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ACL Injuries - 2 Like(s)
Replying To McMon: "What do you think would happen if a young fella or lady tried to tell their manager they arent going to be doing the prescribed gym sessions?" If a coach cant see wider picture than theyre not a good coach.
KillingFields (National) - 19/08/2026 12:52:17
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Eire89: "Who is lacking respect? Alot of work has gone into every club but they have definitely done alot of work in the transfer market and their star studded back room teams. Mark MCHugh James Horan Caroline Currid to name a few. Thats why you really must admire what corofin did and continue to do winning with "their own players" much more value to it then what moola cullen have done. I do believe they will County and also think they will go far in AI the loss to brigids in Connacht final last year was a game they could have and possibly should have and then Brigids elt same in the AI final against Dingle one they definitely could have won. O Gallagher being back (transfer from Antrim in case you didn know) is huge he is a huge player for them and makes them tick - do feel PJ under used him" I would say calling them Moolah Cullen and the like is a small bit disrespectful. They are winning and contributing players to county teams at all ages. They've place is around 4 times the size that it was around 20 years ago. Good luck to them.
smallfrank (National) - 19/08/2026 13:23:06
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To smallfrank: "Long way to go yet lads and show a bit of respect. Not their biggest fan but a lot of work went on in that club last few years. You would wonder why SKGAA, Barna, Claregalway, Michaels, James', Oranmore Maree have had such little impact on the senior championship over the last decade." Who is lacking respect? Alot of work has gone into every club but they have definitely done alot of work in the transfer market and their star studded back room teams. Mark MCHugh James Horan Caroline Currid to name a few. Thats why you really must admire what corofin did and continue to do winning with "their own players" much more value to it then what moola cullen have done. I do believe they will County and also think they will go far in AI the loss to brigids in Connacht final last year was a game they could have and possibly should have and then Brigids elt same in the AI final against Dingle one they definitely could have won. O Gallagher being back (transfer from Antrim in case you didn know) is huge he is a huge player for them and makes them tick - do feel PJ under used him
Eire89 (National) - 19/08/2026 12:22:57
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Great GAA Songs - 2 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "There's loads of GAA songs too. But not many from 2025. I never heard of Kingfishr til a few months ago and was a bit wary of 'indie folk' and still am about some of it! Great song that could be about any parish team. They hit home with the youngsters so maybe we're not old, we're just older.
'They'd go raring and tearing and fighting for love
For the land they call Killeagh and the Lord up above
Killeagh, la
La-la, la, la-la-la, la-la-la
For the green and the white I adore
For the parish to last evermore'
https://youtu.be/TUn6njI7DyQ?is=1Y7TWq6kJWQjf7nJ" That's pitiful stuff alltogether
Bon (National) - 19/08/2026 16:48:23
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "I play Aussie Rules for the past few years in Melbourne at the equivalent of "a good club" level. I was talking to the club S&C coach one evening and showed him the pre-season schedule for a club player. He nearly fell off the seat. His very words were "why are coaches putting that sort of load on the body? You need 6-8 week max of pre-season in any sport, that training schedule is a recipe for injuries".
He said even American Football players do gym work in April/May for a season that starts in August.
You would love to see the MISCP or some professional body provide some oversight on some of these charlatans doing S&C but its not a regulated industry so anybody can call themselves S&C." NFL players do gym work all year round. Im surprised at your coach saying that to be honest.
Premier League soccer players snd professional rugby players likewise do gym work all year round.
Even fat 55 year old mechanics like me do gym work all year round if they go to a gym at all. And I dont go because I want get bigger, I was always pretty naturally big. I was near 6 foot tall and heading up towards 15 stone when I was 14.
There's no point doing gym work in a stop start manner, you lose all your gains in a very short period of time.
And another myth is that everyone who goes to a gym goes there to get bigger. Yes, many lads do, but many top professional athletes dont. It depends what the demands of their particular position or sport are, what they want to achieve, do they want to get faster, etc etc. Some people I know are on gym programmes to lose weight and body mass, to de- bulk. And they arent fat to start with. There's no 1 gym programme that fits all. As you say it should be better regulated. I know of clubs who have had lads in who wouldn't do tailored individual programmes at all. They should be shown the door straight away.
Viking66 (National) - 19/08/2026 14:55:55
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad4567: "Monaghan Starting lineup fully fit
1-Beggan
2-Ronan Boyle
3-Ryan o Toole
4-Dylan Byrne
5- Louis Kelly
6-Dessie Ward
7- Conar mc carthy
8- Micheal mc carville
9- FIND SOMEONE over 6ft 4!
10- oisin mc gorman
11-Mick bannigan
12-Ryan Mc anespie
13-andrew woods
14-Gary Mohan
15-Max mc ginnity
KEY SUBS:
Tom Doherty
Mooneys?
Karl gallagher
Niall Mc kenna ( called up )
Conor Boyle ( get him back)" That big lad Oneill from Clare midfield for truagh could be an option if it was possible.
GaaMonaghanFan11111 (National) - 20/08/2026 09:33:50
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Moycullen have an unbelievable team but if 4 or 5 players on the pitch aren't from Moycullen it definitely lessens the achievement imo. Some transfers seem genuine but Johnny Maloney is much closer to Michael's for example, I'm told Gallagher hasn't moved back to Galway as such just transfered back to Moycullen (open to correction). It's a hard area to police but I think maybe like Irish basketball where you could only have maybe 2 transfers on the pitch at any one time. Having 4/5 really takes away the parochial nature of the GAA.
3rdmantackle (National) - 19/08/2026 20:34:01
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Kerry 2022-Current Team Better Than 04-09 Team? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "The current Kerry team are to one dimensional, everything is telegraphed to Clifford, Kerry and he have lost more finals then they and will win because of their reliance.
Hel get his usual 1.whatever, but I'd rather have a front 6/playing as a team and scoring that + anyway, then one very good player everything is fed into.
This generation has lost a lot of finals now and they haven't really beaten any "great" team in a final.
Maybe the Mayo team are just starting as opposed to finishing, while Dublin enjoy their well deserved rest after their decade + of achieving deeds of immortality" The 2025 qfinal v Armagh showed how devastating Kerry could be when they go after a game.
They havent done that since, as they didnt have to as everyone stood off them after that.
Then Mayo stepped up and gave them a challenge they werent ready for.
If you look at Cliffords heat map for most of his matched this season, he stays in one corner of the field.
For Kerry to unleash their full attacking power, they need a game plan that uses 3/4 scorers, with Clifford roaming the entire attacking half so they are less predicable. They will also have to demand some tackling from their forwards.
Clifford is more Lebron James than Michael Jordan. Doesnt do defence and all attacks must go through him on his terms.
Playing the way they are playing, CLifford will get the scoring record (like Lebron) and play a long time (as he isnt asked to play both ways) but wont win as many All Irelands as other great players.
Kerry and Clifford need to decide which is more important - CLifford winning individual awards or the team winning all irelands.
tirawleybaron (National) - 19/08/2026 18:40:54
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Great GAA Songs - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "There's loads of GAA songs too. But not many from 2025. I never heard of Kingfishr til a few months ago and was a bit wary of 'indie folk' and still am about some of it! Great song that could be about any parish team. They hit home with the youngsters so maybe we're not old, we're just older.
'They'd go raring and tearing and fighting for love
For the land they call Killeagh and the Lord up above
Killeagh, la
La-la, la, la-la-la, la-la-la
For the green and the white I adore
For the parish to last evermore'
https://youtu.be/TUn6njI7DyQ?is=1Y7TWq6kJWQjf7nJ" Sweet suffering Jimbo, they'd let anything pass as music these days. Even the Mayo songs are a notch above that drivel.
foreveryoung (National) - 19/08/2026 17:11:43
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To B&G: "If we do indeed go to 10 teams. Two groups of 5. I hope that it will not be Top t in each group in QF. This will remove competitiveness with 4 from 5 qualifying. They should have group winners in semi final and second and third in each group in a QF. Then bottom 2 teams in each group in relegation playoff.
Perhaps with bottom team relegated and Intermediate champions coming up. The team who finishes second bottom in relegation playoff play Intermediate runner up This will introduce more risk in senior relegation playoff." I reckon they will stop at 10 and not reduce further. I can see arguments for keeping it at 10 as going lower takes out any quarter final stage completely. In the 10 scenario, I agree that top in each group should push on to semi-final with second and third playing it out to decide who plays them in that semis. Having 4 from a group of 5 going thru doesn't drive teams to be competitive throughout the group stage IMO - much better to have 3 of 5 from each going thru. The bottom team from each group then play in relegation final to decide who goes down.
Problem is clubs have to agree to that and stick with it, even when they end up in that relegation final.
We will all be in that final at some point with a smaller championship size. Normalising going down and coming back up will be good for football in the county as it will keep intermediate competitive too and mix things up more regularly. Intermediate has had lots of tight games in recent years, but the measure of whether it is competitive in any real sense comes when we face our peers in Leinster, and we score very poorly on that front at the moment.
Eugene is entitled to his view, and he is a man I respect and who has more than earned the right to have a view on it too. I just don't agree him on this. Nothing wrong with a mix of views I suppose, or robust and respectful debate on it.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 19/08/2026 15:20:48
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To McMon: "My own experience, dealing with clients who have moved away from this type of training and their injuries have stopped" Clients? What clients? What are your professional qualifications?
Cockney_Cat (National) - 19/08/2026 14:26:54
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "The GAA spend millions on coaching but have they addressed fitness? How many coaches are telling players what to do and it's all wrong ? Coaching poorly is one thing but weights training poorly is risky. Maybe it's time GAA change some of the funding routes ?" I play Aussie Rules for the past few years in Melbourne at the equivalent of "a good club" level. I was talking to the club S&C coach one evening and showed him the pre-season schedule for a club player. He nearly fell off the seat. His very words were "why are coaches putting that sort of load on the body? You need 6-8 week max of pre-season in any sport, that training schedule is a recipe for injuries".
He said even American Football players do gym work in April/May for a season that starts in August.
You would love to see the MISCP or some professional body provide some oversight on some of these charlatans doing S&C but its not a regulated industry so anybody can call themselves S&C.
StoreysTash (National) - 19/08/2026 14:08:41
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Rabbitte at 6ft 4 should be more comfortable with high ceilings too." I see what you did their ; >
ColmFlaherty (National) - 19/08/2026 13:47:38
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "To me, the obvious benefit of not having a designated "A" team and "B" team is for the sake of your own players.
I know our U14s this year had mixed teams, as usual, and lads were regularly swapped between "Wexford Purple" and "Wexford Gold". The few from our own club might be together one week, split up the next, and back together again the time after that.
Remember that many of these lads are still only 13 years old, if they haven't had their birthday yet this year. Others would have only just turned 14. Tell a lad of that age week in and week out that "you're only good enough for the "B" team", and there's a greater chance of losing him somewhere along the way.
Personally, I'd strongly consider mixed teams at U15 too. Not so much U16, because they need to have an eye on U17 the following year, when you really do need to split the sides into "A" and "B"." A good thing JJ Doyle did at minor this year was have the one panel at u17 training together, minor and celtic challenge. People I know involved with other counties minor set ups thought that was a great idea too. Our celtic challenge team were very competitive this year considering depth has usually been considered an issue here in Wexford.
It was also good to see our U15Bs and U16Bs doing relatively well this year for the same reason. The u15Bs in particular got to the John Doyle Cup Final which they only lost by a puck of a ball to Antrims u15As. This would also be the oldest age group that came through the 1st year of Dermot Ryan and Paul Laffans u12 ASH scheme, which I think is now showing to have been an excellent initiative. To put that achievement in perspective Kilkenny made a big deal of how their u15Bs won the John Doyle Shield.
I think its a real shame JJ Doyle has been relieved of the minor manager job too.
Viking66 (National) - 19/08/2026 13:26:30
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Avensis2012: "dont know where you will get one annaduff , drumsna , clonturk and bornacoola struggling to get one between them these days" That's untrue thanks so much.
bláthach (National) - 19/08/2026 12:24:28
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