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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Dazzler30: "Men against boys in the under 20 its a young squad hopefully can bounce back. Louth are really motoring well underage and senior have the house in order long time ago and its showing now." There was a stark difference in how they were moving, they seemed physically so far ahead. We have to beat Dublin now to advance it would seem. Beating just Wexford which will be extremely difficult won't be enough. It must be said there are 7 starters missing from that U20 team from what I was told last night, there are three from Tubberclair in Bourke, Staunton and O'Connor, Curran from Moate, Geary from Athlone, Ryan Kelly from Shamrocks and Conor Callaghan from Kinnegad. All seven of these are in their last year and have played adult championship for their club. The younger Whittaker looked promising when he came on. I think the question again that must be raised is the fact U18s cannot play adult football until they are 19. I think 8 or 9 of the team would not have played for their clubs above underage yet and then the step up is massive.
OverTheHill85 (National) - 28/03/2026 07:38:01
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Oh dear. Not so good for Lacey and co" Posting about a minor league game your county wasn't even involved in really is something
NPadraigAbu (National) - 28/03/2026 21:54:18
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Is there any interest at all in your hurlers performance today? Donegal played really well. Victory was stolen from them at the death. You have a nice hurlers in wing back, number 7, Gavin Browne. He got a peach of a goal.
Wicklowman (National) - 28/03/2026 20:55:53
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To JimB1991: "What do you think should be the ambition for that team realisitcally, give Connaught a good rattle and possible All Ireland semi?" Donegal profile who is never on the Donegal thread - Troll alert!!
Commodore (National) - 28/03/2026 17:28:52
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Wicklow GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To sponger: "Seanie....
I thought it was not until Good Friday /Easter Sunday that people came back from the dead !!!!!!!!!!!
Going to find somewhere to lie down now." Great observation. It's a great great result. It proves that there is a never say die spirit in that camp, long missing in our big ball players. 2026 will live long in hurling memories
Freethinker (National) - 28/03/2026 17:41:40
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Wexford Football 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Brave effort indeed. We were excellent in 2nd half and left a few scores behind. A real pity we could not close it out. The ref gave us nothing.
When we were on top in midfield we were flying but lost that battle in extra time.
Can't fault any of them tho. Played their hearts out.
Yellowhelmet (National) - 28/03/2026 22:12:18
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Men against boys in the under 20 its a young squad hopefully can bounce back. Louth are really motoring well underage and senior have the house in order long time ago and its showing now.
Dazzler30 (National) - 28/03/2026 06:55:30
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "You are discounting Mayo in comparison to Galway but then you compare Mayo and Roscommon….The rossies have not won a championship game in Croke Park since 1980! Come on man ." This is the original point I'm referring to 'The reality under the new rules is you cant call who will win between Roscommon, Galway or Mayo on a given day. The problem for all three is they are not in the top bracket of teams"
That suggests that all 3 counties are relatively equal standing into 2026. And can completely ignores the recent history of each team. It's completely normal to treat each county in the context of that comment
Nothing personal but you try to present yourself as a mature poster amidst the sea of childish mayhem that is your local counterparts. However the veneer of abjectivity slips quite markedly at times
PressureKick (National) - 28/03/2026 21:58:21
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Just the 12 point win for the minors today. Well done Joe Buggy and team. Excellent appointment" You must be Joe's and Buggys number one fan. Fair play to them but keep the feet on the ground. Its the league, no point in puting added pressure on these young players.
Desman (National) - 28/03/2026 21:33:18
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Wexford Football 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Not good for the nerves probably be disappointed its in extra time,as left possible 1.3 1.4 behind early in that 2nd half but cant be faulted for effort be great to see them get over the line here
Ryanworld (National) - 28/03/2026 21:19:06
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Wow. The hurlers are such good value for money. 2 trophies this year already. They did not play well at all. 7 down just before half time, 1-11 0-7. Came back to lead 1-16 to 1-15, then couldn't stretch the lead and paid the price. Donegal hit us for 1-3 to lead 2-18 to 1-16. All seemed absolutely lost. Firstly credit Conor McNally for an outstanding save before 2 injury time goals by Seánie Germaine stole us the win. It was tough on Donegal for sure. However Wicklow have always lacked luck. We got it today.
Wicklowman (National) - 28/03/2026 20:52:58
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Your fairly clutching at straws in the claim that Galway are closer in reality.
Closer to what? Another All Ireland defeat?
It was there for Galway to win it in 2024 and they bottled it scoring on 13 points against a 1 hit wonder Armagh.
That was the peak of that team and they wont get over the line now.
The reality of Galway and Mayo is that Connacht titles don't matter at all. With 15 AL Ireland final loses each - they should be measuring themselves against Kerry, not each other." Galway also have 9 all Ireland wins though. Mayo have 3. Ultimately that's what both are measuring each other against.
Your previous comment was saying there's nothing between Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. I get you may be getting caught up in a bit of hype, running up the score on Monaghan and a Roscommon B team, but that still seems a bit optimistic at this point?
Mayo haven't made a quarter final since 2023. Even the last two quarter finals they made, they were absolutely hockeyed out the gate. Galway have been in two finals in that time. Even last year, a year where Galway barely played well once, they still won Connacht and were a point away from a semi final. Mayo limped through (and out) of Connacht and got knocked out at the first all Ireland stage. They haven't won a Connacht in a long time
Roscommon have had a great league and have huge promises but got hammered by a makeshift Galway team in Connacht last year and like Mayo, haven't made a semi final in a long time. So again , they'll have to make a big jump to get to the point you're suggesting
Both of those teams years will be geared around stopping Galway winning 5 in a row. Galway's sights, rightly or wrongly, will be set upon making quarter and semi finals
PressureKick (National) - 28/03/2026 20:26:58
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Mickcunningham is right… we are at nothing
CleanShoulder (National) - 28/03/2026 19:20:35
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To sponger: "And it also shows what is ahead of us next year.
As you said, the lads never gave up." Yes indeed. Next year will be a massive step up.
Freethinker (National) - 28/03/2026 18:37:26
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Not my intention, you misinterpreted my post by adding 2+2 and getting 5. Let's say any county screws up in a big game everyone comes down hard on that team. They are fellow Gaels and amateurs with full time jobs. Yet when a professional team looses we use every excuse possible to give them a free pass. I'm not anti soccer far from it. The rugby media and public fawning is worse for a team many of whom aren't even Irish and have failed repeatedly at the World Cup." Its not about the professional or amateur status, Republic of Ireland squads only get limited time together to collectively train, most of them aren't used to playing together and that takes time to build, like they don't know which runs certain team-mates might make.
GAA squads train together for months or years, they might be amateur, but they probably train as much as professionals.
Now for our player who conceded that penalty that brought it back to 2-1, he should get a kick up the arse, because even amateur players would know better in a high profile game that to do petty stuff like that.
Commodore (National) - 28/03/2026 17:42:12
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Mooo: "Give them a chance they'll be a lot stronger nextyear..louth had 11 of last year's lenister winning team playing last night so they ought to be a lot stronger than us" That would mean that a very young louth team last year were able for it so.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 28/03/2026 17:23:48
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To mickcunningham: "Big step up from playing secondary schools football to adult football Louth are on a different level of everything than us . To be blunt we have nothing" Makes it more bizarre that we are denying lads at u18 the chance to get that experience in club championships.
lakecounty76 (National) - 28/03/2026 16:35:29
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Seanie....
I thought it was not until Good Friday /Easter Sunday that people came back from the dead !!!!!!!!!!!
Going to find somewhere to lie down now.
sponger (National) - 28/03/2026 16:11:49
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To JimB1991: "What do you think should be the ambition for that team realisitcally, give Connaught a good rattle and possible All Ireland semi?" Terrible bait, use autocorrect there lad. Must.have forgotten your password to this account.
systematic (National) - 28/03/2026 14:32:13
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To OverTheHill85: "There was a stark difference in how they were moving, they seemed physically so far ahead. We have to beat Dublin now to advance it would seem. Beating just Wexford which will be extremely difficult won't be enough. It must be said there are 7 starters missing from that U20 team from what I was told last night, there are three from Tubberclair in Bourke, Staunton and O'Connor, Curran from Moate, Geary from Athlone, Ryan Kelly from Shamrocks and Conor Callaghan from Kinnegad. All seven of these are in their last year and have played adult championship for their club. The younger Whittaker looked promising when he came on. I think the question again that must be raised is the fact U18s cannot play adult football until they are 19. I think 8 or 9 of the team would not have played for their clubs above underage yet and then the step up is massive." Big step up from playing secondary schools football to adult football Louth are on a different level of everything than us . To be blunt we have nothing
mickcunningham (National) - 28/03/2026 12:45:48
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