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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "Sorry but Luc O Connor and Ryan Flagertu were playing excellently at the time guess had to come off so they were a huge loss to CG." I agree with the previous commenter who said it's always excuses with CG.
TanCanRan (National) - 28/09/2026 15:55:59
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
When are Caulry out in the first round of Leinster? I'm not up to date as things seem to have gone very quiet about them on here
Midlandsman (National) - 28/09/2026 18:30:38
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Midlandsman: "When are Caulry out in the first round of Leinster? I'm not up to date as things seem to have gone very quiet about them on here" Give it a rest ffs. Not from Caulry myself but that joke is well past its sell by date. Constant re-hashing of it doesn't make it any funnier!
kingfixer1 (National) - 28/09/2026 19:29:40
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Triffic: "He pulled the hamstring v Milltown, was never going to be available. Certainly not emigrating, committed to football." Maybe a transfer to native Dunkellin Gaels.
On that note, congrats to Dunkellin. Great to see. They dont even have a pitch. But they have a county medal. Hopefully they keep building and climb the ranks.
GalwaysFinest (National) - 28/09/2026 16:34:02
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To A_Chairde: "Stupid post , Moate as a team have improved a tonne under Val Daly. Nobody bar maybe Moate themselves believed they were ever going to get near The Downs. Getting to a senior semi for the first time since 1997 and making it out of Section B is a real measuring stick for Moate regardless of what people think of how they got there. I personally know some of the Moate lads and they are very happy with there progress under Val Daly. Youd imagine he will stay on for a third year with a young team that should still have plenty of development in them. For Kinnegad one poor performance doesnt suddenly make you a poor team. Jack Cooney transformed them into genuine title contenders having made two county finals and two semi finals. Most other clubs can only dream of that and hes probably saved them a fortune. Kinnegad just havent been good enough to win one but there is hardly shame in that. Jack will know better than anyone whether hes taken Kinnegad as far as he can. The Downs and Lomans always bring the best out of each other so looking forward to a great battle between them. Milltown and Shandonagh is a tasty intermediate final for obvious reasons. It would be nice to see Josephs finally win the junior as well but couldnt write off any team from the Downs." Agreed; how people can turn around and blame the Moate management after reaching a Senior Semi Final is crazy; maybe some agendas at play. Cooney has done very well with Kinnegad they probably just lack that forward in the big games, they've lots of very good forwards but not a Heslin or Luke, any there's a number of teams that don't have them lads.
Very early but you'd imagine there will be some changing to managements for next year. The early rumours are the Caulry manager stepped down. Otherwise you'd imagine a lot will remain the same.
DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 28/09/2026 18:17:33
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Corofin123: "I dont know, maybe a few quid out of the gate receipts from the 6 Championship games that they played, many of which they sold out?
Maybe a provincial champion county should be at least awarded the cost of a holiday?
Everyone is getting their few quid, from them, from Tom Ryan down to back room staff on each count team.
Having each player on a website showing how much they have raised is a bloody disgrace....
having players sharing their own fundraiser on social media and whats app groups is degrading, after what they did this season....
Do you not think that is the very basic they deserve Claretandblue?" Totally agree, having players publicly sharing their own fundraiser and highlighting how much they have raised feels degrading. They have done their part on the pitch. The County Board should be doing its part off it, but there is no proactive effort to improve things, and a serious lack of financial strategy and forward planning. What a mess we are in.
iarmhiabu (National) - 29/09/2026 11:57:48
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Who should fund their holiday?" I dont know, maybe a few quid out of the gate receipts from the 6 Championship games that they played, many of which they sold out?
Maybe a provincial champion county should be at least awarded the cost of a holiday?
Everyone is getting their few quid, from them, from Tom Ryan down to back room staff on each count team.
Having each player on a website showing how much they have raised is a bloody disgrace....
having players sharing their own fundraiser on social media and whats app groups is degrading, after what they did this season....
Do you not think that is the very basic they deserve Claretandblue?
Corofin123 (National) - 29/09/2026 11:12:28
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Fair play to Daithi if he was good when he was on. The point was though that losing the calibre of players of Luc O'Connor and Ryan Flaherty swung it to Annaghdown when Claregalway have numerous players who've been involved with Galway teams such as Eamon McGrath, Conor Flaherty, Conor Campbell, Jack Glynn, Jack Mullen, Luc O'Connor, Ryan Flaherty, Jack Lonergan, Owen Morgan, Daniel Fitzmaueice, Jack Ramsey, Daniel Hughes, Eanna Monaghan, Matthew Collins, Eoin Geraghty and Danny Cummins, that's 16 players.
Annaghdown then have Olan Kelly, Daithi and Diarmuid Kilcommins, Ethan Forde, Eoin Newell, Stephen Curley, Cathal Heavey and Damien Comer, that's 8 players.
Claregalway have twice the players Annaghdown have that have county set-up experience" You forgot Dara Whelan, part of the u20 winning team.
Sean Moran also played Galway U21.
Barry Goldrick, although injured, a Galway minor.
Kyle Long, Cillian Walsh, Jamie King all goalies involved in recent minor teams.
This isnt a slate Claregalway post but sometimes underage success isnt the be all and end all.
Look at Garrymore, Milltown to an extent. Its about being good senior players. Claregalway have to break that ceiling yet.
It seems Claregalway have been used to being strong at underage, the main men in the schools team in CBC, but really hasnt translated to senior 'success'.
GalwaysFinest (National) - 29/09/2026 10:57:47
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "If they started then those two players are obviously the best players in their positions and they were playing well.So it did of course make a difference." Again the point is that people are saying that's what decided the game when they were off however Annaghdown lost a valuable player as well and as you say 'best in his position' regardless of the performance of his replacement he's still viewed as the best player for the position.
It's more fair to say that losing Luc O'Connor and Ryan Flaherty for Claregalway was an equivalent loss to Annaghdown losing Olan Kelly earlier on
ColmFlaherty (National) - 29/09/2026 10:56:36
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Got to admit the standard club football bar one-two games in knockout stages is awful in this county. I dont envy Frankie dolan. Better hope kikoe win it even then i dont think longdord champions get within 12 points of lomans or the downs in leinster.
Gaaforlife2023 (National) - 28/09/2026 22:27:08
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayareback: "Colm, Olans replacement the younger Kilcommins was excellent when he came on and did not weaken the team. He set up 2-3 scores as soon as he came on and if I remember he caught the important ball at the end. That said if Annaghdown has any hope Kelly and Daithi Kilcommons need to start against Moycullen, though I dont think it will make any difference. All I can say about Claregalway is winning underage titles by numbers does not build for senior battles. Conor Flaherty, Eamon McGrath Jack Mullen, showed leadership as Annaghdown had bigger leaders Meehan, 2 Kilcommins (Diarmaid was brilliant), Curley was super and obviously Comer who was the leader. My question for Claregalway is how come Jack Mullen did not start and why wasnt Jack Glynn on Comer. A note thought some of the refereeing decisions for both sides was iffy at best." Fair play to Daithi if he was good when he was on. The point was though that losing the calibre of players of Luc O'Connor and Ryan Flaherty swung it to Annaghdown when Claregalway have numerous players who've been involved with Galway teams such as Eamon McGrath, Conor Flaherty, Conor Campbell, Jack Glynn, Jack Mullen, Luc O'Connor, Ryan Flaherty, Jack Lonergan, Owen Morgan, Daniel Fitzmaueice, Jack Ramsey, Daniel Hughes, Eanna Monaghan, Matthew Collins, Eoin Geraghty and Danny Cummins, that's 16 players.
Annaghdown then have Olan Kelly, Daithi and Diarmuid Kilcommins, Ethan Forde, Eoin Newell, Stephen Curley, Cathal Heavey and Damien Comer, that's 8 players.
Claregalway have twice the players Annaghdown have that have county set-up experience
ColmFlaherty (National) - 28/09/2026 22:07:37
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Hi lads, latest scores and leaderboard will be posted later in the week. Cheers.
Lockjaw (National) - 28/09/2026 21:00:48
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PowellJohn3: "Power Rankings- what do people reckon?? its difficult
1. The Downs
2. Lomans
3. Kinnegad
4. Tubberclare
5. Garrycastle
6. Mullingar Shamrocks
7. Moate
8. Athlone/Caulry
9. Athlone/ Caulry
10. Killucan
11.Shandonagh
12. Milltown
13. Malachys
14. Tyrellspass
15. Tang
16. Miltownpass
17. Rosmount
18. Multy
19. Ballymore
20. Castledaly" Just wondering what Milltown, Shandonagh and Malachys have done to deserve to be ahead of Tyrellspass and Tang? Milltown havent been senior in about 90 years. Shandonagh maybe because they were senior in 2024 and got to the intermediate final last year. Malachys lost to Tang in the senior relegation play off last year so that would suggest Tang should be ahead of them.
I do appreciate there isn't much between Senior B and 2 or 3 of the Intermediate A teams but I do think there needs to be substance behind putting an Intermediate team ahead of a Senior team in the rankings and to me there isn't enough to suggest they should be.
BadgerDog (National) - 28/09/2026 14:12:08
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To RamblingHen: "I can agree with a lot of the points being made here, although I think there's another side to it as well. Both Moate and C/K were beaten by better teams, but I also thought both management teams left a lot to be desired.
If C/K and Moate want to improve next year, I honestly think they need a fresh approach. C/K looked very stale against Lomans and, at times, seemed to have run out of ideas. Lomans were supposed to be a team on the decline. But C/K have a problem big matches to bottle it.For me, Jack Cooney may have taken C/K as far as he can.
With Moate, they were fortunate enough to get a favourable quarter-final draw and ultimately reached a senior semi-final from Section B, which, as has been discussed here, was clearly the weaker section. But I don't think you can put everything on the players either. Their management was a major concern for me.
Val Daly seems to favour a very old-school approach, or maybe there just isn't a clear tactical plan - I'm not sure which. There didn't seem to be any real solutions against The Downs, and I thought the some of the same problems was evident against Athlone. They were fortunate to get the goal that got them through that game.
The players obviously deserve credit for getting as far as they did, but if Moate want to take the next step, I think they need to look at the management structure as well.
Sometimes I think there are just too many people involved. You can have the manager, selectors, coaches, backroom staff and everyone else giving their input, but at the end of the day the manager has to make the decisions when the game is being played. You could nearly have the person mowing the grass having an input at this stage!
Both Moate and C/K have plenty of good footballers. I think with a fresh management approach and a clear tactical plan, both could improve next year." Stupid post , Moate as a team have improved a tonne under Val Daly. Nobody bar maybe Moate themselves believed they were ever going to get near The Downs. Getting to a senior semi for the first time since 1997 and making it out of Section B is a real measuring stick for Moate regardless of what people think of how they got there. I personally know some of the Moate lads and they are very happy with there progress under Val Daly. Youd imagine he will stay on for a third year with a young team that should still have plenty of development in them. For Kinnegad one poor performance doesnt suddenly make you a poor team. Jack Cooney transformed them into genuine title contenders having made two county finals and two semi finals. Most other clubs can only dream of that and hes probably saved them a fortune. Kinnegad just havent been good enough to win one but there is hardly shame in that. Jack will know better than anyone whether hes taken Kinnegad as far as he can. The Downs and Lomans always bring the best out of each other so looking forward to a great battle between them. Milltown and Shandonagh is a tasty intermediate final for obvious reasons. It would be nice to see Josephs finally win the junior as well but couldnt write off any team from the Downs.
A_Chairde (National) - 28/09/2026 17:38:39
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Alwaysencourage: "Sorry but Luc O Connor and Ryan Flagertu were playing excellently at the time guess had to come off so they were a huge loss to CG." I'm not disagreeing with you that they'd be losess however Annaghdown losing Olan Kelly early on would be huge to them, he's been featured on the TOTW 3 times for example. You and couple others talking as if its the only reason why Annaghdown won
ColmFlaherty (National) - 28/09/2026 16:45:32
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Temple56: "They weren't there on merit. Today showed what people have said over the last few weeks. Massive difference between Group A and Group B. A joke of championship. To say that was semi final of our county championship.
The Downs won't be overall happy with their performance today either. A lot to improve on for the county final.
Lets be fair after today's showing we should all agree that the format should be back to what it was!
Moate deserved to be in QF. No further." The structure should never have been changed I totally agree and there was a huge gulf in class in that match , but they were there on sporting merit, they can only play the games stipulated by the structure of the competition they play in, how many more hoops do you want them to jump through? Anyway there's no talking to some so I'm wasting my time
MichaelScott (National) - 28/09/2026 16:40:57
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
What are Killeevan doing?? Lost appeal to Co Board twice and to Ulster. Also lost every single game. Perhaps a bit of training would be a better idea.
younggun08 (National) - 28/09/2026 15:21:28
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BadgerDog: "I think that is what some people are having a problem with more so than donating towards the players." Presumably some county board officials are going which is always the case in any county. You think Kerry team holiday went ahead minus their chairman or secretary going? People talk here about the players giving hours and hours, no player remotely puts in what some people do on county board. The usual whingers here won't like that, Cusack Park was open at 12.15 yesterday morning and didn't close until 6.45, it doesn't close or operate automatically. I would have an issue if paid people linked to team are going, physios, nutritionists, etc get handsomely remunerated for their work, a holiday surely should be paid for by themselves. Paddy Wallace and Keith Quinn must put in 25-35 hours per week voluntarily.
Claretandblue (National) - 28/09/2026 15:06:45
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhiabu: "Who else is going?" take a guest, ill give you a hint they didn't come on during extra-time to finish the job off.
TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (National) - 28/09/2026 14:36:16
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