star for 2026, the full year and not just the month of Junly.
In the National League David Clifford was the top scorer with Diarmuid Murtagh on second place having scored 4.30. Beirne was well behind in 24th place scoring 2-9 and Kobe McDonald further behind in 40th position having scored only 1-7.
In the championship Diarmuid scored an unbelievable 1-10 against Mayo, 0-7 against Galway in the Connacht final and 0-8 against Tyrone all top teams. Mayo in fairness with Ryan O ' Donoghue on top form won the All Ireland. They scored 1-17 against in the All Ireland final but how did Byrne and McDonald do." Agreed outstanding year and Diarmuid should be a strong contender to win All Star.
And before anyone comes on here as says Roscommon didn't reach the Quarter final so don't deserve one well Louths Sam Mulroy won one last year and were out before the Quarter-final stage.
Our last All star winner Enda Smith was won without Roscommon reaching the last 8 either.
The_analyser (National) - 22/09/2026 15:45:47
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Anyway back to reality…11 all star nominations.
Who do we think will get them? A big debate is Beirne or Kobe for YPOTY." Think Mayo will win 7.
D McHugh,E Hession,D McBrien;J Carney,K McDonald, D Berine and O Donoghue
I agree with others Berine had the better year but journalists will pick Kobe for young player of the year.
Ryan O'Donoghue to win player of the year.
Gaa_lover (National) - 22/09/2026 17:07:57
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "You'd be as well to pick a winner in the MacCumhaills - GD match as I will be using the winning margin whether it's normal or ET." Gaoth Dobhair win on pens 4-2
Pennyalfie (National) - 22/09/2026 20:52:48
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To fainleog: "I think Darragh Beirne should get young player of the year, his contribution in the All-Ireland final was huge, scoring that
great goal and scoring 1-3 in total was so significant. He also played a significant part in general play. He also scored a total of 3-18 in the championship. A significant weighting has to be given for his performance in the All-Ireland final.
Who was the Mayo player that punched the ball out the field on the 67th minute when Paudie Clifford attempted to pass to a colleague?. That was an important interception, although Kerry won the ball back further out." I think that was Paddy Durcan
MayoDan (National) - 22/09/2026 23:05:23
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "That has to be Beirne. Kobe McDonald is a brilliant raw talent but I think the media hype over-amplifies the actual performances. I would say he has had great moments but Darragh Beirne put in more consistent performances." Darragh Beirne would be a worthy winner too but Kobe was consistently very good since his debut vs Monaghan in the league.
0-6 vs Roscommon in connacht championship. Our best player on that bleak day
1-4 vs Monaghan in a one point win
3 points in the first half vs meath when we were being destroyed all over the pitch
4 points from play in All Ireland quarter final
4 points from play in All Ireland semi final
3 points in second half of All Ireland final
Kobe also had some eye catching displays of high fielding throughout the championship.
MayoDan (National) - 22/09/2026 23:18:23
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Sunday Game - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "It's shocking that rte dont have any GAA on a Saturday. Tg4 has Aussie rules on. It's crazy" No its not shocking. Lets be realistic, the County Club Championship matches likely draw very low viewing figures, and RTE get better audiences by having Gogglebox or something else on. And whether we like it or not, they will go with what attracts the most viewers usually.
The Club Championships need a major marketing overhaul, particularly at Provincial and All Ireland level.
GAA should be airing adverts in the run up to their launch, and also during these Championships, highlighting which Clubs are involved and what County and Province they represent, and who they will potentially meet in the next round and outline of that Championship etc.
In order to gain a much bigger audience buy-in, I just think we need to market the Club Championships better. I don't think we necessarily need to change anything about Competition structures etc, just change how these are marketed to the National audience, to attract viewers who might not ordinarily watch one of these games.
Commodore (National) - 23/09/2026 09:53:10
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