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Equivalents In Outpouring Of Wider GAA Fans To Mayo's Win In All Ireland - 5 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I saw Kerry supporters throwing drinks over Dublin kids in Davin End in 2011. Certainly didn't hang around for the presentation." What a post in the middle of positive posts. If we opened a thread on behaviour of Dublin supporters over the years the forum would go into meltdown
Claretandblue (National) - 27/07/2026 16:24:11
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Are we the idiots for trying to be a dual county?
Just do what Kerry, Mayo, Donegal //Limerick , Kilkenny, Clare etc do and focus on one sport, throw a small bit of effort into the other one just so its looks like ya care.
Then get the entire county behind one sport?
I dunno, I assume all of Mayo will be supporting Galway next year so we can end our 26 year drought?" I don't think being a dual county is the problem. But Galway football has a problem, and we have to solve it. Nobody owes us anything.
I don't think management is the real issue either. It may be a symptom of a wider malaise, and I've no interest in putting the boot into anyone who gives their best for this county. But I do question whether those in charge have a vision worthy of our heritage.
How is Tyrone able to get its act together while we can't? Is it a lack of resources, or a lack of will? Whatever the reason, they have built something that works. Why haven't we?
I support Connacht teams in every code, and I'm lucky enough to stand in the wonderful Dexcom Stadium regularly. Every time I do, I ask myself the same thing: why don't we have our own version of this?
Do we in the North and West put enough heat on those at the top? Or do we stop waiting and start building something ourselves, from the ground up?
I'm as liable as anyone to have a pop at our passivity on the pitch. Maybe it's just a mirror of the rest of us. I don't see a JP-style knight coming over the hill. I'm sure we'll have another tilt at an All-Ireland before this century is out. But I'd rather we stopped waiting for the stars to align, or for a maroon-and-white knight to do the work for us.
I wore my collar up like Brendan Lynskey as a kid. The 1980 team photo still hangs beside the Sacred Heart at home. Still, Galway football was always the cross to bear. I'd love to see it raised back to where it belongs. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
And well done to the neighbours for getting the job done yesterday by playing football rather than the percentages. We should take inspiration from that.
Gaillimh abú.
Gaillimh_ar_dtús (National) - 27/07/2026 15:29:47
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Are we the idiots for trying to be a dual county?
Just do what Kerry, Mayo, Donegal //Limerick , Kilkenny, Clare etc do and focus on one sport, throw a small bit of effort into the other one just so its looks like ya care.
Then get the entire county behind one sport?
I dunno, I assume all of Mayo will be supporting Galway next year so we can end our 26 year drought?" No we're not.
Every county should strive to be a dual county,even if the sentiment is slightly whimsical.
Seniorleague (National) - 27/07/2026 15:51:01
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Are we the idiots for trying to be a dual county?
Just do what Kerry, Mayo, Donegal //Limerick , Kilkenny, Clare etc do and focus on one sport, throw a small bit of effort into the other one just so its looks like ya care.
Then get the entire county behind one sport?
I dunno, I assume all of Mayo will be supporting Galway next year so we can end our 26 year drought?" Galway will always be a dual county. Football is entrenched in half of the county and hurling is maybe even more entrenched in the other half. Don't see it ever changing to any great degree. Galway have won football All-Ireland's but hurling remained number one by a long way in the hurling half of the county.
Marooned (National) - 27/07/2026 18:14:32
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "It's not possible to lose twice in the current format Sam Maguire, and still win the competition. Lose twice, you're gone." It is. Dublin were beaten by Westmeath and Louth. And didn't Mayo lose twice actually? Provincials and next rounds are all part of same competition.
BarneyGrant (National) - 27/07/2026 16:14:12
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Equivalents In Outpouring Of Wider GAA Fans To Mayo's Win In All Ireland - 3 Like(s)
I am not sure the mass outpouring of joy at this Mayo victory will ever be topped in GAA tbh.
Massive massive underdogs and everyone outside of Kerry wanted to see them beat Kerry and finally win Sam again, after so many Final defeats.
The scoreline flattered the Munster men tbh.
What a day and what celebrations.
It will live long in the memory…!
Fionn (National) - 27/07/2026 16:47:12
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Are we the idiots for trying to be a dual county?
Just do what Kerry, Mayo, Donegal //Limerick , Kilkenny, Clare etc do and focus on one sport, throw a small bit of effort into the other one just so its looks like ya care.
Then get the entire county behind one sport?
I dunno, I assume all of Mayo will be supporting Galway next year so we can end our 26 year drought?" The entire county will never buy in to one. Try and convince South Galway people to follow only football or North Galway to hurling and you'd have civil war.
We should be admired for playing both to such a high level. I, for one, am proud that we compete in both.
TanCanRan (National) - 27/07/2026 15:28:57
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "My main point Joe is one cant judge different eras so we can only guess.
The Mayo team thst rattled Dublin and shoild have beaten them eerr very good but not siper.They eere beaten and struggled ahainst many othrr teamsin that era but did give the Dubs the jitters.
IMO the Kerry team in the noughties were much better than the Kerry team in the Dubs 6 era and that Kerry team 2010-2019 were nt too far behind the Dubs either.The only contenders v Dubs in their reign teally was Mayo and Kerry.
In the noughties you had a much stronger Kerry team,A top Cork team,a great Armagh team and a super Tyrone team.Cork for example were only beaten by Kerry in the championship ina 6 year period and they beat Kerry twice in Munster and drew 3 times.
Kerry won 5 All Irelands but were beaten by Tyrone and deservedly on 3 occasions.
I just think that Tyrone team were awesome and played in a better era.
Dublin were a super team too and best in their era but we will never know how the games would have transpired between both teams.
If I was picking the best 15 between Tyrone and Dublin there would be some headaches.
Certainties for Dubs would be Cluxton,McCarthy,Fenton,Connolly,
Certainties for Tyrone would be,McMenamin,Conor Gormley,Philly Jordan,KevinHughes,Brian Dooher,Sean Kavanagh,Stephen O Neill,Dooher and of course Peter the Great.
Of course thats just my view." You are guilty at looking at the 00's era as great Mick because you were successful, its also known as the era of puke football.
Dublin - just beginning in 2011, finished of that great Tyrone team on a rainy night in Croker in a quarter in 2011 and then the Kerry team in the final was as good as anything in the 00s, in fact again in 2013.
Dublin became boring from 13 - 20 - not because of style of play or their competitiors but becasue of invinicability - they were the greatest.
Its no coincidence the game was more competitive before their regin and after, the game has dropped from theitr level , which means team were and are more evenily matched.
There wasn't a team of significantnce in the country unaccounted for.
I dont know what it is with Kerry, why does every player have to be the GOAT, why does someone who beats Kerry got to be GOAT opposition or a great era, its real chip on your shoulder stuff. Its actually highlights an insecurity.
TheUsername (National) - 28/07/2026 14:21:01
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "The Tyrone team in the noughties were just super.I was nt around in the 60s but they were fab.Its a facy one cant judge eras as one has to factor in opposition etc.
The Dubs under Gavin were super but the opposition were nt that strong.
Tyrone imo played against better teams.Kerry were strong as were Cork and Armagh .
The Dublin team that went on to great things were destroyed by both Kerry and Tyrone in 08 and 09.Now Im aware that it was all their players but in Dubs era Kerry were weak and Mayo should have beatrn them twice at least but decisions went against them.This was a Mayo team that lost to Kerry Kildare Galway and Roscommon.
No doubt the Dubs were the best team in their era.No arguement but one cant say best ever.In fact If I had to bet then the Tyrone team of the noughties would beat them hands down.
The Dubs were super but only in their own ets.Tyrone had a much better ceiling imo but came up against much tougher teams." A bit revisionist there Mick. That was a super Mayo team in the Dubs 6 in a row era, the current Mayo team have potential but are not as strong now.
You reference Tyrone beating Dublin in 08 and 09, like that's 6 years b4 2015, first of 6.
For example the 2017 Dubs had, Scully, BB, MDMA, KevinMac, Diarmo, Davey Byrne, Paul Flynn Darren Daly, Cormac Costello "All on the Bench"
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sligo joe (National) - 28/07/2026 11:14:27
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Absolutely delighted. SIncerest congrats to all. Brilliant performance.Brilliant football. Great for football, badly needed for Connacht football and absolutely mighty for Mayo football. Enjoy. I hope my following comment is not construed as sour grapes from a Galway perspective because its absolutely not, but i have to say that Mayo got the rub of the green from refs decisions perspective. Maybe not enough to influence the result as Mayo were CLEARLY THE BETTER TEAM and thoroughly deserved the win but since i , and others,previously commented on Kerrys luck in getting to final , i think in the interests of consistency , it should be referenced. I think most pundits have avoided this point as nobody wants to be seen to rain on the parade. I think the decision balance was more subtle than in kerrys QF or SF or indeed in the Galway Dublin QF but i do think the double hop miss was blatant and if it was a Kerry player that had gotten away with it i would be going crazy. Also whilst the Mayo tackling/hounding was fantastic there was a few of them that, in my opinion, should have been given as Kerry frees. Maybe there was one or 2 decisions that went Kerrys way , but my view is that on this occasion, thankfully, Kerry did not get the rub from the officials.
anotheralias (National) - 28/07/2026 10:25:56
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "The 1980 team was a totally different team from the 1985-1990 Galway team that contested 5 All Ireland finals in 6 years losing three. The 1980 team lost the '75 and '79 finals." It's odd that you've got such joy from our losses
ColmFlaherty (National) - 27/07/2026 18:32:24
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
I'm glad that it was Kerry that Mayo beat, or Dublin if it hadn't been Kerry. That's no negative take on either Kerry or Dublin but a reflection that both are the best in the business and that it has been at the hands of both (mostly) that Mayo has had its days of suffering on AI final day in Croke Park. Nobody can undervalue that win yesterday. No AI win should ever be undervalued but you know the way some people are.
It wasn't just that Mayo won or that it was after 75 years. It was how they won. As someone on the Sunday Game said: this is the new blueprint for how football should be played. It was total energy, total press from the get-go to the final whistle. I'm trying to think of a fitter more energetic team and I cannot think of one (perhaps Limerick hurlers, but hurling is for me, less physically taxing on the body over 70+ minutes). Mayo were probably 7-8 points the better side on the day.
Kerry will be back. That's the Kerry way. But when? The great Maurice Fitzgerald ended up with two AI medals at the end of his great career. David Clifford has two now. If he ends up with "only" two, I, for one, would not classify that as a bad innings at all.
foreveryoung (National) - 27/07/2026 17:47:29
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "Some of it is mentality and ambition, Mayo and Galway look at winning Connacht as a stepping stone, their ambitions lie in getting to Croker and as deep as possible into championship. I think its a vague aspiration in Roscommon and not really focussed on because we talk ourselves into being a small county and sure isn't everything else a bonus. We are a small county but we produce very good footballers and we don't have a huge amount of other sports in competition with football. The county is pure football apart from a small area around Four Roads. As big as soccer is in Castlerea or Boyle it's still second fiddle to football. Roscommon lads are playing at a high level from secondary school competitions, through to county underage, into university and then club, there is no reason we shouldn't be aiming to get into the last 4 of the competition. We have a management team who definitely have ambition to up the standard going by the inclusion of Sherlock and Comerford this year, their challenge is getting the players heads there. There's a difference in thinking you'll win a game and having the belief in knowing how to win games. Big improvements this year but some old habits still need sorting out.
I know the 40's were an age ago and the game and format have changed beyond belief but after Roscommon winning in 43, Jimmy Murray said they wanted to get Kerry in the 44 final to be able to say they played and beat the best out there. That is incredible way of thinking compared to now where we'd be hoping to avoid Kerry or whoever. It's not like things were booming in the county either, the 40s were bleak. Huge emigration and the population dropping by 5000 between 1936 and 1946. There is almost nothing from that time relevant in how the game is played now but that mentality was evident in Mayo yesterday. They actually looked like a team that relished taking on Kerry." Jimmy Murray was an exceptional leader and that's what's needed. Before 1943, Roscommon hadn't won Connacht since 1914. They had lost by a point to Galway in the Connacht finals of 1941 and 1942. Murray said before the '43 Connacht final that we'll beat Galway today or they'll carry me off on a stretcher. Roscommon beat Galway that day and went on to beat Cavan in the All Ireland final and retained Sam the following year v Kerry. Murray was a man of steel with iron leadership. Roscommon beat this year's All Ireland champions by 10 points. We limped out of the championship against Monaghan because the team were happy with winning Connacht and had no real ambition beyond that. Well done to Mayo on their fight and energy yesterday though it always hurts to see red and green flying high in Ballaghaderreen.
endgame (National) - 27/07/2026 17:43:39
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Equivalents In Outpouring Of Wider GAA Fans To Mayo's Win In All Ireland - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "I am not sure the mass outpouring of joy at this Mayo victory will ever be topped in GAA tbh.
Massive massive underdogs and everyone outside of Kerry wanted to see them beat Kerry and finally win Sam again, after so many Final defeats.
The scoreline flattered the Munster men tbh.
What a day and what celebrations.
It will live long in the memory…!" I'd say the supporters of Derry, Donegal, Armagh, Tyrone, Offaly & Clare might have something to say about that. Even my own county to a lesser extent. Everything gets exaggerated to high heaven in the age of social media.
Square_B (National) - 27/07/2026 17:27:37
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "We're in an era of "1 in a row" as a good few teams of similar standard around plus its hard to win an AI under the new systems." I suppose shows how good that Dublin team that were able to do 6 in a row, also probably shows that the Mayo team of 2016, 17 were a very good team and in any era they probably would have won at least 1 All Ireland. Yeah so many teams at a relatively similar level, sure Mayo hadn't even reached the quarter final the last few years. So about 7 or 8 teams will fancy their chances of winning Sam next year.
CartaDubh (National) - 27/07/2026 15:18:31
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Exactly, Kerry who DID win back to back titles in that era were never able to beat Tyrone,who NEVER won back to back titles.
So how does this "good teams win all Irelands but great teams win back to back titles " theory fit into that :)" I don't subscribe that any particular achievement separates a great team from a good team. A bit of luck can get in the way of successive titles and of course a really good/great team might be unlucky that their era coincides with the presence of an even better team.
However that is not to take away from the unique challenges involved (especially at amateur level) of defending a title. Those GAA teams that have backed it up, whether they are great or good, certainly deserve special kudos.
sligo joe (National) - 27/07/2026 23:10:03
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayforsam26: "Watching mayo homecoming I think Galway should just have one big homecoming in the stadium if they ever win an All Ireland again the atmosphere would be way better" Nothing will beat Tuam in 98. The roads were literally lined with fires the whole way through Galway, villages and towns hopping. Absolutely savage. Atmosphere not near as good at these sanitized events now, some MC waffling over a bad sound system and asking questions that have been asked a hundred times since the end of the game. All part of the record the event on the phone culture. There was a wildness and spontaneity with that tradition of stopping in the villages.
FullOfPorter (National) - 27/07/2026 22:41:59
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "Jimmy Murray was an exceptional leader and that's what's needed. Before 1943, Roscommon hadn't won Connacht since 1914. They had lost by a point to Galway in the Connacht finals of 1941 and 1942. Murray said before the '43 Connacht final that we'll beat Galway today or they'll carry me off on a stretcher. Roscommon beat Galway that day and went on to beat Cavan in the All Ireland final and retained Sam the following year v Kerry. Murray was a man of steel with iron leadership. Roscommon beat this year's All Ireland champions by 10 points. We limped out of the championship against Monaghan because the team were happy with winning Connacht and had no real ambition beyond that. Well done to Mayo on their fight and energy yesterday though it always hurts to see red and green flying high in Ballaghaderreen." That's for sure and Dan O Rourke was meant to be a serious driving force as well. Have to hand it to Andy Moran he is some leader and had the belief Mayo would win an All Ireland.
FullOfPorter (National) - 27/07/2026 23:15:05
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 1 Like(s)
Looking at the words Jack O'Connor said earlier when interviewed (read this on RTE) it looks as though he wants another crack at Sam. He said they will double down on it now.
Say Kerry is sick and this defeat will drive them on. Can't see Mayo winning back to back. I think we are going through a phase in Gaelic football where nobody will win back to back for a long time.
RoyalStalwart24 (National) - 27/07/2026 23:51:04
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Kerry felt a lot like Galway v Armagh. Looked like a lot of guys struggling with fittness or injured. Style of play less driven more slow pace. I know Cian O'Neill is highly rated but tally has a better record and probably suits the new rules. Cian O'Neill lost Armagh in 2024 and mayo in 2026 both times as favourites. Andy Moran changed the goal keeper and moved on from Aidan ose after they lost roscommon which is something Galway have struggled to do. Andy Moran probably not getting the credit he deserves as he made the calls in year 1 that Galway still can't make in year 7. All the mayo full forward line can pressure a kick out whereas Galway aren't as focused on it.
Kew (National) - 28/07/2026 06:54:39
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