All-Ireland Series Sam Maguire 2026

[square_ball]

there wont be a word or any reporting or news about gaelic or hurling until October when county final are on.

What tangible effect does this have? I hear this all the time but no one has explained what this actually means for the GAA and people playing it. As far as I can see it has none.

[Schkite]

Galway v Dublin
Cork v Mayo
Tyrone v Kerry
Louth v Monaghan

[Armagh18]

Galway Dublin and Louth Monaghan double header on Sunday to allow the extra days rest for teams that played yesterday?

[Shamrock Shore]

Story on semi finals?

[ElJeffe]

Galway Dublin and Louth Monaghan double header on Sunday to allow the extra days rest for teams that played yesterday?

Wishful thinking

[marty34]

What's the reason for not allowing an open draw at quarter-final stage?

Bit silly.

[Armagh18]

Sickener looking at that draw and what could have been. 2 of Louth Monaghan Cork and Mayo making a semi final.

Kerry getting an oddly familiar run as well! Hope the quarters this year are an improvement on last years damp squibs

[From the Bunker]

Galway v Dublin
Cork v Mayo
Tyrone v Kerry
Louth v Monaghan

Mayo, Cork, Louth and Monaghan all have a chance of making an AI semi final. Something that seemed so unlikely not so long ago.

[tyrone08]

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.

Mcguiness is a great man for excuses after every defeat. Had donegal set up to beat kerry in league and that was it. His intensity far too much and had turned the lads into robots instead of players.

Playing Murphy every game instead of using him as an impact sub was another poor decision.

[highorlow]

Story on semi finals?

Same again, open draw, avoid repeats

[2ndstringsub]

Story on semi finals?

Same again, open draw, avoid repeats

At some point I think this will be changed. at this rate if Tyrone and Mayo both win they'll just award the win to Tyrone on head to head...

[twohands!!!]

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.

From the outside this definitely fits in with my sense of where Galway are. They could win it all if everything comes together but a hell of a lot would have to fall in place for them in the next 3 games.

I'd imagine they will be strong favourites against Dublin who despite getting the result yesterday played a world of bad football at points during the match and seemed very reliant on a few players.

[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.

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

How much more fitter can lads get within 6/7 days...after training for 4 evenings a week for 6 months?

Shiuld they not be focussing on recovery - sleep, nutrition, massages and ice baths etc.?

Then walking on walk throughs, kick outs and video analysis.

To me and I hear it all the time that another game the next week is just an excuse. Main coming from supporters in fairness.

As the great Tommy Walsh told the story of KK drawing with Galway in the AI hurling final in 2013. I think it was the Joe Canning equalising free one on the Hogan Stand side. The KK players came in with big sad and disappointed heads on them. It was like a morgue but Tommy pipes up we've to wait another 2 weeks for the replay. So what, lads have waited for years to play in an AI final and other lads have toiled for years and have never graced Croke Park. The KK players attitude shifted straight away to a more positive attitude. 

[illdecide]

Sorry guys but haven't time to read back thru 30 pages of messages so just giving a quick recap on Kerry v Armagh. It didn't go as I expected, Kerry blew us out of the water (Again) and were fully deserved winners. Armagh were awful form 1 -15 and got what they deserved, defence were shocking bad (how B McCambridge can't get on in that defence is shocking) Midfield is non existing and the forward line playing across the way back and forth whilst Kerry just take the ball and in 2 passes it's in the net or over the bar. I said last week if Kerry push up on Armagh and make them kick it long then they'd be in trouble and that's what Kerry done (Don't mention it Jack).
Anyway...all the best to Kerry for the remainder of the Championship and bar Galway I can't see anyone else beating them, one slight complaint is the stand in Killarney was brutal and so uncomfortable to sit on, the only one worse I can remember is Cusack Park, Mullingar.
Season is over for us but whoever you follow may the luck follow you to the end (except Tyrone, only joking my friendly neighbours)

[tiempo]

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.

Whats the point carrying a grant funded panel of 36 elite GAA athletes (their words) when you're gonna complain about having to play numbers 19-35