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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "To have all 3 big decisions be incorrect is not acceptable Barney.
Hopefully their luck, as Jack called it, runs out in the Final.
Will Mayo finally break their hoodoo - very unlikely tbh, but we all live in hope…. ;o)
lol
A quick word on Kobe - what a talent he is.
Unbelievable potential.
And only 18. Wow.
Superb." They weren't all incorrect though. The square ball obviously was but the penalty call was correct (it's a stupid foul by O Cofaigh Byrne but it's definitely a foul) and the disallowed goal isn't clearly wrong either. I've seen a bunch of angles in it and I think you can squint a d imagine the compressed ball is fractionally over the line, but even then I'm not sure. You're saying it as if it's obvious and it most certainly is not. If those two calls had gone against Kerry I'd be fairly annoyed. That says they were marginal ones. Not clearly wrong
MunsterFan (National) - 13/07/2026 12:02:57
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
I thought that dublin rode their luck with refereeing decisions in the quarter final but what happened today was off the charts in terms of being on the wrong side of bad calls. Human error mistakes will happen in every game but mostly they average out or worst case lead to a 2 or 3 point scoring differential. Today there was a clear 9 point swing. 2 of the goal swings were undebatable. You could potentially debate the penalty but in my opinion 95 times out of 100 that would not have been given as a penalty. Must be very frustrating for Dublin. In Galway we were frustrated with decisions in the QF v Dublin but to be fair they were much more marginal than today and in any case Dublin deserved the win that day. But today there was no marginality about the decisions and they cost Dublin, who were the better team and deserved to win. Unfortunately i have a feeling that Kerry underperformed in both the QF and SF and still won and i fear they will save their best performance for the final ( like last year) . Im still hoping that Mayo can dig something out but its a massive challenge for them
anotheralias (National) - 12/07/2026 23:22:18
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Not possibly. Sure, that's the way." Why not possibly? There's no proof anywhere ball fully crossed line
Claretandblue (National) - 12/07/2026 23:31:50
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "On a side note,Clifford was very quiet today but STILL left the pitch with 1-6 to his name. The man is unreal." He's the best forward I've ever seen, but he was blocked, dispossessed and beaten to the ball more often today than I've ever seen before. Kicked a few poor efforts too.
The goal was handed to him in fairness. A very poor penalty. It was so central that Comerford actually dived too far and as a result the rebound came straight back to him. If it was a bit closer to the post the save would have pushed the ball out to the side. There's no doubt he had a lot of good fortune today. Even a score in the second half, he was dispossessed brilliantly, the Dublin defender was fouled coming out didn't get the free and he gets the ball back for a tap over.
WanPintWin (National) - 13/07/2026 08:28:32
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Congratulations Mayo, you were excellent and your fans are the best. Wishing you every success in the final from the Wee county. You can do it!!!
Shearer (National) - 13/07/2026 13:55:32
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
What a player Ciaran Kilkenny has been. An absolute legend of the game and a great hurler also. Above all he was a great sportsman, win or lose.
Onion Breath (National) - 13/07/2026 14:24:40
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "CK has just announced his Inter County retirement.
What a player, what a warrior, what a legend of Dublin GAA.
Thank you Ciaran." Sad news to hear, Kilkenny has been a great servant to Dublin and while he has caused my county plenty of pain over the years, it's clear he was a great talent and some player. Wish him well.
RoyalStalwart24 (National) - 13/07/2026 13:00:42
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "CK has just announced his Inter County retirement.
What a player, what a warrior, what a legend of Dublin GAA.
Thank you Ciaran." No words can describe the commitment and effort that he gave us over the years, a lot of which went unnoticed. He could have jacked it in last year but stayed on to help lead the lads under Ger. A true role model and one of the greats. Thanks for giving us some of the best sporting days of our lives CK.
Joxer (National) - 13/07/2026 13:17:23
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "Yes but Louth collapsed yesterday due to the hype in the county and Cork were poor so Mayo had a handy run to the final. Despite being unimpressive and lucky today, I fear Kerry will beat Mayo easily in the final. As for Roscommon, it was a year where we could have gone a lot further in the championship but the dancing at the crossroads after winning a provincial title can't have helped the team's focus for the All Ireland series. Lessons to be learned hopefully for next year." When Roscommon lost to Monaghan it was a collapse…when Mayo won to Louth it was a collapse by Louth but when Mayo lost to Roscommon it wasn't a Mayo collapse! I think give Mayo credit where it's due
Happyoutpout (National) - 13/07/2026 13:21:53
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Thanks to the players and management for a brilliant year from league right until the all ireland semi. Many learnings with both difficult and incredible days. All the emotions were there this year. Good luck to Mayo, fingers crossed its your year because you were awesome.
Shearer (National) - 13/07/2026 13:54:10
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "There was talk about whether there should be a tier 3 in football. Division 4 counties were adamant that they did not want a glorified Division 4 cup. Wicklow now will be the north start for all in Division 4.
Those suggesting a tier 3 in football were saying to look at hurling. Wicklow have flipped the script! Hurling should look at football's Tailteann and expand the Joe Mac to 2 groups of 5." Gap is far wider in Hurling than football.
Wicklow pushed Dublin all the way and Dublin pushed Kerry all the way yesterday.
Down on their good day was able to beat Donegal the same Donegal who beat Kerry three times this year
You wouldn't see that in Hurling.
The_analyser (National) - 13/07/2026 14:00:55
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Ciaran Kilkenny, what a legend and I wish him all the best in hi retirement. Utter class until the end.
Shearer (National) - 13/07/2026 14:04:53
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "https://x.com/offtheball/status/2076539836089897320?s=46&t=L-eZIhpZlMRC9HVPLrGhLw
It has been some turnaround since the start of the season. As Ger referred to in this interview - hopefully he can work his magic and persuade the old timers to stay on for next season, and they don't make any quick rash decisions on retirement.
Their efforts were massively acknowledged and appreciated from the Hill and within the stadium, after the game ended. Our players stayed on the pitch long after the final whistle to take that in." CK has just announced his Inter County retirement.
What a player, what a warrior, what a legend of Dublin GAA.
Thank you Ciaran.
Fionn (National) - 13/07/2026 12:11:45
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Will be interesting to see what Hickey, Flanagan, Pat Ryan and Dowling have to say over the coming weeks.
; )
ColmFlaherty (National) - 13/07/2026 15:13:17
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Killkenny is one of the all time great Dublin players - as tough a competitor as there every was.
tirawleybaron (National) - 13/07/2026 15:22:22
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Ted, wouldn't it be mad if we won.
Unbelievable stuff, amazing game, belief was unreal. Well done to the team, management, coaching team, kit man, water man, everyone that was involved.
Huge representation from Wicklow in Croke Park, local club rivals hugging and celebrating together, all for the love of the game and county.
County is buzzing and people wearing their jersey's with pride around the parishes. Long may it continue
Hoggie10 (National) - 13/07/2026 15:53:29
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "Hopefully our Co Board/Clubs will move the 2nd August Championship games to allow supporters to go to the Ladies Final in Croker." Email has been sent to clubs today regarding changing fixtures for that day. And proper order too. Well done to all the ladies teams this year and let's hope the next few weeks bring even more success
D.Hyde (National) - 13/07/2026 17:07:08
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Happyoutpout: "Will you give over. You're not still going on about Roscommons win months ago at the beginning of the championship when Mayo clearly had a new young team and their defense was poor. They are different team now. Despite Louths collapse as you call it, Mayo played with class on Saturday. You're talking about a match that was held in April….we are now in July. So much has changed. All of the teams have evolved but you want to keep us back to the standard in April. Every team in the championship as had a bad day where they lost out by a lot. It's the new game. Move on…" Hardly a new young team, 11 of the starting 15 and used subs either played or were on the bench for the 2021 All Ireland. 15 players were involved in last years Connacht final with Galway. A lot of high level championship experience in that team plus the addition of a few very talented young lads. Some of the older lads not getting started now but there is a great blend of youth and experience.
I firmly believe Andy Moran was targetting Connacht and it was actually good fortune ye were knocked out early. It has become apparent in hindsight now that winning a provincial is no advantage for the All Ireland series and could actually be a hindrance. It will definitely be viewed in a different light next year by counties. The only show in town now is knock out championship and getting to the Croke Park games. We fell well short this year and it needs to become priority number one now for Roscommon. Roscommon probably didn't learn enough about themselves in the narrow loss to Tyrone so there'll be plenty of reflection on what happened against Monaghan for next year. Getting a good beating earlier in the year seems to have done Mayo and Kerry no harm.
FullOfPorter (National) - 13/07/2026 17:10:51
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "CK has just announced his Inter County retirement.
What a player, what a warrior, what a legend of Dublin GAA.
Thank you Ciaran." Probably a few more?
Seanfan (National) - 13/07/2026 13:00:40
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done Mayo,well deserved win for ya.....it was an amazing day for us Louth Gaels apart from the result.. ....To hear the Green and Red of Mayo been blasted out at the end was amazing.....hopefully you get over the line in the final..........
Fkd12 (National) - 13/07/2026 12:43:52
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