All Ireland Final Armagh v Galway 28 July 2024

[ONeill]

Good man. You got there in the end.

[statto]

Good man. You got there in the end.

you must have forgotten that mayo lost the 2020 final.

[ONeill]

Any possibility you read I wrote Mayo prove it's not a science?

[Armagh18]

Mayo just lose finals. No point using them as a comparison to anyone. The Tyrone 2018 and Kerry 2019 final losses probably did stand to them when they got their wins.

[armaghniac]

no Connacht team has beaten an Ulster team in the final since 1943 and that wasn't Mayo or Galway.
Was anyone at it?

[ONeill]

I think it was Donegal 2012 the last side to win without a final just before. It can be done.

[Rossfan]

no Connacht team has beaten an Ulster team in the final since 1943 and that wasn't Mayo or Galway.
Was anyone at it?

My father was at it as a child with his father. But not at the replay which we won.
His only memory was of the noise the crowd made.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

no Connacht team has beaten an Ulster team in the final since 1943 and that wasn't Mayo or Galway.
Was anyone at it?

John Maher from Galway was at it was only a young cub at the time.

[bennydorano]

3 championship games in the last 3 years, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 X PK defeat, encouraging enough stats from an Armagh perspective but as always the stats don't tell the true story. I've always felt Galway have had our number in these games, they've always looked that wee bit better, but I think we've progressed, maybe more than them, so for a change I go into a game reasonably confident.

I do worry about Hurson's appointment, I do not understand the thinking behind it at all, a really unnecessary sideshow.

[Armagh18]

3 championship games in the last 3 years, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 X PK defeat, encouraging enough stats from an Armagh perspective but as always the stats don't tell the true story. I've always felt Galway have had our number in these games, they've always looked that wee bit better, but I think we've progressed, maybe more than them, so for a change I go into a game reasonably confident.

I do worry about Hurson's appointment, I do not understand the thinking behind it at all, an really unnecessary sideshow.

We've probably only played in patches across all of those games and still dug it out even though we could have been dead and buried. Thats bound to be in the back of Galways minds as well- no matter what we throw at these f**kers we can't seem to put them away.

2 things will likely decide this- who has got it in the legs in the last 10 and who has the impact off the bench. Think Galway are stronger than Kerry in those aspects but hopefully we're that bit better.

[David McKeown]

3 championship games in the last 3 years, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 X PK defeat, encouraging enough stats from an Armagh perspective but as always the stats don't tell the true story. I've always felt Galway have had our number in these games, they've always looked that wee bit better, but I think we've progressed, maybe more than them, so for a change I go into a game reasonably confident.

I do worry about Hurson's appointment, I do not understand the thinking behind it at all, an really unnecessary sideshow.

We've probably only played in patches across all of those games and still dug it out even though we could have been dead and buried. Thats bound to be in the back of Galways minds as well- no matter what we throw at these f**kers we can't seem to put them away.

2 things will likely decide this- who has got it in the legs in the last 10 and who has the impact off the bench. Think Galway are stronger than Kerry in those aspects but hopefully we're that bit better.

I don't buy that Galway had our number in any of those games. In Sligo, for me at least, they got some key decisions at the right time and still didn't win the match. I think a lot will come down to the fine margins, the referee, the bounce of the ball, that element of luck etc. Far too close to call for me.

Really want to see Armagh mix up its defensive strategy the way it did last week and get some pressure on the ball out the field at times and hopefully force turnovers

[Armagh18]

3 championship games in the last 3 years, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 X PK defeat, encouraging enough stats from an Armagh perspective but as always the stats don't tell the true story. I've always felt Galway have had our number in these games, they've always looked that wee bit better, but I think we've progressed, maybe more than them, so for a change I go into a game reasonably confident.

I do worry about Hurson's appointment, I do not understand the thinking behind it at all, an really unnecessary sideshow.

We've probably only played in patches across all of those games and still dug it out even though we could have been dead and buried. Thats bound to be in the back of Galways minds as well- no matter what we throw at these f**kers we can't seem to put them away.

2 things will likely decide this- who has got it in the legs in the last 10 and who has the impact off the bench. Think Galway are stronger than Kerry in those aspects but hopefully we're that bit better.

I don't buy that Galway had our number in any of those games. In Sligo, for me at least, they got some key decisions at the right time and still didn't win the match. I think a lot will come down to the fine margins, the referee, the bounce of the ball, that element of luck etc. Far too close to call for me.

Really want to see Armagh mix up its defensive strategy the way it did last week and get some pressure on the ball out the field at times and hopefully force turnovers

Yeah we probably were as poor as we've been against them in that first half and still left a lot of handy scores behind. Having said that though Comer didn't play at all that day and Finnerty was very heavily strapped, you'd imagine both will be a lot closer to fully fit by next Sunday. 

Similar set up to last week would be great as long as we cut out the basic errors because no doubt Galway will punish us.

[Milltown Row2]

Both teams won't fear each other which will make it pretty even on the day.

Who gets the tactical side of things right will gain the victory

Is McG a better manager than PJ?

Which team is fitter

Who has the better bench

Both are hungry

Who's more disciplined

Hard final to call

[armaghniac]

Both teams won't fear each other which will make it pretty even on the day.

Who gets the tactical side of things right will gain the victory

Is McG a better manager than PJ?

Which team is fitter

Who has the better bench

Both are hungry

Who's more disciplined

Hard final to call

I don't think Armagh will be found wanting in the fitness, strength of the bench or hunger departments anyway.

[SouthDublinBro]

The Armagh folk pointing at Galway's poor performance vs Sligo have short memories. They were nearly turned over by Down themselves.