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Leitrim GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
We in Galway were honestly lucky enough to get out of there today with a win. A very good Leitrim team and something good is undoubtedly building with that group ye have. Best of luck for the rest of the summer and go raibh maith agaibh for the usual craic and great reception around lovely Carrick.

togoutlads (National) - 25/04/2026 21:51:05

Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)

Replying To ohwow:  "Who cares about bookies?

I surely attended the game. And indeed spotted some of your fellow Roscommon men attending too. Grown men in Roscommon jerseys mind you. Now maybe they had their diary wrong and thought they were playing in Carrick, they spend enough time in it anyway and we always welcome them spending their money across the river. Fair play to them"
I wondered about that too. Probably wanted to see a competitive semi final thank you as opposed to the avalanche they will face tomorrow from mayo who is managed by a Roscommon man who wouldn't play for them. Thanks for agreeing.

bláthach (National) - 25/04/2026 20:32:17

Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To togoutlads:  "We in Galway were honestly lucky enough to get out of there today with a win. A very good Leitrim team and something good is undoubtedly building with that group ye have. Best of luck for the rest of the summer and go raibh maith agaibh for the usual craic and great reception around lovely Carrick."
Always a pleasure to have Galway fans visit. Very knowledgeable about football and good craic too. Best of luck in the final v Mayo and further in the championship.

ohwow (National) - 25/04/2026 21:53:53

Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
Got a lesson today. Young team. Will learn from it. I said during the league we have 2 all irelands this year. Kildare and Offaly. That's the level at the moment.

Well and truly hurled out the gate.

Shocking performance to be fair

Yellowhelmet (National) - 25/04/2026 19:57:46

Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Well after my pessimistic view at halftime, I have to say the boys really dug in and didn't give up. Definitely a case of what might have been if McNulty had been on song, but I hope no-one holds that against him. When they went ten points down they rallied and reduced the deficit to just three points. We won more than our fair share of midfield battles which is very promising for what's ahead. Looking forward now eagerly to the Tailteann Cup.

Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 25/04/2026 19:44:26

Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
2nd year in a row Poacher got a competitive performance out of Leitrim in a Connacht semi final when the expectation was for a heavy loss.

A team worth following in the Tailteann Cup maybe even bláthach and ohwow might get out and attend a match?

Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 25/04/2026 19:02:45

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Our minor hurlers achieve their biggest win in many years, deservedly beating Dublin by seven points with a performance full of energy, determination and lots of good hurling but virtually every poster since focuses on the system in Tier 1 and nothing about the players or management and their achievement.

Claretandblue (National) - 25/04/2026 18:17:19

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To Maroooned:  "Wexford lost to Dublin in round 1 so Westmeath will go through if we beat Laois and Kilkenny beat Wexford.

But what a ridiculous Mickey Mouse system Leinster have created. We could be knocked out with 2 wins out of 3, with Dublin and Kilkenny going through with 1 win out of 3.

Who comes up with these formats? As people have said here already, why change from a really good tiered format that worked? Same with u20 format. An absolute shambles."
They use this kind of round robin crossover system in basketball competitions. The idea being you're supposedly seeding teams to give them 1 hard game, 1 middling hard game and 1 relatively level game.

I don't know why they changed it to this system but I assume how the Leinster council worked it, is Kilkenny and Galway, last year's Leinster minor winner and finalist are top seeds, Dublin and Wexford are second seeds as last year's beaten semi-finalists and then Laois and Westmeath are third seeds as qualifiers from the first phase.

The idea works grand when teams are playing each other all the time and you can gauge their level or seeding a lot better. In basketball, teams might play each other 2, or even 4,times in a season, so on average the better team comes through. These minor hurling teams only play once so the purpose of using the system is completely skewed from the start.

The reason why it's completely brainless in this scenario though is none of the teams participating are exactly the same team from last year as teams lose and gain new players each year. Seeding them based on last year's results is pointless for this system with the turnover of players. Westmeath were well bet last year by Dublin minors, by 5 or 6 goals. This year Westmeath are a good bit stronger at this grade and turned over Dublin. It would be very strange now if Westmeath and Wexford both win, and one of them is out after winning 2 matches, while on the other side Dublin and Kilkenny might only win 1 match and end up in a semi final.

RadioactiveTan (National) - 25/04/2026 17:35:57

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Half-time Leitrim 0-4 Galway 0-11. spirited showing by Leitrim but helped by Galways shooting efficiency with 8 Wides and other shots kicked short."
Walsh made all the difference. Looked as good as the rest of our forwards put together. McDaid not too bad either, the other forwards a dead loss on the day imo.

So slack defensively too at times. Gave up the penalty being slack to a ball off the post, then exact same slackness shown getting to Gleeson's penalty save, and goal conceded.

Neither Flah nor Gleeson looked good on short kickouts as usual, with Gleeson throwing in a typically catastrophic spell on kickouts late on. Midfield poor under long kickouts too, which will have to improve to win a Connacht Final.

Pope_Benedict (National) - 25/04/2026 17:34:36

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
We have a bit of a goalkeeping crisis lads.
None of the lads we have are good enough end of story.
Disastrous mistakes are becoming the norm now. Worrying

galwayman2 (National) - 25/04/2026 17:26:18

Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Credit where credit is due, Poacher, St Ledger and McGrath has a serious job done on this Leitrim team, they were left with a mess at the end of 2024, now they are better coached, they play with confidence, they play with a bit of aggression, they are playing for the manager, the age profile is so young they can only get better, I hope people get out in big numbers during Tailteann Cup, the players and the management deserves the support. Up Leitrim.

3rdmidfielder (National) - 26/04/2026 08:56:54

Longford GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Longford will have at least two rounds in Tailteann Cup with this years format. So county panel lads could be back with clubs for the final round of ACFL Division 1 IF Longford don't make it past those two rounds, or will not be back with clubs for any of ACFL Division 1 if Longford make it to Round 3. If you are a club in Division 2, your county lads won't be involved in league rounds at all. So we now have a situation where most senior league games are on Friday nights, and county panel members are not practically involved at all. We somehow managed to achieve the exact opposite of what the split season is supposed to be about.

LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 25/04/2026 15:50:02

Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To ahsure.:  "Galway very lucky indeed. Credit to Leitrim if ye can keep that group and momentum together you will have a right tilt at the Tailteann this year."
Thank you. Nice to have genuine football supporters in this forum from the big two not wannabe ones. Thanks so much.

bláthach (National) - 26/04/2026 09:09:23

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To preddan:  "Unfortunately I dunno is it enough to get through Wexford hammered Laois, Wexford and galway in same group as westmeath and two wins, westmeath will have to put up a cricket score against Laois and hope Wexford lose, correct me if I'm wrong,well done today though"
Wexford lost to Dublin in round 1 so Westmeath will go through if we beat Laois and Kilkenny beat Wexford.

But what a ridiculous Mickey Mouse system Leinster have created. We could be knocked out with 2 wins out of 3, with Dublin and Kilkenny going through with 1 win out of 3.

Who comes up with these formats? As people have said here already, why change from a really good tiered format that worked? Same with u20 format. An absolute shambles.

Maroooned (National) - 25/04/2026 15:37:39

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Gantric:  "Today's result proved we are very near the top of the tree. Was discussing the permutations with some very shrewd Leitrim football men earlier,men that really know their football and we are reckon we can give Sam a right rattle through the qualifiers."
Just to point out to you that our interest in the quest for the Sam Maguire is over for the year.
We now enter a competition called the Tailteann Cup which pitches us against teams more or less our own level and slightly above. But I'm sure a knowledgeable football man such as yourself knew that already.
In other words the likes of Kerry/Donegal/Dublin won't be gracing Pairc Seán this year.
The very shrewd Leitrim football men were just pulling your leg I think.

Boxtyeater (National) - 25/04/2026 21:29:45

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Good luck today Leitrim , leave it all on the pitch lads we can't ask any more, hopefully we have a good support today , these lads deserve it.

JimmyNail (National) - 25/04/2026 13:06:38

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To togoutlads:  "Got the win but calamitous errors are going to cost us big games if we don't majorly sharpen up. What do we have to do in Galway to get our restarts sorted? Such a massive and repeated element of every game and can PJ and sideline and these players actually ever get it right, efficient, and effective?! I don't know.
Also, so much lateral and ponderous build up is getting very predictable. Better teams will turn ball over again and again if we don't mix in serious strike runs, cuts etc"
Ironically one of our best strike runs of the day was blocked by the ref and Leitrim carried ball away

systematic (National) - 25/04/2026 20:51:01

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
A big improvement needed in lots of areas I was at most league matches this year and today was the most sloppy performance over 70 mins I'd imagine for final be min 5 changes ,, goalie is between flaherty and McGrath at this stage ( my opinion) Hernon will surely start as will Jack Glynn Mulkerrins gives away 2 many frees Kelly come back in as will Tierney and I'd imagine if Thompson fit he play and if not I'd say Walsh will start
In my opinion we have zero scoring threat from half back line I know mchugh got goal 2 day but in general very poor return from that line and they never kick ball in all hand passing , though Mcdaid very good 2 day

Kickitout (National) - 25/04/2026 21:00:35

Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
You have to realize these competitions are run to ensure the stronger hurling counties emerge as winners

valley84 (National) - 25/04/2026 21:06:19

Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Fionn:  "Looks like there is life in the Cats yet...
They are giving the Yellow Bellies a bit of a hammering...."
Id be worried about gap between top league and second. Wexford and Dublin been given wake up call.

Next game is winner takes all in Wexford Park for either to qualify i suspect.

BarneyGrant (National) - 25/04/2026 21:23:46