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National Football League 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Final kick landed around the 14m line. Not sure what you were watching - Maybe Dean Rock 10 years ago.
No one in the ground (nor the Dubs around me either) were talking about a disallowed 2 pointer. Dublin were well beaten on the day, no one really complaining of getting robbed bar yourself." First of all, I did not accuse any team of getting robbed and nor did I see anyone else do it either.
Second of all, I stated it looked like a score from tv and I asked if anyone at match could clarify.
You said ball dropped short but its hard to believcould clarify.
Now eventhough you obviously did not read my post properly and accused me in the wrong I will accept it was not a score.
What Dean Rock has to do with it,Im not sure.
CiarraiMick (National) - 03/02/2026 17:25:11
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Thompson is one of the first names on the sheet if fit and firing. Only thing that would hold him back is his rehab. He is a fantastic player who was in brilliant form last year, one of our best performers and a huge loss when he went off in the final.
Who would keep him out? With everyone fit I would want Hughie, Langan, McGee and Thompson all starting.
CCFabu (National) - 03/02/2026 18:30:07
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Just had a look back at it and it says that we came 8th and Down came 6th and that only us and Waterford were relegated in 1993/'94
But in 1994/'95, Down were in Division 2 with us
How did that happen?" If you're talking about the Wikipedia page for the 1993/'94 season, it's wrong.
It just has Wexford & Waterford marked in as being relegated from Div. 1, and only Clare & Kilkenny marked in as being promoted from Division 2. But for a couple of years, there was actually a three up/three down system.
Down (third from bottom in Div. 1 that year) were relegated as well, and Laois (third in Div. 2) joined Clare & Kilkenny in being promoted.
Look again at the Wikipedia page for the following season now (1994/'95), and you'll see it has three teams marked as being relegated/promoted between the divisions all right.
How do I remember all this? Was in college at the time with a lad who hurled for Kerry. They ended up taking third spot and being promoted to Division 1. I still remember how excited he was about it.
Pikeman96 (National) - 03/02/2026 22:55:36
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Nobody will remember who wins in the league but a bad performance in Leinster and people will (rightly) say the warning signs were there from the league, bad performances against poor teams, etc, etc.
If Rossiter gets a tune out of them in the Leinster championship and finds 4-5 championship starters from the league then its a great league.
I just have massive doubts over where Wexford are at to be blunt. Very little underage success over the last 10 years to talk about, very little of a conveyor belt coming through.
Prove me wrong. I'll eat that humble pie if you arrive on Saturday week in Croke Park and turn us over.
I think toxic positivity is too strong but I just wonder do Wexford learn. U20's lose badly to Laois at home and re-appoint the same manager for this year? This is a results industry not Go Games." That Laois team did reach a Leinster Minor final three years prior
Wexford also had Seán Rowley out injured, would guess Cillian Byrne was playing injured, didn't even have Luke Codd and Charlie Mooney in the squad, they filled the team with 18yos who hadn't even played adult hurling at that point, and they started back training quite late
Wasn't a good year by any means and other counties had injuries too but that team wasn't put in a good position
And before we go blaming managers, just like players, managers should be given some leeway and room to improve too, witch-hunts and scapegoating don't solve much
ElGranSenor (National) - 03/02/2026 16:28:30
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To countyman2022: "Wex minors last year:
Lost to Kk by 22
Lost to Galway by 12 and 7
Lost to Lim by 8
U-20's
Lost to Kk by 8
Lost to Laois by 8.
No hiding from that." Yep it was a terrible year for our minors and u20s last year. Especially the minors. Don't think anyone has claimed otherwise. The only tier 1 county they both beat was Dublin.
Here's a stat I will highlight for you, and for Exiled who thinks that with our tradition we should be winning 3 Leinsters every decade and 1 AI at underage. This is our real tradition in minor hurling-
If you take out the years from 1963 to 1970 we have only won 3 Leinster minor hurling titles in nearly 100 years.
That's the same number as Laois have won, a few less than Offaly have won, and way less than Dublin and Kilkenny have won.
Let that sink in lad, before you start going on about how bad things are currently at minor, as if they were really any better before.
If we want to change our record we need to do more than blame the current manager. The current players. The current County Board. Or the best one of all that I ever heard was it was all because of current toxic positivity.
Hope this doesn't sound like toxic positivity but Im very hopeful for our current minor team this year. They have decent players. A decent manager. A decent record coming up along. If they don't do well it won't be down to a bad manager, bad players, or lack of support from county board. If they lose they might be just plain old unlucky, or just lose to a better team on the day.
They should be getting our support, not the nonsense that goes on online.
Viking66 (National) - 04/02/2026 11:44:25
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To countyman2022: "Wex minors last year:
Lost to Kk by 22
Lost to Galway by 12 and 7
Lost to Lim by 8
U-20's
Lost to Kk by 8
Lost to Laois by 8.
No hiding from that." This is what I'm saying.
You can point at 1 individual game and say "bad day" , "good day" but you can't do that year in year out to justify losing to second-rate teams.
ExiledInWex (National) - 04/02/2026 11:41:47
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheSouthwillrise: "Agree with a lot of what has been said. Some of the problem is demographics. The second smallest county in Ireland with the lowest number of clubs. If everyone else is maximising what they have, then it becomes a numbers game and that is a battle we won't win. Many would've seen Wicklow or Louth as counties of equal stature to us historically, but they are benefitting from an increased population and an increased GAA imprint in the county, particularly in large population centres like Bray/Drogheda. We can't compete with that, so we need to be better at minding what we have.
Clubs:
In truth, there is only a few clubs taking player development seriously. Some clubs have the excuse of numbers but some don't. Clubs like Colmcille are to be admired constantly producing quality players even if they dont have the numbers. Other clubs with bigger resources could learn from them. 3 of the 4 biggest population centres in the county are producing very little. Some clubs using the figleaf of hurling development to absolve themselves of producing footballers doesnt help either. This apathy at club level is enabled by a county board who allow teams at underage to play down rather than up. Thankfully, that is changing and there is signs of increased numbers in A grades. Whether that is a levelling up or a levelling down remains to be seen but a situation where there are 3 or 4 levels in a county with 17 or 18 underage set ups is ridiculous. Clubs need to be held to account. Any county where 1 club is providing 5/6/7 players to county underage teams is a bad look. This has been the case for 15 years with Northern Gaels, Killoe and latterly Clonguish carrying the can. At adult level, the nonsense about teams winning things and not going up to Senior or Div 1 needs to be stopped. Our championships need to be sorted once and for all. Thankfully, this is happening now but its 10 years too late.
County Board:
Start taking development seriously. Stop pandering to clubs at underage level and adult level who want the easy way out or the rules changed. It doesnt happen anywhere else. Development is not presenting cups and swanning around Pearse Park on the day of a NFL gane in a high vis jacket giving out about the team on the field. We are slowly turning that around but we sat on our hands for 10 years and spent it arguing about who should be in Div 2 or 3 rather than look at the big picture. If we don't have numbers for conpetitive games for everyone inside the county, develop relationships with other counties. We need help in that area. We need external support in the same way Carlow/Kildare hurling got a leg up from Kilkenny by playing in their leagues/championships.
Supporters:
Be patient with this team. There are green shoots. 3 of our better players last week were our 20 year olds. There are other good players coming through. Give them time. As the previous contributor said, the lads that have committed are not the problem. There are a lot of lads in their mid 20s out there who played well in the club championships but seem unwilling to commit to the county setup. They need to be encouraged into the squad. Fair play to Fox, Moffett, McCabe and Dessie who stayed around to help the new lads. They are to be commended, same with Paddy Collum last year.
This will turn but it will need the co board getting things right and every club in the county pulling their weight. There was a time when you could get away with poor structures and a few clubs producing the goods but no longer. Getting every thing right guarantees you nothing but if you don't get it sorted you are guaranteed to fail." Not sure about the fig leaf comment. Three clubs have been keeping hurling alive in the county for the past 25 years. The game was and is dead without them. There isn't a club in the county going out of its way to produce hurlers at the expense of footballers. Rueben Murray made his 100th appearance at the weekend and has two junior football championship medals with Grattans. Same applies to Keelan Cox and many others. They arguably deserve more praise because of how little public reward there is for hurling in the county. The new hurling clubs in underage are desperately needed and the decision to include Leitrim and now Cavan clubs in hurling championships is a great move. Longford are competing in Ulster Minor Development competition this year too. So things are happening and the addition of Dromard, Rathcline and Kenagh in underage is a key piece of that overall development.
On the CB, I was no fan of the last chairman and I didn't think the current one would be a good fit, but the last man could never be accused of not rolling up his sleeves, and the current man seems laser focussed on development and the COE project. So I think we should give some benefit of the doubt. They are volunteers after all and, regardless of my differences with some of them, it is not an easy job and I don't envy the job ahead of them. I hope they will stand firm when the clubs come (and they will) to try and dismantle the club championship structure changes.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 04/02/2026 11:40:06
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Go games , non competitive games, everyone gets equal playing time , parents demanding to be heard , games coordinators, county boards pandering to the woke generation, nepotism, are any of these having an impact on our competitiveness.
We go out in real competition then and expect an entitlement to compete without a killer instinct .
Life is competitive give that away u wont be long before you are on your knees .
All you are entitled to is an educational opportunity what you do is up to you and even then it's lob sided .
We give every child the opportunity to play and train but what are we teaching them if we say don't worry what effort you put in you are entitled yo play. But rules are in place that any coach is afraid to make a choice that may or may not be controversial leading to him being reprimanded or a slap on the wrist .
Is our underage uncompetitiveness related to any of these contributions . With the knock on effect being carried on to adult .
What did Kinnerk report say about competition at a younger age.
Every child wants to play and win but you have to earn your place and the wins .
It's a mindset you can't just switch it on after you turn 12 or 13 years of age . Including the physical elements.
Formertownie (National) - 04/02/2026 11:34:44
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "For once, agree with everything you said katser. A lot will be found out come championship time" You'll cheer up, when/if the Loughrea lads start claiming spots in the squad/side.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 04/02/2026 11:10:00
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New GAA Club In South Galway - 1 Like(s)
Congratulations to the people behind the formation of the new GAA club in the Craughwell area which will cater for the footballing needs of this growing community. Great credit due for their resilience in the face of adversity and kudos to the County Board for facilitating it. The first adult football team will play in 2026! Bualadh Bos!
Dualstar22 (National) - 04/02/2026 11:07:15
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To The_viewer: "I think McGuiness said in an interview they wanted to give Ryan McHugh a rest. But it could have been an experimental change also, as Kieran Gallagher was named at half back but played most of the game as an inside forward or full forward (no high ball was kicked in), but he came out for the kick outs. So maybe McGuiness wanted Kieran's height there to contest/give an option for the longer kickouts down one of the flanks.
When McHugh came on he was showing for the shorter kickouts. Also Interesting to see McGonagle tracking and getting tight to Seanie O'Shea for parts of the game, so he could be an option for picking up a playmaking half forward when we're defending/pressing. McCole did a great job on young Tomas Kennedy, he didn't give him an inch.
Another point that stood out, was Kerry's ability to getting breaking ball, even for their the goal, high ball in, ball broke and first to react to it was a Kerry man, who stuck it in the net. I'm not concerned about the contesting of the high ball, the real concern is if it breaks around our goal. We need to get more tuned in and savvy in anticipating breaking ball and no better team to learn from than Kerry." Regarding the Kerry goal on Sunday last, I noticed that on two occassions late in the game, the Kerry kicker (Sean O'Shea I believe) purposely kicked to the ball to drop at the far post, and they had players there anticipating that it was going to drop short. It seemed like a well drilled set piece.
Commodore (National) - 04/02/2026 09:35:15
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Viking, you go on as if everything is Dublin v Wexford. Dublin are not the barometer. Who beat who how many times and how often Wexford have beaten us is neither here nor there if Wexford are serious about competing with the top counties. Who beat who in what individual head-to-head game matters not if neither pick up a cup at the end of it. Other than that its ifs buts.........
But since you are sabre rattling about head to heads and this good Laois u20 side, here were Laois's results for last year at u20:
Laois 0-08 - 1-28 Galway (23 point loss)
Offaly 1-25 - 0-14 Laois (14 point loss)
Kildare 2-16 Laois 1-24 (11 point win)
Wexford 1-18 - 1-24 Laois (6 point win)
Kilkenny 0-26 Laois 1-09 (14 point loss)
They were so good the beat Wexford and Kildare and were hammered by everyone else?
That more Laois men are alive than Dublin with All-Ireland medals matters zilch. You need to stop living in the past.
If there is one thing I've never heard any Dublin hurling player or supporter being accused of is arrogance!
And its not entitlement, its expectation and they need to be higher than justifying a shambles and the loss with "they were good at minor". Results show how good they were.
I would expect Wexford to be beating Dublin more often than not. Time and again I have explained the GAA is nothing to do with population, its to do with tradition. The expectation should be for Wexford to be winning at least 2-3 Leinsters per decade at minor/u20/senior and winning 1 All-Ireland and if they don't do that then the county as a whole needs to ask why. I was talking to a Tipp man in work this evening and he said they get scathing criticism when they don't come out of Munster any given year. Are Wexford a bit too thin skinned and sensitive? "We can't criticise players because they try their best". To me, you have to be forever striving to do better even when you win. This is why the top counties are so successful. They never rest on their laurels and are thick skinned and come back with a chip on their shoulder.
Look living in Wexford I want to see Wexford succeed, 2019 was a great Summer. But I think hard questions need to be asked and answered every year and if a few noses are put out of joint then tough.
By the way - don't go to the Neller on Saturday week. Its in HQ, we decided to give you a chance to win it ;) arrogance, wha!" I wasnt really talking about Dublin arrogance or entitlement in particular, but the kind of "top tier" county attitude towards so-called lesser counties that some people here in Wexford have in spades.
Im fully aware of Laois u20 record last year. You are missing the point. That point being the expectation that a county like Wexford should always beat a county like Laois is nonsense because plenty of non top tier counties can produce a team capable of beating a top tier county on their day from a smaller hurling population base.
Obviously the best recent example is Offaly, who produced a great team that won more often than just on their day, 2 Leinster u20s and an AI from a far smaller hurling base than ours.
But Laois have produced underage and Senior teams that have beaten all the "top tier" Leinster counties including ourselves and Kilkenny down the years. Dublin too.
So have Westmeath. Carlow drew with Kilkenny in Senior Championship. Westmeath and Antrim both beat us. Antrim have beaten Kilkenny in Senior Championship too.
Basically what Im saying is many counties teams can produce a good performance, and maybe if we get collectively subconsciously less entitled, arrogant even, and took every game against every opponent as seriously as if it were a game against Kilkenny, maybe we wouldn't lose to as many of those counties as we do.
As regards whether we should have changed our u20 management, and referencing Eddie Brennan, yes he didnt continue as Kilkenny u21 manager after his team lost to Westmeath. But did that defeat make him a bad manager? Would he have done a bad job had he got the job for the following year? Ask that question around Laois and I suspect they would say he's a good manager. 1 bad campaign or 1 bad result doesn't neccessarily make you a bad manager.
Anyway this is all kind of irrelevant now, the management team are in place, and I wish them the very best of luck for the year ahead.
As regards winning 2 or 3 Leinsters every year across the grades, and 1 every decade, that would be absolutely fantastic, and Id be really delighted if we did. I believe its possible, if I didnt I might have moved me and the kids over to Melbourne to where my sister lives eh Storeystash!, given plenty of hard work at grassroots level and developing a real hurling culture that frankly doesn't exist here, at least not amongst the largest part of our county's population. Its going to take a huge amount of work from sadly not too many willing and available people, to try get that small snowball started off rolling down the hill.
Looking back over history we only have one decade that we won multiple Leinsters and AIs underage, the 1960s, which was achieved on the back of the success of a very good 1950s Senior team which tbh kind of came from nowhere. As a county we squandered what we had, a bit of bad luck through the 70s didnt help, but we pretty much returned to our historical base. Which is where we are now.
Of course we can change this, but do enough people in the county really want to? And where are they if they do?
As regards what's possible Clare, Limerick, Waterford, Galway and Dublin all have endured longer Senior droughts over history than us, but all have reached or won underage AI finals in the recent enough past. We should be able to do the same.
Viking66 (National) - 04/02/2026 07:30:15
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
From Armagh match:
Gleeson 4 - First half kickouts were only ok but 2nd half was a disaster and the stats don't lie. They need to try Flaherty for a few games and see if there is an improvement.
Glynn 8 - Rock solid and did as good a job can be done under the rules.
Fitz 6 - Poor on the ball and coughed up a free.
McGrath 7 - Solid enough.
O'Laoi 8 - Created the goal, won a few kickouts scored a point and won some turnovers. Could be championship starter if he keeps it up and stays fit. Very quick player.
McHugh 7 - Won some big turnovers and was driving forward. Needs to add some scoring power.
Molloy 6 - Good goal bullet shot. Lucky not to get black and struggled defensively.
Barret 4 - Took on a shot when recycling would have been better and didn't impact kickouts or midfield.
Kelly 6 - Some good defensive work to prevent goals in 2nd half and got on the ball more in 2nd half. Like McHugh he needs to add some scores.
DOF 5 - Not great and rightly subbed off. Needs to be taking his chance or he will be impact player again.
Mulhearn 5 - One good pass for McDonagh point but silly black card and well marshalled.
Silke 7 - Defensively was good but still no forward attributes.
O McDonagh 7 - No score but the 2 shoulders got our first point and he always showed for the ball. Good start.
Finnerty 10 - Excellent.
F McDonagh 7 - Good point and made himself awkward for Finnerty's goal.
Subs:
McDaid 8 - Instant impact and worked so hard.
Tierney 7 - Great finish for the goal.
McGlinchey 7 - So calm and made an impact.
Walsh 6 - Good point from play but missed a free you would expect him to get.
McGrath 8 - Great point and workrate. Big impact again.
Cogger 5 - Very lucky that Armagh didn't score a goal from his poor handpass from the short kickout.
jobseekersbent (National) - 04/02/2026 06:19:04
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "Was Ryan McHugh dropped on Sunday or was it a tactical move?" I think McGuiness said in an interview they wanted to give Ryan McHugh a rest. But it could have been an experimental change also, as Kieran Gallagher was named at half back but played most of the game as an inside forward or full forward (no high ball was kicked in), but he came out for the kick outs. So maybe McGuiness wanted Kieran's height there to contest/give an option for the longer kickouts down one of the flanks.
When McHugh came on he was showing for the shorter kickouts. Also Interesting to see McGonagle tracking and getting tight to Seanie O'Shea for parts of the game, so he could be an option for picking up a playmaking half forward when we're defending/pressing. McCole did a great job on young Tomas Kennedy, he didn't give him an inch.
Another point that stood out, was Kerry's ability to getting breaking ball, even for their the goal, high ball in, ball broke and first to react to it was a Kerry man, who stuck it in the net. I'm not concerned about the contesting of the high ball, the real concern is if it breaks around our goal. We need to get more tuned in and savvy in anticipating breaking ball and no better team to learn from than Kerry.
The_viewer (National) - 04/02/2026 00:14:52
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National Football League 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To sligo joe: "Best team won but we might have had a better game if Dublin had 15 for the second half, crazy decision by the officials, what did they think they saw." Footage shows clearly red card was the correct decision. Fans might be confused as Dublin get away with everything in croke park
Ashrules (National) - 03/02/2026 23:50:01
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To stringfellohawk: "Carlow deservedly won on Saturday, they played better than us for large portions of the game. However, that was definitely a goal, it may just cost us later in the campaign , if of course we can find some form that is!" Went to Carlow. How can u say it was a goal when whistle was blown before it went in to the net? if goal was scored and then whistle went it could be argued then but whistle blew for a correct square ball. Not sure i will go again. No forwars at all
heavyheart19 (National) - 03/02/2026 22:14:26
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
As outside observer, I don't think Wexford are in a bad a situation as some seem to.
They have full points and the two crucial games remain those against ourselves and Clare. For which i imagine the match day panel will be significantly stronger.
Seems to me you have a few good finds as well, which was even evident in the Oulart game a few weeks ago.
All to play for yet. Don't think anyone our end be assuming anything other than tough close affair in Croke Park.
BarneyGrant (National) - 03/02/2026 20:21:55
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To JimmyNail: "Agree with previous posts , the problem we seem to have is retaining players and who's to know how many of the younger lads that have come on the panel will decide to go travelling and step away next year or year after, it's been happening for years and I'm not blaming players as they have a life outside football to lead but until we can retain a core panel for at least 4 ot 5 years we'll be constantly in the cycle we're in , rebuilding and whenever we do get promoted straight back down because a raft of lads step away at the one time just like last year. Take each game as it comes starting in London Sunday week and if we can get out full team out we are at least capable of being in the mix" I think ambition might have been a problem. If a team's ambition is to get promoted from division 4. Do they have the hunger or ambition to play in Div3. From hearing what Poacher has had to say, he wants to build a squad of players who want to be in the top 50% of teams in the country I.e. play in division 2.
While this might not seem realistic at the minute. At least promotion isn't the end of the team's ambition but our mindset when promoted will be to compete in division three.
I believe this is part of the reason why why have failed to hold onto players and given very poor showing in Division 3.
I am old enough to remember when we were relegated to Division 4 in the 90s and a lot of the players at time didn't have the appetite to play at division 4 level. We have been witnessing a generation of players who didn't have the appetite to play above Division 4.
I believe that Poacher is trying to change that mindset.
Backheel (National) - 03/02/2026 19:53:48
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To superbluedub: "Someone would wont to tell Donegal how to learn how to win All IRE Irelands ." Brilliant lol
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brayballer (National) - 03/02/2026 19:09:16
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