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Allianz protest - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "I see the wokies made their mark at the weekend. So much for peaceful protest. I'd say a lot of them never stood foot on a gaa pitch in their lives. The same wokies will no doubt be sympatising with Iran in the coming days. Comical stuff." I take it you'll be supporting the orange faced man without a single plan for Iran, just because he says some of your favourite soundbite phrases that make up half your vocabulary?
SaffronDon (National) - 04/03/2026 10:55:59
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
The bitterness and bile been spewed out on this forum about players that give up there free time to train 4 or 5 nights a week, along with playing matches going to meetings going to juvenile awards around clubs to talk or help hand out awards. Also all the hours these lads rack up doing there own individual work away from the panel.
Yet we have lads on here running them down every day no wonder they have looked deflated the last couple of games.
Most people on here i would say have never helped coach a juvenile team or joined a committee in their own club to know the amount of work that goes on to make sure everything runs well.
Any player that pulls on the Monaghan Jersey at any level will always have my respect even if they come from my rival club doesn't matter if it's juvenile, ladies, camogie, hurling or football they all put in a serious time and effort.
I hope they all enjoy the well deserved holiday it's the least they deserve for the time and effort they give to Monaghan Gaa.
Totalballer (National) - 04/03/2026 09:55:00
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Allianz protest - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "I see the wokies made their mark at the weekend. So much for peaceful protest. I'd say a lot of them never stood foot on a gaa pitch in their lives. The same wokies will no doubt be sympatising with Iran in the coming days. Comical stuff." Comical ??? GAA complicity - turning a blind eye - to genocide identified by the the UN's Francesca Albanese.
For your information far from 'never set foot in a GAA pitch in their lives' I played in Croke Park before Jarlath Burns or Tom Ryan were born … and later in an all-Ireland final.
I'm proud to have carried a banner into the delegate Congress stating 'Allianz Blood Money Out of Our GAA.
Blackcoatsoffthefield (National) - 04/03/2026 09:02:20
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "I see the wokies made their mark at the weekend. So much for peaceful protest. I'd say a lot of them never stood foot on a gaa pitch in their lives. The same wokies will no doubt be sympatising with Iran in the coming days. Comical stuff." Is that why Leitrim didn't field in a league game last year? Was that a protest as well?
peiledoir20 (National) - 04/03/2026 11:40:46
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "Jesus what a clown comment.
Admins - it's well past time this thread was shut down with comments like this." Hit a nerve did I? "Wokie" indeed.
peiledoir20 (National) - 04/03/2026 16:19:53
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
No sign of the Trump trolls.
TheFlaker (National) - 04/03/2026 11:33:05
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Jack_Sparrow: "Not arguing about that. Don't like either system. Should be open draw. Read back my posts" I've noticed you're the first person I've heard express dislike for this format, which has been a real success story for Westmeath GAA. If you don't mind me asking, what club are you from?
This format was in place from 2017 to 2025. Each year, the top two teams in the county reached the county final, with the possible exception of 2020 when the structure was altered due to Covid-19. In 2020, the strongest teams in the county - Lomans, The Downs, and Garrycastle - ended up on the same side of the draw. Despite that, we still had a strong final, with T Pass performing well on the day and arguably deserving to win.
Under the previous format (2000-2016), there were significant issues. For example, in the 2015 final, Castledaly reached the final. No disrespect to Castledaly, but they were not the second-best team in Westmeath at the time. However, they still deserved their place in the final based on how the format operated.
Regarding the rule about not being able to be relegated from Section A - this is effectively the reward for qualifying for the knockout stages the previous year. In my opinion, no team in Section A this year would have been in real danger of relegation. Athlone and T Pass finished 5th and 6th, and both teams would likely have beaten Tang or Malachys by double digits this year.
For example, last year, if you finished bottom of a group containing Garrycastle, Caulry, Moate, Killucan, Tang, and Malachys, then relegation would be justified. However, finishing bottom of a group containing Lomans, Downs, Shamrocks, Kinnegad, Athlone, or T Pass is not comparable.
Temple56 (National) - 04/03/2026 01:21:51
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "It will be a very interesting game in the Park regardless of what happens in Ennis. If we dont make a League final our very next competitive game will be also against Kildare, only in Championship. Really not sure how Dowling and Rossiter will approach it." Kildare are good. We beat them well but not comfortably. Much improved since preliminary quarter in Newbridge.
Dowling has them well conditioned and aggressive. They should stay up and good shout of a win or two in championship. Wexford should not approach lightly no matter what happens Sunday.
BarneyGrant (National) - 03/03/2026 22:26:12
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Kildare are good. We beat them well but not comfortably. Much improved since preliminary quarter in Newbridge.
Dowling has them well conditioned and aggressive. They should stay up and good shout of a win or two in championship. Wexford should not approach lightly no matter what happens Sunday." Kildare will be hard beaten in both the upcoming games we have against them Barney.
Viking66 (National) - 04/03/2026 15:50:22
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Or MAYBE just maybe mayo where the better team........................" What's all the dots for did you fall asleep on the keyboard? Anyone at the match or watched the highlights will have seen how wasteful Armagh were and indeed throughout the league campaign.
Gaa_lover (National) - 04/03/2026 14:19:58
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Totalballer: "The bitterness and bile been spewed out on this forum about players that give up there free time to train 4 or 5 nights a week, along with playing matches going to meetings going to juvenile awards around clubs to talk or help hand out awards. Also all the hours these lads rack up doing there own individual work away from the panel.
Yet we have lads on here running them down every day no wonder they have looked deflated the last couple of games.
Most people on here i would say have never helped coach a juvenile team or joined a committee in their own club to know the amount of work that goes on to make sure everything runs well.
Any player that pulls on the Monaghan Jersey at any level will always have my respect even if they come from my rival club doesn't matter if it's juvenile, ladies, camogie, hurling or football they all put in a serious time and effort.
I hope they all enjoy the well deserved holiday it's the least they deserve for the time and effort they give to Monaghan Gaa." I don't think anyone is criticising players effort and commitment
farneygael3 (National) - 04/03/2026 14:08:55
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "Is that why Leitrim didn't field in a league game last year? Was that a protest as well?" Jesus what a clown comment.
Admins - it's well past time this thread was shut down with comments like this.
Square_B (National) - 04/03/2026 14:07:50
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "I won't be supporting any war or anything that clown does. This nonsence with Allianz will not help the Palestinians one iota. Woke nonsense which you wouldn't get." You brought up Iran. So you dont support it, you're just neutral on illegal wars then. Got it. Its those 'wokies' that are the real threat to global stability, those banners are far more damaging than the latest tech weaponry being used on civilians to make a political point. You're a real man of the people arent you.
SaffronDon (National) - 04/03/2026 13:56:17
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Churchill served in several wars, even resigned a desk job to serve on the front in WW1. Completely different type of man to Trump." Don't forget that Churchill was never a friend of Ireland. Long before Dev decided to stay "neutral" in WW2.
Freethinker (National) - 04/03/2026 13:17:39
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayforsam26: "Galway minor panel :
6 Micheal breathnachs Eoin Gannon Oisin Neachtain Jamie Dillion Rónán O Neachtain Oliver Sullivan Oisin Mahon
4 Claregalway Evan McDonagh Ciaran Collins Ruairi Flaherty Aaron O Gorman
3 Corofin Ryan Connolly Adam Healy Kealan Moran
3 Caherlistrane Shane heneghan
Sean Langan Cillian Brown
2Kilanian Mikey Mitchell Darragh Kelly
2 Oranmore Aaron hanrahan Joey Cullinane
2 Dunmore Tiernan Mitchell Thomas Carr
1 Salthill Seanie Rather
2 Tuam Evan Burke Mylo Higgins
1 Miltown Fionnan Kelly
1 Kilconly Ben Devany
1 Monavae Eanna Maher
1 Bearna Cormac Naughton
1 Annadown Tom Naughton" Tom Naughton is a great old 'Annadown' name.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 04/03/2026 12:56:55
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To pieman: "From my knowledge only 4 players from Pal were asked in,
Crowley
Ciaran Moran, who has retired after many years service, has a young family, not living in Carlow anymore, can't commit.
Cian Cashman, who was on the panel for the O'Byrne cup, played a couple of games but didn't make the cut for the league panel
Finbar Kavanagh, who is sitting final accountancy exams in May, declined the invitation due to those.
No one else asked. That's the simple explanation.
Pal do have 8 players with the u-20 squad though, just in case anyone might think that there is some anti county thing within the club, certainly not." Thank you, Pieman. That's interesting. And noted.
CARPS (National) - 04/03/2026 12:43:37
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "It's like an episode of South Park. Latest this evening sees Trump making fun of Starmer (who I'm
No fan of but you can't have one leader mocking an ally).
Starmer should fire back…"I may be no Churchill but your ain't no Obama"" Churchill served in several wars, even resigned a desk job to serve on the front in WW1. Completely different type of man to Trump.
Viking66 (National) - 04/03/2026 12:31:38
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To zinny: "Viking, history is written by the victors however over time if you dig deep enough even the victors keep records that disprove their narrative. Israel has done a brilliant job on creating the narrative around independence and how the faced a David v Goliath situation which resulted in the "displacement" as a result of the war of the native population from their lands. Some of the original works the "New Historians" challenge the original narrative.
However none of this is related to Allianz and as I had explained earlier the connection between Allianz and Gaza is somewhat weak in its argument. There are far more direct links between companies that are used daily by the same people who protest against Allianz but yet they do not concern themselves with these in their own lives. Quite why this all erupted again is beyond me.
The problem for a lot of people if the feeling of helplessness, we see all this madness going on and are powerless to do anything about it. They then see Allianz in this report (without understand what that even meant) and the GAA sponsored by Allianz and think I can make a difference here if I protest against this. It makes people feel like they are doing something. However helping means now dealing with the consequences of what happened as we were really powerless to have stopped it, donate to organizations who provide relief in Gaza, that's the help the Palestinians now need." I agree alot of history is written by the victors. But equally losers write their own as well. Even the arab side of the story tells of the 5 countries armies invading Israel at that time. The only prople who know for sure were there. And even then they would only know the bit they saw themselves. I wasnt even born. Thats why I said Im not sure what happened back then.
Bottom line is Im neither pro Israeli or pro Palestinian.
And I dont think the GAA should be either.
Viking66 (National) - 04/03/2026 12:27:41
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Blackcoatsoffthefield: "Comical ??? GAA complicity - turning a blind eye - to genocide identified by the the UN's Francesca Albanese.
For your information far from 'never set foot in a GAA pitch in their lives' I played in Croke Park before Jarlath Burns or Tom Ryan were born … and later in an all-Ireland final.
I'm proud to have carried a banner into the delegate Congress stating 'Allianz Blood Money Out of Our GAA." Good man. More power to you. But just curious -
Why didn't you or any of the other protestors march on the Camogie Association Congress? They accept sponsorship from Allianz too.
Or on the HQ of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, when our competitors in the recent Winter Games wore Allianz logos on their kit?
What will you be doing at Allianz Cumann na mBunscoil games over the next while?
Or about other companies also named in that UN Report, e.g. Amazon? They have a Community Fund that supports projects & festivals across the country. One of them takes place at Kilmore Quay here in Wexford. Should organisers there expect protestors this year?
Pikeman96 (National) - 04/03/2026 12:01:48
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Muscle strain.
No word on Collie...
Hopefully Lee and Theo arent as badly injured as first feared...." Thanks Fionn.Hopefully they back soon.I think Theo is ankle and will be another while.Lee I think is just unfotunate and regularly injured.Not sure even if he comes back he will stay injury free for long.Pity cos he is a class baller.
brayballer (National) - 03/03/2026 19:51:27
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