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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Bonnar didn't help himself tbh. He ultimately failed in his last term as manager." Three managers have won Ulster titles for Donegal and bonner is one of the. If he's a failure what does that make every other manager. Honestly I wonder about you because you don't much about Donegal football, you really don't.
Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 30/06/2026 20:05:58
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "No thanks, we definitely don't want to follow the Roscommon way of thinking, we will stick to playing with the big boys in Croker. Keep cuddling the Nestor Cup." I hate to see posts like this, anytime we play the big boys in CP as you say, we come home with our tails between our legs .We would love to win Ulster.
patmouse (National) - 30/06/2026 14:39:30
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Who Would Be A Referee ? - 2 Like(s)
Clare County Board need to man up on that one. Offending club should be banned from championship for 2 years.
Guy who hit the ref should get a 4 year ban.
No fines - just proper bans.
To be honest, this stuff is led from the top.
Kerry and Dublin won fair and square at the weekend and you had two conservative managers blaming the ref for matches they didnt go after fully.
Both managers are known for conservative play and end up blaming the ref becuase they their teams were outscored in a shootout.
Both of those managers should be fined or suspended for that sort of wingeing too.
It starts with intercounty managers not showing respect and finishes with a deranged lunatic beating up a ref in an underage club match.
The GAA dont help themselves - its very rare for a ref to be stood down.
Even reffing U8 go games, there are plenty of complaints to the ref from the sideline.
Last year we had a parent go after a ref at U8's.
Association needs to decide - protect the refs or lose good refs.
tirawleybaron (National) - 30/06/2026 15:07:23
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Interesting interviews by Ger and EF:-
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0628/1580785-brennan-excited-by-latest-chapter-in-dublin-kerry-rivalry/
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0629/1580824-fitzmaurice-dublin-need-to-focus-on-shooting-accuracy/
We are in bonus territory, definitely.
3 games in 3 weeks inc an Extra Time.
At least Ger has 2 weeks to prepare the lads now...
We will be massive underdogs, as will be the winners of Mayo or Louth. It is the Munster men's to lose.
When you hear Tomas O'Se admit it, then that says a lot about how much of a favourite they are…!
Don't forget we are missing our starting full back, who is out for the season with a bad Achilles injury.
Also, Murch is still out.
And McGinnis is out with his Cruciate.
Not to mention Lahiff and Bugler who haven't been playing much at all.
Fingers crossed McMahon will be ok in 2 weeks.
Hopefully a big turnout by the Dubs supporters.
The team deserves that." Hmmmm,i wonder is there a bit of yerra going on there:)
I give ye a great chance tbh
Seniorleague (National) - 30/06/2026 20:46:19
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Wouldn't it be great for Connaught football to see Mayo win the AI. If they did, it would give young Galway players coming through development squads great belief that they could progress and aspire to winning an AI title. It's great to see Kobe breaking lines and using that beautiful slicing technique to score points and goals from distance. Many Galway people have Mayo connections, so I don't see why we shouldn't support our neighbours. Before the advent of social media we always supported our neighbours - Roscommon too. But things have turned very petty and begrudging.
AnCrúiscínLán (National) - 30/06/2026 20:13:54
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Defence isn't the problem." Of course its part of the problem. Mark Curran probably our best man marking corner back.was never used. Bonner was criticised for playing half forwards in defence yet jim played mogan and mc hugh as defenders plus ciaran moore. We all agree that our cship this year was a nightmare losing 3 out of four matches.
rorysboys (National) - 30/06/2026 18:49:53
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lolou37: "Ah here sum excuses louths two best backs are out for your dermot Campbell and Peter Lynch tadhg McDonnell came on with a broken finger.better team won if we had 15 we would of bet yous by 10 points" No one is arguing the better team won and congrats and best of luck to you. I honestly don't think you would have bet us by as much with 15 men, I actually think with 15 men we would've controlled the game better. Monaghan have been where you are, we beat Armagh in 2023 in a quarter and we marginally weren't even the better team, its about hunger, resilience and the want on the day and you showed what we had in 23.
Those are 3 men ok, maybe starters but no where near the talent we were missing, its not an excuse. We were missing the best goalie in the country, a lad that played in Australia and a 20 yr old next best thing, on top of 3 other decent players who are probably at the level of the lads you named above. For a small county like ours we cant afford to be missing them.
monaghanmad (National) - 01/07/2026 12:08:20
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To seanie08: "A few days on now dust has settled the disappointment is almost worse. Going back to my childhood i vaguely recall 85 but aside from 07 v kerry when we still buckled in last 10 minutes I dont ever remember a monaghan side performing in croke park when it really mattered. Last year and this there were v clear paths to an all ireland final and on both days second half v donegal and last sunday team just didnt perform. Same as 13 15 18. We are a great side when chasing a lead and backs against the wall stuff but when any level of expectation like 6 minutes in on Sunday louth down to 14 we usually just dont do it in croke for whatever reason belief tradition etc happy to get the usual patronising BS about punching above our weight. Dick clerkin made a great pt on podcast this week . Gavin Devlin who was involved in those tyrone victories in the 10s with mickey harte over us would have drilled into the louth players monaghan werent a croke park team and would buckle if louth went at us which proved to be the case on sunday. Before people use beggan as an excuse remember beggan was there for last year and all other defeats its a collective failing across generations and different managers." You make a very good point, croke park is a real graveyard for monaghan football. I'm not entirely sure why but it has to be a generational thing of having little success there or tradition. I think we have won 3 games and a penalty shoot out there since the 1930s re championship. Even before louth squeezed us in the last 5 minutes Sunday, the chances we missed were unforgiveable and they would have been clipped over in clones no doubt. It seemed the weight of expectation got to us again in HQ. Might not seem like much but louth winning a leinster there and taking out dublin was definitely worth two points. I think the one thing most posters agree here is we need size and power going forward. Sean Jones and Mc Philips need to be back in the panel. It was a decent year but we left an anglo celt behind us and a SF. Both games were there for us.
222 (National) - 01/07/2026 11:57:46
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To countymonaghan: "Any context to this? Is he not injured? What has happened him?" Very hard to give context on here but bit of a maverick at times. Iv mentioned this before about the current management and the previous which included the current. its repeated that lads dont have it in them for county. i will give some quick examples of lads that should be about the panel with apparent bad attitude or not fit for county that for me could be better managed:
kevin loughran
2 o mcdonnells from clontibret
wilson
mohan
mc phillips
mc nulty
sean jones
mulligan
conor forde
mc bennett
irwin
Rory Woods id say wasnt too easy handled, padraig donaghy wasnt the easiest either. We all speak glowingly of Kieran hughes. Malachy had to manage a situation there at times.
Good management will get a tune out of a player and get a team rowing in the right direction. gallagher with mc faul, mc geeney with o neill.
Iv seen players have 1 bad game and then poof gone. what exaclty is being said? Iv spoke to happier lads in bantys time. hughes, Boyle and duffy retired early, mc nulty and mc phillips went travelling. found this all very strange.
I would imagine next year will be a damp squib with boys waiting out the last year of this term if nothing changes.
monaghanfootballfan (National) - 01/07/2026 11:25:09
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eunans4ever: "100% - it as our kickouts and attacking play that ultimately ended our championship." Dublin players glided past, with just the hint of a sidestep, around the arc. That was a massive issue.
Expertinall (National) - 01/07/2026 10:47:26
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "We can give it the usual 'it was great to be in Croke Park' shtick, but we shouldn't. Because it wasn't.
Sunday was an abject failure in management, not just on the day, within the game, but going back a long time before. When the air thins and the margins tighten, you then see the accumulated weaknesses for what they really are. Sunday was that.
At 8:40am on Monday 21st, Peter Dooley and Gavin Devlin started planning for playing Monaghan in CP without Rory Beggan. Kickout strategy, loading midfield, packing the short spaces, McDonnell deep for any long options. It took until Thursday night for Monaghan to accept that reality. One short training game later and a decision was made that may have the effect of damaging the careers of two young goalkeepers, not just one. A decision of such recklessness that it is scarcely believable. Were any of the senior management setup in the Athletic grounds in April?
I said all last week that Dara McDonnell at 6 was key and a solution was needed. Did anyone watch the Louth Dublin and Armagh games and if so WTF were they looking at?? Woods had to drop in but not a bit of it. The red card was a get-out-of-jail moment and that was passed up too. Just go 14-14 and bring Hanratty on even if only to block on kickouts. Gallagher out was an obvious issue (it took 15 minutes to take him of after the injury v Westmeath BTW), but the lack of cover was the real long term problem. A year after the Donegal meltdown we are back to square one. Too many viable midfield options have walked away - you have to ask why. The hairy fella, ill-disciplined and all as he was, was needed in a crisis. No sign. Two more major midfield options not on the panel at all in 2026. A panel like Monaghan just cannot pass up on these lads. Stephen Mooney too was superb when he came in- should have started, probably instead of the un-droppable man. Harsh but the truth.
Even with all that said, Monaghan still led with 4 to go, before all sorts of panic broke out. It showed what could have been but wasn't. The control needed was absent on the pitch and on the line. An unforgivable meltdown.
I've truly admired what this setup has done for Monaghan football, they steadied the ship when we were looking very bleak after Vinnie's departure. I do think however that the time is up now. Two big opportunities missed in Croke Park, we cannot waste any more with this generation of players. The ruthlessness to win when it matters is missing and that's what's needed now. Simple question, would Monaghan have won if Devlin was running the show on Sunday? Go from there" Couldn't disagree with any of this. Very fair assessment.
Can someone tell me how our starting line up was so widely known on the eve/morning of the game? Louth were prepared for a game without Beggan as you said but surely we could keep news from the squad a bit more tight lipped?
ConyersHill04 (National) - 01/07/2026 09:32:07
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
I think ye are in a great position. Nobody is really talking about Mayo. Over the next two weeks, Louth will have to deal with all the fanfare and circus that comes with reaching their first All-Ireland semi-final since the 1950s, while most of the media attention will be on the Kerry v Dublin semi-final, with everyone hoping it'll be a classic. That leaves Mayo in the ideal position to go about their business quietly without much fuss.
Dmoa95 (National) - 01/07/2026 09:19:36
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
When we have to take one of our best forwards back to man mark theres obviously a problem with our defence.
rorysboys (National) - 30/06/2026 21:28:52
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "You really are blinded by hate.
That Dublin team was a ruthless and cynical as any that every played. You have to be at top level sports. Pulling down all the mayo players on the pitch in a clearly orchestrated and practiced manner at the end of the 2017 final is hardly and act of class or grace. Ruthless and efficient yes - classy? Afraid not.
The narrative that this is a new Dublin team and they are plucky underdogs is the greatest lie ever told.
The team the played against Galway had 48 All Ireland medals between them:
Ciarán Kilkenny: 8 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Cormac Costello: 8 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
David Byrne: 8 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) (Won as a panel member across 8 campaigns)
Con O'Callaghan: 7 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) (Earned 7 Senior Football medals)
Brian Howard: 5 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Niall Scully: 5 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Evan Comerford: 4 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) (Reserve goalkeeper during these titles)
Paddy Small: 2 (2020, 2023)
Lee Gannon: 1 (2023)
The lads below all played in All Ireland U20 finals (all be it on the losing side).
Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne
Ross McGarry:
Seán MacMahon:
Seán Guiden:
Add in Sean Bugler, Theo Clancy and Colm Basquel on top of all that and there is a team that not many can match.
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist" - Roger "Verbil" Kent - the usual suspects.
Keyser Söze - is back." Still a huge amount of talent in that Dublin team alright. Foolish to write them off. They need to finish the chances they're creating.The cute Kerryman said that on Rte.
endgame (National) - 30/06/2026 20:52:12
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Happyoutpout: "Your familiar enough with losses pope" Still shaping as outlined in 2026. I don't think there's any pressure or expectation on Dublin, Mayo or Louth to win this allireland.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 30/06/2026 19:32:37
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Galway still playing a brand of football that belongs under the old rules. Running the ball up the field. Getting to the 45 and then turning back and waiting for everyone to get into position. Unfortunately this allows the defence to get into position as well. No urgency to get the head up and kick the ball down the field. The ball moves quicker than any player can. Right from throw in the last day you could see Galway slow it down and take 3 minutes to try and work a scoring chance. Dubs were kicking the ball into Con and engineering much handier scores. Now it helps if you have Con but even when Comer came on I think they only kicked one ball into him.
Marooned (National) - 30/06/2026 13:47:44
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "Have ye found Lee Keegan's GPS tracker yet?" Jesus you have amount of hate in you! Do you ever actually talk about any county but mayo?
You talking about class and grace is ironic!
richiepmurphy (National) - 30/06/2026 18:44:43
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Disappointing the ladies semi final is on the same time as Kerry Dublin at 4 on the 12th of July in Cavan
Insane how the gaa cramp stuff especially minor lgfa and the tealtenn and putting it on the same time as the sam Maguire games
Gavlar (National) - 30/06/2026 17:35:56
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
The question I'd ask Padraig Joyce what is he going to do differently than he has last 2/3, years to justify him staying on , if Padraig was playing in this present Galway team the way they play no one kicking the ball he would go off his head but he is allowing it happen on his watch which has gone on 7 years it's harder get off the panel that get on it same bunch last 5 years ,,if Clifford or con were playing in forward line for Galway they do well get a score or 2 I've said this numerous times the Galway backs and 2 midfielders prib in every game do not kick the ball into forward at all doubt 10 times a match between the 8 of them and that's the reality I've never seen such a set up in my life watching football and he want 2 more years what will change ? If he stays on most posters on here could pick 12 of team that play next year if not 15 of them
Kickitout (National) - 30/06/2026 17:30:32
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gunman: "When Bonner brought in the high profile Rochford I don't think it helped us ." I honestly don't believe that Bonnar brought Rochford in, he was delivered by someone else.
SouthOfTheGap (National) - 30/06/2026 17:10:48
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