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Is This County Power Thing , Newbridge , Or Corrigan Or Nowhere A Dangerous Road For The GAA - 8 Like(s)
Replying To tomsmith: "Tomsmith here from Cavan
I just sat back for a while and watched the play that is being made by players flexing ones muscles and now Counties doing likewise.
Is it a dangerous road that we are going down when Counties can dictate to the elected provincial Officers what ones County would like fixture to be played in .
It dosent sit well with me" I agree.
Antrim had no right to play their home game at home.
Shame on them !!
St.Conleth (National) - 16/04/2025 18:55:47
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Is This County Power Thing , Newbridge , Or Corrigan Or Nowhere A Dangerous Road For The GAA - 6 Like(s)
Kildare and now Antrim weren't dictating to elected GAA officials. They were following the rules, in Kildare's case the 2018 Qualifers and in Antrim's case the 2025 Ulster championship.
The rules as mandated by the GAA are that the first team out of the bowl gets home advantage.
Why does that not sit well with you? If it happened to Cavan, would you not think that they had the right to home advantage.
lilywhite1 (National) - 16/04/2025 17:51:55
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Non-Gaa Forum - 4 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "Lads why are ye still responding to the Trump troll. No post from him during stock market collapse and u turn on tariffs. Just ignore." Yes. Keep it an echo chamber for people that agree with you. No tolerance for opposing thought. I don't control what posts seep through Comrade.
Trump2020 (National) - 16/04/2025 20:48:24
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Is This County Power Thing , Newbridge , Or Corrigan Or Nowhere A Dangerous Road For The GAA - 3 Like(s)
Spot on Tom.
Just because a county has home advantage doesn't mean they should get to pick a ground in their county to play a game in.
Preference for venues should be given to the teams with biggest number of fans.
Happens in other sports all the time without issue...
if_in_doubt (National) - 16/04/2025 17:50:00
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To anon3: "Those club players aren't anyway near intercounty grade.
6 lads are too many but many other teams have u20s playing senior too." A Mayo man an expert on which Leitrim club players aren't good enough? there is a reason why players over the age of 20 aren't committing that needs to be addressed first before moving forward.
That was utter nonsense from Poacher to not allow U20s play for the U20s tonight.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 16/04/2025 23:11:52
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Leinster Football Championship - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "Always laugh at the playing at home thing from Kildare.
Be Croke Park quicker from Kilcock, Maynooth or Leixlip then you would crossing the City.
Lets be very frank here any team doing well in Leinster has used Croke Park for home games.
Meath did it, Laois did it, Kildare did it.
How many Championship games did Kildare play in Newbridge in 98 on their way to the final?
Newbridge or nowhere my eye." Except it's not just Kildare. Ultimately Donegal brought the motion to stop Dublin getting 2 home games in the old super 8s.
Anyone in Rathcoole, Saggart or Tallaght would be quicker to Newbridge than Croke Park - so I'm not sure what your point is.
brianb (National) - 16/04/2025 23:07:08
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
I know ye don't like posters who reside outside Leitrim contributing to the discussions here, but I can't get over the lack of constructive criticism being directed at mgmt following the results so far. I have thus concluded that we are in for a much tighter affair than expected on Saturday. Poucher is publicly ruling out even the possibility of a run in the T Cup, but has everything secretly been geared towards the Mayo game? Yes, I fully expect a Mayo win, but by the narrowest margin for many, many years. It will be all but impossible for McStay to prevent complacency creeping into the camp, in spite of the Sligo effort. I understand Moran addressed the players at training earlier this week in an effort reduce complacency. Happy Easter.
martinjoe (National) - 17/04/2025 10:38:14
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To galway2015: "You're giving Poacher way too much credit with that theory." Way too much lol.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 17/04/2025 11:44:51
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Tough game this Sunday, Roscommon will have it all to do against a very strong Galway side who are really targeting an All Ireland in July. I think it might just be a bit too much for us, Galway (like ourselves) have some of the best forwards in the country, but unlike us they are very well drilled at the back and don't give many opportunities away when the heat of the game is on. These are now the games where our leaders like Enda Smith, Diarmuid & Ciarain Murtagh, Niall Daly and Davy Murray have to stand up and go toe to toe with Galway.
I'd like to see this team for Sunday. Not sure if Stack is available. Promised to be a wet and windy day in Salthill so ball retention and patience with taking the right scores will be key
1.Carroll
2.Neary
3.Murray
4. Higgins
5.Ruane
6. N Daly
7. Ruairi Fallon
8. Eddie Nolan
9. Keith Doyle
10. Ciarain Murtagh
11. Ultan Harney
12. Enda Smith
13. Diarmuid Murtagh
14. Cian McKeon
15. Ben O'Carroll
Rossfan93 (National) - 17/04/2025 09:11:00
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To loughree: "I sometimes wonder are people realistic where Westmeath football is concerned . The last time Westmeath won a Leinster senior football championship game was in April 2022 when we beat Longford . Since then we have lost to Kildare ( twice ) , Louth and Wicklow . Our under 20's have been competitive but our minors win over Longford recently was the first since 2022 . We have been competitive in the All Ireland qualifier series but our record shows five defeats and one draw from six games . We lost twice to Galway and Armagh once to Derry and drew with Tyrone. The team which played Kildare last Saturday had eleven changes from the team that lost to Armagh two years ago. Westmeath are not competing with Dublin , Kildare and Meath consistently at under age . They don't have the depth of talent of talent required to compete. The current team and management are doing well in the circumstances . Westmeath supporters need a bit more realism and patience." Agree to a certain extent. I don't agree with you about the player pool. As you said 11 changes from two years ago on the senior team, so obviously players able to step up to intercounty. I think against kildare we brought on two players who hadn't played a game of football in 8 plus weeks, both good players but what did management expect them to do, match sharpness was way off. The player pool at underage is also obviously there. Look at schools football, westmeath teams all featuring in latter stages of championships, the county board are the ones letting players down. There is a terrible s+c programme for underage teams, no structures in place re development, most of the coaches are parents of players as no incentive to get involved. All counties around us have got their acts together. Appointment of coaches, providing a good worthwhile s + c programme. Westmeath are overachieving considering where the development is coming from
Upforthegame23 (National) - 17/04/2025 09:24:53
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To martinjoe: "I know ye don't like posters who reside outside Leitrim contributing to the discussions here, but I can't get over the lack of constructive criticism being directed at mgmt following the results so far. I have thus concluded that we are in for a much tighter affair than expected on Saturday. Poucher is publicly ruling out even the possibility of a run in the T Cup, but has everything secretly been geared towards the Mayo game? Yes, I fully expect a Mayo win, but by the narrowest margin for many, many years. It will be all but impossible for McStay to prevent complacency creeping into the camp, in spite of the Sligo effort. I understand Moran addressed the players at training earlier this week in an effort reduce complacency. Happy Easter." You're giving Poacher way too much credit with that theory.
galway2015 (National) - 17/04/2025 11:07:40
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Invest the money required? Have you been to convention ever? Have you any idea of our financial situation? S and C programmes are laudable but extremely costly. Check out price for wolfhound membership, it's far and away most expensive gym in area, obviously well regarded by members and popular but costly. We don't have a sugar daddy like Mulryan in Roscommon or Glennon's in Longford, that's the reality, look at apathy towards tickets for fundraising draw, it's not for the county board but for future generations and yet badly supported, not easy to hear but we are poor supporters of county teams and poor supporters financially
Claretandblue (National) - 17/04/2025 13:56:41
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I see the bookies for those who are betting folk have placed a handicap of 21 points on the game. I'm not a betting man nor do I advise people to but always good to see what the actuaries are coming up with. Tbh I think it'll be closer to 30 if Mayo were to keep the foot down. The heads will swell on them and then they'll have humble pie for dessert in the Connacht Final.
Write off 2025 in Leitrim, get rid of Poacher as soon as Tailteann Cup is over and invest in getting someone to investigate into the structural issues within the county that'd be how I'd like to approach thing if it were as bad in Sligo. A weak Leitrim does no one any good in Connacht.
Sligoman1234 (National) - 17/04/2025 12:01:01
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To REDANDBLACK30: " link
A new report has shown that the living standards between people in the North and the Republic are widening all the time. This highlights the real price of partition. With these figures the economy of the North is a back water compared to the Republic?? People in the Republic will on average live 2 to 3 years longer than those in the North??
We are no nearer to the 32 county Socialist Republic we need and Michael Martin has said he doesn't see a United Ireland happening even by 2050. It's very clear that Ireland is becoming like East Germany and West Germany in the past where East Germany was so much poorer than West Germany." Tirchonaill1 (National) - 17/04/2025 12:08:09
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Upforthegame23: "Agree to a certain extent. I don't agree with you about the player pool. As you said 11 changes from two years ago on the senior team, so obviously players able to step up to intercounty. I think against kildare we brought on two players who hadn't played a game of football in 8 plus weeks, both good players but what did management expect them to do, match sharpness was way off. The player pool at underage is also obviously there. Look at schools football, westmeath teams all featuring in latter stages of championships, the county board are the ones letting players down. There is a terrible s+c programme for underage teams, no structures in place re development, most of the coaches are parents of players as no incentive to get involved. All counties around us have got their acts together. Appointment of coaches, providing a good worthwhile s + c programme. Westmeath are overachieving considering where the development is coming from" 100%, a decent current U17 county player may not be seen by the county again until he is U20. Whereas they should all be sent to Wolfhound etc. for assessment, given a plan and testing every 5-6 months, then we will have teams physically able to compete by U20. No way will the county board invest this money required.
OverTheHill85 (National) - 17/04/2025 12:19:02
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Trump troll thinks i have a problem with differing opinions rather than the childish posts .
TheFlaker (National) - 17/04/2025 09:08:01
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Leinster Football Championship - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "Always laugh at the playing at home thing from Kildare.
Be Croke Park quicker from Kilcock, Maynooth or Leixlip then you would crossing the City.
Lets be very frank here any team doing well in Leinster has used Croke Park for home games.
Meath did it, Laois did it, Kildare did it.
How many Championship games did Kildare play in Newbridge in 98 on their way to the final?
Newbridge or nowhere my eye." What about the rest of Kildare that isn't on the Sligo to Connolly line? Definitely handy for anyone from Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip or Confey. Newbridge is a definite advantage when you want partisan support in the smaller home ground than Croke Park.
GreenandRed (National) - 17/04/2025 06:07:43
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galway2001: "Walsh and Comer are not available" Both featured in a recent A v B challenge game. Both sat out the New York game with their history of injuries and weren't going to be risked on that hard surface.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 17/04/2025 01:19:06
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Leinster Football Championship - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "I work with a lot of Meath people and a lot of them are expecting to beat Dublin in this upcoming semi final. Be interesting to see will such expectations will be realized." The Dubs are definitely there for the taking this year.
We are miles away from even last year - are we were poor enough last year tbh.
Losing Fenton is a game changer - and add Jamesie, Jack, Mannion, Mick Fitz, Lee and Murch also. ;o(
Game outside of Croker - never a better chance for meath to beat us imo.
Fionn (National) - 16/04/2025 22:58:06
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Wexford Hurling 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To hunting: "Nice win for our under 19 against offaly 1 18 to 19 points" https://kilkennygaa.ie/2025/04/u19-development-sheild-final-offaly-wexford/
If anyone wants to watch it. Good hard working performance.
Viking66 (National) - 16/04/2025 22:32:36
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