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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "I don't get people saying they can't fault their effort, ah they are a great bunch of lads. As mentioned the quality was poor overall yet these are multi millionaire pro athletes and sometimes you'd swear they weee part time postmen.
Put it another way, if that was an all Ireland final
And say Mayo lost it that way, there would be no mercy. Sometimes I think we go too hard and are over critical of our own games which are amateur yet we sometimes give multi millionaires a pass." I think if we had a squad full of quality Premier league players or top level European league players and they all underforned individually and collectively as a team, you could justify a much harsher critique. I don't think it's giving them a free pass, more of a reluctant acceptance of what level our National team is at. Some of our lads played well enough, close to as well as I've seen a few of them play really. Some poor performances too.
Its frustrating, but we punched above our weight for years. The reality now is nearly our whole squad play in the Chamoionship, a few in League One as well. Two regular outfield starters in the Premier League (Collins, O Brien). That's where we're at. Despite a lot of people here saying it was a poor Czech team, Czechia have lads playing in the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga. Most of their team last night were playing Chamoions league or Europa League this season. As I said , it's not a free pass for our players, just a reluctant acceptance of the quality that's at our disposal.
HandballRef (National) - 27/03/2026 12:43:55
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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "I don't get people saying they can't fault their effort, ah they are a great bunch of lads. As mentioned the quality was poor overall yet these are multi millionaire pro athletes and sometimes you'd swear they weee part time postmen.
Put it another way, if that was an all Ireland final
And say Mayo lost it that way, there would be no mercy. Sometimes I think we go too hard and are over critical of our own games which are amateur yet we sometimes give multi millionaires a pass." World Cup Qualifier Play Off - "Let's make it about Mayo".
More Mayo Misery.
peiledoir20 (National) - 27/03/2026 14:12:10
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Couldn't fault their effort? They got beaten by miles in the 2nd half . Just were not good enough." You're an expert on soccer now Ms. Kennedy?
peiledoir20 (National) - 27/03/2026 13:10:39
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Do you actually mean that "in Limerick, in spite of all the JP gossip, that the are definitely not treated the same"? Just asking since you go on to say there's such a difference that they try to avoid even having both squads at the same venue.
It's genuinely the case here that our football squads get all the same supports as our hurling ones.
Yes, there were a few controversies a few years ago over things like "the Minor hurlers got training tops and other gear, but the Minor footballers didn't", but that was through what used to be a separate Supporters Club that wasn't actually part of official Wexford GAA at the time, and that "went rogue" a few times.
And while it used often be said at year end (and maybe still can be said sometimes) that "there was more money spent on the hurlers than the footballers", that was mainly because the hurlers were generally involved in competition for longer, at least up to the introduction of the group stage in the Tailteann Cup. The spend per week was roughly the same on both codes - just used to be the case that the hurlers were in action for more weeks." Yes I do mean that. The footballers dont get treated badly or anything but the hurlers do get looked after a lot better.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 27/03/2026 14:59:54
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
All the best to the hurlers and footballers in the league finals tomorrow. Prediction is that footballers will win but hurlers will find Sligo too strong at home.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 27/03/2026 15:29:53
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "We scored once but they scored 3times, really? Do you equate scoring own goals and actual goals in the one pot? A novel take, but does it make any sense?" An og is an og simple as that. Who benefits from an og. ?
supersub15 (National) - 27/03/2026 20:32:40
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Men against boys in the under 20 its a young squad hopefully can bounce back. Louth are really motoring well underage and senior have the house in order long time ago and its showing now.
Dazzler30 (National) - 28/03/2026 06:55:30
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dazzler30: "Men against boys in the under 20 its a young squad hopefully can bounce back. Louth are really motoring well underage and senior have the house in order long time ago and its showing now." There was a stark difference in how they were moving, they seemed physically so far ahead. We have to beat Dublin now to advance it would seem. Beating just Wexford which will be extremely difficult won't be enough. It must be said there are 7 starters missing from that U20 team from what I was told last night, there are three from Tubberclair in Bourke, Staunton and O'Connor, Curran from Moate, Geary from Athlone, Ryan Kelly from Shamrocks and Conor Callaghan from Kinnegad. All seven of these are in their last year and have played adult championship for their club. The younger Whittaker looked promising when he came on. I think the question again that must be raised is the fact U18s cannot play adult football until they are 19. I think 8 or 9 of the team would not have played for their clubs above underage yet and then the step up is massive.
OverTheHill85 (National) - 28/03/2026 07:38:01
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