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Forget whatever the bookies say when they price it up later today, Armagh now the team to beat. They have four weeks to prepare for a quarter final against one of the lower ranked losers from prelims. No other team has any luxury, not even Kerry who could get caught by Meath. They cannot be paired with a team from group 4 again or Donegal so worst case scenario would be Mayo (outside chance Tyrone) They also won't be able to draw them in semi final unless they all get there so expect Kerry or Monaghan in semi final. They have the panel, the confidence, the perfect gaps between games and sure they haven't lost in normal time since 2022. Armagh top of the pecking order now. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 354 - 01/06/2025 17:52:39 2614073 Link
Yourselves, Kerry & Armagh. One of them for sure, little or nothing in it. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8766 - 01/06/2025 18:09:11 2614083 Link
Replying To shaggykev: "Forget whatever the bookies say when they price it up later today, Armagh now the team to beat. They have four weeks to prepare for a quarter final against one of the lower ranked losers from prelims. No other team has any luxury, not even Kerry who could get caught by Meath. They cannot be paired with a team from group 4 again or Donegal so worst case scenario would be Mayo (outside chance Tyrone) They also won't be able to draw them in semi final unless they all get there so expect Kerry or Monaghan in semi final. They have the panel, the confidence, the perfect gaps between games and sure they haven't lost in normal time since 2022. Armagh top of the pecking order now." A Donegal man doing a really bad impersonation of a Kerryman circa 70's/80s! What's the Donegal equivalent of Yerra!? Dublin handed the win to Armagh today on a plate! Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 01/06/2025 18:13:14 2614085 Link
You'll have to try harder than that. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11608 - 01/06/2025 18:57:39 2614099 Link
Kerry's Division 1 rivals rank as follows currently in the race for the All Ireland: 1. Armagh 2. Donegal 3. Dublin 4. Tyrone 5. Mayo 6. Galway 7. Derry legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8879 - 01/06/2025 20:01:10 2614128 Link
Replying To shaggykev: "Forget whatever the bookies say when they price it up later today, Armagh now the team to beat. They have four weeks to prepare for a quarter final against one of the lower ranked losers from prelims. No other team has any luxury, not even Kerry who could get caught by Meath. They cannot be paired with a team from group 4 again or Donegal so worst case scenario would be Mayo (outside chance Tyrone) They also won't be able to draw them in semi final unless they all get there so expect Kerry or Monaghan in semi final. They have the panel, the confidence, the perfect gaps between games and sure they haven't lost in normal time since 2022. Armagh top of the pecking order now." 4 or five teams could win it and defently Armagh 1 of them , but the Dubs were shocking today and still only lost by 5 germac (Down) - Posts: 563 - 01/06/2025 20:27:56 2614140 Link
Replying To Onion_Sack: "A Donegal man doing a really bad impersonation of a Kerryman circa 70's/80s! What's the Donegal equivalent of Yerra!? Dublin handed the win to Armagh today on a plate!" Absolutely, 17 Dub wides tells its own story... with lots of those very scorable. That being said I think it's Donegal's for the taking but it's wide open IMO. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1338 - 01/06/2025 21:14:33 2614155 Link
Replying To Onion_Sack: "A Donegal man doing a really bad impersonation of a Kerryman circa 70's/80s! What's the Donegal equivalent of Yerra!? Dublin handed the win to Armagh today on a plate!" Yeah Dublin were cat but read above comment. I didn't say Armagh would win, I just said they are in the driving seat. Facts! shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 354 - 01/06/2025 21:17:34 2614156 Link
I'd have Kerry still as favs as they are so lightly raced, Donegal have played a lot of intense football, we have been going since the prelim round in Ulster, Armagh prob 2nd favs in my book, after that there's prob 4 or so teams in with a chance, with the injuries we have and the schedule we've been through and what's still to come, it's hard to see us winning Sam this year but there is still hope if we get a few key men back and get a good draw in the prelim quarter final, assuming we get that far. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3218 - 01/06/2025 21:18:24 2614157 Link
Armagh probably favourites but stiill 4 or 5 teams that can win it.I probably say it is in this order . Armagh Kerry Dublin Tyrone Galway.Any one of them five . brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 153 - 03/06/2025 09:30:04 2614473 Link
Replying To Onion_Sack: "A Donegal man doing a really bad impersonation of a Kerryman circa 70's/80s! What's the Donegal equivalent of Yerra!? Dublin handed the win to Armagh today on a plate!" "Ach, I dunno, we got over the line against Cavan, and sure we'll try to give Mayo a rattle the next day and if we win we win and we'll be delighted to make it into the next round" :D FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 148 - 03/06/2025 09:45:42 2614482 Link
Replying To shaggykev: "Forget whatever the bookies say when they price it up later today, Armagh now the team to beat. They have four weeks to prepare for a quarter final against one of the lower ranked losers from prelims. No other team has any luxury, not even Kerry who could get caught by Meath. They cannot be paired with a team from group 4 again or Donegal so worst case scenario would be Mayo (outside chance Tyrone) They also won't be able to draw them in semi final unless they all get there so expect Kerry or Monaghan in semi final. They have the panel, the confidence, the perfect gaps between games and sure they haven't lost in normal time since 2022. Armagh top of the pecking order now." kerry will win this and next year. kerry4sam25 (Kerry) - Posts: 14 - 03/06/2025 10:01:13 2614487 Link
Replying To germac: "4 or five teams could win it and defently Armagh 1 of them , but the Dubs were shocking today and still only lost by 5" They still lost, at home. Saying they were shocking isn't a sign of confidence in them at this stage. Armagh were good but not great on Sunday either. Rian O'Neill back is a big boost for them. If Con isn't back and in good form it's hard to see Dublin as contenders. Kerry won't be tested until quarter final, won't have a second chance if they lose at that stage. Michael Murphy's big game game temperament will get Donegal through the big games. Galway and Tyrone could still bounce back. Would rank it Armagh, Donegal, Kerry and Dublin at this stage but every week one result is casting some teams as contenders and others as no hopers. Which is great because it's so unpredictable. But we'll not really know until the quarter finals. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8039 - 03/06/2025 10:36:18 2614493 Link
Replying To kerry4sam25: "kerry will win this and next year." You might win it if Clifford gets every call from the ref as per usual. You won't win sam it's going back to Amargh . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 183 - 03/06/2025 10:47:36 2614496 Link
Replying To FullOfPorter: ""Ach, I dunno, we got over the line against Cavan, and sure we'll try to give Mayo a rattle the next day and if we win we win and we'll be delighted to make it into the next round" :D" Not at all. Just stating Armagh in drivers seat right now. If Armagh make another final, Donegal would probably be the last team they'd wanna face but our path right now makes it difficult and we are going to need a splash of luck with the draw and injuries. Kerry are liable to get caught in quarter final or will face Armagh most likely in semi final. I don't seem them getting through both the banana skin or Armagh. Armagh may not go back to back but they deserve to be considered the team to beat. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 354 - 03/06/2025 10:58:29 2614504 Link