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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Was in Kuwait on work. Overseeing a gas pipeline. Didn't even get to go to the Loughrea match. Better team won no doubt about it. Few Loughrea lads didn't show up on the day. They'll be back !" so you're a gas man !!!!!
SixtiesKid (National) - 06/02/2026 09:26:23
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National Football League 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Donegal seem to get decisions alot from refs .Crazy red card ans their players gwt away with alot." I think you need to print your script in English. A Wicklow poster obsessed with Donegal....We are hardly a treat to you?
Scenicparish (National) - 05/02/2026 22:07:08
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Saynothing: "Prendercast is like a new born foal falling all over the place." The jest of your post says you're disappointed and upset with the result, can I suggest don't be as it's only sport, what goes around comes around etc, etc.
Wales will probably take a thumping from the yeo dling dandies tomorrow; if that happens, we will have new potential world champions in the making.
Sometimes you are best off to saynothing, it helps, etc, etc.
supersub15 (National) - 06/02/2026 09:10:10
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To gunman: "In case you didn't know we were talking about out and out defenders.Apart from McCole Curran is the only other one." I'd certainly have Roarty over Curran
donegalgael-12 (National) - 06/02/2026 15:26:31
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Was in Kuwait on work. Overseeing a gas pipeline. Didn't even get to go to the Loughrea match. Better team won no doubt about it. Few Loughrea lads didn't show up on the day. They'll be back !" Explains a lot of the hot air so.
TanCanRan (National) - 06/02/2026 11:16:47
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "The first half was good to watch in fairness. French played with real flair and their first try of second half was brilliant albeit aided by Three Stooges like defending.
In fairness the guys did step up to the plate for a few minutes and managed to get two messy tries to take the bad look off things. I suppose they might beat Italy," First half was good to watch...yeah and 22 - 0 the score lol
In fairness the French 29 - 0 took the foot off the gas job done but they were able to accelerate again towards the end. Lucky Ireland weren't beaten 40pts!
Not looking good....wonder what odds Scotland are to bate Irelande mmmmmmm interested!
katser (National) - 06/02/2026 15:43:08
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "At least we will be spared months of nonsense about how they are going to win the World Cup.
Do they still award a Wooden Spoon?" Dunno, but we still have won more of them than anyone else.....
Viking66 (National) - 06/02/2026 15:40:21
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Another low from the openly racist White House today with Trump sharing a video depicting the Obamas as monkeys. He's clearly mentally lost it completely. Should be impeached straight away.
yew_tree (National) - 06/02/2026 15:18:00
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "We need to compile a shopping list, and head back down under for some players. Bundee, Lowe, Gibson Park nearly finished. Maybe have a look in Argentina for a few props too," No need to troll. And we dont need to go abroad for anyone.
We need to work on developing more players from provinces.
KillingFields (National) - 06/02/2026 14:16:02
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Savage win for tus last night
Full of Westmeath men
Really brilliant to see Paul Keegan shine in the forward line chippin in w a monster shift
Madformulty2000 (National) - 06/02/2026 13:38:44
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 1shot: "Back young Niland on the frees like Tipp did with Darragh McCarthy.
Rabbitte and Niland are a breath of fresh air" C Mannion is well able to score frees in the Duggan Park or St Brendans Park Loughrea for A/F but Niland seems more precise striking them! Niland contributes alot less from play than C Mannion.
I'm looking forward to seeing what sort of form C Whelan is in.....we could use his muscle and b*****king inside and he'd work well with young Rabbitte.
If Rabbitte beefed up and put on another 10kg of muscle....he would be a machine nobody would stop him...man and ball everything into the net!
katser (National) - 06/02/2026 13:00:53
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
There is a strong hint of 'If we can't do everything we should do nothing' about many of the remarks here. There is a very specific difference between say Allianz and Amazon versus other companies involved in GAA activity... Allianz and Amazon are explicitly cited in the UN report linking them to material complicity in what was/is happening in Gaza.
Those protesting Allianz are perfectly legitimate in doing so IMO, and should also protest Amazon's involvement too. If that offends you, don't join the protest. But to try and de-legitmise it by making a 'let those without sin...' argument seems to me an excuse never to do anything unless it solve everything. You can't make any progress with that mindset.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 06/02/2026 11:54:02
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Heffernan won 3, 4 if you include 1963 when he was effectively manager before there was such a thing, and 5 given that he was very much there as Hanahoe's right hand man in 1977.
Then back in the day there was the great Kerry trainer/manager Fitzgerald who ran up a right few.
And as someone said above, before 2000 it was very much a main man doing most everything from selection to coaching and in between.
Good conversation piece but meaningless to pick any of the big names over the other." Dead right Barney. Heffo was superb and a man way before his time.Even Micko Dwyer said he followed Heffo s methods.
Also you are correct in that Heffo and his likes did it all themselves.
I mean Gavin did great (cant take that away from him) but he had a massive backroom team and a different person for every job.He was in charge of a golden generation but he came intoa team that had won an All Ireland and Gilroy had everything on a plate for him.
Gavin does nt compare with Heffo .Gavin also left when he thought the team had come to an end but Dessie got another 2 All Irelands out of them.
Gavin was also lucky in his reign and won a semi and 2 finals after replays.Heffo s team won convincingly when they won.Heffo brought Dublin back from the doldrums and won with different teams.
brayballer (National) - 06/02/2026 11:20:32
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SaffronDon: "Avoid the question and repeat the rant. Good lad" All the money is connected. Your own county is happy enough to take money off the Crown for Casement.
BarneyGrant (National) - 06/02/2026 10:52:53
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Matchwatcher: "Looks like Truagh are entering a Junior team this year as they're in the Ulster league along with Seans, Drumhowan, Currin and Scotstown.
Dermot/Casement Lynch seem to be over Killeevan. Saw them training in the Peace Link in Clones. Big numbers.
Who's managing/training Seans?" Junior will be a graveyard of lost dreams in a few years with the new proposals. Truagh next up to enter back into it. When will we see a Blaney or Carrick with a second team down there. Or Corduff. When Scotstown win it can they enter another string back into junior.
farneygael3 (National) - 06/02/2026 10:45:27
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Agree with the positives but we must be sharper on and off the field to make real progress.
1. Puck Outs hit straight to the opposition after a score.
2. Half Back line taken to the cleaners by the Cork half forward line (how did Galway try fix this in real time?)
3. Frees missed
4. Subs made no impact.
5. Lack of giving the ball to the player in the best position by the same players year on year.
6. Fixing problems on the field during the game is an issue.
Don't get me wrong there are positives but the same old problems are still our downfall and will continue to be unless addressed. I feel they are very fixable?
Watchthepost (National) - 06/02/2026 10:09:57
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To botheyesclosed: "The championship structure realistically needs to go to max. 8 senior and 8 intermediate to regain competitiveness. Its been lop-sided for decades too long. The same with the leagues. Div.2 is going to be split to accommodate Killoe having 2 teams in it (Not sure how it will work out if they meet each other in it). I don't think Killoe want this or have a say in it. Different points for different rounds just undermines the whole league, The CB need to sit down and work out a longer term plan which will work, and really sell it to the clubs to buy into, for the good of the county. No more of this self-interest, point-scoring nonsense. Too many decisions are based on gathering the most votes at the next convention." On your first point about championship structures , didn't the clubs vote to reduce Senior to 10 and intermediate to 6 or 7 and junior to 5 . This should have been in place by 2026 but due to the fiasco caused by a referee error in Mullinaghta Carrickedmond match in 2024 will be 2027 when those targets are achieved, but the clubs have had there say so hardly going to change again before we get there at least. On your point about the leagues being undermined by different points for some games , surely the league is already totally irrelevant and undermined by playing significant number of games without county players. I believe when teams are playing without a full hand there should be no relegation. My club were relegated a few years ago and had a load of big wins in Div 2 that did nobody any good. Championship status should be used to determine league status imo if games played without county men
Green&redforever (National) - 06/02/2026 09:25:06
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To B&G: "Waterford hurlers are playing Offaly in Walsh Park at the same time. Cant seea big attendance in Dungarvan. Why not play a double header. At least there will be a decent attenance at it." They are after doing up walsh park and with all the rain there's no way they would play a double header there. It will be lucky if football goes ahead in Dungarvan at all. They may move to another club ground if they can get one. Football is definitely not priority in Waterford when they couldn't get any pitch 2 weeks ago!
Green&redforever (National) - 06/02/2026 09:15:18
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 1 Like(s)
Heffernan won 3, 4 if you include 1963 when he was effectively manager before there was such a thing, and 5 given that he was very much there as Hanahoe's right hand man in 1977.
Then back in the day there was the great Kerry trainer/manager Fitzgerald who ran up a right few.
And as someone said above, before 2000 it was very much a main man doing most everything from selection to coaching and in between.
Good conversation piece but meaningless to pick any of the big names over the other.
BarneyGrant (National) - 05/02/2026 22:41:02
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