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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 4 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "My main point Joe is one cant judge different eras so we can only guess.
The Mayo team thst rattled Dublin and shoild have beaten them eerr very good but not siper.They eere beaten and struggled ahainst many othrr teamsin that era but did give the Dubs the jitters.
IMO the Kerry team in the noughties were much better than the Kerry team in the Dubs 6 era and that Kerry team 2010-2019 were nt too far behind the Dubs either.The only contenders v Dubs in their reign teally was Mayo and Kerry.
In the noughties you had a much stronger Kerry team,A top Cork team,a great Armagh team and a super Tyrone team.Cork for example were only beaten by Kerry in the championship ina 6 year period and they beat Kerry twice in Munster and drew 3 times.
Kerry won 5 All Irelands but were beaten by Tyrone and deservedly on 3 occasions.
I just think that Tyrone team were awesome and played in a better era.
Dublin were a super team too and best in their era but we will never know how the games would have transpired between both teams.
If I was picking the best 15 between Tyrone and Dublin there would be some headaches.
Certainties for Dubs would be Cluxton,McCarthy,Fenton,Connolly,
Certainties for Tyrone would be,McMenamin,Conor Gormley,Philly Jordan,KevinHughes,Brian Dooher,Sean Kavanagh,Stephen O Neill,Dooher and of course Peter the Great.
Of course thats just my view." You are guilty at looking at the 00's era as great Mick because you were successful, its also known as the era of puke football.
Dublin - just beginning in 2011, finished of that great Tyrone team on a rainy night in Croker in a quarter in 2011 and then the Kerry team in the final was as good as anything in the 00s, in fact again in 2013.
Dublin became boring from 13 - 20 - not because of style of play or their competitiors but becasue of invinicability - they were the greatest.
Its no coincidence the game was more competitive before their regin and after, the game has dropped from theitr level , which means team were and are more evenily matched.
There wasn't a team of significantnce in the country unaccounted for.
I dont know what it is with Kerry, why does every player have to be the GOAT, why does someone who beats Kerry got to be GOAT opposition or a great era, its real chip on your shoulder stuff. Its actually highlights an insecurity.
TheUsername (National) - 28/07/2026 14:21:01
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To dubdec99: "That Mayo team that ran Dublin so close on so many occasions is better than either team that contested Sunday's All-Ireland final." I don't agree. The old Mayo teams lacked belief to get over the line. Sunday's Mayo team had total belief instilled in them by Andy Moran that they would succeed. That never say die attitude got them over the line. The old Mayo team like a lot of others would have crumbled after going 1 - 5 to 1 point behind.
Scenicparish (National) - 28/07/2026 16:57:23
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "Kerry won plenty of titles since qualifiers came in and also won under nee rules so no need for the digs User.
Im just giving my opinion that when judging teams one has to factor in how good or bad the opposition are.Its funny because many Dublin folk said Kerry were weak when Dublin reigned yet Dubs struggled with us a few times and were definatley outplayed by Mayo a few times so I think the era was weaker than the noughties where you had 4 or 5 top teams.
Forget about Kerry and I ll ask a question and try think honestly without your Dublin hat on?
Do you think that the Mayo team that Dublin struggled with bigtime and should have been beaten by them at least once were better than the Tyrone team of the noughties.
I know which team most would pick." That Mayo team that ran Dublin so close on so many occasions is better than either team that contested Sunday's All-Ireland final.
dubdec99 (National) - 28/07/2026 14:47:52
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Are we the idiots for trying to be a dual county?
Just do what Kerry, Mayo, Donegal //Limerick , Kilkenny, Clare etc do and focus on one sport, throw a small bit of effort into the other one just so its looks like ya care.
Then get the entire county behind one sport?
I dunno, I assume all of Mayo will be supporting Galway next year so we can end our 26 year drought?" Galway will always be a dual county. Football is entrenched in half of the county and hurling is maybe even more entrenched in the other half. Don't see it ever changing to any great degree. Galway have won football All-Ireland's but hurling remained number one by a long way in the hurling half of the county.
Marooned (National) - 27/07/2026 18:14:32
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "The Tyrone team in the noughties were just super.I was nt around in the 60s but they were fab.Its a facy one cant judge eras as one has to factor in opposition etc.
The Dubs under Gavin were super but the opposition were nt that strong.
Tyrone imo played against better teams.Kerry were strong as were Cork and Armagh .
The Dublin team that went on to great things were destroyed by both Kerry and Tyrone in 08 and 09.Now Im aware that it was all their players but in Dubs era Kerry were weak and Mayo should have beatrn them twice at least but decisions went against them.This was a Mayo team that lost to Kerry Kildare Galway and Roscommon.
No doubt the Dubs were the best team in their era.No arguement but one cant say best ever.In fact If I had to bet then the Tyrone team of the noughties would beat them hands down.
The Dubs were super but only in their own ets.Tyrone had a much better ceiling imo but came up against much tougher teams." Get out of town Mick.
The Tyrone and Kerry teams didn't hear the great Dublin teams of 10"s or 20's in 08 or 09.
Was 4 years before Gavin was appointed Dublin manager.
Those Dublin teams retired those Tyrone and Jerry teams then continued to pulverise what came next.
Dublin were the only team of any era to beat every team of vote over nearly decade, doing something that had never been done in the sport before.
Mayo, Kerry, Donegal, Galway , Tyrone, Monaghan, Armagh, Meath, Cork, Derry - who ever multiple times, multiple versions former all Ireland wowed it not.
Tire comment is unnecessary, comparatively the vast majority if Kerry's 39 titles came playing 3/4 games All Ireland seasons. Kerry have regressed since the playing field had been even. That fragile situation or huge historical question marks leaves you on very shaky ground, citing the greatest achievement ever achieved in the game, One your on County failed to do on flater road.
TheUsername (National) - 28/07/2026 08:18:41
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
I'm glad that it was Kerry that Mayo beat, or Dublin if it hadn't been Kerry. That's no negative take on either Kerry or Dublin but a reflection that both are the best in the business and that it has been at the hands of both (mostly) that Mayo has had its days of suffering on AI final day in Croke Park. Nobody can undervalue that win yesterday. No AI win should ever be undervalued but you know the way some people are.
It wasn't just that Mayo won or that it was after 75 years. It was how they won. As someone on the Sunday Game said: this is the new blueprint for how football should be played. It was total energy, total press from the get-go to the final whistle. I'm trying to think of a fitter more energetic team and I cannot think of one (perhaps Limerick hurlers, but hurling is for me, less physically taxing on the body over 70+ minutes). Mayo were probably 7-8 points the better side on the day.
Kerry will be back. That's the Kerry way. But when? The great Maurice Fitzgerald ended up with two AI medals at the end of his great career. David Clifford has two now. If he ends up with "only" two, I, for one, would not classify that as a bad innings at all.
foreveryoung (National) - 27/07/2026 17:47:29
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Mayo All Ireland Champions 2026! - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Comhghairdeachas le Maigh Eo ó Chiarraí! Winter well! Fully deserved!" Comhghairdeachas le Maigh Eo ó Chiarraí!
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10019 - 26/07/2026 18:03:33
Comhghairdeachas le Maigh Eo ó Chiarraí! Fully deserved.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10019 - 26/07/2026 18:04:02 2
Congratulations again to Mayo!
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10019 - 28/07/2026 13:25:45
How many more times are you going to congratulate Mayo?
Cockney_Cat (National) - 28/07/2026 14:36:29
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Mayo All Ireland Champions 2026! - 2 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Thank you and it has to be said the Kerry fans were very gracious in defeat. They even stayed on for the presentation and Jack Coynes fantastic speech." Delighted for you Yewtree.You had enough of pain.Yes I was so proud of the Kerry supporters Sunday hugging and crying with Mayo folk.I hate losing but losing to Mayo made it so much easier.I spoke to so many fellow Kerry fans that said same.Enjoy every bit of the celebrations.You all deserve it and earned it.It can never be taken away from you now.MAYO ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONS 2026
Huge congratulations!
CiarraiMick (National) - 28/07/2026 14:32:11
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "My main point Joe is one cant judge different eras so we can only guess.
The Mayo team thst rattled Dublin and shoild have beaten them eerr very good but not siper.They eere beaten and struggled ahainst many othrr teamsin that era but did give the Dubs the jitters.
IMO the Kerry team in the noughties were much better than the Kerry team in the Dubs 6 era and that Kerry team 2010-2019 were nt too far behind the Dubs either.The only contenders v Dubs in their reign teally was Mayo and Kerry.
In the noughties you had a much stronger Kerry team,A top Cork team,a great Armagh team and a super Tyrone team.Cork for example were only beaten by Kerry in the championship ina 6 year period and they beat Kerry twice in Munster and drew 3 times.
Kerry won 5 All Irelands but were beaten by Tyrone and deservedly on 3 occasions.
I just think that Tyrone team were awesome and played in a better era.
Dublin were a super team too and best in their era but we will never know how the games would have transpired between both teams.
If I was picking the best 15 between Tyrone and Dublin there would be some headaches.
Certainties for Dubs would be Cluxton,McCarthy,Fenton,Connolly,
Certainties for Tyrone would be,McMenamin,Conor Gormley,Philly Jordan,KevinHughes,Brian Dooher,Sean Kavanagh,Stephen O Neill,Dooher and of course Peter the Great.
Of course thats just my view." Of course you're entitled to your view but you have left 4 players of the year out and they are all from Dublin and how Jack McCaffrey would not be a certainty beats banagher.
sligo joe (National) - 28/07/2026 13:51:06
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Mayo All Ireland Champions 2026! - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Comhghairdeachas le Maigh Eo ó Chiarraí! Winter well! Fully deserved!" There is already a Topic 'Football Championship 2026', where everyone congratulated Mayo, including yourself. In fact, you posted the exact same message, as above, on there. Why do you need to create a new, superfluous, Topic?
Cockney_Cat (National) - 28/07/2026 13:44:13
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "The Tyrone team in the noughties were just super.I was nt around in the 60s but they were fab.Its a facy one cant judge eras as one has to factor in opposition etc.
The Dubs under Gavin were super but the opposition were nt that strong.
Tyrone imo played against better teams.Kerry were strong as were Cork and Armagh .
The Dublin team that went on to great things were destroyed by both Kerry and Tyrone in 08 and 09.Now Im aware that it was all their players but in Dubs era Kerry were weak and Mayo should have beatrn them twice at least but decisions went against them.This was a Mayo team that lost to Kerry Kildare Galway and Roscommon.
No doubt the Dubs were the best team in their era.No arguement but one cant say best ever.In fact If I had to bet then the Tyrone team of the noughties would beat them hands down.
The Dubs were super but only in their own ets.Tyrone had a much better ceiling imo but came up against much tougher teams." A bit revisionist there Mick. That was a super Mayo team in the Dubs 6 in a row era, the current Mayo team have potential but are not as strong now.
You reference Tyrone beating Dublin in 08 and 09, like that's 6 years b4 2015, first of 6.
For example the 2017 Dubs had, Scully, BB, MDMA, KevinMac, Diarmo, Davey Byrne, Paul Flynn Darren Daly, Cormac Costello "All on the Bench"
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sligo joe (National) - 28/07/2026 11:14:27
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Absolutely delighted. SIncerest congrats to all. Brilliant performance.Brilliant football. Great for football, badly needed for Connacht football and absolutely mighty for Mayo football. Enjoy. I hope my following comment is not construed as sour grapes from a Galway perspective because its absolutely not, but i have to say that Mayo got the rub of the green from refs decisions perspective. Maybe not enough to influence the result as Mayo were CLEARLY THE BETTER TEAM and thoroughly deserved the win but since i , and others,previously commented on Kerrys luck in getting to final , i think in the interests of consistency , it should be referenced. I think most pundits have avoided this point as nobody wants to be seen to rain on the parade. I think the decision balance was more subtle than in kerrys QF or SF or indeed in the Galway Dublin QF but i do think the double hop miss was blatant and if it was a Kerry player that had gotten away with it i would be going crazy. Also whilst the Mayo tackling/hounding was fantastic there was a few of them that, in my opinion, should have been given as Kerry frees. Maybe there was one or 2 decisions that went Kerrys way , but my view is that on this occasion, thankfully, Kerry did not get the rub from the officials.
anotheralias (National) - 28/07/2026 10:25:56
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Anti GAA Agenda - 2 Like(s)
Replying To dickie10: "Outside of rte radio 1 GAA news on regular sports bulletins seems to get very hard to get a mention, seems a huge push on league of Ireland soccer every bulletin and premier league transfer news?! Of course some golf tournament always gets mentioned, horse racing results seem to have disappeared from those bulletin also" In fairness Mayo's win and homecoming got Italia90 style coverage on RTE, including the first 10-15mins of the Sunday night main evening 9pm news. I think if we were Argentina, and did win the World Cup, the coverage wouldn't have been any more fulsome.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 28/07/2026 10:15:34
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "Some of it is mentality and ambition, Mayo and Galway look at winning Connacht as a stepping stone, their ambitions lie in getting to Croker and as deep as possible into championship. I think its a vague aspiration in Roscommon and not really focussed on because we talk ourselves into being a small county and sure isn't everything else a bonus. We are a small county but we produce very good footballers and we don't have a huge amount of other sports in competition with football. The county is pure football apart from a small area around Four Roads. As big as soccer is in Castlerea or Boyle it's still second fiddle to football. Roscommon lads are playing at a high level from secondary school competitions, through to county underage, into university and then club, there is no reason we shouldn't be aiming to get into the last 4 of the competition. We have a management team who definitely have ambition to up the standard going by the inclusion of Sherlock and Comerford this year, their challenge is getting the players heads there. There's a difference in thinking you'll win a game and having the belief in knowing how to win games. Big improvements this year but some old habits still need sorting out.
I know the 40's were an age ago and the game and format have changed beyond belief but after Roscommon winning in 43, Jimmy Murray said they wanted to get Kerry in the 44 final to be able to say they played and beat the best out there. That is incredible way of thinking compared to now where we'd be hoping to avoid Kerry or whoever. It's not like things were booming in the county either, the 40s were bleak. Huge emigration and the population dropping by 5000 between 1936 and 1946. There is almost nothing from that time relevant in how the game is played now but that mentality was evident in Mayo yesterday. They actually looked like a team that relished taking on Kerry." Jimmy Murray was an exceptional leader and that's what's needed. Before 1943, Roscommon hadn't won Connacht since 1914. They had lost by a point to Galway in the Connacht finals of 1941 and 1942. Murray said before the '43 Connacht final that we'll beat Galway today or they'll carry me off on a stretcher. Roscommon beat Galway that day and went on to beat Cavan in the All Ireland final and retained Sam the following year v Kerry. Murray was a man of steel with iron leadership. Roscommon beat this year's All Ireland champions by 10 points. We limped out of the championship against Monaghan because the team were happy with winning Connacht and had no real ambition beyond that. Well done to Mayo on their fight and energy yesterday though it always hurts to see red and green flying high in Ballaghaderreen.
endgame (National) - 27/07/2026 17:43:39
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Theres no way to scientifically differentiate between a good team and a great team. This craic about great teams winning back to backs is just a hollow soundbite parrotted by people.
Things like quality of opponent,refereeing decisions,luck,injuries,financial doping, favourable venue etc should be taken into account when discussing a teams achievements." Fair point, Seniorleague. The Tyrone team 2003-2008 was a great team by any standards. They won three All-Irelands and the fact that they didn't do back to back shouldn't devalue their achievements.
midlands (National) - 27/07/2026 19:29:33
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "The 1980 team was a totally different team from the 1985-1990 Galway team that contested 5 All Ireland finals in 6 years losing three. The 1980 team lost the '75 and '79 finals." It's odd that you've got such joy from our losses
ColmFlaherty (National) - 27/07/2026 18:32:24
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Mayo All Ireland Champions 2026! - 1 Like(s)
Congrats to our old Battle Buddies, couldn't be happier for you and enjoy.
What im really happy about is you didn't fall over the line, you bet one of the headline counties, by sheer desire, skill and swashbuckling football, like true champions ions you owned and demanded the game and win thorough a majectic performence.
You won it through the front door, the Mayo way, it deserved to be a win like that.
TheUsername (National) - 28/07/2026 14:29:21
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Living/working in your home county has huge advantages. The main one being not travelling long distances to and from training and helping rest/ recovery times. The majority of the Kerry team/panel are primary/secondary school teachers teams based in Kerry. Jack O Connor and one of their top coaches ( AMG) are both retired which gives them and the players extra time to do extra individual/team video analysis. Many of players and management team are therefore basically full time sports professionals at the business end of the season. When they are not training they can meet up for coffee as friends which helps build team moral. They can also be in bed at 10.00pm while many county players are cramping up in the back of cars travelling long distances.
What caught Kerry this year is that a lot of their top players had long term injuries ( O' Shea, O' Sullivan, White, O' Connor etc) and they did not have it in the legs against Mayo. Mayo certainly deserved their win and should have won by more.
While Dublin were the best team ever, being in bed at 10.00pm had huge advantages when they drew/pipped Mayo by a point in a couple of All Irelands. Andy Moran was very much aware of those major advantages.
Unfortunately for Roscommon we do not have many major businesses/industries in the county unless Sean Mulryan can get that city built in Athlone. (Hopefully on the Roscommon side !)" Hopefully is right. Mulryan is a visionary and I hope there is the political will to really push that on. Yea unfortunately Roscommon have not had the best political representation over the years. All well and good electing independents but if they have no influence it isn't much good. When you compare our neighbours, consistently have influential government ministers and even a taoiseach. So it's no fluke that Castlebar fought to get an IT and pharma and other multi national companies set up in Westport, Castlebar and Ballina, along with huge greenway and outdoor recreation push all over the county. Not the same political leadership in Roscommon. We now have a scenario where despite east Galway being a tiny part of the constituency we have two out of three TDs from Galway. No surprise that basics such as getting funding to repair the Courthouse in Roscommon town is stalled. One of the TDs is purely farming focused and while that sector is relevant, farmer numbers are dropping as farms consolidate with time. There is limited future employment there and it won't help attracting our youngest and brightest back to the county to get good jobs.
I heard it said that the team of the 40s was one of the few counties to be doing collective training at that time, which was seen as very progressive. Most of the Roscommon team were civil servants, guards, army, doctors or business owners based in or near Roscommon which gave them a big advantage.
FullOfPorter (National) - 28/07/2026 12:14:52
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Losing players to other sports hurts at the time, but listening to Andy Moran speak about Ryan O'Donoghue's journey was interesting. Here was a player who spent time on Irish boxing development squads and with Sligo Rovers before returning to Gaelic football. The lesson isn't that talented young players will never leave. They always will. The lesson is that successful counties keep the door open and create pathways for them to come back.
Not every future inter-county player will follow a straight line. We need systems that recognise that reality.
I genuinely hope I'm wrong about this, but the nagging concern I have is not that Wexford lacks talent, commitment or potential.
It's whether we have enough ambition.
Whether we have a genuine culture of excellence running through every level of the organisation.
We have many of the building blocks. Good clubs. Dedicated volunteers. Passionate supporters. Talented players.
But are we moving forward with clear intent, or are we simply going through the motions?
Are we challenging ourselves hard enough?
Is Wexford GAA a well-oiled machine?
Have we mastered the basics?
Are we best-in-class in any area and, if so, what are we learning from that success and replicating elsewhere?
Because if the answer to those questions is no, then we are leaving success to chance.
And if we're relying on chance, then we're not really serious about competing with the best counties in Ireland.
Wexford supporters are tired of hearing about "the great work being done".
Nobody doubts the effort. Nobody doubts the commitment.
But effort is the starting point, not the destination.
What supporters want to see is progress. They want to see standards. They want to see evidence that we are closing the gap. We may well be improving. The uncomfortable possibility is that the counties ahead of us are improving faster.
If that's true, then doing more of the same won't be enough.
Mayo's victory should not make us envious. It should make us ambitious.
Because there is no reason Wexford cannot be a top-tier county again.
But wishing for it won't make it happen.
Excellence is a choice. Urgency is a choice. Leadership is a choice.
The question for all of us is simple:
Are we prepared to make those choices, or will we still be having this same conversation in ten years' time?
wexford2012 (National) - 28/07/2026 12:29:19
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Mayo All Ireland Champions 2026! - 1 Like(s)
Comhghairdeachas le Maigh Eo ó Chiarraí! Winter well! Fully deserved!
legendzxix (National) - 28/07/2026 13:03:03
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