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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To otgarom:  "This is why club success outside of the county is not really an indicator of intercounty success. Would you rather be Roscommon with Bridgids being one of the best club teams in the country with only really Pearses and Boyle being overly competitive outside of that, or Kerry where the championship is competitive enough that the All Ireland champions are out in Round 1, or Mayo where neither of the two finalists made it out of the groups last year and who have 23 Mayo clubs represented on their intercounty panel (24 in all).
Club success is brilliant and for anyone from a club that goes deep its better than an intercounty run but club success often isn't indicative of intercounty joy."
Without the strength of Roscommon club football in senior and intermediate they probably wouldn't be as often in Division 1 or Division 2 champions the last decade, instead would be closer to Leitrims level in Division 4.


A stats from journalist Colm Keys.

Out of the 28 football clubs in Roscommon, a total of 25 clubs are represented across the county's three major Connacht-winning squads (Minor, U-20, and Senior).

indicative of intercounty joy there even though the Seniors have underachived in the All-Ireland series.

Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 06/10/2026 13:47:20

Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To datsit:  "I tend to agree with this, Clonguish are in a far better position heading into this week than if the managed to win by a point the first day.
Second half at weekend they got back to doing what they are good at.
When they sit back and dont keep running at teams, they invite the pressure and struggle. They should of had Dromard killed off after 45 mins first day out. I beleive they will have learned massive lessons and the extra game may indeed give them a better chance. A very young team so their recovery will be a lot quicker than if it was Killoe in the same position."
Frank74 will be quick to shut this down and tell you Clonguish haven't a hope and they have injuries and a few more excuses.

BadgerDog (National) - 06/10/2026 08:57:40

Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To datswrong:  "Tubbercurry went down"
Datswrong

BreakingBall123 (National) - 06/10/2026 09:42:13

Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man.
Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT.
How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute?
It is so obvious to all.

Watchthepost (National) - 06/10/2026 09:46:16

Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Seniorleague:  "I dont know enough about ffp rules to agree or disagree with them. They certainly havent stopped utd accumulating a debt thats bigger than many countries annual budget.
How many clubs in the football league are even solvent anyways?"
Basically, no matter how wealthy your owners are, the amount you can spend on transfers is tied to the revenue you generate in a year. City were guilty of grossly over-exaggerating their revenues over a sustained period. To the point where their annual revenue figures were equalling or surpassing the likes of Barcelon and Real Madrid. Ludicrous stuff really.

They also had "dual contracts" in place. So on the books for example, manager Roberto Mancini's contract might have said he was on "only" £2m a year. But he was also being paid a separate salary, off the City books, as an "ambassador" or a "consultant" for Abu Dhabi worth maybe £8m a year. All designed to keep the costs in the club books low, and ultimately boosting their bottom line revenue figure.

I would say most clubs are guilty of similar clever accounting. But City really took the biscuit over a sustained period. They also used every legal trick and obfuscated as much as they could for years.

Meanwhile, lesser resourced clubs such as Everton and Forest were wrapped on the knuckles, received fines and points deductions for lot less.

City have to be hammered for this, otherwise the integrity of the all-powerful Premier League is in the bin. The whole edifice could crumble. But, there is a politival context to it all too. The Emiratis have pumpsed an awful lot of money into the UK over the years, and they are already hinting that the gravy train will grind to a halt should they not get their way re: City.

Lockjaw (National) - 06/10/2026 10:25:11

Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)

Replying To FullOfPorter:  "United is a very warped scenario. One of the most profitable clubs, generate huge revenue but they are a hostage to a ridiculous takeover where the Glazers bought the club and then transferred the debt of buying the club on to the club itself. It's like a vampire scenario, they take money out of the club for themselves while the club is left in a debt loop. It's the polar opposite of city."
Good post well explained,I dont really know how premier league clubs operate financially.

In the case of UTD,,is there a specific reason why they're owners are being allowed to operate this way,without any threat of points deductions etc,,while Citys owners are being investigated?

As Lockjaw said in the next post at least citys owners seems to have pumped money into the local area for whatever thats worth.

Seniorleague (National) - 06/10/2026 11:29:58

Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Watchthepost:  "One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man.
Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT.
How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute?
It is so obvious to all."
That is absolute nonsense. Trayers and Daithi Burke are allstar nominees in 2026. None of Loughrea's established brigade are county material. Killeen is progressing well, and hopefully will be joined on the county side by some of Loughrea's younger cohorts in the coming seasons.

Pope_Benedict (National) - 06/10/2026 12:13:41

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "Wrong again. Loser of final will play Aughnamullen for promotion."
No they don't,
championship winner and finalist go up , with killanny as league winners , Aughnamullen are intermediate next year

MONAGHAN1985 (National) - 06/10/2026 12:49:50

Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Overdahill:  "Loughrea are a savage unit but none of the lads currently not making the county panel are realistic options imo. Killeen Hanrahan and Morgan are well good enough and Morgan should have got more time last year imo. But their forward line is mroe savage depth of 9/10 club players than superstars who are good enough for county. I thought Shaughnessy might get a run last year but hasn't been great this year until Sunday. Best club team doesn't mean most players on the county panel. I'm not from Turlough btw!"
Shaughnessy was in with the county panel at the start of the season I believe, but wasn't kept on. What is the extent of his shoulder injury I wonder?

Triffic (National) - 06/10/2026 13:11:04

Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Without the strength of Roscommon club football in senior and intermediate they probably wouldn't be as often in Division 1 or Division 2 champions the last decade, instead would be closer to Leitrims level in Division 4.


A stats from journalist Colm Keys.

Out of the 28 football clubs in Roscommon, a total of 25 clubs are represented across the county's three major Connacht-winning squads (Minor, U-20, and Senior).

indicative of intercounty joy there even though the Seniors have underachived in the All-Ireland series."
Yes our Intermediate championship is good standard also with 4 of the last 8 Connacht winners from Roscommon and was three other Roscommon Finalists losing narrowly.

Once the standard of our club championships drops the county team will likely follow and we'll find ourselves back to where we were before 2016 e.g basically a Division 3 instead of established top 8 league team we have been the last ten years.

For the record In the last 32 senior Roscommon semi and Quarter-finals the margin of victory
was 6 points or less in 22 of those games and the last 5 county senior finals had a winning margin of 4 points last year (after a replay) 2 points 2024, 1 point 2023, 1 point 2022, 3 points in 2021.

If Brigids retain the title they will be the first team since themselves in 9 years to do so.

That is the very definition of good standard and competitive club championship and Oran v Castlerea and Boyle v Pearses during this championship was as among the best games of football I've seen any where since the introduction of the new rules.

The_analyser (National) - 06/10/2026 15:18:38