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So many players not wearing gum shields in the game. offtheditch (Cavan) - Posts: 157 - 05/06/2022 14:54:32 2422417 Link
Grwat win for Armagh, brutal match to watch though. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4897 - 05/06/2022 15:13:29 2422419 Link
Think Armagh will win this one. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2756 - 05/06/2022 15:16:08 2422421 Link
Congratulations Armagh. Well done! It was really interesting. What was even more interesting is the amount of information that Eamonn Fitzmaurice had about the Armagh players, while having little detail on the Tyrone lads. A direct line to his former teammate, perhaps? foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1925 - 05/06/2022 15:22:47 2422427 Link
Yes, great analyses. ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 05/06/2022 15:32:26 2422432 Link
Replying To arock: "Grwat win for Armagh, brutal match to watch though." If only teams could roll up in a ball and lie down like they do with Dublin wouldn't Gaelic Games be a great gas altogether? Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 05/06/2022 15:44:44 2422434 Link
Well done Armagh, deserving winners on the day. Armagh always looked like scoring; Tyrone struggled to get scores. Big part of this was Armagh's greater work rate in attack, always a man over. Tyrone carrying ball into possession far too much. The big question for me is whether Armagh have the ambition to do anything more. The parochial nature of Ulster football is its strength and its weakness. Armagh will have been hugely motivated to put one over the old rivals today, but it's questionable whether they will be as motivated in the next round. Southern pundits don't always realise how intense the Ulster rivalries can be - for many teams in Ulster, beating certain neighbours is a life-or-death matter. Losing to your neighbour is unthinkable. I'd like to see Armagh keep that level of work rate and intensity, but they're just as likely to be too satisfied by beating Tyrone and just underperform tamely in the next game. Of course, I hope I'm wrong. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 05/06/2022 15:46:16 2422436 Link
Replying To arock: "Grwat win for Armagh, brutal match to watch though." Obviously great to watch from Armagh point if view. Was it brutal for the neutral?? On a par to the Derry game last week? Worse than the Dublin or Kerry debacles in the provincial finals? ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 05/06/2022 15:51:06 2422440 Link
Replying To arock: "Grwat win for Armagh, brutal match to watch though." Nonsense - good direct game with lots of attacking football. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 05/06/2022 15:52:08 2422441 Link
Good game and a great win for Armagh. Nice to see capacity attendance at a well appointed stadium. Some atmosphere and colour there. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 507 - 05/06/2022 15:52:31 2422443 Link
Replying To essmac: "Well done Armagh, deserving winners on the day. Armagh always looked like scoring; Tyrone struggled to get scores. Big part of this was Armagh's greater work rate in attack, always a man over. Tyrone carrying ball into possession far too much. The big question for me is whether Armagh have the ambition to do anything more. The parochial nature of Ulster football is its strength and its weakness. Armagh will have been hugely motivated to put one over the old rivals today, but it's questionable whether they will be as motivated in the next round. Southern pundits don't always realise how intense the Ulster rivalries can be - for many teams in Ulster, beating certain neighbours is a life-or-death matter. Losing to your neighbour is unthinkable. I'd like to see Armagh keep that level of work rate and intensity, but they're just as likely to be too satisfied by beating Tyrone and just underperform tamely in the next game. Of course, I hope I'm wrong." I'd agree essmac. We're now going to have try and raise our game for next weekend and could well go out if we get too big for our boots as there was nothing won today. I would hope our flat performance against Donegal should help to keep our feet on the ground. I think another win and Armagh fans would be happy and a shot at a quarter final which would probably round off a decent year for us if we can get there. ardmhacha (Armagh) - Posts: 172 - 05/06/2022 17:06:44 2422476 Link
Replying To arock: "Grwat win for Armagh, brutal match to watch though." NO s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 05/06/2022 17:54:38 2422494 Link
Replying To Ulsterman: "If only teams could roll up in a ball and lie down like they do with Dublin wouldn't Gaelic Games be a great gas altogether?" This is the same Dublin that were dispatched out of the championship last year and relegated from D1 in the league? Wow. Defending the title is difficult but this has been one of the worst defences of an AI in the past couple of decades. Tyrone have been shocking this year and that's not being anti-Ulster. It's just a fact. . Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 05/06/2022 18:02:19 2422498 Link
Replying To Joxer: "This is the same Dublin that were dispatched out of the championship last year and relegated from D1 in the league? Wow. Defending the title is difficult but this has been one of the worst defences of an AI in the past couple of decades. Tyrone have been shocking this year and that's not being anti-Ulster. It's just a fact. ." Tyrone have been shocking, but it is hard to defend an all-Ireland. Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone are the only teams to have won multiple All-Irelands. I don't think it is also unfair to point out how hard it is to navigate Ulster, Kerry and Dublin basically win their provinces by default. Antrim are also the only team out of Ulster to not contest at least a semi-final during that time. HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 05/06/2022 18:15:45 2422505 Link
Replying To ardmhacha: "Obviously great to watch from Armagh point if view. Was it brutal for the neutral?? On a par to the Derry game last week? Worse than the Dublin or Kerry debacles in the provincial finals?" I thought it was an enjoyable enough game to watch. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3678 - 05/06/2022 18:39:07 2422517 Link
Qualifiers R2 draw prediction: Donegal v Armagh Roscommon v Mayo Limerick v Cork Kildare v Clare M Lyster (Antrim) - Posts: 463 - 05/06/2022 18:43:08 2422518 Link
Replying To ardmhacha: "Obviously great to watch from Armagh point if view. Was it brutal for the neutral?? On a par to the Derry game last week? Worse than the Dublin or Kerry debacles in the provincial finals?" Well done Armagh. Better game than the all the provincial finals bar Ros Galway. We scored 2-16 from play yet most of the national analysis was on the impoverished Leinster and Munster championships plus Derry's win after a long wait. No issue with the latter given the circumstances but happy in many ways not many rate us. Anyways back to Armagh and not surprised with this result. Good chance of making the q/fs at least. kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1947 - 05/06/2022 18:53:36 2422524 Link
Good win Armagh, I thought ye were Ulster's dark horse this year and it turned out to be Derry (no one saw that coming). Armagh play some nice ball from what I've seen of them so they are now in the mix. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 05/06/2022 18:56:33 2422528 Link
Replying To arock: "Grwat win for Armagh, brutal match to watch though." Did u watch the game. Attacking open football throughout. Life does exist outside of Dublin you know Gumball (Donegal) - Posts: 34 - 06/06/2022 10:02:06 2422676 Link
A brilliant match. Best team won. Hopefully an Ulster team wins Sam. Id fancy Armagh. Feel sorry for some of the Tyrone players yesterday who gave it their all. Well done Armagh and may the best team go all the way. border Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 894 - 06/06/2022 12:35:45 2422743 Link