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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Was in Lisnamult last night for flattering 6 point win for Boyle. Roscommon Gaels better team 1st half with a deserved half time lead. The Michael Gillooly before the break was game changer and in ten minute period Boyle scored 2-4 without reply. Donie Smith to the fore again and Daire Cregg looked more like himself after an extra two of training. Enda Smith had a late cameo his first appearance for 11 weeks.
Senan Lambe,Rory Carthy good for the Gaels they play North Roscommon next and with players coming back from injury the extra game should be helpful.
Was also in O'Rourke Park this evening and it was for excellent match between Castlerea and Oran.
Castlerea have really improved a lot with the introduction of their back to back county minor winners. They led by 4 at half time and were 8 ahead with 15 minutes to play and full value for that lead, then Oran had scoring patch with some outstanding scores to go one point in front but Adam McDermott got the last say to earn a draw.
Ciaran Lawless,Charlie Carthy,James Fitzpatrick,Kevin Hester,Liam Finneran had some impressive moments but the stand out player on show was the youngest player on the field Darragh Curran and his ceiling is high if he can avoid injuries in the years ahead.
Lastly well done to Elphin most myself included didn't see them avoiding a relegation play off.
The fact Clann and Faithleachs two of last year's semi Finalists are now in a relegation play off highlights once more that our senior championship in among the most competitive in the country
The_analyser (National) - 29/08/2026 21:03:30
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Loman's fully deserved the draw if only for the fact that they have players capable of kicking two pointers, Danny McCartan kicked two sublime two pointers and John Heslin kicked four two pointers from frees, all scored in second half, both players made it look easy but it's certainly not. Shane Dempsey was their main threat from play. Kinnegad prob have qualified with 6 points, incredible that Loman's have drawn four successive championship matches, they should get to six points by beating Caulry and Garrycastle and Shamrocks won't both get to six points." I'm sorry but as a neutral who attended the game, Lomans absolutely did not deserve a draw - they were poor and the referee really did bail them out with some strange decisions. The standard of refereeing at both games left a lot to be desired but the second game in particular was scandalous. Numerous missed hits off the ball, baffling decisions and just no consistency whatsoever. Incredibly harsh on Kinnegad, I couldn't make sense of it at all.
RebelAlliance (National) - 29/08/2026 20:31:52
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"It's Worrying For Football That More Rule Changes Are Being Considered!!" - 2 Like(s)
4 point goal!!! Sadly becoming a farce to watch.
arock (National) - 29/08/2026 20:12:03
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"It's Worrying For Football That More Rule Changes Are Being Considered!!" - 2 Like(s)
Replying To arock: "4 point goal!!! Sadly becoming a farce to watch." The want 101 points vs 99 just like the nba. They think having more scores makes it more exciting. No skill players only lads that can run for hours. Hurling heading the same way.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 30/08/2026 08:10:59
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To tommyc: "I took the short journey to Elphin match and they certainly proved me wrong too. A powerful performance from them when everyone including me wrote them off. So it's Faithleachs, Clann and Western Gaels or Glaveys for relegation. On your point about it being competitive , yes it is competitive for the ten teams outside of Brigids and Pearses. My comment from a few weeks back still stands. Yes Roscommon is higher quality but it is the least competitive of the county SFC that I go to in terms of likely winners" If things are so non competitive as you claim for Brigids then why haven't they retained the county title for a decade and why didn't they top their group last year?
Same question for Pearses. Before they brought Brigids to a replay last year they needed extra time to overcome Boyle,Oran and this weekend lost to Clann something that should happen if so far ahead of the other ten teams?
That comment you are standing by is underestimating the competitiveness of your county championship and view clouded on wanting more group games it appears.
That generally waters down a championship. Tyrone for example is regarded as the most competitive in the country and they have a straight knock out format. They treat their league football more serious than most counties something than should be looked at for other counties Roscommon included than thinking added more group games to the championship is the way forward.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 30/08/2026 13:58:18
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "https://extra.ie/2026/08/28/sport/jarlath-burns-croke-parks-concerts
'It is important to remember that last year the stadium brought in €14 million to the GAA. That's our coaching and games budget.
'So whenever you see concerts or other games in Croke Park, always remember those are going to pay our 375 coaches who are going around to promote our games around the country"" Thats the Jarlath Burns line Fionn and of course the gaa coaches benefit from money but are you telling me that if Croke park was nt used for other sports the gaa would not have money to coach kids.No money shortage in the gaa.
brayballer (National) - 30/08/2026 10:20:59
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 2 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Thats the Jarlath Burns line Fionn and of course the gaa coaches benefit from money but are you telling me that if Croke park was nt used for other sports the gaa would not have money to coach kids.No money shortage in the gaa." "No money shortage in GAA" because they do a fairly good job in maximising all potential commercial revenue streams.
If they were to deny themselves a €14 million revenue stream but still wanted the same output on Coaching & Games and everything else, well then, they'd have to generate that €14 million elsewhere. And if they didn't have that €14 million to spend, they'd have to cut the budgets for coaching and all sorts of other things.
This is pretty basic stuff.
Pikeman96 (National) - 30/08/2026 13:01:14
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Croke Park expansion - 2 Like(s)
A very interesting article was posted in yesterday's Irish Times dated Aug.29th 2026, it was in fact Kiernan Cunninghams interview with Pat Gilroy,
Pat as we all know has been there done that and wore the jersey for his club and county, successfully may I add, he is also a successful all Ireland winning manager. Coupled with being a successful businessman.
It's a must read but in the meant time here is two of his quotes,
" I had no problem with rugby and soccer being played in Croke Park when they had no stadium, but I'm scratching my head when we cut our calendar back and our kid's are going back to school and talking about going to see Manchester United at Croker."
" For 10 years I have tried to influence the Gaa from inside - - - I could be wrong on the pro thing but my eyes tell me I'm not."
In the greater scheme of things, professionalism is clearly what the association is aiming for. It's a hybrid organization for now.
supersub15 (National) - 30/08/2026 11:43:39
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "I see Brigids Senior All-Ireland Finalists and Strokestown who played Intermediate football last year are level 0-10 each at half. Brigids given their qualities should go on to win but this debate that Roscommon senior club football isn't as competitive as some of counties is rather silly looking and a bit tedious." Dead rubber game. Realistically Brigid's will dismantle them if it was a knockout game.
RossieFan1980 (National) - 30/08/2026 19:04:43
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "You are talking turnovers rather than profit there. And you are ignoring the fact that all the profits get ploughed back into the GAA, be it coaching, clubs, infrastructure or whatever. There are very few paid staff in the GAA considering the size of the organisation." I am well aware of profits and turnovers but Im just saying that the gaa are very comfortable money wise and can get along fine without premier teams playing in croke park .
The Gaa have big assets and savings also.
On top of all that counties get sponsorship also to help.I know Wicklow get over 300,000 euro per year in sponsorship and Dublin get around 1.5 million euro.
The gaa put back in most of their money but there is plenty of
brayballer (National) - 30/08/2026 17:22:39
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"It's Worrying For Football That More Rule Changes Are Being Considered!!" - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Freethinker: "I think what you have mentioned needs looking at. A player has the ball and is surrounded by 3/4 players. Can't either hand pass or kick. He gets pinged then for over carrying. What is he supposed to do ? Hand the over the ball ?? Maybe limit the opposing players in a tackle on a player to 2 ?? 3 or 4 players around an opponent leaves plenty of cover for the sneaky closed fist also. I know this isn't one of the proposed changes, but maybe it should. 4 pt goal has been trialled and rejected. The hand pass probably does need attention. I wouldn't be in favour of banning the backward pass, but possibly limiting hand passes to maybe 5 ?" If there are 3 or 4 tacklers around a fella then there are 2 or 3 free teammates somewhere on the pitch. A good player would find one of these before he gets tackled by 3 or 4 lads in the 1st place.
Viking66 (National) - 30/08/2026 16:55:10
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "My last post didn't get by the filter... a perfectly reasonable post I'll may add.
Anyhow, please provide some rationale for the statements above... what's your evidence? Feel free to refer to GAA's own financial statements and the value of debt owned to the GAA by it's various units. Also you should comment on what you might think it would cost to redevelop stadiums such as Semple stadium and the like." I have no problem with gaa making extra money but not at the expense of our national games.
All gaa counties make money on sponserships,lottp sales,car and house draws.
Croke park make money on gaa programmes,cafes,bars and so on but besides that
The gaa made 45.7 million directly from ticket sales for intercounty level.
The gaa made 19 million euro from county championship level.
The gaa made a further 25 million euro from broadcasting and sponsers.
The gaa make milions on match day corporate services.
The gaa also now are involed in gaa plus and recieve millions in state funding..
Last year the gaa made about 142 million and the players do not get paid.
brayballer (National) - 30/08/2026 15:44:45
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To supersub15: "A very interesting article was posted in yesterday's Irish Times dated Aug.29th 2026, it was in fact Kiernan Cunninghams interview with Pat Gilroy,
Pat as we all know has been there done that and wore the jersey for his club and county, successfully may I add, he is also a successful all Ireland winning manager. Coupled with being a successful businessman.
It's a must read but in the meant time here is two of his quotes,
" I had no problem with rugby and soccer being played in Croke Park when they had no stadium, but I'm scratching my head when we cut our calendar back and our kid's are going back to school and talking about going to see Manchester United at Croker."
" For 10 years I have tried to influence the Gaa from inside - - - I could be wrong on the pro thing but my eyes tell me I'm not."
In the greater scheme of things, professionalism is clearly what the association is aiming for. It's a hybrid organization for now." A great article. Plenty of high profile people in the GAA think like him but they dont come out and say it and thats the difference with PG, he came out and said it. Now thats a man that actually cares about the association. He saw the writing on the walls years ago xnd made no secret of what he saw unfolding. It boggles the mind that an association with a stadium long paid for need more and more money (way above inflation rates and necessary costs) each year yo run the place. Money into coaching seems to be the excuse but I cant see where all this morning is actually going. More like money into GPS trackers, stats men and laptops and the journey man manager (paid in a roundabout way). One half of our association is professional albeit unintended but if we make the other half (the players) professional then we can kiss it goodbye. Imagine what this will do to grassroots volunteerism. Please read Pats piece link above. We can't say we weren't warned.
Dothesimplethingswell (National) - 30/08/2026 13:07:05
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Thats the Jarlath Burns line Fionn and of course the gaa coaches benefit from money but are you telling me that if Croke park was nt used for other sports the gaa would not have money to coach kids.No money shortage in the gaa." My last post didn't get by the filter... a perfectly reasonable post I'll may add.
Anyhow, please provide some rationale for the statements above... what's your evidence? Feel free to refer to GAA's own financial statements and the value of debt owned to the GAA by it's various units. Also you should comment on what you might think it would cost to redevelop stadiums such as Semple stadium and the like.
Square_B (National) - 30/08/2026 12:31:54
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Thats the Jarlath Burns line Fionn and of course the gaa coaches benefit from money but are you telling me that if Croke park was nt used for other sports the gaa would not have money to coach kids.No money shortage in the gaa." There's no profit in playing our games. It all goes back into the GAA. And costs are rising the whole time, at club, county, provincial and national level.
Any extra income is very welcome.
Viking66 (National) - 30/08/2026 12:30:56
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Poor enough fare in the Tuam double header yesterday. Moycullen against Monivea was men against boys. Fiachra McDonagh, Niall Walsh, Ger Davoren and Sean O'Connor very good for Moycullen. Their only weak spot is the full back line. They got caught for pace back there a couple of times and conceded 0-19 against a side that wouldn't possess a quarter of the attacking potential of a Corofin or Salthill. Sean Kelly played at centre back (scored a great goal) but I reckon he will have to go back to full back when it comes to a semi final or final.
Second game was a fairly poor standard. A lot of the Mountbellew lads who have been out for a while looked very rusty. Their goalkeeper was probably at fault for at least 1-4 and then he kicked two two-point frees a mile wide. Claregalway were decent in patches but won't trouble any of the big guns. Crowd was very small - I'd say there couldn't have been more than 50 in the terrace and there weren't too many more in the stand.
galway19 (National) - 30/08/2026 11:02:32
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Loman's fully deserved the draw if only for the fact that they have players capable of kicking two pointers, Danny McCartan kicked two sublime two pointers and John Heslin kicked four two pointers from frees, all scored in second half, both players made it look easy but it's certainly not. Shane Dempsey was their main threat from play. Kinnegad prob have qualified with 6 points, incredible that Loman's have drawn four successive championship matches, they should get to six points by beating Caulry and Garrycastle and Shamrocks won't both get to six points." St Loman's fully deserved nothing, they were chasing shadows for most of the game. The only area they had the edge was in their free taking and Barry Nea. Kinnegad were by far the better team, first to every ball and dominated both sets of kickouts. Father Time looks to be catching up with a few of the St Loman's boys, nothing says you are beaten quite like resorting to hitting off the ball after barely laying a glove on them in the first half. I mean bringing on a 34/35 year old to change the game? The conveyor belt behind seems to have stopped or perhaps too much loyalty is being shown to the old guard. Kinnegad are a serious outfit, and have obviously improved since last year. It is now a two horse rave between Kinnegad and The Downs.
iarmhiabu (National) - 30/08/2026 09:36:49
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"It's Worrying For Football That More Rule Changes Are Being Considered!!" - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Great intercounty and club championships - whether you win, lose or draw. However, the GAA is now considering further football rule changes! Among the rules being tested are four points for a goal, restrictions on handpassing and fisting for points, an NBA-style back-court rule and shorter kick-outs.
Could they not just leave it and let teams get to grips with what's there???
No need at all for this. Best championship in years and they go on about changes again. Madness!" My fear is these lads have swelled heads and are going to keep making changes now every year. Are fisyed points really a huge issue? Four point goal is worth debating due to the two pointer but games may become lopsided…? We've never had as many close games this summer.
yew_tree (National) - 30/08/2026 08:46:56
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"It's Worrying For Football That More Rule Changes Are Being Considered!!" - 1 Like(s)
McStay's own county win All Ireland for first time since God was a boy. In a championship that had incredible games including the Tailteann final which was possibly the game of the year to watch as a neutral.
All enabled by the new rules.
So what does his committee think? "Oh, lets change it around again."
They already trialed the 4 point point goal and it was farcical.
Leave well enough alone.
BarneyGrant (National) - 30/08/2026 08:43:57
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"It's Worrying For Football That More Rule Changes Are Being Considered!!" - 1 Like(s)
I haven't paid much attention to all of this but here's my two cents:
A 4 point goal is something that an argument can be made for and it does increase the incentive to go for goals, which people seem so obsessed with. On the other hand, we've probably just had one of the greatest football seasons in modern history. Upsets, some wild stories and it all ended in a fairytale. Why change the rules again? To use a famed phrase; why fix it if it isn't broken? It just seems a bit unnecessary. I could be completely wrong (I'm open to all opinions), but I just can't fathom why we should change the rules again after a hugely successful year.
RoyalStalwart24 (National) - 30/08/2026 00:35:37
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