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Mayo GAA Thread - 9 Like(s)

Replying To MayoDan:  "Well from what I see on Roscommon forums, they don't rate Andy Moran as a manager and don't rate many of the Mayo players.."
They'd be right

Square_B (National) - 26/04/2026 17:36:34

Galway Football thread - 5 Like(s)

Replying To anotheralias:  "Am i he only one who thought the penalry was very soft and definitely not a black card. The leitrim player barged in and it was a collision of bodies which arguably was a penalty but how the ref have seen that as a deliberate drag down?"
It was a very harsh black card. Flaherty came out and stood his ground. Not much else he could have done except get out of the way and let McLoughlin through for an open goal. McLoughlin ran into him, rather than Flaherty taking him down.

WanPintWin (National) - 26/04/2026 18:39:27

Galway Football thread - 5 Like(s)

Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "Sligo supporter, says it all their"
Is there anything wrong with a Sligo supporter having an opinion.?
I wasn't negative towards the team or mgt.
I didn't slate any players or belittle anyone.
A few Galway supporters could take a leaf out of my book

eoinog (National) - 26/04/2026 20:15:28

Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)

Replying To ohwow:  "Great to see minnows doing so well this weekend. Big two in the province were very complacent it seems. An easy path for Galway to the all Ireland series awaits and the best of luck to them."
Off u toddle to the tailtean.
Leave the talk of football to the big boys.

OhtobeARossie (National) - 27/04/2026 09:47:48

Donegal GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Just an aside - what is it with Monaghan supporters sticking the knife in? If I was from a county that lost every league game and just about dispatached a poor Cavan outfit I wouldn't be squawking like a goose about anything.

Lockjaw (National) - 27/04/2026 09:47:39

Donegal GAA thread - 4 Like(s)

Replying To brayballer:  "There will be some whinging by Jimmy now.."
Is that right Dave? He was actually very gracious in defeat. Maybe give his interview a listen back?

peiledoir20 (National) - 26/04/2026 18:45:51

Football Championship 2026 - 4 Like(s)

Replying To peiledoir20:  "Hope you enjoyed that humbling yesterday. Can't say yous hadn't got it coming.

Never seen a team that have won as little talking so much."
Hahahah right back at you kiddo.

Hope you enjoyed that humbling you got today, can't say yous hadn't had it coming.

Who's Jimmy gonna blame this time? The mighty Donegal falling to division 3 opposition

Cabbagepatch1667 (National) - 26/04/2026 17:48:23

Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)

Replying To bláthach:  "Agreed one hundred percent thank you for highlighting this. When you're at it you can highlight all the smart remarks from so called "neighbours" please. Thank you in advance.

It was abd still is a great place for discussions but you probably have contributed much to it thanks for that seeing as you only 94 posts please. Thank you."
The absolute irony of this post…..

Boxtyeater (National) - 26/04/2026 16:43:15

Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)

Replying To S1234:  "Ye were shocking definetly wont be winning 5 in a row."
Ye were absolutely brutal, won't be getting one in a row

Belclare98 (National) - 26/04/2026 17:47:52

Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
It really is hard to make any plans for or sense of Mayo anymore. The first half when Mayo went out in front and let Ros back into it told us that they were not going to put them away and after the Ros goal they knew they could keep within touching distance of them. Mayo are just so unpredictable and collapses are too frequent and a favourites tag in the championship has never served them well. They will most likely go on to take a big scalp in the championship when there is no pressure on them but today was not a good day for Mayo football.

Dothesimplethingswell (National) - 26/04/2026 20:58:33

Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Savage achievement for Michael Cusacks to win the Division 1 Feile title for the second year in a row. A couple of very good young Gantley lads on the team.

galway19 (National) - 26/04/2026 18:42:54

Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)

Replying To peiledoir20:  "Hope you enjoyed that humbling yesterday. Can't say yous hadn't got it coming.

Never seen a team that have won as little talking so much."
Priceless. Absolutely Priceless. Well done lad!

Selwyn (National) - 26/04/2026 18:55:22

Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To S1234:  "Lol"
Lol

Belclare98 (National) - 26/04/2026 19:06:31

Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
What a day,performance and win. More than made up for the dead rubber heavy loss in the league today. Won't name out any individual players as it was a true team performance credit to management for having them so primed and ready.

Home Connacht final now and a home round 1 game in the All-Ireland series great stuff.

The_analyser (National) - 26/04/2026 19:40:15

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Thoughts on yesterday

Black card and penalty was incredible harsh. Could have been a free out for charging directly at Flaherty.

Saying that, we were asleep for the rebound off the post.

For the rebound off the penalty, we left the guy that scored unmarked. Asleep again.

Gleeson nearly cost us with those crazy kick outs. Ridiculous.

Shane was flying when he came on. Looked to have slimmed down a bit and showed pace I thought he might have lost.

Sean Kelly was moving well when he came on.

We were sloppy overall. Lacked concentration.

No harm to go to a Connacht final like that. There'll be no over confidence on our side.

Rossies we're good today. They couldn't miss. They have those type of forwards that can rip you apart on their day. Saying that, Mayo looked terrible. So much space for the Rossies.

All to play for

Mayonman (National) - 26/04/2026 20:53:17

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
The system in principle seemed sound, at least the first phase anyway. Westmeath players getting more games and giving the so-called lesser lights a chance to build up a head of steam is a good thing. The first phase there was no issue with the system, bar the failure of certain counties not bothering to fulfil fixtures, which was not the Leinster Council's fault.

The problem is why did the Leinster Council make it this convoluted cross round robin thing for the second phase? I'm guessing it seemed like a great idea on paper, but nobody probably thought it through as to the potential permutations of running such a system in a single round robin format.

The whole set up reeks of the kind of snobbery or elitist mentality that exists in hurling. Like the bigger counties wouldn't reckon the third seeds could do anything to progress. It's like they're saying we don't need to plan out what happens if a third seed beats a second seed, so let's just adopt this cross system unthinkingly because it throws the minnows 1 game, probably the only game, that Laois or Westmeath will have a chance to win in the last round. Pure condescending stuff altogether.

If they'd just ran it as a normal round robin, without this stupid crossover thing, then you win a match on your side and you're guaranteed to progress. If we'd just played a normal round robin group with Kilkenny and Dublin, we'd be guaranteed to be in a Leinster semi final already. This year that means even if you lose your provincial semi final, you still progress to an All-Ireland series and get a chance to play one of the big Munster teams.

It's great beating Dublin at underage. Really kudos to the manager, the team and all the work and support that has been given to this group all along. But I think most Westmeath supporters would be far happier seeing this Westmeath team progress to the knock out phase of the championship rather than just taking a moral victory over Dublin.

If we end up going out through no fault of our own except this badly designed format what message dies that send to young Westmeath hurlers or Laois hurlers if it had been them in the same scenario? You're telling these young Westmeath lads playing for us we can make it through on merit, but then a team who lost to you gets rewarded even if they lose more games. Make it make sense like.

It's really silly that as well as now having to make sure we beat Laois ourselves, we are also relying on Kilkenny doing us a favour and beating Wexford just to make sure this good young Westmeath team gets a shot at more high-level hurling. It's complete nonsense and only speaks of the lip-service that's paid to developing hurling outside the top 10 'traditional' counties.

RadioactiveTan (National) - 26/04/2026 19:26:51

Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
I was completely wrong I really couldn't see us winning today but my god what a performance from everyone. Well done now I'm going for a few pints

dave1988 (National) - 26/04/2026 21:25:17

Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To StoreysTash:  "A big problem in Wexford is anybody calling out bad results or warning signs about where we are are called negative and pessimistic.
Look at our record in schools hurling. What have we won at the top level in recent years? Nothing.
Look at the representation on Fitzgibbon teams. Tipp - 46, Limerick Y35, Cork 31 (I think this is higher but double check this evening), Galway 29. Wexford 15. I don't for one second want to hear "but they go to college in Carlow and TUD", if the players were good enough the top colleges come calling. Waterford is the same distance from most parts of Wexford. There is no better barometer of the success of your underage teams than colleges calling on a recruitment drive.
We DESPERATELY need something like the minors to do something at Leinster at least but also All-Ireland level after the 2019 disaster in the semi final.
I think its cheap to blame Davy for not blooding players. We didn't produce enough good players and its easy to say that player x never got a chance but there's a few players who might have been good enough. Rory was long vaunted as something special but there's a gap as to who is the next star after him? We just are not producing enough top players.
My father said the worst thing in Kilkenny on Saturday was they were back to pitying Wexford like 10 years ago. They should have been rubbing our noses in it because we need something to fire the whole place up a bit, and not another Liam Griffin speech either"
I agree with your father about the worst part.

Nothing you're saying is untrue but it's not constructive either. There are positives so you have to point to them in order to keep going.

It's not cheap to blame Davy. We've a gap of a specific age profile which is directly because of him. I can name them if you need me to. Do you know how many championship debuts Davy handed out when we were very competitive at 20 and won our first provincial minor since 85?

I'd argue Cillian Byrne is the next big talent. He's been unlucky with injury but he has all the ingredients to be a top level intercounty forward. Was is 3 he got off the bench yesterday and left one short? Very effective impact for a lad who's only starting out.

I don't know what your problem is with Griffin but his type of thinking is what every person needs.

Doylerwex (National) - 26/04/2026 22:57:15

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To eoinog:  "Is there anything wrong with a Sligo supporter having an opinion.?
I wasn't negative towards the team or mgt.
I didn't slate any players or belittle anyone.
A few Galway supporters could take a leaf out of my book"
Well said. Nothing wrong with any supporter having an opinion on other counties Eoinòg. I don't think many Galway or other county supporters would think that. Separately, there's too many posters with multi accounts looking to get a reaction from people. I even think at this stage that some are replying to themselves.

GreenandRed (National) - 27/04/2026 07:30:42

Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Mayo defenders bar Callinan are all poor. Our captain is in shocking form and Enda Hession simply can not defend. Our goalkeeper not for the first time had a meltdown. Brining on Cillian smacked of desperation.

yew_tree (National) - 27/04/2026 09:45:42