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Mayo GAA Thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Not a theory. Expectations and odds are what they are." Your "expectation" that Roscommon carry the same form line from a dead rubber league game into championship is indeed what it is.
Immer (National) - 16/04/2026 06:38:40
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To dickie10: "Westmeath aren't much behind Meath or Louth. Louth haven't beaten any big team in championship yet . If ever they had the chance to beat dublin it's this year . Laois Westmeath and Kildare all bet dublin when they made the breakthrough" Aren't much behind? Meath beat Dublin, Kerry and Galway last year in the All Ireland. We couldn't beat Limerick or Wicklow last year in the Tailteann. We couldn't beat Wexford when the chips were down in the league this year barely scraped over Sligo, lost poorly to Laois. We are worlds apart.
Chops (National) - 15/04/2026 23:20:31
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Refusal to have anything to do with the State. That's what I do. Can't stop them collecting tax from wages. Other than that, minimal contact.
SF ought to have stayed out of Stormont. Ceasefire was right decision. What followed was not." So you don't use public roads/footpaths?
Public water or sewers?
Public transport?
Won't take OAP?
Won't use public hospitals?
Seanfan (National) - 16/04/2026 13:01:32
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To richiepmurphy: "Don't think this years kilkenny minor team are all Ireland contenders. Basically have had to build a new team from scratch as all of last years team were up to the age.
Great to see westmeath doing well at underage and schools level." WOW! Your minors are like our seniors all the best players are overage
Loughlenegale (National) - 16/04/2026 16:47:08
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Hmmm. "Minimal means little, not none, by the way."
So what does "Refusal to have anything to do with the State" mean?
Seems in your case, it doesn't mean what most would take it to mean.
Instead it seems to mean "I'll make use of all the services that the State provides, but I'll refuse to pay for them if I have a choice in the matter at all".
Charming." I keep overestimating the intellectual level here.
There is long history of nationalist disengagement from the State. GAA itself is an example.
BarneyGrant (National) - 16/04/2026 16:13:30
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To 1shot: "Whelan will start for sure.
Listening to interviews with Eoin Cody and Paddy Deegan Kilkenny are a wounded animal coming to Salthill.
Expect them to bring the battle. We are pre warned. Hopefully it's no surprise on the day to us" Kilkenny are always a wounded animal, someone'd want to put them out of their misery at this stage
It would hardly be news that they'll turn up ready for battle, it'd be a bigger story if they didn't
Stool Pigeon (National) - 16/04/2026 15:07:18
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To jobber: "Absolutely agree challenge matches mean very little and it will tell us where we are at against an All Ireland contender. A real learning curve for our lads so lets see how we go." Don't think this years kilkenny minor team are all Ireland contenders. Basically have had to build a new team from scratch as all of last years team were up to the age.
Great to see westmeath doing well at underage and schools level.
richiepmurphy (National) - 16/04/2026 10:53:58
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "My expectation is irrelevant. The bookmakers and their punters placing the cash on is relevant.
What they are looking at and thinking is its hard to ignore a 20 point loss in the last meeting and Mayo won well in January also against Roscommon." Your sage anaylsis is what we're interested in;
"trying to turn around that margin of defeat into a shock win in MacHale Park in a matter of weeks is unlikely let's be honest."
I wouldn't be too worried about the bookmakers.
Immer (National) - 16/04/2026 14:56:03
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To louthman57: "Why is our Leinster Under 20 semi final fixed as an away match ?
Top of our group , seeded team entitled to a home semi,yet we play away." A strange one alright
Shearer (National) - 16/04/2026 13:49:07
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Good luck to Monaghan from your wee neighbors. Fancy you's to push on in Ulster this year
Shearer (National) - 16/04/2026 13:52:40
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Immer: "Your "expectation" that Roscommon carry the same form line from a dead rubber league game into championship is indeed what it is." My expectation is irrelevant. The bookmakers and their punters placing the cash on is relevant.
What they are looking at and thinking is its hard to ignore a 20 point loss in the last meeting and Mayo won well in January also against Roscommon.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 16/04/2026 13:54:45
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "Where the 1 million dropped in at once on a random Tuesday afternoon catching the government on the hop?
No they were not.
Most capable governments will make estimations and future projections around population growth, required services infrastructure etc.
This government (of which Fine Gael has been a constant since 2011) sadly could not even get something that basic correct." I don't intend to get dragged into this argument a whole lot, but one consideration is how we're currently hosting some 80,000 Ukranian people who wouldn't be here at all if Putin hadn't decided to play bully big boy.
And having to accommodate them somehow is obviously having a significant knock-on effect on available accommodation for others.
How oh how could Fine Gael in government (or indeed, any other party if they'd been in government) have predicted and foreseen that in advance, and planned accordingly?
Pikeman96 (National) - 16/04/2026 14:16:46
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "They are proper public provisions. I don't pay LPT or TV license if that helps.
Minimal means little, not none, by the way." Hmmm. "Minimal means little, not none, by the way."
So what does "Refusal to have anything to do with the State" mean?
Seems in your case, it doesn't mean what most would take it to mean.
Instead it seems to mean "I'll make use of all the services that the State provides, but I'll refuse to pay for them if I have a choice in the matter at all".
Charming.
Pikeman96 (National) - 16/04/2026 14:23:06
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Albundy19: "Were you in Aughrim recently on a big match day and were you there when the dubs came last year? ,the village and grounds were packed out. Great occasion deserves to be organised properly." I don't get your point. I can only remember about 6/7 times in the last 40 odd years of being involved in Wicklow GAA where Aughrim was truly packed out. Having our Hurlers and Footballs showcased in front of a big crowd in our own ground is exactly what we need to try and promote our game and it doesn't come around too often. I am not seeing the issue here.
Hawkeye2 (National) - 16/04/2026 14:25:16
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "I hope it is not another false dawn Barney, but I genuinely feel there is a definite air of optimism about Dublin Hurling.
And there seems to be a lot better hurling talent coming through for us, than football talent coming through.
I would love to see our Hurlers win Leinster this year.
I think the AI semi last year, has left the players with a lot to prove to themselves this year.
As for Leinster, Offaly away this weekend, then
Home to Kildare
Away to Wexford
Away to Galway
Home to Kilkenny.
Tough draw in fairness, but let's get off to a good start on Sat hopefully." I would be surprised at other than comfortable win in Tullamore.
It will be tight between top four but Im moderately confident of at least beating one of others to give us 6 points minimum and third place at least.
BarneyGrant (National) - 16/04/2026 14:43:52
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "They are proper public provisions. I don't pay LPT or TV license if that helps.
Minimal means little, not none, by the way." Free corporation House/apartment?
Medical card?
Free university education whilst living in their Free flat within a stones throw of said 3rd level institution?
Don't want to bother with improving yourself? No problem! We'll still give you money to sit at home and do nothing.
ThePowerhouse (National) - 16/04/2026 14:46:12
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Any word on Daithi or Gavin Lee asto whether they be fit? With TJ starting for KK daithi's experiece would be useful to deal with him but trayers hasnt put a foot wrong in his absence aswell. I wonder is John Fleming anywhere near a return form injury.
Gaagael15 (National) - 16/04/2026 13:48:48
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Excellent win for our u19 Hurlers last night, who won the Leinster Hurling League by beating the Cats in Nowlan Pk.
FT Kilkenny 3-16 v Dublin 3-21
Fionn (National) - 16/04/2026 08:33:47
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ThePowerhouse: "Free corporation House/apartment?
Medical card?
Free university education whilst living in their Free flat within a stones throw of said 3rd level institution?
Don't want to bother with improving yourself? No problem! We'll still give you money to sit at home and do nothing." I have none of those free things! Think you have wrong target.
BarneyGrant (National) - 16/04/2026 16:11:05
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Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Have reflected a lot on what supporters here have said as well as read and listened to the managements response in the media and a few things to note. This really was a case of Leitrim playing at their best (to their credit) and at our worst due to us being completely at sea due to poor team selection and tactics. It's been well documented how we let the likes of Prior and McNulty run riot which shouldn't be the case given the inside knowledge our management have or should have on Leitrim football scene. Morale among our lads is low and is evidenced in how we failed to respond to the first half goals in particular, we were in control of the game when the first went in playing against the wind but it didn't ignite any fight back at all.
Like other posters at the beginning of the league I was heartened by the performance in Westmeath a game we should have won given the amount of wides we had but also when I think back, management in that game forced on an unnecessary sub in added time which took an age and the referee saw the gamesmanship, played over the additional time announced and Westmeath scored twice to win the game by a point. From then on it was all downhill as we witnessed various experiments of players starting or not and we all know how the rest of the league went.
So onto the Tailteann Cup…well the new format won't suit us, because ya could get drawn against the likes of Westmeath or Clare away some of the upper end teams and it's hard to see a victory at current levels. Then you're into the defeated pot of teams and again with low morale it could all be over after two games.
I'm not a fan of joint managers I feel that there needs to be one boss on the sideline and should Sligo not get to at least a QF this year then the current set up cannot come back in the same guise next year in my view. We can list out all the players injured as an excuse but the game management and team selection has been woeful. As one poster said while Murphy wasn't playing well on Sunday he'd have been a good shout to score one of the two final frees. Taking off two lads at half time was an admittance the line got it wrong from the get go with team selection. I was disappointed that the media didn't probe that a little more in their interviews with management.
Sligoman1234 (National) - 16/04/2026 06:57:53
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