Replying To drunkensailor:  "Only three teams have a hope of winning clonguish colmcille and emmet og.dromard will do very well to beat ardagh moydow .wouldn't be surprised if they got reglated .they havant meet any decent teams yet playing division 2 will be no help to them"

Replying To SouthGalway:  "Well Munster have won everything in at least the last year: Senior, U20, Minor, Club, etc, it is high time to change this. For the sake of hurling you want more than one Province winning everything. Hon Galway."

Replying To Belclare98:  "Yes Yew tree forgetting the win in Castlebar that year, straight knockout, against the All-Ireland finalists..

No team in History hashadthe easiest run that Mayo have had..and losing two games..."

Replying To level:  "Brilliant season for us Louth fans. Wins against Offaly, Kildare, and Wexford who would typically be amongst our peer competition might have been the sum total of a typical OK year for most seasons past. Between league and championship, we had brilliant wins against Tyrone, Derry, Cavan, Armagh, and Monaghan and that makes for some record against strong Ulster teams. Losing in the league to the two teams that got promoted, and only by a single point against Meath (which, unbelievably, felt like a rare Meath win against us).

The Dublin win was immense psychologically. 2023 it was 5-21 to 0-15, 2024 it was 1-19 to 2-12. For the 2026 first game to finish 0-20 to 0-10 felt like a step backwards so the 4-18 to 1-24 win was a new high and continued the march of progress.

First half against Mayo was a new experience -- Croker at capacity and the feeling, the belief that this was going to go the distance. We've become used to Louth teams finding a way to win as they come down the home straight. Didn't happen on Saturday but we haven't had days out like these in our lifetime. This doesn't feel like the setback years of 1993 when Laois took us down a notch, 2002 vs Meath Geraghty goal, and the 2010 loss vs Dublin (which honestly did more damage that the Meath game IMO). Those days felt like we met insurmountable barriers. This feels like we're knocking on the door and we can figure it out.

It's some sacrifice these folks all make and we're grateful. This is a panel that has a lot further to go and, as long as they want more days like Saturday and want to be competing at the top table, it's there for them and we'll be fully behind them. Meath was our ceiling for a long time. Then it was Dublin. We haven't seen the ceiling for this panel yet and they're young. We'll figure out how to get past the current hurdle and come back again. The alternative -- putting in 90% as much effort for 20% of the results -- sucks.

So thanks to the team, panel, and management. Couldn't be more grateful."