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Leitrim GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To moros: "Can only imagine what owow and Blathach are thinking now. Give a county a bit of credit. It's a primrose and gold thing. Done it the hard way too. Love to all." Well done lads magnificent achievement to win all 3 Connacht titles, now ye should be looking at giving the all ireland a good run , ye have the players to trouble any team, those lads you refer to are wind up merchants looking for the rise probably not even from Leitrim . They certainly not representative of Leitrim supporters general views.
JimmyNail (National) - 10/05/2026 20:17:34
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Tailteann Cup 2026 - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Why the "double standard"? Because one is run on a group basis, while the other is run on a "knockout with a back door" basis. Both formats as agreed at Congress, where all counties have a vote on it. It's really quite simple.
Anyway, as recently as last year, the same could have happened in football - a county could lose a provincial match, lose two more in the group stage of the Sam Maguire but go through in third place, and still go on to win the Sam Maguire despite having lost three times." As you say, groups were used for the last three years in football and the system was abandoned this year largely because of the incessant whinging about teams being able to lose three times. No such objection exists in the case of hurling even though Leinster teams can lose four matches. So definite double standards considering the same body deals with both structures.
CeachtPeile (National) - 10/05/2026 22:25:06
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Galway Football thread - 4 Like(s)
The Ryan Roche selection was bizarre. He played a bit during then league but was usually subbed off. Then starts a Connacht final out of nowhere. Bar the early catch he had he was completely anonymous. Not having a go at the lad as he's young but I don't think management did him any favours today.
Marooned (National) - 10/05/2026 20:13:55
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Galway Football thread - 4 Like(s)
I've said it numerous times on here Galway seriously lack pace in half back line and very few scores come from there most people who follow Galway football could have prib picked 13 of team that started last Oct no point in playing lads in league then gone Mcdonnagh second top score for Galway this year not even mske the 26 o connaghile had great game v Donegal in half forward line no game in fairness it was good game but looking forward 2/3 years Galway not producing top quality players have found no new forwards in best part 10 years would definitely have being good win 2 day but in reality most people know Galway not in with any real chance of all Ireland
Kickitout (National) - 10/05/2026 20:17:58
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Lads, Barry McHugh couldn't track back against Roscommon in 2018 but 8 years later after a break from the panel he's become Ja Fallon the second. Can we move on please, he's not on the panel and won't be featuring
smallfrank (National) - 10/05/2026 22:16:04
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Marooned: "The Ryan Roche selection was bizarre. He played a bit during then league but was usually subbed off. Then starts a Connacht final out of nowhere. Bar the early catch he had he was completely anonymous. Not having a go at the lad as he's young but I don't think management did him any favours today." A full forward can only play as well as the ball that's kicked into him. Roche's purpose was to field balls that were kicked in long. Galway decided to kick in one long ball to him which he caught and laid off for a goal. What more can he do in fairness to the young lad. Too much slow ball was played and it cost us, missed 2 pointers as well.
Galwayman67420 (National) - 10/05/2026 20:38:06
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To hontherossie: "We are all waiting for bláthach opinions on this magnificent result for the Rossies. Thank you" Nobody on here wants to hear Blàthach's opinions, trust me on that!!.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 10/05/2026 21:32:52
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Very many congrats Rossies.
Wow - Roscommon become the first county in Connacht to make it a clean sweep of Senior, U20 and Minor Football Championship Titles in the same season.
What an achievement.... Excellent stuff. Well done.
Enjoy the celebrations.
Fionn (National) - 10/05/2026 21:28:06
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Ah well lads not to be, 9 minutes to play and 6 points ahead most myself included thought Galway was heading for five Connacht titles in a row. Credit to the rossies some seriously good scores to win it out.
A really good high quality final and the positives is Comer and Walsh fit and looking good for the All-Ireland series, head up for All-Ireland series should beat Kildare and then one win away from reaching the last 8.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 10/05/2026 23:00:56
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Congratulations Roscommon, surely the greatest Connacht Final of all time. It was game over after Comer's goal but the 2-pointers came to the for yet again. Slowly and surely teams are realising that even a 6-7 point lead is not what it used to be. Great for the game.
Galway very gracious in defeat also, to their credit. It's remarkable looking from afar how Galway and Ros, though big rival in their own right, are united in their bitter disdain for their other, unmentionable, neighbours
Eddie the Exile (National) - 11/05/2026 11:03:19
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Good morning everyone and thank you for looking for my opinions. I really appreciate it. I did not get to see the game yesterday as I am just back from business in the Arabian Gulf. Well done to Roscommon on their win. Thanks so much for winning it please. Appreciate it.
bláthach (National) - 11/05/2026 11:01:20
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Congrats Roscommon, I hope you take this now and get a good run on the AI championship, a semi final at least and who knows after that. Fine performance, both teams will benefit from today's game and hopefully fly the flag for Connacht well into the AI series
Toast (National) - 10/05/2026 20:50:29
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Just relaxing over a few pints after a mighty win. Congratulations to all the panel members, Mark Dowd and his full management team. A little shout out to Mick Comerford our S&C guy who has the team in top shape. Hopefully he can bring us further like he has done with Kilkenny in the past.
Delighted for Diarmuid Murtagh who has toiled for years in the St Faithleachs and Roscommon jerjeys.
To the best of my knowledge only four St Faithleachs players have captained the Roscommon senior team;
Pat Lindsay, Danny Murray, Ciaran Murtagh and Diarmuid Murtagh. All have lifted the Nestor Cup. Some record.
Bring on Tyrone!" Some record indeed for those St Faithleachs' lads. All fine players. I remember Lindsay and Murray from that fine 4-in-a-row team of 1977-80.
Congratulations of the great win today and on the clean sweep.
Let's hope ye can go even further.
foreveryoung (National) - 11/05/2026 03:17:37
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Who is the Galway player standing right in front of Heneghan on the 55 yard line, before the Ros player proceeds to streak past him up the middle, play a one two before netting with ease for Ros's 2nd goal in the first half? The same Galway player managed to jog to the 40 in 'pursuit' of Heneghan, and was probably 20yards behind the Ros player when he struck the goal.
It's not the type of defending that'll win big football matches. You'd imagine that item 1a on Tyrone's gameplan will be not to let Heneghan streak up the middle of their defence 4 times to setup 4 goal chances yielding 3-1." Think it was O'Flaherty. He had a bad day tracking runners. And he isn't slow. Just didn't seem fully engaged or tuned in. Another selection that didn't work.
Roche another strange selection. Did well for the early goal but Roscommon soon twigged his lack of pace and targeted his man on short kickouts. He couldn't cover the ground quickly enough.
Sideline stuck looking at these problems for far too long before doing anything.
Marooned (National) - 11/05/2026 11:59:45
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To giveitlong: "We don't just look aged, we are one of the oldest teams in Div 1." I usually keep a close eye on underage and there is not a lot coming through. No Connacht minor title since 2018. No Connacht U20 since 2020, We were lucky to get Thompson last year. Some good individual players at underage but not very many that look like potential senior stars. One or two will emerge but it's slim pickings. Eye has been off the ball at underage.
Marooned (National) - 10/05/2026 20:20:54
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Very many congrats Rossies.
Wow - Roscommon become the first county in Connacht to make it a clean sweep of Senior, U20 and Minor Football Championship Titles in the same season.
What an achievement.... Excellent stuff. Well done.
Enjoy the celebrations." Slight correction. Its the first time ros have done clean sweep. Galway , on a few occasions, and Mayo have done it previously.
anotheralias (National) - 10/05/2026 21:55:27
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To richiepmurphy: "Who are the 5 teams who could win leinster? Technically yes, on planet realism 3 I'd say.
Any of 4 counties could win munster, bar waterford" On planet realism, it's beyond Clare 2026 surely, and realistically (which is the planet we're talking here), you wouldn't fancy Tipp 2026 either. Cork or Limerick will win Munster '26, that appears to be an inevitability now. The Leinster Final looks like Galway v KK/Dublin at this point. All bets off regarding who might win that out.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 11/05/2026 11:21:13
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Nice double header in the football this Sunday for the Dubs, with the Jackies in the Ladies Leinster Senior Football Final v Kildare at 12. Our Ladies beat Meath at the weekend by 1-11 to 0-05
Dublin v Westmeath throws in @2pm." Surprised how easily they beat Meath who must have slipped a lot.
Be interesting to see how many turn up. Kerry/Cork was 30,000 where some were predicting not half that.
Westmeath will bring a big crowd but don't detect any groundswell for our lads. Will go if we have a good day in Salthill!
BarneyGrant (National) - 11/05/2026 11:29:37
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "Well done, Roscommon on the clean sweep in Connaught.
Even though Tipp finished ahead of Leitrim in Div 4 this year, it was really surprising to see Tipp beat Sligo in Sligo and beat them in a way where you could never see Sligo win the game. I could put the Leitrim victory over Sligo down to a derby ambush effect where Leitrim gallantly hung on in the final minute. However, now we also have to factor in how poor Sligo actually are. They're a lot worse than I had thought." Indeed, the whole province is in a bad way. Not just Sligo. Mayo and Galway have serious rebuilding to do. It is like the early 90s all over again! When you see a minnow sweeping all the competitions it is a poor sign.
ohwow (National) - 11/05/2026 10:55:23
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "No no this way is perfect, I'm alright jack.
Kildare will get the customary pat on the head for the relegated team, now back into your box you plucky upstarts. This is our game, for the chosen few. No outsiders need apply." I see you've moved your "closed shop, no outsiders need apply" argument over here, again without suggesting any realistic, workable alternative.
Has already been pointed out on the other thread how your previous "solution" of a come-all-ye open draw provincial championship wouldn't work in giving more games against top tier opposition to mid-tier sides. Also how even a spell of up to three years in the top tier doesn't actually help in developing a team, e.g. Antrim.
And your "no outsiders need apply" stance is particularly odd, considering there's an application process every year, called the Joe McDonagh Cup. Winners are admitted to the top tier all right, and allowed to remain there for as long as they're good enough.
Pikeman96 (National) - 11/05/2026 09:13:49
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