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Football Format Changes Discussion - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I think that's his point. The provincial winners should have been seeded as should lovers. The rest seeded in pods of 4 depending on league performance/position. Then provincial champs against lowest league seeds and lasers against highest. Ive expanded on it a bit there but I think he's thinking along similar lines.
The draw could still have happened when it did and proceed as it is now but different criteria for ranking teams to begin with." You'd hope the wife comes out top when seeding lovers.
Saynothing (National) - 02/06/2026 14:30:21
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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Where's the chap claiming there was a bias against Loughrea?
They had 4 on the starting team on Sunday and that didn't go so well.
Maybe he'll tell us we needed even more Loughrea players than we had already
(This is not having a cut at the 4 players btw)
Stool Pigeon (National) - 02/06/2026 18:52:32
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Mayo GAA Thread - 3 Like(s)
How Monaghan did not win on Sunday is hard to understand. We had enough posession to be within a point or two at half time and we got zero luck on the day with all goal chances. Kobe McDonald is a great talent though and its a shame to lose him to Aussie rules next year.
I thought the way Mayo played in 2nd half, they seemed content on trying to protect their 11-12 point lead rather then going for the jugular. They seem to want to waste time in 2nd half by just keeping posession and playing back and forth around the arc then trying to build upon their lead. on a couple of occaisions they even played it back to players inside their half way line and swaped players back to avoid a breach. Needless to say, if that was Galway, Donegal, Armagh or Kerry, there's no way we would have been allowed back into it.
Mayo v Tyrone will be an interesting game and very hard to call, Mayo should expect high intensity from Tyrone though for 70 mins, not the 20 mins they experienced against Monaghan.
Had good craic with a few Mayo fans around us though, they have to be up there with the best sporting fans in the country.
SouthMonMan (National) - 02/06/2026 14:14:53
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Jack L: "Qualifying for QF beating 2 D3 teams.
In QF, they will be up against a team plying 3 weeks on the trot." We went the hard way 3 years in a row if anyone deserves an easy draw this year it's us!
systematic (National) - 02/06/2026 22:15:14
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BigSur: "26k capacity in Pearse Stadium - presume it will sell out ?" Absolutely won't
mickcunningham (National) - 02/06/2026 21:44:19
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "But they dont! A team can lose twice early on and still win the All Ireland." I'm not criticising the current system, but you can get a soft run to a qfinal too, as Galway may prove in 2026. If we assume that the top16 teams in the country are those playing div1 and div2 football in the spring of 2027, and if Galway beat Westmeath this month, then Galway will reach the 2026 qfinals without having beaten any of those top 16 teams. As Kerry proved last season, it's how you play the qfinal, sfinal and final that wins allirelands though, it's not at all about how you play, or who you beat, to reach the last8 qfinals.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 02/06/2026 18:22:08
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "He must not think ye are real contenders .." Much like Mayo every year then
ColmFlaherty (National) - 02/06/2026 15:22:09
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I think that's his point. The provincial winners should have been seeded as should lovers. The rest seeded in pods of 4 depending on league performance/position. Then provincial champs against lowest league seeds and lasers against highest. Ive expanded on it a bit there but I think he's thinking along similar lines.
The draw could still have happened when it did and proceed as it is now but different criteria for ranking teams to begin with." If provincial winners were drawn against the TC winners and the 3 lowest league teams, then the 4 teams Roscommon could have drawn were Derry, Tyrone, Cavan and Kildare, instead of all 8 non-provincial finalists.
So your solution to Roscommon drawing Tyrone is to double the chances of Roscommon drawing Tyrone?
CastleBravo (National) - 02/06/2026 15:35:54
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "I'm assuming the 4 round 2A winners play the winners of 2B and can't draw each other? Like surely the teams that go straight to quarters avoid each other until semi?" Sorry correction
The winners of 2B play the losers of 2A next in round 3
The winners of round 3 play the winners of 2A in quarterfinals
But the 2A winners won't play each other until at least semi finals.
Al_Maguire (National) - 02/06/2026 15:51:03
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Really looking forward to the game, arrive early because its heading for a sell out. The Leitrim faithful cannot get enough of this quality team. We have a full panel to pick from so Wexford are in for a long day.
Gantric (National) - 02/06/2026 17:01:57
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Saynothing: "Exactly why I'm behind this new format, it's more open and fair. Teams have to up their game a lot earlier than semi final or quarter final stage." But they dont! A team can lose twice early on and still win the All Ireland.
brayballer (National) - 02/06/2026 17:04:52
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Chops: "It's a very different Westmeath team that lost 2 years ago in Mullingar. 7 of those who started that day are either retired, injured, or gone abroad, and Kieran Martin off the bench that day also retired. It will be a real gauge of where the team is at. My heart says we can win but my head is saying Galway have the experience. That said when Roscommon ran at Galway in the Connacht final the got some handy scores. It's going to be an interesting contest." Westmeath were in the game 0:10 each with 3 minutes to go when a poor handpass on the half way line was intercepted by Shane Walsh who was the only forward in the Westmeath half........he ran in to score the goal unchallenged.... I was directly opposite him when he caught got the ball.....I genuinely have never seen anyone run that fast before or possibly since
ExiledCuCu (National) - 02/06/2026 17:11:10
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "I agree Galway deserve a break but the system is flawed when a provincial loser gets a better draw tthan a winner." It's only a better draw because of hindsight.
No one expected Westmeath to make a Leinster let alone win it.
You can't keep everyone happy. This is the best format in my life time.
Kerry and Dublin walking their provinces for 15 years sure. Hardly fair that they always ended up easily in the quarters.
eddieSize5Balls (National) - 02/06/2026 17:24:37
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Never really understood the no second chance argument, the back door system was always about giving you 2 ways to the qf, if you get there without losing how is that a gripe?
joeteor (National) - 02/06/2026 17:41:07
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Best draw we could have hoped for being honest. Westmeath are Leinster champions and they will be given due respect but if we can't beat a division 3 team we have no business in this championship.
ahsure. (National) - 02/06/2026 14:48:49
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Bruno@1: "While a home draw in Mullingar would have been nice-Galway is only down the road and in my opinion its a great draw.All the pressure will be on Galway as home favourites but this Galway team are beatable and the tag as underachievers is there for a reason.Westmeath will have nothing to fear and nothing to lose as underdogs and this suits us-Mark McHugh will have homework done and will head to Salthill with a game plan.Really looking forward to this one." Underachievers versus underdogs. Something beginning with under is going to win that.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 02/06/2026 18:37:04
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "But they dont! A team can lose twice early on and still win the All Ireland." If a team loses twice in the All Ireland series they are out, the Provincals are a different competition.
tireoghainabu (National) - 02/06/2026 19:07:35
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To dave1988: "It's a 50/50 game. Two division 1 teams this year ye have improved as the year has gone on. As for the big open spaces in clones the Hyde is a bigger playing surface I think so that won't be an issue. Looking forward to it should be a great game" Agree its a 50/50 game and should be a great one but facts are Roscommon in all fairness up until tyrone game have been superb this year both league and championship. A lot of people have tipped ye as dark horses to least make a semi final which isnt that far fetched based on form ye won connaught v impressively and think if you do win in clones you will be v dangerous heading to croke park got some great forwards with buckets of pace . You are 5/6 favourites for this game and 22/1 to win all ireland. For context we are 100/1. You should be winning this game on all known form and players available and yet and yet only a fool would write monaghan off in a championship knock out game in Clones.
seanie08 (National) - 02/06/2026 19:27:15
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Saynothing: "Good call, Derry 85 miles to match, Roscommon 53 miles so suits both." Except it's in Ulster, same as Derry.
Galway stood up for themselves!
Seanfan (National) - 02/06/2026 20:42:26
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Jack L: "Qualifying for QF beating 2 D3 teams.
In QF, they will be up against a team plying 3 weeks on the trot." We haven't beaten them yet. Westmeath could turn us over. Leinster champions have won the most All-Irelands in the last 15 years, so we'll be up against it.
WanPintWin (National) - 02/06/2026 22:19:08
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