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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
I see all of Loughrea's prayers have been answered for the semi final fixture, it's not under lights , it's early in the day and it's not in Salthill. I imagine they will have massive support as all the obstacles that hindered being able to enjoy the county final have been removed. I sincerely hope they can come away with a convincing victory.
backtooldwall (National) - 09/12/2025 15:55:06
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Ballyboden St Enda's (Dublin) 2-18 Athy (Kildare) 1-14 FT
Excellent win for Boden in Croker last evening.
It was 1-07 to 0-07 at half time
The Athy goalie made up for his mistake for the Boden goal, with a later save to deny Collie a goal.
The wide count finished 8 to 6 for Boden but Boden will be disappointed with their last few minutes.
They had a 14pts lead but at the end only 7 separated the two teams. So bits to work on for sure.
Dublin's domination of the Leinster club football championship continues with 11 of the last 13 titles now going to the capital, including 6 in a Row. This was Boden's 3rd Leinster football title, to go with their 5 Dublin SFC titles.
Ross McGarry top scored for Boden with 5pts and he had an excellent game.
Collie was relatively quiet tbh.
The ever young Kildare/Athy man Kevin Feely top scored with 7pts.
Boden will now meet Dingle in the All Ireland Club Semi Final on Jan 3/4.
Heartbreak for Finbarr's in the Munster club Final. A 2pt free in the 4th minute of injury time with effectively the last kick of the game for Dingle.
I said it months ago, and I maintain my view - 2pts for a free should be scrapped, especially for a free that is moved up for an infringement. 2pts from play, yes. But from a free - no.
Anyway, we have the makings of a cracking semi final now in 3 weeks." I must say I agree with you Fionn although I was happy for Dingle,I like two pointers but they should be from play only.I saw someone on the Kerry forum comment that a 45 is one point and you could get a free in closer on the 40m area and get two points from it.It does nt make sense. The two point frees should be scrapped.
gaa.88 (National) - 09/12/2025 19:00:01
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Naughton is involved.
I am a huge fan of Dessie, exceptional club player, but I think we have seen he is not an intercounty forward. He would be a huge addition to the training panel etc but I dont think he would want that at this stage.
He is heading to Australia for some time anyway, I am not sure for how long, but he would be a huge loss to Moycullen next year. They lack scoring forwards outside of Dessie.
Best wishes to him he has been some servant to them over the last 10 years.
GalwaysFinest (National) - 10/12/2025 08:42:43
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "More than that, it is a demeaning trophy. You aren't good enough to be in All Ireland knockouts so here is a meaningless cup for you to play in." Door isn't closed on any county, if you happen to be a div 3,4 team you can compete in the Sam Maguire cup by reaching your provincial final and you can also get to compete in it by winning the "demaning Trophy" so hardly meaningless more super.
Gaa_lover (National) - 10/12/2025 13:02:08
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "Ok so then to play devils advocate and using a real life scenario where D'arcy is living close to Ballyboden clubhouse but Boden already have their transfer allocation filled like you mention above (1 inside and 1 outside Dublin). Let's say the closest two clubs to Ballyboden - Ballinteer and St.Judes have also filled their transfer slots (quite likely most years). Is D'arcy then left with the option of St.Anne's or Thomas Davis? Or does he end up with a commute within Dublin defeating the purpose of why he's not traveling back to Galway in the first place?
I think while Dublin remains an employment hub and location for fellas to come and work, live etc then it's going to be very very hard to keep a handle on." In fairness, having to commute to another club in Dublin does Not defeat the purpose of travelling back to Galway, for example.
There are plenty of clubs in Dublin who could take them, even if it is not a high profile or Senior club.
Putting a limit on It is the only way to do it imo.
The likes of Crokes, as massive as they are, being allowed to play an import of the quality of Shane Walsh, does not sit well with me at all, or with a lot of people. And that is no slight on Shane at all btw.
And this is not just about non-Dublin players - Dublin players transferring to another Dublin club with a chance of silverware should not be allowed. Na Fianna being one example. Plunketts previously, another.
It can get right out of hand if it is not addressed by DCB.
Super clubs will prevail and the other Dublin clubs left aside with no hope of success.
Fionn (National) - 10/12/2025 12:19:03
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "And what about it...you don't see the FA cup format changed because some non league team is beaten 5-0 by a premier league side.
You can never tell what will happen on the day of a game, look at Longford beating Mayo in 2010 for example.
Days like that are now prevented by the powers that be because they think they have the best interest of Longford at heart. But they don't." No, but when that non-league team is beaten 5-0 or even 10-0 by a Premier League team, they can still compete in another cup competition more suited to their own standing.
There's the Vertu Trophy for Leagues 1 & 2 (i.e. what used to be called 3rd Division & 4th Division). There's the FA Trophy for tiers 5 to 8. The FA Vase for tiers underneath that.
Every team in the country can enter the FA Cup in the hope of getting a crack at one of "the big boys", and when they're inevitably beaten somewhere along the way, they go back and compete in something else.
Just as every county here still sets out in the main championship at provincial level in the hope of a good run and maybe a surprise result against a "bigger" team. And then when they're beaten, they go compete in something else as well.
Pikeman96 (National) - 10/12/2025 10:59:42
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Freethinker: "Remind us again, which ones ?" Has he not got things settled between Isreal and Palestine compared to mess he inherited?
India and Pakistan agreed to ceasefire
The info is out there if you think freely and not have trump derangement syndrome
As I've said dont like him but just criticising his bad and not calling out things he has done well is not very balanced
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 10:57:47
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "More than that, it is a demeaning trophy. You aren't good enough to be in All Ireland knockouts so here is a meaningless cup for you to play in." Is an intermediate club championship title demeaning? Those clubs weren't good enough to be senior that year, but I've never seen a single intermediate champion say it was embarrassing for them to win it. Quite the opposite.
Clubs are graded because they're at different levels. Winning a junior or intermediate title for some clubs often means more to them than another club winning senior. The same makes sense at county level, given the disparity in standard.
WanPintWin (National) - 10/12/2025 10:55:44
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GalwaysFinest: "Slaughtneil in Parnell Park will be no joke. Tight pitch and those boys will work like dogs. Would be great to see Loughrea win it. Best of luck to them." Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
BigBàsMan (National) - 10/12/2025 10:27:48
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SouthGalway: "Trump sued and won against CBS news for altering the Kamala Harris interview, the Media covered for Biden until the so called debate when the whole world saw the truth, they denied the existence of the Hunter Biden laptop, etc so I don't know what media you're talking about. As for dysfunctional in the USA there were 25 Republicans in a recent enough primary and I think 24 Democrats in a recent enough primary yet the Irish President race was very limited and I won't even bother mentioning all the spoiled votes. Wake up." You seem to be an expert all thingsAmerican, and fair play to you. You probably are American and that's as it should be. But you might read up on the constitutional guidelines governing the selection of candidates for a largely ceremonial role as president of this country. Last time there were many more made it through. Twenty odd runners for each party in primary's is great, as they were for positions as lawmakers. Running for the Dail or county councils here could have many candidates, which is again, as it should be, as the positions are again, for lawmakers and legislation.
Freethinker (National) - 10/12/2025 09:46:50
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "Still a sizeable chunk of the population who believe what that organisation churns out God bless them" There are many ways to pick up informed news on what's happening in the world, and in fairness, RTE are pretty fair in their coverage, unlike those two bastions of democratic discourse in your country, Fox and CNN. We should be defending our instruments of democracy really, when you see what autocratic regimes do to the "free press" .
Freethinker (National) - 10/12/2025 09:38:02
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Its a shame its not a double header in Parnell Park" Slaughtneil in Parnell Park will be no joke. Tight pitch and those boys will work like dogs. Would be great to see Loughrea win it. Best of luck to them.
GalwaysFinest (National) - 10/12/2025 09:37:14
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Magnificent win for CBS in UCD grounds, up by a point at half time and a great defensive effort in second half to win by 1. They're missing some key players like Will Scahill so it was a great win
Claretandblue (National) - 09/12/2025 14:52:43
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To IronSleeve: "Ok. So the 8 team championships I think it's safe to say are a success. But the structures need work. The Championships and Leagues not aligned can lead to silly stuff. If Aughavas had an off day they'd be Div1 league and Junior Championship next year. But even teams playing one division lower in the league are not prepared properly for a higher championship.
The current 4 game open draw is a bit of craic alright but not really fit for purpose if you want your championship to be merit based. Most had a good oul laugh at Mary's this year. Truth is though they got a rough draw and if they were relegated they'd have made Intermediate very uncompetitive next year, probably even more so than Allen Gaels this year. Funny perhaps but not good for Leitrim football, especially for the 7 other Intermediate clubs.
So what to do? How about this? Align league and championship asap. Same teams in both in all grades.
Play the league and then seed a 2 groups of 4 championship based on league performance. FIrst and second in league seeded one for championship, third and fourth seeded two and so on.
The league thus becomes very competitive because it will have a big bearing on your chances in the championship. You want your team to have as high a seed as possible so the league in effect becomes part of the championship (without being part of the championship!)." Partly what made the senior championship entertaining this year was the fact Carrick were in such trouble. That is what the luck of the draw is all about. The club with the biggest population in the county and a large management team shouldn't have struggled so much but they did.
If they weren't good enough for the senior championship which they almost weren't this year then they should have been dropped to intermediate...or are you suggesting they get an indefinite stay in senior? That's a bizarre take.
They barely beat last year's intermediate champions in a relegation battle remember...who is to say how they'd do at intermediate in that case.
alalalalalum (National) - 09/12/2025 21:55:38
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "It's a really tricky one because it's hard to prove a club have actively pursued players to transfer in as is being suggested by a few twitter experts. And then there's the point of what are these lads supposed to do if living and working in Dublin and not in a reasonable commutable distance from their home clubs (4 main ones are from Antrim, Kerry, Mayo and Galway). Take D'arcy for example, he lives out around Knocklyon, works in Dublin and therefore felt it was worthwhile transferring to a club which he felt would give him a better platform to play top level club football but also cement his standing as a Galway starting midfielder, which it has. Win win for both I'd have thought. It has been happening for years in Boden with transfers within the county even i.e. Darran Homan, Dotsy O'Callaghan, further back to Andy McCann from Armagh (all ireland winner) and then plenty of other clubs have done it in both recent times and going further back. Sure UCD were winning club championships lets not forget." I agree its tricky and I would have no problem with a lad like Darcy who is living there but maybe there should be a limit of 2 or 3 outsiders allowed play.
gaa.88 (National) - 09/12/2025 18:53:58
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To jm25: "Is it not factual that government have given Rte millions to cover loss of license income
How many Rte staff have ran for ff fg recently" Still a sizeable chunk of the population who believe what that organisation churns out God bless them
alalalalalum (National) - 09/12/2025 18:53:41
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "This annoys a lot of Dublin supporters tbf.
A lot of Dublin clubs have/had done this - Parnell's we all know about, Na Fianna, Vinnies, Crokes, Boden, Judes, Plunkett's to name but a few.
Fully agree that there should be limits - both intra and inter county.
TBH there is no excuse for the likes of Boden or Crokes doing it - the size of their clubs....
You go the club games in Dublin and think, oh wow, he could play for the Dubs and then realise that he isn't eligible..
It is undermining the Dublin championships somewhat imo." I know its hard on Dublin players tbf but if lads are working or living in the area,its very hard for them to sustain travelling if they are from far away counties.However they should just transfer to the club they living or working near.I dont agree with a lad living in Ranelagh and playing with Na Fianna just because he can.
gaa.88 (National) - 09/12/2025 18:52:01
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "By the way Cuala have used imports in the past - eg Darragh O'Connell.
Fine hurler in fairness." A fine hurler and a huge loss to Kerry Fionn but tbf to him he was teaching in Greystones and found the travel up and down to North Kerry very hard. He used to train with Cuala for a while before he ever transfered.
gaa.88 (National) - 09/12/2025 18:48:26
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To backtooldwall: "I see all of Loughrea's prayers have been answered for the semi final fixture, it's not under lights , it's early in the day and it's not in Salthill. I imagine they will have massive support as all the obstacles that hindered being able to enjoy the county final have been removed. I sincerely hope they can come away with a convincing victory." They wouldn't care if it was under lights or not. Under lights Vs Turlough and Thomas', against a gale and torrential rain they played very well.
BigBàsMan (National) - 09/12/2025 17:06:48
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To jm25: "Is it not factual that government have given Rte millions to cover loss of license income
How many Rte staff have ran for ff fg recently" While RTE are far from perfect it cannot be compared to complete lack of media accountability team Trump can get away with. Take for instance the recent presidential election here. Although the Gavin stuff was already in the papers it was Aine Lawlors interview on rte 1 that really finished him off....the candidate of one of the main government parties. That could not happen in America because of their dysfunctional democracy.
FullOfPorter (National) - 09/12/2025 15:08:56
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