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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To conordee: "Tony Ward has been on about that crazy decision in his column every Monday since day 1." Just more deflection, blame it on something or someone else as nothing could be wrong with Irish rugby. 4yrs ago it was all about the pipeline and how good rugby was in Ireland. At the same time anyone looking at it could see some of the most basic problems - front and second rows and long with nobody ready to step in at 10. Now when there are a couple of injuries, suddenly, its because of the Lions or Nienabars fault. Don't get me wrong, as I hope I am wrong as already got tickets for tge RWC but these lads need to stop blaming everyone or thing but themselves.
zinny (National) - 20/02/2026 08:20:50
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Best 5 GAA County Managers In Your Time - 1 Like(s)
Tomsmith here
I ask you to name the best 5 County Gaa managers in your time of watching Gaa matchs .
Present day managers can be included even if the dont mange ones own County
My six are as follows
No1 John Kiely Limerick
No2 Michael Harte Tyrone
No 3 John Maughan Mayo
No4 Martin Mc Hugh Cavan Manager
No 5 Jack o Connor Kerry manager
Kevin Heffernan , Malachy o Rourke, James Mc Guinness did not make my selection cut
Put your expert opinion down
tomsmith (National) - 20/02/2026 09:29:42
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PressureKick: "What championship games has Walsh actually missed in the last 5 years through injury? Past last years Connacht championship, I'm struggling to think of any
Yeah there's been times he's been carrying and playing with knocks, such as 2024. Galway would also have been knocked out in the quarter final stage v Dublin were it not for him being on the field that day, carrying a knock or no. Plenty were saying the same things about his injury profile last year and he put in two superb performances to keep Galway in the championship v Armagh and Down" 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.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 20/02/2026 09:55:20
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Have we learnt nothing. Give respect to every team. Remember Longford last year in Tailteann Cup, we were supposed to hammer them & get a home quarter final?? Remember London in Dcp few years ago??? We are not a team that should be talking about turning up & winning by 10 points. I'll take a 1 point win now if offered it. 8 points on the board after this weekend is all that matters. Last year down in Waterford they made it a real slog & have some decent footballers. After 3 games in which they lost they only have a -11 point difference which shows they have been competitive in all games. Yes we should be beating Waterford but it's this type of game we often screw up. Hopefully we get over the line & them have 3 massive games against Longford, London & leitrim. The last 2 games are in Dcp which is a help
carlo (National) - 20/02/2026 10:13:06
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "Have we not progressed on previous years with the new manager! Surely we set our bar higher and comfortably beat the team ranked 32/32. Otherwise where are we actually going…." Yes we are improving but I'm watching Carlow for over 40 years & I only ever remember once getting promoted, that was in 2018 with O Brien & Poacher( he will realish coming back with leitrim) Give respect to every team. As I said we should be beating Waterford but in Div 4 anyone can beat you on a given day. Give respect to every team. If we go on & hammer them great, I'll take 1 point win
carlo (National) - 20/02/2026 11:02:57
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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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