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Sligo GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ShellyGael: "I think some people's expectations exceeded reality considering almost half of last years team was unavailable. Some people have an obvious agenda too. It was not a terrible campaign but there is loads of room for improvement. There was some excellent football played yesterday but Clare's two pointers offset a lot of the 23 singles scored. As previous poster said, Clare had 3 of the best forwards in the league on show yesterday. Someone must have been watching a different game. Humble pie doesn't taste that nice" We all watched the same game and overall Sligo is extremely lucky to have retained D3 status. On that basis, no progress from last year. A lot of players tried and tested with a longer view in mind. Sligo's biggest fault to me, is the lack of bite in the defensive tackle, 8 x 2 pointers would not occur if real pressure was imposed on the kicker. Defensive steel has been absent throughout the League. I also feel that the player/ manager cohesion that was apparent under McEntee has not been developed yet. An unexpected good run in the Championship or Tailteann is all that can save the current managerial setup from coming under intense pressure next year.
Maggiepie (National) - 23/03/2026 18:02:03
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Was in Wexford very disappointed I said it before we are leaking too many goals. We are very good going forward but our defence is terrible. It looks like our backs are scoring more than our forward, centre, very poor as well we are not winning our own kick outs our decision making in the last few minutes was terrible, we are giving away too many frees I don't think Wexford giveaway one free against us. I hope we can beat Longford
Mick1234 (National) - 24/03/2026 05:57:44
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Openess Of Croke Park And Pitch Sizes - 2 Like(s)
It's always funny that the "tight pitches" are always either claimed to be in:
1. Ulster counties, because it supports the notion they play "negative" football
2. Weak counties, because it supports the notion that everyone they play will be better than them, so they want to deny the opposition space to express their ability.
As if counties knew decades in advance where they'd stand in the football landscape and designed their pitches accordingly.
As this article shows, most "common knowledge" about GAA pitch dimensions is wrong;
https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2022/0511/1297395-size-matters-gaa-pitch-dimensions-irk-beyond-measure/
Cusack Park in Ennis and Dr. Hyde Park are both the maximum possible size for GAA pitches, but you hear them being called "tight" for some reason.
Similarly you never hear MacHale Park or the Gaelic Grounds being called tight, despite being among the smallest inter county fields.
CastleBravo (National) - 23/03/2026 21:11:15
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To panamasam: "First game of the year after a couple of months away. Great to get to a game. The game felt like a glorified challenge match with Monaghan not offering much resistance but the goals woke them up and in Stephen O'Hanlon they had a player whom we couldn't handle in the first half. Only for Jamie's goal we were looking at a HT deficit which was head scratching to say the least as Donegal generally controlled the game. The Monaghan goals while good finishes seemed to stem from defensive mix ups with poor tracking or players not being where they were supposed to be. This was rectified at HT and the 2 subs made a huge difference. It did take an uncharacteristic slip up from Beggan to reverse the tide but once we did we seem out the game comfortably enough. As already pointed out similar defending next week and it'll be a blow out. Jason was again MOTM and was excellent throughout. Some great scores from Langan too and Shea had a great game. He'd remind you of Brolly in his pomp and it'll be interesting to see how he copes in the heat of championship battle. Interesting to see the approach next week. Will Kerry want to put down a marker? How will Jim approach it? Keep cards close to his chest for down the line or road test a little. It makes for an intriguing game." To be realistic, I can't see us beating Kerry in this league final, we have too many niggles and injuries at the moment and to beat this Kerry team, you really need a full strength fit squad with a strong bench. There is a chance Gavin Mulreany and Brendan McCole won't feature next week after yesterday, added to Shaun Patton, Ciaran Thompson, Daire O'Baoill, Ciaran Moore and Oisin Gallen.
However it is still an opportunity to learn for later in the year, because we know Kerry will likely field a full strength team and go full tilt at it, so its an opportunity to maybe test other players and really see how they fare against the All Ireland Champions.
Commodore (National) - 23/03/2026 21:08:58
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Its an insurance policy for the traditional counties. Thats my point. Thats how it works out well for ye as in whoever is the weakest of the 5 now that Offaly are back. Thats what it is for. It provides a buffer zone for the rest so that an Offaly should never happen again. It probably wont because even on yere( other 5) worst day you wont finish below that 6th team. Does anyone really believe that anyone other than kildare will finish bottom?
The other teams can pretend that it was great for hurling. It was for a year or 2 but everyone , including the teams that voted for it, knew what it was really about and that once Offaly got their act together somewhat that none of the 5 would be relegated. Even if wexford do keep losing to the weakest team in it.( i didnt realise it waa so common for ye to do that). So again, how does it benefit Laois, Carlow(i forgot them last time), Antrim , Westmeath or Kildare to be in this 6 team championship anymore than it did benefit them being in the 5 team one now that Offaly are back?
It doesn't." Have to say I find it somewhat ironic that you criticise this as being a perceived "insurance policy" for traditional counties, when Munster has the ultimate insurance policy for them!
Pikeman96 (National) - 24/03/2026 11:51:31
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "How has that worked out for Laois and Antrim or westmeath? It has worked out ok so far for Offaly and Wexford." The Leinster Championship went to 6 in 2021. Offaly were un the Christy Ring then, so not sure how you think the change helped Offaly.
If you follow your logic of creating more 'jeopardy', how about bringing relegation in for Munster?
Firceall (National) - 23/03/2026 18:46:47
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Very impressed with Shea Malone against Monaghan. For his first goal he got the ball out in the corner , it was in no way a goal chance till he cut in and beat his marker and put it in the back of the net. He seems to have gained a notch or two of speed but maybe it's just that the ground is that bit harder. He can step off both feet and is very fast over the first five metres at least. He took his other scores very well too. Strong contender to get a championship start I'd say.
Looking at the goals we coughed up in the first half it shows that with the new rules defenders need to be fast runners. There's so much more space in behind and you get a lot of one-on-one foot races which can end up in goals. Stephen O'Hanlon was too fast for a lot of our defenders and caused us trouble. Caolan McColgan is one of our fastest defenders and although he can make mistakes on the ball sometimes his speed could be a major asset in certain games.
We are in a good enough place if we can get our injured lads back. The only question I'd have is can you win an all Ireland with the new rules without kick passing. It's like we are allergic to kicking the ball forward. I know the running game is in our DNA but with the new rules it's crying out for lads to have the head up and get some early long ball into the forward line. Anyway it doesn't look like it's going to be a part of our gameplan and we are doing allright without it but will this running game get us all the way to sam? don't know.
High_and_wide (National) - 24/03/2026 13:16:12
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Ah it is great that Wexford got Promoted.
Fair play." Problem will be staying up next year. Hopefully we will have the lads back who missed all of this year with injury or recovering from injury back fully fit, we will need them all if we are to be competitive in div2.
Viking66 (National) - 24/03/2026 13:37:05
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "The Langan incident was just Gough being Gough as far as I'm concerned. Langan was walking away from the monaghan player taking the sideline and he kicked the ball directly at him and then looked to the officials. Not dissimilar to when players charge directly into opposition players after winning a free looking for the ref to bring it forward.
On a side note, does anyone know if the season ticket gets you entry into the division 3 and 4 finals too or will I have to shell out a few more euros for that?" I watched it back on YouTube and really can't understand how that was instructed to be moved up by the linesman.
Also the fact it leads to concession of two points is not very well conceived as a rule. In a higher profile closer game it would be a huge talking point.
Overall the ref I found decent. He was letting a bit of contact and not blowing things up unnecessarily.
Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 23/03/2026 17:58:59
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fighting-Cocks69: "Fair play to Alan and the commentary team last night - good to hear them calling out the poor management of some of our younger lads being taken off early all year, especially a few of the forwards. Delighted they mentioned how it can hit confidence going forward. Good to hear Pat O'Brien just saying it as it is too, no sugar-coating. Podcast was a great listen, very honest and properly critical." Still curious why Shane Donoghue has been removed from the podcast. Is it because he spoke up for the clubs at the last county board meeting regarding the championship structure? He was excellent on the podcast always honest and unafraid to share his views, even when they differed from others on the county board.
Temple56 (National) - 24/03/2026 11:48:58
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ConyersHill04: "Its quite simple.
Its easy for others to criticise our support when they are in a position of strength.
If you read my comment you'd see that Donegal were in their own turmoil not that long ago and there wasn't thousands of fans following them queueing outside grounds then. McGuinness had the aura and swagger to swing the momentum." Whats that got to do with Monaghan. Sitting in Clones was embarrassing on Sunday. Sunny day fans are not true Monaghan supporters. If you truly support the lads that go out snd give their time to the Monaghan cause, then you show up on the bad days as well as the good days. There might have been an excuse for not being in Killarney but none for not being in Clones on a beautiful Spring day.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 24/03/2026 11:44:07
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
In all honesty we can't believe a word of what he says..he changes his goal not every day but almost hourly..he has destroyed the Iranian army but yet they keep fighting back..he's having great conversations with Iran but according to him,all the leadership are dead..who is he talking to?
This is the man who was seen in Graceland signing a guitar,in the middle of a war.I gave up trying to make sense out of any of this
CTGAA10 (National) - 24/03/2026 11:05:49
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "If you believe that you will believe anything. He said that just to calm the markets. Some cronies will have made a fortune out of this again but when reality sinks in that the war is going to go on ,the markets will crash again and the price of oil will soar once more. Trump thought this war would be over in 3 days , kill the Supreme Leader, and the whole regime would collapse. But the Iranians have been preparing for this for the last 20 years and (despite what you will hear all the propagandists claim) have enough firepower to keep going til at least the mid-term elections. Time is on their side. It has been a monumental misjudgement by Trump. The only way this war will finish early is if Trump declares "victory" without achieving his stated war aims cos if he wants to get regime change he will have to authorize a full invasion and send tens of thousands of American troops there for months and probably several years." In what way was Trump in any way qualified to come to that conclusion? What does he really know about Iran? Would he even be able to find it on a map? Does he think that if someone killed him America would collapse perhaps?
Viking66 (National) - 24/03/2026 10:38:29
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Fair play to Alan and the commentary team last night - good to hear them calling out the poor management of some of our younger lads being taken off early all year, especially a few of the forwards. Delighted they mentioned how it can hit confidence going forward. Good to hear Pat O'Brien just saying it as it is too, no sugar-coating. Podcast was a great listen, very honest and properly critical.
Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 24/03/2026 10:21:41
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Hopefully we might beat Louth. We werent that far off them a couple years ago, and we are better now. A couple of late penalties put a gloss on the result for Louth that day." It would be the shock of the century of Wexford were to beat Louth who are reigning Leinster champions, and are absolutely flying at the moment. Being 'not that far off them' a couple of years ago counts for absolutely nothing. Louth just keep on getting better.
bloodandbandage (National) - 24/03/2026 08:35:06
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Openess Of Croke Park And Pitch Sizes - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Croke Park feels different due to the height and size of the stands that surround it. That's it. It's also a faster field than most. That's it." Yeah, that was basically my point. A pitch can look bigger or smaller depending on what surrounds it. But so-called "tight" pitches aren't always actually "tight" after all.
Pikeman96 (National) - 24/03/2026 15:03:15
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Openess Of Croke Park And Pitch Sizes - 1 Like(s)
It's a lie that's been peddled for years, the 'wide open spaces of croke park".
letsgosligo (National) - 24/03/2026 01:13:46
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "President Trump sounds confident today he can settle the war with Iran, hopefully he does." If you believe that you will believe anything. He said that just to calm the markets. Some cronies will have made a fortune out of this again but when reality sinks in that the war is going to go on ,the markets will crash again and the price of oil will soar once more. Trump thought this war would be over in 3 days , kill the Supreme Leader, and the whole regime would collapse. But the Iranians have been preparing for this for the last 20 years and (despite what you will hear all the propagandists claim) have enough firepower to keep going til at least the mid-term elections. Time is on their side. It has been a monumental misjudgement by Trump. The only way this war will finish early is if Trump declares "victory" without achieving his stated war aims cos if he wants to get regime change he will have to authorize a full invasion and send tens of thousands of American troops there for months and probably several years.
PoolSturgeon (National) - 24/03/2026 00:19:32
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
League fixtures out. Be looking forward to seeing Castleblayney v scotstown. Re ignite the rivalry
Monaghan_football (National) - 23/03/2026 23:33:15
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dheen: "St Mary's 1st years not to be out done by the 2nd year's beat Castlecomer by 12 pts in the Leinster A championship today. They are competing and winning at A level in all age groups now, a great conveyor belt of talent and hopefully we see the fruits of it with Westmeath starting with the minors this year who have plenty of talent, many who have been coming through St Mary's and competed at that higher A level grade. I believe they are going well although have to wait another week for a game as Down dropped out of the Leinster championship." Unbelievable we are apparently in a knockout situation now.Leinster GAA is a joke they can't even put the fixtures up for the competition and allow a non Leinster team destroy the competition for a Leinster county. What are Westmeath doing about it? Down should never be allowed back into Leinster competitions.
jobber (National) - 23/03/2026 23:02:55
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