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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Belclare7: "What's your top 8 in order Jim?" Belclare, would you please leave the Killala princess alone. She is trying update multiple accounts and social media pages. To get an idea Log into "The Blog" or "Mayo The Dream Has Never Died" Ha!
GDL (National) - 20/06/2025 11:00:06
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Bush named Iran,Iraq and North Korea as an Axis of Evil. It is clear now that the Axis of Evil is Israel and the United States. Many countries in Europe including Ireland have disgraced themselves by failing to adequately take a stand against these war criminals. They have provided cover for a genocide as has the Western media. The West can never be taken seriously again about believing in international law when failing to act against the mass slaughter right across the Middle East that has been conducted by Israel and the United States.
REDANDBLACK30 (National) - 20/06/2025 08:31:14
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
All 15 hurling clubs invited to meeting next week to discuss senior hurling manager's job and hurling in the county. Important that club delegates have their members views
Claretandblue (National) - 20/06/2025 23:41:05
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "They almost lost to Clare. We should be beating them easily" That's true Eddie,but didn't you say Ban wouldn't play this year and then Jason was gone. I hope you get this prediction right. I was delighted you got the other two wrong.
Ulsterchamps72 (National) - 20/06/2025 21:59:30
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Casement Park - 2 Like(s)
Replying To clooney: "I am not totally up to date on the politics but I hope to God they build a spanking 40,000 plus Stadium that Antrim & Ulster can be proud of it would do wonders for GAA promotion" Filled once a year (maybe) for an actual GAA event, the Ulster football final. A white elephant the rest of the year like the one in Cork. If the Brits weren't paying a share of it, there wouldn't even be a debate on this. It's a political football alright but not just on the orange side.
Municipal stadiums are the way to go. That's what Croke Park effectively is now anyway. Look at how ridiculous the situation is in Limerick with two stadiums a mile apart.
Timbertony (National) - 20/06/2025 18:05:41
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Anyone who thinks this Galway team are in the top 4 in Ireland are in Cloud Cuckoo Land, based on how the year has gone so far.
ahsure. (National) - 20/06/2025 14:00:01
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Scantermediate69: "1. Donegal
2. Dublin
3. Down
4. Armagh
5. Kerry
6. Galway
7. Cork
8. Mayo
sent from my iPhone" You logged in with the wrong name Ms Kennedy (JimB1991should have replied). What did Mr Brolly call your type yesterday? That's right the MHOS, it is an incurable condition. Ha!
GDL (National) - 20/06/2025 13:39:47
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Fermanagh GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To macca999: "Yes Horan was doing fair warm up during games last week in Brewster, would think he be able for maybe a 10/15 minute sub role. We are limited in midfield options if any of the starters get knocks, so be good to have that option Sunday" Talking silly again! No surprise there. I'd have to disagree on Horan being ready for any sort of game time this Sunday. Yes, he was doing some light warm-up drills in Brewster last week, but let's be realistic that's a far cry from being match-fit, especially for inter-county intensity. There's a big difference between going through the motions on the sideline and being physically and mentally prepared for the pace and physicality of a championship game, and this one is big and crucial one too!. Rushing him back for a 10-15 minute piece, especially when he hasn't had any real minutes under his belt in weeks, is too risky. We might be limited in midfield, sure, but plugging a hole with someone not fully ready could hurt us more than help. There's a balance to be struck between managing injuries and managing desperation, and in this case, I think caution is the wiser move.
TurnipHead. (National) - 20/06/2025 13:36:18
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
That's the team MD has picked so it's up to the players to deliver.We are good enough to beat Tipp without playing outstanding.
katser (National) - 20/06/2025 12:52:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To MunnionOfMunnionHill: "Meath and Monaghan are definitely both outside bets, but there'll never be a better chance of a big shock than this year with the new rules coming in and adding a bit of chaos. Also, I think Div 2 teams seemed to adapt to the new possibilities quicker than Div 1 teams this year. Maybe the slightly lower level of competition in the league gave them more room to experiment than the big teams, and it seemed to play a part in you shocking Dublin and Kerry. Mayo scored less 2ptrs in the entire championship than Rory Beggan did against Down, which is ridiculous for a "big" county, and they've played the price." Any year when Kerry and Dublin are simultaneously 'off-the-boil' is a year for new teams to make hay. Mayo, as is their way, have again missed the opportunity. I don't think Meath have the tools to win 3 big games in row in Croke Park against big contenders. And it's just nigh on impossible for any Monaghan supporter to truly believe their team could do it either. History matters in that regard.
Are we overly naive in writing off Kerry and Dublin? Almost certainly yes, I think this weekend will cause a reset for both counties. If not, Armagh are best placed to take advantage.
What's that over there in the long grass?? It's white with a Red Hand on it..
Eddie the Exile (National) - 20/06/2025 12:44:09
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Limerick Hurling Thread 2025 - 2 Like(s)
The team picked says all you need to know about Limerick's mentality. Go full on, or go home. There will be no next game if we don't take care of this game first. If we are not able to beat Dublin first, then we have no business thinking we can beat Kilkenny
LimerickandProud (National) - 20/06/2025 11:23:48
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To maroondiesel: "There were 3 strands to that agreement, not all followed up on properly. It's so long ago.
Nobody is taking about a united Ireland now though, it's dead in the water. For example, if so called nationalist parties were serious about a United Ireland they would organise massive peaceful protests now, or do something political. I think they are not interested in reunification any more. I could be wrong. It's about Israel bashing in Ireland." Good point about united Ireland. SF and SDLP happy to have snouts in trough as local administrators for Whitehall.
Gaza and all the rest are "look over there" distractions but that does not get away from fact that Israel is behaving inexcusably in Gaza and now Iran. Almost entire spectrum here agrees on that. From Harris to Paul Murphy .
No time at all for either Iran or Hamas (whose origins by the way as a stick to beat the PLO/Fatah are worth looking at.)
The reason there was no nuclear war from 40s on despite likes of Stalin and then Chinese and then that lunatic murderous regime in North Korea having it is that US acted responsibly and created a balance of power in which everyone knew there could be no winner. Israel seems intent on throwing that out the window. Along with every other restraint on even the rules of war.
BarneyGrant (National) - 20/06/2025 10:05:25
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "For sure. Hammas ran Fatah out of Gaza over the following year after they got elected. So it is very hard to have an election when there's no opposition." In my posts I think there is one word that triggers the Admins and that is the opposite to the Truth!
Anyway. The facts of the 2006 election is that Hamas won a comfortable majority across the the West Bank and Gaza, this was a complete surprise to everyone who seemed to think that fanatical Islam could not be democratic or popular. There a lot of reasons why they had become the choice to vote for but everyone believed they were free and fair elections The result sent shock waves through this belief and Fatah with the backing of their masters rather than respect the vote of the people procced to oust them out of the west bank. Nominally the PA still runs both and elections can only be called across both and in 2021 Abbas was supposed to do that but cancelled them. The reality is there is little to believe that if in 2021 the elections were held in a free and fair manner the result would not have been the same. The irony is that Israel helped create Hamas as a political force as the idea of a secular leftist party did not give well with the image they wanted to portray of the Palestinians and their leadership, well they certainly got what they wanted.
Should Israel be considered a democratic state - they hold elections but at the same time they imprison or continue to steal lad from half the people that they control and despite the fact that they control these people they are not given a vote - is that ones idea of democracy? it sounds more like what happens in the other countries that surround them.
zinny (National) - 20/06/2025 11:41:26
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To JimB1991: "Championship perfomance to date
1. Donegal
2. Armagh
3. Monaghan
4. Dublin
5. Meath
6. Tyrone
7. Down
8. Kerry
Likelihood of winning the All Ireland
1. Donegal
2. Armagh
3. Dublin
4. Kerry
5. Tyrone
6. Galway
7. Monaghan
8. Meath/Down" Haha Clare not even in the top 8 despite only losing 1 game by a last second point...
Bag to Willie Joe's blog for you and stay there
Belclare7 (National) - 20/06/2025 14:06:25
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Limerick Hurling Thread 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Mads: "I get the point about starting our first 15, however at the same time, if there is another extra time later on in the championship or someone goes down early through injury the lads coming in need to be sharp. I think I definitely would start Barry murphy for proper croke Park experience. DOD I feel is improving all the time and a full game could be the makings of him. Playing him alongside Adam English and giving WOD a rest wouldn't do much harm to anyone and finally CON instead of TOM. Not saying any of these would necessarily start against the
Cats but at least they would have benefitted from that starting game particularly in croke Park.
Unfortunately I was never in a position to make the quarter due to other commitments, however, I think it has worked out as a great way to get valuable experience for the young lads and sharpness into the other lads. We were always a bit sluggish starting in our other semis, that shouldn't be the case against the cats which is vital. I Don't think the game against the Dubs will be too easy, any win by a few points will do just to get the last result out of the system." "I get the point about starting our first 15, however at the same time, if there is another extra time later on in the championship..."
Later on in the championship? How about solely concentrating on the game at hand? I very much doubt that Dublin, Galway or Tipp are thinking about games later on in the championship.
Cockney_Cat (National) - 20/06/2025 07:56:51
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BostonGuy: "Interesting selection, Killeen in midfield, he seems like a decent hurler and fine athlete but definitely not an IC forward. I was going with Fahy at CB and lee on the wing, Mannion on the other wing. I would put CW center forward as a roving forward, good distribution and ball winner and keep Mannion close to goal in the corner as he is prob our only chance at goal. Don't know enough about Rabbitte. K Cooney seems decent when he get ball in hand. I'm not expecting a win, but we need to go down swinging. Tipp are better than KK, but they are no Cork or Limerick on current form." Good post until you said Tipp are better than KK, will you stop the lights.
I am not even sure Tipp are better than Galway tbh.
Past hurler (National) - 20/06/2025 10:02:02
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Scenicparish: "Kerry certainly wont beat Armagh" Darragh ose agrees with can't write kerrt off ridiculous donegal hardly playing great either stop getting arrogant armagh favourites but couldn't write kerry off at same certainly maybe armagh win but fsr from certainty
When did some donegal fans become so arrogant ye have to beat louth first as well.
Gaaforlife2023 (National) - 20/06/2025 18:49:14
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Attendances 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "21% year-on-year rise in attendances for this year's All-Ireland senior football round games. In one of the best championship in recent times, crowds have been flocking to games being played under the new rules.
I'd estimate around 240,000 this year." Yet we had people in this very thread claiming "crowds down across the board" only a few posts ago...
CastleBravo (National) - 20/06/2025 18:22:30
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "What is the feeling for the minor game? Tyrone hot favourites it seems. Didn't see any of their games but sounds like they're very strong at midfield." Tyrone are hard to beat at underage. Sunday will be no different. The closest we came to Tyrone at underage was a 2 point loss to them in the All Ireland minor semi final played in Croke Park in 2013. Roscommon also missed a penalty that day. That was Fergie O'Donnell's team who were not Connacht Minor champions in 2013 unlike our team on Sunday. Best of luck to players and management heading to Breffni Park. Roscommon missed a lot of chances in the quarter final there against Louth. We'll need to be far more clinical against Tyrone to have a chance of beating them.
endgame (National) - 20/06/2025 18:04:25
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "Labour MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin having a go at the GAA again. He really does dislike the GAA or is he playing up to his loi supporters? He really does like to pretend he's all about the loi but I don't know if he has done much for them?" He's a bit of a caricature. "Football." Inhabits same world as other middle class stereotyper of Dubs, Roddy Doyle.
He was hanging around Parnell this time last year in blue jersey chasing votes.
Perhaps he heard some hurty words :-)
BarneyGrant (National) - 20/06/2025 16:02:46
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