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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 2 Like(s)

Replying To Pikeman96:  "In fairness, I think Barney may have been referring to the start of the Premier League in general, rather than specifically the Man United v Leeds match.

But I'll ask him:

If Limerick had been playing Galway in the Hurling Final on the first Sunday of September this year, how many kids outside of those counties would have been jabbering about that rather than Arsenal v Chelsea or Everton v Man United on the same day?

Or if the Football Final had been the following Sunday, how many outside of Kerry and Mayo would have been talking about it more than the Manchester derby that day, or the Liverpool or Arsenal matches that weekend?"
Are you serious? You don't think mayo winning the all Ireland would have captured the imagination of kids any less if it was in September?
They would have been discussing it in school with their friends and teachers and pretending to be kobe or Clifford at lunchtime.
Id say yes an all Ireland final would be bigger than a random Premier league game, assuming they were fans of all sports as most kids are nowadays anyway. They have all the jerseys, whether its man utd ,arsenal, kerry or mayo etc

richiepmurphy (National) - 02/09/2026 13:51:58

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Delaney Cup 2026, there was no Tang/Maryland amalgamation when Tang played The Downs in the 2018 Division 1 final.
Have to disagree here. I always felt the St Martin's amalgamation was completely wrong and the county board made a mess of it. Milltown, Ballymore, Tang and Maryland knew exactly what they were doing. Milltown is around 22km from Tang, while some had much closer clubs they could've joined with.
As far as I remember they didn't join together for the league but then did for the championship, which felt very calculated. Killucan and Kinnegad had built strong teams over several years, only to meet four clubs combined. Most of that St Martin's starting 15 were county players or went almost straight into senior football.
I know it was years ago, but it was very harsh on the genuine club teams especially for kin egad and Killucan losing to them so narrowly in the semi and final"
Also was that not a separate premier competition? I'm not sure it was the regular county minor championship surely.

DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 02/09/2026 13:01:03

Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)

Replying To WanPintWin:  "The split season has made a massive difference to clubs in Galway and I can confirm that first hand. We've had 3 rounds of the football championship and all senior and intermediate groups finished by the end of August. Games played on brilliant pitches in very good weather for the most part. Never mind when a county final is played, they're often extended so there isn't too much of a gap to the provincial campaign.
What matters is that the majority of club championship matches and the majority of players of our Gaelic games have certainty on when they're playing and are playing most of their matches in good weather and good surfaces at the end of the summer.
If the All-Ireland football final was still the 3rd Sunday in September, we'd be into October before we could even start. The players don't want that, yet some people still can't understand it.
Galway were in the All-Ireland hurling final this year, yet we have 2 rounds played already and the final round of group matches is next weekend."
Are players happy to be training for 6 months of the year with no meaningful games( bar all county league which are of little interest), then a glut of matches in a short time frame?
That adds to the risk of injury, and a hamstring or broken finger in the condensed season means a player will probably miss the whole championship.

richiepmurphy (National) - 02/09/2026 13:44:22

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To veterngaa:  "On what basis are you giving POC the job? Would you it aim a bit higher…"
The same basis that is given to a man that is performing miracles wining 1 team competitions….

mick2007 (National) - 02/09/2026 14:24:10

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To DelaneyCup2026:  "The 2018 Minor team was Tang/Maryland. They are always amalgamated at under age. Maryland had a number of players on that team also.

St Martins is a completely separate argument; of course it should never have been sanctioned that year. It was nearly a county minor team.

But my point is on population and not because the clubs are suddenly trying or doing less at underage."
Yeah I agree with the population point. Places like Maryland, Tang and Castledaly are nearly fighting a losing battle, there's just no real housing development going on in those areas. Even Milltownpass have it tough with so many clubs around them competing for numbers, although they'd pick up a few from the town/Gaybrook area.

Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 02/09/2026 15:37:35

Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Seanfan:  "I can't believe there are people involved in Gaelic games that want to go back to the fixture chaos and nonsense that we had before the split season."
I reckon you'd have to look hard to find many people actually involved in the games who want to go back to that, if you know what I mean ;)

Pikeman96 (National) - 02/09/2026 16:52:17

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To JoxerDaly:  "Weekend Predictions for SFC:

The Downs v Garrycastle: (TEG Cusack Park, Sun, 5pm)
The Downs to win by a low margin. Garrycastle have to win to qualify and will leave everything out on the pitch.

St Lomans v Caulry: (Moate, Sun, 5pm)
St Lomans to win, again by a low margin. Caulry should have pride in their jersey, playing in Moate, stayed with The Downs to half time, Senan is back and if they click will pose serious problems to Lomans. Another draw is a possibility.

Kinnegad v Mullingar Shamrocks: (Rochfortbridge, Sun, 5pm)
Kinnegad to win. Shamrocks won't roll over. Outside chance of qualifying is still there, provided results in other games go their way.

Athlone v Tubberclair: (TEG Cusack Park, Sat 5pm)
Tubberclair by the minimum

Moate v Killucan: (Kinnegad, Sat, 5pm)
Moate by the minimum

Tang v Tyrrellspass: (Shandonagh, Sat, 5pm)
Relegation decider. Tang have to win, Tyrellspass can draw or win to stay up. Tyrellspass to stay Senior.

Final Positions:

Section A:
Kinnegad => SF
The Downs => SF
St Lomans => QF
Garrycastle
Mullingar Shamrocks => Relegated to Section B
Caulry => Relegated to Section B

Section B:
Tubberclair => QF + Promoted to Section A
Moate => QF + Promoted to Section A
Athlone => QF
Killucan
Tyrellspass
Tang => Relegated to Intermediate"
Unfortunately for them Shamrocks are out and are only playing for 4th regardless of results. Hopefully they will still be competitive

Iarmhisamhi (National) - 02/09/2026 19:22:55

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To dec:  "
Replying To JoxerDaly:  "<b>Weekend Predictions for SFC:</b> The Downs v Garrycastle: (TEG Cusack Park, Sun, 5pm) The Downs to win by a low margin. Garrycastle have to win to qualify and will leave everything out on the pitch. St Lomans v Caulry: (Moate, Sun, 5pm) St Lomans to win, again by a low margin. Caulry should have pride in their jersey, playing in Moate, stayed with The Downs to half time, Senan is back and if they click will pose serious problems to Lomans. Another draw is a possibility. Kinnegad v Mullingar Shamrocks: (Rochfortbridge, Sun, 5pm) Kinnegad to win. Shamrocks won't roll over. Outside chance of qualifying is still there, provided results in other games go their way. Athlone v Tubberclair: (TEG Cusack Park, Sat 5pm) Tubberclair by the minimum Moate v Killucan: (Kinnegad, Sat, 5pm) Moate by the minimum Tang v Tyrrellspass: (Shandonagh, Sat, 5pm) Relegation decider. Tang have to win, Tyrellspass can draw or win to stay up. Tyrellspass to stay Senior. <b>Final Positions:</b> <b>Section A:</b> Kinnegad => SF The Downs => SF St Lomans => QF Garrycastle Mullingar Shamrocks => Relegated to Section B Caulry => Relegated to Section B <b>Section B:</b> Tubberclair => QF + Promoted to Section A Moate => QF + Promoted to Section A Athlone => QF Killucan Tyrellspass Tang => Relegated to Intermediate"</div>"Kinnegad v Mullingar Shamrocks: (Rochfortbridge, Sun, 5pm) Kinnegad to win. Shamrocks won't roll over. Outside chance of qualifying is still there, provided results in other games go their way." What is the outside chance of Shamrocks qualifying? I couldnt find any"
Shamrocks can still get through but it's low chance
We need to beat Kinnegad, The Downs need to beat Garrycastle, and Loman's need to draw with Caulry.
That would leave Shamrocks, Garrycastle and Loman's all on 5 points.
Then it goes to a mini league between those 3 teams only, so results against everyone else don't matter. Basically the Shamrocks v Garrycastle, Shamrocks v Loman's and Garrycastle v Loman's games decide it.
So even if Loman's hammer Caulry, it wouldn't help them in the mini league anyway.
we need that Loman's-Caulry game to be a draw or we're gone.
in saying that though lomans have had 4 draws

Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 03/09/2026 11:18:51