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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To mintyfresh: "By the end of the weekend you could have both Tang being relegated to intermediate and Maryland relegated to junior. Two clubs that have played amalgamated at underage for the last 30 years and now both are struggling. I don't think they have had a minor team themselves for at least five years as they have been joined with St. Joseph's this few years as Esker Gaels and prior to that they were in with Garrycastle. It just goes to show if you take your eye of the ball at underage it doesn't take long for adult teams to suffer. If either go down at the weekend it's hard to see them coming back up anytime soon." Agreed, very short sighted by both clubs not building a medium sized town in the area to ensure they had adequate playing numbers.
Multyplier (National) - 01/09/2026 22:59:09
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Is David Mc Cague that good of a manager. When he was with the u20s they were shocking poor. Awful style of football. You could drag a man out of the Pub to manage Scotstown and their still going to win the championship. Whole different story when your playing tough games week on week and not being at the same level as the opponent.
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 02/09/2026 11:56:36
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "In fairness, I think Barney may have been referring to the start of the Premier League in general, rather than specifically the Man United v Leeds match.
But I'll ask him:
If Limerick had been playing Galway in the Hurling Final on the first Sunday of September this year, how many kids outside of those counties would have been jabbering about that rather than Arsenal v Chelsea or Everton v Man United on the same day?
Or if the Football Final had been the following Sunday, how many outside of Kerry and Mayo would have been talking about it more than the Manchester derby that day, or the Liverpool or Arsenal matches that weekend?" Are you serious? You don't think mayo winning the all Ireland would have captured the imagination of kids any less if it was in September?
They would have been discussing it in school with their friends and teachers and pretending to be kobe or Clifford at lunchtime.
Id say yes an all Ireland final would be bigger than a random Premier league game, assuming they were fans of all sports as most kids are nowadays anyway. They have all the jerseys, whether its man utd ,arsenal, kerry or mayo etc
richiepmurphy (National) - 02/09/2026 13:51:58
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To mintyfresh: "By the end of the weekend you could have both Tang being relegated to intermediate and Maryland relegated to junior. Two clubs that have played amalgamated at underage for the last 30 years and now both are struggling. I don't think they have had a minor team themselves for at least five years as they have been joined with St. Joseph's this few years as Esker Gaels and prior to that they were in with Garrycastle. It just goes to show if you take your eye of the ball at underage it doesn't take long for adult teams to suffer. If either go down at the weekend it's hard to see them coming back up anytime soon." I don't think any eye was taken off the ball, some very good people involved in underage down there. What does need to be considered is the population of the areas and the size of the schools. I'd say there's more houses between Shandonagh pitch and the hospital in Mullingar than there is in Tang and Drumraney combined.
Tang had an excellent crop off the 2018 minor team that came through and lost a Div 1 Final to The Downs while for Maryland they had an excellent 2009 crop who came through and got to a Senior Semi Final if I remember under Finbar Egan and many of them are still lining out and doing what they can.
Very cheap to blame the clubs for taking their eye off the ball when it's far from the truth. Population in these areas doesn't really benefit from the town of Athlone in the same way that Caulry and Tubberclair probably do.
DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 02/09/2026 07:30:12
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Tyrone GAA - 1 Like(s)
Predictions for Senior Games this weekend?
TruaghGaell (National) - 02/09/2026 09:21:44
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fitzy01: "One of my favourite players of all time and as a defender he is definitely at least equal but could he raid up and down the field like Kyle Hayes playing at half back? Could he knock over points regularly from the same range as Byrnes playing asa half back? They are all great defenders. As a half back how often did he cross half way. Who do you think gave the better ball and much more assists to their forward line. It's just my opinion, I'm not trying to convince anyone else but I think the Byrnes and Hayes took the half back position to a different level. I'd gladly hear the arguments for why Tommy is better than them as a half back. It could be argued he was a better player as he excelled in so many positions but as a half back I'd rate the two higher." Nobody would defend like Tommy did, the same as JJ. Also it with Cody the ball did the work, kiely has the running game, two different approaches.
Bon (National) - 02/09/2026 09:58:05
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "That record of beating Antrim and Cavan last year does put Paul as lead contender for me too" When did blaney play antrim and cavan ?
monaghanmad4567 (National) - 02/09/2026 11:03:17
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "The split season has made a massive difference to clubs in Galway and I can confirm that first hand. We've had 3 rounds of the football championship and all senior and intermediate groups finished by the end of August. Games played on brilliant pitches in very good weather for the most part. Never mind when a county final is played, they're often extended so there isn't too much of a gap to the provincial campaign.
What matters is that the majority of club championship matches and the majority of players of our Gaelic games have certainty on when they're playing and are playing most of their matches in good weather and good surfaces at the end of the summer.
If the All-Ireland football final was still the 3rd Sunday in September, we'd be into October before we could even start. The players don't want that, yet some people still can't understand it.
Galway were in the All-Ireland hurling final this year, yet we have 2 rounds played already and the final round of group matches is next weekend." Are players happy to be training for 6 months of the year with no meaningful games( bar all county league which are of little interest), then a glut of matches in a short time frame?
That adds to the risk of injury, and a hamstring or broken finger in the condensed season means a player will probably miss the whole championship.
richiepmurphy (National) - 02/09/2026 13:44:22
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "On what basis are you giving POC the job? Would you it aim a bit higher…" The same basis that is given to a man that is performing miracles wining 1 team competitions….
mick2007 (National) - 02/09/2026 14:24:10
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