As the post mortem begins into Galway’s second All-Ireland SFC final loss in three years, Peter Canavan feels they can’t have any complaints.

An early injury to free-taker Rob Finnerty was sorely felt as the mis-firing Tribesmen came up agonisingly short once again.

“You can say that Galway hit the post and all the rest, but there was no luck attached to that (Armagh) victory,” the Tyrone legend said on The Sunday Game Live.

“I thought Armagh were the better team. When they got the lead, okay maybe they didn't kick on. But talk about a well organised defence.

“You can say that Galway had a very bad wides and a few that went short, but the organisation and setup in their defence. We've said that they only conceded one goal in the last six games, Galway never looked like scoring a goal.

“For every score Galway got, they had to work really hard. There was no luck involved, the better team won on the day.

“From a Galway point of view, very disappointed. Up front they lacked composure when they needed it most. Their main man up front had an off day in front of goals, not that he wasn't trying, but it was like Clifford last year in that a lot of shots didn't come off for him.

“You have to congratulate Armagh. What an achievement to come from where they have and for Kieran McGeeney to lead them to this title is fantastic.”

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