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Westmeath Football thread - 2 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." Agreed, very short sighted by both clubs not building a medium sized town in the area to ensure they had adequate playing numbers.
Multyplier (National) - 01/09/2026 22:59:09
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
The format in junior is a joke though. There is no jeopardy in the group stages. Teams play 4 glorified challenge matches if you win one sometimes its enough to get you through. Why not have top teams get rewarded and get to a semi final. A team who wins 4 games gets the same reward as a team who wins one.
25 games to get rid of 3 teams.
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 01/09/2026 12:27:53
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GDL: "Indeed, Ruairi Lavelle, Michael Donnellan, Alan Keirns, Maurice Sheridan and Donal O'Sullivan often reminisce about the good old days. The go games at U8 and U10 and then a swim from the Blackrock tower." They certainly weren't a good comparison to use, for obvious reasons, however I will say that the current team is much more homegrown than previous versions. Their top players all came up the underage ranks, Maher, Finnerty, O'Flaherty, Sweeney.
WanPintWin (National) - 01/09/2026 13:33:02
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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." 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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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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