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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Good luck to the team and management today. It's a big ask but we should approach it with the aspiration that every man gives his level best and when you've done that you can do no more.
Great credit is due to the lads who've stuck with the jersey and the cause in what are challenging times.
It's an honour to represent your county and its people - grasp the occasion. We'll worry about the final tomorrow.
Boxtyeater (National) - 25/04/2026 10:47:37
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "Where will the final be if Leitrim win?" Lourdes.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 24/04/2026 21:56:27
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bláthach: "Great to see Roscommon getting in the excuses early for when they inevitably calve on Sunday please and thanks. Oh we have injuries and suspensions please. Every county has that thank you but you don't hear the big two at that nonsense excuse making. Thanks so much." Big two teams never do that!
ohwow (National) - 24/04/2026 16:14:03
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WonTon5: "In that starting 15 who do you replace for B McHugh? His deadballs skills are up with the best in the country but what does he offer the team in open play? Not enough to justify selection over Mac Donnacha. Darcy won't start inside, I can see at least 2 change before throw in." He starts ahead of Liam Ó Conghaile, Céin Darcy and Oisín Mac Donnacha in that forward line tomorrow. Cein should be the engine room and Paul Conroy on the bench to come in with 20 to go. If Maher or McDaid can't manage McNulty we have major issues. Drop over to Creggs to the league game on Sunday to see what damage McHugh will do on Annaghdown, I bet they'll have a double sweeper and man marker in place. Alternatively ask anyone from Dunmore or Michael's how much damage he did to them in recent weeks. McHugh brings a clinical precision to getting scores and can also mind himself, if you get me. He is a nightmare for a defender with his strength and ability, if you foul in the scoring zone, he nails them frees. Finally, he is also always fit and available.
GDL (National) - 24/04/2026 16:25:58
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Today is the day Leitrim qualify for Connacht final. Ideal weather conditions for the big result. Having compared both line ups I think we edge it and have better players overall.
Gantric (National) - 25/04/2026 06:06:58
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "The main gripe I have against provincial championships is that there is no qualification standard. If provinces were limited to the following based on league ranking: Ulster - top 8, Leinster - top 8, Munster - top 4 and Connacht - top 4, it would set something of a qualification standard. The 9 missing out could enter a second tier cup where the winner could be guaranteed a place in their provincial championship in the following year." Sorry I completely disagree. Every county should automatically have the right to compete in their provincial championship. You talk about qualification standards…..Kerry practically qualifies for the all Ireland business end every year because ye have no competition in Munster.
yew_tree (National) - 25/04/2026 09:11:32
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Another bit of reminiscing coming up.
About 20 years ago, I was part of a committee that was set up to try get more publicity for the All County Leagues. Basically, the four of us were assigned a couple of divisions each in hurling & football, and it was our job to get details from each club after each match so that short reports could be cobbled together for the newspapers each week ("The Echo" was still in operation at the time too).
It was a nightmare job. You'd be chasing people until all hours of a Monday night after a weekend's matches, and there were many who you'd never get at all. Some clubs were particularly bad. Even if they gave you details by fax (yes, fax!) or email or over the phone, you couldn't rely on them. For example, a common problem was them saying something like their team scored 2-14, but then when you added up the list of individual scorers they sent, it'd come to something like only 1-12.
Or one club would say that they won by 2-15 to 1-12, but the other club would say that they lost by 2-13 to 1-13.
It's a lovely idea in theory to say "clubs send in details so that they can be published" but the reality is it's far from that simple." Reminds me of an article back in the day in a Dublin newspaper. I was playing full back but told the reporter (I knew his brother) who missed the first half that I had scored 1-2 from full forward but we were being destroyed back the field so they had to move me back. In truth, I never went beyond the 45 in my life.
I put the scores down to a few other players I liked on our team because he had no idea who scored what.
The report in the paper was along the lines of "the surprise springing of Exile to full forward reaped huge dividends as he caused untold trouble for the full back line before helping himself to 1-2 in the opening exchanges". It got a great laugh at training the Tuesday afterwards.
ExiledInWex (National) - 25/04/2026 10:19:52
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "The main gripe I have against provincial championships is that there is no qualification standard. If provinces were limited to the following based on league ranking: Ulster - top 8, Leinster - top 8, Munster - top 4 and Connacht - top 4, it would set something of a qualification standard. The 9 missing out could enter a second tier cup where the winner could be guaranteed a place in their provincial championship in the following year." The problem with the provincial championship is that Kerry have a free run every year. You also want to get a free run to the All Ireland semi final by keeping the provincial winners apart up to then?
Scenicparish (National) - 25/04/2026 11:30:28
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Best of luck
Today lads. Lay into them.
Ros2013 (National) - 25/04/2026 12:07:11
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Fabulous day in Carrick, a few Galway heads around Carrick already. They fear what is ahead of them today.
Gantric (National) - 25/04/2026 12:16:11
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
This looks like a good wexford minor team. Well balanced with no obvious tail on the team. Downey is a good centre back
richiepmurphy (National) - 25/04/2026 12:17:13
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Good luck today Leitrim , leave it all on the pitch lads we can't ask any more, hopefully we have a good support today , these lads deserve it.
JimmyNail (National) - 25/04/2026 13:06:38
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Ring Cup 2026 (Tier 3) - 1 Like(s)
Result in the Ballyforan sunshine Roscommon 1-18 Kerry 4-22. Very harsh scoreline on us for the effort put in. 5 points behind at half time and we cut the margin to two points early in the 2nd half. Kerrys fitness and better bench was a telling factor after that.
Our day probably summed up when we had two big goal chances in a minute not taken in the 2nd half then straight up the field Kerry went to score 2 goals in a minute. Padraig Boyle with 3-9 the best Hurling forward in this year's Christy Ring Cup?
Should we bring today's workmanlike performance into the Wicklow, Donegal games we'll give ourselves a decent chance of staying up.
The_analyser (National) - 25/04/2026 14:40:09
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