USFC SF: Monaghan v Fermanagh - Sunday 3rd June at 2pm - Healy Park Omagh

[BennyHarp]

I'd prefer that any day, to a Leinster, Munster, or Connacht cakewalk -- excitement Inc. Well done the Fermanagh men.

+1 That's a great battling performance. A county not accepting the status quo and putting tactics in place to maximise their chances of winning a game who people thought they had no chance in. How did Sligo and Clare do today? Also proved why monaghan will never emerge as a top team can't put performances together. Where they celebrating an Ulster title win the past few weeks??

[BennyHarp]

Everything that's wrong with GAA football. Massed defences, endless hand-passing around the 45. It's even worse at club level. Rule change needed to de-incentivise the blanket defence.

Yeah it's much better if the underdog rolls over and let's the top teams beat them by 20 points. Wise up!

[weareros]

Seriously, is there any other field sport in the world where its players, coaches, officials and supporters engage in as much self-flagellation of its game as Gaelic football does?

Congratulations to Fermanagh on their win today.

Fair point. In soccer they give it a philosophical name - the catenaccio! - in American gridiron they chant DEFENSE from the crowed stands. In GAA we call for the puke bucket.

Well done Fermanagh. The championship needs shocks. Ulster's 3 div 1 teams in qualifiers already, along with Mayo. Tough route now.

[Syferus]

Seriously, is there any other field sport in the world where its players, coaches, officials and supporters engage in as much self-flagellation of its game as Gaelic football does?

Congratulations to Fermanagh on their win today.

Fair point. In soccer they give it a philosophical name - the catenaccio! - in American gridiron they chant DEFENSE from the crowed stands. In GAA we call for the puke bucket.

Well done Fermanagh. The championship needs shocks. Ulster's 3 div 1 teams in qualifiers already, along with Mayo. Tough route now.

Very few people enjoy defensive basketball or american football games. Hence why the rules have repeatedly changed to promote attacking play in those sports. You kind of shot yourself in the foot with your own examples.

[inthrough]

There is no such thing as a "defensive" basketball game or American football game. One team has the ball & is trying to score, the other team hasn't got the ball & is trying to stop them just like evey other field sport in the world Gaelic football included.

[Syferus]

There is no such thing as a "defensive" basketball game or American football game.One team has the ball & is trying to score, the other team hasn't got the ball & is trying to stop them just like evey other field sport in the world Gaelic football included.

Did you type this with a straight face? Ever seen a Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game?

[armaghniac]

to beat the blanket do you not have to set up to match it??

Do Dublin ?

Yeah they do. They just break quicker than most teams.

Correct they use the foot pass to break out

That takes skillful Footballers to do that! Not every county has this in abundance!

Well Dublin's abundance  is 20 times Fermanagh, so no wonder they have more "footballers".

[Itchy]

Well done Fermanagh, what a result. This needs to be looked at in context. Fermanagh div3 and with zero tradition of winning Ulster and smallest pick in Ireland up against a seasoned div1 team with a couple of Ulster in recent years. They set up within the rules to give themselves the best chance to win and they fought like dogs. Monaghan were pathetic on the day. It wasn't pretty but what about it. May e Sligo played nice football today during the hammering from Galway? Love to see Fermanagh win it out.

[redzone]

to beat the blanket do you not have to set up to match it??

Do Dublin ?

Yeah they do. They just break quicker than most teams.

Correct they use the foot pass to break out

That takes skillful Footballers to do that! Not every county has this in abundance!

Well Dublin's abundance  is 20 times Fermanagh, so no wonder they have more "footballers".

Correct,, so is antrims

[trileacman]

Serious performance by Fermanagh, but this Ulsterball stuff is a slog to watch.

Yeah it was nearly as shite as the tripe Connaught's two Division 1 teams served up.

[Farrandeelin]

Well done Fermanagh, what a result. This needs to be looked at in context. Fermanagh div3 and with zero tradition of winning Ulster and smallest pick in Ireland up against a seasoned div1 team with a couple of Ulster in recent years. They set up within the rules to give themselves the best chance to win and they fought like dogs. Monaghan were pathetic on the day. It wasn't pretty but what about it. May e Sligo played nice football today during the hammering from Galway? Love to see Fermanagh win it out.

This. All day long. I thought it was gone from Fermanagh as the clock ticked on into injury time. Then, the high ball in, Kerry of the 70s would be proud of it - came the goal. That's why the idea of tiering football championships is mad.

[trileacman]

The game itself was a mirror image of their '08 semi final win in Omagh which Malachy engineered for his native Fermanagh.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Connacht SFC (Semi-Final): Galway 4-24 Sligo 1-12 (FT)Munster SFC (Semi-Final): Kerry 0-32 Clare 0-10 (FT)

Case rested, your honour, what a Munster & Connacht shambles!

[macdanger2]

At least nobody has any chip on their shoulders anyway 

[Wildweasel74]

G thought Clare was supposed to be decent this year