Donegal GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Jim talks a lot about player welfare but Donegal were probaly the first team back training last winter. Then went to Portugal in December.
Paddy McBrearty as a Minor featured the same day with.donegal seniors.
FoolsGold (National) - 24/06/2025 09:22:04
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Donegal GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
The match should be on the Sunday, that's obvious. And the Donegal county board are right to make their annoyance public. We deserve the advantage of the extra week for coming top of our group, but not taking the option of giving the PQF winners an extra day feels unfair.
Anyway, 4 amazing games of football to be played at the weekend. Monaghan Donegal is always a great match, and Saturday would be a serious battle if the two teams only had six hours to prepare!
MunnionOfMunnionHill (National) - 24/06/2025 12:18:43
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Donegal GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Never have I heard such whinging from him. Beaten docket. Yous have done well to get this far, Ulster champs and reaching the last 8 will be a creditable year but yous aren't top 4 top 2 contenders (under him)" Remind me again when Monaghan were ever top 2 contenders. Talking about whinging... I seem to remember the Monaghan manager and some players running after the referee at the end of the Donegal game, crying cause they didn't understand the rules of the game. Maybe get your own house in order before you start criticising others.
greenfan (National) - 24/06/2025 10:24:42
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
It's 100% wrong the way Donegal is been treated,but they probably should of took a stronger stand and said we won't be playing Saturday end of,The same as Louth on Sunday should of said we won't be taking to the field for 4.00 pm throw in if they weren't ready,der amateur athletes,what right has anyone got to dictate to them what can/can't do??It's all about maximum profit at the end of the day,the world and it's mother knew Dublin wer getting the Saturday evening slot no matter who they got drawn against,so Galway/Donegal wer going to suffer....
Fkd12 (National) - 24/06/2025 10:35:20
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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Why have Roscommon county board not moved to replace Davy Burke?? Dogs on the street know that the players don't want him, supporters don't want him so what is the delay please? Show some leadership and get it done and stop sitting on your hands. Thanks.
bláthach (National) - 24/06/2025 10:30:19
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Breffni40: "JImmy's spinning matches, Jimmy's spinning games..." Jimmy's spanking Ceeeeeavan (by 19 points at home).....
peiledoir20 (National) - 24/06/2025 12:30:07
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "That's a hilarious comment coming from one from Leitrim !
Donegal have now taken over the status of being the biggest moaners ." At least we have something to moan about? You go around different forums posting nonsense.
Scenicparish (National) - 24/06/2025 11:40:06
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
It's about time this nonsense stopped. Game is on Saturday not going to be changed. It's pretty boring at this stage. We're better than that.. huge game Saturday will we win. We will but it might not be easy.hopefully we travel in big numbers. Ticket booked staying up sat night. Wee bit nervous but
rorysboys (National) - 24/06/2025 13:29:05
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Donegal game and Galway game should be on Sunday as it leaves a 7 day turnaround for everyone from last weekend…. Is not rocket science.. The GAA must be the stupidest sporting organisation anywhere in the world… they really know how to rub people up the wrong way… Their greed for money outweighs any sort of thought or care for the players… The great orator Jarlath will find it hard to explain away this one…." It must be wonderful to have such clarity for dealing with complex problems. Perhaps you should join a fixture making committee where your simplistic skills would no doubt be appreciated. I quote from the Irish Times which elucidates the conflicting constraints involved. Fixture making tends to look a more straightforward when you are not the one balancing those constraints.
"The CCCC were left in a quandary with trying to square the circle in terms of the four fixtures because it was always going to prove difficult to facilitate requests from all eight counties.
The core problem centred on the likelihood of both Dublin v Tyrone and Armagh v Kerry attracting massive numbers of spectators. With those matches possibly pushing towards selling out even if they were standalone fixtures, the demand to attend that pairing on the same bill would have left thousands of fans without tickets.
Fixture makers did still consider the possibility of scheduling that double-header but after examining the expected attendance figures they determined those games should be on different days."
CeachtPeile (National) - 24/06/2025 14:49:36
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Louth GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "A very good year for Louth heightened by their marvellous Leinster win…. But like Cavan Louth were out of their depth in the ridiculous group stages even though we somehow beat Mayo…. When the real contenders take to the field ( Mayo never really one of them ) it's lights out … But for a woeful Clare side in your group Louth would not have had to endure the pasting Donegal handed out. ( we got the same ) … Louths main focus now like ours should be to remain in Division 2… Meath done the heavy lifting by knocking out the Dubs but it could be another 10 years until they loose in Leinster again… Enjoy your time as Leinster Champions" Louth are a better team than Meath.
The last 3 teams we hammered them 12 months ago in the Championship, then beat them easily in the league 3 months ago and last month beat them in the Leinster Final when we never played well.
DundalkGael (National) - 24/06/2025 13:06:43
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "It looked awful. Thankfully I have never saw a Monaghan team do it." How did it look awful? What's happening at the end of games now is a disaster waiting to happen, pitches being flooded with supporters and players unable to get off the pitch. Someone is going to get hurt badly , possibly a player. All it takes is one upset fan with a few beers inside him....
greenfan (National) - 24/06/2025 11:09:03
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Jaysus, Jimmy really has some of you Donegal lads on strings. Yes Jimmy, no Jimmy, three bags full Jimmy. Get up off your knees and think for yourselves
Breffni40 (National) - 24/06/2025 10:52:09
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New Format 2026 All Ireland - 2 Like(s)
Replying To trimmer: "Cant't wait to be 5 minutes into next years championship and there will be calls for change again." Calls have started already -
No one wanted more games last year when the football was dire.
Now the football is good - we all want more games.
tirawleybaron (National) - 24/06/2025 13:50:28
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New Format 2026 All Ireland - 2 Like(s)
Replying To trimmer: "Cant't wait to be 5 minutes into next years championship and there will be calls for change again." And there should be. It is madness. We have a great system and they are binning it.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 24/06/2025 13:52:49
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Well maybe don't go accusing every 2nd account including my own for months of being a WUM account and accusing others of being some one from the Mayo blog. Then you might not get plagued by ones being annoyed at you for throwing stupid accusations around just because you don't like what they say ." Clare K from the blog, your post on the Monaghan thread re Stephen Rochford is a disgrace and dragged an unnamed Mayo panel member into your strange musings. Previously you slated Kevin McStay on the blog. Have you no embarrassment? You would probably have gone to school with Stephen Rochford at Gortnor Abbey in Crossmolina. It is an awful pity there isn't an option to put people like you into moderation. It is no wonder Mayo can't get it together with people like you in their corner. Now this thread is about Galway and for the next few days the Galway v Meath match and perhaps some local club football with a few big games coming up with club league finals and relegation decides. Please go away and tell your other pseudonym JimB1991 the same.
GDL (National) - 24/06/2025 10:27:23
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Attendances 2025 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Unholy mess regarding tickets for Dublin v Cork. Those of us with Parnell passes okay, Season ticket holders will have theirs.
After that seems to be confusion regarding club allocation. Apparently Dublin clubs haven't been doing individual applications for a few years? I assume they will all look for tickets for this as they would for football semi/final.
Cork supporters seem to be in bigger quandry as hear the clubs don't do orders at all??
GAA really needs to be taking back control of ticketing for big games like this. Might be awkward for club secretaries but Cork and Dublin clubs should have first dibs after county passes and season tickets." GAA need to give ticketmaster the boot. The most expensive ticketing site for supporters, as well as the least user friendly website I've ever used for tickets.
Ticketmaster gives you a really low amount of tickets you can select as well when you go into the site for a match, trying to give the impression that there are very few tickets left available, when you know there are loads of good seats still going.
I logged in for the Leinster Hurling Final / Joe Mc Final and it was saying 'low availability' for the game and I could only select tickets for down low, right in the corners of the ground. It was to be a wet day so I just didn't bother buying the tickets.
MesAmis (National) - 24/06/2025 11:04:03
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "The players we have, and on all known knowledge, the player options we can bring in currently, aren't good enough to be top4. That's reality, nothing to do with MD, who he picks, who he doesn't pick, lack of systems of play. There wasn't a word about lack of systems or lack of roles, while we were winning 4 games in Leinster over sides that we can compete with. We make a qfinal, meet a superior Tipp side and lose. That's it in a nutshell.
The obvious step forward they took this year was that they beat sides that hammered us last year, like Dublin and Wexford, and retained div1 status in a highly competitive league format. The bottom line is that until we see green shoots, and I'm talking about 20 21 22 23 year old hurlers with massive talent, we'll be taking baby steps year on year at best." Well when you have a manager who does not back youth or trust any green shoots like he did last Saturday evening you have not got the enviorment for any youth or green shoots to prosper and come through.
I would rather get beaten by 20pts and try bring young players through than reverting back.
1shot (National) - 24/06/2025 11:42:10
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Breffni40: "Jaysus, Jimmy really has some of you Donegal lads on strings. Yes Jimmy, no Jimmy, three bags full Jimmy. Get up off your knees and think for yourselves" Just as he has riled up so many of you non-Donegal lads that you obsessively rail against everything he says even if he makes a valid point. You even ascribe things to him that he hasn't said in your rush to condemn him.
Shake off the begrudgery and speak without bitterness and irrationality.
Al_Maguire (National) - 24/06/2025 11:52:12
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Jack L: "A lot been talked about the curtain raiser. What about the big Dublin/Tyrone match. A throwback to the late 2000's when both sides served up classic encounters.
A lot have changed in both counties since then. Difficult to call. Tyrone were impressive in dispatching Donegal. Dublin played well against Galway.
Dublin, I feel do not have enough quality. However it would not surprise me to see it going the distance and the dreaded penalty shootout.
Indeed both main matches this weekend will be intriguing ." True .. there's a lot of talk on here about the Donegal/Monaghan game and no talk about the Dubs and Tyrone. The clue is in the name of the thread... 'Donegal GAA'
greenfan (National) - 24/06/2025 16:53:40
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 1shot: "Well when you have a manager who does not back youth or trust any green shoots like he did last Saturday evening you have not got the enviorment for any youth or green shoots to prosper and come through.
I would rather get beaten by 20pts and try bring young players through than reverting back." I can't remember a young Galway senior team in 50 years, that took a 15-20 point beating, and developed positively from it within a season or two. 2010 u21 final perhaps, but that wasn't a senior match.These young fellas have to start showing form, like Molloy did in 2025 clearly. Picking players on birth certs and underage reputation won't cut it alone, they have to show the management that they've got what it takes.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 24/06/2025 13:18:49
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