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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Good coverage of a disappointing topic on the Herald. Thought Michael Finneran's piece was interesting and the bit about once management are on about complacency it's nearly too late. Whether it's complacency or putting too much stock in beating Mayo and Galway or a mixture of a few things, there needs to be be attitude and mentality change when it comes to championship football which I'm sure management will be looking to address. If they thought they had a handle on it (I did), they had a rude awakening last Saturday. Fighting to the end win, lose or draw needs to be a given. I still think we need more of an edge to us as well. Too often over the last ten years relying on the Daly brothers to be the one's with fire in the belly. It doesn't need to be crazy lose the head stuff but need more hard hitting and aggression through the team. The Ulster teams have it in abundance. Galway, Meath, Kerry and as controlled as Jim Gavins Dublin were, they had plenty of edge as well.
FullOfPorter (National) - 18/06/2026 16:46:50
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Tailteann Cup 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "A Fermanagh - Wicklow final would be a novel pairing for two counties without provincial honours.
Taking the semi finals out of the limelight is history repeating itself. Happened to the Ring and Rackard finals as well. It is surprising that D3 and D4 counties aren't lobbying for a return of the All Ireland qualifiers over 2 knockout rounds for the 7 league qualifier spots. The Tailteann Cup could always be played out after in straight knockout, with the winner still rewarded with an All Ireland spot.
Hope all going to Croke Park on Saturday enjoy the occasion anyways!" Oh please, not this play off suggestion again. It is daft and would completely undermine the league, which has finally gained credibility and status as a competition. It would also fatally undermine the Tailteann Cup. You could have the scenario where Down beat Donegal (as they did a few weeks ago) in a play-off relegating Donegal, league champions, to the Tailteann Cup - utterly ridiculous. So that's a hat trick of damaged competitions with the Sam Maguire undermined as well.
CeachtPeile (National) - 19/06/2026 12:48:49
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To jobber: "Are you for real. Galway were slightly the better team no more no less. But any criticism against WH players on here is seen as sacrilige but thats a losers viewpoint and this team with huge potential will never reach that of we live in this delusion." Slightly better? Here's some facts. Galway won 67% of their own kickouts and 54% of Westmeaths. That's a mountain of lost possession. Conroy at 37 kicked 5 points. How much did our midfield kick? 2 points between them. Galways starting full forward line kicked 2-9 with 2-8 from play. Our inside forwards kicked 8 points, 5 of those from frees. We were outgunned simple as. We have a good young team that needs to be playing league football at a higher level. We need to be playing the Galways and Monaghans and Dublins more often to get that level. I hope we can lift it against Monaghan and get to a quarter final. It has been an incredible year and a quarter final would be the cherry on top.
Chops (National) - 19/06/2026 10:53:52
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Armagh Overrated - 2 Like(s)
Replying To hlynch12: "Just like Donegal a lot of hype about Armagh. Lucky avoid relegation, won a Ulster championship, nobody took serious. Hammered the gap last year against Kerry having won soft All Ireland year before. IS this Armagh team overrated?" Need to change bait there gasun AKA.
GreenandRed (National) - 18/06/2026 16:09:16
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Haven't been on in awhile and OMG.... some people calling themselves supporters. No doubt galway were a better team Sunday, they are physically bigger and a few years ahead of us in both development and structures within the county. Westmeath senior football team have been nothing less than unbelievable this year, would you you just look at the flags and jerseys everywhere. To think no mistakes will be made in games and there have been in every game is also showing a poor level of knowledge of the game.
Westmeath have stars all over the pitch, 20 of them in fact all year. Mark mcHugh deserves great credit, having lost players from last year, having picked up so many season ending injuries, NOT once have I heard him complain.
The players believe in what he is doing and following him.
If any of those negative voices and those criticising players were in o'moore park or wexford pk in the league, you will see the work this team has done and what they have sacrificed for the supporters and county, please god ya wouldn't criticise them.
My only worry is the impact of the last number of weeks on the players bodies and minds, they have to be on the last legs. Going to the well week after week.
Best of luck Sunday to the entire panel, 1 game away from an all-ireland quarter final, its just the stuff of dreams and is achievable. Iarmhi abu
Upforthegame23 (National) - 18/06/2026 14:27:38
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Kerry Peaking At Right Time? - 1 Like(s)
Shane Ryan, Gavin White and Sean O'Shea to start Satuday for Shane Murphy, Sean O'Brien and Paul Geaney. Tom O'Sullivan, Jack Barry, Dara Moynihan, Micheal Burns and Barry DAn O'Sullivan back for semi final. Starting to fall into place for KErry.
hlynch12 (National) - 18/06/2026 21:27:30
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
I am not sure about the results of any of the four games this weekend. There has been no team that has been consistently good in this years championship. At the start of the year I thought it was Kerry as favourites with Donegal, Armagh and Galway in the chasing pack but not so sure now. Could this be a year where some team comes from nowhere and lifts SAM? The new rules and new format has definitely shaken things up - which is a good thing. Its a shame more of the games aren't on free to air TV.
Green_Gold (National) - 19/06/2026 11:47:49
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Team named
Daly
Treanor Drumm T Baker
Wallace Allen Whittaker
Ormsby
Cooney
O'Sullivan McCartan Dillon
Heslin S Baker Kelly
Ray not named on bench Danny Scahill on bench. Midfield going to need a lot of help from half backs and half forwards. Could see Senan Baker or Heslin dropping deep to help with kockouts. Going to be a big ask to lift it again. Best of luck to the lads. They have given us a year to remember. They have emptied the tank in every game for themselves, their families and supporters. We need to get behind them for another 70 minutes.
Chops (National) - 19/06/2026 10:33:47
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GAATV - 1 Like(s)
Replying To combo: "Has the GAA have shown where the money in GAAPLUS is spent? Id love to know what a gameday costs or what the youtube channel costs are" Every cent of GAA income and expenditure is published in their annual report. It's available publicly.
WanPintWin (National) - 19/06/2026 10:30:05
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "In fairness Mayo there 2011-2021 won plenty of tight games and were mentally strong. That was a different team, this is a new team. I'd be concerned too about finishing out games.
We lost two recent Connacht titles to Galway that could and probably should have been won. Defeats to Derry at home and Donegal last year when we had the draw we needed and let it slip….
Streetwise, clinical and ruthlessness are something we had but this group has not yet shown. 12 points up against Monaghan and nearly let it slip….thats unforgivable. I'm beginning to worry a small bit that we may be gone back to the "nice" lads pre Horan era.
Nice lads win nothing. We need to show something this Sunday. Meath are a good team, a dangerous team but we are at home and of our lads have anything about them they need to be winning this game, otherwise I'm
Not sure where they are going…." Try being a Ros supporter. Going through the DTs here a week after.
Ros2013 (National) - 19/06/2026 09:48:06
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To hlynch12: "Armagh minutes from QF now likely to be finished Saturday. A lot lads flights booked for States Monday" I heard some of them booked them for Saturday. They're not even going to bother with the game.
WanPintWin (National) - 19/06/2026 09:31:33
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Apparently 35k tickets have been sold for Croker on Sunday... more than justifies the need to hold the game in Croker.
Square_B (National) - 18/06/2026 21:50:52
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GAATV - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "Jarlath Burns: Older fans not complaining about GAA+
Burns said having every championship game available to watch on television or through streaming is "not a good model".
GAA president Jarlath Burns said the association's own research shows that elderly people are not complaining about games being shown on GAA+.
"I know that we have received some criticism, older members not being able to (watch GAA+) but that's not what our own research is showing us," Burns told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture, and Sport.
"We have actually done a deal with Broadband Ireland that everybody who gets a package with Broadband Ireland gets free GAA+. It's free in hospitals, it's free in old people's homes.
"We are not getting feedback from older people to say that they are complaining about it. They are just happy to be able to watch the games. In fact they are now complaining that we're not doing enough games on GAA+."
Burns said having every championship game available to watch on television or through streaming is "not a good model", adding that at some point, Gaelic games would simply become "wallpaper".
"Our members are quite happy - and they have told us in all of the research that we have done - with the fact that we have 300 free-to-air games every year," said Burns.
"We have 180 championship games and 30 match days. We simply cannot show every game and also we have a question that we have to ask ourselves: How much is enough? Because we don't want to show every game live on television.
"We are a participation sport. We are not a sport for sedentary people who just want to sit and watch it on their television."
Burns continued: "If we are going to make GAA+ a free-to-air service, we are going to have to take out a significant number of millions out of our income. And we're going to ask ourselves the question, what do we not fund?
"We will be renegotiating the broadcast arrangements next year. We will take into consideration everything that has been said.
"Ideally we would love to show even more than 300 games a year, free-to-air. We would love to show more than that.
"But it is impossible under the current scenario where we are working with a public service broadcaster."
GAA director general Tom Ryan added: "Our natural disposition is to be self-sufficient and I suppose that's part of the imperative behind GAA+ as well - we try to make our own way."
What you guys think of this? I can't understand why they are not able to show more game? County boards manage it." The position is clearly laid out in the article above.
The GAA is entitled to fully maximise the commercial revenue they can earn from the product they own. What part of that do you not understand?
Square_B (National) - 18/06/2026 17:06:00
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GAATV - 1 Like(s)
Jarlath Burns: Older fans not complaining about GAA+
Burns said having every championship game available to watch on television or through streaming is "not a good model".
GAA president Jarlath Burns said the association's own research shows that elderly people are not complaining about games being shown on GAA+.
"I know that we have received some criticism, older members not being able to (watch GAA+) but that's not what our own research is showing us," Burns told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture, and Sport.
"We have actually done a deal with Broadband Ireland that everybody who gets a package with Broadband Ireland gets free GAA+. It's free in hospitals, it's free in old people's homes.
"We are not getting feedback from older people to say that they are complaining about it. They are just happy to be able to watch the games. In fact they are now complaining that we're not doing enough games on GAA+."
Burns said having every championship game available to watch on television or through streaming is "not a good model", adding that at some point, Gaelic games would simply become "wallpaper".
"Our members are quite happy - and they have told us in all of the research that we have done - with the fact that we have 300 free-to-air games every year," said Burns.
"We have 180 championship games and 30 match days. We simply cannot show every game and also we have a question that we have to ask ourselves: How much is enough? Because we don't want to show every game live on television.
"We are a participation sport. We are not a sport for sedentary people who just want to sit and watch it on their television."
Burns continued: "If we are going to make GAA+ a free-to-air service, we are going to have to take out a significant number of millions out of our income. And we're going to ask ourselves the question, what do we not fund?
"We will be renegotiating the broadcast arrangements next year. We will take into consideration everything that has been said.
"Ideally we would love to show even more than 300 games a year, free-to-air. We would love to show more than that.
"But it is impossible under the current scenario where we are working with a public service broadcaster."
GAA director general Tom Ryan added: "Our natural disposition is to be self-sufficient and I suppose that's part of the imperative behind GAA+ as well - we try to make our own way."
What you guys think of this? I can't understand why they are not able to show more game? County boards manage it.
Kew (National) - 18/06/2026 16:48:19
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GerryHeavincorner: "I've observed this for years without ever signing up. This topic has prompted me to post.
Sam, Ray, Luke, Wally, Mattie, Jason, Johnny H, Tadhg, ……etc., etc., have given us the summer of our lives.
We've played six matches and been favourites in two of them. They have run themselves into the ground, flung their bodies into challenges and held their nerve in pressure moments. We've had almost everybody scoring, superb defensive running', sixteen goals, sixteen two pointers, three clean sheets and memories for the rest of our lives.
There have been mistakes. Lessons will be learned and we'll be better for it. It's best to leave the reviews to Mark McHugh. He'll be well able to instruct the players.
The players owe us nothing. We should enjoy the journey while it lasts. Be mindful of player's friends and family reading these sites. If Westmeath 2026 isn't enough for anybody, there's always the World Cup." Anyone with a problem with any of the Westmeath performances this year is a clown who probably has only jumped on the Westmeath bandwagon around Leinster Final time. We have them in every county. No matter what happens from now on, it has been a year that all Westmeath players and supporters should be proud of. What a stroke of luck, getting McHugh to take the managers job. The players were there for a while but he has pushed them on to a new level. As regards Sunday, I see it as a 50/50 game. I dont go along with this idea that Clones is a safe haven for us. If you have big injury worries that could factor in, but I think there is a bit of Kerry style "cute hoorism" going on at the moment in Westmeath. Anyway safe travels to all and I am looking forward to a good open game of a high quality.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 18/06/2026 15:12:37
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6 Teams Left In A Hurling May 24Th - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "One thing is for sure - hurling only reaches 10-12 counties - half of them stop playing intercounty hurling by Mid May.
The lack of big games all summer, combined with the move behind a paywall - means hurling will be of less interest year on year in the 10-12 who do care and wont every reach the other 20.
No big games, no big names, no social media presence = a sport that wont reach the public over the next few years.
The sport is destined for decline now football has got its act together.
We are in mid June in football and 12 counties are still playing - "weaker counties" are toppling the big guns. There are so many matches even the paywall of GAA+ has to allow RTE show some. Tailteann cup matches are good to watch.
Sunday game had highlights last week of 24 football counties in action.
What will we get in Hurling - Sunday game highlights of the same game they showed earlier in the day.
There is also little or no tactical discussion around hurling - it doesn't even have blood and guts anymore as everyone just pucks the ball over from halfway.
Rural Ireland is facing a massive demographic problem at underage level in the next few years - and hurling is worst placed to compete with rugby, Soccer and football. Even basketball is growing quicker than hurling.
By all means change nothing and focus on the Munster Hurling championship - watch the rest of the sport die out everywhere at the same time.
For any sport to grow these days - kids have their phones and need to see their hero's. Hurling doesn't even have 1 big name anymore." 'The sport is destined for decline now football has got its act together'. Are you having a laugh?
bloodandbandage (National) - 18/06/2026 15:09:20
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Armchairreporter: "Not just a shortage of defensive players at minor and U20. Where are the forwards disappearing to when they meet the Munster teams???" Seem to have pulled Rabbitte, Burke, Neary and Niland from the wreckage of the last few u20 campaigns, so it'll be interesting to see if any of them go well in July v Cork.............or Offaly.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 18/06/2026 14:41:46
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Scenicparish: "You are complicating a system for the sake of it. What is wrong with the way it is now?
Kerry got caught this year with tough draws. I'd say that's your problem? Kerry have to beat Armagh just to make it to a quarterfinal." I welcome the tough draws. It is great for Killarney to get 3 big games this year - win, lose or draw. Championship is championship. Results going the other way are taken on the chin.
An All Ireland playoff would be great. The extra hurdles in Ulster and Leinster do need recognition in a fair playoff around that.
legendzxix (National) - 18/06/2026 14:37:43
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