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Leitrim GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
We in Galway were honestly lucky enough to get out of there today with a win. A very good Leitrim team and something good is undoubtedly building with that group ye have. Best of luck for the rest of the summer and go raibh maith agaibh for the usual craic and great reception around lovely Carrick.
togoutlads (National) - 25/04/2026 21:51:05
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "Who cares about bookies?
I surely attended the game. And indeed spotted some of your fellow Roscommon men attending too. Grown men in Roscommon jerseys mind you. Now maybe they had their diary wrong and thought they were playing in Carrick, they spend enough time in it anyway and we always welcome them spending their money across the river. Fair play to them" I wondered about that too. Probably wanted to see a competitive semi final thank you as opposed to the avalanche they will face tomorrow from mayo who is managed by a Roscommon man who wouldn't play for them. Thanks for agreeing.
bláthach (National) - 25/04/2026 20:32:17
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
This forum used to be a great place for genuine discussion, with plenty of thoughtful contributions. Recently, however, we've seen an influx of so-called Leitrim supporters, some of whom have made questionable and, at times, arrogant remarks about neighbouring counties. Leitrim is a proud football county, but it's clear that many of those now commenting probably haven't been at a Leitrim game in years.
Turning to yesterday, huge credit must go to the players and management. I've said it before, but it's a serious achievement when Leitrim can push teams like Galway, Mayo, or Roscommon and make them work hard for a victory. It's been a long time since I left a Connacht Championship match thinking "what if" - too often in the past the game was effectively over after 20 minutes.
It was great to see all the interaction with the young children and players after the match.
So fair play to what is a very young team. Hopefully this is something to build on, and that this group of players can stick together and develop over the next few years.
Leitrim_12 (National) - 26/04/2026 12:04:12
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
Got a lesson today. Young team. Will learn from it. I said during the league we have 2 all irelands this year. Kildare and Offaly. That's the level at the moment.
Well and truly hurled out the gate.
Shocking performance to be fair
Yellowhelmet (National) - 25/04/2026 19:57:46
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To togoutlads: "We in Galway were honestly lucky enough to get out of there today with a win. A very good Leitrim team and something good is undoubtedly building with that group ye have. Best of luck for the rest of the summer and go raibh maith agaibh for the usual craic and great reception around lovely Carrick." Always a pleasure to have Galway fans visit. Very knowledgeable about football and good craic too. Best of luck in the final v Mayo and further in the championship.
ohwow (National) - 25/04/2026 21:53:53
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Credit where credit is due, Poacher, St Ledger and McGrath has a serious job done on this Leitrim team, they were left with a mess at the end of 2024, now they are better coached, they play with confidence, they play with a bit of aggression, they are playing for the manager, the age profile is so young they can only get better, I hope people get out in big numbers during Tailteann Cup, the players and the management deserves the support. Up Leitrim.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 26/04/2026 08:56:54
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ahsure.: "Galway very lucky indeed. Credit to Leitrim if ye can keep that group and momentum together you will have a right tilt at the Tailteann this year." Thank you. Nice to have genuine football supporters in this forum from the big two not wannabe ones. Thanks so much.
bláthach (National) - 26/04/2026 09:09:23
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Well after my pessimistic view at halftime, I have to say the boys really dug in and didn't give up. Definitely a case of what might have been if McNulty had been on song, but I hope no-one holds that against him. When they went ten points down they rallied and reduced the deficit to just three points. We won more than our fair share of midfield battles which is very promising for what's ahead. Looking forward now eagerly to the Tailteann Cup.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 25/04/2026 19:44:26
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Will be interesting to see how the 3rd and 4th ranked counties get on today, yes that implies I consider Leitrim to be in the top 2 teams with Galway in no particular order.
Gantric (National) - 26/04/2026 11:43:23
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
2nd year in a row Poacher got a competitive performance out of Leitrim in a Connacht semi final when the expectation was for a heavy loss.
A team worth following in the Tailteann Cup maybe even bláthach and ohwow might get out and attend a match?
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 25/04/2026 19:02:45
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Our minor hurlers achieve their biggest win in many years, deservedly beating Dublin by seven points with a performance full of energy, determination and lots of good hurling but virtually every poster since focuses on the system in Tier 1 and nothing about the players or management and their achievement.
Claretandblue (National) - 25/04/2026 18:17:19
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
We have a bit of a goalkeeping crisis lads.
None of the lads we have are good enough end of story.
Disastrous mistakes are becoming the norm now. Worrying
galwayman2 (National) - 25/04/2026 17:26:18
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Half-time Leitrim 0-4 Galway 0-11. spirited showing by Leitrim but helped by Galways shooting efficiency with 8 Wides and other shots kicked short." Walsh made all the difference. Looked as good as the rest of our forwards put together. McDaid not too bad either, the other forwards a dead loss on the day imo.
So slack defensively too at times. Gave up the penalty being slack to a ball off the post, then exact same slackness shown getting to Gleeson's penalty save, and goal conceded.
Neither Flah nor Gleeson looked good on short kickouts as usual, with Gleeson throwing in a typically catastrophic spell on kickouts late on. Midfield poor under long kickouts too, which will have to improve to win a Connacht Final.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 25/04/2026 17:34:36
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Maroooned: "Wexford lost to Dublin in round 1 so Westmeath will go through if we beat Laois and Kilkenny beat Wexford.
But what a ridiculous Mickey Mouse system Leinster have created. We could be knocked out with 2 wins out of 3, with Dublin and Kilkenny going through with 1 win out of 3.
Who comes up with these formats? As people have said here already, why change from a really good tiered format that worked? Same with u20 format. An absolute shambles." They use this kind of round robin crossover system in basketball competitions. The idea being you're supposedly seeding teams to give them 1 hard game, 1 middling hard game and 1 relatively level game.
I don't know why they changed it to this system but I assume how the Leinster council worked it, is Kilkenny and Galway, last year's Leinster minor winner and finalist are top seeds, Dublin and Wexford are second seeds as last year's beaten semi-finalists and then Laois and Westmeath are third seeds as qualifiers from the first phase.
The idea works grand when teams are playing each other all the time and you can gauge their level or seeding a lot better. In basketball, teams might play each other 2, or even 4,times in a season, so on average the better team comes through. These minor hurling teams only play once so the purpose of using the system is completely skewed from the start.
The reason why it's completely brainless in this scenario though is none of the teams participating are exactly the same team from last year as teams lose and gain new players each year. Seeding them based on last year's results is pointless for this system with the turnover of players. Westmeath were well bet last year by Dublin minors, by 5 or 6 goals. This year Westmeath are a good bit stronger at this grade and turned over Dublin. It would be very strange now if Westmeath and Wexford both win, and one of them is out after winning 2 matches, while on the other side Dublin and Kilkenny might only win 1 match and end up in a semi final.
RadioactiveTan (National) - 25/04/2026 17:35:57
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Its very small and the food took ages, but that was ok compared to our performance up in Nowlan Park." What every happened to the concept of sandwiches? at least with the sandwiches you know what you are going to get!
zinny (National) - 26/04/2026 13:49:29
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 3rdmidfielder: "Credit where credit is due, Poacher, St Ledger and McGrath has a serious job done on this Leitrim team, they were left with a mess at the end of 2024, now they are better coached, they play with confidence, they play with a bit of aggression, they are playing for the manager, the age profile is so young they can only get better, I hope people get out in big numbers during Tailteann Cup, the players and the management deserves the support. Up Leitrim." Very true.
Galway brought in 3 All Stares to win the game.
Leitrim brought on 3 U20's.
The future is bright if they stay together.
joeman123 (National) - 26/04/2026 13:22:53
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Galway very lucky indeed. Credit to Leitrim if ye can keep that group and momentum together you will have a right tilt at the Tailteann this year.
ahsure. (National) - 25/04/2026 21:58:07
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Never seemed to get out of second gear today, a lot of missed pot shots in the first half and butchered goal chances throughout. Leitrim were spirited in fairness but you have to hope that match acts as a kick up the backside for the panel. You'll beat few teams from now onwards playing like that
LárBáire (National) - 25/04/2026 22:07:45
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To galway19: "Kilkenny not really bringing anything special apart from a load of long balls into TJ. It would be fairly poor on our part if we didn't beat them easily if we meet them in a Leinster final. Wexford looked woeful in attack." We were woeful all over the pitch.
Viking66 (National) - 26/04/2026 00:10:43
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To galway19: "Kilkenny not really bringing anything special apart from a load of long balls into TJ. It would be fairly poor on our part if we didn't beat them easily if we meet them in a Leinster final. Wexford looked woeful in attack." I'll remind you of Limerick vs Dublin last year. Over-confidence and dismissing the opposition is never a good thing, especially when that opposition has a strong winning mentality built into its history. Allowing for how poor Wexford were, Kilkenny were pretty average yesterday but they were better organised and more solid in their formation and better set up than they were against us. I expect ourselves and KK will be in the Leinster final but I will guarantee you one thing, we will not be beating them by 15 points or anything like that next time round.
PoolSturgeon (National) - 26/04/2026 10:21:16
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