All Ireland Championship 2025.

[ONARAGGATIP]

Just feels like Cork haven't held their nerve, which you need to close out big tight games like this. Dublin don't look any great shakes either tbh, any of the 4 teams waiting will fancy a crack at them I'd say

If Cork had a proper leader they'd be contending.

Absolutely littered with quality athleticism and physicality.

No kickout strategy killing them

They're such an enigma. They're seriously impressive athletes and have a sprinkling of top class talent but they massively underachieve. There's this curious tentativeness about them every year and a lack of identity or sense of mission. They're crying out for a manager that can really get inside their heads.

Is the interest in Cork County Board to appoint that man?

And do Cavan need a figure like that?

As far as I can see, Cavan first need a huge clearout and reset, administratively and strategically. Two Ulster SFC titles in 56 years, no All-Ireland final appearance since 1952, no underage All-Ireland titles since God knows when? All this should raise massive questions about the possibly overly political and clerical outlook of the people charged with stewardship of on-the-field matters in our county board, but we always and forever only focus on a narrow subset of the manager and the current crop of players, while the real hard questions go unasked time and again. We don't lack for resources or passion or hunger but you'd think even by accident, in all that time, we'd get it right even occasionally, so given the embarrassing cycle of failure you'd think there'd be some self-examination going on? But, not a squeak and as far as I can see, it's just one big circle-jerk at Cavan HQ where all the focus is on spending millions redeveloping the stadium, likely for other counties to come play their neutral ground championship matches in. Our one-time fellow strugglers show us how to get your house on order; Duignan shakes things up in Offaly, Louth pass us out, Meath exit the wilderness years, Down look somewhat resurgent and Monaghan routinely outperform us with a lower population. Donegal and Armagh have waxed and waned considerably over the more recent years too but Cavan's only consistency has been to prove resolutely allergic to any sort of lasting advancement. We're going nowhere until someone grasps the nettle and calls it out.

Maybe stop playing your senior teams in ulster intermediate competitions..

[tiempo]

Cavan persisted in entering the Leinster Junior Championship when Ulster mothballed the competition, there's an issue of identity in Cavan, weak free state mentality, as pointed out above, spending a bomb redeveloping a stadium for others to use as a neutral venue

[rodney trotter]

Cavan persisted in entering the Leinster Junior Championship when Ulster mothballed the competition, there's an issue of identity in Cavan, weak free state mentality, as pointed out above, spending a bomb redeveloping a stadium for others to use as a neutral venue

Thats nonsense about playing in the Leinster junior. It was to give young players a chance after playing U21. The competition was a help for a few years. Cavan made the all ireland quarter final in 2013. A few players would have been involved with the juniors the year before.

Antrim play in Leinster hurling, but that must be ok because they are from the 6 counties?

[omagh_gael]

Ronan Burns keeping down in it. Big wind for Galway too, down holding their own.

[skeog]

Yesterday if you went down play stopped not today.

[omagh_gael]

How was that boy stopped?? Johnny Maher also should have been blown twice for steps coming out of defence.

[Schkite]

10 mins left in the half and Galway haven't used the strong breeze nearly as well as they'd have liked. If Down can make it to HT within a few points, they'll really fancy their chances given their 2 pt ability combined with this wind

Edit: Walsh really picked it up then, everything good is going through him

[Schkite]

Well fair to say Galway used the wind in the last 10 minutes! Walsh was class in that period. Even with a strong wind it's hard to see Down come back into it with a gap like that. They were only a point down after about 25 minutes and looking alright then, but just stopped playing then it seems

[naka]

Shane Walsh on form is as good a player as anyone in Ireland

[SaffronSports]

Interesting to see if Walsh comes out after the break

[general_lee]

Big half needed from Down. Completely collapsed for the last ten mins there. Galway like a flick of a switch are 10 points up. Not insurmountable but Down need to use that breeze in the second half

[Tatler Jack]

RTE website saying wind favouring Galway in second half.

[naka]

RTE website saying wind favouring Galway in second half.

It is in favour of down

[Schkite]

Well not a bad start to 2nd half, will need a few more of those

[befair]

Taking off Branagan just after a great score and being really effective was a mistake. Only 1 pt down then, suddenly go in 10 pts down. Still have a chance with the wind tho. Hope Walsh is ok, such a wonderful player; if he can't play the 2nd half, will hardly be fir for next week (if they make it)