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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Unfortunately you could say three same thing about the Mayo football team and unlucky to be up against the great Dublin team
minor77 (National) - 28/08/2025 12:23:53
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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To galway19: "Thomas' won't get it done this year without Fintan, for all their undoubted experience and never say die attitude. I don't really get this whole thing of Clarinbridge bottling it or "not getting it done". In Clarinbridge's case, the main reason I see for them winning it this year is having Aaron Niland, Sean Murphy and Darragh Counihan in their starting team and the emergence of Josh Ryan coming off a year with the county panel. Niland didn't really play at all last year and it's pretty much a completely new setup for them this year in terms of how the team lines out. These young lads have only been hurling senior for one year so they can't really be tarred with saying they just don't get it done.
You could have said Loughrea were doing nothing at Senior for the last 15 years but now after winning one title beating Capptaggle (doesn't read that well now with this year's Cappy form), and now all of a sudden people are saying Loughrea are in the St Thomas' bracket for being trusted in a knockout game? They were in danger in that second half of the quarter final last year of losing to Castlegar for god's sake!" If you've conviction about value in the odds, hit the bookies and fill your boots. A smarter move than whinging about the odds, i would have thought.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 27/08/2025 19:23:13
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Meridian: "What is this based on?" His record in garrycastle isn't bad in fairness. He is in his second stint with them now, the first stint I believe was 4 years where he won 1 championship and 2 division 1 leagues, they also should've beaten lomans in another county final. He went back last year and won intermediate and division 2 league, got to division 1 league final this year and now are moving very well in championship, although it be in group b, they are playing good stuff.
If being honest, he is more deserving of a shot at the Westmeath management than his brother Dessie ever was considering he never managed a team before he got the Westmeath job. So why not give Gary Dolan a shot?
Tailteannchamps (National) - 27/08/2025 22:39:20
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Most consistent club in Galway last 30 years with 2 Co titles?
Eire89 (National) - 28/08/2025 14:16:38
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To MonaghanMan44life: "Suppose the jerseys will be sponsored by McEnaneys aswell? Good god" Exactly, you have to wonder about the county board's sense of awareness if they let Seamus Mc Enaney or anyone connected to him take an u17 or u20 team ,
Do they really want protests at monaghan u17 / u20
Games and training sessions ?
Paul o conor would be a super appointment especially watching his castleblaney outfit last night,
Fit ,fast and decisive,
Had said previously Carrick was a sure thing,
Castleblaney starting to give me doubts
MONAGHAN1985 (National) - 28/08/2025 12:28:10
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Mark McHugh in contension for senior football managers job.-this could be a good appointment-he knows the young players who came into the panel last year so is not really starting from scratch.
Bruno@1 (National) - 28/08/2025 09:22:49
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Black&White26: "Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact" Turlough making excuses already sure put a motion to Co board and Croke park to have the co final played in Madrid at end of August? I am sure they will accomodate.
Eire89 (National) - 28/08/2025 15:14:52
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Development Of Underage Players - 1 Like(s)
But also from the Baron: Add this to nepotism - the traditional GAA families doing the coaching and picking their own kids in A&B and you create a them and us mentality, which again, creates division and more kids giving up the sport.
This one always grinds my gears. The "traditional" GAA families are the backbone of every club. Even if somebody new comes into a club when in their 30s/40s/50s or older, it's a 99% chance that they've already been involved in a different club up to that.
And the children from these families are far more likely to be putting in the practice and the graft at home to develop their skills and become better players, and therefore more deserving of a place on the 'A' team.
I see it all the time in my own club, where I've been involved with groups from Under-8 upwards for a good few years now. It's obvious from early on who practices outside of training sessions, and who doesn't. They're the ones who become the better players...and yes, they tend to come from the "traditional" GAA families in the area.
Pikeman96 (National) - 28/08/2025 14:53:06
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact
Black&White26 (National) - 28/08/2025 14:50:37
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenMan1987: "Every manager has different circumstances.
In some ways Jim Gavin had a much easier job than his all opposition managers he faced, best players and more resources in place to get the best out of them.
Pat Gilroy had got Jim's group over the line before Jim's came in and even Dessie Farrell was able to win All Irelands in this era as Dublin manager after him.
You basically say 5 in a row is the benchmark, I'd say it is a benchmark. Jack managing a county to All Ireland wins in 3 separate stints as manager is another benchmark." There were 7 new starters on Jim's team for the first of his 5 in a row compared to Pat Gilroy's team and in 2019 to complete the 5 Jim had just 3 starters from Pat's squad starting so in fairness Jim's team was exactly that Jim's team developing and evolving and playing nearly 50 championship games without a single defeat.
sligo joe (National) - 28/08/2025 14:45:32
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dothesimplethingswell: "It looks like Jack is staying around. If Kerry win next yrs All Ireland it'll be his first back to back AI but it will also be Kerrys 40th All Ireland. Surely Kerrys greatest manager since Micko" Hard to compare managers from different eras.
In the era of the likes of Heffo/ Micko/ Magee/ Boylan etc. the managers did nearly everything themselves in terms of getting the team prepared.
In the current era managers head a high performance backroom team, they put the overall backroom team in place and facilitate them all to do jobs to the same end purpose.
When Jack would have come it wouldn't have quiet involved the huge backroom teams of current times, Jack thrived back then and still nowadays.
GreenMan1987 (National) - 28/08/2025 12:20:18
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To rossie4sam: "It seems he got the job without any back room team and county board are trying to find people for him. Leo going back as GK coach ." Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Hopefully not.....
Seanfan (National) - 28/08/2025 12:05:36
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To galway19: "Thomas' won't get it done this year without Fintan, for all their undoubted experience and never say die attitude. I don't really get this whole thing of Clarinbridge bottling it or "not getting it done". In Clarinbridge's case, the main reason I see for them winning it this year is having Aaron Niland, Sean Murphy and Darragh Counihan in their starting team and the emergence of Josh Ryan coming off a year with the county panel. Niland didn't really play at all last year and it's pretty much a completely new setup for them this year in terms of how the team lines out. These young lads have only been hurling senior for one year so they can't really be tarred with saying they just don't get it done.
You could have said Loughrea were doing nothing at Senior for the last 15 years but now after winning one title beating Capptaggle (doesn't read that well now with this year's Cappy form), and now all of a sudden people are saying Loughrea are in the St Thomas' bracket for being trusted in a knockout game? They were in danger in that second half of the quarter final last year of losing to Castlegar for god's sake!" Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row.
BigBàsMan (National) - 28/08/2025 08:41:58
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Barrowsider: "Not unless he wins 5 in a row. Jim gavin stands above them all . Whether people like that or not." Every manager has different circumstances.
In some ways Jim Gavin had a much easier job than his all opposition managers he faced, best players and more resources in place to get the best out of them.
Pat Gilroy had got Jim's group over the line before Jim's came in and even Dessie Farrell was able to win All Irelands in this era as Dublin manager after him.
You basically say 5 in a row is the benchmark, I'd say it is a benchmark. Jack managing a county to All Ireland wins in 3 separate stints as manager is another benchmark.
GreenMan1987 (National) - 28/08/2025 00:44:41
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
@old yellar - the days of nominating a team to take part in provincial championship are long gone. You have to have won the relevant championship in your own county.
@Onion Breath - fair enough that you knew that about how a club's second team couldn't compete in Intermediate or Junior, if their first team had won the senior. And I see your suggested workaround in that post above now all right. It's possible that post wasn't yet published at the time I started writing mine earlier on.
You're correct of course that Carlow could make a case to Leinster to allow your Senior 'B' champions into the Intermediate championship, even though they'd already have competed in your Senior 'A' championship too. But it's not allowed under the current rules, and obviously there's no guarantee the rules would be changed to accommodate you.
Pikeman96 (National) - 27/08/2025 23:30:14
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If you've conviction about value in the odds, hit the bookies and fill your boots. A smarter move than whinging about the odds, i would have thought." Toms are outstanding value at 11/4 I reckon and I'm getting stuck into that
Wouldn't fancy anyone beating them in a final
Stool Pigeon (National) - 27/08/2025 22:43:36
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
The Leinster Council definitely have the power to allow our teams in participate in Leinster even if competing in the SHC.
That's what happens in Derry. They have two groups of 4 teams. Top 2 teams in each group contest the senior semi finals with the losers of those two games playing an intermediate final with the winners allowed into Ulster Intermediate. The bottom 2 teams in the group play junior semi finals with junior champions playing in Ulster Junior even though they technically played in senior. Judging by the score differences, some decent hammerings were handed out.
I think it's worth a shot to mix things up as the championship has gone stale. Rangers and St Mullins don't have to play well until a semi final. Ballinkillen, Naomh Eoin and Bagenalstown know the big games are against each other and don't have to concern themselves against the big two.
I think MLR had a proposal before with a seeded first round of 4 v 4. Winners into group 1 and losers into group 2. Top 2 in group 1 into semi finals, bottom 2 play top 2 from group 2 in quarter finals. Now I think they also had bottom 2 dropping into intermediate championship in the same year.
hurlingguru (National) - 27/08/2025 21:35:03
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Monaghanball_92: "If scotstowns too strong just say you don't have too cry about it" Any team with their numbers are going to be "too strong" in a small county like Monaghan. Scotstown goal every year should be to win ulster and ifI recall they haven't done that too many times.
Darragh1987 (National) - 27/08/2025 20:18:13
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fox.1n.7he.b0x: "There is a lot of talk that Pj is not going to be the manager next year!! Anyone else hear this rumour??" No truth to this rumour. He will be in charge next year I've told.
To this weekend's action. Oughterard M/M could be a really good game. Second place in group up for grabs. Finnerty back for M/M might swing it in their favour.
I expect a big Corofin performance this weekend following their game against Milltown.
I think Barna may beat Killannin with a couple of players back. May not be enough to avoid bottom place though.
Dunmore Claregalway could go either way. I'll go for a draw.
That would leave things looking something like this!
Winners and into quarter finals: Moycullen, Corofin, Salthill/Knocknacarra, Tuam.
Second place: Killannin, Milltown, Mountbellow/Moylough, Dunmore
Third place: St James, Leitir Mor, Oughterard, Claregalway
Would set up some intriguing Quarter Finals
gaillimhboy (National) - 27/08/2025 19:54:34
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