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Two-Point Winners After The Hooter - 6 Like(s)
Kerry one today was debateable. Roscommon's fault though for letting the man catch it clean and fist it over. The hooter should be gotten rid of altogether, takes excitement and jeopardy out of the game. I guarantee there will be farcical endings to some big games this summer. Completely unnecessary as the club games proved. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
tribesmen (National) - 25/01/2026 15:58:05
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Westmeath Football thread - 5 Like(s)
Absolutely blessed to win that. If sligo had a few forwards they'd have won easy. Although it was great to be lucky rather than unlucky.
Bluelake (National) - 25/01/2026 15:57:46
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Westmeath Football thread - 5 Like(s)
Winning an o Byrne cup seems to have given some of our players a false sense of their own worth . We were blessed to win that game but the lack of work rate in the 2nd half was alarming
mickcunningham (National) - 25/01/2026 17:13:32
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To JimmyNail: "Great effort by the lads considering who we were missing but unfortunately a defeat all the same. If ever the value of having someone to kick 2 pointers was shown it was today. A draw would have been a fair result. We could rue that yet" 100%. Wicklow were not great shakes. After what I seen today, we're better than I thought but still lacking a few hardy bucks around the field. We're still a light enough team. Imagine how much better we would be with the few lads in Australia & Barry McNulty. Even Beirne might have been useful today be it starting or from the bench. Definitely Barry would have played havok in midfield today. I thought Keegan had a decent game, caught and handled some good ball. Tom Prior was phenomenal, ran round the place linking up play well. Ryan O'Rourke also had a great game, anytime he got the ball he looked dangerous. The backline held up well enough but the 2 pointers killed us. I would also have my doubts about how much pressure they could take, would have been a different story had one of those two Wicklow first half chances had gone in. All in all, Poacher has the team well drilled and I hope they learn from today as we are well capable from what I seen.
Square_B (National) - 25/01/2026 20:12:11
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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ComainRos: "Where does one start after that match. I agree with most if not all of the above posts. As the Donegal poster said the clock seemed to freeze for a few seconds at the death. Id love to know who operates the hooter. Also as Tribesmen said we should really have defended that high ball at the very end. So close yet so far to beating Kerry and getting 2 points on the board. I think over the 70 mins Roscommon were probably the better team. We created many more goal chances than Kerry who got a very soft penalty and a goal which should have been ruled out for square ball. The Kerry players seemed to throw themselves to the ground very easily and win frees. In saying that Roscommon had so many chances that they didnt take. Paul Carey will be kicking himself this evening. He'd normally kick those with his eyes closed. Id be very interested to see the stats for today's game. It felt like Roscommon created more chances overall but missed quite a few scorable chances. In saying that I was so pleased with their overall performance. It was so much better than I expected. Senan Lamb, Daire, Diarmuid and Enda were all impressive. So many other lads put their hands up too at different points in the game. Was also great to see big Jack Duggan come on and get 2 points. Hopefully we can put in another strong performance next week and get two points on board and push on. Ros Comáin abú" That's a question I asked aswell, who operates the hooter?? If it's an official from the home team then there's always going to be question marks over it. Also, was there a breach from the Kerry defence right in that final play? The Roscommon bench beside me were adamant there was before the free was awarded to Kerry.
Anyway, nothing we can do about it now. I travelled to Killarney hoping for a positive performance and left sickened that we didn't come away with at least a draw. So many positives to take away. We looked so much better than the last few years, far more threat and a real bite to our play, the work rate from the forwards to press the Kerry defence was great to see. Daire was excellent, I thought Conor Ryan done well for his first day out, Diarmuid and Enda also but my Man of the Match was Senan Lambe, I thought he was brilliant and fought for everything.
We will rue some missed chances, namely Carey's effort at the end but also Daires goal chance when there was a man free to pass it to for a tap in.
Overall, we are in a better place than I thought we were and pleased with the performance but it'll count for nothing if we don't back it up and put 2 points on the board next Sunday.
D.Hyde (National) - 25/01/2026 22:21:02
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Dublin's own sponsor is not a million miles away from similar connection to company that landed Allianz in trouble, it seems.
BarneyGrant (National) - 26/01/2026 13:47:49
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Very hard to make sense of Silke positioning alright. Kelly not going well at midfield, and we're struggling in the sector. 0-6 there for Mayo off three avoidable 2pointers, including a free that Lane gave to AOS." Kelly isn't a midfielder, we learnt that much today anyway.
smallfrank (National) - 25/01/2026 15:32:02
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "China is widely considered to have the world's most extensive mass surveillance system, utilizing nearly 700 million cameras and advanced AI to monitor its citizens.
We can compare and contrast but the fact is, as much that is wrong with our own system, we can critisize and mock our own government and then vote them out.
Do that in China and you'll get a knock on the door, fall out a window in Russia or just disappear." I feel that our own system is heading that way too, based the way the Irish Revenue department is going, they are basically aiming for total financial monitoring of all people. For me, once we pay or income tax, Irish people should be free to spend it or do whatever they wish with it.
Obviously if there is evidence of criminality or suspected money laundering, I can understand revenue launching an investigation in tandem with the Gardai and CAB in such circumstances. But the number of investigations last year was off the charts, no evidence of criminality or money laundering, just over scrutiny of ordinary people.
Commodore (National) - 25/01/2026 21:08:34
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "There's nobody taking the side of Allianz here...but as an aside they've pumped money into gaa for what...30 years now with this sponsorship...they didnt need to do that and its doubtful the return from it is worth it. And if they stopped sponsoring the leagues in the morning then there's only one outfit that would suffer from it.
Absolutely nothing people do here will affect what's going on in Gaza, zero. For example would people in somewhere like Ecuador protesting the troubles in the north have changed anything? There's your answer.
People are dismissive of this supposed protest because it is Dublin i think, and rightly so" This is such a bad take on the situation. I'm sorry now, but I really thought the GAA was different. It meant more. They go out and commemorate things like Bloody Sunday. The Hogan Stand. The name of the website. Where did the name Hogan come from. Who was he? Why did he die? Colonialism, injustice genocide.
So we don't protest because you think it won't make a difference? Even if that was true, and I don't believe it to be true, there still is one important reason to pursue a protest. To oppose sponsorship from this organisation.
The reason can be summed up in one word. INTEGRITY.
After what I heard one Saturday evening on Saturday sport a few weeks back I really feel the GAA as an organisation has very little of it left.
supermon (National) - 25/01/2026 22:21:48
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To martinjoe: "Poacher showed his cards in the championship last year after being mocked for league effort. He is a top manager and no reason why ye wont be in contention for promotion again. Great effort after such a trip down." Apparently I'm not allowed to say he's better than your lad who left us in a state or question why you keep coming here commenting on Leitrim football.
Square_B (National) - 25/01/2026 17:53:10
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Good win on the road against the neighbours. In reality we should not have been in that position when 11 points up. Mayo (and this is going on for years) need to learn to keep the foot on the throats of opponents when playing with a big lead.
Thought we mixed the good with the bad. Hennelly excellent. Our full back line was shambolic. Midfield did well for most of the game bar that 10min spell when Galway railroaded us. Darragh Beirne from Claremorris showed very well with 1-1. Ryan O D is still key to everything though.
Tommy Conroy looks a pale shadow of what he can be.
Bob Tuohy very good midfield. Cian McHale comes on and gets a goal. Still very open at the back, Galway had 4-5 goal chances (Fionn McDonagh very impressive for them).
You can see the Mayo attack is more varied, used width and looks to have a man free at all times. It's promising but way too early to be getting excited or down about aspects of the game. Very entertaining game. Dublin at home next Sunday." TBF come summer Mchugh will be in defence and so will McBrien. Makes a massive difference.
TheFlaker (National) - 25/01/2026 20:41:25
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Good win on the road against the neighbours. In reality we should not have been in that position when 11 points up. Mayo (and this is going on for years) need to learn to keep the foot on the throats of opponents when playing with a big lead.
Thought we mixed the good with the bad. Hennelly excellent. Our full back line was shambolic. Midfield did well for most of the game bar that 10min spell when Galway railroaded us. Darragh Beirne from Claremorris showed very well with 1-1. Ryan O D is still key to everything though.
Tommy Conroy looks a pale shadow of what he can be.
Bob Tuohy very good midfield. Cian McHale comes on and gets a goal. Still very open at the back, Galway had 4-5 goal chances (Fionn McDonagh very impressive for them).
You can see the Mayo attack is more varied, used width and looks to have a man free at all times. It's promising but way too early to be getting excited or down about aspects of the game. Very entertaining game. Dublin at home next Sunday.
yew_tree (National) - 25/01/2026 20:08:08
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Good weekend for Carlow. Footballers should be promoted and the hurlers should atleast hold their own which would be great. Whoever on carlow gaa page is using AI to post please stop
Barrowsider (National) - 25/01/2026 22:21:58
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Two-Point Winners After The Hooter - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "The point was fine, tv was slightly out with last stoppage" The scoreboard in the ground must have been out aswell then…
D.Hyde (National) - 25/01/2026 22:23:21
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Decent start in Tullamore, 2 points on the board, most important thing on day 1 of the league.
Good fast attacking play in the second half, getting the ball moving and cutting out the slow down in the middle of the field are .
Dara Mcdonnell had a fine game in the middle of the field, kicked a few nice scores too.
Is Ciaran Downey not fully fit ? Looked off the pace/carrying a knock yesterday ? Not his usual motoring around self yesterday. Sam doing a lot of work /play out towards our back line, one of his quieter days attacking.
Great Louth turn out in Tullamore yesterday, fair play as always to the supporters.
Solid start for the team, hope we can build on it now, going to be one tough division.
louthman57 (National) - 26/01/2026 11:44:11
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaa.88: "It does nt have to.One the ball is in flight the score has to be counted like basketball.Once it has been kicked or punched before hooter goes.Likewise if a free is awarded and then the hooter goes,the free can be taken and if scored direct it will count. In fact not only did young Kennedy ounch the ball just before hooter but he was entitled to a mark anyway as he caugth the ball before the hooter so the last point was always going to be a score." Since when can you get a mark from a frees?
Cawley won Kerry the match, First goal a square ball, Penalty a joke of a decision and fouls on both Murtagh and Lambe before he gave Kerry the last "free".
sourmilk93 (National) - 26/01/2026 11:54:40
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dheen: "Good win for St Mary's 2nd year's in Leinster A vs Castlecomer. 1-16-1-03 it finished up." That's a great result, well done to those lads!
Viking66 (National) - 26/01/2026 12:40:55
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "I don't think either county sold out. And Kerry bring very small numbers at this stage of the year so you'll hopefully be ok for getting tickets." Much to my frustration donegal did sell out. What the sell out number is I don't know and maybe because of mccumhaill park being out of commission they reduced the season ticket numbers a bit. There will be plenty Kerry folks who will have a season ticket and forgo league matches.
There are tickets online for the match on Sunday. I wouldn't be waiting too long to buy them as there should big enough interest in going to the match.
Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 26/01/2026 12:42:29
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "100%. Wicklow were not great shakes. After what I seen today, we're better than I thought but still lacking a few hardy bucks around the field. We're still a light enough team. Imagine how much better we would be with the few lads in Australia & Barry McNulty. Even Beirne might have been useful today be it starting or from the bench. Definitely Barry would have played havok in midfield today. I thought Keegan had a decent game, caught and handled some good ball. Tom Prior was phenomenal, ran round the place linking up play well. Ryan O'Rourke also had a great game, anytime he got the ball he looked dangerous. The backline held up well enough but the 2 pointers killed us. I would also have my doubts about how much pressure they could take, would have been a different story had one of those two Wicklow first half chances had gone in. All in all, Poacher has the team well drilled and I hope they learn from today as we are well capable from what I seen." I have liked what I seen from Poacher since the Connacht championship last year. I dont think we will get promoted this year, It might not be a popular opinion but that might not be a bad thing, the last time we flucked a promoted we were miles of being a division 3 team and thats before 75% of the team opted out.
We need to develop a panel that will be fit enough and strong enough to stay in division 3, we wont progress as a county until we can establish ourselves as a div 3 team. I think we are a year or two away from that at the moment.
On another note I am a fan of 90% of the new rules, i dont like the two point free, it is a very harsh way to lose a game of football.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 26/01/2026 13:29:09
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
The team still need to work on their concentration levels, work desperately hard to build a 8 point lead but go into full meltdown mode in the latter stages. This was a common trend in games last year.
iarmhiabu (National) - 25/01/2026 20:35:19
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