|
Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "Murtagh didnt look like much of an all star in clones this year, when push came to shove in the 2nd half he couldny be found. That is where all stars appear." You could say the same about Stephen O'Hanlon in Croke Park against a 14 man Louth for 62 minutes.
Likewise how many of the Mayo All Star winning defenders looked like All Stars in Clones v Monaghan when 2-20 was conceded and you were without O'Hanlon due to injury. Years work than one match is where individual player awards should be decided.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 30/10/2026 12:10:37
|
|
Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "To be fair I don't think it was the pressure that beat them in the seniors. They just came up against more battled hardened and experienced teams.
They have a great record at minor and U21 level of late and I'd expect that to continue.
And their time will come at senior level eventually and when it does they'll be hard to stop." Haha yeah I agree, My last post was more tongue-in-cheek to see if I could get a bit of craic going. The forum is really dead these days.
Four Masters away to Gaoth Dobhair tomorrow. That will be a good test. Gaoth Dobhair under a wee bit of pressure after narrowly losing to Termon.
Lockjaw (National) - 30/10/2026 09:25:01
|
|
Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "To be fair I don't think it was the pressure that beat them in the seniors. They just came up against more battled hardened and experienced teams.
They have a great record at minor and U21 level of late and I'd expect that to continue.
And their time will come at senior level eventually and when it does they'll be hard to stop." How long will they get that excuse though? There will always be teams with more experienced players who have gone further in championship. How long does that crop of players go without getting success. They won't beat Naomh Conaill, Eunans, Gaoth dobhair or Glenswilly in the next 3 years and I'll safely say that. They lack physicality and it was badly exposed against St Michael's, they were schooled by Langan mcelhinney and McLaughlin. You can be great footballers at minor and u21 where there's lots of space and allowed to play football, senior is a whole other story
Beolive92 (National) - 30/10/2026 10:16:38
|
|
Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
All stars always throw up a debate, but the all ireland winners and finalists normally get the lions share and rightly so.
But at intercounty level each team can only win 1 of 2 national titles(all Ireland & National League) and 1 provincial title.
Obviously Zero credit is given to the National league even though it is 1 of only 2 national titles you can win, but there is no way the 4 counties below should have an all star in 2026, ahead of Armagh/Roscommon/Kerry/Westmeath players who all won a provincial title.
(Louth)
While they backed up 2025's performance in 2026 by getting to the provincial final, they lost and Won Nothing
(Tyrone)
Did nothing in Ulster or All ireland of note and Won nothing
(Dublin)
Had some good games at the business end of the championship but got relegated and knocked out early in leinster, Won nothing and got relegated
(Monaghan)
Had a couple of exciting games, but Won nothing and got relegated
While these players are all great players
for example between league and championship
Michael Langan scored 40 points from midfield this season Conn Kilpatrick 9 points
Oisin Conaty scored 41 points this season 20 points more than Niall Scully
Durmuid Murtagh scored 76 points this season 47 points more than Steven O'Hanlon
ulsterrules (National) - 30/10/2026 11:28:48
|
|
Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To keeper7: "Have Four Roads any chance against Tooreen in The Hyde on Saturday?" Four Roads fell over the line twice against Oran and lost to Dominic's and then beat in the final in no small part to Dominic's finishing the game with 14 players.
Maybe Oran and Dominic's have improved or get closer to Four Roads or the latter has regressed either way it will take a brave punter to not tip Tooreen to win comfortably and the odds speak for themselves in that regard with Tooreen 1/10 to win.
The_analyser (National) - 30/10/2026 11:58:45
|
|
Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "All stars always throw up a debate, but the all ireland winners and finalists normally get the lions share and rightly so.
But at intercounty level each team can only win 1 of 2 national titles(all Ireland & National League) and 1 provincial title.
Obviously Zero credit is given to the National league even though it is 1 of only 2 national titles you can win, but there is no way the 4 counties below should have an all star in 2026, ahead of Armagh/Roscommon/Kerry/Westmeath players who all won a provincial title.
(Louth)
While they backed up 2025's performance in 2026 by getting to the provincial final, they lost and Won Nothing
(Tyrone)
Did nothing in Ulster or All ireland of note and Won nothing
(Dublin)
Had some good games at the business end of the championship but got relegated and knocked out early in leinster, Won nothing and got relegated
(Monaghan)
Had a couple of exciting games, but Won nothing and got relegated
While these players are all great players
for example between league and championship
Michael Langan scored 40 points from midfield this season Conn Kilpatrick 9 points
Oisin Conaty scored 41 points this season 20 points more than Niall Scully
Durmuid Murtagh scored 76 points this season 47 points more than Steven O'Hanlon" It's an individual award not a team award. Saying team A won a provincial title, therefore they should have more players than Team B doesn't make any sense. One could simply be a better team, but the other might have an individual player who performed better than anyone they had.
Naturally the teams who get to the latter stages will have more players, as they're generally performing better and there's an opportunity for their players to put in good displays on the biggest days.
Simply looking at scoring is also misleading, especially for players whose role is completely different. I actually thought Con Kilpatrick should have won an award last year. He was very good all year and outstanding against Kerry in the semi-final. He was very good again this year. He's a real driving force from the middle.
WanPintWin (National) - 30/10/2026 12:30:19
|
|
Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Did you think Moran and Carney was going to tell the media that they were to disappear off into the sunset?
7 All stars I predicted Mayo to win. Sam Callinan I wasn't expecting and expected Donnacha McHugh and David McBrien to win one" Of course not but the narrative that the Mayo players are going to be partying until next January and next year is a write off is bull. Like all county players these are series athletes and the days of a player coming back overweight and needing work is long gone.
yew_tree (National) - 30/10/2026 12:31:05
|
|
Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Marooned: "Home to Kerry first round of the league." Any further details of (potential) football and hurling fixtures? Looks like hurlers have a bye in the first round; will play Limerick at home Feb. 27th. I think.
Thompson untested? Anyone that saw his performance v Down in the Newry thriller 18 months ago wouldn't agree.
Triffic (National) - 30/10/2026 12:53:45
|
|
Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "All stars always throw up a debate, but the all ireland winners and finalists normally get the lions share and rightly so.
But at intercounty level each team can only win 1 of 2 national titles(all Ireland & National League) and 1 provincial title.
Obviously Zero credit is given to the National league even though it is 1 of only 2 national titles you can win, but there is no way the 4 counties below should have an all star in 2026, ahead of Armagh/Roscommon/Kerry/Westmeath players who all won a provincial title.
(Louth)
While they backed up 2025's performance in 2026 by getting to the provincial final, they lost and Won Nothing
(Tyrone)
Did nothing in Ulster or All ireland of note and Won nothing
(Dublin)
Had some good games at the business end of the championship but got relegated and knocked out early in leinster, Won nothing and got relegated
(Monaghan)
Had a couple of exciting games, but Won nothing and got relegated
While these players are all great players
for example between league and championship
Michael Langan scored 40 points from midfield this season Conn Kilpatrick 9 points
Oisin Conaty scored 41 points this season 20 points more than Niall Scully
Durmuid Murtagh scored 76 points this season 47 points more than Steven O'Hanlon" Since when has the national league had any bearing on all-stars? As it stands it's already heavily weighted towards last 8 (and especially last 4), why is the league even being mentioned as a factor here?
patk (National) - 30/10/2026 13:08:22
|
|
Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "O hanlon was our best player in croker, he was a marked man all yr
A 32 yr old ryan wylie put murtagh in his pocket in his first start all year" Murtagh scored more against Monaghan than O'Hanlon did against Louth
O'Hanlon was fairly anonymous 2nd half especially when it was expected one of Monaghans form players would step and lead them past a 14 man Louth for 62 minutes.
In the end Monaghan looked fairly average without Beggan in goal and away from Clones.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 30/10/2026 15:07:07
|
|
Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Decent research.
Apparently the All Star selection committee had a lot of new faces this year and by the looks of it wanted to be different with some bizarre selections" Which bizarre selections??
Claretandblue (National) - 30/10/2026 16:00:57
|