Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 - Galway, Armagh, Derry, Westmeath

[Armagh18]

Derry were that bad we would have won on penalties

[tonto1888]

Derry were that bad we would have won on penalties

Going into the game I was thinking well at least there's one result we know won't happen today. A loss on penalties

[Armagh18]

To be honest I was fairly confident all week, then when I heard Mackin and Murnin were out I thought we're going to strugggle. Hats off to every man on that field.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Mickey Harte has to walk now surely.

[marty34]

Hope all the Armagh lads getting stuck into McKinless last day out recognise what Mackin just did to Glass.

very little.

No. He kicked him in the head, regardless of force.

Scummy low dig.

Should have been a straight red.

Don't try and excuse scummy behaviour. Kicking a man in the head when on the ground is scummy behaviour.

[Taylor]

Derry bollixed for the year. Am surprised all the issues in Portugal never got outside the county. Not sure if it was showing it on tv, but the Armagh men were taking turns to rattle McFaul from the minute he came on

Have heard the trip mentioned a few times now - what is 'supposedly' meant to have happened?

[JoG2]

Derry were that bad we would have won on penalties

  100%.

The drive and effort put in by Armagh yesterday compared to ourselves really was night and day, shockingly so.
I'm not sure how we come back from a defeat like that tbh, death by a thousand cuts atm.
Murray, Baker and Gilmore put in great shifts, I'll leave it at that re the rest.
The bandwagon will be a fair bit lighter heading to the Westmeath game that's for sure!

[maddog]

Great performance yesterday but wouldnt get too carried away. Derry not at the races. Wonder when we can expect the GAA to announce venue and date for the galway game?

[Armagh18]

Derry were that bad we would have won on penalties

  100%.

The drive and effort put in by Armagh yesterday compared to ourselves really was night and day, shockingly so.
I'm not sure how we come back from a defeat like that tbh, death by a thousand cuts atm.
Murray, Baker and Gilmore put in great shifts, I'll leave it at that re the rest.
The bandwagon will be a fair bit lighter heading to the Westmeath game that's for sure!

Westmeath is a real banana skin and Derrys performance today would see them beat and out. Couple of boys in Derry yesterday said McFaul was on the piss last week which is why he was dropped.

[Armagh18]

Great performance yesterday but wouldnt get too carried away. Derry not at the races. Wonder when we can expect the GAA to announce venue and date for the galway game?

The night before probably!

Yeah massive that we back that up vs Galway but brilliant to be able to enjoy an Armagh win. For the first time in a long while I'm going to watch an Armagh game back!

[tonto1888]

Great performance yesterday but wouldnt get too carried away. Derry not at the races. Wonder when we can expect the GAA to announce venue and date for the galway game?

to be confirmed on Tuesday according to Twitter

[marty34]

In soccer parlance, Harte and Devlin have lost the changng room.

Very clear to be seen.

When you see how well Louth have pushed on under Brennan, it's clear to see they're not that tactically aware, especially how bad they've been caught out since the Donegal game. 

No Plan B.

But after the rows in Portugal it's clear to see the players have downed tools so the players must share the flack also.

The biggest thing is the fall - how far have things went south in the Derry camp in a month. Some drop off in standards.  Derry pushing for All-Ireland finals this past two years, winning Div. 1 NFL (I know it's only the league) but the self-implosion has been crazy this year.

Good chance they'll get Gallagher back......and there'll be no more trips abroad.

[johnnycool]

In soccer parlance, Harte and Devlin have lost the changng room.

Very clear to be seen.

When you see how well Louth have pushed on under Brennan, it's clear to see they're not that tactically aware, especially how bad they've been caught out since the Donegal game. 

No Plan B.

But after the rows in Portugal it's clear to see the players have downed tools so the players must share the flack also.

The biggest thing is the fall - how far have things went south in the Derry camp in a month. Some drop off in standards.  Derry pushing for All-Ireland finals this past two years, winning Div. 1 NFL (I know it's only the league) but the self-implosion has been crazy this year.

Good chance they'll get Gallagher back......and there'll be no more trips abroad.

Big Glass cut a frustrated figure yesterday afternoon and it's not like him waving arms and the likes.

Did old club rivalries come to the boil in Portugal?

I'm hearing the Slaughtneil lads had told their hurling manager they'd be concentrating on club football this year and that was one of the reasons he stepped down.

[reddgnhand]

What happened in Portugal?

[yellowcard]

That was probably Armaghs best performance under geezer. So many players performed well on the day and the only negative was that we butchered a few other goal chances - it should have been 6 or 7 goals. It proved that when we play front foot, aggressive football we are much better and some of the tackling to turnover possession followed by quick attacks was excellent.

On the other side Derry were a complete shambles. The Mickey Harte appointment was never likely to end well and Chrissy McKaigue will have a bit of explaining to do to his team mates for appointing him. They look like a team waiting for the season to end.