Ulster Senior football championship 2024

[thewobbler]

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

Three times in the game he over turned frees awarded to Armagh and let's not mention the on the ground he gave with the ball a foot in the air

But he also gave Armagh a few soft ones.

On balance I think Down did better out of his decisions. But the referee wasn't a determinant factor in the score line of this game, not even remotely close.

[Milltown Row2]

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

Three times in the game he over turned frees awarded to Armagh and let's not mention the on the ground he gave with the ball a foot in the air

Someone should check and see if his mums from Down

[dec]

Armagh crap
Down crapper
Referee crappest

[Ed Ricketts]

Awful stuff. Awful unambitious ugly football from Down. Awful pedestrian attempt to counteract that from Armagh. All made incalculably worse by a truly awful referee.

Down more competitive, but not sure where they're planning to go with that type of football.

Armagh have A LOT to work on before the Ulster final. Patience shown pulling a tight result out of the bag will maybe stand to them. Rian looks to be coming back into a bit of form. And a decent bench impact. But so much of everything else was dreadful.

[Ethan Tremblay]

Bad display from the ref indeed.

Armagh were bad and got through it, a better team and they were gone.

O O'Neil needs to be starting the final, to good to be on the bench from the start

[93-DY-SAM]

And 13 people on this forum think Armagh will win the AI. Tyrone and Donegal will be licking their lips to get to an Ulster final now.

[Wildweasel74]

Will that video nasty be shown on the BBC iplayer.?

[downtothecore]

2 very similar ability teams

[David McKeown]

2 very similar ability teams

I thought it was a decent team with a solid game plan against a slightly better team with no clue,

[Mario]

Assuming the final is Armagh Donegal, I'm not expecting a spectacle.

[Main Street]

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

Three times in the game he over turned frees awarded to Armagh and let's not mention the on the ground he gave with the ball a foot in the air

But he also gave Armagh a few soft ones.

On balance I think Down did better out of his decisions. But the referee wasn't a determinant factor in the score line of this game, not even remotely close.

Definitely Armagh got a few soft ones and very fortunate I thought to get the foul on the left side in the 2nd half but that was one which Rian missed. I think Down lost because they shot themselves in the foot with poor decisions in the latter part of the game, such as the mark a bit to the left where the kicked hadn't a hope in hell of scoring a point.

[downtothecore]

At least the rivalry is starting to return....

[tbrick18]

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

Three times in the game he over turned frees awarded to Armagh and let's not mention the on the ground he gave with the ball a foot in the air

Granted those were 2 bad decisions.
But Armagh were handed 4 or 5 really soft frees about 14yards out at the start of that 2nd half. I thought Armagh got away with some late hits and off the ball hits too.

I thought the Down goals were good goals, moving the ball fast to off the shoulder runners. That's brilliant stuff.
Armagh could do with a bit of that.

They still might win Ulster, but I think they're a poor side.

[gallsman]

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.

[Harold Disgracey]

That was an awful game. On the upside I think that's the quickest I've ever got home from Clones.