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Monaghan GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "What's the problem with C teams ? What do you suggest these clubs do ? Not develop their players ?
Surely junior clubs want to get better" Senior, Intermediate and Junior divisions were always for club's first team. That's why there were different grades and levels in the first place. Then Scotstown wete allowed change the structure. How can Senior clubs entering competitions for weaker clubs possibly help Junior clubs get better? There are plenty of Reserve leagues to develop players and there should be as many teams in that as needed.Because you're not on your club's first team panel because your club is too big and there are too many players then then you are a Reserve player.That's just an unfortunate fact of being affiliated to a huge club.A Junior Championship win in Monaghan was always a huge achievement with great prestige. It was the pinnacle for a small club. Hence Monaghan Junior football was always well contested and respected.Ask Oram, Currin, Rock, Killeevan etc.Now we're allowing the big clubs the opportunity to win more than one Championship across different grades. Imagine allowing Kerry or Dublin enter a second team in Inter County football. Or Man City Reserves into the football league.Far from improving smaller clubs, it will destroy them. How can Toome and Rockcorry etc see any light at the end of the tunnel when the super size club "c" team are now beginning to dish out heavy defeats to them? These boys are losing interest. Where will it stop? If Scotstown win Junior Championship they'll want to be Intermediate and then they'll want a "D" team in Junior. Eventually some smaller clubs will come to the wall and fold because they can't compete and the chance of winning a championship at their own level is only fantasy.All to allow the already powerful get stronger. They're getting their way unfortunately. It won't be until further down the line when several clubs are extinct,and the focal point of many a small parish is gone, or have become big amalgamations, like some we already have, that people will see the damage done.
Matchwatcher (National) - 17/08/2026 17:00:01
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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To minor77: "There's no point in having Damo fit and not kicking the ball into him anyone at the Annaghdown game yesterday can tell you that the ball was KICKED into him at every opportunity won't happen playing for galway" The Annaghdown manager said as much in the interview afterwards - "He's not a bad auld player when you actually kick it into him."
galway19 (National) - 17/08/2026 13:59:18
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "What's the problem with C teams ? What do you suggest these clubs do ? Not develop their players ?
Surely junior clubs want to get better" In the Reserve Divisions where all other Reserve teams are.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 17/08/2026 21:35:44
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farneyarmy2013: "Its scandalous whats going on and nobody is passing any remarks. Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C. There is to much being done at a young age far to many weights lifted. Go into any intercounty minor or development squad gym session most of them are lifting huge weight. This has to be taking a toll as years ago there was no S&C and there wasn't a word of ACL injury's apart from a few.
From having sons part of development and minor squads there is far to much of a focus put on size and strength rather than skill natural ability and speed. Wouldnt do any harm for young boys to go work on their weak side rather than in lifting weights because at the end of the day you cant kick a dumbell over the bar." The main problem with increased ACL and other ligament and tendon injuries is that lads arent doing enough s and c work when they are actually growing. If you look at rugby they do more weights from a younger age, the thinking being that if you put on the muscle as you are growing your ligaments and tendons develop at the same time, getting used to that extra muscle.
While if you wait til lads are fully developed by the time they are minor or u20 before you start doing much S and C work with them their ligaments and tendons arent able for that extra muscle. Hence more ligament and tendon injuries.
Another seperate issue is that if you do that bulking up without doing any speed/sprinting/agility work you just become slow.
Viking66 (National) - 17/08/2026 13:51:56
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farneyarmy2013: "Its scandalous whats going on and nobody is passing any remarks. Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C. There is to much being done at a young age far to many weights lifted. Go into any intercounty minor or development squad gym session most of them are lifting huge weight. This has to be taking a toll as years ago there was no S&C and there wasn't a word of ACL injury's apart from a few.
From having sons part of development and minor squads there is far to much of a focus put on size and strength rather than skill natural ability and speed. Wouldnt do any harm for young boys to go work on their weak side rather than in lifting weights because at the end of the day you cant kick a dumbell over the bar." "Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C."
Is it now? And where did you get that information from?
Cockney_Cat (National) - 17/08/2026 14:26:32
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To mick2007: "I'm told the lads in question didn't play on saturday against currin so if no rules were broken why did they not play on Saturday having played the previous week……..the whole thing is farcical….
Took myself to inniskeen corduff on Saturday, it was literally men against boys…not hard to see why certain quarters were pushing so hard for senior to be extended to 12 teams………… inniskeen moving well and clearly the 2nd best team in the county.." Truagh won't win another game in Junior championship but the win over Killeevan will probably be enough for a quarter final. Killeevan probably miss out. Blackhill v Currin is a big game next week.
On the other side Rockcorry won't get through. They have shipped 2 big defeats already.Toome and Seans in real danger of not making quarter final. Oram look good and Aghabog.
Intermediate still up in the air. Ballybay probably favourites now with Bannigan injured again yesterday.Emyvale maybe dark horses. Looked on clubber like Clones should have won in Aughnamullen.
No point even predicting Senior. Inniskeen probably looking likely to be the beaten finalists.Corduff, Castleblayney and Cremartin are all struggling. The new restructure next year will be a nightmare, with several teams out of their depth in both Senior and Intermediate grades. Junior is going to be totally devalued, with a pile of C teams allowed to enter.
Matchwatcher (National) - 17/08/2026 14:31:58
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To combo: "Free-to-air NFL is coming to Ireland!
Virgin Media Television will broadcast at least 22 games per season, including three Playoff games and the Super Bowl
Not sure where to post this is there a tread for GAA competitors ?" Great news.
GreenandRed (National) - 17/08/2026 14:40:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Matchwatcher: "Truagh won't win another game in Junior championship but the win over Killeevan will probably be enough for a quarter final. Killeevan probably miss out. Blackhill v Currin is a big game next week.
On the other side Rockcorry won't get through. They have shipped 2 big defeats already.Toome and Seans in real danger of not making quarter final. Oram look good and Aghabog.
Intermediate still up in the air. Ballybay probably favourites now with Bannigan injured again yesterday.Emyvale maybe dark horses. Looked on clubber like Clones should have won in Aughnamullen.
No point even predicting Senior. Inniskeen probably looking likely to be the beaten finalists.Corduff, Castleblayney and Cremartin are all struggling. The new restructure next year will be a nightmare, with several teams out of their depth in both Senior and Intermediate grades. Junior is going to be totally devalued, with a pile of C teams allowed to enter." What's the problem with C teams ? What do you suggest these clubs do ? Not develop their players ?
Surely junior clubs want to get better
veterngaa (National) - 17/08/2026 15:04:04
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BrehonBlonde: "It looks like there were teams like Latton and Blayney flattering themselves by going hard during the league, when the real contenders like Inniskeen weren't even fielding, with even Carrick putting out scrap teams and taking all in. Inniskeen going well, but will be second fiddle to Scotstown in the latter end. The relegation battle will be where the real competition is this year." A bit like our county team for the last 10 years and then empty come May June, league football at any level is for finding systems and giving players a genuine chance of game time not 20 minutes and then half an hour 3 games later
Farneyblueandwhite (National) - 17/08/2026 21:47:38
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
I posted something similar on a wexford page.
Our club alone has had 5 in 2 years.
Our county players are coming back absolutely wrecked and straight into club championship wekk on week.
Championship training in wexford basically consists of weekend games and recovery to get ready for the next weekend which is basically what county training is also during championship.
Its not sustainable
tearintom (National) - 18/08/2026 10:11:03
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