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Non-Gaa Forum - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "All history over 100 years ago." It's a case of " I'm all right Jack" for some.
Saynothing (National) - 22/07/2026 14:09:25
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
PJ needs to kindly move on. New voice needed. 7 years at the helm of a generational team and he can't deliver and won't if he stays. He has to go. Thanks very much for the service but he's had more than enough time and now it's time to go and allow someone else a shot with this group. Fans ready to vote with their feet at this stage.
togoutlads (National) - 22/07/2026 20:33:33
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Peter Canavan?" He only played a few years in the 2000s. However still probably should be in there. Peter the great
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 22/07/2026 21:16:24
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CillTormoir: "Limerick came out of nowhere in 2018 and developed into a machine. Why is it never us?" They certainly didn't come from nowhere. They might have got there a bit earlier than expected, but that was a very highly touted group coming through. A huge number of them had won U21 All Irelands in 2015 and 2017 and had Fitzgibbon titles with UL and Mary I.
The success wasn't out of the blue either, but came from a lot of hard work done underage with development squads and increasing participation rates. The financial support to achieve this was also very important.
They got their house in order in a big way and also had a generational group come along.
It's not us, because we haven't done the same or had such a group come through.
It took what was pretty much a generational team in Galway to win one All-Ireland, combined with having one of the best hurlers to ever play the game.
WanPintWin (National) - 23/07/2026 12:44:51
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "They are still only slightly more relevant. The vast majority of counties qualify for Sam based on their League positions.
And all of them qualify for some sort of All Ireland Championship." 8 qualify from the provincial championship. 7 from the league and one from the TC.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 23/07/2026 12:08:04
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
People can throw out all the names they want and say he's the man. There is no 'the man'. Every manager has potential issues. The truth is we won't know until the person is in the job.
I do believe we need a change for a number of reasons. We need to pick who we think is the best candidate and even at that there are absolutely no guarantees. The current group looks like it has another couple of years at that level and we need to give them the best chance possible.
A new manager won't fix all of our ills either. There's a lot to be done in Galway football to address the pipeline of players coming through. I feel we've fallen quite a bit behind over the past number of years.
Joyce inherited a strong group coming into their prime, but after the U20 team of 2020, there doesn't seem to be a huge amount coming through.
People are working hard no doubt, but we need to benchmark ourselves against the likes of Kerry and Tyrone underage. The quality of young footballer they're producing looks to be at a higher standard. It's to be seen at development squad and minor level.
I've said it before, but I don't think we have the mentality as a county that absolutely needs to win. That can be changed, but it takes a massive effort and almost needs a bit of ruthlessness. We've seen it done in Limerick hurling. If we're happy getting to finals every now and then, we'll continue to see more of the same.
WanPintWin (National) - 23/07/2026 11:54:49
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TommyBermingham: "Peter Canavan was peak 93-98." For sure, but he still won 2 AIs in the period, and was a big contributor to both wins.
Viking66 (National) - 23/07/2026 10:48:39
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Sure why did we play Provincial Football Championship games this year then? All the Football counties played in the tier 1 or tier 2 All Ireland competitions that followed." The football provincials were played to determine whether those teams would be in the AI tier 1 or tier 2.
Under this proposal the hurling provincials would serve no such purpose as all 12 teams are in the AI tier 1 no matter how well or badly they do in the province.
CastleBravo (National) - 23/07/2026 09:36:12
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StopTheLights: "History shows that managers from inside the county rarely work either." Kevin. Walsh. Is the man
rhudson (National) - 23/07/2026 08:29:19
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "Would there be any appetite for a predictions competition for the upcoming club championships? Let me know and I'll add your name to the list." Sure I may as well, stick me in Lockjaw.
SouthOfTheGap (National) - 23/07/2026 04:06:39
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
PJ is like Charlie Haughey.........not gone until he is gone.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 22/07/2026 22:59:19
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "Would there be any appetite for a predictions competition for the upcoming club championships? Let me know and I'll add your name to the list." That would b brilliant lock - fair play.
Count me in
eunans4ever (National) - 22/07/2026 22:50:49
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
1- Rory Beggan - Freetaking, kickouts and all round game
2- Marc o se
3- Michael Fitzsimons - 9 all irelands an ever present on the greatest team in the modern era
4- Karl Lacey
5- Lee Keegan - Mr consistent for mayo
6- James mc Cathy- Rolls Royce
7- Jack Mc Caffery
8- Brian Fenton- Nailed on
9- Sean Kavanagh
10- Paul Galvin
11- Diarmuid connolly- Too good to leave out most skillful player ever
12- Michael Murphy
13- Conor Mc manus - His numbers speak for themselves
14- David Clifford- Best player to play the game
15- Gooch
Thats my opinion- Karl Lacey and Paul Galvin are the two i was unsure of
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 22/07/2026 15:43:38
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To logger: "Come on now lads. Give them the championship the Munster counties want.
Keep current format for both Leinster and Munster but instead have 5 qualify out of Munster and 3 from Leinster.
2 primarily quarter finals - 4th place team in Munster plays 3rd place team in Leinster and 5th place team in Munster plays runner up in Leinster. These games have to be fixed for Thurlus... its important that Munster counties get the advantage here.
2 Quarter finals - winners of the primarily quarter finals will play 3rd and 2nd in Munster - Again these games have to be fixed for Thurles.
Semi finals Croke Park - Leinster winner v Quarter final 1 winner
Semi finals Croke Park- Munster winner v Quarter final 2 winner
Final Croke Park Winner of Semi final 1 v Winner of Semi final 2 *
*If Cork qualify for the All Ireland final they get home advantage
This should keep the Munster lads happy." All Munster teams at home in those quarters, playing with the wind for the hour.
All that was left was for him to suggest two relegations from the 7-team Leinster and the Joe McDonagh finalists both get promoted.
StoreysTash (National) - 22/07/2026 14:05:54
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
Shane Murphy
Dylan Casey
Jason Foley
Tom O'Sullivan
Brian O'Beaglaoich
Mike Breen
Gavin White
Mark O'Shea
Diarmuid O'Connor
Joe O'Connor
Paudie Clifford
Sean O'Shea
David Clifford
Paul Geaney
Dylan Geaney
TommyBermingham (National) - 22/07/2026 20:14:22
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Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farneyarmy2013: "How does Rory Beggan not get an all star. Best keeper in the country by a mile. Best keeper ever in my opinion. People will say cluxton but that's not true, put Beggan in that all time dublin team they only get better, Cluxton wouldn't have the same affect with Monaghan.
Moanghan don't have any big men yet our kickout retention is one of the best out there. Ruthless with any free within 60 yards. Moanghan are a pub team without him.
Wouldn't begrudge Livingston either. He has been some find, countless amount of saves at big moments for mayo this year." You called it right, Moanaghan.
Saynothing (National) - 22/07/2026 19:28:44
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhi_an_mhaith: "Any matches being streamed this year? The season pass on Iarmhi TV is a great idea for those of us outside the county." Westmeath should be looking at clubber rather than iarmhi tv. More games can be shown and not just ones in cusack park. Some of the weaker teams in senior and intermediate have had maybe 1 or 2 games in the 2 years.
Blackandamber25 (National) - 22/07/2026 17:49:15
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CARPS: "Those "rankings" are nonsense. Wicklow, who came third in Division Four, 16th best in the country? Come off it.
And the whole problem with this year's Tailteann was that Carlow didn't have their best team on the pitch. And the same applied to many others. You do realiise that not every county has fully bought into the Tailteann? There are real question marks over how well some prepare and how strong their panels are.
The fact is that the hurlers are something like 14th or 15th of roughly 20, on this years overall form, and the footballers are something like 25th or 26th of 31. But whereas there is a considerable gap between 10th and 20th in hurling (Wexford would destroy Donegal or Wicklow), there isn't a huge gap between 20th and 30th in football.
These are just the facts, sorry. I prefer hurling to football, but pretending they are exactly the same in terms of competitiveness is ridiculous.
I actually agree hurling has more potential in hurling, but there is no point in even talking about that when he have 20 football clubs and only 10 hurling. To realise that potential, you would need the likes of Eire Og, Rathvilly, Tullow and Palatine to become dual clubs, and you'd also need to see people in Clonmore, Grange, Tinryland etc picking up their hurls in some capacity.
If we had a full county hurling program, yes, we could possibly win a Leinster inside the next 20 or 30 years. But we don't, and it's not going to happen when there's not a single county hurler from Carlow town (which is half the population of the county).
I wish this were not true, but I am not going to live in La La Land, like some of the hurling folk in Carlow." There's a fair gap between your hurlers and Donegal or Wicklows in fairness.
You made the Joe Mac final which would put you as 13th best team in hurling. And this year there wasnt much of a gap between yourselves, ourselves and Kildare. You wouldve been much closer to us than Wicklow or Donegal in hurling.
Your Footballers went well in div 4 of the League, but you still lost twice in it. The only group match your hurlers lost in Championship was when they fielded a second team in Antrim.
Carlow hurlers beat every other Joe Mac team in a Championship game this year.
Viking66 (National) - 22/07/2026 16:55:55
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "It is for Carps as we got hammered in football when team got their best teams on the pitch, as you should do for championship.
Much more potential in Carlow for hurling but the board is controlled by footballers unfortunately.
Lets rank the two codes based on championship which is the real form, hurlers top 12, and fbailer top 30 based on the hoganstand 2026 rankings forum, https://hoganstand.com/Forum/Details/113649?Latest=1, only ahead of New York, London, Waterford.
That's the outside neutral view unfortunately." Those "rankings" are nonsense. Wicklow, who came third in Division Four, 16th best in the country? Come off it.
And the whole problem with this year's Tailteann was that Carlow didn't have their best team on the pitch. And the same applied to many others. You do realiise that not every county has fully bought into the Tailteann? There are real question marks over how well some prepare and how strong their panels are.
The fact is that the hurlers are something like 14th or 15th of roughly 20, on this years overall form, and the footballers are something like 25th or 26th of 31. But whereas there is a considerable gap between 10th and 20th in hurling (Wexford would destroy Donegal or Wicklow), there isn't a huge gap between 20th and 30th in football.
These are just the facts, sorry. I prefer hurling to football, but pretending they are exactly the same in terms of competitiveness is ridiculous.
I actually agree hurling has more potential, but there is no point in even talking about that when he have 20 football clubs and only 10 hurling. To realise that potential, you would need the likes of Eire Og, Rathvilly, Tullow and Palatine to become dual clubs, and you'd also need to see people in Clonmore, Grange, Tinryland etc picking up their hurls in some capacity.
If we had a full county hurling program, yes, we could possibly win a Leinster inside the next 20 or 30 years. But we don't, and it's not going to happen when there's not a single county hurler from Carlow town (which is half the population of the county) or Tullow involved in the senior panel.
I wish this were not true. But it is.
CARPS (National) - 22/07/2026 16:18:36
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "All history over 100 years ago." It is not all history. The fact that the country is almost and increasingly completely dependent on overseas companies and workers and is no closer to reviving our language than 100 years ago is directly due to not securing full independence in 1921.
Of course there was no M50 and iPhones in 1921 so we should should up and be grateful :-)
BarneyGrant (National) - 22/07/2026 15:52:35
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