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McGeeney out!!

Armagh keeper needs to stay on his line!!

Armagh were comfortably the better team and stopped playing for the last 10mins... some psychological issues going on there!!!

Armagh were comfortably the better team there and stopped playing for the last 10mins... some psychological issues going on there!!!

Both teams set up defensive but are attacking well. Very few wides!

Armagh look the better team in the early exchanges.

It's fairly shite though!

Forker dropping the knees twice there!!

Right call there 100% a red not sure what Miller's on about.

Celtic the better team but conceded far too easily but you'd think they should go on and win with the man advantage.

Well it's the lodges/villas I meant. I wouldn't be one for the aul tent now. Fond of my air con and instant hot water. Iberian finals are in Salou next Saturday with a bank holiday on the Monday so we're going down and staying for a few days.

Sanguli is the best Eurocamp I've been to by a fair bit. Class spot!!

Is that in the Irish News or his own blogg?

Nah I think it's just his own blog!

Paddy's back!

https://www.against-the-breeze.com/articles/who-wins-when-two-teams-park-the-bus

It's a military exercise now I've heard of clubs mapping out housing estates and hitting an area 2-3 times to make sure they get everyone.

An Antrim club appeared 3 nights in Ballinascreen the week before last... they've been raving about how well they've been received. To be fair our people would be good at supporting any GAA draw and we get plenty of visitors because of that.

I know you feel bad not buying but we're all grown men and women if we don't want to buy a ticket we don't have to!!

Murphy reckons a snoozefest . . .

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2024/05/07/michael-murphy-energy-a-crucial-component-for-all-contenders-but-armaghs-need-may-power-them-through/

[Armagh will have to play the same way they did against Down and hope that the forwards they have will play better than Donegal's.]

On the actual game I think it'll be a snoozefest much like Tyrone Donegal/Armagh Down. Armagh will have to play the same way they did against Down and hope that the forwards they have will play better than Donegal's. I think they just about have the better players but there will be vey little in it.

Bookies with a 1pt handicap aren't usually too far wrong!

This is what Donegal would love us to do. Play the game on their terms and reduce it to an arm wrestle that ends up as another game of nerves in the last 5 minutes since they are the masters at this type of game. If we are looking for a template then go back to the 2022 championship when we played them twice.

The first time we sat back and engaged in a defensive arm wrestle that ended in a comprehensive defeat. We drew them again in the qualifiers and went more front foot, high energy, gung ho type game and we inflicted a heavy defeat on them. The latter is the template for beating them on Sunday. Press all of their kick outs since they have an untested goalkeeper or even if Patton is fit to play he will not be in top shape. Kick plenty of ball inside as I think they are weak at defending one on one in their full back line. Plus we have the ball winning personnel to cause them trouble. If we play a hard running game of containment it plays to the strengths of Donegal and reduces the game to a long range point kicking contest and a game of nerve.   

I could be absolutely wrong of course and I hope that Armagh play direct man to man and do inflict a heavy defeat on Donegal. If only that the game seemed to have moved on a bit to a more man to man style recently and Donegal have taken it right back to basics so I hope that style is beaten.

I just think that if Armagh had to play negatively against a very poor Down team they'll be primed for the same approach against a better version of it!

On the actual game I think it'll be a snoozefest much like Tyrone Donegal/Armagh Down. Armagh will have to play the same way they did against Down and hope that the forwards they have will play better than Donegal's. I think they just about have the better players but there will be vey little in it.

Bookies with a 1pt handicap aren't usually too far wrong!