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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith: "I thought McHugh had joined Corduff in Monaghan as a coach. If he's to come in as Westmeath manager you would want him to be attending games and casting the net as wide as possible for potential new players. Hard to see this happening if he is coaching another team.
Hard to see where the new manager will come from. I would hold judgement on Paddy Dowdall until later in this championship, now that he no longer has the strongest squad in the county (in my opinion). Ditto for Gary Dolan.
Recent U20 managers have not pulled up any trees either." They could do worse than interview some of the coaching experts on this Forum
Thechick (National) - 28/08/2025 16:47:04
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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Black&White26: "Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact" Turlough making excuses already sure put a motion to Co board and Croke park to have the co final played in Madrid at end of August? I am sure they will accomodate.
Eire89 (National) - 28/08/2025 15:14:52
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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Unfortunately you could say three same thing about the Mayo football team and unlucky to be up against the great Dublin team
minor77 (National) - 28/08/2025 12:23:53
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
I think Joe O'Boyle would be a brilliant appointment for the u17 squad. Was part of dermot Malone's management team for the minors getting to all Ireland final. Done brilliant with Our ladys secondary school in coaching teams and playing Macrory cup football. But as for the 20s i wouldn't have banty near it. Id have paul o'connor in a heartbeat
Monaghan_football (National) - 28/08/2025 22:02:12
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "Protests ? Nobody cares …." You will find that people do care
GBOMB (National) - 28/08/2025 20:54:20
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Black&White26: "Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact" Maybe try and keep 15 on the field now and ye might have a chance.
Very disrespectful to Thomas considering they have six of the last seven county titles and an All-Ireland Turlough have zilch. They were out on their feet last year and Turlough still couldn't get the job done.
TanCanRan (National) - 28/08/2025 16:44:32
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Development Of Underage Players - 2 Like(s)
But also from the Baron: Add this to nepotism - the traditional GAA families doing the coaching and picking their own kids in A&B and you create a them and us mentality, which again, creates division and more kids giving up the sport.
This one always grinds my gears. The "traditional" GAA families are the backbone of every club. Even if somebody new comes into a club when in their 30s/40s/50s or older, it's a 99% chance that they've already been involved in a different club up to that.
And the children from these families are far more likely to be putting in the practice and the graft at home to develop their skills and become better players, and therefore more deserving of a place on the 'A' team.
I see it all the time in my own club, where I've been involved with groups from Under-8 upwards for a good few years now. It's obvious from early on who practices outside of training sessions, and who doesn't. They're the ones who become the better players...and yes, they tend to come from the "traditional" GAA families in the area.
Pikeman96 (National) - 28/08/2025 14:53:06
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To MonaghanMan44life: "Suppose the jerseys will be sponsored by McEnaneys aswell? Good god" Exactly, you have to wonder about the county board's sense of awareness if they let Seamus Mc Enaney or anyone connected to him take an u17 or u20 team ,
Do they really want protests at monaghan u17 / u20
Games and training sessions ?
Paul o conor would be a super appointment especially watching his castleblaney outfit last night,
Fit ,fast and decisive,
Had said previously Carrick was a sure thing,
Castleblaney starting to give me doubts
MONAGHAN1985 (National) - 28/08/2025 12:28:10
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Most consistent club in Galway last 30 years with 2 Co titles?
Eire89 (National) - 28/08/2025 14:16:38
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To rossie4sam: "It seems he got the job without any back room team and county board are trying to find people for him. Leo going back as GK coach ." Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Hopefully not.....
Seanfan (National) - 28/08/2025 12:05:36
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Barrowsider: "Not unless he wins 5 in a row. Jim gavin stands above them all . Whether people like that or not." Every manager has different circumstances.
In some ways Jim Gavin had a much easier job than his all opposition managers he faced, best players and more resources in place to get the best out of them.
Pat Gilroy had got Jim's group over the line before Jim's came in and even Dessie Farrell was able to win All Irelands in this era as Dublin manager after him.
You basically say 5 in a row is the benchmark, I'd say it is a benchmark. Jack managing a county to All Ireland wins in 3 separate stints as manager is another benchmark.
GreenMan1987 (National) - 28/08/2025 00:44:41
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To galway19: "Thomas' won't get it done this year without Fintan, for all their undoubted experience and never say die attitude. I don't really get this whole thing of Clarinbridge bottling it or "not getting it done". In Clarinbridge's case, the main reason I see for them winning it this year is having Aaron Niland, Sean Murphy and Darragh Counihan in their starting team and the emergence of Josh Ryan coming off a year with the county panel. Niland didn't really play at all last year and it's pretty much a completely new setup for them this year in terms of how the team lines out. These young lads have only been hurling senior for one year so they can't really be tarred with saying they just don't get it done.
You could have said Loughrea were doing nothing at Senior for the last 15 years but now after winning one title beating Capptaggle (doesn't read that well now with this year's Cappy form), and now all of a sudden people are saying Loughrea are in the St Thomas' bracket for being trusted in a knockout game? They were in danger in that second half of the quarter final last year of losing to Castlegar for god's sake!" Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row.
BigBàsMan (National) - 28/08/2025 08:41:58
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Monaghanball_92: "Agreed let the man use whatever he wants too progress the young Monaghan lads to their best ability
We are miles behind counties" Somethings are more important than football.
tommyjohn (National) - 28/08/2025 19:44:39
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." I would agree that making the Galway hurling quarter-finals for 26 years on the bounce is an absolutely fantastic record of consistent performance. It's possibly even more impressive, when one considers that Portumna or St Thomas (most of the time) were clearly superior forces to Loughrea, and were likely always going to thwart 'the town" from winning the title in that era........until last year anyway. The 2006 'win' was achieved against a substantially superior Portumna side, and I'm sure many still haven't figured out how that 2006 result actually happened, especially in the context of Portumna's record and level of play 2003-2009.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 28/08/2025 18:18:46
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TanCanRan: "Depends what you define consistency as. I'd say it's more important to be consistently winning things than just reaching the knockouts. You could flip it the other way and say Loughrea have consistently lacked the mettle to get over the line when it matter.
The first county title Loughrea and Joe happened and last year, ye didn't take out the olders." Consistency in behaviour is defined as "the quality of achieving a level of performance which does not vary greatly in quality over time"... Doesn't necessarily mean winning. Can you name any other club in Ireland that could beat portumna at their peak? Or Thomas' for that matter. Loughrea were robbed in the first final Vs Thomas' in 2022 btw but that's a different storey.
BigBàsMan (National) - 28/08/2025 18:16:47
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TanCanRan: "Depends what you define consistency as. I'd say it's more important to be consistently winning things than just reaching the knockouts. You could flip it the other way and say Loughrea have consistently lacked the mettle to get over the line when it matter.
The first county title Loughrea and Joe happened and last year, ye didn't take out the olders." "holders
TanCanRan (National) - 28/08/2025 16:51:13
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Mark McHugh in contension for senior football managers job.-this could be a good appointment-he knows the young players who came into the panel last year so is not really starting from scratch.
Bruno@1 (National) - 28/08/2025 09:22:49
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Depends what you define consistency as. I'd say it's more important to be consistently winning things than just reaching the knockouts. You could flip it the other way and say Loughrea have consistently lacked the mettle to get over the line when it matter.
The first county title Loughrea and Joe happened and last year, ye didn't take out the olders.
TanCanRan (National) - 28/08/2025 16:46:47
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "Protests ? Nobody cares …." Agreed let the man use whatever he wants too progress the young Monaghan lads to their best ability
We are miles behind counties
Monaghanball_92 (National) - 28/08/2025 16:16:49
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Development Of Underage Players - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "But also from the Baron: Add this to nepotism - the traditional GAA families doing the coaching and picking their own kids in A&B and you create a them and us mentality, which again, creates division and more kids giving up the sport.
This one always grinds my gears. The "traditional" GAA families are the backbone of every club. Even if somebody new comes into a club when in their 30s/40s/50s or older, it's a 99% chance that they've already been involved in a different club up to that.
And the children from these families are far more likely to be putting in the practice and the graft at home to develop their skills and become better players, and therefore more deserving of a place on the 'A' team.
I see it all the time in my own club, where I've been involved with groups from Under-8 upwards for a good few years now. It's obvious from early on who practices outside of training sessions, and who doesn't. They're the ones who become the better players...and yes, they tend to come from the "traditional" GAA families in the area." Do kids practice as much on their own now? Love the game as much as they should?
I think there are far more distractions these days for kids.
We recently resumed training after taking a wee break over the summer. It was pretty obvious there wasn't much practicing done.
I'm talking really basic stuff. Disappointing enough to be honest.
Lockjaw (National) - 28/08/2025 15:29:38
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