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Galway Football thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To ahsure.: "Calling this Galway team soft is nothing short of laughable. Anyone who was at the game saw it firsthand - when we went 8 points down, the wind swirled, and the rain started to lash, it felt like a defining moment. Sink or swim. And this group swam. They dug in, fought back, and took control of the game. That says everything you need to know about their mentality. Sure, there were some poor wides and decisions, but they never threw in the towel and that is a major positive." Not soft by any means. That said until this Galway team cross the line that sort of garbage will be levelled at you time and time again. Mentality, fight, never say die are all traits I admire greatly but that won't satisfy the mob. Don't we know all about it.
yew_tree (National) - 06/06/2025 10:28:09
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New York Hurling - 3 Like(s)
Glynn, as with many on this debate, missed the point somewhat. NY are not to blame here, the GAA is to blame. Trying to frame this as a form of begrudgery is frankly belittling to those who have skin in this game. Putting NY in among the weakest counties guaranteed no 'big voice' would be heard in opposing it. Also guaranteed that none of those 5th tier teams would win Lory Meagher this year (a mega deal in getting lads to play next year) and 1 team was deprived a day in Croker (another mega deal in retaining lads in the game). Against the backdrop of attempts made to help build up hurling in weaker counties, that was/is a disgrace.
But the overarching problem here is parachuting any team into any primary competition without taking part fully in that competition. It stinks. If you are a hurling team from NY or Sydney or Dubai or Hong Kong and you would like to play in a competition in Ireland but you are unable for geographic reasons to fulfill the five-round group games prior to knockout stage, then i'm sorry you shouldn't be eligible to play in that competition! What the GAA has allowed to happen is the undermining of those tier 4 and 5 competitions and will damage the game in those weaker counties.
The Cavan manager was right in everything he said about it after the final. Willie Maher owes him a written apology IMO, and owes Monaghan one too. Similar to the recent proposal to remove lowest tier counties from NHL, this will not be forgotten in weaker counties and tells us everything we need to know (and maybe already knew) about the priorities and motivations of those running hurling.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 06/06/2025 11:39:56
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "Eh I did remember. I was at the games. That wasn't the point I was making in my posts. I love you can't admit that you don't know your History when you were trying to be a smart lad. Keep trolling lad ." Leaving aside everything else and all the nonsense about Ballaghaderreen, you did make a false statement and haven't admitted it yet.
You said multiple times that the final neutral group match couldn't be played in Breffni as Donegal played there in round 2.
This clearly isn't the case, as Mayo had the exact same scenario last year.
They played their round 2 away match in the Hyde and also played their final neutral match there.
So there clearly wasn't a rule preventing Breffni from being the venue for Donegal-Mayo.
You either made a mistake or made that up. A strange one to make, if you were at both matches in the Hyde last year.
WanPintWin (National) - 06/06/2025 10:33:39
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To lakecounty90: "Noone else better than McCormack in forwards
Name player in county with bette left foot other then Luke
Management too stubborn to change anything.
Laois will beat us because were clueless on the sideline" This lad has to be on the wind up or very deep in the fog.
Best left foot in the county and his kickouts a hinderance.
dakid (National) - 06/06/2025 10:00:23
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "We can include our success in women's football on the basis of your comment there. Utterly irrelevant. That div 4 success will be remembered fondly in 100 years im sure. Are you here for pats on the head or what if our ship is sinking?" Did Sligo under nines not win a blitz in camogie recently?? Surely that should be included.
bláthach (National) - 06/06/2025 11:47:25
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "The word behind the scenes was Hyde or Croker. I posted it here a couple of weeks ago. Debate the finer details if you want." The finer detail is you said Cavan was non-runner from the start as Donegal had already played there. You repeated it again as if it was fact.
There's no debating it, it's there in black and white.
The actual fact is, that wasn't a factor at all and there is no such restriction. You should have realised that given you were at both Mayo games last year. The issue isn't the venue here, but you were caught out making something up and won't acknowledge it despite it being literally spelled out to you. It says a lot about a person's credibility.
Word behind the scenes or anything else has nothing to do with it.
WanPintWin (National) - 06/06/2025 15:45:02
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "Name the times I was wrong with my information about what was going on in Donegal?" Here is a fact, you appear to have an opinion on everything. You have nearly eight and half thousand posts. Have you have you no life outside of this forum? I bet your on the Mayo blog forum too, probably another few thousand posts.
Ulsterchamps72 (National) - 06/06/2025 14:10:03
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Tullamore For Kerry/Meath. Ridiculous. - 2 Like(s)
I think it may be dawning on some of the Kerry folk that this might actually be a real contest and the venue and injuries are feeding into this concern.
Perhaps the All Ireland championship competitiveness is making them feel uncomfortable and its not just a case of winning a few games and then losing a semi or final to Dublin or whoever is better than them. Munster is clearly the weakest province and that disparity in quality may continue to grow which won't suit Kerry.
The pack have got stronger so I sense a little worry in the Kerry camp.
winatallcost (National) - 06/06/2025 10:43:09
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Other managers? Who? By all accounts McCabe and his coaches are very respected by the players and have done a lot right. Regardless of Saturday's result I'd hope he stays for at least two more years. He has got a lot right, the keeper issue is exactly that, they seem stubborn on their original idea but the rules changed and they didn't change their thinking. Hopefully they target a keeper in the club championship, Sean Brennan from Garrycastle and Trevor Martin and Stephen McNevin from Kinnegad have all potential. Joe Hyland might benefit from involvement in county set up. A TC final would make it a decent year, a TC win would make it a really good year, anything else would be disappointing but with promising signs" I think Caulry are the team to beat in the Tailteann Cup. Don't think anyone will get near them.
dakid (National) - 06/06/2025 10:32:29
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To realdub: "Brilliant isn't it! Trump is comedy gold, I love it." There are many people effected in a bad way by this lunatics actions, who don't think he's 'comedy gold' and definitely aren't loving it.
Cockney_Cat (National) - 06/06/2025 13:28:33
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To daboru: "Should Dessie have dropped Maguire, Heslin, O'Toole?? They won Div 3 and ran the All Ireland finalists close in the All Ireland series. If the 2 late goals against Galway and Derry hadn't gone in, they could've got to the Qtr Final. That's on the back of a really competitive showing the previous year. It's not Dessie's or McCabe's fault, it's just bad timing" Once again someone incapable of having an actual conversation without getting defensive. No he shouldn't have dropped those three; but there were times when they didn't need to play. We fielded a complete B team against Longford in the O Byrne Cup in 2024, players were brought in who wouldn't have made the U20s team, we won, then a week later they were all discarded and we went full strength against Louth in Kinnegad, a Louth team with 5/6 regulars in their team. Surely that was the time to be trying lads out and seeing where they were at, players who didn't perform against Longford weren't seen again. What was the purpose of playing lads who wouldn't make the 20s panel one week and then discarding the whole lot of them and playing a full strength outfit the following week. So the long term planning didn't seem to be in the thinking, which is completely their choice, but a raft of retirements later and we are back in Division 3 and struggling in the Tailteann Cup yet for some reason a lot of supporters are up in arms because we didn't beat a Limerick team who arguably should have beaten us 12 months ago in the league when we had a much stronger panel.
OverTheHill85 (National) - 06/06/2025 13:17:50
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Has Other Sports Stole A March On Gaa In Relation To PR Work - 2 Like(s)
Replying To brianb: "There was a case study done on what happened to Australian Rugby union in the 2000's. The game dropped in popularity and playing numbers. Average game attendances dropped from 25k in the mid 2000's to 8k a couple of years back. Playing numbers dropped by 25% (when the population of Australia grew by 30%). It was tracked back to Super Rugby being put on Fox Sports (paid sport like Sky) while AFL and Rugby League stayed free to air. With only occasional games on free to air. Game attendances are starting to recover slightly since the game moved back to free to air with an average attendance of 10k last year.
What GAA+ does is so similar to this. League of Ireland Football and URC Rugby are reliably on TV. Outside of the effort TG4 make - GAA matches are not.
Hence what I mean by a downward spiral - more kids watching soccer and rugby will mean more kids turning up at soccer and rugby nurseries and less kids turning up at GAA clubs. It will take 10 years for the seeds here to fully mature - but watch as falling crowds (happening already) and falling attendances at GAA nurseries (happening in urban areas) continue to decline. It might be time to reconsider the paywall before the game ebbs away." For once and for all -
RTE still shows as many or more matches free-to-air as it ever did. Somewhere around 35 from this year's championships, along with eight from the Leagues earlier in the year. If you want to, you can also add in seven camogie matches (two League finals & five from the championship).
The GAA can't make RTE or anybody else show more matches. There's a significant cost for the broadcaster with every match they show, to cover camera crews, studio personnel, other logistics, etc.
So, if no broadcaster wants to show other matches free-to-air, the choices are to not have them shown at all, or to show them on a streaming service like GAA+
The Australian rugby thing is not a like-for-like comparison. That was more like the SKY TV deal with the Premier League in England, where matches were only shown on the subscription channel, and none remaining on free-to-air TV at all.
When's the last time you saw a Premier League match live on BBC or ITV?
Pikeman96 (National) - 06/06/2025 13:08:11
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Fermanagh GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Bailah: "Very good results for the lads yesterday, first win in Croker in over 20 years for any men's senior team from Fermanagh.
I thought Fermanagh were a much better team throughout the full 70 mins, first half they just butchered so many good attacking opportunities whilst the first 1-3 Wexford hit were all very preventable, for one reason or another. Donnelly wouldn't have had to say too much at HT other than be a bit more composed in front of goal. Conor Love excellent, really has stepped up this year which is great to see. Really good performances from McGurn, McDade & Cassidy when he came on. Kelm also looks like he will be a handy player in the coming years with another decent cameo, similar attributes to his older brother.
My only issue from yesterday is I don't like how the team concedes uncontested 2 point opportunities. It killed us against Carlow, allowed Wexford to stay in touch yesterday and if we go deep in the comp, the likes of a Kildare or Westmeath will really go to town. I'd like to see the defensive line set up to put pressure on the ball a bit further out.
A home fixture now for QF, surely we can get over the line this year and get to a semi-final. Looks like the lads are starting to hit form coming into the knockouts." Great post, Bailah... sums it up really well.
Massive day for the county, first win in Croker in over two decades is no small thing and the lads fully deserved it. I agree, we looked the better side throughout but just didn't make it count in the first half. You could sense the nerves at times, but once they settled, the composure improved and the scores followed. Conor Love is really leading the line now... sharp, confident, and never shy of a hard run. McGurn and McDade put in serious shifts too, and good to see Cassidy make an impact off the bench.
You're spot on about the two-pointers. It's a pattern that's becoming a bit too familiar. When we sit off like that, stronger opposition will punish us. Hopefully that's something Donnelly and the lads tighten up for the next round. The talent's there... we just need to be a bit more ruthless and smarter in those key defensive phases.
Home quarter-final now and real momentum building. Wouldn't bet against us making a serious push. Let's hope the support turns out in big numbers... the lads deserve it.
Up Fermanagh!
BigToeJoe (National) - 06/06/2025 09:25:27
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "This is an exact quote from you:
'It's not about exact distance. How many times do i have to say it? It was never going to be in Cavan as Donegal played there the previous game. Absolutely everyone knew that'
This has nothing to do with Dublin or Croke Park. You repeated a few times that Donegal-Mayo couldn't be in Breffni, as Donegal had played their previous game there. That's complete nonsense, as shown by the fact that Mayo played their last two group games in the Hyde last year.
You either made an error or made that up, and also stated that 'everyone knew' this. Nobody knew it, as it's not the case at all.
I've literally quoted you saying something which has been proven not to be true. It's not about getting one up on anyone, but it's hard to take anyone seriously if they can't even acknowledge something as obvious as this." The word behind the scenes was Hyde or Croker. I posted it here a couple of weeks ago. Debate the finer details if you want.
TheFlaker (National) - 06/06/2025 12:57:36
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Tullamore For Kerry/Meath. Ridiculous. - 1 Like(s)
Replying To winatallcost: "Are you suggesting there may be as many Kerry supporters as Meaths at this game or what are you talking about being subjective? Will you not be travelling as a result of the venue?
I'm beginning to think perhaps Kerry just don't want to play a game in Offaly for some reason." Sush, don't tell them yet but Seamus Darby is the top groundsman in O'Connor Park…..
MillerX (National) - 06/06/2025 19:41:38
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Wexford Hurling 2025 - 1 Like(s)
I wince every time I hear "root and branch review" being even mentioned.
There is NO substitute to playing the game. In school, in the pitch, in the garden, in a match. Kilkenny never had a "root and branch review", the only branch they had they made a hurl with it.
A "root and branch review" is just BS playing for time. We need better coaches, pay them if needed, and we need to make it fun at underage but then there's a place for fun - Junior B. We need jeopardy in matches, we need our schools to be better and we have to answer why Wexford were desperately under represented at Fitzgibbon.
Doylerwex I am not a parent but I know my father encouraged me every step and knew when to give me a tip but wasn't in my face helicopter micromanaging. Don't get too crazily involved or obsessive but encourage and get out for a few pucks with them as much as you can. Know when they need that arm around the shoulder and when they need a kick in the rear and you will be fine. No parent is perfect I bet but I know for sure there is nothing worse than the overbearing in your face parent.
StoreysTash (National) - 06/06/2025 13:37:41
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Tullamore For Kerry/Meath. Ridiculous. - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Aibrean: "The venue should be as equidistant as possible from both counties. It's as simple as that. Don't confuse the nation.
This stuff about 'the majority of supporters' is a nonsense and, anyway, is very subjective.
The fact is Tullamore hugely favours Meath fans; that is wrong.
And, by the way, even Limerick is further from Tralee than Navan is from Tullamore!" So you don't want the GAA to think about the majority of supporters? A very odd stance to take imo.
Meath will have more supporters in Tullamore than Kerry, but that would be true of any ground you could name, short of maybe Killarney or Tralee, because of the Kerry public's reluctance to get out and support their team outside of an All-Ireland final.
MesAmis (National) - 06/06/2025 13:39:16
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Munster Hurling Championship 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To LimerickandProud: "I hope I'm wrong, but there's a huge chance someone could see red in this match, not because any of the teams are dirty or cynical, but more because of the narrative put out on the Sunday Game after the last round of matches (i.e. that there should have been more red cards and black cards etc.) I fear beacuse this was highlighted so strongly, that the GAA will have a word in the ref's ears telling them they need to watch out and take more action, and some unlucky player could get done for a genuine mistimed tackle or something." Thing is, "mistimed" doesn't make it any less dangerous or any less of a foul.
The Sunday Game pundits were correct that some of the things they highlighted should have been red or black cards. If the same things happened this weekend, the referee would be equally correct to show those cards.
Pikeman96 (National) - 06/06/2025 12:35:43
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Anthony burns making way for Kevin cooney. Strange one for me. Burns did very well against Dublin.
BigBàsMan (National) - 06/06/2025 13:41:14
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Tullamore For Kerry/Meath. Ridiculous. - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "There ate many people in Kerry that would like to attend the match and the fact is it will take some over 4hours to get to Tullamore. Yes its fine for the likes of me and others in Dublin but thats a very ling trek to and fro for a neutral venue.
Per head of population Mesamis I would say Kerry fams are better at attending matches than even Dublin supporters.156,000 versus 1.2 million and croke park in your own city has had small crowds recently even with Dublin playing.
If you think travelling 4 hours is fair then there is no point in me try to explain further." About 6,000 Kerrys turned up for the Ros game in Killarney.
Official attendance 6,814.
Seanfanbocht (National) - 06/06/2025 14:42:19
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