All-Ireland Series Sam Maguire 2026

[joemamas]

it was a weird one with Murphy totally losing his rag, he had to compose himself totally for the kick, he succeeded and it was high five time, the championship saved at the death, instead he turned into a raving lunatic. The black cards received cost Donegal a lot more.

Kilkenny was obviously mouthing off before the kick.
still stupid.

[SaffronSports]

If Geezer stays in Armagh he needs to take the shackles off the team. At full flow their biggest strength is pace yet he wants it slowed down. Hasnt adapted well enough to the new game.

[joemamas]

Cheerio Donegal!
Cheerio Armagh!

Likely the end of both teams as a serious force in the sport for a good while.

asshole WUM
Go away you have polluted this website.
How did you inter cert go ?

[Manning18]

As a Galway person I'd be in the unconvinced camp. We're being put forth by people and a casual media because everyone else has been blotting their copybooks and they need to find some alternative to Kerry. I don't think it's based on anything really bar "they've been making finals and they have a few lads back fit"

The team had a solid tactical identity when Cian O'Neill was there and has gone sharply downhill since he left. Every defence is struggling under these rules but Galway's has gone from probably the best in the country to being somewhat of a liability. Then you've the goalkeeper and kickout situation (on both ends). This was never good but has gone from poor to diabolical in the past 18 months.

They're living on individual brilliance. And that's not unexpected, there's some incredibly talented players there, and perhaps that alone can get them to win 3 big games. Comer especially is from what I've seen in limited stints, unmarkable under these new rules. It seems his max involvement will be 30 minutes however

If you get to a semi final stage and potentially have Thompsons vision back, with Comer inside and Walsh keeping his current form up, then yeah they can beat anyone. There's a bit too much to come together though to make it a likely outcome

Id especially worry about playing Kerry and the aforementioned Cian O'Neill on the opposite side. He knows every Galway players strengths and weakness better than anyone. Any given what his plans did to Armagh and Donegals kickouts on either end last year, id shudder to think of how he'll take apart Gleesons predictability from the tee, or Galway's limp press.

[Main Street]

Cheerio Donegal!
Cheerio Armagh!

Likely the end of both teams as a serious force in the sport for a good while.

asshole WUM
Go away you have polluted this website.
How did you inter cert go ?

It is a low life from Cavan, best ignored.

[Milltown Row2]

Both teams will be fucked for next week!

Bingo.
To hell with the players
so stupid to have the All-Ireland rushed to be finished by July 26th.
Insane. a week from today June 28th, there will be FOUR teams left.
there wont be a word or any reporting or news about gaelic or hurling until October when county final are on.

Does it really matter? Has Gaelic games died because it's finishing earlier at county level?

[straightred]

Both teams will be fucked for next week!

Bingo.
To hell with the players
so stupid to have the All-Ireland rushed to be finished by July 26th.
Insane. a week from today June 28th, there will be FOUR teams left.
there wont be a word or any reporting or news about gaelic or hurling until October when county final are on.

They haven't got much to work with but the fairest solution at this stage would be to put the Mayo and Kerry games on Saturday and the Dublin and Monaghan games on Sunday. At least that gives all 4 teams a 7 day break

[Captain Obvious]

The key points from the Jim McGuinness after match interview and to me it sounds like he'll be around next year.



30% more intensity required under the rules he reckons. That increase has caused players to burn out in games and more injuries especially hamstring injuries. Hamstring surgeons around the county very busy now.

You can't really train in between games anymore it's more minding players.

The game now is chaos with no control.

[Wildweasel74]

Should be 2 weeks between these games, they gonna have to find a few weeks in August in the future.

[Angus MacGyver]

Should be 2 weeks between these games, they gonna have to find a few weeks in August in the future.

I think if next weekends QFs are a damp squib due to teams being overstretched they will look at adding a week break.
The QF weekend should be bigger than this wkend but it needs 8 fresh teams for that.
This weekend gone was brilliant for football.

[Mario]

Should be 2 weeks between these games, they gonna have to find a few weeks in August in the future.

I think if next weekends QFs are a damp squib due to teams being overstretched they will look at adding a week break.
The QF weekend should be bigger than this wkend but it needs 8 fresh teams for that.
This weekend gone was brilliant for football.

Win your first two games and you will be fresh. Come through the back door and that's the punishment. It's a good system imo

[marty34]

This freshness discussion is a look of waffle.

They have 6/7 days off to recover. Recovery starts straight after the game.

Here's an idea, maybe don't flog players for the previous 6 months.

[Armagh18]

I'm not sure where all the belief in Galway is coming from. They have been bang average and haven't set the place alight. As others have said Kerry look to be coming good at the right time. Galway to me are at a level with the rest.

We know the talent they have and for the first time since 2022 they've near enough a full deck. (Bar the new celebrity) They're a very good side and will be hard stopped.

Matthew Thompson is still out. And is a big loss. I would feel more confident in our chances if he was available. Despite last year being his first year on the panel.

Is he the lad that was in America? Think one of the podcasts last week said he'd be back soon?

[Armagh18]

This freshness discussion is a look of waffle.

They have 6/7 days off to recover. Recovery starts straight after the game.

Here's an idea, maybe don't flog players for the previous 6 months.

It's not. You'll get basically 0 time to train for the next opponent, any sort of small niggle can leave lads not right for the next game, it definitely has an impact

[GTP]

The punishment shouldn't be players risking injury due to fatigue.
I am sure the GPA will be able to produce a study to suit whatever narrative they want to push on the latest structure and scheduling.