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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Not that Galway don't get away with a load of stuff masters of the dark arts.... !" It must be tiring constantly keeping up this gimmick
cavan.galway (National) - 02/03/2026 10:59:47
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
I'm not getting carried away with the National League team performances so far, a lot of our games could have went either way and in many cases we are playing teams who are also missing a lot of top players.
However I am excited by some of the Individual performances by Donegal players so far, like Gavin Mulreanny, Finbar Roarty, Conor O'Donnell, Michael Langan, Jason McGee, Hugh McFadden, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Caolan McGonigle, Ryan McHugh, Shane O'Donnell and new faces like Shea Malone, McCahill etc.
Its probably the first league campaign in which Jason McGee has been available and fit for every single game and he is cranking up the gears game on game, and Michael Langan is a big presence, Hugh McFadden is reinvigorated, Caolan McGonigle is a warrior and well what can you say about Murphy.
There is something exciting there, like when all the pieces come together later in the summer, I think this will be a very special team by recent standards.
Commodore (National) - 01/03/2026 23:39:38
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Allianz protest - 3 Like(s)
Why should the GAA as a sporting organisation be pro-Palestinian?
Yes its wrong that the Palestinians are suffering in Gaza currently, yes there's a humanitarian crisis there, but the people who rushed the podium maybe shouldve stopped and thought about what has happened in the last 2000 plus years in that region, before taking sides.
"From the river to the sea" wasn't a phrase coined by the Israelis. In their eyes they are fighting for their right to exist. It doesn't justify the suffering in Gaza currently, but equally it does explain it. The 2 state solution proposed by the UN in the 1940s wasn't rejected by the Israelis, it was rejected by the Arabs. And the spark for the current suffering was the brutal attack by Hamas on October 7th, an attack that was always going to lead to a reaction, which was its purpose in the first place.
Im not pro Israeli or pro Palestinian, what happens there is none of my business, and it isnt a problem that I can solve either, even if I decided I wanted to.
Most importantly I'm certainly not a member of the GAA because I share every other members political, religious, social or ideological beliefs. What I do share with all the other members is a love of the games, and Id personally prefer that we as an Assocation should focus on what we are about. The preservation and regulation of those games. Which is the position our own Ethics Committee reached.
Viking66 (National) - 01/03/2026 17:27:44
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
the whole thing is a shambles.
meathbasedfan (National) - 01/03/2026 15:36:18
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To SaffronDon: "You sound more pro Israeli than some of their prime ministers who admitted that they would never have accepted the terms of the 2 state solution offered to the Palestinians. I mean they've only attacked about 7 or 8 countries in the region and still some people think the Israeli's are justified in their actions. Even more amazing that its coming from people in Ireland who should know full well what imperialism looks like." Those arab countries attacked the Israelis in the 1940s, not the other way around. Or at least thats how the story is told in any history book Ive read on the subject over the last 40 years.
And who thinks the current Israeli government is justified in their recent actions in Gaza? I can't say I know anybody that thinks thats the case.
And as regards empires it was a Jewish and Christian population that was living there long before Islam was even invented. So which Empire are you talking about there? The Romans? Saladins Empire? That area has been conquered by Empires since before Jesus was born.
Viking66 (National) - 02/03/2026 14:34:04
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To southmeathgael: "The amount of champagne socialists in Ireland is worrying, so much virtue signalling" Yeah complaining about the 65000 dead in Gaza is "virtue signalling".
galwayford (National) - 02/03/2026 11:37:15
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Watched back on the full game. Roscommon who was so accurate and clinical against Armagh,Galway was so wasteful today. Dublins scoring total of 1-21 not much different to what Armagh,Galway scored against Roscommon yet a lot more of the Dublins scores came from cheap turn overs.
Was Roscommon involved in heavy training the last week or did the 3 games in 14 days really test the conditioning of the players especially the new faces?" Thankfully we didn't play the way we did yesterday in the previous games or we would be on zero points and a 10 plus point beating off Kerry instead of one point defeat on the hooter.
How and why we were so poor will have to be mulled over before round 6 by the players and management now. Donegal,Mayo to play and both will be going all out to reach the league final. We need the return of grit, determination high work rate that was seen against Kerry,Galway, Armagh and Monaghan. And sort out our shooting, we had roughly the same amount of efforts as Dublin yesterday and our strike rate was poor at 30%.
The_analyser (National) - 02/03/2026 11:10:21
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National Football League 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "An eventful day. Cork were beat out the gate by Derry. An absolute mauling. No mercy and rightly so.
Monaghan all but relegated. Division 3 promotion has gotten interesting. Wexford, Clare, Westmeath and Laois all in the hunt. 5 teams then in the promotion picture in Division 4 after Longford's impressive win." That match just shows the difference in standard between Ulster and Munster. Another handy run to the knockout stages for the Kingdom this year....
Scenicparish (National) - 02/03/2026 09:06:07
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Boxtyeater: "He isn't. I was at it. But they lost a few players and slid down to D4 and it isn't leafy Donnybrook in this D4.
Meanwhile we, imbued with optimism at the start, have the princely figure of 4 points from a possible 10 and the minus column looks frightening.
The problem seems to be in defence, although fitness, defensive systems or lack thereof, s&c or taking possession into contact may be the issue.
In any event it's now fairly certain we'll be in this particular D4 another year.
There's the matter of the championship to come however. We'll give it a good rattle this year!!!
There's the alarm going off …….Grrr……" I'd agree whole heartedly with this.
We have nice footballers. Nice to view within our club scene. Our boys look great prospects within the Leitrim club scene, some look amazing. We are nice to play against. One we get to playing anything outside our county bounds we are exposed big time!!
We lack physicality, we lack strength, fitness, intelligence, ability to play under pressure, support play and ideas.
Skill wise I think we are actually ok. Give a Leitrim player time and space and they will execute a long range pass, good score, bit of skill etc.. as good as any other player from anywhere. But when you put them under pressure, or limit their space, or impose yourself on them in any form, they cannot do it. We get run through and batted off the ball over and over. We get turned over - over and over again.
We are light and tame. Extremely willing but extremely limited.
For me it all boils down to the club scene. We are living 30 years in the past. Going through the motions. Our players are playing to the best of their ability. In inter county (at all levels) they then come up against teams that have been exposed to higher levels of football than any Leitrim player has ever experienced. More pressure, less space, more physicality, more systems of play. And we simply cannot cope.
Our football intelligence is so low. Watching them at times is like I imagine our players thinking like "ok - I have the ball , what will I do? Ok - I have nowhere to go- emmm you seem free beside me - (even though you are in a position to do nothing) - take it off me please-ok you now have given it back to me - what will I do now- who else can I give it to?" and this goes on and on because the teams we are facing have defensive systems in place that our players have never seen the likes of before and do not know how to cope with them.
Poacher (or any other manger) can help but they can't reprogram players from scratch. The manager can maximise the ability they have now and I believe the manager is not the problem. Leitrim players are maxed out and are incapable of playing any better.
Schools, clubs (in provincial champs at all levels) inter-county @ minor, u20, senior results across the last 20 years don't lie- more fingers on your hands than wins.
Our club scene is 30 years behind the rest of Connacht. Results speak for themselves
leitrim4sam (National) - 01/03/2026 22:11:13
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Why should the GAA as a sporting organisation be pro-Palestinian?
Yes its wrong that the Palestinians are suffering in Gaza currently, yes there's a humanitarian crisis there, but the people who rushed the podium maybe shouldve stopped and thought about what has happened in the last 2000 plus years in that region, before taking sides.
"From the river to the sea" wasn't a phrase coined by the Israelis. In their eyes they are fighting for their right to exist. It doesn't justify the suffering in Gaza currently, but equally it does explain it. The 2 state solution proposed by the UN in the 1940s wasn't rejected by the Israelis, it was rejected by the Arabs. And the spark for the current suffering was the brutal attack by Hamas on October 7th, an attack that was always going to lead to a reaction, which was its purpose in the first place.
Im not pro Israeli or pro Palestinian, what happens there is none of my business, and it isnt a problem that I can solve either, even if I decided I wanted to.
Most importantly I'm certainly not a member of the GAA because I share every other members political, religious, social or ideological beliefs. What I do share with all the other members is a love of the games, and Id personally prefer that we as an Assocation should focus on what we are about. The preservation and regulation of those games. Which is the position our own Ethics Committee reached." The Palestinian suffering started long before October 7th. Ever hear of Nakba?
peiledoir20 (National) - 01/03/2026 19:20:00
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
That might have been the best thing to happen to us today in the long run. At the same time losing by that much is unacceptable and a repeat in The Hyde is damaging. Dowd will have learnt a lot . There were certainly ten scores missed in about 15 mins in first half and the lack of composure and panic
As the game went on was
Startling. The changes may have upset the team
But you have to give game time for preparation of
Connacht.
Ros2013 (National) - 01/03/2026 17:50:03
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To PressureKick: "No wonder Kobe McDonald has decided to move to Australia if the past few pages from Mayo posters are anything to go by" Pathetic comment. I see ye threw it away v donegal with a man up most of the game is well . Well done though galway for sam!
S1234 (National) - 01/03/2026 17:17:57
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Well that second half was a brutal watch. More inclined to pass backwards than forwards. No one with the nerve to pull the trigger for a point, instead trying to walk it into the goals in the face of a packed Donegal back line. Gleason still offering nothing; at this point his his '65s aren't even reliable. And remind me again which team had someone sent off?
This looked like a team were players were more afraid to take chances, than interested in winning. Lucky to get the draw.
festinog (National) - 01/03/2026 17:34:15
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
A Dublin win against Armagh coupled with us not losing to Monaghan will see us stay up. However, it rarely works out as straightforward as that.
gaillimhboy (National) - 01/03/2026 16:59:33
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Dublin need 2 wins realistically.
based on What they did v Mayo and Kerry - they wont do it.
Galway, Roscommon are playing very well - Dublin are playing terribly" Well thats one win in the bag now.
brayballer (National) - 01/03/2026 15:21:18
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Great to get the draw. Maher's block down vital. Gleeson played an unbelievable kick out to Shane McGrath - just a pity he was being subbed off at the time. lol. Mayo did us a big favour by beating Armagh. It's still in our hands to stay up.
AnCrúiscínLán (National) - 01/03/2026 16:54:14
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "Reality intervened in a big way today.
But we didn't help our cause by doing just about everything wrong for most of the fame.
Hopefully it's not a case of not being able to stand the heat as the League hots up!" Watched back on the full game. Roscommon who was so accurate and clinical against Armagh,Galway was so wasteful today. Dublins scoring total of 1-21 not much different to what Armagh,Galway scored against Roscommon yet a lot more of the Dublins scores came from cheap turn overs.
Was Roscommon involved in heavy training the last week or did the 3 games in 14 days really test the conditioning of the players especially the new faces?
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 01/03/2026 23:53:07
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "Only seen the score, well that's that. Possibly the shortest promotion challenge ever. So deflating. I'm afraid we can bring in all the managers and coaches we like but we'll be going nowhere unless we have all our best men on the field. I can't see the year being finished out strong now, Longford are in pole position having bet Carlow and we probably won't beat Carlow. It's mad how things go, Wexford are 2 games away from promotion to Division 2. Where to from here is the next question." Bring back Andy.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 02/03/2026 00:24:00
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "You would be warm favourites still Barney. But at the same time we have won on all 3 of our trips up to Ennis in the League this decade, so you never know......" It is nothing game for Clare. That's main worry.
BarneyGrant (National) - 02/03/2026 00:55:07
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To martinjoe: "Tipp were in an All Ireland Semi V ourselves not many years ago, they are still a hard team to beat at home." I changed my predictions on here from a 3-point win (one score) to a 6-point win for Tipp when I heard that the fixture had been changed from Thurles to Clonmel, as Clonmel is a notoriously tough place for teams of a similar level to Tipp to go to and come away with anything. However, I did not foresee a double-digit hammering. Not good.
It is still a very interesting division for a neutral, as I believe that 5-6 of the teams are still mathematically in with a shout of promotion. The way the remaining matches are fixed, I predict Carlow and Longford to go up, and that's based on current form, too. But as we can see, anything could happen in this division. It's exciting, anyway.
foreveryoung (National) - 01/03/2026 16:34:11
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