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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s) Replying To lakecounty90: "Mchugh needs to get on the fone to Conor McCormack. 2nd most best forward in the county sitting at home Wont win anything if best players not playing" Has to be a parody account Bluelake (National) - 20/12/2025 19:42:51
Carlow GAA thread - 2 Like(s) Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "Very dramatic here isn't it? Both codes were more successful prior to the split." That's simply not true, and anyone following the scene in Carlow closely knows it. Not long ago the Senior Hurling Championship had just four teams. Under the split season it was built back up to six for 2026. The Intermediate Hurling Championship used to be a joke - with five teams, four of them B teams from senior clubs. It was a fantastic competition this year. We even have IHC players playing county! We have Kildavin back hurling, Setanta competing at adult level, Naomh Bríd and Carlow Town clearly turning a corner, and Ballinkillen stabilising. That doesn't happen by accident. It happened because hurling finally had certainty and space in the calendar. And the idea that football somehow suffered is just nonsense. We've just had our best Senior Football Championship in many years: proper drama, competitive games, talking points everywhere. MLR beating Éire Óg, Fenagh winning a first round game, a genuinely novel relegation final, and Fighting Cocks reaching a Leinster final. So let's be honest about what's really driving this. For the first time ever, Éire Óg found themselves in a relegation playoff,, and suddenly the format is a "failed experiment". Funny how that works. This is a day that will forever live in infamy. It's a thundering disgrace. I am around a long time now and I am totally disheartened by the engrained anti-hurling attitude in the north of the county. They honestly seem to be more accommodating to soccer and rugby than they are to our beautiful game. Shame on them all. CARPS (National) - 20/12/2025 14:15:55
Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s) Replying To katser: "Fantastic stalwart for Galway and definitely in the top bracket for most successful Galway hurlers of all time. I reckon on head to head Joe Canning has won more overall for both Club and County." Hard to interpret what 'overall' means in your context there, but Burke had more county senior championship wins. On the 'head to head' aspect, Canning was the central figure on an all Ireland winning minor side at 15 years old in 2004. Burke would have needed to make that side as a 14 year old to match that 'head to head', which left him at a disadvantage, one would imagine. Pope_Benedict (National) - 20/12/2025 10:13:18
Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s) Loughrea will need to be on it from the start tomorrow. They need to have their touch, their intensity and their accuracy 100% to beat slaughtneil. Slaughtneil are physical, fit and fast, but I believe Loughrea have better hurlers and are a better team this year compared to last year. Loughrea by 4 BigBàsMan (National) - 20/12/2025 10:59:58
Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s) Galway team v Westmeath Eamon McGrath Jack Glynn Sean Fitzgerald Brian Cogger Finnian O'Laoi Sean Mulkerrin Dylan McHugh Mattias Barrett Matthew Tierney Daniel O'Flaherty Matthew Thompson Shane McGrath Jack Mullen Charlie Power Liam Costello Subs Conor Gleeson Conor Flaherty Conal Gallagher Jack Folan Ciaran Mulhern Mikey Mulryan Darragh Burke Johnny McGrath Fionn McDonagh Shane Walsh Cillian O'Curraoin Colm Costello Cian Hernon Marooned (National) - 20/12/2025 14:48:15
Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s) Replying To CTGAA10: "I really think Katser is trying to rise people.." You're probably right but I wish I had his confidence. I just want Loughrea to win in any fashion. lol. SouthGalway (National) - 20/12/2025 16:38:18
Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s) Monaghan are very similar to Roscommon. We think we're great until someone bigger slaps us in the face. Admittedly ye have been a lot better than us the past decade but some of these Scotstown lads must have 15 or 16 years of hard labour with the county and it's going to show in the soft ground against much younger but also experienced players. Funnily enough both clubs have poached and are enjoying the benefits of it. A sign of the times ahead. Ros2013 (National) - 20/12/2025 18:58:45
Football Better Than Hurling In 2025? Thank You Jim Gavin, - 1 Like(s) Replying To alalalalalum: "Well now there's no way there's passages in football where they keep it 10 mins, 2 maybe. But the masters of it were that Dublin team, and now this thread is praising the former manager who came up with that game style. Incredible" Dublin and other good county and club teams adopted the keep ball tactic as response to total negativity on part of mediocre blanket defensive teams who had 15 inside 40 yards. I like the restrictions on the manner in which teams can do this but it is still a valid tactic and requires huge nerve, pace, vision and power. Adds not detracts from excitement. BarneyGrant (National) - 20/12/2025 19:09:06
Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s) Replying To jm25: "Olaoi was excellent 3 pts in first 25 McGrath impressed Tierney mchugh Thompson a level above Starting full forward line disappointing" Which McGrath impressed, Eamon or Shane? Shane seems to be in great form of late. Any good impact from the bench? WonTon5 (National) - 20/12/2025 20:55:56