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Non-Gaa Forum - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "The State of Israel wants still to be in existence when the sun comes up tomorrow. And tomorrow that will still be their aim. Thats their psyche. Thats what makes them what they are, for better and for worse." The same 'state' ensured that thousands of innocent children in Gaza would not see the sun come up.
peiledoir20 (National) - 06/03/2026 09:21:54
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Again just ignoring the Armagh Ulster finals, why? Do you not think those were big games and he played well in them? And they're very recent examples of how he can perform against the bigger teams. You're not even acknowledging that how we attack as a team does not rely on people beating their man one-on-one, can you address any of that?
There's no doubt I wish he would contribute more scores up the pitch, it's been a criticism of him practically since that first year he burst on the scene. And obviously he's had bad days and disappointing days when we've needed him to stand up, but I think a lot of our big names have done that especially the years in between Jim's two stints, and just find it strange you are singling him out for this. You could take your same point and apply it to quite a lot of players in the squad in my view, not everyone is Michael Murphy or Paddy McBrearty (both of whom have also gone missing or let us down on a big day on occasion).
Now if you're saying you believe we need to change how we play generally to win Sam and Ryan doesn't fit in that style, that's a different argument, and I would say that Shane O'Donnell wouldn't fit that style either for example if you're talking about a running, one-on-one type game.
I'm a ST holder and the whole reason I mentioned him in the initial post was because of how impressed I've been with him so far this year. Can hardly say that sitting at home. He was excellent when we turned things around against Galway, and excellent at the Athletic Grounds as well I thought. Both dirty days with a lot of pressure put on from Armagh and Galway. Moore and Roarty are different players with totally different roles. The reason I mentioned Mogan and EBG is because they are leaders in the back line like Ryan. Roarty and Moore for all their talent are just young cubs still.
I just think you're underestimating how important he is to the whole way we set up, both attacking and defending, and it's not as easily replaced as you're making it out to be in my view. Call that sentimental if you like, though you mention people being sensitive about club men and obviously I'm nowhere near Kilcar, so not sure what reason you'll have for me being sentimental. Is it so hard to believe I just think Ryan is one of our most important players and laying out the reasons I think that?
You say he's good if you give him time and space, but not when he's under pressure or tagged, well I'll give you a scenario - the game is drawn at 67 minutes and we get a short kickout away to Brendan McCole over on the left hand side near the 21, but there is a significant high press on from Kerry or Galway or whoever. Who do you want to come to McCole and demand that ball, under pressure, in that situation? Who would you trust to find the pass to get us away when the game is in the melting pot? Ryan would be one of the first names on my list when the squeeze is on to get the ball and reliably get us up the pitch. And he doesn't need to burn someone with pace to do that, that's my point.
CCFabu (National) - 05/03/2026 18:02:27
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To MiAmigaVERONICA: "I hope this is not too difficult for you.
"Woke" originated in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) to mean being "awake" or alert to racial prejudice and social injustice. While historically a term for awareness, it is now primarily used in political discourse as a pejorative, conservative label for progressive, liberal, or "politically correct" ideologies.
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Key Aspects of "Woke"
Origin: The phrase "stay woke" was used in the 20th century to describe awareness of social injustice, often rooted in Black culture as early as 1938.
Original Meaning: It implies being conscious of the societal climate, specifically attentive to systemic racism and discrimination.
Evolution: It gained widespread usage around 2014, notably with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Modern Usage (Pejorative): By the late 2010s and early 2020s, it was adopted by critics as a derisive term for liberal policies, "cancel culture," and progressive social movements.
Context: It is often used to describe, or criticize, efforts toward diversity, inclusion, and the dismantling of traditional societal structures." Isn't there a lot to be said for just being plain old fashioned tolerant of people who have different beliefs in life to yourself, or are just different to yourself?
And for the different people, or those who have those different beliefs, not to ram them down everyone else's throats?
Viking66 (National) - 05/03/2026 17:10:56
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To 222: "When we are winning we don't want to be patronised as a small county, when we loose we run with excuses small county don't be to hard on us, players immune from criticism. The indo podcast with micheal verney was good during the week about this. League has been poor, awful performances and to many injuries. Should we wait until summer for judgment? Yes most definitely. Are the players entitled to a holiday? Yes but the pressure is now on management to get performances and results from here on in." good Post. Gabriel and Co have tried players in the league, have experimented, have tried systems etc.
The Big acid test is the Cavan game, a genuine game at home we should be winning. I want to see match ups, tactics, kickouts etc go right. if this game crumbles then the criticism will be massively warranted. No Excuses about injuries etc in that game Gabriel please.
monaghanmad (National) - 06/03/2026 08:49:38
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Isn't there a lot to be said for just being plain old fashioned tolerant of people who have different beliefs in life to yourself, or are just different to yourself?
And for the different people, or those who have those different beliefs, not to ram them down everyone else's throats?" People who are 'tolerant' don't break into a meeting injuring security staff in the name of 'solidarity'. These clowns deserve every bit of the shouting and roaring they get... that's all 'the wokies' know, a term that seems to triggers them.
Square_B (National) - 06/03/2026 09:29:48
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Listened to Colm O'Rourke on the Indo Podcast, and he spoke very well about the
reasons to get rid of Allianz. Colm, Peter, and all the high-profile lads are great Gaels, and you couldn't get better GAA men.
However, I would not agree with the hooligans who gate-crashed the meeting on Saturday.
The injured volunteers have rights. You can't do what the so-called protestors did.
suckvalleypaddy (National) - 05/03/2026 20:52:12
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To SouthGalway: "I'm no fan of Israel at all but show me the other choice where they had no say in anything. I'll wait. I'd love to know what they have on ALL American Presidents including this one. This guy is the best of a bad bunch which tells you how bad the rest are. I don't know how it all ends but like I said the Iranian people seem happy." What part of Iran are you in?
TheFlaker (National) - 05/03/2026 14:14:54
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
My main emotion over the whole thing is one of despair.
Our generation have absolutely no excuse, because we are so better educated in terms of history than any who have gone before us. World War 2 should have been the nadir when it comes to mass murder and destruction. But no, here we are again allowing essentially havingg dictators lead us down the same path.
The UN, the US Congress and the EU have been pathetically impotent.
At least our Spanish friends have shown some cojones.
Lockjaw (National) - 06/03/2026 10:15:41
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 2 Like(s)
Cut out overcarrying and throwing would be a great start. There's far too much 'ballcarrying', throwing , grossly excessive step taking, and short passing in the modern possession driven game of hurling, and to be honest, this game isn't a patch on the spectacle it was when teams didn't give a toss about possession.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 05/03/2026 17:34:12
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To SouthGalway: "The same part as you I suppose." I'm not claiming to know what's happening on the ground unlike yourself. Rubio admitted they attacked Iran as Israel were as well. Your posts are hilarious. He ran on no wars and fully releasing the Epstein files. He never shut up about them. He's a puppet for Israel and he has people running the military that are not qualified to do so.
TheFlaker (National) - 05/03/2026 15:37:22
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Sunday Game - 2 Like(s)
The games should be available to watch back. Reasonable highlights of all games as well. Why the GAA channel isn't providing that service is wrong IMHO. That blame is with GAA HQ on this one.
legendzxix (National) - 05/03/2026 15:25:33
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "Reading back a few pages here, talk about winning Leinster.
Can I ask those who think that, how you think this team compares to the team of 2019? I guess if you think they can win Leinster, then 7-8 of the new names since 2019 would make the 2019 team? So what is a combined Wexford team, 2019 and 2026 look like?
I'm not seeing any games so must be much better than I believe to be the case.
From my distant vantage, away trips to Offaly and Kildare have big red sirens and alarms ringing but I am missing a lot so you are going to tell me we will win those 2 games, beat Dublin and Galway at home and then play Kilkenny in the final, yeah?" One thing I wonder is would our current senior team be viewed differently if the under 20s managed to get over the line when they lost Leinster finals narrowly in 22 and 23 . We were close to two All ireland u20 finals on both occasions but couldnt see it out. If they did win those Leinsters I think people would have been a lot more positive about our prospects than they are now.
Afinestick96 (National) - 05/03/2026 14:29:44
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National Football League 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Carlow, Longford, Tipperary and Wicklow can be happy enough with their league campaigns so far. Carlow despite losing to Longford are probably still favourites to make the final, with one of the other three to join them.
Just as top Division 2 counties will make a strong All Ireland push, top Division 4 counties similarly will have a big say in the Tailteann, e.g. Wicklow 3rd in Division 4 - getting to Tailteann semi final and Limerick last year winning Division 4 - getting to Tailteann final." Agreed. With new rules think its going to take a few years for league divisions to settle out and provide a true reflection of where things are at. For example Down in div. 3 are more than likely a stronger team than Monaghan at the moment. Roscommon while having a good league are probably not ahead of Cork, Meath or Derry. Derry may be Donegals greatest challengers in Ulster. Championship is really where teams will be found out. I see where Mayo are 3rd favourites to win All Ireland with many bookies at 7-1. Okay signs of improvement under AM but certainly don't get these based on forward players they have at their disposal. A Connaught title and maybe a run to a q final or semi may be their limit at a push. Kerry and Donegal definitely the two a bit ahead of the rest.
winatallcost (National) - 06/03/2026 10:50:32
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Club Football - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Kerry's county league is starting up the middle of this month. Are other counties the same.. or do some leave it a bit later in the year.." Mayo leagues start April 18/19th weekend. This weekend sees the start of the divisional cups. So here in south Mayo you'll have the O'Meara Cup starting between South Mayo clubs only. North, East and Weat have their own cup comps.
yew_tree (National) - 05/03/2026 19:27:27
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "The Ethics Committee pointed out, or rather implied, that if the GAA was to apply standards related to issues of 'justice' that could involved rights related to all sorts of issues then they would be greatly restricted as would all units in taking sponsorship.
Even at a basic level of trade union membership I can think of a fair few 'union busters' whose names are on jerseys.
Besides, Allianz have ceased any connection via the company with Israeli links to Gaza? So it is it punishment at this stage?" Of course, it's punishment. 95% of the civilian deaths in Gaza came before January 2025, when the Biden/Harris government funded the campaign against Hamas. If you point out facts here, you are called names. I am totally against war.
Germany, France, Italy, the UK, etc., do not acknowledge any genocide either.
How do you find insurance in the interdependent marketplace that does not have ties to bad regimes?
maroondiesel (National) - 06/03/2026 10:56:27
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Cut out overcarrying and throwing would be a great start. There's far too much 'ballcarrying', throwing , grossly excessive step taking, and short passing in the modern possession driven game of hurling, and to be honest, this game isn't a patch on the spectacle it was when teams didn't give a toss about possession." I agree on all of that. The problem is the possession retention style will absolutely annihilate the older traditional style if we're talking about two fairly evenly matched teams ability wise. So teams would be mad not to play the way we're seeing currently.
Until the current method is made more difficult to play, as you said by enforcing rules properly (not an easy task at times) or by adjusting the rules as we saw with football, we'll continue to see more of it.
WanPintWin (National) - 06/03/2026 11:04:11
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Anyway, here's a thought.....
People like O'Rourke and Canavan and all the other protestors last week should actually be pressing the GAA to demand more sponsorship money from Allianz.
Because if they're giving more money to the GAA, they can't be tying that money up in things linked to Israel.....
Pikeman96 (National) - 06/03/2026 09:50:36
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Club Football - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Tom O'Sullivan, Conor Flannery, Mark O'Connor, Dylan Geaney and Paul Geaney all fully deserved their places in the Club Football Team of the Year. Tom O'Sullivan should get Club Footballer of the Year. He should have been Man of the Match in the final." Ruaidhrí Fallon was the standout player in the All-Ireland club final. He was absolutely outstanding and by a distance the best player on the pitch in my opinion. He should have won the man of the match award.
WanPintWin (National) - 06/03/2026 09:46:49
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Cavan might be in division 2 but I'd rate them as a top 5 contender for one of the worst teams currently in Ireland. Aside from Antrim, there is no better draw for us after this league campaign.
farneygael3 (National) - 06/03/2026 11:09:35
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 222: "When we are winning we don't want to be patronised as a small county, when we loose we run with excuses small county don't be to hard on us, players immune from criticism. The indo podcast with micheal verney was good during the week about this. League has been poor, awful performances and to many injuries. Should we wait until summer for judgment? Yes most definitely. Are the players entitled to a holiday? Yes but the pressure is now on management to get performances and results from here on in." This 100% . The collapse v Donegal last summer merited a lot of criticism at the time but was all v muted great year etc. It was an ok year we didn't do anything we wouldn't have expected to do at the start of it beat div 2 teams wed expect to beat. We will know after the cavan game where we are at but signs do not look good. Anyone in Clones for last 20 mins of mayo game which was shocking will know that .
seanie08 (National) - 06/03/2026 11:35:16
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