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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)
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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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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National Football League 2026 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Defo wont be the Dubs anyways lol" Will you ever stop with the childish replies. Dubs still more likely to win Sam than ourselves.
yew_tree (National) - 25/01/2026 12:31:47
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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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National Hurling League 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Your local cinema must live to see you coming with your kids!!! Arguing that they should get in for free" An active underage coach having to pay for kids to go to games is like charging the cast to see the film in the cinema. Under 16s were always free. It's an outrage they've changed it. Cutting off their nose to spite their face as usual.
Doylerwex (National) - 25/01/2026 10:48:32
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 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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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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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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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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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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National Football League 2026 - 1 Like(s)
How did the Rossies allow a man to catch a ball clean and fist over with seconds remaining...they will be sickened as they deserved at least a point on that performance
tribesmen (National) - 25/01/2026 15:59:30
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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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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Oh christ lads how did ye not at least get a point from that. Was never a free at the end but still should have defended it better. Still and all a good performance but would have given ye serious belief and momentum to win that
tribesmen (National) - 25/01/2026 18:28:15
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To hontherossie: "Best of luck to the lads today, all they can do is their best" They fairly done their best !!
Gutting defeat equal measures of pride and disappointment leaving Killarney today
They have to back that performance up next week now and get 2 points on the board no point complaining the result is the result and today is in the rear view mirror
Bring on next weekend
rossy15 (National) - 25/01/2026 18:26:30
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 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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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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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Onion Breath: "I was there too and very happy with that performance especially second half when we stepped up a level from what Down were capable of. It'll be a hard ask to stay in division 1 but there reason to be very hopeful that they can. Donagh had a super game, coming after scoring 1-5 from play against UL during the week which takes some doing as that UL team is the greatest colleges team ever assembled and would win the Liam McCarthy cup if they were in it.
Wexford in a fortnight is one of those early season games that we are capable of getting a result in. They were lucky last night by all accounts. Hopefully a big crowd will travel down and not stay at home I hear it's on live on TG4." UL are 1 of the best colleges teams ever for sure, but wouldn't come close to winning a Liam McCarthy.
Murphy is a great talent! Was very good at Freshers and has kicked on.
You would have every chance in the Park I feel, we will still be missing a good few of our best players Id be guessing. It is on tg4.
Yes for a change we were lucky, though Davy and his mentors wound the players up, were running around on the pitch, and probably caused the free to be moved up. Great that he still wants us to win!
Viking66 (National) - 25/01/2026 16:38:37
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National Football League 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tribesmen: "How did the Rossies allow a man to catch a ball clean and fist over with seconds remaining...they will be sickened as they deserved at least a point on that performance" Kerry were blessed.Rossies very unlucky and were probably the better team on the day tbf.They sent down a second string team and very unlucky not to come away with the two points.We in Kerry have unearthed a new gem in Tomas Keneddy.
CiarraiMick (National) - 25/01/2026 16:17:31
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To southleitrim_mafia: "It was really a bit of a nothing motion. He signed the Proclamation as Seán Mac Diarmada, and while Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada might be grammatically correct in Irish, it wasn't the name he actually used himself. For that reason, I think the motion was deservedly defeated.
Although, I don't imagine that's why it was defeated. It was probably more about the cost of rebranding the signage at Páirc Seán, and the fact that we're already tied into a naming rights deal with the credit union. The current title is Heartland Credit Union Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, changing things now would only open up a whole set of other complications." Seems he was born as John MacDermott alright. But as is the form, Irish people generally have native Irish versions of their own anglicised names that they go by day in, day out in their English-speaking part of Ireland. So even an Irish-loathing James O'Brien from wherever has Séamus Ó Briain as the Irish equivalent, whether he likes it or not. Therefore, when you're naming something John MacDermott Park and calling it using it's Irish name, you'll include Seán Mac Diarmada in the translation. And yep, Irish is saddled with that pesky thing called grammar, one that has an even peskier thing called the genitive case* (just like German, Polish, and other languages), meaning that when you place Seán Mac Diarmada after Páirc, you get Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada. And that's that; there's no two ways about it. So I disagree with you about the motion being deservedly defeated for the reason you stated. Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada is just wrong in its language, just the same way that City of Manchester Stadium is grammatically correct in English, and City Manchester Stadium would be wrong. But no-one would stand for City Manchester Stadium if someone tried to call it that, and that's the difference between English and Irish.
However, I agree with your second paragraph entirely. It's probably more hassle than it's worth (in officialdom's eyes) to change the name. Pity they couldn't have just got it right in the first place. Shoddy, sloppy, embarrassing (but they don't know it), lazy, shameful; really it is.
Apologies for the rant! It started off as something short but then took off.
*The tuiseal ginideach.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 25/01/2026 08:47:08
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