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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "All the bellyaching about Kerry vs Donegal when the obvious was missed when both teams breached the 3 back rule. ; )" Not true, Kerry fans starting shouting at officials that Donegal had breached the 2 up rule, because they only seen two Donegal players, but they failed to see Oisin Gallen was over getting water at the side of the pitch.
Commodore (National) - 27/05/2026 08:46:06
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "The voters elected the successful candidates." Thanks for that, you learn something new every day.
tireoghainabu (National) - 27/05/2026 13:19:29
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To joeteor: "Ger was red carded, Jim wasn't. That's the crux of it. CCCC didn't decide to give Brennan 12 weeks, it's just the standard length for that red card. Same as a 1 game ban for a player is the standard." Thats irrelevant.Video evidence counts.Sure Murphy got a card in league final and that was reason they said they could nt do him again..One rule for Dubs another for Donegal
brayballer (National) - 26/05/2026 14:27:38
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "'24 was Armagh's year. Kerry responded last year. Donegal are responding this year. Kerry accepted the clear red card on Saturday. Donegal did not after the league final. A bit of heckling is par for the course after the dirty stroke in the league final. Some of the Donegal reaction to that is laughable. I thought Donegal were a sporting county like Kerry. It might be just a minority or outliers in Donegal being bad winners. Sin é." " A bit of heckling is par for the course..." I could hear it all the way here in America: constant from the first minute until the 50th minute. It did die down after 50 minutes alright, not because Murphy had been subbed, but because all the Kerry fans had left the stadium, with their tails between their legs and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
foreveryoung (National) - 26/05/2026 19:28:41
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "I agree with your frustrations lads but the thing is, this is a good thing really. The 12 week ban was ridiculous and likely will be changed completely for next season. I know that doesn't help you right now but imagine if Jim got 12 weeks too? When would it end." It would end by managers not running onto the field and interfering with opposition players. The fact is Brennan was banned for 12 weeks. We can all agree it was an excessive punishment but the fact McGuinness gets away Scot free makes a mockery of the Brennan ban.
This whole mess may cost Kerry and/or Donegal further down the line. For instance a player involved in a future 50/50 incident may result in red…rightly or wrongly these things can often come back to bite you.
yew_tree (National) - 26/05/2026 21:37:23
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Shane morgan is the only natural 6 playing in the county after daithi. 3 all Ireland minor medals in a row making history. Back to back county champion. Can't get a look in" There is no way that anyone who is good enough isn't getting a look in.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 26/05/2026 14:58:42
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To cavanman47: "The vast majority." Ireland is badly in need of new party, a new option with a clear alternative position and strong economic position. Sadly FF & FG are more of the same and the current opposition parties aren't showing a clear new roadmap to the electorate, so we are stuck with the career politicians.
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are identical nowadays, we still hear terms like Center-left or Center-right to describe them, but in reality the two parties that have no clear core differences anymore.
Collectively both have blown billions of tax payers money for decades without any checks and balances to bring them to heel, yet who's loyal supporters act like our economy wouldn't survive without them. I seriously doubt that.
Commodore (National) - 26/05/2026 18:18:01
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Kerry GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To letterkennyGuy: "Just thought id pop in to see the craic. Seriously question lads, are ye ever going to get over the Murphy final incident? We chat about the English and '66, Wundt have a lookin with this... Get over it for god sake, If this was from someone from a weaker county it would be put to bed LONG ago but seeing as its Murphy (arguably the best of his generation) and Donegal who ye feel threatened by ye cant let it go.. Somehow try and get urself into a decent province where you'll harden up and play some tight matches. Kerry have too many easy games and dont know how to deal with it when its put up to them imo... David C (Class baller) sparked the row with his cheap shot after the hooter was gone and personally i hope he isnt banned because we want to see the best playing for the remainder of the championship. Mc Guinness included! Now stop trying to be the big bully in the school yard because as you know he always ends up looking silly ;)" So because Clifford is a good footballer he should be allowed get away with elbowing players in the jaw
Liffeylad (National) - 26/05/2026 15:13:30
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To MunsterFan: "Nonsense. Noone is defending Burns. Unlike the ridiculous defending of Michael Murphy. A bit of balance lads" Maybe have a read of the Kerry forum,one poster suggested if it was not for a bit of blood, it should have been let go too. Do abit of reading before u post!
Expertinall (National) - 26/05/2026 20:51:36
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To sponger: "They have the finest solicitors up in Donegal I hear." It never fails to amuse me how the GAA ties itself up in knots over disciplinary issues. Most people feel Ger Brennan's punishment was harsh. Both Michael Murphy and Jim McGuiness have escaped punishment for two incidents which if the rules were applied would result in suspensions. If they meet again in the championship there'll be no problem selling tickets for the game.
wicklowsupport (National) - 26/05/2026 19:31:19
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "Yes and Galway are looking for a full back.!" I think we have found a right good one in Sean's clubmate. If he started v Ros i think we would now have the five in a row
anotheralias (National) - 26/05/2026 21:08:49
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Galway by 6/7
hlynch12 (National) - 26/05/2026 21:19:31
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
I was just watching the news on RTE , and a Fine Gael counciller for Monaghan stated that people from Monaghan and Tyrone are from two different countries, who elects these people?
tireoghainabu (National) - 26/05/2026 21:29:20
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Saynothing: "Simple, Donegal didn't want to win. Look at them now." I find any such suggestion to be ridiculous. Have you ever been involved with a team? I can tell you, no team goes out to lose a game.
yew_tree (National) - 26/05/2026 21:38:52
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "There is no way that anyone who is good enough isn't getting a look in." Agreed. Shane Morgan is a fine prospect and I do think he is good enough and that his time will come in the near future. But he's not going to dislodge Daithi Burke , not yet anyway, Joshua Ryan has done well overall and deserves his place, Glennon ditto. Defenders have done well individually but as a unit have malfunctioned particularly in the first half of games. It would be harsh enough to drop any single one of them imo. Personally I would rate Morgan ahead of Morrissey, but the captain is the captain and his experience is important and clearly his leadership is thought to be. But with the way our injuries are mounting up, there will be no need for whinging from Loughrea soon enough and probably he will get his chance before long.
PoolSturgeon (National) - 26/05/2026 23:11:39
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
A really difficult game ahead on Saturday, westmeath have been brilliant in four championship games (pinch moment to win 4 championship games) and have been going to the well in last three games. Injuries have hit the team all year which they have dealt with but with a few more gone from leinster final win, it will be difficult. I believe a few u20s have been brought into panel for training so that really positive. Cavan are a good team and stayed up in div 2 this year. They have had a lenghty break. McCabe stringing westmeath out for so long at start of year wont have much of impact as his replacement has brought westmeath to another level and will forever be remembered. Best of luck westmeath, the buzz is unreal around this team
Upforthegame23 (National) - 27/05/2026 07:08:31
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To cavanman47: "Nope. But I can see the results of the by-election.
There were plenty shouting loudly during the fuel protests, claiming to represent the vast majority. They got their answer over the weekend!" I think the vast majority of vehicle owners agreed that Government action should have been taken earlier for temporary tax relief on fuel, but I'm was never convinced that the vast majority of people in Ireland supported the Fuel protestors clogging up roads, as most drivers I spoke to who were not involved in Haulage, buses or Agriculture, were ****** off at these "Go Slow" protests clogging up roads all over the Country.
Commodore (National) - 27/05/2026 08:39:59
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
The painful truth for brayballer is that Dublin are no longer in their pomp, and if they were, there's no way Ger Brennan would have received the ban that he did.
There's a lot of football to be played yet. There is an intense rivalry between Donegal, Armagh and Kerry. I think what was left unsaid is that the GAA needs its big teams, players and characters involved at the business end of the season.
Dublin will be back, there's nothing surer. But at the present time, they are not really in the conversation when it comes to discussing realistic All Ireland contenders. I think that's the real source of angst for brayballer and some of the other anti-McGuinness/Donegal posters.
Lockjaw (National) - 27/05/2026 10:00:42
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Kerry GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To hlynch12: "No ban for Michael Byrnes" Mícheál Burns, on the other hand, is facing a suspension.
themaddog (National) - 27/05/2026 10:42:03
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Two-Group Leinster SHC - 1 Like(s)
Starting new thread on this as I think maybe deserves separate consideration from other format discussions, and is probably a more realistic proposal than a 16-team All-Ireland SHC. Relates to Neil McManus's suggestion of a two-group Leinster Championship, with eight teams.
Take the final standings from this year's table, and then consider the top two in the McDonagh Cup (Carlow & Laois) as numbers 7 and 8. Put 1, 3, 5, 7 into Group A, and 2, 4, 6, 8 into Group B, and what you'd get is this:
Group A
Dublin, Offaly, Wexford, Carlow
Group B
Galway, Kilkenny, Kildare, Laois
Winner of Group A would play runner-up of Group B in a semi-final, and vice versa. The two bottom teams would play off in a relegation final.
Consider what that would mean for the teams that would normally be the ones expected to fluctuate between this championship and the Joe McDonagh (i.e. Carlow, Kildare, Laois. And yes, I know that in the current state of affairs, Wexford are perilously close to joining that group, but we're not there yet!)
Pro: Just one of them would make the drop in any given year. The others would get at least one more year in the higher tier.
Con: Unless they unexpectedly made a semi-final, just three games per year that they'd actually want, rather than five. They wouldn't want to be in the other type of possible fourth match (i.e. the relegation final).
Would obviously have a knock-on effect on the McDonagh Cup and other lower tier competitions too, but won't drill into that at this stage.
Anyone any thoughts?
Pikeman96 (National) - 27/05/2026 11:09:52
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