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Monaghan GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanfootballfan: "Some it feels like they have a bad game and are like na not fighting for my place again. they definitely got a chance. sean jones, loughran walked after a bad game, same with wilson irwin etc. you do wonder is it attitude or management. heard of a similar situation at kilmacud.
see what happens, couple that with excessive injuries raises concerns about management. don't get me wrong, bannigan and con are doing a great job." Its funny. The mainstream sports media who just patronise monaghan with the usual punch above our weight comments continually go on about how the county maxs out every year and gets everything out of itself when the truth is v different. Some of the most talented players in the county mulligan jones by all accounts lack the temperment and dedication for inter county football . Think bannigan places great store on that and hes right. Garland is a great example been in or around the panel since 2018 only becoming a regular last few years but a great attitude to the cause. Think we are jinked as well when it comes to big men. Niall Kearns retired early. Gary Mohan only properly fit for two years cant get fit last few years. Conor Leonard over before started with injuries. Barry Mcbennett one good year then gone. Mcphilips gone travelling but doesn't appear to be rated by management never got a look in last summer so hell be in no rush back. Mccaul a real pedigree footballer cursed by career threatening injuries not even 21. Gallagher and mccarville have been the real unsung heroes this year and one of them isnt really a proper midfielder.
seanie08 (National) - 03/06/2026 16:37:56
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Scenicparish: "Ye are a bit like the Man City supporters. When things are going well everyone is following on the bandwagon but when things are not going so good................." Every county is the same. Some would have a bigger vote than others but the fact is the bandwagon support exists in every county
yew_tree (National) - 03/06/2026 10:51:35
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Hard way?
2025
Just needed to beat winless Derry to reach the knock out stages. ThenDrew Down to reach the All-Ireland Quarter-final.
2024 and 2023 just needed to beat Westmeath to reach the knock out stages. Drew Monaghan at home to reach the quarter-finals. 2023 drew Mayo at home to reach the Quarter final and lost Mayo who were far from great as seen in their quarter final performance." We were in a severe group in 2025, containing 4 teams that played NFL div1 in 2025. Some groups had one or no div1 sides by comparison.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 03/06/2026 13:05:01
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Group regardless of strength of opposition was filled with non jeopardy games. Was it last year or two years ago that Galway played Armagh in round 3 and it was a total dead rubber for Armagh?
Objective of the groups was finishing 3rd at least to reach the knock out stages and Galway was always going to do that with Westmeath and winless Derry in the group." You might say 'non jeopardy' sitting in your ivory tower, but teams will still typically have to empty more tank to chisel results against div1 calibre outfits. That might not be the ideal physical preparation for a qfinal.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 03/06/2026 15:10:56
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To sourmilk93: "Its pathetic really, the whole thing is made up as they go along.
The earlier draw was done way to early to give counties "time to prepare logistically" giving an unfair advantage to teams not in provincial finals.
Yet the second round draw is done on a Tuesday( I have heard the argument why) i don't agree but can stomach it but no dates or times announced over 24 hours later.
The rules state first team out gets home advantage, Louth should be playing in Ardee if that's where they chose to play. Can pick and chose as we make our way through the year.
All games at this stage should be neutral imo anyway" Most appropriately named poster anyway
Claretandblue (National) - 03/06/2026 14:53:49
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Two-Group Leinster SHC - 2 Like(s)
Tadhg, here is what you wrote.
"Now they are all excuses not reasons. There is no justifiable excuse for an attendance of 4000 at a senior leinster championship match in Wexford Town. None whatsoever. The town has a population of 22k and the county has a population of 164k so geography has absolutely nothing to do with it. There should have been 10k wexford diehards there alone. Sure season ticket holders should cover the 4k or close to it.
Maybe, just maybe, its because everyone in wexford knew that they were safe from the drop due to the insurance policy?
I wonder if Wexford were in genuine jeopardy of dropping our of the Leinster Championship what kind of a crowd would have shown up? I would bet that it would be a lot more than 4k. Thats more embarrassing than the performances tbh.
Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 525 - 28/05/2026 15:39:24 2676307"
So that's not a lecture? It sounds like my old principal in school lecturing me.
There was a "justifiable excuse" - Wexford were out and the match did not matter.
How was there a "justifiable excuse" for 15k from Limerick, Cork, Clare and Wexford in a match where the winners were in to an All-Ireland quarter final, if they are this great army of loyal supporters you seem to think you have? They didn't care too much 10 years ago when you were a bang average side, did they?
StoreysTash (National) - 03/06/2026 14:35:10
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To hlynch12: "Kerry back as All Ireland favourites at 5/2. Have put 1200 on them to win it out. Investing all my winning from Arsenal winning Premier League." 1200 buttons.
GreenandRed (National) - 03/06/2026 14:28:13
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Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s)
fair play to Ger, he complied 100% with the disproportionate penalty imposed on him.
Good guy, I wish him well on Sunday.
suckvalleypaddy (National) - 03/06/2026 16:28:30
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Hurling Review Public Survey - 2 Like(s)
I see the Hurling Advisory Committee launched their public survey yesterday:
https://www.gaa.ie/article/hurling-review-public-survey
An opportunity for all who know all hurling's problems to point them out and tell the people who matter what they should do to fix them :)
Pikeman96 (National) - 03/06/2026 16:31:11
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "No might about it they were non jeopardy games. My point on what was required to reach the knock out stages is accurate so drop the attitude with your ivory tower remark." You still empty more tank to get results against quality teams. You could be better off playing high 'jeopardy' low quality nondiv1 sides, than low 'jeopardy' high quality encounters. But it seems to be all about 'jeopardy' to you. Galway lost their first 'no jeopardy' match to Dublin by a late point in 2025, then were well behind in their second 'no jeopardy' match in Derry. The jeopardy of these two 'no jeopardy' encounters being that if Galway hadn't recovered to draw in Derry, they were out of the championship, ironically enough regardless of the result of their third 'no jeopardy' match against the then reigning allireland champions.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 03/06/2026 16:45:40
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Group regardless of strength of opposition was filled with non jeopardy games. Was it last year or two years ago that Galway played Armagh in round 3 and it was a total dead rubber for Armagh?
Objective of the groups was finishing 3rd at least to reach the knock out stages and Galway was always going to do that with Westmeath and winless Derry in the group." No it wasn't. The objective of the group stage was to win the group, and not have to face in to 3 games in 3 weeks, which ended up catching up with Galway in both 2024 and 2025. Galway's task in that regard each year was made much harder than the other provincial winners, primarily by the presence of the ulster runners up (Armagh) instead of the likes of Louth (Leinster runners up) or Clare (Munster)
You hardly think teams were setting out to just finish 3rd?
PressureKick (National) - 03/06/2026 17:12:45
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "It'll be another day after that before tickets go on sale. Not really looking out for supporters. Can they not tell Ticketmaster the venue, just change the throwin date and time and get them to put tickets online a few hours after they announce the fixture time?" What's the rush? Matches 10 days away. It's not like you're O' Hora planning for Everest
Claretandblue (National) - 03/06/2026 12:10:05
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Sixteen and counting! The number of articles in the Indo about the "McGuinness affair". Including three new ones so far today. Honest to God they're like a dog with a bone. Time to move on lads! There's a championship on with sixteen teams still in it!
railwayman (National) - 03/06/2026 11:54:48
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Hard way?
2025
Just needed to beat winless Derry to reach the knock out stages. ThenDrew Down to reach the All-Ireland Quarter-final.
2024 and 2023 just needed to beat Westmeath to reach the knock out stages. Drew Monaghan at home to reach the quarter-finals. 2023 drew Mayo at home to reach the Quarter final and lost Mayo who were far from great as seen in their quarter final performance." It really doesn't take much effort whatsoever to go back and check the context around those groups and draws.
In each of 2023, 2024 and 2025, Galway's draw as provincial champion was significantly harder than the other provincial champions draw. Derry may not have won a game in a year, that doesn't mean meeting them out of pot 4 wasn't harder than meeting the likes of Cavan or Kildare, e.g other pot 4 options
Meeting Mayo in that 2023 prelim was harder than the other options available. Meeting Armagh in the 22 quarter final, and Dublin in the 24 quarter final, were at the time significantly harder than the other options available.
The first bit of luck Galway had with draws was meeting Down last year, who were a good team but it was better than meeting Kerry. Similarly this year has gone well. You can't rewrite the draws of the past though to suit yourself
PressureKick (National) - 03/06/2026 17:07:03
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 2maroonjerseys: "We're back to square one, numbers. While football is the dominant sport and you're relying on those that do both to keep hurling going and produce senior players up to what you want which is a decent inter county standard then you've to pare it back to the minimum and try and figure it out.
I never said traditional families are encouraging their kids to be selfish you've missed my point. Traditional families are what keeping the game going. Why because either the mam or dad is out playing hurling and showing the kids how to hurl correctly re grip, hitting and rising the ball. As I said non playing families don't do that so it's easier give them a phone, I pad or football. As I said no hurling played at all only at training or a match so no improvement it's easier let the lads who can can and they'll eventually fall away from it.
Go games as said above those who can can they dominate the go games and there's no need or hope to improve the lesser lights because coaches are getting the wins at that age where I'm sure they're(coaches)trying like mad to encourage the weaker players to improve but if there not practicing at home or even going for a puck around with a parent or sibling at that age forget about it. So make it more of a skills competition which encourages and helps kids stay at the sport. Eg walk the width of the pitch doing keepie uppies great for hand eye coordination and making something that appears hard to master an easy task. It's the little things.
I'm not forcing any child to pick one or the other it's choosing the development squads at u14. Play all the hurling or football you want with your club or clubs but when it comes to county development it's either one or other not both at that age. So rather than every second weekend at both the kid can hurl or play football every weekend at that level as I said you can't ride two horses at the onetime.
As for the senior hurlers we have to accept that like Kilkenny they're not there at the moment much and all as we'd love them to be a lot better. So we can shout and roar and blame coaches and say they should be sacked we're back to square one. Time is what's needed to give the coaches and players the time and space to improve together." You're trying to hold a few positions here that don't really align.
On one hand, you're saying we should narrow focus early and concentrate on the kids who really want to hurl. But at the same time, you're highlighting that numbers are already an issue. Narrowing the base earlier will only make that worse, not better.
You say you're not forcing kids to choose between codes but then suggest that at development squad level they should pick one. In reality, that is forcing a pathway choice, even if it's not at club level.
So we're not back to square one at all. If hurling's future depends solely on traditional hurling families, then the game is already limiting its own growth. The challenge is developing players from non-hurling backgrounds, not accepting they can't reach the same level.
Kids don't improve by avoiding competition; they improve by playing. Skills are important, but games teach decision-making, awareness and confidence in a way drills never will so a blended approach works.
And asking players to choose at U14 is a solution to an administrative problem, not a development one. Some of the best players in the country thrived because they played both codes for longer, not because they specialised earlier.
As for the seniors, patience matters, but patience without progress is just waiting. Nobody expects overnight success, but it's fair to expect clear improvement, accountability and higher standards along the way.
Loughlenegale (National) - 03/06/2026 17:19:53
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Two-Group Leinster SHC - 1 Like(s)
A lot of talk about u20 progression to Senior so from 2021 - 2025 here's the numbers of that have made the step to Senior baring Offaly as it's practically their squad.
Cork - 16. 7 or 8 of the group are starting most games for them. Cork from around 2014 - 2020/21 had a good team, but not a great team, they do now however.
Galway - 16. 5 or 6 of them starting most games. Galway had won an All-Ireland in 2017 then just fell short in 2018 due to replays during the season. Then followed by 2 appointments of Shane O'Neill and Henry Shefflin who both held the progression of the county back.
Their was some players brought in to try but they couldn't make the step up, thus followed by players leaving and retirements to key players like David Burke and Jason Flynn.
Clare - 14. 6 of them get regular game time. They always the potential to contended for AIs but don't always live up to it every year.
Dublin - 12. 7 of them get good minutes. Never really pushed on since 2013, had some decent years, but over the past 2 or 3 years, the promising players from u20 have settled into the team and look to be coming into form.
Limerick - 10. 4 of them start nearly all their games with another 2 or 3 getting a few appearances from the bench. The most notable team for transitioning u20s I think, have a great team over the past 9 years, winning 6 of the last 9 AIs and have brought in a lot of extremely good talent with the best players this season being from that group.
Tipperary - 7. 4 of them are regulars in the match day teams. Very similar to Clare over the years.
Kilkenny - 7. With all of them being heavily involved this year. Ran out of road with getting to Semis and the final in most years with comfort and have had to test the u20s over the last few years gone by.
Waterford - 6. With 5 featuring in every game this year. Always have the potential to push on for more, but can never make it stick.
The point I'm trying to get across is that you can have the most talented group to exist but you also need the right management to bring them through.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 03/06/2026 17:27:56
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Playing well in what's basically a friendly tournament isn't the same as playing for your county." Clearly you've never been at the gaeltacht games if u think they are friendlies
greenfan (National) - 03/06/2026 17:52:10
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Ger Brennan - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "You are spot on." Ger has spoken…!
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576613-insulting-dublin-boss-brennan-hits-back-at-burns/
Fionn (National) - 03/06/2026 16:15:28
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To moros: "Nays worries bud. The lads will embrace it. Thanks very much for this." You're welcome. If I've taken you away from your frequent posting on the Leitrim thread then I apologise.
Gaa_lover (National) - 03/06/2026 15:49:54
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To sourmilk93: "Its pathetic really, the whole thing is made up as they go along.
The earlier draw was done way to early to give counties "time to prepare logistically" giving an unfair advantage to teams not in provincial finals.
Yet the second round draw is done on a Tuesday( I have heard the argument why) i don't agree but can stomach it but no dates or times announced over 24 hours later.
The rules state first team out gets home advantage, Louth should be playing in Ardee if that's where they chose to play. Can pick and chose as we make our way through the year.
All games at this stage should be neutral imo anyway" The way these things work, the very reason that no dates & times were announced for more than 24 hours was to give counties time to prepare logistically. The "delay" didn't hinder them. It actually would have helped them.
After a draw like this one, counties are consulted before fixtures are set, to see what can be done to accommodate any 'quirks' (for want of a better word) of the draw. Biggest example in this particular round is probably Cork having to go away to Derry.
I obviously don't know what exact discussions took place with Cork County Board between the draw on Tuesday morning and the fixtures being announced today, but I'm guessing they were given time to investigate if it would suit them better or be more cost-efficient to travel up on Friday ahead of a Saturday afternoon game, or travel up on Saturday ahead of a Sunday game. For logistical reasons, like hotel accommodation, etc.
Counties don't always get what they want as a result of such negotations but they can be accommodated if their requests are reasonable and if the other county has no strong objection to them.
Basically, Cork would have been helped by the "delay" in announcing fixture details, as the "delay" would have been to give the time to get organised. They wouldn't have been hindered by it - i.e. they wouldn't have been going "would they ever hurry up and announce the fixtures so that we know when to book a bus and hotel for?"
Pikeman96 (National) - 03/06/2026 17:58:40
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