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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "I don't normally reply to trolls but I'll make an exception because you made me laugh with this reply, it reminds me of a discussion I heard on 'off the ball' one time, could have been David Brady that was on not sure but anyway they maintained that if the Dublin 6 in a row team where the best team of all time then Mayo were the second best!
you'd just have to laugh at their logic,
of course Donegal actually beat that great Dublin team in 2014, otherwise it possibly could have been 8 in a row but you don't hear us saying we were the second best team of all time lol.
Poor Mayo, I really do feel sorry for them, at least most of the team from that era got a national league winners medal and a good few Connacht medals having beaten the likes of Leitrim, Sligo, London and New York along the way, 2nd best team of all time indeed." And you know if they ever do win one, David will be back to say they're best team of all time of course. Insufferable fools.
Square_B (National) - 13/02/2026 18:22:44
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To KingdomofBreifne: "By the way your team are playing at the moment, you'll be there soon enough. We'll be fine. We're young and rebuilding but will stay up. We don't want to miss the opportunity to aid your downward momentum next year." Consensus in Cavan is there is very little coming through. "A heap of middling to ordinary Bradys and Reillys" as a man from Kingscourt described them recently to me. They are kicking it into a 41 year oldmon the edge of the square to good effect all the same.
Eddie the Exile (National) - 13/02/2026 17:50:20
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
This voted in format is ludicrous and should be changed back to last years format- Read the below and correct if wrong
Section A is supposed to be the top tier. Yet a team finishing third (9th overall) in Section B can reach a quarter final and potentially a semi final without facing one of the top Section A sides in the group stage.
At the same time, that same team may not be promoted the following year, as only first and second in Section B go up.
So a team could be in the last four of the championship but still not be considered good enough for Section A. That makes no sense.
Three of six teams in Section B qualify for a quarter final. That reduces the jeopardy in that group and increases the likelihood of dead rubbers late in the championship. A strong Section B side could have qualification secured with games to spare- Meanwhile, Section A teams are battling at a higher level from round one.
The structure weakens the link between grading and championship merit. It should be reviewed and return to last year's format, which was clearer and more consistent.
Leftboothaey (National) - 14/02/2026 11:28:24
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Temple56: "Absolute shambles.
After a vote this evening, where the county board delegate held the majority our championship format has been changed. I genuinely can't believe it.
Under the new structure, the 9th-ranked team overall will qualify for the quarter-finals by coming through a group while the 4th-ranked team in the championship will be knocked out. You could easily see a situation where Lomans finish 4th in Group A after facing top sides like The Downs, Shamrocks, Kinnegad and Garrycastle, while Kilcucan finish 3rd in Group B after playing teams like Moate, Tang, Athlone and Tubberclair.
How is that fair?
Not a single player I've spoken to wants this change. Can someone explain why this was pushed through and what the reasoning is? It's a real kick in the teeth for players and clubs.
If you believe I'm wrong please let me know and your reasons to why change was needed ????
I'm just fed up! County board finally had something right and then decided actually no we should change it as it's running too well." County Board Delegates had a majority. 38-18 was the vote. Take 16 for county management from the 38 and it leaves 22-18 for clubs which voted in favour of the slight change in the championship structure. Not disagreeing with your general point but the only clubs put out by this are those in Group A of SFC and IFC. It suits the clubs in Group B of both championships. BTW, Delegates voted not to accept the proposed changes to the JFC.
Greengrass1 (National) - 13/02/2026 15:54:53
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "I don't normally reply to trolls but I'll make an exception because you made me laugh with this reply, it reminds me of a discussion I heard on 'off the ball' one time, could have been David Brady that was on not sure but anyway they maintained that if the Dublin 6 in a row team where the best team of all time then Mayo were the second best!
you'd just have to laugh at their logic,
of course Donegal actually beat that great Dublin team in 2014, otherwise it possibly could have been 8 in a row but you don't hear us saying we were the second best team of all time lol.
Poor Mayo, I really do feel sorry for them, at least most of the team from that era got a national league winners medal and a good few Connacht medals having beaten the likes of Leitrim, Sligo, London and New York along the way, 2nd best team of all time indeed." If we take the "Dublin Era" as 2011 to '23 when Clucko, Fitz and Macker won 9 celtic crosses the Dubs won about 75 championship matches and lost 4, one to Donegal, two to Mayo and one to Kerry. Any Dublin player, manager or fan from that era knows that over those years Mayo were consistently our closest and toughest rivals, regularly just a kick of the ball between us.
sligo joe (National) - 13/02/2026 16:06:36
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Are bigger question how did past aside from clubs who voted and thought this was great idea on whole.
Probably everyone get used to it but dont think will change much positively anyway.
Gaaforlife2023 (National) - 13/02/2026 16:27:19
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "The difference in the Munster counties is the profile of the game, the all-encompassing drive to better themselves. GF is from Tipp and the clubs throughout the county drive the game, drive themselves, drive each other.
Not coming out of Munster is met with fury, anger and a "that's unacceptable, we are Tipp, we have to do better" attitude.
Excuses are just not entertained, you win or you lose and why you won or lost is irrelevant. You lost.
The mindset across the county is about doing more hurling, more hurling in schools in particular. Hurlers who are teachers waltz into a job.
Its just tradition and culture. They don't need social media posts because winning is all the promotion you need. The game in Wexford needs promotion but more than anything we need a good minor or u20 team to give the game a lift. We seem to be going backwards at these levels, that is the problem. Its very hard to arrest this decline but we need to find out how to do it ourselves." How do you propose we find this out? County Board just spent an enormous sum of money on a report the findings of which plenty of us already knew.
If you take out 7 years, 1963-1970, of the entire 100 year history of the Leinster minor Championship we have only won 2 more Leinster minor titles that Meath, and the same number as Laois. We average 1 Leinster minor title every 30 years apart from those 7 years. I still dont get why people like you keep saying we are going backwards. We are where we pretty much always were.
There are green shoots though. We have only ever beaten a Munster county once outside those 7 years at minor, and that was only 2 years ago. We beat them well. And that was in a knockout game.
In the last few years, since covid, we have improved our underage structures, we have introduced new competitions and offered more county level training to more young lads, especially at u12, u13 and u14. The County Board and Coaching and Games have encouraged clubs over the last 2 years to extend their underage seasons, many are going 11 months a year now, like Cork and Tipp clubs have always done. Most are also coaching their underage teams twice a week over the last 2 years also, which didnt happen at most clubs even 4 years ago. More snd more clubs are running more and more underage tournaments also, just like they always have done in Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork.
Schools are a problem ok, as especially secondary schools are very resistant to what they perceive as outside interference in their affairs. Sadly their on the whole abject performances in Leinster competitions this millennium, with the exception of a few individual teams, doesn't seem to bother them.
We need more positive ideas and action to bring the county forwards. We need more people in the county involved. We need more people in the county to care. We need more people in the county to even show an interest. We need more people with ideas and energy to return to the county. Surely 3 years is long enough to be away?
Viking66 (National) - 13/02/2026 16:31:23
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Just a side note from the league and county team for a minute. Anybody know any more about the Salthill development story. I see them pushing it massively on social media. Surely it can't be allowed to go ahead in a neighbouring clubs parish.
ozbound (National) - 13/02/2026 18:57:19
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To KingdomofBreifne: "By the way your team are playing at the moment, you'll be there soon enough. We'll be fine. We're young and rebuilding but will stay up. We don't want to miss the opportunity to aid your downward momentum next year." LOL you've been rebuilding for 70 years....
PolicemanFox (National) - 13/02/2026 21:43:53
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Greengrass1: "Fixtures due out on Sunday which is the normal time frame in advance of games. Clubs know the generic dates for some time now" Weird lie. Clubs knew at least two weeks in advance the last two years who they were playing. They also knew the exact days of the weekend they were playing so people could arrange time off work etc. A lot of clubs will be out next Friday and won't know until tomorrow morning. 5 days notice is nowhere near good enough. How hard is it to send out a fixture list? the last few years it's been the same order or been flipped. But that's just a small thing in comparison to the ludicrous structure that's been passed
Bluelake (National) - 14/02/2026 15:25:42
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