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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
PJ needs to kindly move on. New voice needed. 7 years at the helm of a generational team and he can't deliver and won't if he stays. He has to go. Thanks very much for the service but he's had more than enough time and now it's time to go and allow someone else a shot with this group. Fans ready to vote with their feet at this stage.

togoutlads (National) - 22/07/2026 20:33:33

Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Commodore:  "It doesn't matter how long ago it was, we are still dealing with the repercussions of their actions today, its a live issue."
And of the democratic treaty was not passed the war would have got much worse and it's likely many of us wouldn't be alive today as events and history changed.

yew_tree (National) - 23/07/2026 08:01:51

Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Lockjaw:  "Would there be any appetite for a predictions competition for the upcoming club championships? Let me know and I'll add your name to the list."
Include me too please

Samforthehills26 (National) - 23/07/2026 14:19:27

Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Tadhg2020:  "The game is always evolving and improving. It will also have flaws. You are looking for a sanitised version of hurling. It has never existed and never will."
If we can fix the hand pass. By fixing the hand pass that would fix a a few other problems as well. It looks like to most people watching hurling that the ball is being thrown

Newyorkkat (National) - 23/07/2026 13:49:44

Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "Many people still regard Cork as the 2nd best however a question I've got is how many more 'collapses' would it take for them to be regarded as 3rd or lower."
Its a good question you are asking. I suppose it depends how you define best.
Galway won more silverware this year, and won more Championship silverware. And beat Cork in a knockout Championship game.
Maybe if you define best and 2nd best some other way, not sure by what metric though. Cork are best supported, so they arent even 2nd best by that metric.

Viking66 (National) - 23/07/2026 13:37:40

Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To CillTormoir:  "Limerick came out of nowhere in 2018 and developed into a machine. Why is it never us?"
They certainly didn't come from nowhere. They might have got there a bit earlier than expected, but that was a very highly touted group coming through. A huge number of them had won U21 All Irelands in 2015 and 2017 and had Fitzgibbon titles with UL and Mary I.
The success wasn't out of the blue either, but came from a lot of hard work done underage with development squads and increasing participation rates. The financial support to achieve this was also very important.
They got their house in order in a big way and also had a generational group come along.
It's not us, because we haven't done the same or had such a group come through.
It took what was pretty much a generational team in Galway to win one All-Ireland, combined with having one of the best hurlers to ever play the game.

WanPintWin (National) - 23/07/2026 12:44:51

Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Viking66:  "They are still only slightly more relevant. The vast majority of counties qualify for Sam based on their League positions.
And all of them qualify for some sort of All Ireland Championship."
8 qualify from the provincial championship. 7 from the league and one from the TC.

Tadhg2020 (National) - 23/07/2026 12:08:04

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
People can throw out all the names they want and say he's the man. There is no 'the man'. Every manager has potential issues. The truth is we won't know until the person is in the job.
I do believe we need a change for a number of reasons. We need to pick who we think is the best candidate and even at that there are absolutely no guarantees. The current group looks like it has another couple of years at that level and we need to give them the best chance possible.
A new manager won't fix all of our ills either. There's a lot to be done in Galway football to address the pipeline of players coming through. I feel we've fallen quite a bit behind over the past number of years.
Joyce inherited a strong group coming into their prime, but after the U20 team of 2020, there doesn't seem to be a huge amount coming through.
People are working hard no doubt, but we need to benchmark ourselves against the likes of Kerry and Tyrone underage. The quality of young footballer they're producing looks to be at a higher standard. It's to be seen at development squad and minor level.
I've said it before, but I don't think we have the mentality as a county that absolutely needs to win. That can be changed, but it takes a massive effort and almost needs a bit of ruthlessness. We've seen it done in Limerick hurling. If we're happy getting to finals every now and then, we'll continue to see more of the same.

WanPintWin (National) - 23/07/2026 11:54:49

Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To TommyBermingham:  "Peter Canavan was peak 93-98."
For sure, but he still won 2 AIs in the period, and was a big contributor to both wins.

Viking66 (National) - 23/07/2026 10:48:39

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith:  "Any matches being streamed this year? The season pass on Iarmhi TV is a great idea for those of us outside the county."
most games in Cusack park will be, 1 on Friday and 2 Saturday this weekend

martyW (National) - 23/07/2026 09:53:01

Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Viking66:  "Sure why did we play Provincial Football Championship games this year then? All the Football counties played in the tier 1 or tier 2 All Ireland competitions that followed."
The football provincials were played to determine whether those teams would be in the AI tier 1 or tier 2.

Under this proposal the hurling provincials would serve no such purpose as all 12 teams are in the AI tier 1 no matter how well or badly they do in the province.

CastleBravo (National) - 23/07/2026 09:36:12

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith:  "Any matches being streamed this year? The season pass on Iarmhi TV is a great idea for those of us outside the county."
Iarmhí TV Streams
Fri 24 Jul
Killucan vs Tyrrellspass (7:30pm)
Sat 25 Jul
Garrycastle vs Coralstown-Kinnegad (5:30pm)
St Loman's vs The Downs (7:15pm)

Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 23/07/2026 08:53:03

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To StopTheLights:  "History shows that managers from inside the county rarely work either."
Kevin. Walsh. Is the man

rhudson (National) - 23/07/2026 08:29:19

Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Carlowtothecore1:  "It is for Carps as we got hammered in football when team got their best teams on the pitch, as you should do for championship.
Much more potential in Carlow for hurling but the board is controlled by footballers unfortunately.
Lets rank the two codes based on championship which is the real form, hurlers top 12, and fbailer top 30 based on the hoganstand 2026 rankings forum, https://hoganstand.com/Forum/Details/113649?Latest=1, only ahead of New York, London, Waterford.
That's the outside neutral view unfortunately."
Those "rankings" are nonsense. Wicklow, who came third in Division Four, 16th best in the country? Come off it.

And the whole problem with this year's Tailteann was that Carlow didn't have their best team on the pitch. And the same applied to many others. You do realiise that not every county has fully bought into the Tailteann? There are real question marks over how well some prepare and how strong their panels are.

The fact is that the hurlers are something like 14th or 15th of roughly 20, on this years overall form, and the footballers are something like 25th or 26th of 31. But whereas there is a considerable gap between 10th and 20th in hurling (Wexford would destroy Donegal or Wicklow), there isn't a huge gap between 20th and 30th in football.

These are just the facts, sorry. I prefer hurling to football, but pretending they are exactly the same in terms of competitiveness is ridiculous.

I actually agree hurling has more potential, but there is no point in even talking about that when he have 20 football clubs and only 10 hurling. To realise that potential, you would need the likes of Eire Og, Rathvilly, Tullow and Palatine to become dual clubs, and you'd also need to see people in Clonmore, Grange, Tinryland etc picking up their hurls in some capacity.

If we had a full county hurling program, yes, we could possibly win a Leinster inside the next 20 or 30 years. But we don't, and it's not going to happen when there's not a single county hurler from Carlow town (which is half the population of the county) or Tullow involved in the senior panel.

I wish this were not true. But it is.

CARPS (National) - 22/07/2026 16:18:36

Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Lockjaw:  "Would there be any appetite for a predictions competition for the upcoming club championships? Let me know and I'll add your name to the list."
Sure I may as well, stick me in Lockjaw.

SouthOfTheGap (National) - 23/07/2026 04:06:39

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
PJ is like Charlie Haughey.........not gone until he is gone.

Pope_Benedict (National) - 22/07/2026 22:59:19

Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Lockjaw:  "Would there be any appetite for a predictions competition for the upcoming club championships? Let me know and I'll add your name to the list."
That would b brilliant lock - fair play.

Count me in

eunans4ever (National) - 22/07/2026 22:50:49

Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Viking66:  "Peter Canavan?"
He only played a few years in the 2000s. However still probably should be in there. Peter the great

Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 22/07/2026 21:16:24

Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
Shane Murphy

Dylan Casey
Jason Foley
Tom O'Sullivan

Brian O'Beaglaoich
Mike Breen
Gavin White

Mark O'Shea
Diarmuid O'Connor

Joe O'Connor
Paudie Clifford
Sean O'Shea

David Clifford
Paul Geaney
Dylan Geaney

TommyBermingham (National) - 22/07/2026 20:14:22

Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Farneyarmy2013:  "How does Rory Beggan not get an all star. Best keeper in the country by a mile. Best keeper ever in my opinion. People will say cluxton but that's not true, put Beggan in that all time dublin team they only get better, Cluxton wouldn't have the same affect with Monaghan.

Moanghan don't have any big men yet our kickout retention is one of the best out there. Ruthless with any free within 60 yards. Moanghan are a pub team without him.

Wouldn't begrudge Livingston either. He has been some find, countless amount of saves at big moments for mayo this year."
You called it right, Moanaghan.

Saynothing (National) - 22/07/2026 19:28:44