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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Well done on your all Ireland......" "Well done on your All Ireland! What a fool you are. Beaten comprehesively last Sunday. The vast majority of Roscommon supporters humble and understandably delighted with the result. But it wasn't the All Ireland. It was a Connacht semi final fyi and just another step for an opportunity to win a Connacht title against a fine Galway side. Ye got bate fair and square. Suck it up. We've got trimmings from ye the last decade or so in your golden age. Don't be so childish when now the shoe is on the other foot. For us we've only a fifty fifty chance of success in on the final. Maybe less, but the lads will work hard and remain humble. It's just a game bud! Less of the sour grapes.
moros (National) - 28/04/2026 11:36:39
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Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To bláthach: "I agree with you. This thread has been infiltrated with nonsense posts thank you for highlighting this. Plus it has been infiltrated with Roscommon posters please insulting our young players thank you.
Yes there was a scoreboard where it usually is. You obviously don't go to many games when you don't know where the scoreboard is in our county grounds but thank you for highlighting this." Get a life lad.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 28/04/2026 15:11:54
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Mayo GAA Thread - 3 Like(s)
I have said it many times, It would have been a major miracle had any county, but in particular a rural county like Mayo, to have been able to replace Keegan, Boyle, Higgins, Barrett, Kevin Mac, Cillian, Parsons, with players of similar ability. Look at the Dubs, GOAT team, and they are 22/1 to win SAM now, and the pick and setup they have. In truth, how many of our starting 15 from yesterday would start on any other Division 1 team? The previous manager had been trying to transition in new lads as seamlessly as he could. Cillian IMO played his best football during the 2 drawn semis in 2014, 12 years ago. I understand that Andy was under huge pressure to deliver, as David Brady had outlined, and perhaps he felt he needed experience if he was to clinch a Connacht this year. Of course it is still possible, on paper at least, to turn things around and have a great run in the race for SAM, but it is hard to see us winning 3 or 4 games v teams remaining in the race. There is, as Andy and PJ pointed out one straw to clutch, in that, all the top ranked teams have been way off the pace in their first real championship game. Meath, Mayo, Dublin, Galway, Donegal, gone or lucky not to be. Kerry less than impressive. Armagh have not had a real test yet which leaves Roscommon as the only team to have excelled from Div 1. Was their decision to play a "B team" in the last round a master stroke? Last year the new rules were a challenge and many teams tried to adapt their old game plans best they could to the new rules. Now that they have had plenty of games a new style is clearly emerging. The running game is all but dead and Kicking is back, including kicking on site for long range scores. . There could be some great days ahead for supporters yet.
martinjoe (National) - 27/04/2026 18:31:08
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Oddball: "Lets be serious here for one minute.
Who in Leinster would beat us at this point in time?
Who in Connacht would beat us at this point in time?
Who in Munster, apart from Kerry, would beat us at this point in time?
Who in Ulster, apart from Armagh and Donegal, would beat us at this point in time?
I rest my case!" Another post where you have lost the run of yourself.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 27/04/2026 17:52:11
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayman67420: "what would a westmeath fan know about winning all Irelands. The new season is a marathon not a sprint" The size of your population and one All Ireland in 38 years, the ones ye won before that involved two matches so look after yourselves firstly. Not exactly Kilkenny, Cork or Tipp
Claretandblue (National) - 28/04/2026 10:10:24
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Oddball: "The only Longford part of me was spending 6 years of secondary school there. Can we not get excited after yesterdays performance? Or do we have to seek your permission???" Majority of your posting on here over the years has been on the Longford thread than on here. Have you even posted during the league campaign on here, I don't recall any post yet now you are very excitable now and even on the Galway thread trying to get a rise out of them.
The_analyser (National) - 28/04/2026 11:18:30
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 2 Like(s)
Let the provincial comps go ahead and we have 4 winners who can bask in their glory.Then an open 32 county draw for the Sam Maguire-you get who you get and maybe we could see Kerry heading to Leitrim or Armagh down to Carlow or 2 so called big guns going out in first round.It cant be an all Ireland if all Ireland are not included.Forget about tailteann cups etc and the whoever wins are all Ireland champs.
Bruno@1 (National) - 28/04/2026 13:17:41
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Championship Attendances - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "15,321.
€35 for stand with no child/student/OAP prices.
Probably €45 for the Final." Suppose over 15k isn't to bad of an attendance for a semi. Dont think either of the lenister semis this week will get near that to be fair. There seam to be a lot of Roscommon supporters in the terraces. Probably the best supported county in the country per population. Fair play the rossies. I hope yous win the final now. But looked dreadful the main stand in front of the tv half empty. The councils and the GAA in a whole have dreadful marketing.
DublinBrian (National) - 27/04/2026 20:22:05
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "Poacher V Moran in the qualifiers would be tasty, Tom Prior to negate Aidan O' Shea, would be a fascinating battle." Since the qualifiers haven't been a thing for years, there isn't much value in you commenting the same thing over and over. Clearly you have a second account also because I don't think we could have a second person on the same wave length as you - or at least I hope not
Leitrim_12 (National) - 27/04/2026 19:18:54
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Published Roscommon team for tomorrow's Connacht U20 final.
Patrick Gaynor - Western Gaels
Diarmuid O'Higgins - Clann na nGael
Michael Gillooly - Roscommon Gaels
Nikita Berzins - Shannon Gaels
Keelan Kelly - Pádraig Pearses
Eoghan Carthy - Roscommon Gaels
Conor Grogan - Roscommon Gaels
Niall Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Cathal Enright - Elphin
Cathal McKeon - Boyle
Dean Casey - Ballinameen
Eoin Collins - St Croans
John Curran - Castlerea St Kevins
Charlie O'Carroll - St Brigids
John McGuinness - Roscommon Gaels
Subs Mark Carroll - Kilmore, Colin Murray - St Ciarans, Ruadhan Henry - St Michael's. Kevin Hester - Castlerea St Kevins, Ruairi Kicline - St Dominic's,Stephen Tighe - Strokestown, Liam Finneran Castlerea St Kevins, David Higgins - Western Gaels. Declan Kennedy - Shannon Gaels
We are 7/2 with the bookies and their punters. No doubt have taken the fixture scheduled advantage our neighbours have however should we get close to matching our Seniors shooting efficiency from last Sunday then we'll have a right good chance of upsetting those odds once again.
The best of luck to Cian Smith and his young Rossies in Tuam tomorrow night.
The_analyser (National) - 28/04/2026 14:51:10
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Oddball: "I haven't lost the run of myself.
I'm just a confident person who tells it as it is." Spot on. No point in being in it if you're not confident. Ye won't get as much time on the ball and space in the final as ye did yesterday, regardless of personnel. Both teams have adapted well to the new rules. But if Roscommon's hunger and workrate is as good as yesterday Galway will need to be at the top of their game to beat ye.
GreenandRed (National) - 27/04/2026 16:50:24
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To JimmyNail: "The sooner these lads with multiple accounts are stopped from spouting rubbish and making a mockery of this forum the better. Well done to Leitrim on a great show on Saturday, hopefully we can have a decent run in the Tailteann cup." Totally agree and best of luck to Leitrim in Tailteann Cup, interesting opening round fixture against Westmeath,Down or Cavan.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 27/04/2026 17:58:05
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dheen: "Minor game vs Laois changed to 13.30 now, maybe the county board requested for it to be." A bit of a help but still giving Wexford and Kilkenny an unfair advantage. If i was the Westmeath manager i would be slow to start both halves. If they dont give us fair play why should we give them respect. The players need to know they are being disrespected and get inspiration from it.
jobber (National) - 28/04/2026 14:01:24
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tacaí Liatroma: "To answer a couple of your points. Regarding the cost of tickets, I bought mine on Ticketmaster around 2.25 on the day of the game, believe it or not. I wasn't 100% sure of my exact plans. It cost €25 and it was for the terrace, with €30 for the "sideline" which I presume was the concrete seats. However I saw no-one checking tickets at the entrances to the concrete seats, so I could have gone on there if I wanted. I chose the shed instead. I didn't use the toilets but you're right, they should be in a reasonable state. And the tannoy was non-existent at the shed; we could just hear it from the stand. I didn't hear who the minute's silence was for at the start.
Was there a scoreboard on operation? I didn't see one. Maybe the camera tower was in the way. I never thought to look for it on the way out.
Fair play to the hurlers. Pity about those two defeats in the league doing for them, but they've now got a 100% record and they've beaten the team who beat them in the league.
And yes, there's some absolute drivel that's plagued this thread lately. I dunno what it is. I dunno what the other threads are like, and I know it's alright to have a bit of craic, but someone of the stuff here is of absolutely no quality, and there's one or two main offenders, thank you very much for agreeing. And lately it's turned into just attacking the Rossies and how they're the fourth or fifth best team in Connacht. The joke only goes so far." I agree with you. This thread has been infiltrated with nonsense posts thank you for highlighting this. Plus it has been infiltrated with Roscommon posters please insulting our young players thank you.
Yes there was a scoreboard where it usually is. You obviously don't go to many games when you don't know where the scoreboard is in our county grounds but thank you for highlighting this.
bláthach (National) - 28/04/2026 13:55:58
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Timbertony: "He had potential but he's not a huge loss either. Very limited on the ball. That's another problem in the team, even when there is good movement close to goal the deliveries in can be very average. Mind you Chin's movement inside and first touch was very poor the last day. The top forwards like Gillane have no problem with a high ball going in and he's usually outnumbered too. He's not the quickest either but it's about movement in there not speed. Chin didn't make it stick and Redmond was lost next to him.
Early on with Rossi we had likes of Casey and Cian Byrne inside and that forced a change of tactics. We were forced to work the ball short and play diagonal ball into them. Then likes of Chin and Mac returned and we went back to the Tony Doran route one tactics." He needs to improve on the ball but I'd rather that than a corner-back who's good on the ball but struggles to mark his man
ElGranSenor (National) - 28/04/2026 13:42:05
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bláthach: "I agree with you. This thread has been infiltrated with nonsense posts thank you for highlighting this. Plus it has been infiltrated with Roscommon posters please insulting our young players thank you.
Yes there was a scoreboard where it usually is. You obviously don't go to many games when you don't know where the scoreboard is in our county grounds but thank you for highlighting this." Agreed. Can't find the scoreboard at the scoreboard end lol
ohwow (National) - 28/04/2026 15:40:22
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Championship Attendances - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "Hurling
Cork v Limerick 43,369
Waterford v Tipp 11,982
Galway v Offaly 6,557
Dublin v Kildare ?????
Kilkenny v Wexford 13,576
Football
Tipp v Cork 1,755
Clare v Kerry 5,226
Mayo v Ros 15,321
Leitrim v Galway 4,843
Fermanagh v Armagh 8,931
Donegal v Down said to be full to 9k capacity." There was 5/6,000 at the Dublin/Kildare match,
BarneyGrant (National) - 28/04/2026 13:09:10
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Mugatay: "Saturday was very much a case of what might have been. As I said before, we need to covert 80-90% of chances to beat these teams and we just had too many wides. It's frustrating, particularly when Galway missed a fair few but the heads never dipped, we kept plugging away, we had an edge, aggression and desire and the belief was there - even after 10points down, the body language remained positive. Squidgy epitomised all of this with his display.
In another championship, another year, it would have become a 20point hammering with people streaming out of the ground. That had started with the fairweather supporters only to see them turn back and stay to the end.....well done them!
The referee seemed slow to award us a free at times and quick to award them to Galway. Case in point when he blew for an alleged foul when McNulty collected the ball in the air on the shed side when we had them on the ropes. No idea what for but Galway were then able to take the sting out of our play as they did so well many times.
Tom Prior was everywhere and rightfully got his MOTM award.
Gaffey for goals if a great find this year. A bit more fine tuning an he could be the main option for those long distance 2pointers.
Honeyman had a fantastic 2pointer-Oisín McLoughlin was eye catching-(lovely pick up! !) He timed his run from deep for a possible penalty follow up to perfection whilst the Galway lads were flat footed. Great point too.
A clear penalty btw - the attacker will always get those decisions even if its 50:50.
Crowd watch - again, a below par attendance. Galway travelled well but we didn't turn up the way we should have for a home semi-final following a hard fought quarter final win. Where were Connacht Council going with them stand prices??? It put people right off. I think of London 3 years ago allowed people in for free for league game to try and drum up a good crowd to get behind the team. I'm not sure what the answer is - group discounts, kids go free ? But it diluted down our home advantage severely. Same thing happened over in Castlebar.
If you are going to charge then at least have toilets that have seats, a bit of a clean, full soap dispensers, speakers that work on the shed side and no obstruction of scaffolding for TV cameras rendering half the shed unusable.
Apart from that, the pitch was immaculate and the pipe band never disappoint to add that sense of championship occasion.
I hope the lads are given a good week or 2 off before giving the Tailteann a good rattle - they have shown they are capable of going toe to toe with anyone on a given championship day - we've earned a bit of respect back again and there's good feeling back. Huge credit must go to Poacher. I for one had my reservations during that league campaign last year but I've seen and heard more than enough to be buoyed by what's to come.
Fair play to the rossies. It's a pity we are not in the final with them. They were a class act that 2nd half in Castlebar and I would tip them to stop Galway's gallop for a 5 in a row.
Well done also to our Hurlers who are tuning up nicely. 3/3 and may give us a day out yet with that form.
Finally, this message board needs surgery and fast. It's becoming more difficult to pick out the genuine commentators. The administrators need to open their eyes and stop allowing the increasing drivel to get on here. As pointed out by others, it was a great place to come on and contribute to a discussion about all things Leitrim football and you may not always agree but it was constructive and well intended.
It has clearly been hijacked by doom scrollers who cannot master a basic English sentence and have SFA to do with their days. They will be crowing to an empty room if it goes on much longer.
Liatroim Abú" To answer a couple of your points. Regarding the cost of tickets, I bought mine on Ticketmaster around 2.25 on the day of the game, believe it or not. I wasn't 100% sure of my exact plans. It cost €25 and it was for the terrace, with €30 for the "sideline" which I presume was the concrete seats. However I saw no-one checking tickets at the entrances to the concrete seats, so I could have gone on there if I wanted. I chose the shed instead. I didn't use the toilets but you're right, they should be in a reasonable state. And the tannoy was non-existent at the shed; we could just hear it from the stand. I didn't hear who the minute's silence was for at the start.
Was there a scoreboard on operation? I didn't see one. Maybe the camera tower was in the way. I never thought to look for it on the way out.
Fair play to the hurlers. Pity about those two defeats in the league doing for them, but they've now got a 100% record and they've beaten the team who beat them in the league.
And yes, there's some absolute drivel that's plagued this thread lately. I dunno what it is. I dunno what the other threads are like, and I know it's alright to have a bit of craic, but someone of the stuff here is of absolutely no quality, and there's one or two main offenders, thank you very much for agreeing. And lately it's turned into just attacking the Rossies and how they're the fourth or fifth best team in Connacht. The joke only goes so far.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 28/04/2026 12:57:13
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Wexford cant afford the luxury of playing Chin at 14. He is easier marked there than anywhere else on the pitch, we need him further out the field. It is mind boggling that no other goalkeeper has had a run over the last couple of years, its now entirely possible that someone will be thrown in at the deep end against Dublin in a must win game. Lunacy. You do have to ask why so many are not committing right now? I know its the same in other counties but not to the same extent imo.
FearBeag (National) - 28/04/2026 12:29:26
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Joe Barrett is surely good enough to be worth talking about?" Barrett was asked several times to join the panel by Keith and he refused each time.
If he's not interested then that's it.
Magpie2 (National) - 28/04/2026 12:17:36
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