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Allianz protest - 3 Like(s)
Replying To keeper7: "Some good points & counterpoints being made throughout this discussion. And, after all, I'm no clearer on what my stance should be. The news below from 24/12/25 has helped sway things for me, though:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/allianz-and-aviva-drop-elbit-systems-insurance-after-palestine-protests
'Allianz and Aviva drop Elbit Systems insurance after pro-Palestine protests'
"Elbit Systems is a privately owned company that has an 80 percent monopoly over the weapons and equipment for Israel's land forces and 85 percent of the combat drones used by the air force.
"The company is accused by critics of being complicit in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians."" but many would say that protests don't have any impact???
I can understand finding the whole situation complicated and how do you try and navigate the modern world without being tied up and implicated in something you find morally reprehensible
I just don't understand the attitude of "sure you're virtue signalling" "what good is it doing" "oh yeah I'm sure one person in Ireland is going to make a difference in Gaza" etc. If you don't want to protest that's fine but what have you got against people trying to take stand in their personal lives about something they feel strongly about
CCFabu (National) - 28/01/2026 12:01:22
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To togoutlads: "That's a startling statistic! Seriously. 30% own kick outs won is an absolute disgrace in Div 1 football, particularly from a goalie so long into his tenure between the sticks for Galway. I really don't know. A few lads around me had reckoned we were around the 30% on kickouts won and it was pretty much bang on. So we lose two thirds of our restarts - one blinding save per game doesn't make up for that. All those lost possessions immediately turning into attack for the opposition is just rocket fuel during a game for those opponents. AI is just a delusional pipe dream if this isn't addressed. It can't go on. We can't keep handing over the ball like this, it's slaughtering us. And as for the free kick! Lord bless us and save us! I know 16 year olds who can land them more assuredly off the deck. Ridiculous. Coaches - open your eyes lads!!" Im not saying our goalkeeper is blameless, but it definitely isnt anywhere near all his fault. The short options were not there for him, and when he went long it wasnt as if he was picking out unmarked Mayo players. The way the game is gone you need to fight to win your own kickouts. There will be an odd handy one available but in most cases the best the keeper can do is put it into an area where we might have a 60/40 chance of winning it...and in the main id say he achieved that or at least gave our lads a 50/50. The fact that we didnt come close to 50% suggests that we need to pointing fingers in other directions rather than at the usual suspect.
anotheralias (National) - 28/01/2026 14:49:49
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Wicklow might to better if ye supported your own and not support Dublin." Read this slowly and you will get it.You dont have to be from the county you live in. Many Dubs on this forum are living in different counties.Im a proud Dub living in Bray bur never forget my roots.Hard to forget 6 in a row and all those beatings of Mayo.
brayballer (National) - 28/01/2026 17:20:42
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "What's the problem? It's woke, virtue signalling nonsense so these lads can feel good about themselves while pretending that their stance actually changes anything. That's the problem. As I've said, if they really want to help the Palestinian people, donate a few euro to causes that ACTUALLY help them." But why is it a problem for you. If someone says or does something that "you believe" is woke, virtue signalling etc, they are entitled to do so, they don't need or look for your approval so relax and wear an allianz shirt or whatever and the ones that don't want to stand beside allianz logos they can do that too. Again it's up to them if they want to donate to Palestinians, nothing to do with me or indeed you
sligo joe (National) - 28/01/2026 13:54:56
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Dublin a long way back to the top ? maybe , Mayo havn't been to the top in 75 years , go get Jim lol...
superbluedub (National) - 28/01/2026 14:29:30
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "All to early Power Rankings - lets see how it changes over the season
1 Kerry - League & All Ireland champs - assisted by dodgy refereeing - will be hard to beat
2 Donegal - have learned a lesson on pressing against the wind anyway
3 Armagh - handy win to get restarted
4 Mayo - looking lively for the first time in a long time
5 Galway - understrength but still flush with forwards - defense a problem as always
6 Roscommon - Very unlucky v Kerry - square ball, dodgy penalty, late buzzer - good forwards
7 Dublin - a long way back to the top - bring back Jim - I hear he's not busy.
8 Monaghan - a bad start and a hard road ahead
9 Louth - surprise win, might have a big say in Div 1
10 Meath - look to be building on last year
11 Cork - a rare early win for Cork - might just try to get out of div 2 for the craic
12 Tyrone - unusually slow start to the year so far
13 Kildare - did well against Tyrone - look to be targeting a good league
14 Cavan - threading water I'm afraid
15 Derry - have to be getting worried about another relegation, well off it at the weekend
16 Offaly - under pressure now to stay up
17 Down - looking good for promotion
18 Westmeath - good start to the year so far
19 Wexford - surprisingly good the last day
20 Laois - should be safe but no more
21 Limerick - should be safe but no more
22 Sligo - should be safe but no more
23 Fermanagh - will do well to hand on in the division
24 Clare - going backwards all the time
25 Carlow - Looking good for promotion
26 Wicklow - all frees the last day - need to score from play
27 Tipperary - got caught out last week
28 London - going well for a change
29 Longford - no game last week
30 Leitrim - another new set of players - wont do much this year
31 Antrim - seem to have gone well backwards
32 Waterford - another long year" No wonder most of the country despises Mayo. FULL OF IT.
Square_B (National) - 28/01/2026 14:33:56
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "That works both ways. This isn't a one way street. It's when these people start telling others that they should examine their consciousness about a topic or start telling organisations like the GAA what they should do. That's the problem I have. Protest if you want, you don't need to pontoficate to others about their morals as if your morals are the best morals." 100% agree that it is a two way street and since I read your most recent post I have scrolled back a few days on this thread. The general narrative is that those posters who support the interview protest are saying why they support it and those that don't support it are similarly saying why they don't. I don't see the pontificating you talk about. However what I do see from some anti interview protest posters is many of them labelling the players, managers and fans who do support the protest as woke, insincere and virtue signallers. This adds nothing to a discussion and really is symbolic of those without an answer trying to insult those they disagree with.
sligo joe (National) - 28/01/2026 16:51:47
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "The future is good for Galway, I was impressed with the young lads last time out v Tipp.
It's like a big jigsaw We just have to put all the correct pieces in the proper place and bam Galway will click." you're obviously reading Cyril Farrell in The Sun.
SixtiesKid (National) - 28/01/2026 17:07:27
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "What Israeli company sponsors the GAA? Asking for a friend.
If you want to search hard enough you'll find a link to anything to get your knickers in a twist over. Gazprom was rightly dropped as a sponsor of European football at the outset of the Russian / Ukrainian war. However, the phone in your pocket is likely made from chips sourced from Israel. Are you going to boycott that? The shelves of all the food retailers are full of goods sourced from Israel, are you going to boycott that too? The 'links' Allianz have are at best tepid... why not get your knickers in a twist at the IRFU/FAI and Aviva as well while you're at it. This is nothing but woke, virtue seeking nonsense." do you believe in trying to change anything at all Square_B or does someone have to be the absolute perfect person living as a hermit using no products or services linked to anything morally questionable before they can express an opinion about something
CCFabu (National) - 29/01/2026 10:21:04
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "Clearly not, as we have Local elections, General elections, European elections and invisible elections where randomers are handpicked for the Seanad?" hahaha
have you not heard that very common phrase before. youlve totally missed the point of the phrase...
KillingFields (National) - 28/01/2026 23:43:21
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Looking Forward To 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To kerryforsam26: "Kerry had a holiday early this year. By all accounts they trained everyday and very little alcohol was taken on trip. Kerry will win the next 3/4 All Irelands with lack of quality opposition." Well in fairness Kerry do have a big advantage with other Counties especially Ulster where Kerry only really have to up their training approaching the knock out stages.
Scenicparish (National) - 28/01/2026 22:38:47
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
I suspect if the report had been about Russia/Ukraine and not Israel/Gaza opinions would be very very different. A sponsor with links to Russia would be dropped very quickly. I just don't understand why it's considered different because it's Israel?
supermon (National) - 28/01/2026 20:24:12
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Last year in the League you stopped giving gametime to most of the younger lads after the first League game. Not sure how they were supposed to get better when they weren't even playing." Perhaps stopped so as to enhance their prospects of getting better in 2026, by playing their NHL games in div1A as opposed to div1B in 2026. There's no rush rebuilding, as long as you get there in the end.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 28/01/2026 18:51:19
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
It's beyond me at Inter County level how teams are still giving up possession due to the 3 v 3 breach. Surely with the amount of personnel in backroom teams it should easy to make it one man's/woman's sole job to watch this.
Samforthehills26 (National) - 28/01/2026 17:25:29
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Well if ye had given Evan Comerford more game time instead of all to Cluxton and brought up other young Dubs maybe ye wouldn't be needing to rebuild as much as ye are now . Cluxton still be there till he is 50 Comerford probably was saying to himself haha ..
Fair play to Comferford for sticking around not alot would with that much of disrespect shown to him
....!" After winning 9 in 13 years we can live with a bit of rebuilding
sligo joe (National) - 28/01/2026 17:07:28
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Is Shane finished with taking frees from the ground since his hip injury in 2024? Don't think I've seen him strike one from the deck since…
gaillimhboy (National) - 28/01/2026 14:39:01
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To smallfrank: "Watched the game back.
23 Galway Kick Outs, we won possession from 7
12 in the first half we won 5
11 in the second half we won 2
20 of the 23 went long and we won possession on 4 of them.
Won 3 from 3 on the short ones.
Unbelievable that he kept going long when you watch it back." That's a startling statistic! Seriously. 30% own kick outs won is an absolute disgrace in Div 1 football, particularly from a goalie so long into his tenure between the sticks for Galway. I really don't know. A few lads around me had reckoned we were around the 30% on kickouts won and it was pretty much bang on. So we lose two thirds of our restarts - one blinding save per game doesn't make up for that. All those lost possessions immediately turning into attack for the opposition is just rocket fuel during a game for those opponents. AI is just a delusional pipe dream if this isn't addressed. It can't go on. We can't keep handing over the ball like this, it's slaughtering us. And as for the free kick! Lord bless us and save us! I know 16 year olds who can land them more assuredly off the deck. Ridiculous. Coaches - open your eyes lads!!
togoutlads (National) - 28/01/2026 13:38:53
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Jim is busier than James Horan and Rochford. Jim saw off 4 Mayo managers during his reign.He was sick of beating Mayo who always filled the togs as Philly told yous." Wicklow might to better if ye supported your own and not support Dublin.
tirawleybaron (National) - 28/01/2026 12:55:15
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "That's the argument you want to see. Maybe you might want to think about your argument and how hypocritical it is before pontoficating to others." Explain to me how I am being hypocritical? Who am I pontificating to? I'm giving my opinion on the matter on a forum set up to discuss this. Last time I checked people in this country are allowed to give opinions. I think I've probably made an argument you find hard to counter so you have resorted to saying I'm pontificating.
supermon (National) - 28/01/2026 12:43:12
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CCFabu: "should Jim have brought a new coach in to the set up for this year?" He was/is looking to bring someone in, but his primary candidate received an offer of a managers job with St Eunan's and it seems there isn't anyone available that is of interest to him.
Commodore (National) - 28/01/2026 12:40:23
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