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Galway Football thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To Immer: "Absolutely priceless. Rage clicking on national media articles about Mayo would be nothing new, but actually seeking out a physical copy of a local North Mayo paper to count the column inches suggests a new level of unwellness." Maybe but worth it as the poster has proved himself right and shown a few posters up to be spoofers.
sourmilk93 (National) - 25/02/2026 12:29:11
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Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Once again why is the Admin letting so much nonsense being posted on here?
It has taken me a few days to come to terms with Leitrim performance last Sunday. One of the most deflating performances I've seen from Leitrim in over 30 years going to games. This was an Antrim team bereft of confidence playing in our home ground and we did noting to take the game to them. It takes away the opportunity of promotion for the year and reality bring an end to the Steven Poacher era which means we will be starting from ground zero again.
I posted here last week saying we should not be underestimating Antrim and it proved to be the case. Added in to the fact that 2/3 best players in McNulty and Tom Prior weren't fit to start and we were going to be up against it.
Did Cillian McGloin injure himself in his first game back against London (hence why he was taken off in the first half) or has he left the panel since?
To be honest it looked like our only game plan was to wait for Barry McNulty to come on and play the hero card and save the day again.
He was excellent again but thats surely not a way for any management team to set up a team.
Attacking wise in the First Half (apart from get the ball to Ryan O'Rourke who was being double marked) we seemed to have no plan against the wind. We had no ideas on how to break Antrim down in either fast counter attacks or in slow attacks when they had everyone back.
We didn't trust Oisin McLoughlin or Paul Honeyman to get at their markers at all even though we all know they are well capable of doing so. We then took Oisin McLoughlin off for the second half when we had the wind even though he is a 2 point threat?
Defensively in the First half we were at Sea, If Antrim were in anyway a half decent outfit they would have been ahead by 15 or 16 points at the break. We were sitting back in a low block and not putting any pressure on the ball what so ever. They could get a shot off at every attack.
We didn't seem to have a plan for our '3up' players. Constantly we had McNamara, Quinn and another defender left as our 3 attacking players while attackers tried to defend - Honeyman made a mistake for their last goal exactly from this.
We showed no intent or defensive know-how and every time Antrim ran at us they had success.
Our discipline is poor. Eoin McLoughlin, McNamara, Diffley and Quinn all gave away soft frees and were getting involved in needless stuff off the ball.
The reality is this comes from the line.
In the Middle third we were taken apart. We couldn't win the ball in the air or we couldn't get near a break. dismantled. I'm not sure if this is a structure thing in how we are set up or its the reality of the personnel we have available. We need Conor Quinns height and ability but he becomes a liability with his lack of maturity throughout games.
We don't have a number 6 who can control the game from deep or we don't have an 11 who can link the play when we are in possession. Solving both of these issues in an immediate concern before our next game. That's a selection issue and Poacher will have to be brave about dropping or moving more experienced players from their favoured positions.
Any update on injuries?
We need to be seeing some progression and development of our players and some accountability from management. The results and or performances have been terrible as a whole both this year and last year. We still have excellent players available to us so we can't just write everything off as a 3 year plan or whatever.
Leitrim1234 (National) - 25/02/2026 12:16:41
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Immer: "Absolutely priceless. Rage clicking on national media articles about Mayo would be nothing new, but actually seeking out a physical copy of a local North Mayo paper to count the column inches suggests a new level of unwellness." I read the Tuam Herald but I'm not from Tuam.Whats your point?That no one outside of Mayo can read the Western People.Please stop.
Alwaysencourage (National) - 25/02/2026 20:42:54
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To systematic: "You've 3 posts on here and 2 of them are totally disingenuous.
The last three pages are the most action we've had here since the all Ireland final 24..... Fueled by mayos.
I'll summarize - Roscommon guy says mayo getting carried away and it would be awful funny if ros beat them in connacht semi.
Mayos get worked up, say we're not getting carried away.
Galway finally respond saying ye are and here's the evidence.
Mayos say nuh uh
Playground stuff" What was once a great forum for discussing football has turned into something else entirely. It's exhausting to sift through the kind of nonsense people like you want to fill it with - reading the comments is enough to make a person's brain turn to mush. Good luck.
Dmoa95 (National) - 25/02/2026 16:56:21
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National Football League 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "If Roscommon beat Dublin this weekend, they'll secure Division 1. They'll be in a great position to go for the final as well. Donegal might be tempted to rotate their squad after Galway at home this weekend. Donegal travel to Roscommon in Round 6. The ground that had Jimmy McGuinness irate last year when he completely overlooked the unfairness of Kerry travelling to Tullamore." Why would McGuinness be worried about where Kerry play.
gunman (National) - 25/02/2026 16:14:47
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TanCanRan: "There isn't six or seven pages with all the headlines about one 17-year-old though. That's the key difference.
Second paragraph is some spoof when I've shown you that a lot of the noise is internal." Let's pretend for a moment that there were 7 pages on a local paper dedicated to one 18 year old (not true).
How many things have national media outlets put out in the last few days relating to him between podcasts and articles? Many multiples of 7 that's for sure. They clearly know people like you are infatuated and will click and listen no matter what it is.
Most of the western people articles aren't even freely available online so I fail to see how that contributes to hype!
MayoDan (National) - 25/02/2026 14:45:26
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Good performance on Sunday, even though it was against a weakened Monaghan team. Felt like Mayo were running through Monaghan like Donegal were the previous week against Mayo.
Durcan and Loftus make a big difference, pace and good on the ball. Tuohy had a great game, might not have had much competition but will give him great confidence.
Defensively not great, full back still not good enough, and Hennelly could have done better for second goal i thought, he should have gone full belt for it and take man and ball.
Beirne was very good, Kobe had some debut even though game was well over when he came into it so bigger tests ahead.
Great to see Galway and Rossies losing there minds over Kobe, what is it to them. Rossies saying it was a magical night beating Galway by a point in the league. Galway ppl reading the western people now, and if an article talks about Kobe and then the match that means its a full page dedicated to Kobe haha..
tommy132 (National) - 25/02/2026 11:47:46
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "There were seven pages in the Western People today all about Kobe McDonald. Seven pages in the local paper.....that's nuts."
No he may have been mentioned in seven pages such is the extent of GAA coverage in Mayo but as already highlighted you made it sound like all seven goes were Kobe exclusive. They weren't and you know well they were not. Warping narratives." I for one , am delighted , to see kobe coming on to the scene with such effect. I think Mayo , over the years would have won a good few AIs if they had a con o callaghan, shane walsh or a david clifford. Still too early to say with kobe , but if he were to stay at home he certainly looks to have the potential to be considered in that company. Media love stories like this and the reaction in the papers is only natural especially in a passionate county like Mayo. Probably mentions in 7 pages , regardless of whether they were partial pages or not, is a bit excessive, but what harm, im sure most readers enjoyed the read.
anotheralias (National) - 25/02/2026 17:33:22
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TanCanRan: "Downright lie you say? You might apologise after the below, so.
My post from the Galway thread:
"There absolute was. Who are you trying to fool? Or did you not read the paper because I did.
Let's go through them, if you must.
Sports cover: A photo of Kobe celebrating with a headline entitled "Teen spirit".
Page 2: Column from Mark Ronaldson with a title: "Impossible to shelter our new star from hype".
Page 3: Interview with Andy Moran with a headline: "Andy on Kobe: 'He's a real talented boy'.
Page 4: James Laffey piece. Headline: 'McDonald is already in rarefied company'
Page 5: Match report from Anthony Hennigan. Headline "Cyclone Kobe strikes Clones as Moran's Mayo run riot". Eight of the first nine paragraphs are about Kobe.
Page 6: A column from Aonghus O Maicin. Headline: "Nothing quite like the irreverence of youth". Admittedly, doesn't start with Kobe focus but his name is in the first sentence. However, the second half of the article is named "Act II - The Kobe Show".
Page 7: Edwin McGreal piece. "A debut to remember for not your ordinary Mayo teenager." I wonder who that would be about."" In fairness your original post said:
"TanCanRan: "Yer completely losing the run of yerselves. There were seven pages in the Western People today all about Kobe McDonald. Seven pages in the local paper.....that's nuts."
That makes it sound like there was a full seven-page spread dedicated to him when you say they were "all about Kobe McDonald," but the examples you gave are just small extracts from different columns scattered across those seven pages and one is a picture on the cover page.
I agree with your point - some local and national media are getting carried away and should just leave the lad alone to play football. I'm not from Mayo, so I can't speak for the local papers there, but even online I've seen plenty - Galway-based outlets included. TG4 putting together a montage over Oliva Dean music and Maurice Brosnan being one of the first to post a clip of his goal are just two examples.
No offence, but you're coming across as a bit petty by going out to buy a Mayo newspaper while based in Galway just to win an argument on a forum, and then doubling down when what you originally said was factually incorrect.
Dmoa95 (National) - 25/02/2026 15:17:12
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Great to see Galway and Rossies losing there minds over Kobe, what is it to them. Rossies saying it was a magical night beating Galway by a point in the league.
tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 664 - 25/02/2026 11:47:46
Can you give any examples to where this is happening? We have our own business to take care of and fully focus on. How you have found a connection with us beating Galway and 18 year old making his senior debut is a bit bizarre but each to their own and all that
The_analyser (National) - 25/02/2026 13:56:02
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Immer: "Absolutely priceless. Rage clicking on national media articles about Mayo would be nothing new, but actually seeking out a physical copy of a local North Mayo paper to count the column inches suggests a new level of unwellness." Terrible stuff bothering to read a paper from another region. Nearly as obsessuve as going onto another county's HS forum.
anotheralias (National) - 25/02/2026 11:48:05
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Leitrim1234: "Once again why is the Admin letting so much nonsense being posted on here?
It has taken me a few days to come to terms with Leitrim performance last Sunday. One of the most deflating performances I've seen from Leitrim in over 30 years going to games. This was an Antrim team bereft of confidence playing in our home ground and we did noting to take the game to them. It takes away the opportunity of promotion for the year and reality bring an end to the Steven Poacher era which means we will be starting from ground zero again.
I posted here last week saying we should not be underestimating Antrim and it proved to be the case. Added in to the fact that 2/3 best players in McNulty and Tom Prior weren't fit to start and we were going to be up against it.
Did Cillian McGloin injure himself in his first game back against London (hence why he was taken off in the first half) or has he left the panel since?
To be honest it looked like our only game plan was to wait for Barry McNulty to come on and play the hero card and save the day again.
He was excellent again but thats surely not a way for any management team to set up a team.
Attacking wise in the First Half (apart from get the ball to Ryan O'Rourke who was being double marked) we seemed to have no plan against the wind. We had no ideas on how to break Antrim down in either fast counter attacks or in slow attacks when they had everyone back.
We didn't trust Oisin McLoughlin or Paul Honeyman to get at their markers at all even though we all know they are well capable of doing so. We then took Oisin McLoughlin off for the second half when we had the wind even though he is a 2 point threat?
Defensively in the First half we were at Sea, If Antrim were in anyway a half decent outfit they would have been ahead by 15 or 16 points at the break. We were sitting back in a low block and not putting any pressure on the ball what so ever. They could get a shot off at every attack.
We didn't seem to have a plan for our '3up' players. Constantly we had McNamara, Quinn and another defender left as our 3 attacking players while attackers tried to defend - Honeyman made a mistake for their last goal exactly from this.
We showed no intent or defensive know-how and every time Antrim ran at us they had success.
Our discipline is poor. Eoin McLoughlin, McNamara, Diffley and Quinn all gave away soft frees and were getting involved in needless stuff off the ball.
The reality is this comes from the line.
In the Middle third we were taken apart. We couldn't win the ball in the air or we couldn't get near a break. dismantled. I'm not sure if this is a structure thing in how we are set up or its the reality of the personnel we have available. We need Conor Quinns height and ability but he becomes a liability with his lack of maturity throughout games.
We don't have a number 6 who can control the game from deep or we don't have an 11 who can link the play when we are in possession. Solving both of these issues in an immediate concern before our next game. That's a selection issue and Poacher will have to be brave about dropping or moving more experienced players from their favoured positions.
Any update on injuries?
We need to be seeing some progression and development of our players and some accountability from management. The results and or performances have been terrible as a whole both this year and last year. We still have excellent players available to us so we can't just write everything off as a 3 year plan or whatever." Great post. Sums up my thoughts, I made a few attempts to post my feelings after Sunday's game but the admin did not post them.
I dont think there was anything overly controversial in it.
We do everything at a snails pace, we lack athleticism throughout the team, Conor Quinn height should be a huge advantage to us but numerous times he got his hands on kickouts but couldn't actually catch the ball, dropped it without being contested, he made one great catch but we really miss the likes of Pierce Dolan.
James Rooney is very good on break ball he was missed on Sunday. McNamara is not a wing back. Diffley not a center back. Clancy is very raw but such an honest footballer he gives it everything. Keith Keegan is a warrior but it didn't happen for him on Sunday. We were so reluctant to kick the ball inside, we went over and back the two point arc then we eventually got turned over, we need to do things faster.
Lads bringing the ball into the tackle, not strong enough to break tackle getting turned over or ref pulling them for over carrying, this happen over and over again, did the management get word to players to stop this? Because it kept happening.
I was hoping for a lot more from Leitrim this year and not looking for promotion looking for progress and to build on a somewhat encouraging end to 2025, ive not seen it tbh.
Leitrim Gaa reminds me of a secondary school that aren't really serious about the school football team, they participate in all the competitions but its not driven by the school, pupils aren't encouraged to do extra, the good lads are guaranteed their place without putting in much effort, if we win we win if we dont we dont, we have our excuses ready.
I felt Poacher had the hardest job in Gaa last year and I felt for him but im not seeing progress this year it is worrying.
We got a goal just before half time, there was a bit of pulling and dragging before half time, Barry on, I was expecting big energy at the start of the second half and we were flat.
Hopefully we see a reaction next day out.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 25/02/2026 13:45:39
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
There were seven pages in the Western People today all about Kobe McDonald. Seven pages in the local paper.....that's nuts."
No he may have been mentioned in seven pages such is the extent of GAA coverage in Mayo but as already highlighted you made it sound like all seven goes were Kobe exclusive. They weren't and you know well they were not. Warping narratives.
yew_tree (National) - 25/02/2026 16:53:00
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 3rdmidfielder: "Thats not a dig at the players leitrimabu1. We have some fine footballers, Barry, Ryan and Tom are as good as we have had in the last 30 years. Likes of Ben, Jack Kelly have huge potential. I am just saying and I have said it before is that as a county we dont take our football serious. We have our excuses ready to go." My post wasn't a dig at any of the players either. Far from it. even with the editing done by the page administrator.
Poacher and co. have their hands tied as I could name upto 25 players who are not on the panel again this year who would start or make the match say 26. However, it also does not seem like we are developing at the rate we should be in relation to the talent we have.
However, I do agree with the previous poster, how serious do we take the game? How many clubs are really pushing the standards?
Leitrim Gaels, St Marys, Ballinamore, Fenagh, Allen Gaels and Mohill and (Manor will now start to come again) - you'd wonder outside of that how many are even implementing a proper S&C regime?
A lot of this is due to numbers an the plague of depopulation in rural areas and emigration which is destroying Leitrim as a whole. But when are clubs and the County Board going to fight back?
Further to this. The U20 panel was named last night - Exact same scenario as the Senior team. Some real high quality players on the panel but there's 8/9 players not on the panel who didn't commit - Jack Moolick, Senan McGowan, Jamie Plunkett, Brian Keaney and James Gilheany to name a few. Them lads wouldn't just be on the panel they'd be star players who will all make huge impacts on their Senior club teams this year.
Therefore the team itself can never realise its potential and the vicious cycle continues.
One thing I'm will say and it seems hard for a lot of people to accept - we are producing a lot of very good player we just can't seem to get them onto the field.
Leitrim1234 (National) - 26/02/2026 10:04:58
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "I read the Tuam Herald but I'm not from Tuam.Whats your point?That no one outside of Mayo can read the Western People.Please stop." I had hoped we were done here but asked for my point my so here it goes; I'm assuming you read the Tuam Herald because you're interested in what's going in what's going on in Tuam and its surrounds. That's a very different motivation to the lad who claims to have "read" the Western on WhatsApp. Simple enough?
Immer (National) - 25/02/2026 23:16:58
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "Is there nothing that can be done about Roscommon posters coming on here being demeaning towards Leitrim? Seems to be pages and pages of particular posters on here being WUMs and they are getting away with it" I agree with this thanks so much for highlighting. The ironic thing is they are the ones who get annoyed please if anyone dare suggest that their little team is not as good as they think (which is true) thank you all for agreeing. They would do well to remember previosu years where they were much fitter than teams in the league thank you and then calved in the championship- the same will happen this year.
But the mods should either ban these posters or stop putting up their posts on this page- I am sure they young Leitrim footballers look on this forum please and thanks and all they see are people making fun of them. Have some respect- it is not that hard. Thank you.
bláthach (National) - 25/02/2026 11:24:02
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To greatkick: "Pattons kickouts are up there with the best in the country, also has become very good under the high ball and I would expect him to be first choice when he returns from injury but it terms of free kicks Mulreany is head and shoulders ahead, I'm very surprised this is even being argued" Patton is still the number one because of his kickout accuracy but Mulreany's accuracy hitting 2 point frees is a huge plus. You can sometimes end up with maybe 5 kickable 2 point frees in a match so if you have an accurate long distance kicker it's a massive weapon. Murphy might not start every game this year so we need a two point free taker on the field.
All in all I agree Patton still gets the nod but it's a close call
High_and_wide (National) - 25/02/2026 20:36:16
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National Football League 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "If Roscommon beat Dublin this weekend, they'll secure Division 1. They'll be in a great position to go for the final as well. Donegal might be tempted to rotate their squad after Galway at home this weekend. Donegal travel to Roscommon in Round 6. The ground that had Jimmy McGuinness irate last year when he completely overlooked the unfairness of Kerry travelling to Tullamore." Your obsession with Jim is getting boring at this stage. Why would Jim care where Kerry play their matches???
Scenicparish (National) - 25/02/2026 18:22:49
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "Young McDonald certainly looks like a great prospect. Black cat, black kitten an all that.
He took his scores well last Sunday, but a bit of context would be no harm. That Monaghan team are in a bad place. I could have probably notched a point or two against them last Sunday, such was the way the game had gone.
He'll get a better test this weekend if he plays against an Armagh team who need the points posisbly more than Mayo do.
Anyways - how are the Tribesmen fixed for the game at the weekend? Ballyshannon is a nice wee ground, and saves ye a bit of travel too. Hard to know what way Donegal will approach it. Winning is a great habit, so maybe the bauld Jim will go for it. I'd expect to see Murphy play some part this weekend. Shane O'Donnell and Ciaran Moore could be missing though. Two slightly less heralded players, but will definitely be missed as they both get through a mountain of work every game." What a relief to have a post that's actually about football. I think, even without some key players, that momentum is with Donegal who seem to be ahead of everyone at the moment. I do think there was some positives to take from the Galway performance Saturday night and I'm hoping the weather cooperates because I'm interested to see McGrath again in goal on a day that is wet and windy.
Scotty (National) - 25/02/2026 17:53:14
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Listened to some of the Hurling Podcast. Rory Jacob is the guest and has made some very good points so far. The only one Id disagree with is that he said Darragh Carley is excellent as a spare man. Ive never been at a training session Carley has been involved in, and Ive heard he is an excellent trainer. But I have seen him play as a spare man for his college and for his club a good few times, and he just hasn't played well in that role. He doesn't seem to know where to be on the pitch, the games just passed him by and he didnt get anywhere near enough possessions for a player in that role, and he hasn't used the ball in a positive way when he has got on it. Usually passed it off short, and often backwards.
He definitely seems to play better when hes given a more defined role to play." Havent seen much of Carley playing spare man enough to comment myself but thought his comments on management teams finding it impossible to get messages into players were spot on. He said they couldnt get the message into Carley in Carlow at the Leinster U20 final when we were leading and with a man up. They wanted Carley to be the free man but couldnt get the message in due to the rules . It also may have been difficult to get the message across in croker on Saturday. Agree with him on the last free we should have hit it down into one corner and squeezed our men up to win possession there or Fanning should have taken it and either hit it dead or in the house with Lee inside
Afinestick96 (National) - 25/02/2026 11:50:20
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