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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Tiger1: "Got that one wrong Katser unfortunely old Galway habit of not turning up came back once again i really hoped ye would win it but went out without any great fight." We weren't allowed hurl. I think thats more the reason we were bet as to not showing up. Limerick didnt give us an inch. Very easy go back to the old galway not showing up and maybe to an extent we didnt but from someone who had a good view up there in croke park, limerick dominated every area and battle. Well deserved victors.
Galway456 (National) - 20/07/2026 23:33:22
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Kerry 2022-Current Team Better Than 04-09 Team? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "I forgot how strong the 04-09 team was.
but in my opinion only Sean O'Shea and David Clifford make the 04-09 team at the expense of Declan O'Sullivan and Kieran Donaghy" Shane Ryan gets in, Gavin White in for Fitzmaurice and Moynihan to CHB. Joe O Connor would squeeze in at midfield and Paudie takes Darren O Sullivans place, Also Dylan Geaney on his form this year has hit a higher peak than OCinneide was capable of, hard to leave Jason Foley off too.
Two brilliant teams and I dont think Paudie or Joe O Connor are necessarily better footballers than their counterparts but perhaps better suited to the modern game. More depth in the current squad too.
I would say though the 04-09 team were probably one of the most, if not the most, silky eye catching teams ever seen when they were in full flow.
JimB1991 (National) - 21/07/2026 01:03:37
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Some crowds around Limerick city last night , the amount of kids in Perry square for the teams homecoming was unreal , every pub in the city was wedged with a great athmosphere. The best homecoming night since the one in 2018 at the Gaelic grounds .
OpenStand (National) - 21/07/2026 11:29:28
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "Yes I agree with that. The Galway result v Cork was a strange one. Limerick only scraped by Clare in the semi final. I wonder would Galway have fared better against Clare if that was the final." Its hard to be confident about how any game between 7/8 might go.
Limerick definitely the most consistent and best but others can look brilliant or abysmal from one day ro next.
Limerick would most likely have done same to any team yesterday.
BarneyGrant (National) - 21/07/2026 00:46:00
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To wexford2012: "It absolutely will end you are right BUT the structural issues with the game remain.
In over 130 years the GAA hasn't really spread the game, its still largely strong where it was strong when the organisation was founded.
I'm sure everyone here agrees its a fantastic game but its hard to stand up the contention that its our 'national game' when large swathes don't play it all and that saddens me. Is there sufficient investment into the game? (Maybe it was just me but seeing JP McManus on the pitch yesterday with the team was uncomfortable, is the benefactor driven model, healthy, equitable, sustainable?). I question clubs and counties who choose to ignore one code, either of them to be fair, yet gain grants etc on the same basis of clubs and counties who promote a dual ethos.
It could be me but this years championship felt less vital, less important, Munster felt overhyped and while in past has astounded us, felt very ordinary, big Cork driven crowds aside. From a parochial perspective, a weak Dublin suits us in Wexford BUT from a big picture health of the game we really need to see Cork, Dublin and Antrim - out 3 urban centres really flying - I think hurling translates better into an urban environment than football but not as well as soccer.
We love that in hurling you can't 'park the bus' and that it never fell foul of the 'blanket' defence BUT is it too free scoring? Should it be routine for scores to come from 70 meters out? I miss the electric corner forward play of DJ, Lar Corbet, Eddie Brennan, where has this gone? Basketball is a similarly high scoring game who had concerns and they sought to tackle this through a number of ways, not all GAA relevant, but their 'luxury tax' that punishes teams who breech spending rules, while a revenue sharing model reditriutuied income away from stronger/wealthier clubs. I don't want to punish excellence, but stop success and resources becoming so concentrated that competitions become predictable and one-sided.
Yesterday it looked like the Leinster championship ill prepared Galway for the intensity they experience in the final, would Galway who had emerged from a Munster campaign have done better - I think so. Munster can pull up the ladder, say 'not our problem' but eventually it will be. Sitting on our laurels does not seem like an option, with a rejuvenated football championship and a more and more competitive sporting landscape, where we I expect we'll see more state investment into other sports (soccer is pushing hard as a soft power vehicle and 'integration' tool) to gain massive state subsidies for their academies. The GAA as an antidote to an increasingly homogenised, globalised, vanilla world into which we should incentivize," Why would JP McManus being on the Croke Park pitch make you feel uncomfortable? This man gave your county board money to spend as they saw fit. Has anyone else done that?
slayer (National) - 21/07/2026 08:56:56
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "They recently won the UEFA U19 championships without conceding a single goal in qualifying or the championships themselves.
They've won that title 10 times since the turn of the century, far more than any other country.
Spain are continuing to produce quality players, who are technically excellent and their current senior team is quite young.
Aside from their quality, something which isn't mentioned often enough is there excellent record in finals. Between club and country, they tend to get job done whenever they reach the showpiece match.
Their record in European club finals is remarkable over the past 25 years or so. I think it's close to 30 won and only a handful of losses, most of which were to other Spanish clubs.
At international level it's 6 titles from 7 finals between World Cup and Euros." It's still painfully dull to watch in my opinion. I have a season ticket for a league 1 team and seeing the obsession with passing sideways and backwards slowly drip down to that level is painful. It sucks the life out of the crowd, there's less back and forth between teams fighting for possession, less 50/50 challenges, no throwing it in the mixer and taking a gamble.
It's the dutch dream of the 70's distilled to it's purest form, it's not the game I fell in love with and reminds me of those terrible hockey games that come on tv every 4 years when the olympics are on, lots of passing but no action.
I'm not an "expert", I don't have a UEFA C license and I don't really care about xG, inverted fullbacks or half-spaces but when I see Rodri collecting a Ballon D'Or and player of the World Cup then the game is clearly only for the hipsters.
dolfos (National) - 21/07/2026 09:41:54
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Donoghue needs some scrutiny here lads. No plan B. No shrewd subs at HT when hegarty and lynch were cleaning up. More of the same from 2018 instead of Johnny Glynn it's jason rabbitte. One of the worst all Irelands I've ever seen it was completely one sided affair. That red card should've never happened, he should've been whipped off at HT." MD was like a Fox caught in the headlights on Sunday. We were totally hammered in the middle third and persisted with trying to run the ball thorough the lines. When the odd time we decided to let the ball in it was slow and cut out.
Both wing backs, midfield and the half forward line were eaten up and Whelan was out of it.
Are our so call big names beyond been taken off? On the other hand John Kiely had no problem taking his big names during the year and look at the result. Everyone will need to look in the mirror if we progress from here which has now become a bigger task.
Watchthepost (National) - 21/07/2026 09:57:36
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To slayer: "Why would JP McManus being on the Croke Park pitch make you feel uncomfortable? This man gave your county board money to spend as they saw fit. Has anyone else done that?" Also JP McManus is the Honorary Life President of Limerick GAA, of course he should be on the pitch when we win
LimerickandProud (National) - 21/07/2026 10:47:00
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
I'm surprised with the amount of criticism I've seen of Galway from their own supporters..if any Galway person can honestly say they expected to be in all Ireland in 2026 they are lying..Michael donohue will learn more from that defeat than from any victory.
Ye have 5/6 players who in the next couple of years will be the new leaders..there is an all Ireland win going to come,it might be another 2 years but it will arrive.
We have had horrible days in croke park but the last few years have been unbelieveable and have made the days unforgettable for us.can I say aswell great to see the huge numbers welcoming the team back,this will help the players to..another county could take a leaf out of yere book and face supporters on the bad days aswell as the successful ones..
CTGAA10 (National) - 21/07/2026 11:50:47
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "Spain had 20 shots and 12 on target on Sunday. They created loads of chances. I couldn't care less about any of that other stuff you're talking about either, but I know a bloody good footballing team when I see one.
You mentioned earlier that they pass for the sake of it. They do anything but. They're always looking to play on the front foot. Pass the ball forward whenever there's a chance and have some really creative and skillful players. They pressure teams high up the pitch to win the ball back.
You're saying if the best player is a central midfielder, a defender or a goalkeeper, the team must be boring? It's not a celebrity contest. Germany in 2014 were a very good watch and their keeper was their best player. Great players are in all positions. Spain have plenty of quality all over the pitch.
There are plenty examples of boring teams who take possession football to the extreme and play a toothle brand of football. Spain definitely aren't one of them.
They put 5 past France in the nations league semi-final last year." "You're saying if the best player is a central midfielder, a defender or a goalkeeper, the team must be boring?"
I'm saying that when a defensive midfielder is consistently rated the best player in the world, it tells me that systems now trump individuals in the game.
dolfos (National) - 21/07/2026 12:45:38
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
what a weekend in dublin what a team and what a performance. when limerick get within touchig distance of liam mccarthy noone beats them. they save the best until last each time. what a team, and the talk is they aint going anywhere which isnt good news for everyone else. people asking how did galway beat cork so easy its very simple cork collapsed .
munsterchamps (National) - 21/07/2026 12:50:28
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Just out of interest what is a true Cork performance these days? They look as inconsistent as Galway and Wexford would more traditionally look." After Evey game cork played in Munster including the final they were still alive if they lost. They beat a very poor Offaly team. The one knockout game they played where they was no tomorrow if they lost. they lost big
Newyorkkat (National) - 21/07/2026 14:07:42
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Just out of interest what is a true Cork performance these days? They look as inconsistent as Galway and Wexford would more traditionally look." I suppose as a Limerick Supporter who has seen Cork play against us year in year out, i'm mainly speaking to the level they generally hit when they play us but also how they performed in RR and the Munster final, i would see that as their true level. I see where you are coming from but I wouldn't put them in the same bracket as Galway or Wexford, they seem to have a slightly different issue to resolve when not comes to the business end of things be it lack of leaders on the field, lack of ball winners in the half forward line, managements in game calls when plan A doesn't work or simply coming in with the mindset of back to back champions each year without travelling the hard road first. They should be embracing that hurt and carry it with them. Limerick had to relearn this lesson last year after the Dublin game.
Anyway this is the Limerick thread and we are the All Ireland Champions, if someone wanted to open a thread on this it would make for interesting discussion :)
Fitzy01 (National) - 21/07/2026 14:58:55
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Goreylad1985: "Donegal was one of those pro-Treaty voting counties though..
Majority of TD's in Donegal sided with the Treaty.
The IRA in the county at the time of the Truce/Civil War went overwhelmingly majority pro-Treaty.
Even the Sinn Fein in Donegal was pro-Treaty." It was, but that doesn't make them right and for the record, my family were (and still are) anti-treaty and viewed those pro-Treaty TDs as traitors provided the British with the electoral vindication they needed to partition the Island and back for over a Century, isolating our fellow Countrymen.
Commodore (National) - 21/07/2026 15:42:40
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Thanks to everyone concerned with our great performances in 2026. It was an unbelievable year. The slip up in Croke Park v Meath was the toughest one as we had the game won. No complaints about Cork or Mayo results. We lost to better teams on those days. Sorry for injured lads especially Peter and Craig who were so badly missed. Roll on 2027. We can do more.
19616609 (National) - 21/07/2026 17:13:12
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