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Ger Brennan - 3 Like(s) Lads you can't have a manager acting like ger Brennan. You wouldn't see the Ireland soccer manager dragging someone to the ground from behind and messing with his ear. They are lucky no one was sued. Kew (National) - 04/06/2026 14:02:57
Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s) Terrible but not unexpected news on Bobby McCaul this morning. So agonizing for the young lad, his family and his comrades in Aughnamullen club also. All we can do is wish Bobby a speedy recovery and hope tp see see him in the not too distant future wearing the Aughnamullen and Monaghan jerseys again. ORIELMAN85 (National) - 04/06/2026 13:48:34
Dublin GAA thread - 3 Like(s) Typical Jarlath Burns and the GAA playing hard ball in public but "soft chatting" the Dubs by playing their game with Cavan on Sunday when Brennan's ban expires instead of on the Saturday when the ban would have still been in place. Sure it's only Cavan no one will mind. offtheditch (National) - 04/06/2026 11:52:36
Dublin GAA thread - 3 Like(s) Replying To Seniorleague: "Is it that simple though? A county with your resources,clubs, and population should never produce an average squad of footballers. Its crazy to go from winning all those Leinsters,6 all Irelands in a row,,(and 9 in 14 seasons,reaching semi finals the other 4 years),to being where you are now." The lads we had for a decade were generational. We have been fairly competitive without being world beaters but our roll of honour excluding this period and the great team of the 70's is very poor:- No All Ireland in the 30's 1 All Ireland in the 40's 1 All Ireland in the 50's 1 All Ireland in the 60's 3 All Irelands in the 70's 1 All Ireland in the 80's 1 All Ireland in the 90's No All Ireland in the 00's We have had 2 great squads. That is it. I never buy into the population argument. The amount of actual players is a better barometer. And after that a lot of it comes down to coaching. And I think we have failed on that front tbh. Look at our lack of underage success compared to other counties. Tyrone being a very good example. Some counties live for GAA - I am not so sure we do that in Dublin. Soccer is far most popular. Yes we have some great clubs but nowadays we are talking about the same 5 clubs winning all the time in both codes. And for a county with so many clubs to have that few clubs winning is a problem imo. Have you seen where the Dublin footballers train ??? Crazy. Take a look at our high performance area just inside the gates of Parnell Park. Bonkers. Therein lies a big problem - DCB. Asleep at the wheel, one could say….! Fionn (National) - 04/06/2026 21:13:11
Ger Brennan - 3 Like(s) Replying To Kew: "Why is the media so worked up over this?? Has anything any knowledge of why ger Brennan went for the ear piece?" I don't think there's enough being made of it, to be honest. I think the fact that Brennan is the Dublin manager results in him getting less sympathy from most. There are a number of issues at play here, which don't sit right with me. Ger was out of order with what he did on the day. He acknowledged it, apologised immediately and also shook hands with Cian, who was also wrong in getting involved initially and has accepted that. The punishment is way too severe for an incident like that. The person he tackled wasn't a player and shouldn't have been on the pitch either. A Kerry club selector got only 8 weeks a few years ago for punching an East Kerry player in a county semi-final. The player in question wasn't even involved in the melee. Comparing it to what happened in Killarney then, McGuinness's offence was also pretty minor, but he did interfere with a player. The incidents are very comparable, despite the comments from Jarlath Burns. I have a lot of time for Jarlath, but he unnecessarily aggravated the situation with his comments. It's a cop out to say it was dealt with on the day. Either the GAA is serious about stamping out these issues or they're not. They've made a severe example of Brennan, but decided not to bother in the case of another similar incident. This carry-on absolutely needs to be stamped out, but a flat 12 week ban is excessive. There needs to be a scale of punishment, depending on the severity of the incident. WanPintWin (National) - 04/06/2026 12:30:48
Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s) Replying To GDL: "You do realise you are responding to Clare from MFT, formally know as the Mayo Blog." Ná h-abair! Jim is a dyed in the wool Donegal supporter as can be seen from his regular posts on all things Donegal in the corresponding thread. Wait, actually...... WanPintWin (National) - 04/06/2026 12:12:12
Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s) We've fallen back at senior level and naturally everyone is feeling pretty negative however we are still in the Joe Mcdonagh cup and our underage is in the best health I think its ever been, CBS Mullingar producing A level teams at all age grades and making the last four in a lot of their competitions. Development squads are being well ran and coached, the minors could have made a Leinster final this year if it wasn't for a flawed system and they still finished their season with comprehensive wins over Kerry, Offaly, Dublin and Laois. 13 of the current starting u20 team are underage next year. Going forward we should be the finest it's just vital to maintain Joe Mcdonagh and to get back to 1b league hurling for the young players coming through in the next couple of years. Dheen (National) - 04/06/2026 10:43:20
Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s) Replying To Kew: "Lads you can't have a manager acting like ger Brennan. You wouldn't see the Ireland soccer manager dragging someone to the ground from behind and messing with his ear. They are lucky no one was sued." lol You must not go to many games, if you think that could lead to a legal case…. "…messing with his ear…" Omg ;o) LOL Fionn (National) - 04/06/2026 17:20:41
Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s) Replying To Kew: "Lads you can't have a manager acting like ger Brennan. You wouldn't see the Ireland soccer manager dragging someone to the ground from behind and messing with his ear. They are lucky no one was sued." The guy at fault initially wasn't Ger Brennan but your own strength and conditioning coach. Get your own house in order firstly Claretandblue (National) - 04/06/2026 17:40:34
GAA Journalism - 2 Like(s) Media perspective of different counties. Why is it that a good amount of counties when don't live to expectation they get a scapegoat sort of them and the public believe it straight away as an excuse for them to always be held at a higher standard. Tipperary, Clare, Kilkenny and Cork to an extent have had it. They'd give the lines along of "They died with their boots on." Or something like it's only a blip and they'll bounce back 10 times better the next day and have a big say in the Championship. Compare that to the commentry Waterford, Wexford, Dublin and Galway get which is 9/10 just patronising. "Ah I'd love to see X do well." "They got the potential." As soon as they lose however it's the same tired response of that it's expected no-matter the form, especially if it's to any of the teams above. Always glass half-full with Tipperary, Clare, Kilkenny and Cork and glass half-empty with Waterford, Wexford, Dublin and Galway. ColmFlaherty (National) - 04/06/2026 19:41:26
Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s) In light of all the other things that have happened this year Ger Brennan was very harshly treated . Always came across as a good sort , brought Louth to the promised land of winning a Leinster after nearly 70 years which would entitle him to having a statue built in his name hugely promoting GAA in The wee county , give the man a break . OpenStand (National) - 04/06/2026 12:52:00
Louth GAA thread - 2 Like(s) Not impressed with the Inniskeen decision. We lose to Armagh, potentially get another big home game, they will pick Inniskeen again and thousands of supporters locked out of watching it again. Potentially 2 huge home games for Louth, and not many getting to see it in action . Whatever about Croke park, even Newry with 20K attendance would have freed up more tickets for people to get a chance to get one. louthman57 (National) - 04/06/2026 11:52:49
Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s) Replying To Kew: "Lads you can't have a manager acting like ger Brennan. You wouldn't see the Ireland soccer manager dragging someone to the ground from behind and messing with his ear. They are lucky no one was sued." Soccer? Sure Mourinho poked an opposition manager in the eye. I wouldn't be looking to soccer for any lessons on behaviour. Who was lucky they didn't sue? Who would be doing the suing? A claim for whiplash maybe. They pay out fairly well, I've heard. WanPintWin (National) - 05/06/2026 00:33:40
Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s) Replying To ORIELMAN85: "McNulty...travelling. Loughran... not good enough, missed his best years. Wilson...not good enough. Irwin...not good enough. Mohan...injured. McPhillips...had surgery, not very interested either. Jones..not committed or interested. Mulligan...not interested. Lennon...not interested. Leonard...injuries and travelling. Also it takes a different animal to be a County footballer rather than being a good club player. At least 4 of those lads were not interested in putting their social lives and girlfriends on hold. They are all lads with jobs or studies and it is quite understandable that the sacrifices of county football is not for everyone. It's not like they are walking away from a money making career." A lot of those lads are not at the level required to play for a div 1 team. Its easy saying this and that should be on the panel but it doesn't cut it. I am sure if we were slumming it out at the bottom of div 3 and div 4 all those lads would be knocking on the door. Also a few of those lads had discipline issues and left the panel when their county needed them the most. Gabriel is just right to go with the committed and hardworking lads as they will give it all on the field and be disciplined off it. Also he is blooding numerous young lads too and these young lads should be given priority over the tested, failed and walkouts from before. monaghanmad (National) - 04/06/2026 11:19:43
Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s) Replying To Saynothing: "Getting to a Provincial final should have nothing to do with whether you get a home draw or not, not all Provinces are on an equal starting point. Kerry and Cork have 100% chance of making Munster fin, Mayo, Galway and Roscommon have 2 in 3 chance and Leinster and Ulster have a lottery." Just a note that it is possible for Mayo, Roscommon, and Galway to be all on the same side of draw as Connacht don't/can't seed, so not quite a 2/3 chance. systematic (National) - 05/06/2026 00:04:18
Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s) Replying To Crashingwaves: "Accentuate the positive! Galway were the last team from the Leinster championship to win an All Ireland and came within a whisker of a draw with Limerick the following year. :)" Shouldve won in 2018. Be nice to see yourselves or one of the 2 Leinster counties win it now, but its a huge ask..... Viking66 (National) - 04/06/2026 22:48:12
Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s) Replying To Expertinall: "Why don't you just guarantee Kerry a place in AI semifinal each year, never mind all the hassle of playing too many teams? Let Cork start at qfinal stage, and tell everyone about the great munster championship performances, to get there. How Waterford "pushed us to the pin of our collars" etc, etc." There you go again. Your hatred of Kerry and everything munster clouds your logic and judgement. It basically means that your opinion is prejudiced and that makes it invalid. Tadhg2020 (National) - 04/06/2026 21:14:42
Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s) Replying To Fionn: "Looks like it is not just the Dublin fans who are staying away from games these days - Leinster have so far only sold 11,250 tickets for Saturday's URC semi-final v the Stormers in the Aviva Stadium. Sign of the times…???" Lol Fionn.Most Leinster supporters are Dubs.I have always found it crazy that many other Leinser ccounties would support Munster over Leinster. brayballer (National) - 05/06/2026 00:12:49
Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s) Team to be named tonight, a couple big changes on it, all tactical and not injury related. Gantric (National) - 04/06/2026 19:17:12
Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s) Replying To monaghanfootballfan: "On a side note how many lads have walked for whatever reason? mc nulty (fair enough it was pre agreed) loughran o donnells both wilson irwin mohan mc phillips sean jones mullingan id put duffy in here aswell lennon leonard(injuries)" There's only about 4 of the above anywhere near div 1/2 standard… mick2007 (National) - 04/06/2026 19:02:28