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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To otgarom: "This is why club success outside of the county is not really an indicator of intercounty success. Would you rather be Roscommon with Bridgids being one of the best club teams in the country with only really Pearses and Boyle being overly competitive outside of that, or Kerry where the championship is competitive enough that the All Ireland champions are out in Round 1, or Mayo where neither of the two finalists made it out of the groups last year and who have 23 Mayo clubs represented on their intercounty panel (24 in all).
Club success is brilliant and for anyone from a club that goes deep its better than an intercounty run but club success often isn't indicative of intercounty joy." Without the strength of Roscommon club football in senior and intermediate they probably wouldn't be as often in Division 1 or Division 2 champions the last decade, instead would be closer to Leitrims level in Division 4.
A stats from journalist Colm Keys.
Out of the 28 football clubs in Roscommon, a total of 25 clubs are represented across the county's three major Connacht-winning squads (Minor, U-20, and Senior).
indicative of intercounty joy there even though the Seniors have underachived in the All-Ireland series.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 06/10/2026 13:47:20
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To westmeathgaa11: "Raharney will blow them away with how they performed today. Best performance I've seen from any team inside this county in years" Ah now that's a good one. this should've been a cracker but it wasn't. It wasn't even Raharneys best performance in years, never mind the best performance of any team in the county in years. Too many shandys on the way home me thinks.
stonemadbeany (National) - 06/10/2026 18:57:39
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "I see they are messing around with the Div. 1 Minor Championship finalists again. Putting them on as a curtainraiser to the Senior Final. These lads deserve their own headline billing, same as the Div. 2 and Div. 3 finalists. Then again it is a good way to get €25 of people who are only interested in the Minor Final. Then the lads and their supporters are rushed off the field to make way for the big boys. Monaghan CCC take a bow (not)" I'd say if you asked the players in the division 1 final they are delighted to get playing in clones in a championship final
Monaghanmad123 (National) - 06/10/2026 22:44:23
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Without the strength of Roscommon club football in senior and intermediate they probably wouldn't be as often in Division 1 or Division 2 champions the last decade, instead would be closer to Leitrims level in Division 4.
A stats from journalist Colm Keys.
Out of the 28 football clubs in Roscommon, a total of 25 clubs are represented across the county's three major Connacht-winning squads (Minor, U-20, and Senior).
indicative of intercounty joy there even though the Seniors have underachived in the All-Ireland series." Yes our Intermediate championship is good standard also with 4 of the last 8 Connacht winners from Roscommon and was three other Roscommon Finalists losing narrowly.
Once the standard of our club championships drops the county team will likely follow and we'll find ourselves back to where we were before 2016 e.g basically a Division 3 instead of established top 8 league team we have been the last ten years.
For the record In the last 32 senior Roscommon semi and Quarter-finals the margin of victory
was 6 points or less in 22 of those games and the last 5 county senior finals had a winning margin of 4 points last year (after a replay) 2 points 2024, 1 point 2023, 1 point 2022, 3 points in 2021.
If Brigids retain the title they will be the first team since themselves in 9 years to do so.
That is the very definition of good standard and competitive club championship and Oran v Castlerea and Boyle v Pearses during this championship was as among the best games of football I've seen any where since the introduction of the new rules.
The_analyser (National) - 06/10/2026 15:18:38
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Paul hoban is a better corner back than any of the lad that have fielded for Galway over the last 5-8 years. That fella grealish from gort should've been nowhere near the panel and the other fella from beagh Touhy. Hoban gave a motm display against bgunner last year with one hamstring until he eventually had to come off. Loughrea and bridge had a lot of bad blood over the years and it's obvious that has influenced his selections. Most of the lads from other clubs around the county say the same thing to me about other Loughrea players. Shocks (Darren) was in there and got no game time was only on extended panel and left. Loughrea will be gunning to beat cwell the next day. Morgan and Anthony burns back onto the fray also. Shocks injury not serious." You said Hoban unfairly never got a sniff of the Galway panel. Then it was correctly pointed out to you that he was on some of ACs panels 2012-2015, and some of MDs panels 2016-2019. Get your facts right, and your criticisms might have more credibility.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 06/10/2026 15:22:21
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "I dont mind smaller clubs being given the chance to financially outmuscle bigger ones. If you look at their histories many of Europes top traditional clubs were probably originally created by financially powerful businessmen to begin with,, handing them an unfair advantage over local rivals
I think liverpool was originally created by a textile tycoon or something ,whereas Man City or Bournemouth may have had more organic beginnings." Player power is much stronger now too. The Bosman rule meant players could run down their contracts if they chose to do so, and then leave for nothing. So it forced clubs to sell. Players inevitably will go where there is more money on offer, and bar a few of the traditional big European teams like Real, Barca and Bayern, this means the Premier League.
But if the Premier League becomes a farce over the way they handle City's sanctions, then players may slowly opt to play elsewhere.
Lockjaw (National) - 06/10/2026 17:20:29
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Some people would complain if the gate was free and they had to walk 20 yards from the car.
€10 into a Minor Championship semi-final is hardly outrageous. Referees, officials, grounds, insurance, lights and the running of competitions all cost money. You can't expect championship games to be put on for nothing. People will spend €20-€30 on a takeaway without thinking twice, or multiples of that going to a soccer match, but €10 for a live championship game is apparently where the line is drawn.
And now apparently putting the Division 1 Minor final before the Senior final is a bad thing as well. For years people have talked about promoting underage football and giving young players a proper occasion. What better way to do that than letting them play a county final in front of a big crowd, in a proper atmosphere, on the biggest club football day of the year?
The alternative is giving them their "own headline billing" and potentially having a few hundred people scattered around the ground. I'd imagine most 17 year olds would rather run out before a packed stand on Senior Final day than have a separate fixture just so it can technically be called the main event.
At times people seem to treat the County Board like they treat the Government - permanently looking for the next thing to give out about. If the price is €10, it's too dear. If the minors are put before the senior final, that's wrong. If they were given a separate day and hardly anyone turned up, the same people would be asking why underage football isn't being promoted properly.
Funny enough, you rarely see the same energy when something is done well. The games organised every week, the facilities, county final days, underage competitions and all the work that goes into keeping the whole thing running don't generate nearly as much discussion. And a lot of the people doing that work are volunteers giving up their own evenings and weekends, not some crowd sitting there making a fortune out of it.
But put an extra fiver on a ticket and suddenly everyone is an expert in county finances. People will spend more on a takeaway on Saturday night, a few pints or considerably more to go and watch professional soccer, but apparently a tenner to watch their own club or county championship is daylight robbery.
Some people have just made giving out about the County Board a hobby at this stage. No matter what they do, somebody will find a problem with it. You'd nearly think people enjoy the complaining more than the football.
MonaghanBoi (National) - 06/10/2026 22:40:52
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