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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
A strong rumour cian o Neill going join the cork hurling backroom team I know it's kind like silly season at moment. With all rumours just said I'd throw that one out there , I don't think I'd take him back he was on the management team that lost to Armagh in a brutal performance not pushing up on kickouts until it was 2 late last 5 mins ,under old rules he got away with it but as I've stated numerous times unless Galway get 2 new goalies a complete new half back line with pace and who actually kick ball into forwards not solo up field and give 2 yard hand pass to a player who is already marked , Galway need drop off panel that includes extended panel at least 8 if not more there are lads there for 3/4 years and getting virtual no games big shake up need in dugout and playing personnel
Kickitout (National) - 11/08/2026 17:30:46
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International Rules - 2 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Most GAA players now start at 5/6 in their clubs. Its something similar in OZ.
So Kobe is starting at least 10 years behind his team mates on the skills of the oval ball.
Thats a lot of hours to put in to catch up - and most Irish lads never do.
So they end up being half backs (winning breaks and "tagging" the oppositions best players. Becoming "water carriers" in an inferior game (IMO).
It is a shame for GAA that we lose some of our very best footballers when they chose to be average water carriers on a professional team - unlikely to gain any money outside the sport - as sponsors don't really pay up to be associated with average players." Im sure most fellas would happily carry water if they we're paid to do so and have the professional lifestyle, it beats working for a living. Any young player male or female who gets even half an opportunity to go play in Australia should jump at it, and if it doesn't work out so be it. It's about doing something different with your life. Fair play to them. Anything else is pure begrudgery.
Bon (National) - 11/08/2026 18:13:44
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
With Cian O'Neill available, what's the chances Jim reaches out to him?
donegalgael-12 (National) - 11/08/2026 22:31:48
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"It's Worrying For Hurling!" - 1 Like(s)
Hurling is gone very boring thanks so much. Lads getting a ball and hoofing it down the field and hoping for the best thank you. Very little skill involved so millions. They don't even look when they're driving it to most of the time. They get it and they probably let s roar and swing the stick at it and off it goes like a gold ball and who knows where it'll land. Thank you everyone.
bláthach (National) - 12/08/2026 11:32:31
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaillimh_ar_dtús: "Give Cyril Farrell a mic and I'll listen to him talk all day, no bother... But does anyone know why GBFM has a dedicated "Hurling Chat" but no big-ball equivalent? One of my more minor bugbears when it comes to their treatment of our football.
For what it's worth, I'm grateful for the Maroon & White Pod. It took me a while to get into it... and it still drives me soft from time to time when you can't hear what the guests are saying... but there's a decent mix of guests. The odd one is controversial, but that's no harm. I don't want to agree with everything everyone has to say.
I don't know Paul Shaughnessy from Adam, but I find him very even-handed as a podcast host. And it's never about himself. He strikes me as a genuine servant to Galway GAA. From the football side especially, it says something that this level of coverage is coming from one man's own initiative rather than from a local broadcaster.
Gaillimh abú." A genuine guy whos improving as time goes on. He started that as a teen essentially with no equipment. Took me awhile to get into too. Some great guests but could do with leaving Barry Cullinane to focus on the Cork GAA scene.
A good lad who gives great coverage to be fair to him.
GalwaysFinest (National) - 12/08/2026 09:56:31
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To littlebirdie: "Ronan Joyce, Haven't really heard of the name b4 last year . What's his background or what clubs has he been involved with?" Hes a Shels man, originally from St Judes in Dublin. They are a dual Senior club up there. Played Football and Hurling for them. Won Senior Football and Intermediate Hurling titles there. And a Senior League hurling title. He's a PE teacher at St. Peters, coaches there too. He managed Shels to a Senior Football title.
The u20s improved from last year to this year under him. Both as a team and individually. But most importantly the u20s improved game on game under him this year.
Viking66 (National) - 12/08/2026 09:38:14
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
My god, Just heard late last night about the wife of James McHugh passing away following Mondays road traffic collision. Heartbreaking devasting news, my thoughts and prayers are with Eoin McHugh, his sister and the extended family.
Commodore (National) - 12/08/2026 09:16:56
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Yes he's gone, banty and Gallagher taking the reigns
Gaels1989 (National) - 12/08/2026 08:19:50
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"It's Worrying For Hurling!" - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CastleBravo: "I agree with this, the "hurling needs to be promoted" line always seems to boil down to 2 arguments;
1. That 10s of thousands of people in non-hurling counties would actually dearly love to play and support hurling but as soon as anyone in these counties gets onto their club or county board they forget what hurling is and repress it instead. Why this grá for hurling is invisible is a strange one to make sense of.
2. The Liam Griffin theory that hurling isn't popular in these counties because their populations are just too thick to realise it's the greatest game on earth. The idea that large numbers of people know exactly what hurling is but have little interest in playing it is simply unthinkable- it's obviously just incompetence by the GAA to sell it to them." I'm a big fan of Griffin. I cannot comprehend how anybody could not love hurling. It is far beyond sport.
Comparing hurling to sport is like comparing the Atlantic Ocean to a pothole after it rains.
Doylerwex (National) - 11/08/2026 22:49:43
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kickitout: "A strong rumour cian o Neill going join the cork hurling backroom team I know it's kind like silly season at moment. With all rumours just said I'd throw that one out there , I don't think I'd take him back he was on the management team that lost to Armagh in a brutal performance not pushing up on kickouts until it was 2 late last 5 mins ,under old rules he got away with it but as I've stated numerous times unless Galway get 2 new goalies a complete new half back line with pace and who actually kick ball into forwards not solo up field and give 2 yard hand pass to a player who is already marked , Galway need drop off panel that includes extended panel at least 8 if not more there are lads there for 3/4 years and getting virtual no games big shake up need in dugout and playing personnel" That final was lost because we couldn't kick frees.
As far as I'm concern the management had their job done.
smallfrank (National) - 11/08/2026 21:10:42
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"It's Worrying For Hurling!" - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Again, an alternate view -
Hurling remains strong and popular in all the areas where it's always been strong and popular, and where people remain willing to develop and promote it.
It remains weak or even non-existent in all the places where people have little or no interest in doing anything to foster it in the first place. Won't even agree to basic Go Games for Under 10s!
As I keep pointing out - all the resources and supports in the world won't bring on hurling in those places if the local clubs don't want to work at it anyway. Horse, water, and drink." Agree 1million percent with your last paragraph.
To give a perfect example, I have a 1st cousin from Thurles in Tipperary. (My aunt married a Tipp man and moved there!)
My cousin married a Donegal woman and moved up to her home place and are settled there. Football only club.
Few years back he made the drive to start the hurling with the underage academy.
Got the green light from the club executive, got the resources and funding sorted himself for hurleys / helmets. Basically himself and another father from Offaly doing the whole lot.
There was a bit of buy in at the start but it just fell to the wayside after a while. Novelty for a few months but then the football coaches, parents and the club decided that that's enough of that craic now. Back to football.
My cousin put a lot of time and effort into this but as you said horse water drink.
They don't want the distraction of hurling. It's not on their radar.
You could bring Cian Lynch, Brian Hayes or even Jimmy Barry Murphy upto some clubs but you can't promote hurling to people who refuse to have it promoted to them
Goreylad1985 (National) - 11/08/2026 21:05:47
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
If ever there is a statement "how the mighty have fallen " it could sum up Portumna!
I know it's early days in the Club Championship BUT, it already looks like Portumna will be in a Relegation battle to avoid dropping from Intermediate to 3rd tier Junior with most likely Mullagh, Killimor and Rahoon-Newcastle.
4 group bottom teams I expected to be these 4 Clubs.
Surely Rahoon-Newcastle or Killimor have to be certs for the drop? Mullagh would be best out of those 4 and will survive.
Could the once mighty Portumna drop?
They got hammered 12pts by the mighty men from Meelick-Eyrecourt, Ahasragh-Fohenagh will also hammer them and Kinvara should beat them too by a few points.
katser (National) - 11/08/2026 19:39:23
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"It's Worrying For Hurling!" - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CastleBravo: "I agree with this, the "hurling needs to be promoted" line always seems to boil down to 2 arguments;
1. That 10s of thousands of people in non-hurling counties would actually dearly love to play and support hurling but as soon as anyone in these counties gets onto their club or county board they forget what hurling is and repress it instead. Why this grá for hurling is invisible is a strange one to make sense of.
2. The Liam Griffin theory that hurling isn't popular in these counties because their populations are just too thick to realise it's the greatest game on earth. The idea that large numbers of people know exactly what hurling is but have little interest in playing it is simply unthinkable- it's obviously just incompetence by the GAA to sell it to them." Regarding point number 2.
I grew up in a part of Galway city where hurling is almost non existent. I grew up believing it was a sport that,like much of irish culture,was for rural dwellers and premier league soccer was the only show in town. Once I started following hurling i discovered it is in fact, the greatest sport on earth :),in my opinion anyways.
It doesn't mean theyre thick obviously, but there are huge numbers of people all over ireland who would discover a love of hurling if it was fostered properly but as there is no culture of it they remain totally aloof.
Seniorleague (National) - 11/08/2026 18:58:28
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Temple56: "Claretandblue, well done on getting the go-ahead for the COE plans. It looks very impressive, and the location is excellent for people in Mullingar, especially given that most of the County Board seem to be from North Westmeath.
That said, the cost of the land, along with the huge investment required to get it to the stage where a pitch can actually be developed, is a massive negative. Hopefully, you and the other County Board members will still be in office when it is finally built in 15 years' time!
Regarding the football championship structure, I agree with you that there has been a lot more urgency in the games so far this year. However, I think by Round 5 we could see a lot of teams with very little to play for, resulting in a huge number of dead rubbers.
The quarter-final weekend is immediately after Round 5. If you're in Group B and have already qualified for the quarter-finals going into the final round, there is no real incentive to play your strongest team. It doesn't matter whether you finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd in Group B because the quarter-finals are an open draw.
I feel the final round of fixtures could be a farce. I'd say we will be lucky if more than three of the six Senior games have anything meaningful riding on them. You then have Round 4, Round 5 and the quarter-final weekend all coming back-to-back.
So what would you rather have: greater urgency in the first three rounds, or the four best teams playing in the semi-finals when it matters most?
Kinnegad, Lomans, The Downs and Shamrocks are all miles ahead of the rest of the county at the moment. Yet one of those four won't even qualify for the knockout stages.
Tubberclair look to be flying, but they might not even face a Senior A team until the semi-finals. Moate and Athlone look likely to finish 2nd and 3rd in Senior B, but they are miles off the top four teams in the county.
For me, it's a terrible format. I've really enjoyed the first two rounds because there has been genuine urgency in the games, but I fear the final round of fixtures and, ultimately, the knockout stages could be a real let-down." Mullingar Shamrocks are absolutely not miles ahead of anyone in this championship. They may well advance and do well but premature to put them in that bracket just yet.
DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 11/08/2026 17:35:59
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International Rules - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "Some people are addicted to disaster stories...
Like yer man Hanrahan in the song...
"We'll all be ruined says Hanrahan before the year is out"" It's also funny how the "The best thing a player can do for his reputation is get injured" applies to getting signed by the AFL. Every player signed by the AFL is apparently destined to become the greatest GAA player in history who would have lead their county to generational dominance if only they'd stayed.
But when a lot of these same players come home 2-3 years later they have a regular spread of careers varying from unremarkable to good.
CastleBravo (National) - 11/08/2026 16:00:11
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