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Leitrim GAA thread - 8 Like(s)
Replying To bláthach: "very disapppinting result yesterday please and thank you. Promotion is now gone for the year thank you. We need to stay patient with Stevie and the lads and don't be calling for anyone to be sacked please thanks a millions." Dunno why the moderator doesn't block you and your rubbish
JimmyNail (National) - 23/02/2026 11:40:27
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Galway Football thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Dunmore10: "It was a embarrassing second half performance.our forwards aren't up to it.You would hope alan naughton gets a run soon,surely deserves a chance.out kickouts are no better than when gleeson was in which points it to no plan for them. Wide open at back,need new centre back and full back." The penny is finally dropping.
JimB1991 (National) - 23/02/2026 16:41:08
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Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
I'm going to try and bring a proposal through my club to county level that the allocation of inter county referees should be random and not as currently is. All the top referees have the division 1 games and the new and experimental ones at inter county level get the division 4 games.
Why can't we get the top referees?
Aren't we all equal and striving for the best for our respective teams.
leitrim4sam (National) - 23/02/2026 12:31:31
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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "You still try and claim you had a point by mentioning them. I know all about why they were set up but they failed. That's the point. And here you are still arguing. Even your points to the Athlone poster. Rugby is miles behind GAA, soccer and athletics and that isn't going to change. That was my point. Are you seriously going to try and say I am wrong?
I have 2 kids in primary school currently playing sports. And another one starting shortly. The nearest rugby club is an hour away. There are 4 GAA clubs in a 10 mile radius. and 4 soccer clubs. There are also 2 athletics clubs in that same small area. 3 Boxing clubs. The rugby clubs don't even have girls mini teams. They try and fail. There are more people boxing than playing rugby. Boys and girls. So please tell me about the numbers playing rugby and how they haven't dropped off." you love to post up so called facts and never back them up. more boxing than rugby? Show me the proof. have you ever linked proof to anything on this site. as you are never wrong and never actually back anything up with proof bar saying you are right and everyone else is wrong.
KillingFields (National) - 23/02/2026 19:57:10
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
It was a embarrassing second half performance.our forwards aren't up to it.You would hope alan naughton gets a run soon,surely deserves a chance.out kickouts are no better than when gleeson was in which points it to no plan for them. Wide open at back,need new centre back and full back.
Dunmore10 (National) - 23/02/2026 10:24:08
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Sunday Game - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Football supporters having to sit through 40 minutes of hurling highlights is wrong. Football highlights should be first when the football league is linked to championship." They should take turns. Fair is fair.
And the Football League shouldn't be linked to the Championship anyway. Its a great standalone competition as it is, probably better for all the counties taken as a whole than the Championship.
Viking66 (National) - 23/02/2026 14:28:11
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National Football League 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Jimmy McGuinness got on his high horse complaining about provincial championships starting a week after the league finals, and rightly so. He was fully right.
Jimmy McGuinness talked the talk. GAA HQ responded by creating a free weekend after the league finals. Jimmy McGuinness must now walk the walk and lead Donegal to the league final. Any pulling up of the handbrake will be hypocrisy of the highest order." Jack got on his high horse last year because media and some Kerry supporters critised Kerry for their displays before the Armagh championship match.
It didn't bother me in the slightest so don't you be getting annoyed by what Jim says.
Scenicparish (National) - 23/02/2026 17:51:53
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National Football League 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Jimmy McGuinness got on his high horse complaining about provincial championships starting a week after the league finals, and rightly so. He was fully right.
Jimmy McGuinness talked the talk. GAA HQ responded by creating a free weekend after the league finals. Jimmy McGuinness must now walk the walk and lead Donegal to the league final. Any pulling up of the handbrake will be hypocrisy of the highest order." Id say he will do whatever he thinks best for his team.
Its ok for Kerry, you won't have a meaningful knockout championship game that you might lose until nearly July. Plenty of time for Jack to work on whatever he wants to work on.
Viking66 (National) - 23/02/2026 17:25:07
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Sunday Game - 2 Like(s)
Football supporters having to sit through 40 minutes of hurling highlights is wrong. Football highlights should be first when the football league is linked to championship.
legendzxix (National) - 23/02/2026 12:49:23
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To crispsandwich99: "Anyone know when the results from the weekend will be put up on the website and the fixtures for next weekend? I see the Downs and Lomans result from Friday night is up but nothing else for whatever reason" If you are on Instagram, there's a new account called LakeCountyGAA which seems to be a private initiative (ie non county board) who is publishing club results very promptly - has obviously spotted a gap in the market.
BigSur (National) - 23/02/2026 15:37:33
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Better than some Ros posters onhere making fun of our county teams thanks so much.
bláthach (National) - 23/02/2026 14:04:33
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "You registered specially to say that? Why wouldn't we be confident of beating these teams, teams we have bet before. You seem to be mixing up arrogance with confidence. No team would ever win a game at all if they weren't confident, and at Division 4 there's much of a muchness between most teams on any given day or any given year.
I'd say you're really someone masquerading as someone from Leitrim being honest." Aren't we all masquerading here? Am I not allowed to create a profile like the rest on here? I enjoy reading the comments here for the most part without posting but decided to create an account when I saw a huge level of arrogance coming into play after a very lucky win against a desperately poor London side. That is not who Leitrim people are.
It was not confidence on show, it was solid arrogance. It was oh we are on our way to Croke Park, completely discounting teams that have beaten better ones in the division compared to us.
Now we pick through the embers of being in 2027 in division 4 again. And probably not winning another game this year. But hopefully I am wrong.
ohwow (National) - 23/02/2026 13:07:34
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To qwerty2: "I seen that too but he definitely got one in the second half I'm 100% on that. It was just right in front of the stand I'd say no more 10m into the 2nd half" Anywhere in the 6 is a tough place to go and get a result, if you'll excuse the intrusion. More than just the elements against you. We have to go there next weekend.
Freethinker (National) - 23/02/2026 15:07:43
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Sunday Game - 1 Like(s)
They need to do something. Waiting up til half 11 to get only 5 minutes of coverage of Galway v roscommon from Saturday night is crazy. Why don't they show highlights on a Saturday night or Sunday morning?? Tommy Tiernan isn't that popular
Kew (National) - 23/02/2026 15:17:05
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ConyersHill04: "Yet 2/3 County Champions were in Ulster Finals? How is that average?" The standard of club football is the worst it's been in 20 years. God almighty could be the county manager and he wouldn't have a hope. I keep posting and pointing out here what I'm seeing at club level and it's grim.
Reserve football is dead, A team league football is dead and the championship is for most a 3-5 game season. So for most young footballers coming through there's at best 3-4 games played in anger a year.
Looking at the championship games this few years and most clubs are still looking to players who were at their peak 12 years ago.. Latton, Ballybay, Maghercloone, Harps, Clontibret, Doohamlet were all looking to men Nearly 40 years old to for answers.
Want another symptom of Monaghan's decline? No Dublin college has a player from Monaghan on their Sigerson cup panel - jordanstown has 4 and 3 are from Truagh. Your clubs that used to be the backbone of the county are no longer providing and as we've seen once the Scotstown lads are taken out of the mix you're getting thumped by 15 points. The main Scotstown lads aren't getting any younger either…
My best guess is the biggest issue currently facing Monaghan football is that every competition outside of the Senior, Intermediate and Junior championship's has melted away to irrelevance and young lads coming through are getting no chance to develop. If cubs aren't on a development squad they've no hope.
Jjoniel79 (National) - 23/02/2026 16:12:01
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Congratulations to Conor Hearne on making the GAA HTOTW.
Viking66 (National) - 23/02/2026 17:00:45
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done to Mark Mchugh & his team on a well deserved win in the park yesterday afternoon. It was a great display of attacking football on a heavy pitch. If we can eliminate the unforced errors in defence that led to the 2 Fermanagh goals then we must be in with a good shout of finishing top 2. There were a number of outstanding performances yesterday especially amongst the younger members of the panel - Danny scahill, Matthew Whittaker and brian cooney played extremely well. It was a close call between Matthew & Brian imo for MotM. Onwards to portlaoise under the lights on Saturday evening. Best of luck to Senan for a speed6 recovery from what looked like a fairly serious shoulder injury. Hopefully Jonny lynham is back for the Laois game as he'll be needed around midfield.
londoner (National) - 23/02/2026 17:48:17
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
On the verge of the best panel we ever had I think. Thompson to come back and all. Happy days.
eddieSize5Balls (National) - 23/02/2026 18:08:29
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Yes, that is why the 2 back row forwards were moved to the centre positions. They were bigger and more powerful at that time than my lad. Not anymore but it was enough for my lad to stop. The collisions got much bigger overnight and he didnt want to miss out on other sports due to rugby injury.
Your point is also well made on hurling facing similar problems. As a limerick man living in Midlands it is definitely an issue when it comes to promoting hurling. In my experience they tend to drop hurling and rugby and stick with GF and soccer unless they are particularly good at rugby/hurling or particularly bad at GF and soccer.
Its a challenge promoting hurling and Rugby. There is no rugby club within the county of Roscommon. Creggs are a North East Galway club who pull players from Roscommon but not a Roscommon club. Then there is the travel issue. Kids are on buses for hours to play a game. That doesnt happen so much in limerick for example. You are leaving Athlone at 8am to plsy Ballina or Sligo at 11am. Its a full day gone. Its an inhibitor.
Hurling suffers from not enough teams to play and now the Tain League means similar travel to rugby.
GF and soccer have far less challenges in that regard in the Midlands and connacht particularly" You're technically right that there's no rugby club in Roscommon but in my opinion those that want to play rugby have plenty of options. They have Buccs, Creggs, Dunmore, Ballyhaunis, Longford and Carrick on Shannon. Three of them are literally on the county boundaries. Dunmore and Ballyhaunis are a stones throw from the Roscommon border. All of them are drawing players from Roscommon and their specific location. County and parish boundaries are utterly irrelevant in a rugby club.
The GAA infrastructure is well ahead of rugby in these areas in the sense that there are more clubs. Not disputing that. GAA Clubs were founded a long time ago and when logistics were a lot more complicated. GAA clubs are now struggling for numbers in a lot of areas. There's lots of pitches and clubhouses but less people to fill them. Tough decisions will have to be made in terms of amalgamations.
ThePowerhouse (National) - 23/02/2026 18:53:17
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To zinny: "As of July 2024, there were around 370,000 individuals in Ireland who had played rugby in some form in the past year. Among these were approximately 90,000 players registered by the Irish Rugby Football Union, of whom 75,000 were male. Meanwhile, roughly 280,000 individuals took part in sessions held by community rugby officers between May 2023 and May 2024.
The only number I can find for boxing is 18K members. Its hard to find data on boxing participation.
Anyone who thinks that rugby hasn't got challanges in expansion outside its hinterlands is in dreamland but equally to say that it has not become more popular is also wrong. There are plenty of kids and adults in Ireland who need more sport. A kid they should play as many sports available to them and then let them find their path and keep them at it. Even within the GAA we cannot seem to accept that concept and some GAA people will only want their kids to play one or the other for no other reason than just pure stubbornness." It's a tactic of the diehards who see every other sport as a threat to them. They should be focusing on enhancing their own product instead of running down other sports. It's draconian to expect that people should only play one sport. Forcing people people never works. In the short term maybe, but in the long term people pushback. The new rules in football have improved the product. That was a GAA problem that had nothing to do with other sports. It wasn't rugby or soccers fault that football was horrible to watch. It was a GAA problem and theirs to fix. In my experience Rugby just gets on with it and couldn't care less what other sports are doing. Give people a choice of sports and they'll figure it out themselves. Brow beating them into playing GAA won't work.
ThePowerhouse (National) - 24/02/2026 09:19:13
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