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Clare, Limerick, Tipperary And Waterford Ruining Munster Football And All Ireland Championship? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Munster counties ranked as following after the Allianz league:
1. Kerry
2. Cork
3. Clare
4. Limerick
5. Tipperary
6. Waterford
The footballers of Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford have demanded a lopsided Munster draw so that they can have easy access to a Munster final. Clare have made three Munster finals with threatening to win. Clare have made the All Ireland championship three years in a row. They are yet to win a game!!!
How long more a the GAA going to facilitate this lopsided draw policy?
There were three proper provincial finals this year. Cork v Kerry was arguably one of the best provincial clashes this year. Should have been the proper Munster final.
Clare should be in the Tailteann Cup. Limerick won their group and are having a good summer.
Sligo beating London and New York to make a Connacht final was also ridiculous. Mayo, Galway and Roscommon had finished top 3 in Division 1!!! Lopsided provincial finals are of no benefit to anyone." I think the Kerry view on this rinks of arrogance and is very self serving. God forbid other Munster counties might see ourselves as equals and shame on us for not ensuring that the people of Kerry and Cork get their day out in a "Proper Provincial Final" every year.
Lets be clear, what you are really saying is Lopsided provincial finals are of no benefit to Kerry.
I would argue that that getting to the Provincial Final for Clare the last few years has a huge benefit to them, in terms of Football Development and raising the profile of football in the County, Similarly when Tipperary beat Cork in the Munster Final a few years ago this was massive for Tipperary Football.
LimerickandProud (National) - 07/07/2025 11:14:22
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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To OhtobeARossie: "3 of the 4 teams left in the All Ireland Senior we played against
That's another claim to fame of how close we were in that NOT
What drivel Tyrone minors played around with us after there goal
We scored a whopping 1-08 yet some think we were close
Kerry were the better team yesterday" Roscommon game was totally different contest no two games are ever the same.
You had yourself convinced before the game Kerry were going to win and were proven wrong.
Team that attacked best,had most shots on goal, defended best, conceded the least, gave up the least chances and won the most clean possession and breaks in midfield was all Tyrone. Tyrone with a deserved win done without one of their best players on route to the final also.
Gaa_lover (National) - 07/07/2025 14:25:58
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Watched the hurling on bbc yesterday and thought a shame we don't play it up here at any extent. It can't be too hard to get it going if everyone really wanted it I'd have thought?
farneygael3 (National) - 07/07/2025 10:44:36
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Who Can Stop Cork This Year? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Yadse: "Agreed. And remember the past couple of years there has been an element of over physicality and ill discipline by this Cork team with damaging red cards. Even this year with the red card in Ennis
They seemed to be overcompensating for past "softness" (real or imagined)
They now seem to have gotten the balance right and are a big, hard, physical team who play on the edge but usually stay on the right side of the refs
(Tipp have two red cards this championship, but both have been by the same player so dont know if thats just an individual thing)" Tipps 2 reds were both a little unlucky. The 1st goes on in many games before throw in. Probably wouldn't have happened against previous Cork teams as the victim wouldn't have gone down as if he was shot. 2nd yellow was marginal.
Viking66 (National) - 07/07/2025 17:13:01
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All Ireland Minor Football Final - 2 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "Perhaps the GAA should introduce a rule whereby it is the vice-captain who accepts the cup instead of the captain who has broken the rules of the game and has been sent to the line! If the VC is also on a red, or the joint-captain as many teams have nowadays, are also on reds along with the captain, the most senior member of the team should lift the cup and give a good speech. We can't have bad example set for the young people watching the game, whereby a player who does not participate in a fair and ethical manner, is allowed to be the mouth-piece for the team.
This would not be allowed in the United States of America." AH ffs. you are having a laugh. The UsA Where yous elect trump as president ha ha. Your posts get funnier all the time. What did that young Tyrone captain do wrong? You dont want a player who commits a foul to get cup but you as Limerick fan think its ok for kyle hayes to play. That says it all. are you still salty cos we gave yous a beating in the hurling. I d say you are a Trumpite. The only county that have been setting bad example are Limerick and the only country that back bad example are the UsA.
brayballer (National) - 07/07/2025 16:16:13
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To bláthach: "Oh to be honest I wouldn't bother please. It's the same thing as using "lack of structures" to blame everything that's wrong in the county.
Yet when I asked what these "structures" were a number of weeks back I was told if I was involved etc etc I'd know etc etc.
I am heavily involved but there is no point talking to some peoples here as they are very very frustrating. Grand to be typing behind a keyboard yes and blaming "lack of structures". Get off the keyboard please and do what I do and go out and do some coaching no.
But before you do can some of you who got angry with me before explain what the "structures" are. What "structures" are we lacking?!? Concrete examples, not jargon and mod talk that you hear on the tv." You are too passive aggressive to pay attention to anyone explaining it to you.
Gaa_lover (National) - 07/07/2025 14:31:00
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Clare, Limerick, Tipperary And Waterford Ruining Munster Football And All Ireland Championship? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "I have an idea. Put Kerry in the Ulster Championship and cut their titles by 75%." Nice one and good idea but maybe put them in Connaught and Mayo and Galway would nt be too happy. Then sure stick the Dubs in Ulster and there would be some moaning and whinging then from Donegal.If Dubs were in Ulster Donegal would never even win an Ulster and Tyrone and Armagh might not have won any All Irelands. I dont think Monaghan would like Dubs in Ulster either bud.
brayballer (National) - 07/07/2025 13:52:55
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Clare, Limerick, Tipperary And Waterford Ruining Munster Football And All Ireland Championship? - 2 Like(s)
We all know Kerry yearn for the days when the other Munster counties wouldn't even bother to tog out in a semi final and just leave them to play Cork in a Munster final. The league split over two years so they could play your own club championship in April and May , beat Cork in June (2 out of 3 years) and off up Croker to play weak Ulster teams (who were busy fighting for civil rights) or Connacht teams (who were emigrating like no tomorrow).
Oh for the Golden years of Kerry, two tough matches a year and SAM back in Kerry every September.
Kerry and Cork have always wanted a seeded Munster championship. The other counties once lined the idea of playing each other before facing the big two, but realised the best way to promote the game was an open draw and a fair shot at winning the thing (only one shock result needed per season instead of two).
The reality is that Munster football would be better served overall by having a round robin with two groups with semis and finals (Cork, Kerry, Clare) (Limerick, Tipp, Waterford). Giving each county a guarantee home match every season and 4 games to win the title.
The current set up does no one a favour (except a once off win by Tipp during COVID)
tirawleybaron (National) - 07/07/2025 13:10:50
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Clare, Limerick, Tipperary And Waterford Ruining Munster Football And All Ireland Championship? - 2 Like(s)
I have an idea. Put Kerry in the Ulster Championship and cut their titles by 75%.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 07/07/2025 12:02:10
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "Nobody stopping you going to play it." You're a horrid wee troll with nothing of note to contribute.
Jjoniel79 (National) - 07/07/2025 17:03:01
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All Ireland Minor Football Final - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Yes, the Tyrone captain told Kerry this in his acceptance speech, and left out the 'slightly'. Congratulated Kerry on giving them a harder game than they expected. Class. Funniest speech line since Paudie Clifford scolded the referee for sending him off in a club final 'unbelievable how I was sent off' some years back." Perhaps the GAA should introduce a rule whereby it is the vice-captain who accepts the cup instead of the captain who has broken the rules of the game and has been sent to the line! If the VC is also on a red, or the joint-captain as many teams have nowadays, are also on reds along with the captain, the most senior member of the team should lift the cup and give a good speech. We can't have bad example set for the young people watching the game, whereby a player who does not participate in a fair and ethical manner, is allowed to be the mouth-piece for the team.
This would not be allowed in the United States of America.
foreveryoung (National) - 07/07/2025 15:14:52
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David Or Paudie? - 1 Like(s)
HALF-TIME: Armagh 1-11 Kerry 0-13
Paudie Clifford comes on at half time.
While Paudie is getting up to speed
40 mins: Armagh 1-16 Kerry 0-14
55 mins: Armagh 1-16 Kerry 0-28 - coincidence - I dont think so.
Kerry have been a far superior team whenever Paudie is on the pitch.
tirawleybaron (National) - 07/07/2025 15:56:11
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bystanderbill: "Not sure if he will miss the Final - His sending off earlier this year may mean he gets a one match suspension..
Re the Deegan incident it was straight infront of the linseman but I must admit that I had to watch it 3 or 4 times in slow mo before I could determin whose hurl hit him. on the plus side ref played and excellent advantage for the last goal and in general i thought he had a good game. Scoreboard issue was not the officials fault and I'm sure they would have been telling the players on the field what the score was." Re scoreboard ... the plot thickens ... the ref filed one score immediately after the game as he's required to (same as the error on the Croke Park scoreboard so 3 point win) but went back and changed it to a 2 point win two hours later!!!
So what the ref knew and was informing players (if at all) is very debatable?
Onion Breath (National) - 07/07/2025 11:05:06
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Manager Vs Manager Who Coaches - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "The reality is that it is so hard to find that generational, all singing all dancing Team Manager that delivers All irelands
Dublin - Heffo, Jim Gavin, Dessie Farrell
Kerry - Micko, Páidí Ó Sé & Jack O Connor
Donegal - Brian McEniff
Meath - Sean Boylan
Cork - Billy Morgan
Galway - John O Mahony
Down - Pete McGrath
Tyrone - Mickey Harte
There is then a raft of managers who were good enough to deliver an Ireland against the odds, but couldn't produce sustained excellence
Eugene McGee, Eamonn Coleman, Pat O'Neill, Joe Kernan, Pat O'Shea, Conor Counihan, Pat Gilroy, Jim McGuinness, Éamonn Fitzmaurice, Feargal Logan & Brian Dooher, Kieran McGeeney
There are then a cohort of nearly men, who brought their counties to great heights consistently, without landing the big one.
Art McRory, Larry Tompkins, John Maughan, Mickey Moran, Stephen Rochford, James Horan, Pádraic Joyce
Then you have the managers who brought relative success to weaker counties
Liam Kearns, Malachy O'Rourke and Sean MacCague
The idea of a first team coach to go with the manager is a new development (you would be well pushed to name the coaches to go with each of the most successful managers.
In reality, the successful managers took over the whole show, from fundraising to organizing food and transport.
Those kind of individuals (who can do it all) are few and far between.
All counties would be better served with a director of football model (where a full time individual organizes the logistics, S&C, physios, medical etc for all the county teams) and leave a coach to coach and pick the senior team.
There are lots of qualified coaches, who could coach a single team. There are very few who can take over the whole operation and deliver all Irelands." Mc Eniff only won one all ireland and only brought Donegal to one final ever.Why have you him in with JIm Gavins list
brayballer (National) - 07/07/2025 16:22:50
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Clare, Limerick, Tipperary And Waterford Ruining Munster Football And All Ireland Championship? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "Heard the Dubs want Louth and Meath out of Leinster." No Bud we are not whingers. Louth? well done on Leinster but Louth have nt beaten Dublin in a hundred years. Meath? well done to them this year and I d like to see them win it now but Dubs will be back.
brayballer (National) - 07/07/2025 16:35:03
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Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "He wont Bud. I like Mulroy alot and I think he is top player but he has nt a hope. To win an all star you would have to get to a quarter final.He did win leinster but tbh I cant see him getting an all star.I dont think Dublin will get any all star unless Bugler sneaks one and we have a better chance than yous as we went further.Dont get me wrong I would be very happy to see Mulroy win one.I have top regard for Mulroy." He'll get one.
Whether he should or not isn't clear until the semis and final are played.
But I can't see Louth's Leinster win not being recognised by the selection committee.
cavanman47 (National) - 07/07/2025 16:51:46
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Attendances 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To OpenStand: "Cork v Dublin 82,300
Tipperary V Kilkenny 60,738" Probably the biggest ever attendance combined for the hurling semi finals
DublinBrian (National) - 07/07/2025 16:58:05
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Interesting interview by Niall after the game today:-
https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2025/0705/1522049-no-excuses-from-dublin-as-risks-fail-to-pay-off/
Dublin went man for man and lined out with three forwards rather than trying to limit the potent Cork full-forward line but that backfired as Alan Connolly (3-02) and Brian Hayes (2-01) scored five goals between them and Patrick Horgan (0-08, 6fs) had a couple of assists.
"We intentionally didn't," said Ó Ceallacháin when asked whether Dublin could have set up more defensively.
"I've been proven wrong now, so I can be fairly criticised. But the way we see it is, there's just no point in a zonal back six against a team like Cork. You won't concede seven goals, but you will lose the game.
"So is it risky setting up like that? It absolutely is. It didn't work. They were very sharp and they were excellent. But what I would say is with the alternative you won't lose by 20 points like what we lost there, but you will lose the game.
"It was always going to be a high risk. Is there a difference of 20 points between us and the top team in Ireland? I don't think there is, but, you know, the reality is as we leave here, that's kind of what we're looking at."
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. But we will learn from this." Try not to beat yourselves up too much.
That's a serious Cork team.
It feels awful now but surely at the beginning of the year if someone said you'd beat Limerick on the way to a semi final you'd take it.
After a long winter you can approach Leinster 2026 full of confidence and with a real chance.
Doylerwex (National) - 07/07/2025 15:04:37
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Attendances 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To DublinBrian: "Probably the biggest ever attendance combined for the hurling semi finals" In fairness to the Cork Hurling supporters - they nearly sold out Croke Park on their own.
Fionn (National) - 07/07/2025 17:30:01
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "They have no grounds for a replay. A bit like us after we lost to Dublin when the momentum of the game changed with a goal given that never crossed the line, Kilkenny had plenty of other reasons why they lost. Lawlor was took on a tour of the Park and they shipped 4 goals, they didn't create much by way of goal chances themselves, management were slow to change things up when they went a man up.
At the end of the day regardless of the scoreboard reading 3 points there's no guarantee they'd of gone for points at 2 down with so little time to go, and even less of a guarantee that they would've got them." If kk had scored a goal and the game went to extra time and Tipp won in extra time, what would happen when the gaa find out that KK won by 1 point in normal time
Newyorkkat (National) - 07/07/2025 17:52:12
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