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Galway Football thread - 4 Like(s)

Replying To hlynch12:  "Galway looking good. Will push Kerry in final."
Jesus but the bookies love you

Saynothing (National) - 29/06/2026 13:25:45

Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)

Replying To Monaghanmad123:  "How much did Monaghan playing week on week effect the last 10/15 minutes with the game in the melting pot?
Even with the extra man, the players looked leggy and out on their feet. Louth definitely got more of an impact off their bench also. Louth subs scored 0-6 in the last 20 to Monaghan 0-2…"
3 out if the 4 teams that played in the quarter final went through after playing 3 weeks in a row. Dublin had extra time against Donegal las week and finished strongly and won.Monaghan did not look fit, nor did their mindsets look like a winning one. Still can't believe 14 men beat 15 in that heat in Croke park. I would say that's a first in the new rules!

Corklegend (National) - 29/06/2026 21:34:56

Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
The big backroom team, between them, have somehow failed to see that we have an issue between the posts. This team includes a specialist goalkeeping coach and former inter-county goalkeeper, who was recently an inter-county manager himself, and a former goalkeeping coach and goalkeeper, of this Parish, widely regarded as an expert in his field. How does that happen? That was the winning and losing of this game. And many games before it.

crankyincorofin (National) - 29/06/2026 16:30:09

Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Can't for the life of me know why PJ brought in Mickey Graham and Galligan? They aren't the names you bring in if you are trying to win the Tailteann cup never mind Sam!!

3rdmidfielder (National) - 29/06/2026 14:46:36

Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To eddieSize5Balls:  "Whoever plays Kerry in this years final will also be mauled"
Tyrone should have beaten Kerry, its amazing how match officials can turn the tide of a game around.

Tyrone vs Kerry
Galway vs Dublin
Donegal v Cork

Commodore (National) - 29/06/2026 13:29:34

Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
If getting Louth the Delaney wasn't enough but now getting Dublin to the All-Ireland Semi-Finals with all the setbacks from it like relegation to Div 2, his suspension, losing off the Leinster final and injury problems.

It's proven Ger Brennan is top coach in my book.

ColmFlaherty (National) - 29/06/2026 13:33:37

Louth GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Congrasts Louth, a great win for ye & deserved. A mighty performance by 14 men & a great support too.
Onwards & upwards for ye, but beware of Mayo...... they may have a poor record in finals, but they have a great record in semis!

Monaghan Exile (National) - 29/06/2026 21:34:34

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Own kickout retention 48%, Dublin's 78%. Kerry, in their game, 88%. That's difference. That is the problem. That's it. Simple as. And this management team, some of them there many long years, cannot for the life of them face our glaring Achilles heal and sort it out. No use talking at this stage.

togoutlads (National) - 29/06/2026 19:24:52

6 Teams Left In A Hurling May 24Th - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Viking66:  "8 million this year. Don't know where your figure of 11 is coming from.
And is the "integrity" of the MC, ie the money in plain English, more important than the All Ireland Championship, or the future of the whole game of hurling?
There needs to be more intercounty hurling in the summer part of the intercounty window. Just from the point of view of promoting the game."
I already replied to this but they didnt post it again. Im getting a bit fed up of these disappearing posts tbh. I dont know why it keeps happening.

If you google " munster council revenues exceed 12m" you will see where i got the figures from. Its behind a pay wall now but it was free somewhere when I first saw it.
Either way whether its 8m or 11m or somewhere in between its a significant amount and way more than any other provincial championship in either code and possibly as much or close to the rest combined. That money will not be left on the table.

In relation to your comment on the " integrity" of the MC, the money is hugely important. Of course it is. Its important in every aspect of life and the gaa is no different. Its how we pay the bills. If you remove the jeopardy you damage the product and this is the flagship of hurling. I dont see it happening. You say MC wont have a choice. I say that MC are the biggest stakeholders in the game so will have a significant say.

Damaging the Munster Championship wont help Leinster. Why would anyone think that doing harm to a really successful and well run championship will somehow improve standards elsewhere? It wont. Even if you add games to the AI series after the provincials who is going to be interested atm. You saw what happened to Dublin and Offaly. Do you want that to happen more often in the summer? I dont. When KK were going well under this system, even if they weren't winning AI, this wasn't a discussion. They will be back next year so why all the panic all of a sudden?
Aa has been pointed out, there are only 11 teams in this championship. 5 are eliminated after 27 matches. There are plenty of games.
The elephant in the room is the split season. If the inter County season had August this wouldnt be a discussion. It doesnt so we have what we have.

Tadhg2020 (National) - 29/06/2026 21:20:32

6 Teams Left In A Hurling May 24Th - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Seniorleague:  "Where are the insults?"
Quare low calling any sports person 'inferior'. What a ignorant insult.

Square_B (National) - 29/06/2026 17:07:35

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To sligo joe:  "What's your point?"
I praised the sportsmanship of Mayo and he took umbrage, for some reason best known to himself.

BarneyGrant (National) - 29/06/2026 17:20:33

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 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."
You don't want to win the Anglo Celt? Well that's a bizzare one.

Square_B (National) - 29/06/2026 17:42:25

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Square_B:  "Of course ye are, I'd say ye are still talking about 'Dublin Joe' and giving 'Big Mick' slaps on the back for the big auld legend he is."
I was joking SB. Plenty of Mayo suporters will have loads of excuses if we lose the semi or get to final and lose. Especially from a keyboard. Hard to improve if we often look for excuses rather than find out what didn't get us over the line and try and fix it. The scoreboard never lies.

GreenandRed (National) - 29/06/2026 17:53:48

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
A big thanks to the players who brought such entertainment at the weekend.Sometimes in our dissatisfaction we forget the huge efforts the players go to to reach such heights and the skill in some of the scores and the flicking of the ball to the hand from the ground is so frequent now.Phenomenal speed and terrific heights in contesting the high ball.So lucky to watch top forwards like clifford,mulroy,o callaghan,mc curry and many more.You can keep your world cup.PS not forgetting defenders who are brilliant in attempting to deny the forwards.

isfeidirrlinn (National) - 29/06/2026 17:55:04

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To cluichethar:  "Hatred of Mayo and Dublin. Mayo and Dublin have served up some of the most memorable finals this quarter century"
Why would I hate the best team to ever grace a football field? 9 All Irelands in 13 seasons, a team who won 15 out of 16 Leinster titles and 7 League Titles from 2011 to 2023. You lads could take a leaf out of their book; a team of class, grace and modesty.

Square_B (National) - 29/06/2026 19:56:10

Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 1 Like(s)

Replying To tirawleybaron:  "Question is should the semi between Dublin and Kerry just be called the final - and call Louth v Mayo the runners up decider.
No need to play on the 26th then at all"
Mayo will be waste of a ticket in final against kerry

TommyBermingham (National) - 29/06/2026 20:17:06

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To farneygael3:  "Mooney has no short to medium range. He was told to go long to advert the danger of kicking to a Louth man on the arc. It was then midfield sector to win primary or secondary ball, which they didn't. As it's been said by most posters on here, a tactical meltdown from GB."
The insights here have been the most interesting part of the follow-up to yesterday's game. Everyone who knows football knows that Monaghan always punches above its population size and everyone knows that yesterday's game was there for the taking. But only the Monaghan fans on here really understand their football and their footballers.

Monaghan attack (once they were a man up) - slow the attack, drag Louth over to defend in numbers on Monaghan's left, move the ball quickly to the right, and a scorer comes onto the ball in space and scores. That had a near 100% success rate from what I could tell. So the 1 man advantage worked in attack. Monaghan has tons of reliable scorers. When Monaghan moved at speed, the Louth defense looked a man down and tried protect the goal in numbers (even if we did concede two). So basically, Louth decided to limit the goal damage and put pressure on the 2 point kickers. Single points were there for the taking and Monaghan could have clocked as many scores as possession and time would have allowed them.

Louth kickouts - with the extra man, Monaghan pressed effectively so Louth's kickouts mostly went out to the big men and Louth won the percentages (mostly). However, it seemed like Monaghan's press came as the expense of more coverage at the back so when Louth offloaded the marks at speed to ball carriers, the Monaghan half back line was very exposed.

Monaghan defense - new rules means that Monaghan could have always been 12 vs 11 on defense behind the half-way line. Monaghan had a few turnovers when Louth had to build slowly from the back (and Monaghan usually punished those with scores) but it honestly felt like the Louth inside forward line and ball carriers coming from deep (McDonnells, Lennon, Downey) had it way too easy to get space when the ball was moved quickly or carried at pace. Maybe everything just went right for the Louth lads (they did seem very efficient) but it felt like the Louth lads would win all of the inside forward 1 on 1's and even some 1 on 2's. That could be the consecutive weeks of games or lack of prep taking its toll. Louth have a few lads playing in Monaghan and might have some tactical smarts. But still -- it was too easy given the numerical advantage.

Monaghan kickouts - don't think it's fair to put any blame on the keeper brought it. With Rory, Monaghan always felt like it had a quarterback who could call the shots and everyone had a decade working with him so they knew what runs they were supposed to do. Without Rory, the new had 14 experienced lads in front of him who should know how to make the extra man count by making space. Wasn't in Croker so can't tell whether he just didn't know/see the runs they were making or if the outfield players just didn't know how to pull the shape from the Louth middle.

Am I right in thinking:
- Monaghan would have been much better off conceding the Louth kickout, covering deeper, and survive on turnovers
- Monaghan defense needs work (probably has the right players but lacking in experience or nous). Once Louth got going, it was way to easy to get scorers on the ball in scorable positions.
- for some reason, Monaghan's players didn't try or succeed in finding space further from the arc on its own kickouts. So the kickouts ended up going into fielding 50-50 or worse fielding battles. That was mostly the fault of the outfield players who couldn't make the numerical advantage turn into space.

level (National) - 29/06/2026 20:32:47

Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To CTGAA10:  "Munster championship is way ahead of Leinster at all grades at this time..am I right in saying that in one of grades in Leinster there was controversy because a county managed more points than one of the so called stronger teams but didn't qualify for knock out in Leinster..
Munster are giving more competitive games at minor and 20 and this is preparing these players for the jump to senior..as has been mentioned holders didn't advance in Munster minor but did beat all Ireland champions..in any given year any team can get out of Munster..there wasn't many complaints in last 2 years when limerick were struggling at minor and 20,now due to a win Saturday people have a problem with how Munster is being organised.."
You obviously don't follow underage hurling very closely. Or schools hurling. And are basing what you are saying on the result of the Cork v Kilkenny and Limerick v Galway minor games. And the u20 AI final, when Galway lost to the best u20 team in the country, not helped by starting lads with grade 2 hamstring tears, Killeen, and bad ankles, Niland. They were also missing their best back, Sean Murphy, who went off injured against us and missed the rest of the intercounty season.
Kilkenny were the beneficiaries of a stupid system adopted here in Leinster this year at minor. They only won 2 games all year, and only 1 in the group stage. Westmeath went out after winning 2 games.
Kierans were so poor at Leinster Junior A this year they finished last in their group after losing both their games to 2 different Wexford schools in the group stage.
The other games between teams from the 2 provinces at minor this year were much closer. We shouldve beaten what was a pretty poor Cork team but threw it away in the last 5 minutes conceding 2 really poor goals. The same Cork team we beat comfortably at u16A in the Eugene Carey Cup last year. Dublin only lost by the puck of a ball also, to Clare. Both preliminary QF games in a Munster venue as usual.
Limerick did improve game on game, and gave a Galway side who didnt turn up on the day a good beating in the SF, but at the same time maybe Limerick were lucky to make the AI series at all, they lost 3 times in Munster this year. Westmeath only lost once in Leinster, and were gone.
At u20 Clare were the standout team from either Province, as you would expect being as they won the AI minor title 3 years ago. We played Munster counties 5 times this year at u20, and won 4 of them. The only Munster county who beat us this year down at their place, Cork, we beat up here in Wexford in the other game we played against them. Suppose home advantage counts for something, although we were missing a few players down in Cork also. We beat all the other Munster counties every time we played them, but we didnt play Clare.
And as regards Senior schools hurling the 2 finalists in the Croke Cup were from Kilkenny and Galway, as has been the case in 3 of the last 4 years.
So in summary, I dont think its true to say "Munster championship is way ahead of Leinster at all grades at this time".
What is true is that Clare were ahead of everyone at u20 this year, and deservedly won the AI title, and Limerick showed guts to win the AI minor title, despite losing 3 times in their province. And Westmeath were definitely the hardest done by county, they won 4 of their 5 games in Leinster with an aggregate score difference of plus 30, yet never made a Leinster SF or the AI series.
And what's especially true this year is that Cork and Limerick are ahead of everyone else at Senior. Thats not to say both will definitely win next weekend, but if either dont it will be a huge shock.

Viking66 (National) - 29/06/2026 16:44:40

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Monaghans game management was shocking both on field and the side line, you just played into Louth hands with aimless kickouts and poor attacking play, never knew what to do with the extra man.
you could have man marked malroy and still have the extra defender. sorry i like monaghan but that was clueless.

Yourjoking (National) - 29/06/2026 21:22:08

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "Was thinking if/when Joyce leaves who would be the candidates to take his place.

I would've had Kevin Johnson on the shortlist prior to the u20 gig, but the results their would put me off.

I'm not clued in as others would be on management for the club's but the only other coach inside Galway that might have something is Alan Glynn that I can think or know off."
I'm a fan of Gary Delaney I have to say.
I think he will manage at inter county level whether that's Galway or somewhere else we'll see.
Surprised Johnson or Kevin O'Brien haven't got a job somewhere else in Connacht but maybe that's their own choice

smallfrank (National) - 29/06/2026 22:08:14