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Replying To legendzxix: "I see the provincial championship draws will be on be on November 19th. One of the more sensible decisions in recent years to wait until after the county championships at least. The top 2 Munster counties from the 2026 national league are to be on opposite sides of the draw. That should be good news for potential Division 3 winners in the race for the All Ireland qualifier spots through the league route." Bad news for Football people in most of the Munster counties though. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20898 - 22/10/2026 18:17:41 2698259 Link
See an article in Irish times outlining expenditure from county teams with Donegal, Dublin and Tipperary at the top. Understand Dublin with their resources but will other counties be able to maintain this. There is a cost of living crisis and county teams seem to be stuck in middle of it. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1076 - 24/10/2026 11:51:20 2698411 Link
Looking at the Ireland football championship odds, Galway are 2nd favourites at 6-1. Find this a bit baffling as wouldn't necessarily have them ahead of Roscommon, Louth or Meath who are all at 25-1.Tyrone are 3rd favourites based off their strong finish ahead of Armagh, Dublin and Donegal. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1076 - 26/10/2026 13:11:51 2698585 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "Looking at the Ireland football championship odds, Galway are 2nd favourites at 6-1. Find this a bit baffling as wouldn't necessarily have them ahead of Roscommon, Louth or Meath who are all at 25-1.Tyrone are 3rd favourites based off their strong finish ahead of Armagh, Dublin and Donegal." Betting odds arent exactly about how likely someone is to win. They are based on how many punters think someone is going to win. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20898 - 26/10/2026 14:44:50 2698596 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "Looking at the Ireland football championship odds, Galway are 2nd favourites at 6-1. Find this a bit baffling as wouldn't necessarily have them ahead of Roscommon, Louth or Meath who are all at 25-1.Tyrone are 3rd favourites based off their strong finish ahead of Armagh, Dublin and Donegal." Galway's ceiling is much higher than those 3 teams' Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 997 - 26/10/2026 15:42:04 2698602 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Betting odds arent exactly about how likely someone is to win. They are based on how many punters think someone is going to win." I understand that but that means after Kerry most people think Galway are the next most likely to win the All Ireland. That is the most puzzling part to understand. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1076 - 26/10/2026 16:28:35 2698605 Link
Replying To Kerry15: "Galway's ceiling is much higher than those 3 teams'" I am not so sure but seems Eamonn Fitzmaurice agrees with you. I think there are about 10 teams on a similar level. The draw, form, injury management and game management crucial to success. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1076 - 26/10/2026 17:31:19 2698610 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "I understand that but that means after Kerry most people think Galway are the next most likely to win the All Ireland. That is the most puzzling part to understand." Not neccessarily. Maybe there are more punters in Galway?! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20898 - 26/10/2026 17:56:52 2698616 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Not neccessarily. Maybe there are more punters in Galway?!" You'd do well to find any punters from Galway who think we're second favourites for Sam next year. As someone mentioned above, we're in a pack with a batch of other teams. Although, Mayo were also in that pack earlier this year. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 3136 - 26/10/2026 19:33:00 2698622 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "I am not so sure but seems Eamonn Fitzmaurice agrees with you. I think there are about 10 teams on a similar level. The draw, form, injury management and game management crucial to success." There arent 10 equal teams. If all those 10 played all the other 10, ten times each, you would see a few would win a good few games more than the rest. If a team outside the top few teams wins Sam next year it will be down to playing football above themselves, great effort, great skill, great bottle and battle on the day, and that little bit of luck all champions need. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20898 - 26/10/2026 19:51:36 2698626 Link
Replying To Viking66: "There arent 10 equal teams. If all those 10 played all the other 10, ten times each, you would see a few would win a good few games more than the rest. If a team outside the top few teams wins Sam next year it will be down to playing football above themselves, great effort, great skill, great bottle and battle on the day, and that little bit of luck all champions need." I disagree. There could be up to 12 teams pushing for semi final spots and who knows what could happen after that. Remember Dublin, Tyrone, Monaghan and Louth are in division 2. Anyone can take anyone on a given day. Just don't Galway so far ahead of others as bookies have them. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1076 - 26/10/2026 21:33:27 2698635 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "I disagree. There could be up to 12 teams pushing for semi final spots and who knows what could happen after that. Remember Dublin, Tyrone, Monaghan and Louth are in division 2. Anyone can take anyone on a given day. Just don't Galway so far ahead of others as bookies have them." Me neither tbh Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20898 - 26/10/2026 23:03:48 2698641 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Looking forward to a different winner next year.Am I the only one thats nauseated with the non stop Mayo story.Enough is enough and at least we dont have to listen to curse talk anymore.Mayo won fair play to them but time to move on." I don't see Mayo folk moving on from this anytime soon.... and as the Ross man said, imagine living next door. I think 5 books and a play have been written so far. I am just waiting for the county board to get Mel Gibson to come in and make a film about it. Cbar (Mayo) - Posts: 393 - 27/10/2026 09:32:02 2698647 Link
Replying To Cbar: "I don't see Mayo folk moving on from this anytime soon.... and as the Ross man said, imagine living next door. I think 5 books and a play have been written so far. I am just waiting for the county board to get Mel Gibson to come in and make a film about it." A common attitude was ya wouldn't mind seeing them win but you'd be afraid you'd never hear the end of it....and how correct that fear was, we literally have not heard to the end of it, I don't know where the end of it is but I'd say we're not even half way to the middle of it :D FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 633 - 27/10/2026 11:22:18 2698661 Link
Replying To FullOfPorter: "A common attitude was ya wouldn't mind seeing them win but you'd be afraid you'd never hear the end of it....and how correct that fear was, we literally have not heard to the end of it, I don't know where the end of it is but I'd say we're not even half way to the middle of it :D" Well, when Roscommon fans go onto the pitch in MacHale Park holding up "Sammy Dodgers" signs after beating Mayo, or start singing "Cheerio" to Mayo fans as they leave after a defeat, you can hardly expect there not to be a bit of rubbing it in when they finally get over the line and win Sam! Sure, it was less than six months ago that Roscommon fans were posting everywhere that they were the Kings of Connacht after winning the provincial title. That's what happens when teams win they celebrate and enjoy the bragging rights. Dmoa95 (UK) - Posts: 22 - 27/10/2026 11:51:39 2698663 Link
Replying To Cbar: "I don't see Mayo folk moving on from this anytime soon.... and as the Ross man said, imagine living next door. I think 5 books and a play have been written so far. I am just waiting for the county board to get Mel Gibson to come in and make a film about it." And rightly so, what a brilliant victory for Mayo. Keep celebrating as it was well earned Shearer (Louth) - Posts: 961 - 27/10/2026 13:32:39 2698673 Link
Replying To Dmoa95: "Well, when Roscommon fans go onto the pitch in MacHale Park holding up "Sammy Dodgers" signs after beating Mayo, or start singing "Cheerio" to Mayo fans as they leave after a defeat, you can hardly expect there not to be a bit of rubbing it in when they finally get over the line and win Sam! Sure, it was less than six months ago that Roscommon fans were posting everywhere that they were the Kings of Connacht after winning the provincial title. That's what happens when teams win they celebrate and enjoy the bragging rights." I say that in knowing how the rules of engagement work. We have no choice but to suck it up. Don't worry, we've got more than our share in the ear over the years! FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 633 - 27/10/2026 16:04:17 2698690 Link