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The final is a game that's got 0.13 to 0.12 written all over it! It will be an arm wrestle. My biggest fear is the Armagh sideline, there'll no doubt by some unnecessary tactical masterstroke from McGeeney. It'll likely be a game that will be won ugly, so i don't care how it's won, but I would really like to see us play to our strengths and have some balls.

I hope geezer doesn't over think it too much. We need to learn the lesson from 2022 and the 2 matches against Donegal that year. The first match in Ballybofey we played to try and counteract Donegals strengths and ended up getting soundly beaten. A change in tactical approach a few weeks later and we won the game comfortably by playing to our own strengths. I would like to think that the lessons will have been learned and that we play the game on our terms and not try and beat Donegal at a game which they are the masters at.

It might have even been part of the thinking by holding some of the big players in reserve for the League final earlier in the year.

It's the proverbial 50/50 match but I think Armagh have a bit more scoring power up front. But it's now or never for this Armagh side whereas with Donegal you feel as though they could be around for a few years.

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.