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Westmeath Football thread - 5 Like(s)
Winning an o Byrne cup seems to have given some of our players a false sense of their own worth . We were blessed to win that game but the lack of work rate in the 2nd half was alarming
mickcunningham (National) - 25/01/2026 17:13:32
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To JimmyNail: "Great effort by the lads considering who we were missing but unfortunately a defeat all the same. If ever the value of having someone to kick 2 pointers was shown it was today. A draw would have been a fair result. We could rue that yet" 100%. Wicklow were not great shakes. After what I seen today, we're better than I thought but still lacking a few hardy bucks around the field. We're still a light enough team. Imagine how much better we would be with the few lads in Australia & Barry McNulty. Even Beirne might have been useful today be it starting or from the bench. Definitely Barry would have played havok in midfield today. I thought Keegan had a decent game, caught and handled some good ball. Tom Prior was phenomenal, ran round the place linking up play well. Ryan O'Rourke also had a great game, anytime he got the ball he looked dangerous. The backline held up well enough but the 2 pointers killed us. I would also have my doubts about how much pressure they could take, would have been a different story had one of those two Wicklow first half chances had gone in. All in all, Poacher has the team well drilled and I hope they learn from today as we are well capable from what I seen.
Square_B (National) - 25/01/2026 20:12:11
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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ComainRos: "Where does one start after that match. I agree with most if not all of the above posts. As the Donegal poster said the clock seemed to freeze for a few seconds at the death. Id love to know who operates the hooter. Also as Tribesmen said we should really have defended that high ball at the very end. So close yet so far to beating Kerry and getting 2 points on the board. I think over the 70 mins Roscommon were probably the better team. We created many more goal chances than Kerry who got a very soft penalty and a goal which should have been ruled out for square ball. The Kerry players seemed to throw themselves to the ground very easily and win frees. In saying that Roscommon had so many chances that they didnt take. Paul Carey will be kicking himself this evening. He'd normally kick those with his eyes closed. Id be very interested to see the stats for today's game. It felt like Roscommon created more chances overall but missed quite a few scorable chances. In saying that I was so pleased with their overall performance. It was so much better than I expected. Senan Lamb, Daire, Diarmuid and Enda were all impressive. So many other lads put their hands up too at different points in the game. Was also great to see big Jack Duggan come on and get 2 points. Hopefully we can put in another strong performance next week and get two points on board and push on. Ros Comáin abú" That's a question I asked aswell, who operates the hooter?? If it's an official from the home team then there's always going to be question marks over it. Also, was there a breach from the Kerry defence right in that final play? The Roscommon bench beside me were adamant there was before the free was awarded to Kerry.
Anyway, nothing we can do about it now. I travelled to Killarney hoping for a positive performance and left sickened that we didn't come away with at least a draw. So many positives to take away. We looked so much better than the last few years, far more threat and a real bite to our play, the work rate from the forwards to press the Kerry defence was great to see. Daire was excellent, I thought Conor Ryan done well for his first day out, Diarmuid and Enda also but my Man of the Match was Senan Lambe, I thought he was brilliant and fought for everything.
We will rue some missed chances, namely Carey's effort at the end but also Daires goal chance when there was a man free to pass it to for a tap in.
Overall, we are in a better place than I thought we were and pleased with the performance but it'll count for nothing if we don't back it up and put 2 points on the board next Sunday.
D.Hyde (National) - 25/01/2026 22:21:02
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To martinjoe: "Poacher showed his cards in the championship last year after being mocked for league effort. He is a top manager and no reason why ye wont be in contention for promotion again. Great effort after such a trip down." Apparently I'm not allowed to say he's better than your lad who left us in a state or question why you keep coming here commenting on Leitrim football.
Square_B (National) - 25/01/2026 17:53:10
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Louth GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Decent start in Tullamore, 2 points on the board, most important thing on day 1 of the league.
Good fast attacking play in the second half, getting the ball moving and cutting out the slow down in the middle of the field are .
Dara Mcdonnell had a fine game in the middle of the field, kicked a few nice scores too.
Is Ciaran Downey not fully fit ? Looked off the pace/carrying a knock yesterday ? Not his usual motoring around self yesterday. Sam doing a lot of work /play out towards our back line, one of his quieter days attacking.
Great Louth turn out in Tullamore yesterday, fair play as always to the supporters.
Solid start for the team, hope we can build on it now, going to be one tough division.
louthman57 (National) - 26/01/2026 11:44:11
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "There's nobody taking the side of Allianz here...but as an aside they've pumped money into gaa for what...30 years now with this sponsorship...they didnt need to do that and its doubtful the return from it is worth it. And if they stopped sponsoring the leagues in the morning then there's only one outfit that would suffer from it.
Absolutely nothing people do here will affect what's going on in Gaza, zero. For example would people in somewhere like Ecuador protesting the troubles in the north have changed anything? There's your answer.
People are dismissive of this supposed protest because it is Dublin i think, and rightly so" This is such a bad take on the situation. I'm sorry now, but I really thought the GAA was different. It meant more. They go out and commemorate things like Bloody Sunday. The Hogan Stand. The name of the website. Where did the name Hogan come from. Who was he? Why did he die? Colonialism, injustice genocide.
So we don't protest because you think it won't make a difference? Even if that was true, and I don't believe it to be true, there still is one important reason to pursue a protest. To oppose sponsorship from this organisation.
The reason can be summed up in one word. INTEGRITY.
After what I heard one Saturday evening on Saturday sport a few weeks back I really feel the GAA as an organisation has very little of it left.
supermon (National) - 25/01/2026 22:21:48
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "China is widely considered to have the world's most extensive mass surveillance system, utilizing nearly 700 million cameras and advanced AI to monitor its citizens.
We can compare and contrast but the fact is, as much that is wrong with our own system, we can critisize and mock our own government and then vote them out.
Do that in China and you'll get a knock on the door, fall out a window in Russia or just disappear." I feel that our own system is heading that way too, based the way the Irish Revenue department is going, they are basically aiming for total financial monitoring of all people. For me, once we pay or income tax, Irish people should be free to spend it or do whatever they wish with it.
Obviously if there is evidence of criminality or suspected money laundering, I can understand revenue launching an investigation in tandem with the Gardai and CAB in such circumstances. But the number of investigations last year was off the charts, no evidence of criminality or money laundering, just over scrutiny of ordinary people.
Commodore (National) - 25/01/2026 21:08:34
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Dublin's own sponsor is not a million miles away from similar connection to company that landed Allianz in trouble, it seems.
BarneyGrant (National) - 26/01/2026 13:47:49
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Wexford Football 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Massive win, congrats to all involved. Fermanagh is a team Wexford have struggled with and to come away from Enniskillen with the points is no mean feat. Onwards and upwards.
FearBeag (National) - 26/01/2026 13:54:07
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dheen: "Good win for St Mary's 2nd year's in Leinster A vs Castlecomer. 1-16-1-03 it finished up." That's a great result, well done to those lads!
Viking66 (National) - 26/01/2026 12:40:55
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "I don't think either county sold out. And Kerry bring very small numbers at this stage of the year so you'll hopefully be ok for getting tickets." Much to my frustration donegal did sell out. What the sell out number is I don't know and maybe because of mccumhaill park being out of commission they reduced the season ticket numbers a bit. There will be plenty Kerry folks who will have a season ticket and forgo league matches.
There are tickets online for the match on Sunday. I wouldn't be waiting too long to buy them as there should big enough interest in going to the match.
Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 26/01/2026 12:42:29
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "100%. Wicklow were not great shakes. After what I seen today, we're better than I thought but still lacking a few hardy bucks around the field. We're still a light enough team. Imagine how much better we would be with the few lads in Australia & Barry McNulty. Even Beirne might have been useful today be it starting or from the bench. Definitely Barry would have played havok in midfield today. I thought Keegan had a decent game, caught and handled some good ball. Tom Prior was phenomenal, ran round the place linking up play well. Ryan O'Rourke also had a great game, anytime he got the ball he looked dangerous. The backline held up well enough but the 2 pointers killed us. I would also have my doubts about how much pressure they could take, would have been a different story had one of those two Wicklow first half chances had gone in. All in all, Poacher has the team well drilled and I hope they learn from today as we are well capable from what I seen." I have liked what I seen from Poacher since the Connacht championship last year. I dont think we will get promoted this year, It might not be a popular opinion but that might not be a bad thing, the last time we flucked a promoted we were miles of being a division 3 team and thats before 75% of the team opted out.
We need to develop a panel that will be fit enough and strong enough to stay in division 3, we wont progress as a county until we can establish ourselves as a div 3 team. I think we are a year or two away from that at the moment.
On another note I am a fan of 90% of the new rules, i dont like the two point free, it is a very harsh way to lose a game of football.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 26/01/2026 13:29:09
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To D.Hyde: "That's a question I asked aswell, who operates the hooter?? If it's an official from the home team then there's always going to be question marks over it. Also, was there a breach from the Kerry defence right in that final play? The Roscommon bench beside me were adamant there was before the free was awarded to Kerry.
Anyway, nothing we can do about it now. I travelled to Killarney hoping for a positive performance and left sickened that we didn't come away with at least a draw. So many positives to take away. We looked so much better than the last few years, far more threat and a real bite to our play, the work rate from the forwards to press the Kerry defence was great to see. Daire was excellent, I thought Conor Ryan done well for his first day out, Diarmuid and Enda also but my Man of the Match was Senan Lambe, I thought he was brilliant and fought for everything.
We will rue some missed chances, namely Carey's effort at the end but also Daires goal chance when there was a man free to pass it to for a tap in.
Overall, we are in a better place than I thought we were and pleased with the performance but it'll count for nothing if we don't back it up and put 2 points on the board next Sunday." The hooter is operated by the designated time keeper .A neutral GAA official. The time on TG4 tv is only an estimate and not the correct time. The official time keeper stops the clock at the refs behest and TG try follow suit but are always a few seconds behind. I watch a lot of Ladies Football and they are sponsored by TG4 and have the hooter system for years. In Ladies football the clock counts backwards instead of forwards and in many of the games on TG4 you will see the clock go to zero and then it will be another few seconds before the hooter goes as TG4 is not synchronised to the official time keepers clock.
gaa.88 (National) - 26/01/2026 13:50:43
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Two-Point Winners After The Hooter - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "The point was fine, tv was slightly out with last stoppage" The scoreboard in the ground must have been out aswell then…
D.Hyde (National) - 25/01/2026 22:23:21
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "If you head to Ballyshannon on Sunday he might answer your question if you put it to it." Well Ballyshannon is just an hour up the road from me, but no I'll be in Castlebar with the Dubs. I would genuinely like to hear his thoughts on P Clifford's role in the game, Paudie had 76 possessions in the game and wasn't turned over once, now in fairness the vast majority of these possessions were passive lateral passes but he also had time to thread through a handful of insightful passes to the inside line which hurt Donegal.
Maybe with D Clifford, O'Shea, Geaney etc there were just too many fires to put out and as Paudie was staying outside the 45, Jim was happy to leave him alone?
sligo joe (National) - 26/01/2026 14:05:17
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Not for Dublin. No offence to Wexford but not a chance we get caught by any of the weaker teams.
And yet Wexford can almost always raise a gallop against likes of Clare.
So Croke Park - in two minds still about surrendering Parnell to play before a mediocre football team - is league defining probably." No harm in getting the hurlers used to Croke park but they would certainly be more comfortable in the Neller.
brayballer (National) - 26/01/2026 14:07:02
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eoinog: "I think the point (pardon the pun) is that according to the T.V the clock was slow to start when the free kick was taken. The free was kicked and the ball in flight before the clock resumed. If the clock started when the free was kicked the hooter would have gone before Kennedy got possession. However it's the clock at the game and not the clock on the telly that matters. Kerrys first goal was not a square ball like some people say but the last free kick was never a free" If you think that wasn't a square ball then you know nothing about GAA. But then you do have form for coming onto this forum and stirring the pot.
ComainRos (National) - 26/01/2026 14:09:26
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To supermon: "Oh, right, so we wouldn't understand - its all big business we wouldnb't understand i guess. Just like all this people who read things on Facebook believe everything they read as we were told on Saturday sport. We aren't smart enough.
What statements has the global arm of Allianz made about this? As far as I am aware none. They seem to be happy enough with the arrangement and the investments. If I am incorrect about that please let me know.
Until I see that, Allianz in this country continues to celebrate its connections with the global arm of its operations.
These are the reasons I feel sponsorship should be reviewed" I am not sure regardless of what anyone says you will change your mind. A couple of points, PIMCO is a US company and the US would never allow them to blackist the county. Once bought its pointless what the do with the bonds as the complaint was they bought them in the first place.
And yes what I am trying to explain is a business relationship that most people would never see, thats not condensing but just the reality of the different environments people live in. You can take this advice whatever way you chose to. Black and White is a much easier world to live in.
zinny (National) - 26/01/2026 14:36:19
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Great start in both codes last weekend well done to both sides. Two more wins for our hurlers should gaurentee safety, it wont be easy but very doable. I see Chris Nolan has been announced as team captain
Delighted with our footballers yesterday they were full value for the win
Much credit to the managment as they got the team selection spot on and made plenty of impactful subs at the right time. It was great to see so many new faces from last year contributing which is important to freshen things up. The return of Ruth at midfield was I didnt see coming but worked a treat as he bossed midfield and brought a real presence especially in the air. Chris Blake was a constant threat throughtout and shpuld add a lot of scores going forward. The 4 League debutants McCarron, Bolger and two Roche brothers all did excellant and will only improve the more games they play. The kickouts were excellent in tricky conditions (& best of luck to McCarron in the Sigurson QF this week), Niall Roche scored a top class goal after a deep run and Bolger popping up with a point from half back. All our 6 starting forwards got on the scoresheet and 2-16 is a good return worthy of winning most div 4 games. Conor Doyle for me was man of the match again, and we had a serious bench to draw from when needed.
The mood in the camp must be very positive after a win like that, our first win away from Antrim in 8 years and off the back 4 consecutive wins we are in a briliant position going in to Saturday. The pressure is on Wicklow and Antrim now amd neither one will have it easy this weekend. I notice Kevin Quinn didnt play last Sunday if he is carrying a knock he is a big loss for the Wicklow attack. DCP pitch looks to be in excellent shape which should suit our pacy guys next weekend, a win this weekend would be an incredable start and a draw would be decent too, hopefully the lads recover, prepare and pick up from where they left off and importantly a big crowd of Carlow support turn up.
Carlowrising (National) - 26/01/2026 15:32:30
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NFL 2026 Predictions Competition - Week 1 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Carlowrising: "Think i should be on 8 instead of 7 Lockjaw: Kerry, Westmeath, Down and the draw in London v Tipp" Div1:
Dublin v Donegal...Dublin by 4 = 0
Galway v Mayo...Galway by 2 = 0
Kerry v Roscommon...Kerry by 5 = 1
Monaghan v Armagh...Monaghan by 1 = 0
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Div2:
Meath v Derry...Derry by 5 = 0
Tyrone v Kildare...Tyrone by 7 = 0
Cork v Cavan...Cavan by 2 = 0
Offaly v Louth...Draw = 0
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Div3:
Down v Clare...Down by 3 = 1
Laois v Limerick...Laois by 1 = 0
Fermanagh v Wexford...Fermanagh by 4 = 0
Westmeath v Sligo...Westmeath by 3 = 1
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Div4:
Waterford v Longford...Longford by 9 = 0
London v Tipperary...Draw = 3
Wicklow v Leitrim...Wicklow by 2 = 1
Antrim v Carlow...Draw
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1+0+2+4 = 7
Lockjaw (National) - 26/01/2026 15:57:53
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