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Monaghan GAA thread - 4 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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Westmeath Football thread - 3 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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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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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Tommy Walsh?" 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.
Fitzy01 (National) - 02/09/2026 01:16:18
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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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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." No shame in that. A lot of clubs with bigger populations and a lot more resources than those are only playing at intermediate level and even junior. Tang especially punching well above their weight to even be Senior.
TheLineKing (National) - 02/09/2026 11:11:32
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Think Tommy Walsh is the best ever hurler tbh. Almost alwayss gave 8/9 out of 10 performances.
Seniorleague (National) - 02/09/2026 12:37:51
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fighting-Cocks69: "Delaney Cup 2026, there was no Tang/Maryland amalgamation when Tang played The Downs in the 2018 Division 1 final.
Have to disagree here. I always felt the St Martin's amalgamation was completely wrong and the county board made a mess of it. Milltown, Ballymore, Tang and Maryland knew exactly what they were doing. Milltown is around 22km from Tang, while some had much closer clubs they could've joined with.
As far as I remember they didn't join together for the league but then did for the championship, which felt very calculated. Killucan and Kinnegad had built strong teams over several years, only to meet four clubs combined. Most of that St Martin's starting 15 were county players or went almost straight into senior football.
I know it was years ago, but it was very harsh on the genuine club teams especially for kin egad and Killucan losing to them so narrowly in the semi and final" Also was that not a separate premier competition? I'm not sure it was the regular county minor championship surely.
DelaneyCup2026 (National) - 02/09/2026 13:01:03
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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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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To DelaneyCup2026: "The 2018 Minor team was Tang/Maryland. They are always amalgamated at under age. Maryland had a number of players on that team also.
St Martins is a completely separate argument; of course it should never have been sanctioned that year. It was nearly a county minor team.
But my point is on population and not because the clubs are suddenly trying or doing less at underage." Yeah I agree with the population point. Places like Maryland, Tang and Castledaly are nearly fighting a losing battle, there's just no real housing development going on in those areas. Even Milltownpass have it tough with so many clubs around them competing for numbers, although they'd pick up a few from the town/Gaybrook area.
Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 02/09/2026 15:37:35
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "I can't believe there are people involved in Gaelic games that want to go back to the fixture chaos and nonsense that we had before the split season." I reckon you'd have to look hard to find many people actually involved in the games who want to go back to that, if you know what I mean ;)
Pikeman96 (National) - 02/09/2026 16:52:17
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To JoxerDaly: "Weekend Predictions for SFC:
The Downs v Garrycastle: (TEG Cusack Park, Sun, 5pm)
The Downs to win by a low margin. Garrycastle have to win to qualify and will leave everything out on the pitch.
St Lomans v Caulry: (Moate, Sun, 5pm)
St Lomans to win, again by a low margin. Caulry should have pride in their jersey, playing in Moate, stayed with The Downs to half time, Senan is back and if they click will pose serious problems to Lomans. Another draw is a possibility.
Kinnegad v Mullingar Shamrocks: (Rochfortbridge, Sun, 5pm)
Kinnegad to win. Shamrocks won't roll over. Outside chance of qualifying is still there, provided results in other games go their way.
Athlone v Tubberclair: (TEG Cusack Park, Sat 5pm)
Tubberclair by the minimum
Moate v Killucan: (Kinnegad, Sat, 5pm)
Moate by the minimum
Tang v Tyrrellspass: (Shandonagh, Sat, 5pm)
Relegation decider. Tang have to win, Tyrellspass can draw or win to stay up. Tyrellspass to stay Senior.
Final Positions:
Section A:
Kinnegad => SF
The Downs => SF
St Lomans => QF
Garrycastle
Mullingar Shamrocks => Relegated to Section B
Caulry => Relegated to Section B
Section B:
Tubberclair => QF + Promoted to Section A
Moate => QF + Promoted to Section A
Athlone => QF
Killucan
Tyrellspass
Tang => Relegated to Intermediate" Unfortunately for them Shamrocks are out and are only playing for 4th regardless of results. Hopefully they will still be competitive
Iarmhisamhi (National) - 02/09/2026 19:22:55
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