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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 9 Like(s)
Replying To JackieboyfromTara: "Meath had a great year. One of the youngest teams in the country. Great potential. Any successful team has bad days. Dublin in 2009 and 2010 were hammered by Meath and kerry. Your own county were hammered by Donegal. Beating kerry Dublin Galway in same championship shows huge progress. Any one doesn't think so, knows nothing about GAA, or bitter or jealous of Meath progress. Look age of Meath team. Only 1 1/2 years together. Comparee to Donegal team 5 of 6 years together. So many of their players 27 28 29.
Look at Meath team age
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Billy Hogan 21
Brian O'Halloran 21
Sean Rafferty 25
Sean Coffey 22
Ciaran Caulfield 21
Conor Gray 21
Adam O'Neill 23
Conor Duke 20
Ruari kinsella 21
Jack kinlough 20
Keith Curtis 23
Jordan Morris 25
Matthew Costello 24
Cathal Hickey 24
Eoghan Frayne 22
Cian McBride 23
That's Youngest Meath team ever reach semi final. Not one player on team aged 26 27 28 29. Also injuries caught up with Meath. With 4 midfielders injured Brian Menton, Ronan Jones, Jack Flynn all injured Meaths best midfielders. Jack kinlough huge talent excellent in leagur did his ACL. James Conlon Meaths best forward in championship also injured. Cathal Hickey very important impact sub, injured today. Donegal would still have won. But Meaths inexperience young age injuries all caught with them. Anyone can see Meath are coming team with huge potential." It's not that there's bitterness or jealousy against Meath. It's lads like you crowing about past glories that's a bit tedious. Especially when it's to argue against any other opinion.
Anyway, it's 2025 and Meath lost an all Ireland semi final by 20 points. No past history is going to change that stat.
St.Conleth (National) - 13/07/2025 22:56:20
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To JackieboyfromTara: "Kildare have beaten Kerry in championship once in 97 years
Kildare have beaten Dublin twice in championship in 50 years
Kildare haven't beaten Galway in championship in 102 years
Meath beat Kerry Galway and Dublin this year.
Meath have beaten more top teams this year than kildare have in last 25 years eg Kildare only victory over top team this century eg Mayo 2018. Kildare have only beaten two top teams outsie leinster in last 97 years. They are Mayo in 2018 and kerry in 1998. Meath beat two top teams outside leinster this summer.
Meath have had great year, huge progress with one youngest teams in the country.
First leinster team to beat Dublin in 15 years.
Meaths defeat over kerry was kerrys worst defeat in championship in 24 years, and 5th worst to team outside Munster in their history.
First leinster team to reach All Ireland semi final in 15 years. * outside Dubs.
Meath are first team in 140 years of gaelic football to beat kery Dublin Galway in same year in same championship.
That's called progress. Anyone who says otherwise knows nothing about football or is jealous and bittr of Meath huge development this year.
I think kildare looking at their dreadful poor performances v div 3 and div 4 teams throughout this year and last year, need to be focusing on improving themselves." Dont think a few of your facts are correct there. I remember kildare beating dublin in the league a few years ago. Also are meath the first ever team to even play dublin kerry and galway in the same championship if not 1 of the only teams so that's not much of a record to have. After today never mind kildare they can celebrate the Tailteann Cup win fair play to them. Meath should probably focus on improving themselves so they're not humiliated by 20 points again. Just a bit of friendly advice.
Lúla571210 (National) - 13/07/2025 23:04:40
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To JackieboyfromTara: "Kildare have beaten Kerry in championship once in 97 years
Kildare have beaten Dublin twice in championship in 50 years
Kildare haven't beaten Galway in championship in 102 years
Meath beat Kerry Galway and Dublin this year.
Meath have beaten more top teams this year than kildare have in last 25 years eg Kildare only victory over top team this century eg Mayo 2018. Kildare have only beaten two top teams outsie leinster in last 97 years. They are Mayo in 2018 and kerry in 1998. Meath beat two top teams outside leinster this summer.
Meath have had great year, huge progress with one youngest teams in the country.
First leinster team to beat Dublin in 15 years.
Meaths defeat over kerry was kerrys worst defeat in championship in 24 years, and 5th worst to team outside Munster in their history.
First leinster team to reach All Ireland semi final in 15 years. * outside Dubs.
Meath are first team in 140 years of gaelic football to beat kery Dublin Galway in same year in same championship.
That's called progress. Anyone who says otherwise knows nothing about football or is jealous and bittr of Meath huge development this year.
I think kildare looking at their dreadful poor performances v div 3 and div 4 teams throughout this year and last year, need to be focusing on improving themselves." Some laughable stats there....
Meath with the joint heaviest defeat in an All Ireland semi...
Along with Mayo ...20 points !
Belclare7 (National) - 13/07/2025 21:37:48
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The Men Of '25 - 7 Like(s)
Replying To Young_gael: "The Men of '25
I say no word of the long ago
Of our warriors staunch and true,
Who fought their fight in the days of old,
In our memories live their gold,
But I raise a hand to our own dear lads,
All royal, brave and true,
Who fight their fight,
Keep Meath's dream's alive,
The men of '25!
When they heard the call of the days of old,
They sprang to the field again,
And the foe of old was the first to fall,
In Portloaise's mighty den.
And in war with our friend's o'er the great, blue Boyne,
Did our foe, oh how did they strive!
And defeat the men of old green of Meath
The men of '25!
And to work they went, against foes of old,
Rebels, Rossies oh how they fell,
And the kingdom came to Tullamore's den
To face the royals unleashed from shell.
Then a showdown, in Dublin's town,
Came to mighty western tribe,
And we watched with fright, Old Meath's might,
Then men of '25!
Now back to the den, Meath go again,
To face a northern foe.
With the county right, and the panel's might,
To battle, now they go.
And in Meath's proud name may they rise again,
And all Royals to Croker arrive,
And they'll fight the fight all over again,
Mighty Meath of '25!
Up the Royals." Oh woe are we
Royals all undone
Donegal came down ready for war
And boy did they have fun.
Greengrass (National) - 14/07/2025 12:37:53
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "That's how far behind we are. A long way unfortunately. Roscommon well beaten by a Galway team beaten by a Meath team hammered by 20 points today in an All Ireland semi final. The County Board need to have a very serious look around over the next few weeks. They need to get the next Managerial appointment right. The two best teams are in the All Ireland Final. Outside of them , the standard is poor. Tyrone not good yesterday. Dublin are a pale version of their great team. Roscommon , with the players we have, should have been at least in the quarter finals this year." While I agree we are under achieving and definitely need to be getting this appointment right, you cannot judge teams too much by who bet who this year. Mayo should have drawn with Donegal and could have beaten them. Mayo lost to Cavan yet beat Tyrone. Kerry lost to Meath but now are transformed. Kerry swat Tyrone away with ease while Tyrone managed to beat Donegal in Ballybofey. Both teams that are in the final have put in their best performances when they needed them most, in knock out. A good management team and a motivated young squad can take big learnings from that defeat there today. Be interesting to see how Meath get on next year.
I think of that heavy QF replay defeat to Mayo in 2017 and Roscommon should have been using that to drive them on in terms of fitness, conditioning and defensive strategy. Don't know if it was management or a case of management not getting the buy in from the county board to bring them to the next level but we stagnated instead of getting things in place to get to the next level of a semi final.
FullOfPorter (National) - 13/07/2025 20:57:19
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Donegal GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "There's a photo of Shaun Patton receiving his 100th cap on Facebook from the chairman, who took the photo???" Our Chair is a woman.
Our PRO is a woman.
And if you had an All Ireland Medal in Mongahan, what would you be? A Woman.
Bye bye @FarneyFail3
SouthOfTheGap (National) - 14/07/2025 10:44:33
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The Men Of '25 - 4 Like(s)
Here is my contribution to a poem/verse.
There once was a team from Meath.
Who lapped up everything they believed.
Louth won the cup.
Math won nothing.
The end .
louthman57 (National) - 14/07/2025 13:29:00
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 4 Like(s)
Replying To JackieboyfromTara: "That'd because kildare were in div 3 for most last 100 years like they are now. Unable to win leinster or beat Dublin or Kerry.
In last 97 years
kildare have reached 4 All Ireland semi finals
Meath have reached 22 All Ireland semi finals in the same time period.
Of course kildare didn't get hammered All Ireland semi final because you never reach them. While Meath hammered great Down team of 60s and great kerry team of 00s in semi finals. And beat great Cavan of 30s and 40s in semi finals. And beating great Donegal Armagh Derry and Tyrone teams in semi finals." Kildare have only been in Division 3 twice in the last 30+ years. Anyway this is not about Kildare although it is a back handed compliment you seem so obsessed with us. We have a strong body of work find into underage and schools over the past 15 years that has resulted in consistent high level performances by Kildare underage teams resulting in 4 Leinster minor titles, 4 u21/20 leinsters and two All-Irelands, plus a Hogan cup and five Brother Bosco Post Primary Leinster titles by Naas CBS, which covers a raft of clubs in North Kildare, also consistent strong last four and final appearances by other Kildare schools. Combined with a strong club championship (in 2023 all three Kildare champions reached their respective provincial finals winning two of them)
The missing piece was a competent and serious senior management setup, now we have that in place, a young manager who has already delivered 2 U20 Leinster titles and and All-Ireland and now a Tailteann Cup. What Kildare is building is based on substance not media hype.
Meath fell over the line against a zombie Dublin team, half a Kerry team in a glorified challenge match, not a knockout championship game and a Galway team who only played for 10 minutes and blew ye out of the water. Yesterday was always going to be the litmus test against a fully primed Division 1 team. We saw the outcome of that was not pretty and a stark reminder of Meath's place in the pecking order.
LilywhiteGael (National) - 14/07/2025 15:09:47
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Well done Donegal, the result was never in doubt and the margin was not really a surprise either. From a Monaghan perspective it has also brought a sense of realism, and optimism, about our second half a few weeks back!
I hope 100% Donegal go on now and deliver a final performance and result for the ages. You have an objectively better team and panel than Kerry, and I think the team knows it too. Kerry will look for all the edges they can find- expect a few articles about the 'treatment' DC has gotten from defenders all year for example- but Donegal have been round the block for long enough to deal with all that. McGuinness' plan for Kerry's inside forward(s) will be worth waiting for. My hunch is Ciaran Moore will be given a job to do on Clifford- his pace and ability to recover on the turn seem like just the solution needed. Caolan McGonagle back is a huge, huge plus for Donegal also.
A brilliant match and a fortnight's hype to look forward to- a Donegal win would be a fitting capstone to the greatest football season of all time. Enjoy.
Eddie the Exile (National) - 14/07/2025 11:46:52
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Trump2020: "When it comes to lads being picked or not being picked I have to believe injuries or fitness play a part in Joyce's decision who to play. I mean Joyce WANTS TO WIN so surely he tries to field the best possible team. He's not a stupid man in my opinion. We have been to 2 All Irelands under Joyce and I ask you to remember the days before he was hired when Mayo dominated and we did next to nothing. I don't want to go back to them days. I agree with you 100% about the window closing on this current team." Nobody doubts that he wants to win. Does he have the smarts to?
He has to rent smarts from outside. Cian O Neill, Mickey Graham??
Would Jim Mc Guinness win the All Ireland next year with that Galway panel?
We'd all put money on it!
We have a closing window on a championship team and after watching our performance against Meath, you'd have to concede he wasn't even in the ballpark.
When have we beaten a team out the gate in the last few years?
Every game is a battle in the last 5 minutes. Raising our game for good teams, dropping standards against poorer teams.
Dropping players who were playing well, messing with goalies at the business end of the championship, playing meaningless side to side keep ball v Meath.
What was he at with Sam O Neill?
Starts for 18 minutes, doesn't make the 26 after that.
Great for a young lads attitude and confidence.
We are devastating when we attack at speed. He certainly does not promote that.
2 more years will see the end of Conroy, Comer and Walsh.
Barring some unfortunate injuries, he's never got the best out of them. S&C has to be questioned on Comer and Walsh.
He let an injured Shane Walsh miss free after free in an All Ireland Final that we lost by a point. Not knocking the lad but where was the sideline?
Matthew Tierney was a decent left footed free taker a few years ago.
Why wasn't that maintained?
Enough already.
StopTheLights (National) - 13/07/2025 21:07:16
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To kerry4sam25: "Draw today.
Michael Murphy to get the line." This has aged well....
totalrecall (National) - 14/07/2025 09:57:30
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ahsure.: "Point is fairly clear…. outside managers don't work." Homegrown managers haven't gotten it done in 50 years.An outside manager has.
Mattie Mc Donagh,
Billy Joyce,
Kevin Walsh,
Alan Mulholland,
Padraig Joyce.
All great players.............
Never got it done even when we had the players.
You are completely wrong.
That's the problem with Galway.
Pick the Roy of the Rovers candidate who was completly unproven and unqualified as a manager in the first place.
Ah sure, give it to Padraig, he got the job done as a player.
Well he hasn't as a manager.
As someone previously stated, if he was the Kerry manager, would he get another year.
NO!
StopTheLights (National) - 13/07/2025 23:11:53
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Galway wouldn't have beaten Donegal or Kerry, both of whom are at least 6 points better than Galway.
But Meath's defeat yesterday shows how bad Galway were versus them.
What do Galway, Mayo and Tyrone have in common? All moved the ball too slowly this year. Mayo are a poor team in any case with limited forward options.
Galway lost to Meath because of their misguided tactic of trying to play too slow and measured - a tactic which worked well in the ultra defensive era but is now an out of date tactic. Galway also do not start their best team. One Galway player who always starts, hasn't played well since 2023. One Galway player, who mostly starts, never plays well for Galway or indeed his club - he doesn't stand out at club level.
Galway missed their chance in 2024 and simply aren't good enough anymore. They still should have beaten Meath, except for their over cautious gameplan and players not performing on the day.
NoughtiesFootball (National) - 14/07/2025 09:02:28
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Or maybe Galway are overated ." Galway are over-rated. So are Armagh, Tyrone and Derry. And Mayo are just useless.
hopballref (National) - 14/07/2025 12:54:28
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To giveitlong: "Looks bad for Galway no matter how one looks at it after that game today, A 20 point win in a semi final. In truth it has been a long time since Galway played really well, I know it was a big win v Dubs last year but this team was at its best in 22 v Derry and Armagh. Although he has improved as the year we on SK has not regained his 22 form or come near it. McHugh had a brilliant understanding with Daly and is struggling since Daly has been sidelined. Tierney form has dipped a lot also. Finnerty is probably the only player who has improved since 22 and was superb this year. The 2 teams left in it now have important similar traits, no rambling goalie, no sideways football and no celebrities. I have been unwavering in my support for PJ but maybe a different style on management is required. Maybe and maybe not. Any suggestions on why Galway are flat, lacking hunger and purpose, and reluctant to go at teams in so many of their games. All teams have bad days like Mayo v Cavan but it is very rare . More often than not they play to their full potential and give 100% . Is there a fancy dan streak in this team??" SK hasn't come close to regaining his 2022 form - and it's no mystery why. He's never taken a proper break or allowed his injuries or body to fully recover. And what does he do this summer? Flies straight to Boston to play. It's actual madness. I've said it before: unless the key players take this window to rest and rebuild, we'll be back in the same cycle of burnout and injury by next summer. I would go as far as saying theyd have possibly two all Irelands now if they took recovery seriously. The injuries made the difference. But no lessons learnt.
Gearoid1998ffowaed (National) - 14/07/2025 10:50:39
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To shaggykev: "Lol. Fair point.
To be honest, you could throw a blanket over the teams from Monaghan to Louth. I based it on the most recent form. Meath beating Kerry, Galway and Dublin will make most think they should be higher than where I put them and I get it.
It's just so fantastic to have such a competitive championship where any of 12 or 13 teams can beat each other on a given day." Ye that is true best of luck in 2 weeks time and well done yesterday. Ye saved the country from noise pollution from all those meath supporters...
Lúla571210 (National) - 14/07/2025 13:27:35
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Look I think it's widely accepted that we didn't adapt our attacking play to suit the new rules.
The slow slow approach is one that was developed to garner scoring opportunities against teams who have 14-15 men sitting inside their own 45.
With the new rules, when you turn the ball over there is acres of space to attack into and we just didn't seem to have any plan to exploit this. I can't fathom why.
You can't win the big prize playing so slowly.
Also, for all of our supposed abundance of "big men" we were cleaned out on kick outs in most games this year. Breaking ball in most cases. If D'arcy didn't win it cleanly there is a good chance the opposition were winning it either cleanly themselves or on the deck.
These two aspects along with an inability to get Walsh performing any way consistently (he was going 15-20 minutes in games without touching the ball which is criminal - he needs to be demanding that ball and getting on it much more regularly) were our biggest issues this year.
We haven't got an abundance of young talent coming through either which is a huge worry.
galwayman2 (National) - 14/07/2025 11:15:52
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Football All Stars - 2 Like(s)
Probably looking at up to 12 All Stars to be shared among Kerry and Donegal now, by the distance the two stand out teams this year with the most consistent players.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 14/07/2025 00:37:56
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "Can only beat what's in front of you… they will give Emyvale their fill of it." Not disagreeing with you at all, there good enough to win and I know that, but my point being anyone wanting them to be winning Juniors titles and honestly competing for intermediate titles do not have the county's best interest at heart.
Truth being the stronger and bigger scotstown gets the weaker Monaghan will get Unfortunately.
My opinion anyway.
farneygael (National) - 14/07/2025 00:34:54
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Tailteann Cup 2025 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Sligoman1234: "Well done Kildare and I would imagine as a team who really shouldn't even be in the TC, most of the other counties will be delighted to see them out of the competition at last for next year (provided they don't get relegated that is). Limerick gave them plenty of it and will be no push over in Division 3 next year.
The blowing up of TC winners by pundits using Down and in particular Meath's good run this year fairly got destroyed today. Meath while better than previous years are not all of a sudden top 4 or even 8. Anyone that thinks ya can go from winning a bottom 16+ competition to being serious contenders in the top flight within 2/3 years is fooling themselves. Teams are in the TC for a reason and those reasons rarely disappear immediately." Even if Kildare are relegated, which is quite possible imo, they will still be in the All Ireland. That guarantee is their reward for winning TC. Nobody gets to win back to back TCs.
Onion Breath (National) - 13/07/2025 21:32:22
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