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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If we needed a superb Walsh performance to avoid exit to Down, alarm bells should have been ringing before the Meath 'surprise'. Maybe they were ringing of course." Surely that was the case though? Alarm bells should've been ringing all year, especially after the narrow escapes in Derry, Cavan and Down especially. It doesn't mean Walsh wasn't exceptional in two of those games despite being "constantly injured"
PressureKick (National) - 20/02/2026 12:37:16
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If we needed a superb Walsh performance to avoid exit to Down, alarm bells should have been ringing before the Meath 'surprise'. Maybe they were ringing of course." Alarm bells certainly were ringing at the time. We went through rollercoaster games against Derry, an Armagh team who were already guaranteed top spot in the group, and had another against Down.
We were flying by the seat of our pants for most of last year's All-Ireland championship. Teetering on the brink of elimination, before Meath finished the job. Even then, we had hauled ourselves back from a very poor position, only to hand the initiative back to them.
As we've seen again in the year's league, the lads always fight to the end and have shown tremendous character over the last few years. We're all well aware that we need to improve massively if we're to make any impression on this year's championship.
WanPintWin (National) - 20/02/2026 13:02:11
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Unchanged starting 15 and 11 subs published for tomorrow.
Aaron Brady - Elphin
Eoin McCormack - St Dominic's
Caelim Keogh - Padraig Pearses
Niall Higgins - Navan O'Mahonys
Eoin Ward - Fuerty
Ronan Daly - Padraig Pearses
Senan Lambe - Roscommon Gaels
Keith Doyle - St Dominic's
Conor Ryan - Padraig Pearses
Dylan Ruane - Michael Glaveys
Enda Smith - Boyle
Darragh Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Diarmuid Murtagh - St Faithleachs
Daire Cregg - Boyle
Robert Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Subs
Conor Carroll - St Brigids
Tim Lambe - Roscommon Gaels
Colm Neary - Strokestown
Oisin Cregg - Boyle
Richard Hughes - Roscommon Gaels
Cathal Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Eoin Colleran - Padraig Pearses
Jack Tumulty - Padraig Pearses
Paul Carey - Padraig Pearses
Ciaran Lennon - Clann na nGael
Jack Duggan - Clonguish
Anothrer big test against a confident Galway outfit off the back of beating Armagh away and coming back from 12 poiints behind to draw with Kerry in Tralee. Best of luck to all the Roscommon players and management tomorrow in Salthill.
The_analyser (National) - 20/02/2026 13:37:54
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Doylerwex: "I do actually agree with that. There's a bit of a complex here about playing on honest game as well when a big part of the success Clare have achieved has been around the art of making sure you win a free.
There's nothingness wrong with drawing attention to positive things as a means to keep going. That should not be interpreted as accepting or celebrating mediocrity.
It is better to be such at underage. Yet not being successful at underage doesn't mean you can't be at adult. I will make the points thought that we wouldn't see the number of players opting out if they had tasted proper success.
As a matter of interest, what is your definition of the worst tomorrow or for the season?" I think that is it. Wexford are a bit naive and honest, players go down over the ball and just wait for the feel of the player behind before collapsing. Diving is rampant in the game and its time for Wexford to join them and stop trying to beat them. Win that free, get your point, no point being the honest losers any more.
Winning breeds winning, losing breeds failure, it was ever thus in my view. But also, I hate this "not showing your hand" lark that mid-rank teams go on with. Go out and win these league games with the best team available and put Kildare on their backside and lay down a marker. Play at full speed, up your game. Because senior hurling is no hiding place.
But having seen the Dublin team, I have to honest knowing who Wexford have available I'll be disappointed if we can't win by 6-8 points tomorrow night. I'll be the first to shake hands and say well done and I'll congratulate you on here if my prediction turns out to be way off. We all know April in championship is when it matters.
But I want to see us up in 1A, I would like if Wexford joined us but I don't see it happening because I can't see Wexford winning in Clare with all the changes in personnel. I don't believe you are replacing players with better players and that's just my opinion.
If I'm wrong, so be it. Safe journey up the N11.
ExiledInWex (National) - 20/02/2026 15:07:30
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Dublin team named: Gibbons, Bellew, Smyth, O'Donnell, Dunphy, Crummy, C. Burke, B.Hayes, Groarke, Whitely, D. Burke, Purcell, R. Hayes, O'Sullivan.
Hedger on subs." We are hardly that confident that we will start with 14?
ExiledInWex (National) - 20/02/2026 15:09:00
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "Ah come on now! Waterford are the worse football team in the league and championship and that's been the case for years, guaranteed two points every year.. If we don't set our targets higher than worrying about them at this stage, we're going nowhere fast. Leitrim and Longford could be awkward alright!" All teams deserve full respect. Facts might suggest that Waterford are there for the taking, but facts are just that facts and nobody can know for definite what will happen in any match. We.struggled to beat Waterford last year and tomorrow night we might not win ! Very often when we have expected good perfotmances against div 4 teams, we have really struggled. Yes we should win given the facts but no guarantee. Longford Leitrim amd London will also be very difficult opponents.
carlowman (National) - 20/02/2026 16:22:01
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