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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Midlandsman: "When are Caulry out in the first round of Leinster? I'm not up to date as things seem to have gone very quiet about them on here" Give it a rest ffs. Not from Caulry myself but that joke is well past its sell by date. Constant re-hashing of it doesn't make it any funnier!
kingfixer1 (National) - 28/09/2026 19:29:40
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
When are Caulry out in the first round of Leinster? I'm not up to date as things seem to have gone very quiet about them on here
Midlandsman (National) - 28/09/2026 18:30:38
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "Sorry but Luc O Connor and Ryan Flagertu were playing excellently at the time guess had to come off so they were a huge loss to CG." I agree with the previous commenter who said it's always excuses with CG.
TanCanRan (National) - 28/09/2026 15:55:59
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Who should fund their holiday?" well for start isn't just a 'team holiday'
TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (National) - 28/09/2026 12:38:17
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Triffic: "He pulled the hamstring v Milltown, was never going to be available. Certainly not emigrating, committed to football." Maybe a transfer to native Dunkellin Gaels.
On that note, congrats to Dunkellin. Great to see. They dont even have a pitch. But they have a county medal. Hopefully they keep building and climb the ranks.
GalwaysFinest (National) - 28/09/2026 16:34:02
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Temple56: "They weren't there on merit. Today showed what people have said over the last few weeks. Massive difference between Group A and Group B. A joke of championship. To say that was semi final of our county championship.
The Downs won't be overall happy with their performance today either. A lot to improve on for the county final.
Lets be fair after today's showing we should all agree that the format should be back to what it was!
Moate deserved to be in QF. No further." The structure should never have been changed I totally agree and there was a huge gulf in class in that match , but they were there on sporting merit, they can only play the games stipulated by the structure of the competition they play in, how many more hoops do you want them to jump through? Anyway there's no talking to some so I'm wasting my time
MichaelScott (National) - 28/09/2026 16:40:57
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Got to admit the standard club football bar one-two games in knockout stages is awful in this county. I dont envy Frankie dolan. Better hope kikoe win it even then i dont think longdord champions get within 12 points of lomans or the downs in leinster.
Gaaforlife2023 (National) - 28/09/2026 22:27:08
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayareback: "Colm, Olans replacement the younger Kilcommins was excellent when he came on and did not weaken the team. He set up 2-3 scores as soon as he came on and if I remember he caught the important ball at the end. That said if Annaghdown has any hope Kelly and Daithi Kilcommons need to start against Moycullen, though I dont think it will make any difference. All I can say about Claregalway is winning underage titles by numbers does not build for senior battles. Conor Flaherty, Eamon McGrath Jack Mullen, showed leadership as Annaghdown had bigger leaders Meehan, 2 Kilcommins (Diarmaid was brilliant), Curley was super and obviously Comer who was the leader. My question for Claregalway is how come Jack Mullen did not start and why wasnt Jack Glynn on Comer. A note thought some of the refereeing decisions for both sides was iffy at best." Fair play to Daithi if he was good when he was on. The point was though that losing the calibre of players of Luc O'Connor and Ryan Flaherty swung it to Annaghdown when Claregalway have numerous players who've been involved with Galway teams such as Eamon McGrath, Conor Flaherty, Conor Campbell, Jack Glynn, Jack Mullen, Luc O'Connor, Ryan Flaherty, Jack Lonergan, Owen Morgan, Daniel Fitzmaueice, Jack Ramsey, Daniel Hughes, Eanna Monaghan, Matthew Collins, Eoin Geraghty and Danny Cummins, that's 16 players.
Annaghdown then have Olan Kelly, Daithi and Diarmuid Kilcommins, Ethan Forde, Eoin Newell, Stephen Curley, Cathal Heavey and Damien Comer, that's 8 players.
Claregalway have twice the players Annaghdown have that have county set-up experience
ColmFlaherty (National) - 28/09/2026 22:07:37
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Hi lads, latest scores and leaderboard will be posted later in the week. Cheers.
Lockjaw (National) - 28/09/2026 21:00:48
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To A_Chairde: "Stupid post , Moate as a team have improved a tonne under Val Daly. Nobody bar maybe Moate themselves believed they were ever going to get near The Downs. Getting to a senior semi for the first time since 1997 and making it out of Section B is a real measuring stick for Moate regardless of what people think of how they got there. I personally know some of the Moate lads and they are very happy with there progress under Val Daly. Youd imagine he will stay on for a third year with a young team that should still have plenty of development in them. For Kinnegad one poor performance doesnt suddenly make you a poor team. Jack Cooney transformed them into genuine title contenders having made two county finals and two semi finals. Most other clubs can only dream of that and hes probably saved them a fortune. Kinnegad just havent been good enough to win one but there is hardly shame in that. Jack will know better than anyone whether hes taken Kinnegad as far as he can. The Downs and Lomans always bring the best out of each other so looking forward to a great battle between them. Milltown and Shandonagh is a tasty intermediate final for obvious reasons. It would be nice to see Josephs finally win the junior as well but couldnt write off any team from the Downs." Agreed; how people can turn around and blame the Moate management after reaching a Senior Semi Final is crazy; maybe some agendas at play. Cooney has done very well with Kinnegad they probably just lack that forward in the big games, they've lots of very good forwards but not a Heslin or Luke, any there's a number of teams that don't have them lads.
Very early but you'd imagine there will be some changing to managements for next year. The early rumours are the Caulry manager stepped down. Otherwise you'd imagine a lot will remain the same.
DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 28/09/2026 18:17:33
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To RamblingHen: "I can agree with a lot of the points being made here, although I think there's another side to it as well. Both Moate and C/K were beaten by better teams, but I also thought both management teams left a lot to be desired.
If C/K and Moate want to improve next year, I honestly think they need a fresh approach. C/K looked very stale against Lomans and, at times, seemed to have run out of ideas. Lomans were supposed to be a team on the decline. But C/K have a problem big matches to bottle it.For me, Jack Cooney may have taken C/K as far as he can.
With Moate, they were fortunate enough to get a favourable quarter-final draw and ultimately reached a senior semi-final from Section B, which, as has been discussed here, was clearly the weaker section. But I don't think you can put everything on the players either. Their management was a major concern for me.
Val Daly seems to favour a very old-school approach, or maybe there just isn't a clear tactical plan - I'm not sure which. There didn't seem to be any real solutions against The Downs, and I thought the some of the same problems was evident against Athlone. They were fortunate to get the goal that got them through that game.
The players obviously deserve credit for getting as far as they did, but if Moate want to take the next step, I think they need to look at the management structure as well.
Sometimes I think there are just too many people involved. You can have the manager, selectors, coaches, backroom staff and everyone else giving their input, but at the end of the day the manager has to make the decisions when the game is being played. You could nearly have the person mowing the grass having an input at this stage!
Both Moate and C/K have plenty of good footballers. I think with a fresh management approach and a clear tactical plan, both could improve next year." Stupid post , Moate as a team have improved a tonne under Val Daly. Nobody bar maybe Moate themselves believed they were ever going to get near The Downs. Getting to a senior semi for the first time since 1997 and making it out of Section B is a real measuring stick for Moate regardless of what people think of how they got there. I personally know some of the Moate lads and they are very happy with there progress under Val Daly. Youd imagine he will stay on for a third year with a young team that should still have plenty of development in them. For Kinnegad one poor performance doesnt suddenly make you a poor team. Jack Cooney transformed them into genuine title contenders having made two county finals and two semi finals. Most other clubs can only dream of that and hes probably saved them a fortune. Kinnegad just havent been good enough to win one but there is hardly shame in that. Jack will know better than anyone whether hes taken Kinnegad as far as he can. The Downs and Lomans always bring the best out of each other so looking forward to a great battle between them. Milltown and Shandonagh is a tasty intermediate final for obvious reasons. It would be nice to see Josephs finally win the junior as well but couldnt write off any team from the Downs.
A_Chairde (National) - 28/09/2026 17:38:39
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "Sorry but Luc O Connor and Ryan Flagertu were playing excellently at the time guess had to come off so they were a huge loss to CG." I'm not disagreeing with you that they'd be losess however Annaghdown losing Olan Kelly early on would be huge to them, he's been featured on the TOTW 3 times for example. You and couple others talking as if its the only reason why Annaghdown won
ColmFlaherty (National) - 28/09/2026 16:45:32
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
What are Killeevan doing?? Lost appeal to Co Board twice and to Ulster. Also lost every single game. Perhaps a bit of training would be a better idea.
younggun08 (National) - 28/09/2026 15:21:28
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BadgerDog: "I think that is what some people are having a problem with more so than donating towards the players." Presumably some county board officials are going which is always the case in any county. You think Kerry team holiday went ahead minus their chairman or secretary going? People talk here about the players giving hours and hours, no player remotely puts in what some people do on county board. The usual whingers here won't like that, Cusack Park was open at 12.15 yesterday morning and didn't close until 6.45, it doesn't close or operate automatically. I would have an issue if paid people linked to team are going, physios, nutritionists, etc get handsomely remunerated for their work, a holiday surely should be paid for by themselves. Paddy Wallace and Keith Quinn must put in 25-35 hours per week voluntarily.
Claretandblue (National) - 28/09/2026 15:06:45
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhiabu: "Who else is going?" take a guest, ill give you a hint they didn't come on during extra-time to finish the job off.
TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (National) - 28/09/2026 14:36:16
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PowellJohn3: "Power Rankings- what do people reckon?? its difficult
1. The Downs
2. Lomans
3. Kinnegad
4. Tubberclare
5. Garrycastle
6. Mullingar Shamrocks
7. Moate
8. Athlone/Caulry
9. Athlone/ Caulry
10. Killucan
11.Shandonagh
12. Milltown
13. Malachys
14. Tyrellspass
15. Tang
16. Miltownpass
17. Rosmount
18. Multy
19. Ballymore
20. Castledaly" Just wondering what Milltown, Shandonagh and Malachys have done to deserve to be ahead of Tyrellspass and Tang? Milltown havent been senior in about 90 years. Shandonagh maybe because they were senior in 2024 and got to the intermediate final last year. Malachys lost to Tang in the senior relegation play off last year so that would suggest Tang should be ahead of them.
I do appreciate there isn't much between Senior B and 2 or 3 of the Intermediate A teams but I do think there needs to be substance behind putting an Intermediate team ahead of a Senior team in the rankings and to me there isn't enough to suggest they should be.
BadgerDog (National) - 28/09/2026 14:12:08
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I've never seen a championship won by winning a semi-final. If Killoe play similar to that they will be favourites, but they may not play like that again. That said, they look very balanced and they could loose a player or 2 without it affecting them. Other teams are in trouble when the loose players to injury. Duggan will be a massive loss. I think Dromard missed their boat and will not get the same below-par Clonguish in the replay. At the minute, Killoe look the form team and should rightly be favourites, but form can be temporary and they will still have to show up and perform well. If they perform well they will win.
I think Sean Connollys will have too much for Mostrim. They have added some nice young players this year and have more danger men in attack. They look stronger in the margins as well and look fitter all year than Mostrim. Mostrim were a whisker away from a relegation scrap and have done very well to be where they are. I fear they are not a club on an upward trajectory and that Connollys are. They have knocked and knocked on the door and once they show up and play well on the day, their time is now.
botheyesclosed (National) - 28/09/2026 12:46:07
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