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Replying To Cumann1: "No you didn't and you still haven't answered. Unlike some on here one username is enough for me" Is it? Your AKA on now too. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8612 - 01/06/2026 14:12:30 2677019 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Typical English answer.The point is Monaghan were the better team." By Jasus I don't know what to make of this reply. One might say that your reply was a typical Piers Morgan reply when Arsenal lose. cluichethar (Mayo) - Posts: 620 - 01/06/2026 14:28:37 2677026 Link
A lot of the people on here need to grow up - arguing like children. It's not even banter, just complete nonsense. gwanyagudthing (Meath) - Posts: 194 - 01/06/2026 14:57:17 2677029 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "If Fitzgerald hadn't gone to Love Island he would be starting. Obviously when he left ye had to put someone in there. Ye put kelly in first and hernon in the last game. Fitzgerald has played more games for Galway than Hernon. That's Fitzgerald, Cooke and Culhane that didn't commit to Galway this year and Thompson has missed a lot of the season. Those lads obviously don't see Galway winning an All Ireland this year" A bit like Oisin Mullin and Kobe... peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1680 - 01/06/2026 15:17:16 2677032 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "If Fitzgerald hadn't gone to Love Island he would be starting. Obviously when he left ye had to put someone in there. Ye put kelly in first and hernon in the last game. Fitzgerald has played more games for Galway than Hernon. That's Fitzgerald, Cooke and Culhane that didn't commit to Galway this year and Thompson has missed a lot of the season. Those lads obviously don't see Galway winning an All Ireland this year" So you know for definite that Fitzgerald would be starting in fullback? Didn't know you were Padraig Joyce or that he uses this app! If appearances decided who's going to start then why wasn't Cillian O'Connor in for Darragh Beirne or Kobe or Rob Hennelly in for Jack Livingston? Matthew Thompson is doing his college erasmus, God help he has an education, Peter Cooke isn't playing this year because of his work commitments would clash with it so he chose work for the year, not the first time it's happened. Sean Fitzgerald and Tomo Culhane obviously discussed their involvement with the team this year with Padraig Joyce and its quite clear that Joyce said that they wouldn't get as much minutes as they'd have liked and now Sean Fitzgerald has gone to Love Island and Tomo Culhane trying his hand at AFL. It doesn't mean that they don't rate Galway's chances of winning. Sounds like you want to begrudge Matthew Thompson his education, Peterborough Cooke of his livelihood and Sean Fitzgerald and Tomo Culhane opportunities for money income. Odd behaviour to do that. ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 110 - 01/06/2026 15:28:54 2677033 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "That's true but when Roscommon won the provincial championship they were licking their lips at the prospect of meeting Tyrone in the Hyde. How things change." Utter nonsense. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4406 - 01/06/2026 15:48:28 2677037 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Is it? Your AKA on now too." As per usual, a very weak reply Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 155 - 01/06/2026 16:02:17 2677040 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "A bit like Oisin Mullin and Kobe..." Kobe is here for this year's championship, we'll see about next year Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 155 - 01/06/2026 16:13:57 2677043 Link
Replying To The_analyser: "Utter nonsense." Yes, utter nonsense in hindsight. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2766 - 01/06/2026 16:47:47 2677050 Link
Replying To Lúla571210: "Complaining for the sake of it. Kerry could have easily learned from last year. Louth win Leinster lose first game. Donegal win Ulster lose first game. Galway win Connacht lose first game." I was actually beating on that drum of a warning. Still flawed though that that situation is occurring. Knockout playoffs to qualify for the All Ireland would sort that out. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9833 - 01/06/2026 18:52:23 2677090 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I was actually beating on that drum of a warning. Still flawed though that that situation is occurring. Knockout playoffs to qualify for the All Ireland would sort that out." Knockout playoffs called the backdoor were there previous but people weren't happy with that either? I thought it was a good and fair system to be honest. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1014 - 01/06/2026 19:43:11 2677111 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Knockout playoffs called the backdoor were there previous but people weren't happy with that either? I thought it was a good and fair system to be honest." One more chance is grand. Current structure is laughable. Totally meaningless games until musical chairs ends in 8. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4396 - 01/06/2026 20:30:00 2677122 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "Mayo scoring more than Monaghan is what cost Monaghan" They actually scored the same :-) Not complaining though, we made our own downfall in the first half. farneygael (Monaghan) - Posts: 344 - 01/06/2026 20:39:57 2677126 Link
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "So you know for definite that Fitzgerald would be starting in fullback? Didn't know you were Padraig Joyce or that he uses this app! If appearances decided who's going to start then why wasn't Cillian O'Connor in for Darragh Beirne or Kobe or Rob Hennelly in for Jack Livingston? Matthew Thompson is doing his college erasmus, God help he has an education, Peter Cooke isn't playing this year because of his work commitments would clash with it so he chose work for the year, not the first time it's happened. Sean Fitzgerald and Tomo Culhane obviously discussed their involvement with the team this year with Padraig Joyce and its quite clear that Joyce said that they wouldn't get as much minutes as they'd have liked and now Sean Fitzgerald has gone to Love Island and Tomo Culhane trying his hand at AFL. It doesn't mean that they don't rate Galway's chances of winning. Sounds like you want to begrudge Matthew Thompson his education, Peterborough Cooke of his livelihood and Sean Fitzgerald and Tomo Culhane opportunities for money income. Odd behaviour to do that." Galway people have said Fitzgerald is your best fullback. You can't compare O'connor to Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is in his prime. I heard Thompson didn't have to go to the States. I'm sure Cooke could have got a job here if he really wanted to play for Galway. It's not clear at all that Joyce said that to them. If they thought there was a real chance of an all Ireland medal they would have stayed. Best of luck to them Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 155 - 01/06/2026 20:50:22 2677128 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "Yes, utter nonsense in hindsight." No, what you said above was utter nonsense. Apart from Donegal it was the hardest possible draw for us to be paired with Tyrone who reached the All-Ireland semi-final last year and pushed Armagh all the way in their previous game. Also it was well known about the unbeaten championship record Tyrone have in Hyde park. No hindsight was needed to know all of that. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4406 - 01/06/2026 21:03:53 2677130 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Knockout playoffs called the backdoor were there previous but people weren't happy with that either? I thought it was a good and fair system to be honest." I didn't like it when it started but changed my mind. Gave some so-called weaker counties a nice run of Championship games. Unfortunately they couldn't consistently sustain that level over a few years. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8612 - 01/06/2026 21:38:59 2677136 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I was actually beating on that drum of a warning. Still flawed though that that situation is occurring. Knockout playoffs to qualify for the All Ireland would sort that out." Stop. Kerry will win handy. Likely to get easy game home to Dubs or Cavan. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 97 - 01/06/2026 21:51:42 2677138 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Knockout playoffs called the backdoor were there previous but people weren't happy with that either? I thought it was a good and fair system to be honest." The biggest issue with that system was for players - never knowing at start of year whether you'd be off for 4-6 weeks after provincial final or in back door. Back door rounds were also almost never televised, and many counties out in early April/may after just 2 games. New system is much better in that line, at star of year all players know exactly what weekends they'll be playing, with obviously one extra if they are in prelim qfs. Also everyone gets minimum 3 championship games now, with most counties getting more. I think next step would be more structure in all Ireland series. Not a fan of the open draw if it's only done a couple of weeks before. Why couldn't it have been drawn like all the other big tournaments, ie Munster winner plays Highest league qualifier etc, and then instead of waiting for all matches to be complete, do the round 2 and 3 draws as placeholders in advance also. More structure leads to better planning. systematic (Galway) - Posts: 323 - 02/06/2026 08:12:56 2677160 Link
Kerry v Dubs in Killarney hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 97 - 02/06/2026 08:21:13 2677162 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "One more chance is grand. Current structure is laughable. Totally meaningless games until musical chairs ends in 8." Hardly meaningless Barney. Monaghan's very tight loss yesterday now means a do or die match with Roscommon. That could go either way. The loser is out, after both came very close to winning their round 1 matches. Tight margins in a lot of cases. I have to say the championship has been brilliant so far. There's no perfect system, but the combination of the new rules and format have made it very exciting. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2893 - 02/06/2026 08:59:49 2677170 Link