Ulster Senior football championship 2024

[guevara]

Anyone thinks football doesn't need rule changes after watching that shite needs their head looked at!

Absolute negative crap!

Change it to what though? They've been changing it for years.

It needs something because that was pure crap! And do you know what? Some Intercounty Managers will have watched that and think Down played well.

You've two Managers  there on the guts of £80k a year....allegedly & thats the shite they serve up. Football has gone backward so much.

When you've an intercounty player unable to put the ball over the bar from 25 metres something is badly wrong.

What the answer is I don't know but maybe a rule were once play enters an opponents half you can't go back into your own.

You must maintain a minimum number of players  in the opponents half.

Scrap that forward mark!

[Ethan Tremblay]

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Agree with that, they setup to make sure armagh couldn't play, and were aiming for a smash and grab, which they nearly got.  Some alright passages of play to be fair, but as a whole they weren't good

[Milltown Row2]

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Agree with that, they setup to make sure armagh couldn't play, and were aiming for a smash and grab, which they nearly got.  Some alright passages of play to be fair, but as a whole they weren't good

Armagh were brutal too

I wouldn't butter that display up with Down were negative and that's why blah blah..

Teams set up against Dublin most games to dull it down..

It's how you get past that tactic and Armagh were found wanting for 70 minutes

[tbrick18]

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Down turned up with tactics to keep Armagh out. What should they have done? Gone man-to-man for a spectacle? That statement in bold is a nonsense comment.
Down defended their goal, Donegal did that last week but had a kickout tactic and broke at pace - which won them the game. That's since been lauded as a tactical masterclass as Donegal got the tactics right to stifle Derry's attack and get over the press.
Down had a tactic of stifling the Armagh attack and then run at them at pace - it almost worked. A better team using the same tactic will beat Armagh as they can't cope with pace at the back.
Just my opinion.

[AnDúnAbú94]

Some people on here would want to wise up a small bit. That game was a team early in their development setting up to exploit a much better team's weaknesses. And they nearly succeeded. Not every game is going to be a classic, there'll be some boring games to watch. We're the only sport in the world where every boring game is met by calls for rule changes. If Tyrone Donegal is brilliant tomorrow, the same people will be on about how much they enjoyed it. Leave the rules alone and let the sport develop ffs.

[5times5times]

On a sourer note, the actions of the armagh contingent on the hill is becoming a black mark against the county.

Riot police had their hands full all afternoon. An embarrassment and unlikely even affiliated with any clubs.

Stay well clear ulster final day!

[No1]

To think the Kilcoo boys thought they were too good for the Down team. Johnston just fell over at the end there.

Armagh were awful but Down are a dreadful outfit. Would have been a travesty to see them in the AI series.

Some speak from an Antrim man.

[gallsman]

It wasn't a matter of any sort of Down tactical masterclass shutting out Armagh and nearly pulling it off. Armagh were f**king brutal, O'Neill aside who was half decent. They should still have won the game pulling up. Has nothing to do with them "not being let play" or anything of the sort.

Down need a bit of S&C from the looks of things.

[gallsman]

To think the Kilcoo boys thought they were too good for the Down team. Johnston just fell over at the end there.

Armagh were awful but Down are a dreadful outfit. Would have been a travesty to see them in the AI series.

Some speak from an Antrim man.

Good one.

[armaghniac]

On a sourer note, the actions of the armagh contingent on the hill is becoming a black mark against the county.

Riot police had their hands full all afternoon. An embarrassment and unlikely even affiliated with any clubs.

Stay well clear ulster final day!

The jeering during the National Anthem was not something that you would see in the Athletic Grounds, even in a full house.

[square_ball]

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Thomas Niblock has called it a phenomenal performance from Down on Twitter. I think your assessment is closer to the truth about their performance.

[AustinPowers]

On a sourer note, the actions of the armagh contingent on the hill is becoming a black mark against the county.

Riot police had their hands full all afternoon. An embarrassment and unlikely even affiliated with any clubs.

Stay well clear ulster final day!

There's riot police  at GAA matches now?

[gallsman]

Thomas Niblock has called it a phenomenal performance from Down on Twitter.

Lol. Complete nonsense. Armagh were brutal but got away with it because they're levels above the Down team they played. Not much more do it.

[Wildweasel74]

Has the Ulster Championship shown up that none of the teams are fit enough to win a all-Ireland?

[tonto1888]

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Thomas Niblock has called it a phenomenal performance from Down on Twitter. I think your assessment is closer to the truth about their performance.

Niblock would call a fart in a phone box phenomenal ffs