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Can't believe what I am hearing about the 6 in a row Dublin team. Regardless of the standard of the rest of the country there is a reason why 6 in a row has not been done before, an exceptional outfit, the best of all time imo. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1719 - 08/07/2025 16:10:32 2624425 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "Can't believe what I am hearing about the 6 in a row Dublin team. Regardless of the standard of the rest of the country there is a reason why 6 in a row has not been done before, an exceptional outfit, the best of all time imo." Yeah they were unreal - crazy saying they only won due to lack of competitive teams - they consistantly blew fantastic teams out of it The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 809 - 08/07/2025 16:44:52 2624433 Link
Replying To MayoDan: "2016 drawn game was a poor standard as was the 2015 final." Yes and now as the years go by some people think it was six in a row Dublin team that blew teams away in All Ireland finals. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 528 - 08/07/2025 17:38:56 2624450 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "Mayo for sure. Kerry's only really close effort was in 2019, but they played over half the match with an extra man and still couldn't get it done. When it was back to 15 v 15 in the replay, the Dubs kept them at arms length. Mayo tested that Dublin team to a much greater degree in finals." 2015 final was there to be won also. As was the 2016 All Ireland semi final, Dublin won the match with two points deep into added time. Kerry I bet will have much regrets about those games same with the 2019 final when they had the extra man. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3710 - 08/07/2025 17:44:33 2624451 Link
Replying To endgame: "Masters at it. Never lost a Final and won the 2011 Final by a point, 2013 Final by a point, 2016 Final by a point after a replay and the 2017 Final by a point. Not a lucky Dublin team but a team that knew how to get it done in a tight finish. Mayo had a better team in 2016/2017 than in 2021. We're only giving opinions here but is it reasonable to think that the Mayo 2016 team would have beaten Tyrone in 2021. Overall as a Connacht man I'm disappointed with the near losses and with Galway's 1 point defeat in the Final last year because I really don't know where Connacht's next All Ireland title is coming from. Connacht teams have won just 2 Senior All Ireland Football titles in nearly 60 years. It's a shocking record for our province." Fine line between masters of winning finals by narrow a margin and getting the rub of the green to do so. Starting with the 2011 final that ended their "famine" A clear foul on Kerry player that would have been scorable free just before Cluxton scored that winner. Was it drawn final with Mayo that a Dublin player with seconds to go picked the ball off the ground which would have given Mayo a tap over free to win it? Four Senior All Ireland football titles in 60 years all from Galway (65,66,98,01) not enough from Connacht teams as your main point suggests. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4118 - 08/07/2025 18:04:16 2624459 Link
Replying To JimB1991: "The Dublin 6 in a row team were more beatable than the Armagh team last year?? Are you seriously trying to say that? The Mayo team for the whole period from 2012 - 2021 were much better than the Galway team of the last few years if thats what you're trying to get at." Still won f all Clare... Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 332 - 08/07/2025 23:16:51 2624519 Link
Replying To The_analyser: "Fine line between masters of winning finals by narrow a margin and getting the rub of the green to do so. Starting with the 2011 final that ended their "famine" A clear foul on Kerry player that would have been scorable free just before Cluxton scored that winner. Was it drawn final with Mayo that a Dublin player with seconds to go picked the ball off the ground which would have given Mayo a tap over free to win it? Four Senior All Ireland football titles in 60 years all from Galway (65,66,98,01) not enough from Connacht teams as your main point suggests." I wonder why you discarded "64" from your tally? backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 161 - 09/07/2025 07:24:13 2624537 Link
Replying To JimB1991: "The Dublin 6 in a row team were more beatable than the Armagh team last year?? Are you seriously trying to say that? The Mayo team for the whole period from 2012 - 2021 were much better than the Galway team of the last few years if thats what you're trying to get at." Get a grip Jim, Mayo 2021 weren't 'much better' than current Galway. You often deliver peculiarly accurate assessments, but even you'd admit that you dropped your guard with that one. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4305 - 09/07/2025 10:10:01 2624560 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "2015 final was there to be won also. As was the 2016 All Ireland semi final, Dublin won the match with two points deep into added time. Kerry I bet will have much regrets about those games same with the 2019 final when they had the extra man." Kerry never really fired a shot in 2015. It was poor game in poor conditions and Dublin kept the gap til the end. Kerry never came close to looking like scoring the goal they needed. Dublin had their measure. They had enough chances to do it. I could argue that we could have beaten Kilkenny in the 2012 and 2015 finals, but the reality is we weren't good enough when it mattered. In 2019 Kerry got the breaks. Their goal came from a poor Dublin mistake and that ignited their challenge. Yet, even with the extra man Dublin managed to turn them over numerous times at the end to work an equaliser. Only for Dublin's wastefulness at the end,they would have actually won the first day. I think they had the last 4 shots of the match, only scoring 1. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2422 - 09/07/2025 10:27:04 2624564 Link
Replying To The_DOC: "Yeah they were unreal - crazy saying they only won due to lack of competitive teams - they consistantly blew fantastic teams out of it" You're over egging it there with fantastic teams. A poor enough Kerry team by their standards and a Mayo team who had amble opportunities to beat Dublin but couldn't. Donegal were done the year before Dublin won their first of the 6 in a row, it was a poor era. TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 296 - 09/07/2025 10:51:22 2624570 Link
Galway Boston well represented the last couple of games, a lot of familar names in there. Sunday, June 29th 2pm Galway Boston 2-22 \| Donegal Boston 3-17 Teams & Scorers Galway Boston: Kyle Long, Rory O'Connor, Aaron Kavanagh, Michael Moylan, Seán Forde, Ciarán Potter, Paudi Behan, Eoin Morrissey, Conor Hussey, Tom O'Flaherty (1-3, x1 2pointer), Lewis Ryan (0-2), Jack Lawlor (0-1), Nathan Grainger (1-10, x2 2pointer) Subs: Senan Baker (0-4, x2 2pointer) Donegal Boston: Hugh Boyle, Cian Lynch, Neil Mulcahy, Cory Gallagher (0-1), Jason Noctor, Sean Winston, Shane Carthy (0-2), Jordan Morrissey (1-5), Ciarán McDevitt (0-1), Michael O'Rowe (1-3), Stephen O'Brien (0-2), Conor Cush, Daire Cregg (1-4) Referee: Anthony Coyne ‐‐---------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, July 6th 2025, 2pm Kerry Boston 2-17 \| Galway Boston 4-11 Kerry Boston: Nevin O'Donnell, John Cooper, Darragh Fleming, Jackie Murphy, Niall O'Connor (0-1), Walter Hally, Ethan Duane, Ryan Donohue (0-1), Rob Stack (1-6), Joe Cooper (0-1), Noah Kearney, Luke Breathnach (1-5), Jim Lynch Subs: Kevin Goulding (0-1), Paul Moran (0-2, x1 2-pointer) Galway Boston: Kyle Long, Conor Hussey, Aaron Kavanagh, Michael Moylan, Seán Forde, Ciarán Potter, Cian Hernon (1-0), Eoin Morrissey (0-1), Paudi Behan (0-1), Tom O'Flaherty (0-1), Lewis Ryan, Jack Lawlor (2-2), Nathan Grainger (1-4) Subs: Jack O'Neill (0-2) WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 09/07/2025 11:53:52 2624580 Link
Replying To WonTon5: "Galway Boston well represented the last couple of games, a lot of familar names in there. Sunday, June 29th 2pm Galway Boston 2-22 \| Donegal Boston 3-17 Teams & Scorers Galway Boston: Kyle Long, Rory O'Connor, Aaron Kavanagh, Michael Moylan, Seán Forde, Ciarán Potter, Paudi Behan, Eoin Morrissey, Conor Hussey, Tom O'Flaherty (1-3, x1 2pointer), Lewis Ryan (0-2), Jack Lawlor (0-1), Nathan Grainger (1-10, x2 2pointer) Subs: Senan Baker (0-4, x2 2pointer) Donegal Boston: Hugh Boyle, Cian Lynch, Neil Mulcahy, Cory Gallagher (0-1), Jason Noctor, Sean Winston, Shane Carthy (0-2), Jordan Morrissey (1-5), Ciarán McDevitt (0-1), Michael O'Rowe (1-3), Stephen O'Brien (0-2), Conor Cush, Daire Cregg (1-4) Referee: Anthony Coyne ‐‐---------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, July 6th 2025, 2pm Kerry Boston 2-17 \| Galway Boston 4-11 Kerry Boston: Nevin O'Donnell, John Cooper, Darragh Fleming, Jackie Murphy, Niall O'Connor (0-1), Walter Hally, Ethan Duane, Ryan Donohue (0-1), Rob Stack (1-6), Joe Cooper (0-1), Noah Kearney, Luke Breathnach (1-5), Jim Lynch Subs: Kevin Goulding (0-1), Paul Moran (0-2, x1 2-pointer) Galway Boston: Kyle Long, Conor Hussey, Aaron Kavanagh, Michael Moylan, Seán Forde, Ciarán Potter, Cian Hernon (1-0), Eoin Morrissey (0-1), Paudi Behan (0-1), Tom O'Flaherty (0-1), Lewis Ryan, Jack Lawlor (2-2), Nathan Grainger (1-4) Subs: Jack O'Neill (0-2)" Is that Anthony Coyne the Galway referee Miltown I believe? Whatstage is the champo over there? Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 368 - 09/07/2025 14:45:00 2624638 Link
Its a poor return from Connacht. Mayo are paralysed by their history of final losses now and you wouldnt fancy them in any future final no matter who its against with 1951 like a millstone around their necks. Roscommon do their best and a new manager will freshen them up. As for us the jury is out and we may come back stronger next year as we did in 24 after the 22 loss but time will tell. Dubs a fantastic 6 in a row team with Fenton destined to be talked of in time as the greatest midfielder of all time. As for this weekends matches the heat is going to play a part with sweltering conditions in Croke Park which will level the pitch so to speak. Still cant process Armaghs collapse against Kerry, I didnt see it coming and Kerry people I was with were prepared to take a heavy enough loss but went in hope more than anything else. Meath will put it up to Donegal and their fitness will count in that heat, Donegal might find Murphy gassed well before the whistle in the heat, I will go for Tyrone and Meath to win at 14/1 as its been an unpredictable year. JahTribe (Galway) - Posts: 169 - 09/07/2025 16:24:59 2624665 Link
Replying To backtooldwall: "I wonder why you discarded "64" from your tally?" Because it would be 61 years then. Endgame might be repeating the recent Irish Examiner headline "two All-Irelands won in 60 years the West asleep" it's actually 4 in 60 years. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4118 - 09/07/2025 16:43:10 2624671 Link
Replying To JahTribe: "Its a poor return from Connacht. Mayo are paralysed by their history of final losses now and you wouldnt fancy them in any future final no matter who its against with 1951 like a millstone around their necks. Roscommon do their best and a new manager will freshen them up. As for us the jury is out and we may come back stronger next year as we did in 24 after the 22 loss but time will tell. Dubs a fantastic 6 in a row team with Fenton destined to be talked of in time as the greatest midfielder of all time. As for this weekends matches the heat is going to play a part with sweltering conditions in Croke Park which will level the pitch so to speak. Still cant process Armaghs collapse against Kerry, I didnt see it coming and Kerry people I was with were prepared to take a heavy enough loss but went in hope more than anything else. Meath will put it up to Donegal and their fitness will count in that heat, Donegal might find Murphy gassed well before the whistle in the heat, I will go for Tyrone and Meath to win at 14/1 as its been an unpredictable year." You do realise that you lot have lost more finals then us ? 13 to our 11 . So if your not going to fancy Mayo any final because of that I'd definetly not fancy you lot . Once we get one though there will be no stopping us. Also you have an ageing team. At least we have lots of young talent coming up. S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 275 - 09/07/2025 18:58:19 2624705 Link
Replying To S1234: "You do realise that you lot have lost more finals then us ? 13 to our 11 . So if your not going to fancy Mayo any final because of that I'd definetly not fancy you lot . Once we get one though there will be no stopping us. Also you have an ageing team. At least we have lots of young talent coming up." I suppose the difference is looking at the other side of the column. 3 times as many titles, and still 3rd (a very distant 3rd) in the roll of honour. The number of wins and percentage of wins would be far greater on Galway's side than Mayo's. Either way, it's like two bald men fighting over a comb at the moment, until we start to win some All-Irelands. As was mentioned, Connacht teams have a very poor record in finals. I'd love to see Mayo win an All-Ireland. I'm not sure about the no-stopping you though. Connacht teams are well adept at stopping themselves at times and have plenty experience shooting themselves in the foot. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2422 - 09/07/2025 20:10:45 2624712 Link
Replying To The_analyser: "Because it would be 61 years then. Endgame might be repeating the recent Irish Examiner headline "two All-Irelands won in 60 years the West asleep" it's actually 4 in 60 years." Didn't see that Examiner headline analyser. Galway did 3 in a row 1964-1966 and Connacht's next All Ireland win was Galway in 1998 and 2001 and nothing since. It's a poor record for our province and we know that as Connacht men and Roscommon men. As I said, it's hard to see where Connacht's next All Ireland comes from. Roscommon have gone backwards although a new Manager should help. Mayo don't have the quality of players they had 2012-2017 when they came so close in 4 All Ireland finals and it's hard to see Galway getting a better chance than last year. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2515 - 09/07/2025 20:59:10 2624722 Link
As per Paddy Power, outright winner odds for the club championship. Corofin 17/10 Moycullen 13/5 Salthill 4/1 Mountbellew/Moylough 9/1 Tuam Stars 9/1 Annaghdown 18/1 Oughterard 20/1 St James 20/1 Killanin 22/1 Dunmore McHales 22/1 Claregalway 25/1 Milltown 35/1 Naomh Anna 40/1 Barna 40/1 Monivea Abbey 50/1 St Michaels 66/1 WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 09/07/2025 23:14:41 2624742 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Get a grip Jim, Mayo 2021 weren't 'much better' than current Galway. You often deliver peculiarly accurate assessments, but even you'd admit that you dropped your guard with that one." 2021 they weren't as good as 13-17 but they beat the 6 in a row dubs so still an excellent team and yes much better all round than the current Galway team. The ones that need to get a grip are the ones claiming Armagh were harder to beat last year than the dubs were in some of those finals. JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 105 - 10/07/2025 07:58:23 2624748 Link
Time to ignore everyone else but galway posters and get on talking bout club championship, no point talking bout great mayo teams anymore!any1 no when first round fixtures are out Dunmore10 (Galway) - Posts: 171 - 10/07/2025 10:25:38 2624769 Link