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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To mickcunningham: "Hoping this is the starting line up
Jason daly
Danny scahill. Charlie drumm. Tadgh baker
Ronan Wallace. Shane Allen conor dillon
Ray connellan. Brian cooney
Kevin o sullivan. Sam mcartin. Mattie whittaker
Danny mcartin. Brandon Kelly. Shane corcoran" Apart from a few positional differences you nearly had it Mick. One big change though is Danny McC was left out in favour of Senan Baker. I don't agree with that change but there you go. Other will agree with it.
I have nothing personal against Senan Baker but for me he just hasn't been doing it for Westmeath at this level and I am very surprised he is back in. I hope he proves me wrong.
Meridian (National) - 01/05/2026 15:13:27
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "Surley Mc Caul could have been used for 15 minutes on Wednesday night" He is not an Under 20.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 01/05/2026 16:52:11
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8 Hurling Rules Changes - 1 Like(s)
Replying To suckvalleypaddy: "I'd say you are more of a hurling person than me, I would concede that point. I'm still mad about the game though.I f we cut down trees to make hurley's, then we should use them more. The hand pass is impossible to police.
You could go the other extreme and scrap the hurley's and just throw the ball over or under the bar.
My vote is use the hurley more." The big change in hurling since the 90s is the movement of the players. They are bigger, stronger, fitter and faster than ever before. They run and sprint far more than previous generations. The game has evolved to complement these athletes. The running game, as its called, has enhanced the game as a spectacle. All you have to do is watch a game on tg4 gold to know what im saying is accurate. The handpass is here to stay. It isnt going anywhere . The rule wont be changing. The only thing to decide is on how to referee it. Do we continue as we are or do we go down the indirect free route for all technical fouls? I think that's the decision that needs to be made. Im not sure there is an appetite for change of that nature atm but we will see.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 02/05/2026 11:59:52
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "100% agree regarding better planning.
But projects like the >300K Bicycle shed for Leinster House, that price and how it was successfully tendered for by a relative of a Government TD should have raised alarm bells.. Makes me think the system is flawed." The billions handed over to IPAS contractors without having to be subject to normal planning and local authority oversight makes the 330k spent on a big shed pale into insignificance, Barely registers as a %.
BarneyGrant (National) - 02/05/2026 11:55:38
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Senan can be mercurial but it's a gamble. Hopefully he lights it up as he is capable of it. It should be tight. If Whitaker is fully fit we can win it. Hopefully we have a great crowd there.
Iarmhisamhi (National) - 01/05/2026 21:57:16
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "The Tailteann Cup serves a purpose for teams like Cavan, Down, Westmeath and Clare who are unlikely to really progress in the proper All Ireland series. If I was Poacher and with the quality of players we have and the way we rattled Galway we should keep our powder dry during the Tailteann Cup and save ourselves for the main event." Can we please keep this forum respectful. There are people of all ages on here contributing authentic content about their club & county scene and indeed about other counties they have knowledge on. Let's keep it all real.
Dothesimplethingswell (National) - 01/05/2026 20:47:56
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bloodandbandage: "And hopefully, Cork beating Kerry in the Munster Final!" No reason why not Bloodandbandage.Regardless of what some think most Kerry/Cork clashes are close.KLast year was a draw and we sneaked it in extra time in a fantastic game of football.The year before Kerry won by two points.
Since the qualifiers came in 25 years ago,no teams have met each other more in the championship than Cork and Kerry.They have met in two qualifiers,4 All Ireland semi finals and two All Ireland finals.
Cork and Kerry have met an astonishing 38 times in the chmpionship in the last 25 years.Thats almost incredible.While Kerry have won most,Cork were the victors on 6 occassions and there were 8 draws.
The lazy narrative is its only Kerry in Munster and Cork have beaten teams like Mayo and Donegal in the championship also in the last couple of years.Im hoping for a Kerry victory but wont be shocked by any outcome.Cork and Kerry take on a life of its own.
Last night the two under 20 teams produced a brilliant Munster final with Kerry claiming a narrow victory.
Roll on Killarney next Sunday.
CiarraiMick (National) - 01/05/2026 20:07:00
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "The Derry lineup named will be several orders of magnitude better than what Cavan produced a couple of weeks ago. Call me pessimistic but I just cannot see Monaghan competing with them across 5 to 12.
Plus Derry's inside forwards have big totals in them." Keep hearing about the derry middle eight and how we just wont be able to compete there. Its a game we desperately could do with a fit Gary Mohan to throw his weight around in but he ain't fit and we gotta go with what we have. The one posituve am taking pre match is the fact we are being written off by everyone. Its got that feel I like coming up to a monaghan match. We are going in with a bit of a chip on the shoulder here derry are already in the final according to everyone. So zero pressure on the lads all on Derry.
seanie08 (National) - 01/05/2026 19:34:59
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Cockney_Cat: ""The Munster championship is part of the All Ireland series, same as the Leinster Championship."
And therein lies the problem. All this arguing, back and forth, on here about the make-up of the Munster and Leinster Championships misses the point; they are intrinsically different and not fit for purpose, nor fair nowadays, for deciding the make-up of the All-Ireland Championship.
The provisional Championships should be separated from, and played before the All-Ireland series. Probably instead of the National League.
The All-Ireland series should have equal number seeded groups, followed by a knock-out phase. You can debate about how many counties qualify, and from where, and how they are seeded, but that's a minor and easily sorted issue." +1, either play them as the league or knock-out and then seed for a group championship. Every matchup that happens now, will most likely happen in a better format where teams aren't out of the championship by the 1st weekend of May.
StoreysTash (National) - 01/05/2026 18:59:41
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tox73: "He was involved in Goal all the way up with Wexford, his first Position. You won't know until you give these guy's a chance. What do you want to do keep Fanning there till he is 40? He is been a good servant but we have to move on now." Problems last weekend did not start with Fanning. Accidentally posted.
They ended with Fanning picking the ball out of the net because of the shambles out the field in terms of workrate.
StoreysTash (National) - 01/05/2026 18:47:32
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To The_analyser: "Yes that's why Kerry are looking to get it pushed back to Wednesday evening. Our Minors will find out tonight where the venue of the Friday May 8th final will be. Should Sligo win the final will be played in Hyde Park, if Galway win it's a trip to Tuam." Any chance some common sense might prevail and double up the minor final with the senior next Sunday?
GerBo (National) - 01/05/2026 17:35:25
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Our clubs are a mess. Can anyone here look at their own club and say they are fierce well run and going well.
Standard of club coaching and club championships are horrid bad and the players we have are the product of it.
I'd say most clubs happy to field. That's the job done.
We give the young players no chance. By the time they get to minor they are sitting ducks for strong counties.
greyhound (National) - 01/05/2026 13:39:24
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Delighted to see Seanan Baker back on a pitch again-another young lad who has had his fair share of injuries
Bruno@1 (National) - 01/05/2026 16:35:46
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To goreyll: "After the performance on Saturday, it'd make you wonder what role Bernard Dunne is playing and what impact he's having?" The same impact as our departed Director of Hurling, 0
Tox73 (National) - 01/05/2026 16:05:35
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "A National League title is silverware btw but you said it makes no difference" No harm to you but very few people look at the Hurling League as anything other than what it is. A competition to blood newer and younger players in, and give returning established players gametime in as they come back into the panels.
Viking66 (National) - 01/05/2026 15:22:34
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Timbertony: "The biggest issue is the lack of players up to the required level. Club and underage scenes are simply not producing enough quality players. Dunne isn't going to address that whatever his remit is." Listened to Davy Redmond on the Wexford hurling podcast and that was definitely an issue when he was over the u20s at the end of the teens turn of the 20s.
Alot of good work has been put in since covid however, but some of the fruits some of this good work wont even be seen at minor for a few years yet.
For example the first group of lads that were on the ASH for u12s are only u15 this year.
The enhanced Gogames programmes for u10s and u12s likewise.
The extended season pushed by CB and Coaching and Games 3 years ago also. Including the efforts to persuade clubs to coach their lads in all age grades twice a week and for more months of the year.
The full benefits of u18s being allowed to play adult wont even be seen at u20 for a couple of years yet. So it will be even longer until they are seen at Senior.
We were so far behind other top counties at u6-u17/8 by the end of the teens its going to take a while to catch back up.
Hopefully this years u20s and minors might have a little success which will give those groups of players a bit more real belief as they get older and maybe play Senior one day.
Underage Leinsters and AIs in themselves dont really mean that much to me, though obviously they are massive to the players, management and families concerned. What success will do is bring a little positivity and belief in Wexford hurling back, which hopefully would have a knockon effect for our Senior chances then.
Viking66 (National) - 01/05/2026 15:17:41
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lúla571210: "I'd expect both of them to feature at some stage. Highly doubt Tadhg mc will start but wouldn't be surprised to see Craig start in place of daire nally and emmet into the corner." Cheers, I've got Lennon in the fantasy game and we didn't feature last time unfortunately
ColmFlaherty (National) - 01/05/2026 15:07:35
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "The existing qualifier system is a great setup, open fraw where you can play anyone from Waterford to Donegal. With the quality of player we have I would hope to draw a top team in the qualifiers. No one will want to draw us.
Yes the minor championship starts this evening, they deserve our support after a brilliant campaign for them at county level." What is fraw / a fraw / an fraw. I'm not sure what you mean by this.
Loughallenbanks (National) - 01/05/2026 14:06:29
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Great win over Meath in the 1/4 finals but it has come at a huge cost for 2 players and maybe 3 who will now miss their club championships.Coror McCormack has a badly broken leg and Luke Loughlin has a bad hamstring injury.Matty Whittaker not 100% either by the sound of things.I suppose these are the breaks you get playing sport but nonetheless it carries a lot of mental stress when you cant be involved on the pitch
Best wishes to Luke and Conor on a speedy recovery and hopefully Matty is just a precaution.
Bruno@1 (National) - 01/05/2026 13:52:50
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "What's the likelihood of Lennon or Tadhg Mc starting or playing this week?" I'd expect both of them to feature at some stage. Highly doubt Tadhg mc will start but wouldn't be surprised to see Craig start in place of daire nally and emmet into the corner.
Lúla571210 (National) - 01/05/2026 13:50:12
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