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Dublin GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "The Neller is perfect for the opposition.donegal were the county that wanted us taken out of croker acfew years ago so we will play in Neller as a kind gesture to them." How the mighty have fallen?
After your magnificient 6 in a row a Dublin manager is afraid to play a team in Croke Park.
Scenicparish (National) - 15/06/2026 15:52:54
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Before we move on to the next one... well done to players and management v Galway. Salthill on a sunny day in a packed stadium was unreal. WH players and management dont know when to lie down... its great to see. Chasing the game after 3x slopping goals, but never backed down.
The goal before ht was a killer. One of those...
We lost our way a little around the middle from kickouts for 15/20 mins in the second half but got to grips coming down the stretch. Ormsby for one of the young guns, tbf really got into it with 10 to go...
To a man they never gave up. Unbelievable never say die attitude.
Fair play to players and management.
No team will want to play is in coming games ….
Laker1500 (National) - 15/06/2026 11:14:24
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Dublin GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "That argument falls with Louth's rightful insistence on picking a ground that did not cater for a third of the Armagh demand alone through clubs.
I have a PP pass but would be happy to be in lottery. PP would harldy hold even the Dublin crowd that was in Cavan and not the regular number on Hill these times. But supporters as Fionn says seem to massively favour Parnell despit that.
Huge pay off too if getting to quarter finals if they win and if - as they will be - the crowd and familiarity with the mad pitch is an advantage. Donegal themselves have made Ballybofey in particular into such a cauldron." Louth's suitation is not comparable as you well know. Here we have a suitation where the Dubs are throwing their noses up at Croke Park, the defacto home of the Dubs for as long as I remember, "Hill 16 Dublin Only" and all that lark. It really is hilarious stuff.
Square_B (National) - 15/06/2026 16:39:25
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Enough chickens in Monaghan without counting the metaphorical ones. It's the Leinster champions coming to Clones next weekend- will be a lot tougher than the Connacht ones proved.
Eddie the Exile (National) - 15/06/2026 10:58:24
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheBishop: "There isn't too many Westmeath players who looked like they'd struggle operating in Division 1. Thought they were excellent yesterday,
Galway were ok in the fist half, took their goal chances brilliantly but unusually didn't take any advantage of the wind.
Second half was different, Galway were excellent for and the score line wasn't a fair reflection as Galway left a good few goals behind them.
Thats the 2nd game McGrath has been an unused subs, is he still carrying an injury? I was surprised too see O'Flaherty get on before O'Laoi." Completely agree, I seen ó Laoí warming up and then O Fla came on. I think FOL offers more if I'm being honest, O Fla came on and missed a very scoreable goal chance where he opted for a point (I still think he shot for goal and blazed it over though), then he kicked a very scoreable chance wide.
You could see the Morris influence really start to flourish yesterday, in accurate (for most) handpassing, the quick pass when required -> it was like watching peak Corofin-Belclare a few years ago.
The_DOC (National) - 15/06/2026 14:33:07
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
The Neller or Nowhere!
MesAmis (National) - 15/06/2026 13:39:07
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To hontherossie: "the short and simply is we played a battle hardened ulster team and these inexperienced players couldn't handle championship football outside of connacht. we have been here before super fit for the league but thankfully we got a nestor cup out of it." A good few selection issues Saturday didn't help.
A lad who simply has not been good enough all year continuing to get selected and ends up getting taken off at the same stage the last few games, How can we do the same thing and expect different performances.
Issues at midfield the last few games, Ryan and Doyle decent in the air but limited apart from that and shown up last two games. We had a purple patch Saturday when Cunnane came on, We then take him back off and lose all momentum.
What was the thinking behind bringing on Duggan on before Cunnane then.
Why was Enda on match day squad when he wasn't fit, Telling another player he was in the squad then calling him close to midnight Friday telling him they changed their mind and replaced by Enda who wasnt fit was a mistake.
I taught we could only change for a injury also how did they swing that one when Enda wasn't on standby list either.
sourmilk93 (National) - 15/06/2026 15:50:02
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Your post would qualify as opinion, not analysis. Let me tell you, there's absolutely nothing analytical about what you've posted.
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2074 - 15/06/2026 13:12:48 26
Opinions are what we give here, its an discussion thread on a forum.
However its incorrect to assume that a summarized comment has no analysis behind it, especially with one line responses.
Commodore (National) - 15/06/2026 13:29:56
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Scenicparish: "How the mighty have fallen?
After your magnificient 6 in a row a Dublin manager is afraid to play a team in Croke Park." I don't like it when posters don't think before they post (or possibly can't).
Since the great 6-in-a-row (only Limk hurlers in Munster also have that suffix in adult men's hurling or football), Dublin has won Leinster in '20, '21, '22, '23, '24 and Sam in 2023.
Where were all those games played? Was anyone afraid of paying, even winning them?
The most poetic justice, I feel, to now see lamenting, whiny Donegal have to live up to their own philosophy of taking the Dubs out of Croker.
This isn't about fear. This is about karma and justice.
In the Gaelic language, they have a great phrase for it: "Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire!"
foreveryoung (National) - 15/06/2026 16:29:32
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
I have to laugh - everyone wanted us out of Croke Park for years and now we want to move back to Parnell Park, they want us to stay in Croke Park.
Unbelievable Jeff..!
;o)
And so as to accommodate the neutral fans also no less… lol
Hilarious.
Fionn (National) - 15/06/2026 13:02:49
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To DUBJOHN: "Dublin are not in decline they're in transition and Dublin have never refused to play in Parnell park they've always played where they were told to play by the Gaa, get your facts right bud !" Maybe you should have a KitKat? Bud.
This is all of Dublins making. Croke Park is now clearly far too big for them. Parnell Park will always be too small.
Why didn't they build a nice 25k stadium somewhere? Problem solved.
Call it the Coddle Memorial Stadium or something.
peiledoir20 (National) - 15/06/2026 16:51:53
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To shaggykev: "Dubs are lobbying right now for the game to be in Parnell Park which is woefully too small for a game like this.
If we beat them in Croke Park, that would be four championship defeats in a row at Croke Park.
In fairness Dublin do need to get out of Croker for themselves and fans but Dublin badly need a 25k stadium of their own as soon as possible." They never wanted to leave Croke park when they thought they had an advantage there, remember the groups, home/away/ neutral. They never insisted Parnell park was used then.
Expertinall (National) - 15/06/2026 11:48:43
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Completely agree, I seen ó Laoí warming up and then O Fla came on. I think FOL offers more if I'm being honest, O Fla came on and missed a very scoreable goal chance where he opted for a point (I still think he shot for goal and blazed it over though), then he kicked a very scoreable chance wide.
You could see the Morris influence really start to flourish yesterday, in accurate (for most) handpassing, the quick pass when required -> it was like watching peak Corofin-Belclare a few years ago." Peak Corofin had a strong defensive focus to go along with their offensive game. It's what Galway need for the business end of this championship now.
Gaa_lover (National) - 15/06/2026 20:10:57
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "I agree we shouldn't be getting carried away with Nestor cups but I think we had such a brutal few years aside from the odd once off games that people were just delighted and very few of the team had a provincial medal. I feel very sorry for Diarmuid (stellar captain the way he spoke this year),R Daly, Enda and Stack, those lads I'd say only have eyes for getting to Croke Park.
But on the ifs and buts of games. With the new rules you could say that about nearly every game. It is rare now when Div 1 and 2 sides meet each other that one team completely controls the game for 70 mins. Armagh were home and dry but for a fortunate goal at the death against Louth, Donegal seemed to be cruising against Cork, Cavan missed chance after chance against the Dubs yet it's the Dubs who pulled away. Derry should have beaten Monaghan in the Ulster semi. Even Armagh should have won the final in normal time. The key is to stay in games and make the most of momentum when it comes your way. The Monaghan game in fairness was an outlier in every game we played all year apart from the Mayo league game which was a dead rubber. Even our worst performance against Dublin, we had 10 scoring opportunities in the first half we butchered and then outscored Dublin in the second half. Yes we were open against Tyrone but we missed several scoring chances ourselves. As was said by someone previously, we had our worst performance in a game that was knock out. Most teams have had at least one off day, ours came at the worst possible time. The hunger, desire, energy and concentration that allowed us to win breaking ball against Galway and Mayo, and even Tyrone, was absent. We were too passive on Monaghans kick out as well. If you don't give yourself a platform to win primary possession around the middle you are not going to stay in games." Good post and reply various ifs and buts in games nowadays I doubt Rossfan93 will respond as he or she seems more focused to belittle the Connacht success.
At the end of the day there is two championship trophies to win. Your provincial title and All-Ireland title.
Regardless of what anyone says no team plans not to win their provincial title though move on if they don't. Galway was aiming to win 5 in a row and Andy Moran let it known in public that they wanted to win Connacht and be the ones to end Galways five in a row bid. Roscommon with strong 2nd half displays fully deserved to beat Mayo and Galway and win Connacht. Outside of perhaps Kerry a provincial title is rightly celebrated, 7 years without winning it and 1990 since beating Galway in Hyde Park.
The problem for Roscommon was the All-Ireland series. Tyrone game was there to be won and slipped through your fingers. Monaghan performance wasn't good enough for a whole host of reasons, it's the worst I've seen Roscommon play since the Connacht semi-final last year against Galway in Pearse Stadium.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 15/06/2026 15:55:42
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
It would be novel to have it in Parnell Park alright. There would be a tasty wee atmosphere!
Aside from the difficulty in getting tickets, I don't mind where we play Dublin. That's not arrogance on my part, Lord knows we got our coughs softened by Cork last weekend. It's more that I want our lads to realise it's KO from here, proper Championship stuff, so if it's in PP or CP, it shouldn't matter - we need to step up bigtime.
Lockjaw (National) - 15/06/2026 14:18:47
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To kudos: "The 4 guaranteed quarter finalists this year are Louth, Tyrone , Cork and Galway. The four semi-finalists in the 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship were Louth, Tyrone, Cork, and Galway. Very interesting fact :)" I think we would all be happy if the semi finals, final and result are repeated this year. Our survivors,Sean Og Flood, Patsy Coleman and Frank Lynch would really enjoy it. What are the odds?
19616609 (National) - 15/06/2026 22:02:04
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
On paper it looks good but anyone who follows monaghan will know it's a game we could trip up in. Bring the same energy from Saturday and work rate and play, it will be there for us. Anything less, it will be tight.
222 (National) - 15/06/2026 14:47:18
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Its Dublin's call. What suits Dublin not what suits anyone else.
Ger won't be in mood to back down after all that's happened." Indeed, totally agree. Dublin needs to look after itself and to blazes with the begrudgers. Play it in PP.
foreveryoung (National) - 15/06/2026 15:11:51
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "There would be enough place to accommodate Parnell Pass holders & the equivalent in Donegal. And that's not even taking account of the neutral who might want to see it. People shouldn't loose out because Parnell Park isn't big enough." That argument falls with Louth's rightful insistence on picking a ground that did not cater for a third of the Armagh demand alone through clubs.
I have a PP pass but would be happy to be in lottery. PP would harldy hold even the Dublin crowd that was in Cavan and not the regular number on Hill these times. But supporters as Fionn says seem to massively favour Parnell despit that.
Huge pay off too if getting to quarter finals if they win and if - as they will be - the crowd and familiarity with the mad pitch is an advantage. Donegal themselves have made Ballybofey in particular into such a cauldron.
BarneyGrant (National) - 15/06/2026 15:13:37
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "On what basis are they are better side than Derry and Mayo? Yes they beat Mayo in a game that wasn't knockout and then fluffed at home V a poor Tyrone side. They are a middle of the road outfit who do a lot of talking about how good they are. We have all seen this from Roscommon before, talk the talk and then fall the fall.
Past players out the in the media talking about how they should be all Ireland semi finalists, I am hearing this for years now and they same men continue to fluff it, what has changed really?
Be under no illusion, if we take them down the stretch they will revert to what they always have been. Its a matter of getting them down the stretch." Good win against a hyped and poor Roscommon team. I wouldn't read much into it other than we didn't give away any goals or goal scoring chances which was a great sign.
Westmeath is a good draw and they will provide a stern test and their midfield will be far stronger than Roscommon's Saturday.
monaghanmad (National) - 15/06/2026 15:33:27
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