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Galway Football thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To Eire89: "The gap betweeen the big 3 is massive and only getting bigger. Moycullen Corofin & SK miles ahead of the rest. Every year there is talk of Tuam coming but they are as far away as ever. Any young players catch the eye? Most teams are happy once they avoid relegation say Barna for example once they bet caltra in 1st game they are contend as they are pretty much safe and than get hammered by their "rivals" SK. Every year when you see Comer perform like that you say to your self if only he could stay fully fit for Galway what an absolute machine he is and always delivers for Annaghdown when available." There's no point in having Damo fit and not kicking the ball into him anyone at the Annaghdown game yesterday can tell you that the ball was KICKED into him at every opportunity won't happen playing for galway
minor77 (National) - 17/08/2026 11:36:16
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To minor77: "There's no point in having Damo fit and not kicking the ball into him anyone at the Annaghdown game yesterday can tell you that the ball was KICKED into him at every opportunity won't happen playing for galway" The Annaghdown manager said as much in the interview afterwards - "He's not a bad auld player when you actually kick it into him."
galway19 (National) - 17/08/2026 13:59:18
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To farneyarmy26: "Truagh get the points, apparently the county board couldn't find a written rule that Truagh had broken..." I'm told the lads in question didn't play on saturday against currin so if no rules were broken why did they not play on Saturday having played the previous week……..the whole thing is farcical….
Took myself to inniskeen corduff on Saturday, it was literally men against boys…not hard to see why certain quarters were pushing so hard for senior to be extended to 12 teams………… inniskeen moving well and clearly the 2nd best team in the county..
mick2007 (National) - 17/08/2026 09:31:18
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To combo: "Free-to-air NFL is coming to Ireland!
Virgin Media Television will broadcast at least 22 games per season, including three Playoff games and the Super Bowl
Not sure where to post this is there a tread for GAA competitors ?" Great news.
GreenandRed (National) - 17/08/2026 14:40:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To mick2007: "I'm told the lads in question didn't play on saturday against currin so if no rules were broken why did they not play on Saturday having played the previous week……..the whole thing is farcical….
Took myself to inniskeen corduff on Saturday, it was literally men against boys…not hard to see why certain quarters were pushing so hard for senior to be extended to 12 teams………… inniskeen moving well and clearly the 2nd best team in the county.." Truagh won't win another game in Junior championship but the win over Killeevan will probably be enough for a quarter final. Killeevan probably miss out. Blackhill v Currin is a big game next week.
On the other side Rockcorry won't get through. They have shipped 2 big defeats already.Toome and Seans in real danger of not making quarter final. Oram look good and Aghabog.
Intermediate still up in the air. Ballybay probably favourites now with Bannigan injured again yesterday.Emyvale maybe dark horses. Looked on clubber like Clones should have won in Aughnamullen.
No point even predicting Senior. Inniskeen probably looking likely to be the beaten finalists.Corduff, Castleblayney and Cremartin are all struggling. The new restructure next year will be a nightmare, with several teams out of their depth in both Senior and Intermediate grades. Junior is going to be totally devalued, with a pile of C teams allowed to enter.
Matchwatcher (National) - 17/08/2026 14:31:58
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farneyarmy2013: "Its scandalous whats going on and nobody is passing any remarks. Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C. There is to much being done at a young age far to many weights lifted. Go into any intercounty minor or development squad gym session most of them are lifting huge weight. This has to be taking a toll as years ago there was no S&C and there wasn't a word of ACL injury's apart from a few.
From having sons part of development and minor squads there is far to much of a focus put on size and strength rather than skill natural ability and speed. Wouldnt do any harm for young boys to go work on their weak side rather than in lifting weights because at the end of the day you cant kick a dumbell over the bar." "Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C."
Is it now? And where did you get that information from?
Cockney_Cat (National) - 17/08/2026 14:26:32
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farneyarmy2013: "Its scandalous whats going on and nobody is passing any remarks. Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C. There is to much being done at a young age far to many weights lifted. Go into any intercounty minor or development squad gym session most of them are lifting huge weight. This has to be taking a toll as years ago there was no S&C and there wasn't a word of ACL injury's apart from a few.
From having sons part of development and minor squads there is far to much of a focus put on size and strength rather than skill natural ability and speed. Wouldnt do any harm for young boys to go work on their weak side rather than in lifting weights because at the end of the day you cant kick a dumbell over the bar." The main problem with increased ACL and other ligament and tendon injuries is that lads arent doing enough s and c work when they are actually growing. If you look at rugby they do more weights from a younger age, the thinking being that if you put on the muscle as you are growing your ligaments and tendons develop at the same time, getting used to that extra muscle.
While if you wait til lads are fully developed by the time they are minor or u20 before you start doing much S and C work with them their ligaments and tendons arent able for that extra muscle. Hence more ligament and tendon injuries.
Another seperate issue is that if you do that bulking up without doing any speed/sprinting/agility work you just become slow.
Viking66 (National) - 17/08/2026 13:51:56
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To dualcounty2027: "What are your expectations for Galway in 2027, I'm curious who to bring in and whether any of the younger lads are ready to take that next step." Retain Bob O'Keefe and a good semi final performance a minimum IMO. Seán Murphy and Cullen Killeen hopefully to get some minutes if they're injury free.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 17/08/2026 13:12:16
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To RoyalStalwart24: "Lads, what is going on? I'm not sure about the rest of the counties (you lads can enlighten me I'm sure), but in Meath alone we've had 6(!!!) ACL injuries in the last two seasons, and 4 of them have been in the last 6 months. Each of them have been county players too. As I said before I can't speak for other counties but surely this is getting severely out of hand and the GAA needs to do something to address the intense workload placed on amateur players? The new rules have been a success from an entertainment standpoint but with how much running and intense training is involved nowadays it is obviously taking a severe toll on players." Its scandalous whats going on and nobody is passing any remarks. Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C. There is to much being done at a young age far to many weights lifted. Go into any intercounty minor or development squad gym session most of them are lifting huge weight. This has to be taking a toll as years ago there was no S&C and there wasn't a word of ACL injury's apart from a few.
From having sons part of development and minor squads there is far to much of a focus put on size and strength rather than skill natural ability and speed. Wouldnt do any harm for young boys to go work on their weak side rather than in lifting weights because at the end of the day you cant kick a dumbell over the bar.
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 17/08/2026 12:46:35
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
The gap betweeen the big 3 is massive and only getting bigger. Moycullen Corofin & SK miles ahead of the rest. Every year there is talk of Tuam coming but they are as far away as ever. Any young players catch the eye? Most teams are happy once they avoid relegation say Barna for example once they bet caltra in 1st game they are contend as they are pretty much safe and than get hammered by their "rivals" SK. Every year when you see Comer perform like that you say to your self if only he could stay fully fit for Galway what an absolute machine he is and always delivers for Annaghdown when available.
Eire89 (National) - 17/08/2026 10:47:27
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Only caught three games .. Corofin and Moycullen tipping along , doing the business .. Comer had a field day against a poor Stars side.. If only he could get a free run of games for the next year!!
Salthill along with Corofin and Moycullen in cruise and it's one of those three..
Belclare98 (National) - 17/08/2026 09:31:04
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Youhavetoreallywantit: "Any young players stand out over the weekend? Only saw the highlights of a few of the games. McGlinchey looked fairly good. Surely he has to be the main contender to replace Conroy whenever he decides to retire?" Maybe Ross Coen but on that front of unearthing players and this is only my own opinion but its been a poor championship so far but that has happened other years and it took off from QF stage
smallfrank (National) - 17/08/2026 09:24:30
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Imagine Killucan delegated getting this brutal new championship format in to benefit themselves to make the playoffs and still not being able to do so. Should campaign that 4 teams from section B get in next year, joke-shop.
Both Castledaly and Multy in Inter A have two games left and basically nothing to play for, i'm sure they're are other teams in the same boat too.
Lakeman93 (National) - 17/08/2026 08:55:36
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Is GB going or staying????
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 17/08/2026 01:33:20
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International Rules - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "If you have a shot of making it to the big time, it makes perfect sense to concentrate on that sport. You can always come back to gaa if it doesn't work out, have heard of a few clubs getting top notch keepers on board as they didn't quite make the cut in pro soccer, and intermediate/ junior soccer teams tend to have little support or backing so senior gaa with a shot of the county panel is more appealing.
I simply don't get the hate against players choosing to pursue an afl career or the clubs that recruit them, it smacks of the same people who never left their home town and are spiteful of those who did" You hit it right on the head.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 17/08/2026 01:27:36
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
What are your expectations for Galway in 2027, I'm curious who to bring in and whether any of the younger lads are ready to take that next step.
dualcounty2027 (National) - 17/08/2026 00:29:11
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Expected more from Blaney. 2 bad results." Went to this one to see what the standard was like. Desperate stuff. Both teams poor, but Blayney got one score in the first 30 minutes, with the breeze. The boys here bigging up Blayney, and their backroom team would need to have a serious chat with themselves. Magheracloone weren't much better, but once they got the goal themselves they settled and kicked the last seven scores.
BrehonBlonde (National) - 16/08/2026 23:30:25
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Kilannin vs Claregalway - prediction: Claregalway by 4, they win by 6. Conor Flaherty playing a key role for the balchies.
Corofin vs Mountbellew/Moylough - prediction: Corofin by 5, they win 4. Ross Coen, Liam Silke, Dylan McHugh and Jason Leonard impressive.
Caltra vs Milltown - prediction: Milltown by 5, they draw. Alan Naughton standing out for Caltra with Liam Costello and Eoin Mannion playing good.
SHKK vs Bearna na Forbocha - prediction: SHKK by 9, win by double that. Didn't think Salthill would go as hard as that today, but knew they'd win comfortably, didn't get to watch the game or highlights either. From what I've seen in reports Dan O'Flaherty, Rob Finnerty, Brian Conlon and Rob Waltzer.
Naomh Anna/Leitir Mór vs Monivea/Abbey - prediction: Monivea Abbey by 6, they win by 1 with Glenn Kelly impressing once again.
Dunmore MacHales vs Moycullen - prediction: Moycullen by 5, they win by 4. Seen the 2nd half with listening to the 1st on the radio. Niall Walsh, Michael Maughan and the McDonagh's impressive for Moycullen with Shane McGrath, Pádraig Costello and Conor Gleeson having decent games.
St James's vs Oughterard - prediction: St James's by 6, they lose by 8. Bit of surprise result considering Tuam bet Oughterard by 10 points in R1. 2 games where James's throw away 8 point leads.
Tuam Stars vs Annaghdown - prediction: Tuam Stars by 8, they lose by 1. Was at the game, Tuam well below bar with just Shay McGlinchey having a decent performance however Damien Comer was top drawer with his physicality in winning and maintaining the ball and taking his scores ending up with a tally 2 - 3." Just to fix here it was Thomas Gleeson that played decent for Dunmore not Pádraig Costello and that Olan Kelly and Eoin Newell also had decent games for Annaghdown.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 16/08/2026 23:06:35
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Any young players stand out over the weekend? Only saw the highlights of a few of the games. McGlinchey looked fairly good. Surely he has to be the main contender to replace Conroy whenever he decides to retire?
Youhavetoreallywantit (National) - 16/08/2026 22:24:11
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Kilannin vs Claregalway - Claregalway by 4: young players should do it for them with Conor Fla and Mullen up top.
Corofin vs Mountbellew - Corofin by 5: Defence will be too strong with the quality their.
Caltra vs Milltown - Milltown by 5: Liam Costello will lead them to the win, although wouldn't be too surprised if Caltra turn them over.
SHKK vs Bearna/Forbocha - SHKK by 9: attack will be too much for Bearna na Forbocha.
Naomh Anna/Leitir Mór vs Monivea/Abbey - Monivea/Abbey by 6: A very promising start against Dunmore which they should've won, they do it this time with Cillian McDaid and Glenn Kelly.
Dunmore MacHales vs Moycullen - Moycullen by 5: Dunmore will put up a fight but the Championship experience will come to fruition for Moycullen.
St James's vs Oughterard - St James's by 6: Paul Conroy and Jack O'Neill to lead it for James's.
Annaghdown vs Tuam Stars - Tuam Stars by 8: Youth and experience mixed to out run and work Annaghdown." Kilannin vs Claregalway - prediction: Claregalway by 4, they win by 6. Conor Flaherty playing a key role for the balchies.
Corofin vs Mountbellew/Moylough - prediction: Corofin by 5, they win 4. Ross Coen, Liam Silke, Dylan McHugh and Jason Leonard impressive.
Caltra vs Milltown - prediction: Milltown by 5, they draw. Alan Naughton standing out for Caltra with Liam Costello and Eoin Mannion playing good.
SHKK vs Bearna na Forbocha - prediction: SHKK by 9, win by double that. Didn't think Salthill would go as hard as that today, but knew they'd win comfortably, didn't get to watch the game or highlights either. From what I've seen in reports Dan O'Flaherty, Rob Finnerty, Brian Conlon and Rob Waltzer.
Naomh Anna/Leitir Mór vs Monivea/Abbey - prediction: Monivea Abbey by 6, they win by 1 with Glenn Kelly impressing once again.
Dunmore MacHales vs Moycullen - prediction: Moycullen by 5, they win by 4. Seen the 2nd half with listening to the 1st on the radio. Niall Walsh, Michael Maughan and the McDonagh's impressive for Moycullen with Shane McGrath, Pádraig Costello and Conor Gleeson having decent games.
St James's vs Oughterard - prediction: St James's by 6, they lose by 8. Bit of surprise result considering Tuam bet Oughterard by 10 points in R1. 2 games where James's throw away 8 point leads.
Tuam Stars vs Annaghdown - prediction: Tuam Stars by 8, they lose by 1. Was at the game, Tuam well below bar with just Shay McGlinchey having a decent performance however Damien Comer was top drawer with his physicality in winning and maintaining the ball and taking his scores ending up with a tally 2 - 3.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 16/08/2026 22:05:09
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