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Westmeath Football thread - 4 Like(s)
First and foremost best wishes to Luke on his recovery from injury , devastating blow ahead of Sunday , but I have faith in mark and the lads to dig in put the shoulder to the wheel and get the job done , it won't be easy by any means but let's all get out and get behind the lads and make tullamore a sea of maroon and white Sunday IARMHI ABU
TheGaaMan77 (National) - 29/04/2026 20:11:02
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To CleanShoulder: "Don't forget Dessie" Look, we'll throw him on the 26, but we'll only bring him in if we have a 21-yard free to win the game.
Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 29/04/2026 15:56:38
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
U20 Connacht champions against the odds and after some battle after extra time. Well done all the players and management. After Kilcline had a goal wrongly disallowed last year tonight he was the match winner.
Hard luck to Mayo who more than played their part in a great contest and advert for Connacht U20 football
The_analyser (National) - 29/04/2026 21:35:55
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Best of luck to the lads, lets start off a super week in style.
monaghanmad (National) - 29/04/2026 14:22:20
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Devastating blow to lose Luke for the season. Wishing him a speedy recovery. Hes entitled to post what he wants on social media but it could have been held off until after Sunday . Keep Kildare guessing I guess. I heard he was 50 50 and wouldnt know until the warm up on Sunday but that confirms it
A_Chairde (National) - 29/04/2026 22:21:21
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Terrible news hearing that the season is over for Luke Loughlin with a serious hamstring tear.
He announced it himself last night.
Gutted for him and Westmeath tbh.
Another reason why I hate this current condensed Inter County Season.
There is absolutely no room to manoeuvre when a player gets an injury.
I would love to see W/meath get to the Leinster Final, but without their talisman, the job gets a lot more difficult.
You could see the difference it made to the Meath game when he came off injured.
A 10pt lead cut down to just 2pts during that time, I think it was.
Get well soon Luke.
Fionn (National) - 30/04/2026 08:36:51
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bláthach: "Very poor game last night to be honest thanks so much and one that we left behind us again against the weakest team we have played without any doubt. Thanks for agreeing. Only for their lucky goals we could have won but wasn't to be please. If we had full team we would have won no doubt. Thank you." Weakest team, how did that work out?
Gantric (National) - 29/04/2026 21:25:33
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayman67420: "Mayo havent got a great record against Roscommon" The record gets worse.... Losses at all 3 grades
Galwayman67420 (National) - 29/04/2026 22:18:05
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "You have some cheek did ye not crash out to Down??..." Mayo football in turmoil...
Belclare98 (National) - 29/04/2026 22:29:06
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
We were taken to the cleaners!
veterngaa (National) - 30/04/2026 07:18:35
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To The_analyser: "If that little rant made you happy then knock yourself out.
A bit of credit to Roscommon wouldn't go a miss, would have got long odds for our Seniors to win by 10 points last Sunday and last night our U20s were 7/2 to win.
Your Seniors are still well capable of bouncing back in the All-Ireland series and whiie your high fancied U20 team are now out I have no doubt you'll see plenty of that group going on to be established Seniors in the years ahead which is the real success of underage football.
@ Yew Tree, Mayo in crisis is nonsense." It's not a rant. Mayo get absolutely slaughtered on here but tend to bounce back and beat Roscommon further down the line. Roscommon have class players and forwards if they are let play. No rant here but I've read all the same stuff before. I was on here when Mayo were beat by Ros under Davy Burke. It's like groundhog day.
Mayo are judged differently because they have made finals and never got over the line. Whereas other teams who have done nothing in Croke Park seem to get a free pass. That's my overall point.
TheFlaker (National) - 30/04/2026 12:01:29
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Thanks to the Galway lads for pointing out the obvious. It's open season now on Mayo football and we just have to suck it up. Another bad defeat, loads of mistakes and the depressing thing about it, Kobe again by far our best player is moving to Oz in a few weeks.
Mayo football is in crisis make no mistake about it.
yew_tree (National) - 30/04/2026 09:57:08
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "Weakest team, how did that work out?" Fair play to the Roscommon u20s last night watched them against us , Galway in the semi and mayo last night their performance last night was far better than anything else they played in the championship. Carthy , henegan and kilcline were brilliant for Roscommon. I'm sure most Roscommon fans will admit they were very poor against us albeit shocking conditions a 2 point win where they got 2 fortunate goals . I think they'll win minor and seniors now too , to make it a clean sweep at provincial level. It shows the good work Roscommon have put into the last 10/15 years at undersge bearing dividends, hopefully our lads stick at it plenty of positives at u20 4 of the 5 games we were very competitive. At minor I think half the team is underage next year which makes a huge difference at u17. I know a lot slagged poacher off about his "standards " but he's got a right tune of the players in the championship hopefully we give the tailteann a good go as tough a start as they come but if we play like we've done in championship so far we're well able to compete. I think getting out of div 4 is critical hopefully we have cox, Keaney, d Casey back along with foley plunkett and Dolan I think a few from this years u20 in fox , Kerr , Farrell will be in the squad next year but time will tell.
Leitrimforsam2024 (National) - 30/04/2026 10:08:02
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Thanks to the Galway lads for pointing out the obvious. It's open season now on Mayo football and we just have to suck it up. Another bad defeat, loads of mistakes and the depressing thing about it, Kobe again by far our best player is moving to Oz in a few weeks.
Mayo football is in crisis make no mistake about it." Its a complete over reaction to say Mayo football is in crisis . Seniors had 1 bad half of football where nothing went right and everything went right for a good roscommon team. U20 team were excellent and played some great football and were unlucky to lose to a very good ros team whose 1 point win over Galway last week did not reflect their dominance in that game. I would argue that Mayo football is still healthy and in every bit as good a shape as Galway. Neither county are in brilliant shape but neither county are in crisis. Ros on the other hand are on the crest of a wave.
anotheralias (National) - 30/04/2026 10:26:53
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "Weakest team, how did that work out?" Yes they were the weakest team we played, thank you so much, As evidenced by the closesness of the score please as you could see if you were at the games this year which you eveidently were not.
On that particular evening they were weak so your point is what??
By the way I think you have posted under the wrong username as before this you were making fun of Roscommon please and now you are suddenly doing a full 180 degree turn so I think you have made a little boo boo there thank you.
By the way mentioning the under twenty championship I must say congrats to Roscommon on winning it thank you. I did not get to the game last night as I was cleaning the septic tank (long story thank you) but I believe it wa a super game of football and the best team won. I would never have predicted that after watching us in The Hyde Pitch where I really thought we were two poor teams thank you for agreeing.
bláthach (National) - 30/04/2026 10:47:50
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "Lads we've been down this road before time and time again with Roscommon teams. There's always a massive over reaction when Mayo lose. Half the people in the country are waiting for them to lose so they can pile on. Now all of a sudden Roscommon are the bees knees. As they were under Davy Burke 3 years ago and as they were under McStay around 2017. They haven't won a championship game in Croke Park since 1980. Let's see where they when they hit Croker." If that little rant made you happy then knock yourself out.
A bit of credit to Roscommon wouldn't go a miss, would have got long odds for our Seniors to win by 10 points last Sunday and last night our U20s were 7/2 to win.
Your Seniors are still well capable of bouncing back in the All-Ireland series and whiie your high fancied U20 team are now out I have no doubt you'll see plenty of that group going on to be established Seniors in the years ahead which is the real success of underage football.
@ Yew Tree, Mayo in crisis is nonsense.
The_analyser (National) - 30/04/2026 11:33:33
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Major blow loosing Luke, wish him a speedy recovery. But we have to stay positive, taking out Luke's scores we scored 3-23 against Longford and 4-12 against Meath so we have plenty of scoring power in the team. I know the overall loss is massive as a leader etc but we cannot go to Tullamore with the attitude its over because Luke is out. Hopefully Whitaker will be ok...
dec (National) - 30/04/2026 11:42:48
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New Rules - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "And please - get rid of that palming the ball into the net...
Drives me mad." And hand passing over the bar
Seanfan (National) - 29/04/2026 13:38:10
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Many of us remember a very colourful presentation compiled years ago by a group appointed to put in place structures for the future of gaelic football in Wicklow. The structure laid out aspirations aims and objectives which would guide our teams to compete at the highest level in Leinster with the initial goal of reaching Leinster finals ìn all grades. The academy idea may have come about from that study. I wonder how many copies are still in existence. Needless to remark we haven't come remotely close to achieving these lofty deals.
Last year I left Cullen park dejected hearing that 6-8 of the team were under 16.....this has been mentioned again in one of the posts for this year's team. Are we delusional if this true to expect under 16s to compete against stronger older players . Are we trying to sow defeat in the minds of our players at an early age?If we can't find 25 players that are on the cusp of 17 throughout the county we should just forget about taking part as it is unfair on young lads to have to endure what happened last night. They and their families deserve better.
Optimisticobserver (National) - 29/04/2026 21:10:43
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To trimmer: "Ok here's my idea for what its worth. The goals are as follows:
1 remove long gaps between early provincial defeat until the next game
2 same amount matches for all teams at provincial level with a baseline of 3 for everyone and maximum of 4 for all finalists.
3 guarantee at least one home and away game for everyone.
4 base All Ireland series qualification primarily on provincial performance with NFL just used as a tie breaker (we'll get to that)
5 give certainty to all teams at the start of year of which competition they'll actually be in with clear promotion/relegation pathways
6 make the Tailteann an achievable objective for genuine minnows and not middle tier fallen giants
This will have some controversies and the sheer nature of varying qualities in different provinces remain an issue but here goes.
24 team All Ireland with 4 in Munster/Connacht and 8 in Leinster/Ulster. 9 team Tailteann Cup.
Provincial championships like in Hurling get played as round robins. Munster/Connacht straight 4 teams groups while Leinster/Ulster 2 groups of 4 each.
So for example:
Connacht: Galway Roscommon Mayo Sligo
Leinster: Group 1 Dublin Louth Offaly Wexford
Group 2 Kildare Laois Meath Westmeath
Munster: Cork Clare Kerry Limerick
Ulster: Group 1 Derry Monaghan Tyrone Fermanagh
Group 2 Armagh Down Donegal Cavan
In Munster/Connacht the top two qualify for the provincial final and All Ireland series
In Leinster/Ulster the two group winners qualify for provincial final and All Ireland series while the 4 group runners up across the two provinces qualify for All Ireland series
The 4 third place teams across the 6 provincial groups with the highest NFL placings also qualify for the All Ireland series giving us 16 teams.
The 2 third place teams across the 6 provincial groups with the lowest NFL placings and all 4th place teams are eliminated from the championship.
You now have 16 teams and can use any number of formats here to whittle down to 2 for an All Ireland final.
A simple idea (but not revenue contusive) would be
Round 1 the 8 qualifiers who are not provincial finalists drawn against each other
Round 2 the 4 provincial final losers v 4 Round 1 winners.
QF the provincial champions v 4 Round 2 winners.
Or you can use the '2026' format or even a second All Ireland series 4x4 group stage like 2023-2025.
16 teams is a useful number to work off anyway.
Tailteann Cup of 9 teams. One group of 4 teams and another of 5.
For logistical reasons keep London and New York in separate groups and always have New York in the 4 team group.
NY would have two home games to compensate for loss of Connacht championship game and one in Ireland.
Top two from each group reach the semis with the two winners contesting the final.
The Tailteann Cup champion is promoted back to their home province for the following season replacing the worst performing team in their home province.
So for example if Tipperary win it and Limerick are bottom in Munster then Tipp return to Munster and Limerick are relegated to the TC.
If Longford with it and Offaly and Westmeath are both bottom of their respective Leinster groups Longford replaces the team with the lowest amount of points. If the same then score difference. If the same lowest NFL ranking.
OK what do you think?
Freezing some teams out of the All Ireland may not go down well but overall I feel this is workable.
Extra provincial games compensates the councils for loss of January tournaments. (Ticket prices might go down in Connacht god forbid)" I'll give you a quick example of why it definitely doesn't work.
What if say you have Connacht and it's Galway, Roscommon, Mayo and Sligo to begin with.
Sligo's ongoing place in Connacht isn't determined by their own performance.
They could go through 20 seasons of losing all 3 of their games, they could go through a bad patch and be finishing towards the bottom of division 4 most years they would not be relegated unless Leitrim or London win the Tailteann cup.
Whammo86 (National) - 29/04/2026 17:45:20
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