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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Maroooned: "Every county player does not have the ability to play to the same level. Hurling is much more complex than that.
And it is not simply an s&c issue.
For a start, if we tried using the ball the way Laois did we wouldn't be anywhere near as concerned about our s&c." Agree with you skill execution is the key. The top teams simply put do the simple skills faster and better. Speed is the key. Turnover of players simply to high in such a small county. 15ish changes in a panel of 35 sounds completely bananas no matter what the reason
Sloweddie (National) - 14/05/2026 19:39:21
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
What do we think the team will look like for the Dubs?
For me
1. Darach Fahy
2. Ronan Glennon
3. Cillian Trayers
4. Darren Morrisey
5. Padraig Mannion
6. Daithi Burke
7. Gavin Lee
8. Cian Daniels
9. Tom Monaghan
10. Rory Burke
11. Cathal Mannion
12. Tiernan Killeen
13. Conor Whelan
14. Jason Rabbitte
15. Aaron Niland
Subs I'd see being brought on or likely to are Daragh Neary, John Fleming, Joshua Ryan, Cianan Fahy and Kieran Hanrahan.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 14/05/2026 21:27:25
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Armagh Monaghan
Population 194,000* 65,000
Area km2 1327 1295
Largest town Lurgan 38,000 Monaghan 7,896
Ulster titles 14 16
All Irelands 2 0
All Stars 31 14
Ulster Minor 12 6
All Ireland Minor 2 0
Football Clubs 48 28
GAA presidents 2 1
All Time Great Kieran McGeeney Conor McManus
Cult hero Francie Bellew Nudie
Bard Paul Muldoon Patrick Kavanagh
Border Crossings 38
Love lost 0
Odds for Sunday 1/4 4/1
Eddie the Exile (National) - 14/05/2026 22:47:31
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayboy64: "Galway have plenty of talented footballers but too many of them seem more interested in building a profile than building a legacy for the county. A prime example is one individual leaving the squad to go on a reality TV show.
The passion and intensity that Galway teams used to have just isn't there anymore. That comes back to culture and in my opinion Joyce has to answer for that. Should have been nipped a long time ago. We are being laughed at by other counties with this headline." Have to disagree. This Galway team have gone down fighting in every single match in the last 3-4 years. They've lost matches by the bare minimum and have pulled back huge deficit, 3 times last summer they were effectively out of that championship in different seconds halves yet fought back to survive, or at least only get beaten by the minimum.
Watch Comer's goal hit the net last Sunday, I didn't notice at the match but watch how many of the Galway lads near him have the arms up in celebration. Most players nowadays just jog back to position after a goal, that match last Sunday looked like it meant a huge amount to the Galway players the way they celebrated that goal.
Galway played very very well last Sunday and showed huge fight and character. To go 6 up against that wind, while losing most kickouts, is a sign of character. There's a stat about turnovers I don't have to hand, I think most of Galways scores came from turnovers? That's serious fight.
jam83 (National) - 15/05/2026 11:54:01
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
By my count 2-16 of our 2-23 in the u20 semi final against Wexford was scored by players who are underage against next year. Rabbitte obviously made a huge difference off the bench and there are more seniors to come into the team in Niland and Murphy but there are some very good players there again for next year.
galway19 (National) - 15/05/2026 09:25:00
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Knocknadrough: "According to the Examiner Fitzy is in the running for love island which starts on june 1st in majorca ....disapointing if true but explains a lot" Hahahahaha you couldn't make it up. My good god
sourmilk93 (National) - 15/05/2026 10:23:32
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Loughallenbanks: "I think poacher is doing is not showing his hand for the down game. We don't need the likes of tom prior and barry mc nulty against down as I think we will beat them easily enough. The observer has them down as injured by I think it's just mind games from poacher." Another windup poster.They are injured and are a huge loss
joeman123 (National) - 15/05/2026 15:47:15
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Doylerwex: "Nothing beats winning and we all know that's a gap we need to bridge. However, that needs to be acknowledged as a solid improvement this year. Based on the age profile we are in a position to kick on again next year hopefully. Producing seniors is the whole purpose of this grade don't forget." Wexford team just named - how certain players can still retain their starting place one will never know.
MyOhMi (National) - 15/05/2026 13:11:30
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Chops: "I hope McHugh lets the players continue the way they have in the previous three rounds of the Leinster championship. The 2015 and 2016 finals were very disappointing in that Cribben decided before a ball was kicked that Westmeath were beaten and the games were just damage limitation exercises. McHugh has named Jack Duncan full forward but I cannot see that happening. Either Baker or Forde will start and Heslin introduced later, or Heslin will start and one or both of those player will be introduced later in the game. I'm hearing Whitaker is still a strong doubt even though he has been named to start.
Best wishes to team and management and safe travels to all making the exciting journey to Croke park. People have complained about lack of Westmeath support lately, the team fed off that support against Meath and Kildare, we need to be the extra man Sunday." Disagree, Jack Duncan is quick and has plenty of pace. Could be crucial for a short kick out press early on. Where other lads might find it more difficult to stay with their men. Having heslin and Senan to come on later in the game if still tight would be huge, would get shots off easier with fresh legs. If Dublin get their kickouts away short (like what Roscommon did to Galway) I think we will really struggle, but if we manage cut them off like we did against Meath/Kildare we have a great shot. Just hoping everyone is fully fit and ready to go.
Lakeman93 (National) - 15/05/2026 12:39:11
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To jam83: "Have to disagree. This Galway team have gone down fighting in every single match in the last 3-4 years. They've lost matches by the bare minimum and have pulled back huge deficit, 3 times last summer they were effectively out of that championship in different seconds halves yet fought back to survive, or at least only get beaten by the minimum.
Watch Comer's goal hit the net last Sunday, I didn't notice at the match but watch how many of the Galway lads near him have the arms up in celebration. Most players nowadays just jog back to position after a goal, that match last Sunday looked like it meant a huge amount to the Galway players the way they celebrated that goal.
Galway played very very well last Sunday and showed huge fight and character. To go 6 up against that wind, while losing most kickouts, is a sign of character. There's a stat about turnovers I don't have to hand, I think most of Galways scores came from turnovers? That's serious fight." 100%. One thing which can't question about this team is their willingness to battle and fight to the bitter end. In the past 4 years there hasn't been a single championship game in which they weren't extremely competitive.
They're massively committed and put in an incredible amount of work. We have plenty issues to resolve, but character isn't one of them.
WanPintWin (National) - 15/05/2026 12:21:32
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Could be it be ruled that anyone who left the Derry game early, unless under extenuating circumstances, should not be given a ticket? Several men were well through Middletown and Keady by the time they heard Monaghan were still alive. Can't be having that." Be good to see how many will be back in Clones in a fortnight regardless of the result.
ConyersHill04 (National) - 15/05/2026 11:21:30
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayboy64: "Galway have plenty of talented footballers but too many of them seem more interested in building a profile than building a legacy for the county. A prime example is one individual leaving the squad to go on a reality TV show.
The passion and intensity that Galway teams used to have just isn't there anymore. That comes back to culture and in my opinion Joyce has to answer for that. Should have been nipped a long time ago. We are being laughed at by other counties with this headline." 100% this. Ye have such a proud tradition and it's hard to not admire Maher, Sean Kelly and Paul Conroy, I'm not a huge fan of Comer or McDaid but would love them on my side during a battle! That Fitzy fella should have been let go long ago, Jack O Connor and McGuinness wouldn't have stood for it.
Rossie2020 (National) - 15/05/2026 11:15:12
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayboy64: "Galway have plenty of talented footballers but too many of them seem more interested in building a profile than building a legacy for the county. A prime example is one individual leaving the squad to go on a reality TV show.
The passion and intensity that Galway teams used to have just isn't there anymore. That comes back to culture and in my opinion Joyce has to answer for that. Should have been nipped a long time ago. We are being laughed at by other counties with this headline." I cant agree that this team have no passion and intensity. I think we have seen on numerous occasions that they fight hard for the jersey.
Absolutely it can be debated about lads individually but I don't think we can tar the whole squad with this accusation whatsoever. As a group I see them as honest and hard working as the day is long.
Not.A.Quelly (National) - 15/05/2026 10:51:00
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To countymonaghan: "Credit to all club volunteers across the county who has been sorting tickets this last week/10 days.
A thankless job but someone has to do it. Between taking orders from members, dealing with a smaller allocation from county board, dealing with unhappy club members and then the tedious job of sitting putting each members tickets into envelopes. Maybe 150-200 envelopes to be filled and labeled.
And not to forget sitting now to collect the money for each order when they are being collected.
Might sound like a small job but I would say this last week has been tough on these people so massive thank you to whoever does it for your club.
BRING ON SUNDAY" Absolutely super work from our committee too, handed a tough hand to deal with.
Build up really starting now, plenty of flags up good to see and hoping the lads can put in a big performance and see where it takes us.
A day to be savoured, not every day you get to see Monaghan in an Ulster final in Clones and if Casement does ever go ahead people might look back and say how privileged we were to be at one in Clones.
sporto (National) - 15/05/2026 10:46:39
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ConyersHill04: "You could of drove a forty foot lorry up the centre of our defence. So no, we weren't 6-8 points a better team. Tyrone will inevitably go and win another All Ireland because they have several better players than us, AND they have a belief instilled within them from they are babies that they are good enough to go and win these competitions. We punch above our weight and produce magnificent, young footballers in smaller batches than counties like Tyrone." Could have driven!!!!!!
Seanfan (National) - 15/05/2026 10:42:19
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Could be it be ruled that anyone who left the Derry game early, unless under extenuating circumstances, should not be given a ticket? Several men were well through Middletown and Keady by the time they heard Monaghan were still alive. Can't be having that.
Eddie the Exile (National) - 15/05/2026 10:25:50
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "Do you mean in terms of style of play, or that you expect Kerry to easily beat Tyrone in the final?" I mean in terms of style of play. Donegal were a very hard watch this year.
Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 14/05/2026 17:43:13
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Best of luck to Mark Mc Hugh his management team and to our players the best of good luck in the Leinster Final.
The dubs are decent... but very beatable! Its a great occasion for clubs and kids going up to croker, but its not just a day out... we are going there to win.
Also, very best of luck to our Senior Ladies out tomorrow!!
Lets hope we are celebrating on Sunday...
Laker1500 (National) - 15/05/2026 09:54:17
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "The first official gaa clubs here in Leitrim were founded in 1886, I think our footballing history is pretty secure with a statitsitc like that. Roscommon haven't won an all Ireland since they all used asses and carts to get to Croke Park.
We probably have the highest amount of gaa clubs per capita in the country also so our footballing culture is intact in that also.
There's plenty of 7 and 8 year olds in Leitrim who want to be the next Barry McNulty too I can tell you.
Now away with your auld sneering guff and put it on some other counties thread." "We probably have the highest amount of gaa clubs per capita in the country also so our footballing culture is intact in that also."
And therein in lies one of the problems of Leitrim football: too many small weak clubs playing at a low weak standard. To up the quality and standard, you need to have less clubs overall, but more bigger clubs in general. Amalgamate 2-3 little small junior clubs into one strong contending senior club. That's how you up the standards of Leitrim football.
foreveryoung (National) - 15/05/2026 02:35:49
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "On big match days there's a Queue system round the side and back if Drumcondra Station for people going westwards.
Presumably people going to Connolly/Pearse are also in the queue." Will admit I didn't realise they use that sort of queueing system at Drumcondra Station on match days. I've only ever been there at "ordinary" weekday times.
Doubt though that there are many there to wait for a train just to Connolly. That's where the Wexford terminates, and I often land in there myself on All-Ireland days (but sadly, no Wexford team involved in them!). The walk to Croke Park is just 20 minutes, and particularly if you want to stop into a shop or a pub along the way, people are far more inclined to just walk it rather than look for another train.
Would be the same on the way back - may as well just walk down to Connolly rather than queue at Drumcondra to get a train for just one stop, and then queue again to get on another one.
But anyway - have been dragged down some odd rabbit holes since I first started posting on this site, but never found myself thinking about train stations and railway platforms before. Maybe time to leave it so!
Pikeman96 (National) - 15/05/2026 00:36:10
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