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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Well done lads on last week's game, ye came out of the traps flying and although we battled back well and could of won I think ye did deserve the win. Not all doom and gloom for us with the amount of chances we have created in the 3 matches, if we sharpen up our shooting I think we can catch fire some day, must say I never have confidence playing ye lot, you remind me a bit of Armagh 3/4 years ago like us then ye have a forward line to rival anyone's and can do a bit of everything and have a decent midfield just seem to get stuck at qf step, but you have every chance of breaking that run this year, I think any team from 12 can win it but I'd have Donegal and Kerry slightly ahead with all div 1 teams and a few div 2 teams in chasing pack that on their day can beat anyone or catch fire. Best of look for the year ahead and we might meet again later
Liftball (National) - 19/02/2026 16:17:46
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
For me we have to find a way to get Conor Hand into this team. The thoughts of him and Darragh Heneghan as our wing forwards would frighten every half back line in the country, just a serious amount of pace there.
But as another poster outlined and I agreed Dylan Ruane is undropable atm. He's been excellent so far and IMO was wrongly taken off vs Kerry (a conversion for another day). You could play Ruane at wing back, but Senan Lambe has been brilliant so far and that's also a position I would play Colm Neary. Another player I feel we need to get into the starting 15. Thought he had a fine game when introduced last Sunday.
Brady remains number 1 for me. Minus the goal in Killarney (just felt you need your keeper to be dealing with those high balls in around the square), hasn't put a foot wrong
But hey isn't it great to de debating who we'd like to see come in and further strengthen a team in form.
GerBo (National) - 19/02/2026 15:28:33
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Like ourselves, Antrim are in too competitive a province to make an impact in championship so the league is their best chance of success, surprised they are going so poorly. Expect them to put up a challenge but if morale is poor then it may be a case of damage limitation and we will get the crucial win.
Expect us to beat Longford and Tipp then see where we are at vs Carlow and the permutations to get us promoted, assuming we don't slip up, if we do then it's game over. Be some achievement to go straight back up considering how meekly we went down last year but a new team needs time to gel
gaelsboy (National) - 19/02/2026 16:13:19
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 2 Like(s)
For me it's as simple as
1/2 Kerry & Donegal
3. Armagh, Galway, rossies (not in order)
4. Dubs, mayo, Tyrone, Derry (not in order)
5. Meath(maybe harsh)
6. Monaghan, Kildare
And the gap may look big between the top 2 and the rest but I don't think it is I think there is virtually nothing between top 9 except a bit of consistency, many forget this time 2 years ago dubs and Derry contested a league final after Derry ran Kerry close in semi the year before and dubs raining all Ireland champs and then both the dogs for a wee while, that kind of form can happen anyone when so little between all these teams, for me it's whoever can keep squad fit and can build up a bit of form without giving away too much tactically in league, also league good for squad building thats why Kerry slightly ahead for me. But if any of the teams in group 4 or up won I'd not be surprised, all Ireland wife open just like it has been for 3 or 4 years
Liftball (National) - 19/02/2026 16:42:39
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SouthGalway: "You get what you vote for. Elect tough on crime politicians and make sure they know that's why they're elected and watch things improve. Boycott the news media that don't cover this kind of thing. I don't see it changing anytime soon." People voted Trump to release the Epstein files. He's not very tough on wealthy powerful people breaking law mentioned in the files. He is tough on the poor though or people that don't support him.
updwell (National) - 19/02/2026 18:21:27
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "Have we not progressed on previous years with the new manager! Surely we set our bar higher and comfortably beat the team ranked 32/32. Otherwise where are we actually going…." Yes we are improving but I'm watching Carlow for over 40 years & I only ever remember once getting promoted, that was in 2018 with O Brien & Poacher( he will realish coming back with leitrim) Give respect to every team. As I said we should be beating Waterford but in Div 4 anyone can beat you on a given day. Give respect to every team. If we go on & hammer them great, I'll take 1 point win
carlo (National) - 20/02/2026 11:02:57
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Have we learnt nothing. Give respect to every team. Remember Longford last year in Tailteann Cup, we were supposed to hammer them & get a home quarter final?? Remember London in Dcp few years ago??? We are not a team that should be talking about turning up & winning by 10 points. I'll take a 1 point win now if offered it. 8 points on the board after this weekend is all that matters. Last year down in Waterford they made it a real slog & have some decent footballers. After 3 games in which they lost they only have a -11 point difference which shows they have been competitive in all games. Yes we should be beating Waterford but it's this type of game we often screw up. Hopefully we get over the line & them have 3 massive games against Longford, London & leitrim. The last 2 games are in Dcp which is a help
carlo (National) - 20/02/2026 10:13:06
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PressureKick: "What championship games has Walsh actually missed in the last 5 years through injury? Past last years Connacht championship, I'm struggling to think of any
Yeah there's been times he's been carrying and playing with knocks, such as 2024. Galway would also have been knocked out in the quarter final stage v Dublin were it not for him being on the field that day, carrying a knock or no. Plenty were saying the same things about his injury profile last year and he put in two superb performances to keep Galway in the championship v Armagh and Down" If we needed a superb Walsh performance to avoid exit to Down, alarm bells should have been ringing before the Meath 'surprise'. Maybe they were ringing of course.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 20/02/2026 09:55:20
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Best 5 GAA County Managers In Your Time - 1 Like(s)
Tomsmith here
I ask you to name the best 5 County Gaa managers in your time of watching Gaa matchs .
Present day managers can be included even if the dont mange ones own County
My six are as follows
No1 John Kiely Limerick
No2 Michael Harte Tyrone
No 3 John Maughan Mayo
No4 Martin Mc Hugh Cavan Manager
No 5 Jack o Connor Kerry manager
Kevin Heffernan , Malachy o Rourke, James Mc Guinness did not make my selection cut
Put your expert opinion down
tomsmith (National) - 20/02/2026 09:29:42
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To conordee: "Tony Ward has been on about that crazy decision in his column every Monday since day 1." Just more deflection, blame it on something or someone else as nothing could be wrong with Irish rugby. 4yrs ago it was all about the pipeline and how good rugby was in Ireland. At the same time anyone looking at it could see some of the most basic problems - front and second rows and long with nobody ready to step in at 10. Now when there are a couple of injuries, suddenly, its because of the Lions or Nienabars fault. Don't get me wrong, as I hope I am wrong as already got tickets for tge RWC but these lads need to stop blaming everyone or thing but themselves.
zinny (National) - 20/02/2026 08:20:50
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith: "When are club leagues starting in Galway? Fixtures available anywhere?" 2nd weekend in March as far as I know.
Alwaysencourage (National) - 19/02/2026 21:04:22
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
U20 fixtures are out for championship. We face Wexford on either the 2nd or 4th of April, Dublin on 11/12 April and Kilkenny on April 22nd. Big grade for us this year and will be interesting how Gavin Keary gets on in charge of a squad that a lot is expected of.
galway19 (National) - 19/02/2026 20:37:18
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
I don't see why there's any reason to be cribbing over lads not lining out. It's like the Jogger said when he was on the Indo sport podcast after he retired, lads put their lives on hold and personal development on the back burner for hurling. Who'd begrudge anyone deciding to dip out when they're not getting paid for what they put in? The 9 or 10 lads who moved on have their reasons that's it. No point stirring the pot especially when so far the new faces have done pretty well so far.
We went down to Kerry and Cunneen pulled it out of the fire with an equaliser to draw it. It's very rare in recent years that Westmeath ever got an easy game below in Tralee. The blowout last year in the Joe Mc is an outlier. Only in 2024 Kerry came up to Mullingar and bet us. We were cruising against Meath about 6 or 7 points up midway through the 2nd half and then let it slip, but did enough to pull through. What's there to be disappointed about? A draw away and a win at home is a decent start for a relatively young squad.
Hopefully, we can win away in London and then the game against Laois in Mullingar on 1st March will tell us a lot about where this team is at.
RadioactiveTan (National) - 19/02/2026 20:23:58
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Dubs are bandwagoners ." All counties havr band wagon fans and so had the Dubs.When we were winnibg 6 in a row (not that Mayo would know about one in a row) it is true we had some fans that did nt even know all the players but Dublin gaa does have a hardcore fan that travels everywhere.We had some soccer fans following us cos everyone loves winners but Mayo would nt understand that.
brayballer (National) - 19/02/2026 20:00:15
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "It's time to be getting the team finalised and upto Championship pace. Whatever about Offaly next, they would want to have the team sorted for home games v Waterford and Kilkenny. 3 wins on the spin would see us set for possible winner takes all (league semi finals v limrik)
Then crack at Cork in League Final two weeks before opening Round of Championship v Kilkenny.
The diddling around with players was tried with Tipp and Cork and most likely with Offaly next, But after that in the words of Jim Telfer..." gloves are off its bare knuckle stuff from here onwards and only the last man standing will win the fight"" Jaysus Katser, u remind me of the young bull in the field. Take ur time it's only February. Game time for all potential championship players in the league and also introduce seasoned players on a phased basis. Championship is all about timing and players ready to go. I've said it on numerous occasions league and championship are different animals.
Armchairreporter (National) - 19/02/2026 14:37:38
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SouthGalway: "You get what you vote for. Elect tough on crime politicians and make sure they know that's why they're elected and watch things improve. Boycott the news media that don't cover this kind of thing. I don't see it changing anytime soon." The problem is that there is no formal public tracking of Politician performance metrics to see how they actually fare against the promises they made during the election campaign or in a manifesto, so its often difficult to accurately measure how they actually performed in office.
In my job, I have clear annual goals, I have statistical metrics that can track current progress versus my goals, and have quarterly reviews of how things are progressing. I'm not looking to have a dig at any particular politicians, I'm not aligned to any political party, I just think a formal public tracking of progress vs goals/targets would make things clearer for the electorate to make performance based decisions.
Commodore (National) - 19/02/2026 18:13:50
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Liftball: "For me it's as simple as
1/2 Kerry & Donegal
3. Armagh, Galway, rossies (not in order)
4. Dubs, mayo, Tyrone, Derry (not in order)
5. Meath(maybe harsh)
6. Monaghan, Kildare
And the gap may look big between the top 2 and the rest but I don't think it is I think there is virtually nothing between top 9 except a bit of consistency, many forget this time 2 years ago dubs and Derry contested a league final after Derry ran Kerry close in semi the year before and dubs raining all Ireland champs and then both the dogs for a wee while, that kind of form can happen anyone when so little between all these teams, for me it's whoever can keep squad fit and can build up a bit of form without giving away too much tactically in league, also league good for squad building thats why Kerry slightly ahead for me. But if any of the teams in group 4 or up won I'd not be surprised, all Ireland wife open just like it has been for 3 or 4 years" Ye might be swapping places with us after Sunday? That is how things can change so quickly.
Scenicparish (National) - 19/02/2026 17:47:20
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "Like ourselves, Antrim are in too competitive a province to make an impact in championship so the league is their best chance of success, surprised they are going so poorly. Expect them to put up a challenge but if morale is poor then it may be a case of damage limitation and we will get the crucial win.
Expect us to beat Longford and Tipp then see where we are at vs Carlow and the permutations to get us promoted, assuming we don't slip up, if we do then it's game over. Be some achievement to go straight back up considering how meekly we went down last year but a new team needs time to gel" I would expect Leitrim to take Antrim and Tipp, but Longford could be a surprise packet. They haven't been going too well recently, but the last day out they put up 1-27 above in the Glens of Antrim. That's some scoring by any standards, especially away from home.
foreveryoung (National) - 19/02/2026 17:43:16
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith: "How are we fixed for the game vs Fermanagh this weekend?
Very important to get 2 points and get back to winning ways imo. If we can win our 2 remaining home games and one of the 2 away games, it would put us in a great position to compete for promotion.
Tadgh Baker went off injured at the weekend, any other injury worries?
Does anyone know is Niall Mitchell with the footballers this year? Would be good to see him tried out around the middle of the field if so." Mitchell is in there alright , nursing his way back from the injury sustained for the downs last year. He musnt be far off.
He has the potential to be a serious addition to the squad.
Westmeath213 (National) - 19/02/2026 17:29:09
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith: "When are club leagues starting in Galway? Fixtures available anywhere?" March 14th league starts
Kickitout (National) - 19/02/2026 17:14:52
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