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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Watchthepost: "One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man.
Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT.
How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute?
It is so obvious to all." That is absolute nonsense. Trayers and Daithi Burke are allstar nominees in 2026. None of Loughrea's established brigade are county material. Killeen is progressing well, and hopefully will be joined on the county side by some of Loughrea's younger cohorts in the coming seasons.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 06/10/2026 12:13:41
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "Wrong again. Loser of final will play Aughnamullen for promotion." No they don't,
championship winner and finalist go up , with killanny as league winners , Aughnamullen are intermediate next year
MONAGHAN1985 (National) - 06/10/2026 12:49:50
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To otgarom: "This is why club success outside of the county is not really an indicator of intercounty success. Would you rather be Roscommon with Bridgids being one of the best club teams in the country with only really Pearses and Boyle being overly competitive outside of that, or Kerry where the championship is competitive enough that the All Ireland champions are out in Round 1, or Mayo where neither of the two finalists made it out of the groups last year and who have 23 Mayo clubs represented on their intercounty panel (24 in all).
Club success is brilliant and for anyone from a club that goes deep its better than an intercounty run but club success often isn't indicative of intercounty joy." Without the strength of Roscommon club football in senior and intermediate they probably wouldn't be as often in Division 1 or Division 2 champions the last decade, instead would be closer to Leitrims level in Division 4.
A stats from journalist Colm Keys.
Out of the 28 football clubs in Roscommon, a total of 25 clubs are represented across the county's three major Connacht-winning squads (Minor, U-20, and Senior).
indicative of intercounty joy there even though the Seniors have underachived in the All-Ireland series.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 06/10/2026 13:47:20
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To westmeathgaa11: "Raharney will blow them away with how they performed today. Best performance I've seen from any team inside this county in years" Ah now that's a good one. this should've been a cracker but it wasn't. It wasn't even Raharneys best performance in years, never mind the best performance of any team in the county in years. Too many shandys on the way home me thinks.
stonemadbeany (National) - 06/10/2026 18:57:39
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "United is a very warped scenario. One of the most profitable clubs, generate huge revenue but they are a hostage to a ridiculous takeover where the Glazers bought the club and then transferred the debt of buying the club on to the club itself. It's like a vampire scenario, they take money out of the club for themselves while the club is left in a debt loop. It's the polar opposite of city." Good post well explained,I dont really know how premier league clubs operate financially.
In the case of UTD,,is there a specific reason why they're owners are being allowed to operate this way,without any threat of points deductions etc,,while Citys owners are being investigated?
As Lockjaw said in the next post at least citys owners seems to have pumped money into the local area for whatever thats worth.
Seniorleague (National) - 06/10/2026 11:29:58
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Overdahill: "Loughrea are a savage unit but none of the lads currently not making the county panel are realistic options imo. Killeen Hanrahan and Morgan are well good enough and Morgan should have got more time last year imo. But their forward line is mroe savage depth of 9/10 club players than superstars who are good enough for county. I thought Shaughnessy might get a run last year but hasn't been great this year until Sunday. Best club team doesn't mean most players on the county panel. I'm not from Turlough btw!" Shaughnessy was in with the county panel at the start of the season I believe, but wasn't kept on. What is the extent of his shoulder injury I wonder?
Triffic (National) - 06/10/2026 13:11:04
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Without the strength of Roscommon club football in senior and intermediate they probably wouldn't be as often in Division 1 or Division 2 champions the last decade, instead would be closer to Leitrims level in Division 4.
A stats from journalist Colm Keys.
Out of the 28 football clubs in Roscommon, a total of 25 clubs are represented across the county's three major Connacht-winning squads (Minor, U-20, and Senior).
indicative of intercounty joy there even though the Seniors have underachived in the All-Ireland series." Yes our Intermediate championship is good standard also with 4 of the last 8 Connacht winners from Roscommon and was three other Roscommon Finalists losing narrowly.
Once the standard of our club championships drops the county team will likely follow and we'll find ourselves back to where we were before 2016 e.g basically a Division 3 instead of established top 8 league team we have been the last ten years.
For the record In the last 32 senior Roscommon semi and Quarter-finals the margin of victory
was 6 points or less in 22 of those games and the last 5 county senior finals had a winning margin of 4 points last year (after a replay) 2 points 2024, 1 point 2023, 1 point 2022, 3 points in 2021.
If Brigids retain the title they will be the first team since themselves in 9 years to do so.
That is the very definition of good standard and competitive club championship and Oran v Castlerea and Boyle v Pearses during this championship was as among the best games of football I've seen any where since the introduction of the new rules.
The_analyser (National) - 06/10/2026 15:18:38
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "I dont mind smaller clubs being given the chance to financially outmuscle bigger ones. If you look at their histories many of Europes top traditional clubs were probably originally created by financially powerful businessmen to begin with,, handing them an unfair advantage over local rivals
I think liverpool was originally created by a textile tycoon or something ,whereas Man City or Bournemouth may have had more organic beginnings." Player power is much stronger now too. The Bosman rule meant players could run down their contracts if they chose to do so, and then leave for nothing. So it forced clubs to sell. Players inevitably will go where there is more money on offer, and bar a few of the traditional big European teams like Real, Barca and Bayern, this means the Premier League.
But if the Premier League becomes a farce over the way they handle City's sanctions, then players may slowly opt to play elsewhere.
Lockjaw (National) - 06/10/2026 17:20:29
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Some people would complain if the gate was free and they had to walk 20 yards from the car.
€10 into a Minor Championship semi-final is hardly outrageous. Referees, officials, grounds, insurance, lights and the running of competitions all cost money. You can't expect championship games to be put on for nothing. People will spend €20-€30 on a takeaway without thinking twice, or multiples of that going to a soccer match, but €10 for a live championship game is apparently where the line is drawn.
And now apparently putting the Division 1 Minor final before the Senior final is a bad thing as well. For years people have talked about promoting underage football and giving young players a proper occasion. What better way to do that than letting them play a county final in front of a big crowd, in a proper atmosphere, on the biggest club football day of the year?
The alternative is giving them their "own headline billing" and potentially having a few hundred people scattered around the ground. I'd imagine most 17 year olds would rather run out before a packed stand on Senior Final day than have a separate fixture just so it can technically be called the main event.
At times people seem to treat the County Board like they treat the Government - permanently looking for the next thing to give out about. If the price is €10, it's too dear. If the minors are put before the senior final, that's wrong. If they were given a separate day and hardly anyone turned up, the same people would be asking why underage football isn't being promoted properly.
Funny enough, you rarely see the same energy when something is done well. The games organised every week, the facilities, county final days, underage competitions and all the work that goes into keeping the whole thing running don't generate nearly as much discussion. And a lot of the people doing that work are volunteers giving up their own evenings and weekends, not some crowd sitting there making a fortune out of it.
But put an extra fiver on a ticket and suddenly everyone is an expert in county finances. People will spend more on a takeaway on Saturday night, a few pints or considerably more to go and watch professional soccer, but apparently a tenner to watch their own club or county championship is daylight robbery.
Some people have just made giving out about the County Board a hobby at this stage. No matter what they do, somebody will find a problem with it. You'd nearly think people enjoy the complaining more than the football.
MonaghanBoi (National) - 06/10/2026 22:40:52
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "I see they are messing around with the Div. 1 Minor Championship finalists again. Putting them on as a curtainraiser to the Senior Final. These lads deserve their own headline billing, same as the Div. 2 and Div. 3 finalists. Then again it is a good way to get €25 of people who are only interested in the Minor Final. Then the lads and their supporters are rushed off the field to make way for the big boys. Monaghan CCC take a bow (not)" I'd say if you asked the players in the division 1 final they are delighted to get playing in clones in a championship final
Monaghanmad123 (National) - 06/10/2026 22:44:23
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