Absolutely delighted to have secured 4th place and CL football. From sitting near relegation when Emery took over last season to this moment is such a huge achievement. 5 years since the owners took charge of the club in the championship.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: johnnycool on May 14, 2024, 11:54:11 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on May 13, 2024, 10:41:24 PMWas listening to that game (while ironing ) finished with a about 6/7 minutes left and it was all Liverpool
It was but Villa were always creating chances, although I don't care what anyone says that last Villa goal was a fluke, there's no way he meant to "knee" the ball in from there!
Quote from: bennydorano on May 14, 2024, 10:27:43 AMWholesale changes for Armagh v Westmeath would be madness. It really has to be a guaranteed win or the game will be well and truely up. We're well warned after last year, I wouldn't change any personnel from the weekend - injuries permitting.
See a squad of them on the beer in the Foresters in Lurgan last night, good luck to them, do them no harm.
Quote from: Estimator on May 14, 2024, 07:11:02 AMGreat angle for Dohertys score. He had no intention of calling a mark.
But something went wrong with the Armagh match ups there. Looked like Hall(?) left Doherty free to cover a man in the middle.
https://twitter.com/malmcmullan/status/1790090458518941826?t=xP75JEHNgwgnqiLVpTzvLg&s=19
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on May 13, 2024, 11:54:19 AMI think my earlier post about Armagh shutting up shop and holding out when 4 up on the 54th minute meant I love dour shite, but I loved that game yesterday in terms of lads letting rip.
It was bizarre though the amount of bodies back and still not enough pressure on kickers. Both sides had men in the forwards who were on fire from distance and yet the defence packed back in and around the D and looked as another boomer swung over.
Quote from: yellowcard on May 13, 2024, 11:07:28 AMQuote from: pbat on May 13, 2024, 10:55:45 AMThe talk of Jarly Og's mark is a red herring, if Jarly was given a bag of O Neills and stood on that spot in Clones till next Sunday he wouldn't have make that kick. Soup should have had a pop at his , but again he had just missed a similar one so he maybe didnt feel good about it. A wild wide and handing back procession to Patton was not the right option. When Conaty dropped short was a turning point I feel,he should have recycled, maybe bit of inexperience but the lad had a great game other than that and his wide at the last.
Very harsh and don't agree with that at all, Jarly Og is well capable of kicking a ball over the bar from 35-40m on the correct side of the pitch given his kicking style. If that was the case he shouldn't have bothered calling the mark in the first instance. I don't particularly like the rule to begin with but it is there to be taken advantage of where spaces in defence are tight in the closing stages of games.
It's a sad indictment of gaelic football that some people think a ball should be recycled backwards from a shooting position inside the 45m line and that they can't trust a player to have a shot at the posts. Playing the low risk percentages might be part of the reason why we can't see out these matches, its a fear mindset.
Quote from: Armagh18 on May 09, 2024, 11:57:09 PMQuote from: J70 on May 09, 2024, 08:07:51 PMHopefully Rian will finally live up to his ability and get us over the line in a big game.Quote from: seafoid on May 09, 2024, 06:20:57 PMhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0508/1448043-mcguinness-looms-but-time-for-armagh-to-deliver/
Another "it's their time", "greater need" analysis.
Which I think is fair enough, but it's pressure.
Reminds me of Derry in 1993, when Tohill ploughed through the muck and the Donegal backs to drag them to the title and AI shot they felt they'd fail to grab the previous year, which is why I am a little worried about men like Rian O'Neill being particularly driven!
Armaghs need is probably greater than Donegals, I'd put money on Donegal being in the final again next year regardless whereas we could struggle next year if we've another failure this time. How much that "greater need" will matter I'm not sure.