Quote from: J70 on Today at 12:10:39 AMI don't know. I just have visions of Rian O'Neill giving a Tohillesque tour de force, driving Armagh on to win through sheer force of will.
Pundits leaning Armagh from what I've heard so far. "It's their time!" seems to be the consensus.
Quote from: Níl a fhios agam on Today at 01:44:09 PMTrue. Dont blame any team which are depleted keeping score down and credibility against the likes of Cargin, Casements and Creggan at the moment.
Also seen St.galls where pipped by TNN. after a promising start, Galls surely disappointed at that result. TNN havent been good, though their hurlers are doing rightly
Quote from: seafoid on Today at 01:28:19 PMIf Israel get to the final it will be nuts. It would be easy enough to manipulate public voting, I presume.
Quote from: yellowcard on Today at 01:12:06 PMEra defining for sure. I'd say defeat Sunday would mean anything short of an All Ireland final this year and it's curtains.Quote from: statto on Today at 12:54:06 PMCould be a last shot at ulster for alot of Armagh players like Grugan, Campbell, Murnin, Forker who have given great service to Armagh for 10 plus years. There is not alot between the sides, though Donegal will have the edge on the sideline and have came through the tougher side of the draw.
My main hope is that Armagh play on the front foot, but the likelyhood is that it will be low scoring and a lot of possession based football.
This game would have been earmarked as season defining by most supporters back when the Ulster championship draw was made last Autumn. You could also say that it could well define the Geezer era. The only surprise is that it is Donegal and not Derry whom we face. It does feel like now or never for a lot of those players but then you could have said the same last season and yet we have arrived back in another final with a good chance of winning.
I really hope we don't fall into the trap of engaging in the slugfest that many seem to be predicting, it doesn't really suit the type of player we have. If it is reduced to a hand passing, possession style game then I think Donegal have better players than us at this type of game. However we have the better kick passers and are more suited to that fast, physical game. We need to play to the strengths of our best players like Rian, Grugan and Murnin and not rely on running the ball endlessly up the pitch. We also have a lot of firepower to introduce from the bench in the last 20 minutes which could be crucial.