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Tomsmith Says Let Gaa Scrap The Allstars Or Confine It To Two Players Per County - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "I don't think there's been any major shift in selection strategy, that you speak of. All Ireland winners always won more awards than runnersup, since inception in 1971. I'm fairly sure Offaly won more than Galway that year, and that was year1 selection. There's surely been very few all Ireland champion winning sides since 1971 in either code that didn't claim the highest volume of allstar selections in the year of their success. Also, players of the calibre of Browne and Forde could well win awards in the current era, why couldn't they?"
Apart from the 1st year when there were 9 different counties, there were only 4 other years with 8, one being 1972, and this year being the most recent.
When Browne won his 1st there were only 5 different counties, and when Forde won his there were 7, 6 when Browne won his second.
Since 2011 up until now there have only been 6 different counties represented twice, with 4 or 5 being the norm.
So this year was a bit of a throwback year with 8 different counties.

Viking66 (National) - 31/10/2026 13:01:59

Tomsmith Says Let Gaa Scrap The Allstars Or Confine It To Two Players Per County - 1 Like(s)
I couldn't care less about the all stars but if those choosing the recipients are making sure that several counties are represented instead of simply choosing who they think the best players are the whole thing becomes pointless altogether.

Seniorleague (National) - 31/10/2026 13:25:05

Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Bad day for Four Roads and Roscommon hurling with a 37 point defeat. Game as contest was over after 10 minutes. Was like watching a minor team up against inter county senior team given the difference in physicality and conditioning. Not sure if such a match did Tooreen much good either.

The manner they beat Ballyhaunis and how Four Roads was lucky to beat a 14 man Dominic's and Oran twice the writing was on the wall.

The_analyser (National) - 31/10/2026 15:06:06

Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To The_analyser:  "Bad day for Four Roads and Roscommon hurling with a 37 point defeat. Game as contest was over after 10 minutes. Was like watching a minor team up against inter county senior team given the difference in physicality and conditioning. Not sure if such a match did Tooreen much good either.

The manner they beat Ballyhaunis and how Four Roads was lucky to beat a 14 man Dominic's and Oran twice the writing was on the wall."
Shocking reflection on Roscommon hurling considering how dominant Four Roads have been. Doesn't seem that long ago when the Roscommon clubs would routinely beat Tooreen. The gap seems huge now.

FullOfPorter (National) - 31/10/2026 18:14:43

Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Seanfan:  "Time for our champions to go Junior?"
You may have a point. Four Roads rode their luck to win the Roscommon championship but this results points to serious regression. Interesting to see how far Tooreen progress. That is a wake up call if ever there was one for the state of Roscommon club hurling. Like Athleague and Ros Gaels are out of the conversation at the moment in club context in Roscommon. This result is saying that our club champions are very poor and that the pretenders are no better.

moros (National) - 31/10/2026 19:50:57