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Dublin GAA thread - 3 Like(s)

Replying To hlynch12:  "How many games did he play in his "home ground "?"
I think you and a certain poster from Kerry are one and the same….!
Either that or you both had the same school teacher…!

Fionn (National) - 15/07/2026 09:38:21

Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)

Replying To TheUsername:  "GAA have marketed the life out of Clifford, RTE also heavily invested.

In these days of generating commercial revenue, clicks and content, the GAA failed the sport yesterday with very blatant weighted decisions.

The Championship this year just lacks any credibility now, pity, was some great games this year - but it ended yesterday.

Congratulations to the Dublin team, heads held high, always Guardians of the game."
What an embarrassment of a post

Claretandblue (National) - 14/07/2026 22:12:59

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To anotheralias:  "You can not take the semi finals in isolation as the barometer. You have to look across the season with so many shock results, brilliant games, moments of magic, standout unreal performance including the mayo louth semi final which despite being a bit one sided had loads of quality. I would say if you did a poll across football supporters you would find that is not one bit of an exagerration to say that this year was the best yet for football."
Of course you can isolation as knock football in Croke Park where the stakes are high as they are in All-Ireland semi-finals is the ultimate test for any new rules.

A lot of what went before was non jeopardy games with safety nets places something that your poll and your own opinion would be too influenced on.

Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 14/07/2026 18:49:05

Limerick & Kerry For The Double - 2 Like(s)

Replying To hlynch12:  "have 6.25k double on Limerick and Kerry.

both coming good at right time?

Who can stop them?

dan Byrnes and dAvid Clifford both POTY"
Chasing your losses. Bad way to go.

BarneyGrant (National) - 15/07/2026 13:19:08

Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)

Replying To hlynch12:  "Why did Joe Connors hold his head?"
Need to ask him. He was not hit by Peadar.

BarneyGrant (National) - 15/07/2026 13:17:07

Limerick & Kerry For The Double - 2 Like(s)

Replying To hlynch12:  "have 6.25k double on Limerick and Kerry.

both coming good at right time?

Who can stop them?

dan Byrnes and dAvid Clifford both POTY"
Even looking at the name of this thread I knew it was you

ColmFlaherty (National) - 15/07/2026 12:36:29

Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To katser:  "There will be another great day in Croke Park.....
Galway will beat (limrik)"
Dream on.If we dont have dreams what do we have hope your right put munster hurling back in its box.

Tiger1 (National) - 15/07/2026 09:57:41

Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To bloodandbandage:  "You are right, we are sickened, but we are sickened at our own team and the same old failings that continue to dog us. Have nothing but admiration for this Galway team and wish them all the best for the final."
That just leaves the Loughrea lads so BnB

Viking66 (National) - 15/07/2026 09:38:15

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Why did Joe Connors hold his head?

hlynch12 (National) - 14/07/2026 22:21:17

Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To eunans4ever:  "Who are these high performance 21-25 year olds in donegal ???

Name them"
Your man and your one.

Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 14/07/2026 22:52:43

Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)

Replying To BarneyGrant:  "It was down to stewarding. Not proper stewards from clubs but paid security who were clearly not up to task.

I was in Limerick for big games and yerrace stewards were excellent. Even nipped some potential flash points with drunken but otherwise harmless young fellas in bud with help of good Gardaí.

There is persistent pattern of gangs occuppying upper right part of Hill and throwing bottles and debris onto people below them. Could easily be solved."
That is a regular occurrence now Barney from non Dublin fans. Bottles and flares raining down on us from top centre right area.

As for the so called over crowding….
A lot of it is down to stewarding.
Far too many teenage stewards and a lot of them girls, who are suddenly confronted by a rush of hundreds of fans coming in. I feel for them tbh.
Trying to check if beer is being brought in, trying to direct them to areas where there is space, when the fans want to meet up with their pals on different areas of the Hill. There is also a part of the Hill close to the Cusack which fans are rarely allowed into.

There is another reason why fans don't want to be directed down to the lower terracing and no one has referenced it yet…..
that damn plastic 20 foot barrier.
You can't see the game properly from behind it. Glare in the sunshine, reflection, flowing water on it during rainy days, and generally a blurred view from the dirt on it.
It is a nightmare trying to watch a game from behind it.
You can't blame fans for wanting to move higher up the terracing to avoid being behind it.

Fionn (National) - 15/07/2026 09:09:24

Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Pikeman96:  "Story on the news page of this site today about what Hill 16 was like last Sunday -
https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/341059

The Dublin supporter behind it probably didn't intend it this way, but it's as good an argument as you could get for just doing away with the terracing and putting seats there instead."
It was down to stewarding. Not proper stewards from clubs but paid security who were clearly not up to task.

I was in Limerick for big games and yerrace stewards were excellent. Even nipped some potential flash points with drunken but otherwise harmless young fellas in bud with help of good Gardaí.

There is persistent pattern of gangs occuppying upper right part of Hill and throwing bottles and debris onto people below them. Could easily be solved.

BarneyGrant (National) - 14/07/2026 21:43:02

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To MunsterFan:  "That's a novel take. And by novel I mean utterly bizarre!"
Watch it again. OCB was static when OConnor ran into him. OConnor was leading with the shoulder into OCBs chest. Oconnor threw himself back on contact to buy the penalty.

Eddie the Exile (National) - 14/07/2026 21:02:53

Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Legend.

Thanks for the great days and memories Ciaran.

Remembered and revered wherever Sky Blue is worn.

TheUsername (National) - 14/07/2026 21:01:19

Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To hlynch12:  "How many games did he play in his "home ground "?"
A lot for Castleknock I'd say. A great servant for club and county.

WanPintWin (National) - 15/07/2026 10:43:24

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To maroondiesel:  "You are right; just the square ball was an error by the officials.
Dublin benefited from decisions in the Galway game, so it balances out.
Mayo will probably win the final, as they have better forwards overall."
Ah now , i think there is balancing and there is imbalancing. Even with my biased Galway head i think that in Dublin Galway game the decisions that went against us were debatable and im not sure if they ultimately impacted the result. Thats not the case in the kerry dublin game. People are arguing that there was only 1 wrong decision and that the dublin goal that wasnt is inconclusive. I have watched that ball over the line several times and done some geometric calculations to compensate for the camera angle, and while we cant be 100% certain, i am 99.9% certain that the whole of the ball was over the line . The penalty is debatable but i would say that 90% of refs dont award a penalty there. I think in the flow of the game if any 2 ( or even 1)of those 3 decisions were correctly made, then we would be looking at Mayo v Dublin on sunday week.

anotheralias (National) - 15/07/2026 12:11:37

Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Fionn:  "CK has just announced his Inter County retirement.

What a player, what a warrior, what a legend of Dublin GAA.

Thank you Ciaran."
One of the great blue ballers.A rolls royce player .Hope he has a happy retirement as he owes Dublin nothing.

brayballer (National) - 15/07/2026 12:16:42

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To MunsterFan:  "That's a novel take. And by novel I mean utterly bizarre!"
Not that bizarre. But i agree that it should not have been a free out........Nor should it have been a peno.

anotheralias (National) - 15/07/2026 12:22:34

Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Best to Ciaran going forward; massive footballer and Irish speaker.
Gentleman.

suckvalleypaddy (National) - 15/07/2026 12:28:49

Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Tough loss to take Sunday but the boys went out on their shields.Tbh I did not realise about the 3 big decisions until after the match.It was on the way out I heard it all.Before that I just though fair play we did well but just came up short.
Having seen the match after we def came out the wrong side of the decisions especially the square ball.I thought the peno was soft but POCB was silly to tackle there but def soft pen.The goaline one looked like a goal too so It made it harder after.
The truth is we missed alot too.Not trying to single out players but we missed two gimmes near end of game.
Dubs did alot right.Young Geaney was kept very quiet and the older Clifford was well marked too but we left the older Clifford run the show and that cost us.
Scully and Con were quiet but Cossie was on it but missed one or two.Thought McMorrow was class but missed an easy one.
I think we showed we have talent going forward.McGinnis and Nathan Doran back next year from injury also.

brayballer (National) - 15/07/2026 12:31:55