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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "Can only see Ballygunner win on Sunday........the +4 handicap for Ballygunner is very generous!!" I'm glad you posted this a good omen for loughrea. You've been wrong all year
BigBàsMan (National) - 15/01/2026 18:13:20
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Allianz National Leagues 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Welĺ ye sure had an issue of playing us in the hyde where did ye want it in Donegal I'd say ?..!" Ah but it was 100% worth the eight hour return journey to beat a team in their own back yard masquerading as a fair neutral venue!!
WeGoAgain (National) - 16/01/2026 06:58:19
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Good luck tonight lads deserve midfield spot for Harry Naill has plenty of potential and these are the games to gain vital experience.
Undertheroad (National) - 16/01/2026 13:12:42
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Allianz National Leagues 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Lol it was a fair spot for both sides but it McGuiness and Donegal crowd so don't expect much more then that from ye .
Ye beat knocked us out by the last kick of the game hardly a hammering is it ." It's not how much we done it by it's how we done it. I still have a good oul chuckle about it now and again.
peiledoir20 (National) - 16/01/2026 12:15:24
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "I think McGuinness was fuming at the wasted goal chances on offer, twice in injury time we seen Eoin McGeehan wide open in front of goal, and ball carriers selfishly went for the point. Overall I think the new faces grew into the game as it went on, but it was still the experienced hands that drove it on. Daire O'Baoill looked immense, although its only January.
Overall its good to get another game in before the National League." It was actually very uncharacteristic of McCahill to take the easy point. Usually he is very goal driven when he gets half a sniff but it's a massive learning curve for him. As pointed out a 5 point lead can be whittled away very quickly so that ball needs to be hand passed to McGeehin for the walk in goal. I'm sure he'll learn from it but make no mistake he is going to be a name on many lips in the very near future.
panamasam (National) - 16/01/2026 12:12:24
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "As regards the Underage/Senior success its like a chicken and egg situation. We reached Senior AI hurling finals in 1951 and 1954, after winning Leinster in those years. We were in 5 Leinster Senior hurling finals in a row between those years. In 1955 we reached our first ever Leinster minor final. Maybe that period of Senior success encouraged the younger generation?
As I pointed out in my last post, we didnt win a Leinster minor title until 1963, when we went on to win the AI. We had appeared in 6 Senior AI finals in the previous 12 years at that stage, winning 3.
Unfortunately for us after our underage success in the 1960s, the 1970s saw Corks best ever Senior team, backboned by players who beat us in no less than 5 AI U21 finals in the 8 years after our lone u21 AI win in 1965, and arguably Kilkennys second best team ever. We won 3 Leinsters but no AIs. We fell back after that at all levels, until the lads of the early mid 90s came together. After that AI win there was a renewed buzz around hurling, a noticeable uptick in lads hurling hurling on the street especially in urban areas including villages, and we reached 2 u21 AI finals in a row in the early noughties, probably left the one against Limerick behind us.
Sadly for us those players had to contend with Kilkennys best team ever.
We fell away again.
Im not saying we as a county are quitters, but......" We're not a county of quitters but I'd argue we are too satisfied with mediocrity and have a savage lack of belief that we need to try to address.
How exactly we do that I'm not sure.
I was delighted the Martin's did what they did. Our chaps were talking about it. We hammered them with our underage groups. They started asking themselves "if they can do it why can't we?" Which I'll be using for all of 2026 with our young lads.
Doylerwex (National) - 16/01/2026 11:47:16
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Leitrim4sam26: "Obviously didn't watch too much of him, he had an excellent championship. Was all over jack foley when Drumkeerin played kiltubrid bet him all over the pitch. Was immense against Dromahair was definitely their standout player. Hes a better player then the Harkins and offers more to a Leitrim team physically and athletically." I agree with this was very good against Dromahair in semi final. I think he's got something to offer mabye not as a starter but as an impact player definitely as he's very strong and fast and can kick 2 pointers something Leitrim lack at present
Leitrimforsam2024 (National) - 16/01/2026 09:48:12
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "Yeah we have to learn to go for goals more, if that was Murphy free he'd get the ball or whoever took the point would hear about it, just pass the ball into the net too, no need for these raspers, Colm Mc Fadden should be able to tell them how it's done." I agree. Look it's only the McKenna Cup but it's still no harm getting into good habits.
McGeehin could have walked the ball into the net if McCahill had passed to him. I don't want to be harsh on the young lad, but with the new rules, seemingly healthy leads can be very quickly whittled away.
We had a 5 point lead with about 90 seconds left the other night. Derry got a fortuitous goal but time was up. But the ref could just as easily have allowed one more play. Who knows - a free kick outside the arc. All of a sudden your 5 point lead is gone and you're absolutely kicking yourself wondering how you didn't put the game to bed.
Under the old rules, a 10 point loss would be deemed a bit of a hammering. But that's old money now.
Lockjaw (National) - 16/01/2026 09:43:05
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheBizBoy: "Eh? 'We have reached as many u20 Leinster finals over the last 4 years as Kilkenny have. We have reached more since 2017 than they have, 5 to their 4.'
The real story is that we haven't won a SINGLE underage All Ireland since the 60s. That's the SIXTIES. And you're referring to a period when Leinster has been crap & in the last 15 yrs has won 2 underage AIs (excluding Galway). Coming second is losing
Those are the facts & no need to wonder why Wexford hurling is in the mire" I agree our record in underage AIs is #####. I never said it wasn't.
Read the post I was answering, the context was that our recent record at u20 was way worse than Kilkennys, which is just not the case.
As a province our underage record is exceedingly poor compared to Munsters if you take out Kilkenny. But then our hurling population is way smaller.
And as a county the 1960s are an outlier, we never won an underage AI before the 1960s either. We didnt even win a Leinster underage title before that.
We still managed to get together one of the best Senior hurling panels in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s despite this. 8 AI finals, 4 AI wins, with most of those players with no underage AI. We never won a Leinster minor hurling final until 1963.
In fact many of our lads who won those underage AIs in the 1960s, such as the lads on the 1968 Minor AI winning team, never won a Senior AI.
I agree underage AIs would be great. There are plenty of lads working exceedingly hard to try to achieve this, over the last few years our u14s, u15s and u16s have improved dramatically. We beat a Munster county in a knockout minor AI game for the 1st time since 1968 only 2 years ago. And beat Cork well, we were 12 points up after an hour of hurling.
We have to keep working, its going to take alot of people putting in alot of their time. We need more of these people to step forward and put their shoulder to the wheel.
Viking66 (National) - 16/01/2026 08:32:23
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Onion Breath: "DM was listed in the long list of subs but didn't play. I can only assume he's injured as he's started for them up to now and if he wasn't injured he'd surely be one of the first subs named, whereas they listed him as no. 39.
Re KMcD it must be the same man but I don't know that for sure. I don't know of any other hurler in Carlow of that name and to make that team you have to be fairly handy so i think a second KMcD would be known in Carlow hurling. Strange position mind you." Yes thats Kevin Mc. Donagh was injured for this game I believe
Dualclub1 (National) - 16/01/2026 08:08:22
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "I also have a lot of time for Theo but he didn't really grasp his opportunity last year is my only concern. I did see a lot of him at U20s and was seriously impressed. Hopefully under a new management team etc. he will really push on as I genuinely feel if he plays with confidence he could hold that no.3 shirt for the next decade.
Scully I think for me is in the last chance saloon bracket. He has got nowhere near his best form the past couple of years. He got an All Star the covid year I think it was and the frustrating thing is he has so much ability but has shown all to infrequently and likely only keeps his spot as there hasn't been someone breathing down his neck in recent seasons.
Con's brother is a curious one, watched him a few times in Cuala's All Ireland winning year and he was excellent. Hopefully he can show similar for the Dubs." Niall got a few two pointers the first day, Don't think he was out against Kildare?
They need to be concentrating/coaching the two pointers. Was huge flaw last year. It's not rocket science. If good club coaches can take advantage and make it central then surely Dublin can.
Ger has good head on shoulders and I assume that's key to the coaching he has going now.
BarneyGrant (National) - 15/01/2026 15:15:43
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Allianz National Leagues 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Ah there was one at least!
Only joking by the way. League should be better promoted by local county boards too. A few ads boost attendances. In fairness Donegal have one of best league attendances." Was that the time Dublin thought it was perfectly reasonable to have two of their three super 8 games at home and God forbid anyone question it. Ah yes, it's coming back to me now!
WeGoAgain (National) - 16/01/2026 06:55:18
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To OverTheHill85: "McHugh and Whittaker the two standouts up front; presumably both are involved with the county U20s; a good few Roscommon on it also.
Would make a great final with Mullingar, Marist probably underdogs either way." Both are involved with the 20s
Aniarmhi (National) - 15/01/2026 23:09:57
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To nadunta2025: "Thats not true other countys physically go out and get the manager they want. So your logic is if lets say Boris Johnson went for the job and he was the better candidate over donald trump then its his. Other countys go out and get the man they desire. We had last years manager who completely under achieved with a really good team. The two years previous we had another manager who didnt win a competitive game for 2 years like did we have anyone else go for the job in that 2 year stint?
This years manager went for the job last year and didnt get it but now hes good enough this year, or is it because last year was so bad that it couldnt get any worse." We need you going forward as minor chair or coaching and games chair.I am sure the operations person will ensure a nomination
jobber (National) - 15/01/2026 22:33:51
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "Can only see Ballygunner win on Sunday........the +4 handicap for Ballygunner is very generous!!" Sour grapes
CyrilFarrell99 (National) - 15/01/2026 17:49:46
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Allianz National Leagues 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "When did we ever have an issue with playing an All Ireland semi final in Croke Park??
We don't get to many AI semi finals so we're only glad of the opportunity to play them there." Welĺ ye sure had an issue of playing us in the hyde where did ye want it in Donegal I'd say ?..!
S1234 (National) - 15/01/2026 17:36:11
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Can only see Ballygunner win on Sunday........the +4 handicap for Ballygunner is very generous!!
katser (National) - 15/01/2026 16:10:50
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