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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "I hear you brother.Tbf Kerry are nt bad but i think we can be contenders next year." All joking aside though, I don't think that Kerry team are as good as they were made look towards the later stages of the champo. I think the new rules skewed everything, some got to grips with it better and quicker than others, we were a total disaster with them. I also agree we should have beaten Armagh.
Paul Flynn said back in June that he thought D'Arcy was the man for the Job, and referred to him as a "phenomenal operator." That's good enough for me!
I think he'll really freshen things up and get to grips with the new rules a lot better, and as Fionn says he might be able to entice back one or two big names.
So if all can come together I don't think we'll be too far off next year!
Onion_Sack (National) - 07/08/2025 18:35:03
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Trump2020: "You missed the whole POINT of my post. I'll try again. If Trump was in the Files and you were running against him for the Presidency why wouldn't you release the Files?!? Slam dunk! Concentrate on reading rather than insults." Coming from the person who could not see trump winning the election some neck to call someone clueless
Stevie wonder could see he had a great shot of winning even me who has no knowledge of politics could see he would likely win like 2016
jm25 (National) - 07/08/2025 16:59:09
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To FallenStar: "You'd be great craic on Liveline" Where have you been hiding? You're the lad who'd be on live line, you've been whining and putting the boot into the squad for a number of years. Nobody on the forum has the right to call out amateur players or tell them what to do. I've just got respect for the players and backroom who give so much.
GDL (National) - 07/08/2025 14:57:39
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To GDL: "Would you have some respect. What qualifications have you to be questioning professional medics? Some of the best resourced sports teams in the world have players that have injuries that are difficult to repair/rehab. Our players are amateur and unpaid. What they do as private citizens is none of your business. Finally, if you're going to say someone can't be trusted, at least have the decency to post your name and contact, so they or their legal representatives can discuss the issue with you. Cop on." You'd be great craic on Liveline
FallenStar (National) - 07/08/2025 13:30:01
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "And you've just proved my point…Trump slaps a tariff on because his friend he being harshly treated as Trump sees it….its childish nonsense and unbecoming of the office of POTUS.
You said you like tariffs, you have your County as Galway. Galway very heavily dependent on US pharma multinationals as is my own. I'm guessing you want them all manufactured back in the US. You can turn the light off west of the Shannon if that ever happens. The damage would be catastrophic." I'm only guessing that's one of the reasons why Trump is going at Brazil. I don't know every reason. As for Galway it doesn't matter what I want or don't want for them. Trump was elected partially due to his "America First" stance. He's not President of Galway. The US is $37 Trillion in debt so his America First stance is very appealing to those who care about the National Debt.
Trump2020 (National) - 07/08/2025 12:26:23
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "Turloughmore 4/7 Clarinbridge 6/4. Odds for their match this weekend. Anyone able to give a reason for those odds cos they seem way off to me. A game that could go either way I would have thought." Turlough good league and they will be favourites against everyone in the competition with the squad they have this year, would probably be an even money either side game if they met Loughrea. Not sure if Clarinbridge will have a full deck for this one and if they have learned anything from previous years, they need to be peaking later in the year rather doing their best hurling in the group stages. Either way Bridge will have a big say in winning the cup in a few months time.
galway19 (National) - 07/08/2025 20:43:37
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "I don't usually respond to people i think are clueless but I will make an exception. So here we go:
1. The Democrats didn't spend weeks and weeks on television making wild declarations about the Epstein files and making promise after promise that they would be released.
2. Trump isn't going to reduce the debt in American while he is in office he is actually going to increase it. And he will pull back on his macho trade stance as time goes on.
I was no great fan of Biden and Harris but your posts are absolutely daft." You missed the whole POINT of my post. I'll try again. If Trump was in the Files and you were running against him for the Presidency why wouldn't you release the Files?!? Slam dunk! Concentrate on reading rather than insults.
Trump2020 (National) - 07/08/2025 15:36:21
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "And the train line, where is it going?" Sligo.
GreenandRed (National) - 07/08/2025 15:06:45
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Onion_Sack: "Ahh yeah brayballer, I thought I'd give the oul yerraism a shot! See the world from the kerrymans eyes, walk a mile in his shoes, and all that mallarky" I hear you brother.Tbf Kerry are nt bad but i think we can be contenders next year.
brayballer (National) - 07/08/2025 14:33:31
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Are you on the wind up..????
Kerry beat the top 3 of Ulster and beat them all well.
They didnt even have to hit top gear.
Timed their run perfectly and nearly all their players had returned from injury in time for the final.
Their plan and timing worked.
Dont be doing what a lot of their fans do - undermine our All Ireland victories because of the opposition each year....!
(You only have to look at a recent nonsense post from one of them on this thread from a few days ago about Mayo being perennial losers).
Give credit where is is due.
They were the best team this year, end of.
As were we, for nearly a full decade.
Speaking of which, DF should have won more than he did with us imo.
Our new manager will be taking over a shadow of the team DF had to work with.
A much more difficult assignment, and our expectations need to be set accordingly." Ah fair enough Fionn.I hold my hands up here.I was just wound up by another contributor. I actually do respect Kerry and I often go to games with one of my best buddies who is a Kerryman.Tbf I always found their fans sound and always shake your hands after game.I go to Kerry every year with my buddy and they actually like the Dubs down there although they hate losing to us. i love young Clifford and he is probably the best player Ive ever seen. I had the pleasure of meeting him too while on holiday in the KIingdom and he is a real sound lad. Kerry deserved to win the All Ireland and I was actually cheering for them but I just dont think they are as unbeatable as many say. Sure before the final most of the pundits were picking Donegal and now after beating Donegal they are unbeatable. They have the Cliffords O connor and O shea and White but the rest while good players are no better than most other players. I just think that if we get our house in order I think we have a great chance next year. Im really looking forward to the league game under lights in croker and who knows maybe a certain midfielder might make an appearance.
brayballer (National) - 07/08/2025 14:30:44
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaaforlife2023: "See few dubs sour calling kerry ordinary given struggles Dublin are at which I think with D'Arcy he may get them back near top again but call other ordinary no ordinary team wins the all ireland I can get argument good or great teams.
But you have to be good team to win" Not sure there are a few Dubs saying that.
I only saw 1 and you see my reply to him.....
Fionn (National) - 07/08/2025 14:02:26
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "I see from the Connacht Tribune that 4 people have applied with McEntee & Moran being the front runners. Surely if Mayo had any sense they'd go with McEntee given the decent job he did with Sligo." Can you the elaborate on the "decent" job he done with Sligo?
Was it 4/5 years with them and while he steadied them he didn't really make any progress with a county that has improved greatly underage and had some decent older players( Carrabine, Murphy,Hughes) over the years.
I would much rather take a punt on Moran than McEntee if it was for our job.
sourmilk93 (National) - 07/08/2025 10:10:03
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Some Updates On The Football Review - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "The handpassing around the arc is prevalent due to the "low block" zonal defence.
Removing the two point score would encourage the zone defence.
Donegal lost the All Ireland because they stayed in their zonal defence and Kerry kicked 2 pointers over them.
Reverting to a scoring system that encourages (and rewards) a mass defence isn't a runner for me." They play around the arc because they are angling for 2 pointers.You can't legislate for how a team defends but you can legislate for the value of a score.Now that they are talking about a 4 point goal would lead you to believe that they don't really know what to do .The whole point about the 2 pointers has nothing to do with Donegal or Kerry,that was just one game.Kerry weren't big into the 2 pointers for most of the year and Donegal availed of it in some games.Clifford got a few good ones in the final but if the shots had been a yard closer they would have only got one point although no less skillful.
gunman (National) - 07/08/2025 12:16:05
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Turloughmore 4/7 Clarinbridge 6/4. Odds for their match this weekend. Anyone able to give a reason for those odds cos they seem way off to me. A game that could go either way I would have thought.
PoolSturgeon (National) - 07/08/2025 11:58:27
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All Ireland Football Championship 2025 - 1 Like(s)
Most of the naysayers for the new rules (not against all of them, just some of them now) used to say there was nothing wrong with the game, while watching club and underage matches finish 5points to 6.
We want to see more scores, more chances being taken and generally more chaos on the pitch. We are getting that. For all the talk of how 2 pointers are affecting the game. Donegal were played off the park in the All ireland, but were only 2 scores behind with 15 mins to go.
The biggest tactical innovation Kerry had was how they gambled on breaking ball (defenders standing between the break and the forward). They killed Donegal on those breaks and built up a lead Donegal weren't set up to recover from.
By the time Donegal sorted out their midfield they were tooo far back and Kerry pulled away at their ease when their subs came on.
tirawleybaron (National) - 07/08/2025 11:27:20
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Janey Onion sack.Are you a yerra now too.Kerry are good but they no world beaters. Take the Clifford brothers out of that team and they are ordinary enough.No reason why we cant challenge Kerry next year. Kerry only came right the last few games.They beat an Armagh team who were still celebrating,Tyrone that are in transitiion and a donegal team that was hyped up by the media. We should have beaten Armagh too,Dubs will be back under Darcy," Ahh yeah brayballer, I thought I'd give the oul yerraism a shot! See the world from the kerrymans eyes, walk a mile in his shoes, and all that mallarky
Onion_Sack (National) - 07/08/2025 11:20:45
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Onion_Sack: "A bit of reverse yerracology Fionn, ye know yourself! ;-)" When in Rome eh....... lol ;o)
Fionn (National) - 07/08/2025 10:57:46
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Kerry had no competition this year. Dubs beat every one we faced.6 in a row ." Are you on the wind up..????
Kerry beat the top 3 of Ulster and beat them all well.
They didnt even have to hit top gear.
Timed their run perfectly and nearly all their players had returned from injury in time for the final.
Their plan and timing worked.
Dont be doing what a lot of their fans do - undermine our All Ireland victories because of the opposition each year....!
(You only have to look at a recent nonsense post from one of them on this thread from a few days ago about Mayo being perennial losers).
Give credit where is is due.
They were the best team this year, end of.
As were we, for nearly a full decade.
Speaking of which, DF should have won more than he did with us imo.
Our new manager will be taking over a shadow of the team DF had to work with.
A much more difficult assignment, and our expectations need to be set accordingly.
Fionn (National) - 07/08/2025 10:56:02
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To anklesockhater: "Comes down to scoring difference if more than 2 teams finish on the same amount of points. If 2 teams finish on same points, it goes on the head to head" Not that it matters, but if its scoring difference, shouldnt Dromahair be placed above Gortletteragh in table.
onthebog (National) - 07/08/2025 10:45:29
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "why are you so pessemistic Fionn.Many said Darcy was the main man behind Jim so we will see now.Keep the faith.Dubs will win Leinster next year. Louth will go backwards.Meath might be ok but we should have enough and I really think only Armagh and Kerry around and we def should nt fear them." Realistic...
We are going to lose Smally, Steo, probably Davy, and dont be surprised if one of our forwards calls it a day.
So next year we could be down another 4 players.
Look at our bench, our u20's coming through, and as per DF we have NO, Zero 2 point scorers in our Entire squad.
Leinster is the best we can hope for.
I agree Louth will go backwards, but Meath have a very young athletic squad with about 3 players to come back from injury. Kildare are improving also.
Dec will improve the coaching for sure, but it might take a couple of years and by then Cossie, CK, Scully are all past their best also. We are over reliant on 1 player - King Con.
Do you honestly think we can compete for Sam next year.???
I think we are barely in the top 6 tbh.
Now, on the other hand, if Fento & Paul were to return, then that is a different story........
We can only hope both are persuaded to return....!
Fionn (National) - 07/08/2025 10:39:28
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