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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "€10m to develop a COE seems steep to you? How much should we spend? Have you any idea of inflationary costs re projects like this? Newbridge stand which is a top job cost €26m. The rest of the ground wasn't touched, if we don't show ambition and develop 4-5 pitches then more criticism will follow. The whingers on this forum are impossible to please, that's their nature, no matter what's done or planned it's wrong or a waste. Buy a ticket, in fact sell a few tickets, show your support for the county if it's genuine, maybe do something" I've bought two tickets as a matter of fact but still feel reality is very detached from where the whole project is at. Do you have any criticism whatsoever or do you think everything is just perfect that is been done in the county? People are entitled to criticise if they feel strongly on something; you on the other hand seem to think if everyone just buys a ticket everything will work out and all is rosey. Yes I do think €10m is steep considering they cannot raise the initial €1m to buy the land. Land could have been bought in parts of the county that would have worked just fine for 250-400k. It's easy to vent criticism on this forum as if you speak up at a meeting you'll be shot down.
OverTheHill85 (National) - 25/04/2025 12:25:58
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To panamasam: "Who knows but it's a baffling choice. Takes me between roughly an hour and a half to Brewster maybe a little longer where Owenbeg is 3 and a half to 4 hours on a Wednesday night. The GAA and the various councils have treated the underage competitions poorly. Much missed are the days when the minor game would open for the senior game. If it wasn't for TG4 they'd be off the radar all together. To compound they insist you buy tickets online which is another turn off and one of the reasons attendances are way down across the board." Do you walk to the games?
Maguiresman (National) - 25/04/2025 15:59:10
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Wexford Hurling 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Got tickets for Saturday for golf course side of ground which is terrace opposite stand… are all terraces set or are they open to walk into any.. anyone else see Charlie starting at wing forward Saturday with Shane Reck or Liam Ryan starting in backs??? Another option be Richie Lawlor at wing forward or maybe he wil just make a switch with Jack Redmond coming in?? Any word on crummy and Donal Burke being available for game as they went of injured??
gannett83 (National) - 24/04/2025 17:14:55
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
An honest appraisal of the Galway game on the Shannonside podcast from Cathal Cregg and Conor Devanney. I really enjoy listening to Conor but there was nearly a view that we should just accept that we sit about 8th (at best) in Ireland and shouldn't really expect too much more. I think this is a real shame if that is the height of the county's ambition. Especially when you see what Monaghan have been able to achive.... until last year frequently finishing in the top 6 in Div 1 and making two all Ireland semi finals in the past ten years. They did that while playing in a provincial championship that's more competetive and more taxing on a teams resources than the Connacht championship. Why should Roscommon not be aiming for something similar.
Well done to the u20s the other night. Hope they can give a good account of themselves against Mayo in the final.
FullOfPorter (National) - 25/04/2025 15:43:28
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I'm sure. Loads of selection teams at every level, in all codes, up and down the country, adopt a stable method of team selection, and don't overreact to the ups and downs of match day. They're playing Offaly for a start, not KK. If things go as badly as last week, it might be time to consider more radical selection surgery at that point." It's hardly an overreaction at this stage. We have lost our last three games all by 12 points. How the midfield can stay the same is baffling. Shouldn't matter if you are playing Kilkenny or Kildare, selection has to be based on current form.
galway19 (National) - 25/04/2025 15:35:44
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Watched back on the full first half of Mayo v Leitrim again last night, one point behind and really should have been 3/4 points in front but for the wasteful shooting. It's the best and most organised I've seen Leitrim set up for Championship match in a long time.
Gaa_lover (National) - 25/04/2025 15:28:58
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "Shane Walsh and Damien Comer playing, definitely not a second team! Jaysus can we not ever enjoy a day under the sun and acknowledge when we fulfilled potential, even when we didnt get a connacht title at the end of it. Thankfully the U20 is no longer straight knockout, gives teams more chances to play at their level." We don't like giving credit for anything except giving out!!
joeman123 (National) - 25/04/2025 14:23:20
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New Format 2026 All Ireland - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Up for discussion. I want a qualifying standard - you want all in!
If all in is the preference of the majority - the qualifiers guarantees at least two games. Is there no benefit to going on a run in tiered tournaments and gaining qualification to the next highest tournament for the next year?
Again there is tiered promotion and relegation like club championships. The Champions League, Europa League and Conference League are tiered qualification." I'd be surprised if there was much engagement in those tournaments if everyone gets entry into the All Ireland anyway.
If the championship is mainly knockout I'd see that it should be open.
If the championship was more group/league based and there's promotion and relegation between tiers based on championship performance then tiers make a lot more sense. The big value in tiering is that more matches can be facilitated with something at stake.
Whammo86 (National) - 25/04/2025 14:12:07
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Some Updates On The Football Review - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Enforce the rules in the rulebook especially the 4 steps when tackled.
Leave the ignoring of rules to the hurling fraternity, they have that market long cornered." I agree completely in terms of steps. If there's a defender in close proximity, players seen to get. Away with another 3 or 4 when as they're trying to ride the tackle.
Funnily enough, players who are swarmed and take no steps because they're bottled up, are often blown extremely quickly for overcarrying, sometimes after only a couple of seconds.
WanPintWin (National) - 25/04/2025 13:11:19
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New Format 2026 All Ireland - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Ciaran359: "I think a good solution would be 3 tiers of 11, 10 games each over 11 rounds, 5 home, 5 away, and one bye.
Game every 2 weeks, hurling every two weeks in between.
At the end of the rounds, top team wins the league trophy (Corn Mhíchíl Uí Mhuircheartaigh), similar to minor premiership in AFL.
Top 2 teams go direct to semis, teams 3 to 6 got to quarter finals, and teams 8 to 11 go to relegation semis.
Provincials also tiered, and done like the triple crown in the 6 nations, so there's no extra games, but provincial games have an added incentive. You'd have a seperate table for each province, so the team with the most points in the provincial table wins the trophy, not only if a team is unbeaten.
In this system, a team plays at least 10 highly competitive games, with the maximum a team will play being 13.
Obviously this is very far removed from what we currently have, and the more iterative solutions would be much more likely" There's a lot to like about something like this.
Whammo86 (National) - 25/04/2025 13:02:40
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Wexford Hurling 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Cockney_Cat: "Is it? The team was released 2 days before the game. I got a text for the KK team playing Antrim on Sunday about an hour ago." Why would i want the kk team?
hunting (National) - 25/04/2025 11:38:41
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To EireOgAbu: "Great effort from our minors yesterday evening. Unfortunately, they did not kick a big enough score in the first half with the wind and Westmeath capitalised on that in the second half. Very refreshing to see a Carlow underage team fight for every ball and physically be up for the challenge.
Some fantastic young footballers on that team and it's a long time since a Carlow minor team won back to back Leinster championship games - build on it!" Agree they put in a great effort. We were gifted a goal by Westmeath in the first minute but we gifted them one back in the first minute of the second half so that evened out but then we missed two great goal chances in the first half. Even points off those two chances might have given us enough of a lead to hang on. 5 points was always looking like it might be too little and so it proved but then the lads rallied in the last 10 minutes and got it back to 2 but I thought we went looking for goals too early in that second half and missed knocking over a few points that we could have done with late on.
Also I don't know the players enough so not being critical but I thought some of the substitutions were strange ones as lads I thought were doing really well were taken off but no doubt there's some really classy footballers in that team, plenty of lads with quick feet and quick hands who will have a bright future if they stick with it.
Into the All Ireland minor C championship now so hopefully they should go very well in that against counties of a similar level. I think it's for all teams who didn't make their provincial semi finals.
Onion Breath (National) - 25/04/2025 10:17:12
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Some Updates On The Football Review - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Frees for rechnical fouls shouldn't get 2 points.
I get the reason for 2 point frees...to stop deliberately fouling out the field.
I hope that when the new rules are being made permanent , the 2 point score will be dropped." 2 points for a blatant foul just outside the arc is one thing; 2 points should a defender overcarry just outside the arc is different and wrong in my opinion. 2 points for a technical infringement is plainly wrong.
A shot at goal where against an attacking team who break the 3 up rule is also very harsh - a free on the half way line would be much fairer. If you bring the extra man into defense I'm all for the tap over free.
Also 2 points after bringing the ball up from the other half of the pitch after descent is wrong - a free shot for a point after descent should be more than enough.
brianb (National) - 25/04/2025 10:01:31
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
€10m to develop a COE seems steep to you? How much should we spend? Have you any idea of inflationary costs re projects like this? Newbridge stand which is a top job cost €26m. The rest of the ground wasn't touched, if we don't show ambition and develop 4-5 pitches then more criticism will follow. The whingers on this forum are impossible to please, that's their nature, no matter what's done or planned it's wrong or a waste. Buy a ticket, in fact sell a few tickets, show your support for the county if it's genuine, maybe do something
Claretandblue (National) - 25/04/2025 09:22:17
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Fermanagh GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Irrespective of the outcome, I thought this one of Fermanagh's best performances for some time so I'm disappointed that those opinionated posters the comment regularly here haven't the decency to acknowledge our fine county footballers...and yes macca, including our goalkeeper!
hillbilly. (National) - 25/04/2025 08:47:48
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Yvrjd: "Has there been a Galway senior manager, who wasn't an ex-player, since John O'Mahony?" Peter Forde Joe Kernan Tomás O Flatharta none of them exGalway. You'd imagine that the vast majority of managers, and prospective managers, are explayers of some level & location.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 24/04/2025 21:13:27
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U20 Championships - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Oh I think Donegal who already beat Tyrone by 8pts, might win Ulster.
I agree, I think Meath, Kerry & Mayo will win their provincials." Tyrone was missing a few players for that match including their best forward who was away on senior training champ. Donegal a good team and will push Tyrone hard in the Ulster final. if we had All Ireland Quarter finals like we do at U17 level I think it would be a Donegal v Tyrone All Ireland,
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 24/04/2025 20:53:31
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Leinster u20 taking shape now, though we still have another few weeks off before we play our semi final. The quarter finals should be pretty straightforward - Offaly will beat a poor Dublin team who conceded four goals to Antrim and we saw how bad Laois are in first round so surely Wexford will beat them easily. That will leave Offaly against Kilkenny and ourselves against Wexford in semis.
galway19 (National) - 24/04/2025 18:40:50
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Sidelinecut1982: "Team and management need support now more than ever. Supporters need to get behind everyone thats my point.
I asked if the whispers are true as to a rift between MD and the county board again. It may explain the further dip in form. Never suggested they would post on here or anything of the likes.
All the best" Supporters will follow teams when there is clear sign of effort. If the intensity in our lads on Saturday is the same level as in Nowlan Park then there won't be anyone there to watch the home games. Antrim at home is a dull enough fixture as it is, without the current malaise. Obviously they have to beat Offaly but even outside of the result, at least go out and show some passion and effort, hit something.
galway19 (National) - 24/04/2025 18:33:30
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Attendances 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Nail on head.The season is too cramped for certain." Look. There's no doubt that there are a lot of games crammed into a short space of time.
But you can't make more weeks in the year. So the alternative is to have fewer games.
For instance, if we took the nuclear option of going back to straight knock-out championships (for both club & county), there'd be few if any such problems. But I don't think anybody wants that.
Pikeman96 (National) - 24/04/2025 18:13:30
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