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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To McGuirk1985@: "15 points the difference, might as well of stayed on the bus" focus of the junior appeal with DRA weighed heavily on the seniors preparation
farneygael3 (National) - 18/10/2026 22:39:15
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Have we got the most uncompetitive championship in Ireland? Was in Clones today and the amount of neutrals leaving with 15 minutes to go was noticeable. Truagh supporters there hoping for a miracle. Terrible stuff when you see the scenes in other championships around the country.
Monaghansclown (National) - 18/10/2026 22:42:36
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Saturday was a brilliant game , and no offence to Clarinbridge , but I think most neutrals have loved the Tommy Larkins fairytale this year. Crowd was good and the weather added to it . But I think people really over think some of these decisions of Double headers etc .People give out if its a double header in Gort, give out if its not in Kenny Park , just enjoy the games . The streams have added value to all the games for people who cant make them , and its obviously added to the County Boards revenue which is a good thing for us all. Lets hope the weather holds for two weeks time and we see a brilliant game.
puckemhard (National) - 19/10/2026 08:47:49
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
'The North Monaghan Derby' was won by the team that picks from 50% of North Monaghan, while the other 50% is split between Truagh/Emyvale/Tyholland. Who would have thought?!
Scotstown bench/not used at the weekend:
Jack McCarron (County Senior)
Gavin McPhillips (County Senior)
Cian Mohan (Ex County Senior)
Mark McPhillips (Started for county u20s a couple of years ago)
Sean Treanor (Started for Monaghan u20s a few years ago)
Michael Meehan (Started for Monaghan u20s in Ulster Final)
Sean Og McElwain (County u20 and All Ireland Minor All Star)
Caolan Foy (County u20)
Finlay Foy (County u20)
Conal Gallagher (County u20)
Nicky Sherlock (County u20)
Francis Maguire (Former county u21)
Jason Carey (Club POTY 2024)
If you're a senior club player in the county, you have to ask yourself, what is the point of training all year? We can say it's not about numbers but the reality is, when you have 25+ in their last year at every age group, you're going to get 3 good senior footballers out of it every year regardless of how good your coaching structures are. That, combined with it being one ginormous rural area with no other sports (unless you count the 15 lads that play for Killylough in the soccer). The only other clubs in the county that can half compete in terms of numbers are our town teams, all of which field competitive hurling teams and have senior soccer teams also, as well as dealing with all of the other distractions that come along with being a town.
They won it last year without McCarthy and O'Toole starting the final, and this year they won it without McCurrin / McPhillips starting the final. It's getting laughable.
HB245 (National) - 19/10/2026 15:55:38
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
My senior club team of the year. Some might appear in unusual positions but in modern football especially under the new rules players covers a lot of ground.
Conor Carroll (Brigids) another steady club championship for the Roscommon number 1
Pearse Frost (Brigids) one of best performing defenders in this year's championship and put his hands up for more minutes under Mark Dowd next year.
Caelim Keogh (Pearses) really starting to establish himself as a top defender now for club and county
David Murray (Pearses) in a year he called time on his county career he remains a model of consistency and leader for his club and popped up with 3 goals over the campaign.
Jack Nevin (Pearses) the former forward has really showed well at wing half back and scored impressive 2-7 and set up many more scores.
Brian Stack (Brigids) tough year for him with injuries. When it came to knock out football he once again led by example
Ronan Daly (Pearses) Mr dependable for his club and great leadership he provided in wins against Glaveys and Boyle
Niall Heneghan (Glaveys) stood out in every game for his club MOTM v Pearses. Next step is surely promotion to senior county level
Senan Lambe (Ros Gaels) his club had disappointing exit but no fault to Senan who had a surpeb year for Roscommon seniors and his club.
Colm Neary (Strokestown) pound for pound arguably the best footballer in this county. Certainly deserve his place in my team of the year
Dara Curran (Castlerea) lit up the early stages of the championship and his display v Oran was one of the best individual performances during this championship
Ruaidhri Fallon (Brigids) rarely underperforms for his club and played a captains role this year.
Ben O'Carroll (Brigids) great to see Ben back in top form. Top scorer in the club championship with 3-33.
Donie Smith (Boyle) another that called time on his county career who remains consistent at club level and scored 2-29 during this championship.
Conor Hand (Brigids) joy to watch pace to burn and such intelligent footballer. 3-15 he scored and created loads of other scores.
Others I considered
Goalkeepers Niall Curley (Strokestown) Paul Whelan (Pearses)
Defenders Tim Gibbons (Strokestown) Oisin Cregg (Boyle) Cormac Regan (Oran) Mark Richardson and Keelan Kelly (Pearses) Robbie Dolan
Midfielders Declan Kenny (Pearses) Mark Daly (Brigids) Tom Corcoran (Strokestown) Ultan Harney (Clann)
Forwards Ciaran Murtagh (Faithleachs) Paul Carey and Eoin Colleran (Pearses) Shane McGinley (Strokestown) Rory Carthy (Roscommon Gaels) Darragh Walsh (Oran) and Cathal Heneghan (Glaveys)
My player of the championship - Ben O'Carroll
Young player of the year - Dara Curran
The_analyser (National) - 19/10/2026 00:32:53
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To greyhound: "Some great news stories in Wicklow this week
Well done to the tailteann cups team of the year winners and well done to An Tochar too
A point that won't be made on here by the experts is well done to the underage coaches who helped both sides in their success
Obviously well done to An Tochar internally on raring such a fine footballing side but also well done to the garden county academy and the Wicklow underage set ups.
Tochar providing players to the county the past decade has benefited both themselves and Wicklow. A great template
Someone pointed out to me too that that the tailteann team was full of players who came through the academy too
The keyboard warriors will be sick" Good to read you input.
I'd imagine that most of the work which resulted in An Tóchar's victory against Blessington is predominantly due to the club's coaching structures, however, I agree their players benefits from playing with the county especially under the current management team and experience of playing in big games for the county team. It might encourage players from other clubs to join county setups.
Personally, I think our senior football team benefits from an external management team as I don't think there are enough good managers-coaches within the county to do the same job. My reason for stating this opinion is our underage teams are underperforming and have underperformed at minor and u-20 level in recent years. The last good minor/u-20 team was the team managed by Kevin O'Brien containing Kevin Quinn, Matthew Ging, Eoin Darcy, Malachy Stones etc who are now performing so well at club and county level. Since then, we've struggled at minor and u-20 level. People including me, question leaving a head of development in place when our underage teams have been underperforming and continues to underperform in the Leinster championship.
wicklowsupport (National) - 19/10/2026 09:50:02
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The GAA - Financial And Marketing - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "I'm long enough knocking around GAA circles to know there's no point arguing with somebody who throws out the "should be able to play wherever you want" line.
All I'll say is that the GAA is a community organisation as well as a sporting one, and is inextricably linked to pride of place in a way none other is. And remember, if you rip that up - there's no guarantee anybody will ever want to play for your own club at all." You join some organisation, you operate within the rules of that organisation.
Seanfan (National) - 19/10/2026 10:01:01
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "If you play in the AFL you'd be living in a big city most likely.
Dont get me started on the NFL.
You can make millions there.
There's nothing to do in donegal for young people. There's a reason everyone leaves.
Irish people love begrudging others.
We are narrow minded." I'm not begrudging him the opportunity to go try his hand at something, but honestly as a lifelong Donegal GAA fan, It does sicken me to see AFL or North American GAA scouts coming over here luring our up and coming talent away while we are trying to mount a serious challenge for the All Ireland.
I don't buy the "There is nothing to do in Donegal for young people", there are loads of career opportunities, loads of outdoor sports and activities on our doorstep in Donegal if someone is driven.
Commodore (National) - 19/10/2026 10:23:49
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To RamblingHen: "I agree,Shandonagh have a very solid half back line. There's a difference between having a solid half-back line and dealing with a half-forward line that can genuinely win a game. Milltown's half-forwards have the potential to cause Shandonagh serious problems, and I think that's one of the key battles in this final." The Shandonagh half back line have been putting up big scores all year, maybe they will have more to do defensively on Sunday but Milltown will be conscious of stopping Scully, Treanor, Carr and Scahill from getting goals. Shandonagh midfield the key to victory, Faughnan and Conlon are a fine mobile pairing
Claretandblue (National) - 19/10/2026 12:51:13
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "I'm not begrudging him the opportunity to go try his hand at something, but honestly as a lifelong Donegal GAA fan, It does sicken me to see AFL or North American GAA scouts coming over here luring our up and coming talent away while we are trying to mount a serious challenge for the All Ireland.
I don't buy the "There is nothing to do in Donegal for young people", there are loads of career opportunities, loads of outdoor sports and activities on our doorstep in Donegal if someone is driven." I agree with you that people tend to love a good whinge about how bad things are at home, when in reality things aren't too bad at all, and we're very lucky to be living in such a beautiful and peaceful part of the world.
But I think no matter how well things are at home, be it full time employment, social and recreational outlets etc, there will always be a sense of wanderlust for young people. And rightly so. You only get a certain window in your life where you're single, mortgage-free, no parental responsibilities etc so if you have the opportunity to spread the wings and broaden your horizons, go for it.
Lockjaw (National) - 19/10/2026 13:27:14
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Jjoniel79: "Scotstown won that title in the semi final. In 21 Truagh got to the county final by beating 2 good teams in Ballybay and Clontibret, this year there are no good teams outside of Scotstown and Inniskeen so got there by default, they could just as easily have been relegated this year.
Sadly for the foreseeable Inniskeen are a bit light on help yet and one or two injuries or emigrations will take them back to the pack whereas Scotstown have the luxury of resting Jack and putting some of their top men on ice with 10 to go in a county final. Scotstown could easily have swapped 3 or 4 men from the bench with starters yesterday and still won the game comfortably, and that's without big gavin.
I do have a question for the masses - outside of their numbers; how/why is Scotstown so far ahead of the pack. Beggan, the Hughes brothers, McCarthy are once in a generation players - but now comes along Max Maguire, Tommy Mallon, McIlwaine who look every bit as impressive.
Their player retention from juveniles to senior ranks is striking, as is their ability to turn out exiting young talent. Plenty on here whinge about them having a team in junior but I think the proof is in the pudding - it's more truely competitive football for more players and the benifits are there for all to see so I think more if not all clubs should be fielding junior teams and another lower league set up - reserve football is dead and has been for 10 years or more.
Additionally their juvenile coaching teams struck me as interesting - you often see Hughes, Beggan, Mohan, Carey, etc involved with their youth teams and almost no teams have a mammy or daddy on the sideline. I think this is something all clubs need to implement - ban parents from managing their own and ruining the whole thing for all the other kids. My own club had an under 14 training session with 9 parents on the sideline and only 8 lads training, which I think tells you the story of where we're at.
The removal of parents from juvenile coaching structures and the pathway from underage to senior competitive football with the junior teams are the two things I can identify that Scotstown are doing better than everyone else. But that's just my assessment.
It can't just be down to their population, Truagh have just as big a parish and the town teams have even more numbers again - by the population logic, Dublin would still be winning annually and would never be beat. Kerry have less help than cork and are no better fed or bred but win far more due to their structures, systems, etc. I'd be interested in what others thoughts are." rory beggan - plain and simple..they're still better than truagh without him but its the same as monaghan - without rory we will see a decline - simple....he scored 8, saved a decent shot and was spot on with most kick outs...and then he's backed up by the golden generation
MalsBalls (National) - 19/10/2026 13:32:19
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "2 time Hurling All Star, Liam Rushe, has announced his retirement from Inter County Hurling.
The 36 year old has called time on his Dublin career.
Hell of a player and he has a Leinster SHC winners medal and a League winners medal to his name." Best of luck ro Rushie is his retirement.A great servant to Dublin hurling.
brayballer (National) - 19/10/2026 14:48:35
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
any predictions for the senior replay, i'm going Fenagh, based on the fact Maxwell is out and Ballinamore don't seem to have a replacement so an out field player will have to go in goals. Fenagh by 6
meathbasedfan (National) - 19/10/2026 15:17:16
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To greyhound: "Some great news stories in Wicklow this week
Well done to the tailteann cups team of the year winners and well done to An Tochar too
A point that won't be made on here by the experts is well done to the underage coaches who helped both sides in their success
Obviously well done to An Tochar internally on raring such a fine footballing side but also well done to the garden county academy and the Wicklow underage set ups.
Tochar providing players to the county the past decade has benefited both themselves and Wicklow. A great template
Someone pointed out to me too that that the tailteann team was full of players who came through the academy too
The keyboard warriors will be sick" Here here
Well done to all the underage coaches. Have helped to build some fine players that we are all enjoying
Some "experts" on here talking about winning at underage
Alas that is why they are on forums and not on football fields
jokeshop (National) - 19/10/2026 15:35:59
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Best of luck ro Rushie is his retirement.A great servant to Dublin hurling." Dublin's loss is Na Fianna's gain for next year.
Rushie was some player when he was in his prime.
Fionn (National) - 19/10/2026 15:39:36
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Big congratulation to An Tochar. They have emphatically answered the questions many of us on here posed over the last two years on their ability to get the job done on the big day. Not only did they do it, but they done it with a swagger. I hope they show up well now in the Leinster Championship.
In my playing days ,I always found An Tochar to be a progressive club- great facilities long before other clubs caught up - Clubhouse, Bar, Floodlights etc. They also played a running and handpassing brand of football long before that became the norm.
Separately, I echo the comments on managerial/coaching appointments and why certain names are always in the frame for jobs when they have had zero track record of success.
Hawkeye2 (National) - 19/10/2026 16:22:34
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