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Donegal must'nt have much faith in their squad, they keep recycling their subs.

That was great defending by Hampsey.

This game merits a penalty shoot out, total stalemate.

Mattie Donnelly must be a MOTM contender, he's been excellent again today.

Niblick acting like Morgan saved the day at the end there - should have been a routine high ball claimed by him, and they'd be in the final already

Some of these days he will run out of superlatives to use in commentary.

Stalemate which was probably a fair result, neither team really deserved to win or lose that game.

Morgan keeping Tyrone in this match.

Tyrone number 10 looks a good player too.

Disagree with Devanney there. Thought it was a decent half of football with some great scores.

It really wasn't, it's just that we have become so accustomed to these types of matches.

Jimmy has got out tacticed by Dooher in that first half but you won't hear that in the media.

Donegal getting nowhere near the amount of attacking space as the Derry match and are looking very limited as a result.

McShane and McBrearty don't look fit enough at this level any more.

We were pathetic. Play like that against Donegal and it be 10 point hammering. I'd say Duffy will be in from the start the next day. Murnin, Soupy Turbo and others anonymous.

I'd say there will definitely be changes for the final. Turbitt, Burns and McElroy out. Nugent, Duffy and McCabe in for those three.

The aristocrats of Ulster haven't a player that can kick a ball 40 metres , that was brutal stuff yesterday. Down are simply a reincarnation of Kilcoo handpassing and soloing the ball up the pitch. It was a dreadful game to watch and summed up all of the ills of Gaelic football. The referee was just as bad and Armagh weren't much better.

The one positive from an Armagh point of view was the substitutions who won us the match. Oisin O'Neill, Duffy and Nugent kicked the winning scores and hopefully there will be changes the next game because otherwise that type of performance or tactical approach will not be good enough.

Whatever the opposite of cute hoorism is, a lot of Armagh fans on this board have it in abundance.

Its called giving an honest opinion. 

Armagh to win by 7 and Donegal to win by 8 this weekend.

It's laughable to hear Laverty citing economic reasons for wanting the teams to toss for home venue. The reality is that he hoped to win the toss and play the game in Newry where he thought they might have a chance, it's got nothing to do with economic reasons.

Most supporters would have been happy with that arrangement given the cost and inconvenience of travelling to Clones but if last year is anything to go by, the Down fans will be vastly outnumbered. Plus Armagh have a good record in Clones and I'm not sure whether Down have a great record. Laverty knows that so he wanted to give his side the best possible chance which is understandable. He is just being disingenuous for the reason.

I didn't see the Derry/Donegal match, but I am seriously impressed by any team allegedly out played who's best players were stymied but still managed 17 points. Goals win games but can be prevented. it was 15 scores to 17.

I can never understand this post match analysis which counts the number of scores rather than total up the number of points. There is a reason why a goal is worth 3 points and that is because they are supposed to be much more difficult to score.

Mickey Harte has yet to prove that he can adapt tactically to prevent goal chances against his side while still carrying a goal threat at the other end of the pitch. He did neither last weekend.