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David Clifford The Goat - 5 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "Not for me, yet .
To name a few that are ahead of him
In Kerry you have Pat Spillane,Mikey Sheehy,Colm Cooper,Maurice Fitzgerald
Outside of Kerry, you have Bernard Brogan,Con O'Callaghan, Paul Mannion, Cillian O'Connor there are more" You were doing fine until Cillian O Connor lol.
brayballer (National) - 02/07/2026 11:44:04
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "Kilkenny has 3 senior football provincial titles in a province of 12 counties.
Please remind us again how many Leitrim has in a province of 5.
The real irony is having a Leitrim man on a football thread." Says the lad with the USA as his county description. Ironic.
As least we haven't given up on the football which is a lot to be said for other counties.
Square_B (National) - 02/07/2026 06:12:01
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "So what? That just means Galway fouled more than Dublin. The free count is irrelevant. .Do you think the ref should give an even amount of frees to both teams? Some teams foul more than others. Dublin were the better team. Move on." Galway move on? Sure they are still aggrieved about 1983.
Beelzedub (National) - 02/07/2026 08:58:31
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Galway got a load of pats on the back for beating Lietrim, Kildare and Westmeath at home - didn't do them much good.
A few kicks in the hole are needed around there.
tirawleybaron (National) - 02/07/2026 12:33:06
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Is it true that the free count in the Dublin Galway game favoured Dublin by 21 to 6?
If true, an astonishing statistic surely." So what? That just means Galway fouled more than Dublin. The free count is irrelevant. .Do you think the ref should give an even amount of frees to both teams? Some teams foul more than others. Dublin were the better team. Move on.
brayballer (National) - 01/07/2026 21:19:08
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "A Kilkenny man on a football thread, well isn't that ironic." Kilkenny has 3 senior football provincial titles in a province of 12 counties.
Please remind us again how many Leitrim has in a province of 5.
The real irony is having a Leitrim man on a football thread.
foreveryoung (National) - 01/07/2026 19:24:03
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David Clifford The Goat - 2 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "He won't win 10. He currently has 2 and is 27 years of age. I'd be amazed if he got to 10." Of course he wont but medals are irrelevant in judging a players greatness.Ciaran McDonald was a super player with no AI medal.Declan Browne same .Matt Connor has one medal.Maurice Fitzgerald was as good a player ive seen and he has 2 medals.
If a top player is lucky to play on a top team then they can win medals but many Kerry players and Dublin players have more medals than Matt Connor but were not as good as him.
My post about people not coming from the right place.No one in their right mind would say David will win 10 medals at this stage.He might never win another medal but he will play great ball if he stays injury free.
CiarraiMick (National) - 02/07/2026 11:04:00
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David Clifford The Goat - 2 Like(s)
Just enjoy him.
Like all the Fabolous players before him that stood out. When he is finished he'll be the bench mark for the next. The game changes, the science changes, the rules change. In his moment he is kingpin. Judge him that way and embrace the magnificence of what he is producing. Was Tiger better than Jack? Is Messi better than Pele, is Le Bron better than MJ?
Never a fair conversation. Is what we are seeing very special; yes. Don't miss the magic and don't measure the immeasurable be grateful to witness it.
fizzygravy (National) - 02/07/2026 01:02:19
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Beelzedub: "Galway move on? Sure they are still aggrieved about 1983." Dont we know it.
brayballer (National) - 02/07/2026 11:46:42
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David Clifford The Goat - 2 Like(s)
"If Kerry hammer Dublin it will have been worth the entry fee hust to see Clifford" ..... said no sane Dub ever.
Or fill in county of choice.
BarneyGrant (National) - 01/07/2026 23:10:54
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheBishop: "So apparently Dublin were awarded 21 frees to Galway's 6 on Sunday.
That's a very interesting statistic." Yes it means the fouled much more than the Dubs who played football
brayballer (National) - 02/07/2026 11:48:18
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
I seen where Philly says if Scully plays well we beat Kerry. I dont think its as easy as that but I do think we can win.We will need bigs games from POCB Con Collie Kilkenny and Gannon too.We cant stop the younger Clifford completely but if we stop the older Clifford we well on the way.The closer it gets the more confident I am.This could be a classic like 1977 and 2013.
brayballer (National) - 02/07/2026 09:07:07
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David Clifford The Goat - 2 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "Impossible to say again bur yes IMO he is the best in his era.
David was asked after last years All Ireland and i think It was Damien Lawlor asked how do you feel when you hear people say you re the greatest.David s reply was brilliant.He said something like "I dont take much notice as I think people are coming out with those comments and not coming from the right place.They are trying to build you up so they can knock you down"
I kind of agree and posters who start a thread like this would probably love David to be knocked down." I would mostly agree with your comments, but this sounds a bit paranoid, I would think the vast majority of people that express an opinion about the merits of a player are being genuine.
sligo joe (National) - 01/07/2026 21:40:01
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0701/1581280-galway-flatter-to-deceive-as-soft-underbelly-exposed/
Is Lee being a bit harsh on Galway here.???" I do think there's an element of sticking the boot in there by Lee. Didn't think Galway were that bad on Sunday, black card/penalty obviously a huge turning point.
Immer (National) - 02/07/2026 12:31:24
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
I feel so sorry for our lads. But I don't think you can blame management alone. PJ didn't give himself the extension. The blame is further up the chain.
It's certainly not the fault of Gough, or of a goalkeeper with a pair on him bigger than the O'Neills he hoofs out under more scrutiny than Princess Diana had to endure. GUFC fans will be kinder to him than we have been. If you could out Celtic Crosses, he'd be my first in line.
As for PJ, I'm sorry too that he won't take the opportunity to use Gough as cover to bow out with dignity, rather than as an excuse to stay on for a movie we've all seen before.
But we'll watch it again next year. The critics will give it rave reviews, north of the Corrib, east of the Shannon. Maybe Jim Gavin will provide snacks with his Kool-Aid next time. In truth, it's a story without any real edge. The plot always peters out. Characters whose flaws are too familiar now. Nothing fresh. The emperor might wear new clothes. Again.
Fans of the Pat Comer original could say this one jumped the shark long ago. Not a patch on the original. It's the same tired sequel. Same tired ending.
"Another Year 'Til Sunday".
Who knows? Maybe we'll salvage something from the wreckage in the years to come. We survived the nuclear winter after Tompkins dropped the bomb on us in '87. I wasn't around for the glories a quarter-century earlier; it might have been easier just to have lived through them in real time. In a county like ours, it's not difficult to understand the inclination to fall back on bygone days.
The future belongs to the Tyrones and the Kerrys. Maybe even those plucky little giantkillers, the Dubs.
I hope to remember PJ for what he did on the field rather than on the sideline.
Sin é...
Gaillimh Abú
Gaillimh_ar_dtús (National) - 01/07/2026 15:45:32
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Emmets67: "Gleeson gone to Galway United, finally clearing the way for Barry McHugh to fulfil his destiny as Galway's No 1" Would you give it a break.
Alwaysencourage (National) - 01/07/2026 15:56:12
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheBishop: "So apparently Dublin were awarded 21 frees to Galway's 6 on Sunday.
That's a very interesting statistic." Frees are earned by taking on your man.
Not many Galway players actually took on their man 1 v1. Passing the ball around slowly and laterally doesn't win frees as their is no need for the defender to foul. Taking him on 1 v 1 inside the 45 - now there is a reason to foul someone.
tirawleybaron (National) - 02/07/2026 12:36:03
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0701/1581280-galway-flatter-to-deceive-as-soft-underbelly-exposed/
Is Lee being a bit harsh on Galway here.???" Galway were the media's choice as most likely to beat Kerry.
Wasn't much evidence to back it up.
Keegan just can't contain himself and the Mayo crowd going to Croker won't be flying Connacht flags or representing the rest of us.
Best of luck to them.
Seanfan (National) - 02/07/2026 12:43:45
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Louth GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Daire Nally and Donal McKenny 2 serious defenders" Those lads have been exceptional along with Emmet Carolan in the full back line. Credit to the management team who have built a deep panel over the last few campaigns. Missing Dermot Campbell, Eoghan Callaghan, Peter Lynch and Dan Corcoran also in the backs. The likes of young Tinnelly came in when bodies were low in the league campaign and done well. Panel depth has been crucial.
Shearer (National) - 01/07/2026 16:26:44
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To DubSanIarthar: "Delighted with how Dublin have upped their game in the last couple of matches. Better team beat the better squad on Sunday. Evident that a lot of work has gone into our kick out strategy in the past couple of weeks. Getting a couple of key players back has also been huge.
As a blow-in in the west, it's sad to see what poor management has cost probably the most talented squad in the country for at least 3 years of PJ's reign. They still probably had the best squad behind Kerry this year, but I'm not sure that will remain the case much longer. Incredible that he has never managed to solve the kick out issue that has been dogging them for years. The team occasionally breaks free of his shackles during matches and shows how good they could be with quick ball, but then they revert to the all the lateral stuff again. Sadly, talking to people down here, the rose tinted glasses being worn due to his great playing career seem likely to remain in place." For sure Joyce was a really brilliant footballer and he has done well as a manager but maybe he has brought Galway as far as he can.
gaa.88 (National) - 01/07/2026 21:00:51
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