NFL Division 1 2025

[JPO]

Would an another Armagh Galway All Ireland  final be the final nail in the coffin for gaelic football?

[jb77]

How in any manner would that affect the future of the GAA

[naka]

Would an another Armagh Galway All Ireland  final be the final nail in the coffin for gaelic football?

More than happy with this tbh

[screenexile]

Would an another Armagh Galway All Ireland  final be the final nail in the coffin for gaelic football?

One of the stupidest posts ever on this board and that's saying something!

I've been on here for nigh on 20 years.

[Truthsayer]

Would an another Armagh Galway All Ireland  final be the final nail in the coffin for gaelic football?

One of the stupidest posts ever on this board and that's saying something!

I've been on here for nigh on 20 years.

I second that. Makes no sense whatsoever...

[Armagh18]

Well all the wankers in the media would cry their eyes out if neither Dublin nor Kerry got to a final again...

[Mario]

Well all the wankers in the media would cry their eyes out if neither Dublin nor Kerry got to a final again...

I would love if this happened. I'm convinced the rules wouldn't have been changed if Dublin or Kerry had dominated the past few years. That being said last year's all ireland final was a poor spectacle for a neutral. I was at it and the atmosphere was great until the ball was thrown in.

[mackers]

Well all the wankers in the media would cry their eyes out if neither Dublin nor Kerry got to a final again...

I would love if this happened. I'm convinced the rules wouldn't have been changed if Dublin or Kerry had dominated the past few years. That being said last year's all ireland final was a poor spectacle for a neutral. I was at it and the atmosphere was great until the ball was thrown in.

The final was very poor in fairness and it is the showpiece fixture of the sport but that said the semifinal against Kerry was highly entertaining, the Ulster final also.
Cahair O'Kane stated in a recent article that if Galway were an Ulster team they would be getting considerably more stick for the way they play.

[Armagh18]

Can't really comment on the final as the heart rate was at about 180 bpm the whole time. Yes we set up defensively but felt we attacked with a lot more purpose than Galway did, their first score they played around with the ball for ages before the shot was on, contrast it to ours where Conaty got the ball and went at the defender.

Some of the long range shooting that day was unreal, Conroy had a few nice scores, Rian and Oisin O'Neills points were as good as your likely to see anywhere as was Grimleys with the man hanging off him.

The drama at the end with posts being hit and that block was unreal too. (So much so that I don't remember a lot of the sideways lateral crap) but I totally get that for a neutral a lot of the game was probably boring.

[Captain Obvious]

Can't really comment on the final as the heart rate was at about 180 bpm the whole time. Yes we set up defensively but felt we attacked with a lot more purpose than Galway did, their first score they played around with the ball for ages before the shot was on, contrast it to ours where Conaty got the ball and went at the defender.

Some of the long range shooting that day was unreal, Conroy had a few nice scores, Rian and Oisin O'Neills points were as good as your likely to see anywhere as was Grimleys with the man hanging off him.

The drama at the end with posts being hit and that block was unreal too. (So much so that I don't remember a lot of the sideways lateral crap) but I totally get that for a neutral a lot of the game was probably boring.

I blame the injured Seagull it made some viewers forget it was a final decided on fine margins with a number of outstanding scores. Wasn't a whole lot wrong with the competitive nature and interest of the All Ireland championship when you had Armagh reaching a first semi-final since 2005 and then going on to win Sam Maguire.

[samuel maguire]

I know the final this year wasn't a classic, but it is being seriously blown out of proportion.

Looking back throughout the last 10 years you could argue it wasn't as bad as the below finals.

2021 - Tyrone/Mayo. Mayo put up a fight for 35 mins. Second half Mayo fold and Tyrone win. Damp squib to finish

2020- Dublin/Mayo. Dublin score quickest ever goal in an AI Final and that is all she rote. COVID season. Underwhelming

2018- Tyrone/Dublin. Foregone conclusion before a ball was kicked. Bright start for Tyrone casts a little doubt, although Niall Morgan brain fart puts a halt to proceedings after around 15 mins. Waste of time

2015 - Dublin/Kerry. Labeled as a blockbuster. Revenge surly on Kerry's mind after Dublin nipping them a few years prior. Very poor spectacle played in poor conditions. Highlighted by the fact Dublin Corner Back Philly McMahon outscored arguably Kerry's main scoring threat by 1 point to 0. Doesn't live long in the memory

2014- Kerry/Donegal. Probably the worst of the lot. Everything about this game was dead. Decided by a goalkeeping error. A real snooze fest.

[Tyrone Dreamer]

I know the final this year wasn't a classic, but it is being seriously blown out of proportion.

Looking back throughout the last 10 years you could argue it wasn't as bad as the below finals.

2021 - Tyrone/Mayo. Mayo put up a fight for 35 mins. Second half Mayo fold and Tyrone win. Damp squib to finish

2020- Dublin/Mayo. Dublin score quickest ever goal in an AI Final and that is all she rote. COVID season. Underwhelming

2018- Tyrone/Dublin. Foregone conclusion before a ball was kicked. Bright start for Tyrone casts a little doubt, although Niall Morgan brain fart puts a halt to proceedings after around 15 mins. Waste of time

2015 - Dublin/Kerry. Labeled as a blockbuster. Revenge surly on Kerry's mind after Dublin nipping them a few years prior. Very poor spectacle played in poor conditions. Highlighted by the fact Dublin Corner Back Philly McMahon outscored arguably Kerry's main scoring threat by 1 point to 0. Doesn't live long in the memory

2014- Kerry/Donegal. Probably the worst of the lot. Everything about this game was dead. Decided by a goalkeeping error. A real snooze fest.

Would agree with a number of the finals including Tyrone Dublin but very harsh including Tyrone Mayo on that list. Fairly high scoring with some great scores and few goals thrown in. Was a contest for most of the game. Tyrone's second goal came after an hour to put them 5 up and was only then you felt Tyrone had it. Even then it was back to 3 points with 5 mins to go,

[samuel maguire]

I know the final this year wasn't a classic, but it is being seriously blown out of proportion.

Looking back throughout the last 10 years you could argue it wasn't as bad as the below finals.

2021 - Tyrone/Mayo. Mayo put up a fight for 35 mins. Second half Mayo fold and Tyrone win. Damp squib to finish

2020- Dublin/Mayo. Dublin score quickest ever goal in an AI Final and that is all she rote. COVID season. Underwhelming

2018- Tyrone/Dublin. Foregone conclusion before a ball was kicked. Bright start for Tyrone casts a little doubt, although Niall Morgan brain fart puts a halt to proceedings after around 15 mins. Waste of time

2015 - Dublin/Kerry. Labeled as a blockbuster. Revenge surly on Kerry's mind after Dublin nipping them a few years prior. Very poor spectacle played in poor conditions. Highlighted by the fact Dublin Corner Back Philly McMahon outscored arguably Kerry's main scoring threat by 1 point to 0. Doesn't live long in the memory

2014- Kerry/Donegal. Probably the worst of the lot. Everything about this game was dead. Decided by a goalkeeping error. A real snooze fest.

Would agree with a number of the finals including Tyrone Dublin but very harsh including Tyrone Mayo on that list. Fairly high scoring with some great scores and few goals thrown in. Was a contest for most of the game. Tyrone's second goal came after an hour to put them 5 up and was only then you felt Tyrone had it. Even then it was back to 3 points with 5 mins to go,

Apologies if i got that wrong re Tyrone/Mayo. That was the day I stopped having a soft spot for Mayo. I used to always think they were just really unlucky, until they absolutely filled their togs vs Tyrone that year.

It felt like there was only going to be one winner from about 20 minutes in. I know they missed the penalty but Tyrone just seemed to want it more.

The only curse in Mayo is the lack off balls they have

[Armamike]

Would an another Armagh Galway All Ireland  final be the final nail in the coffin for gaelic football?

In what sense?

[Blowitupref]

I know the final this year wasn't a classic, but it is being seriously blown out of proportion.

Looking back throughout the last 10 years you could argue it wasn't as bad as the below finals.

2021 - Tyrone/Mayo. Mayo put up a fight for 35 mins. Second half Mayo fold and Tyrone win. Damp squib to finish

2020- Dublin/Mayo. Dublin score quickest ever goal in an AI Final and that is all she rote. COVID season. Underwhelming

2018- Tyrone/Dublin. Foregone conclusion before a ball was kicked. Bright start for Tyrone casts a little doubt, although Niall Morgan brain fart puts a halt to proceedings after around 15 mins. Waste of time

2015 - Dublin/Kerry. Labeled as a blockbuster. Revenge surly on Kerry's mind after Dublin nipping them a few years prior. Very poor spectacle played in poor conditions. Highlighted by the fact Dublin Corner Back Philly McMahon outscored arguably Kerry's main scoring threat by 1 point to 0. Doesn't live long in the memory

2014- Kerry/Donegal. Probably the worst of the lot. Everything about this game was dead. Decided by a goalkeeping error. A real snooze fest.

You left out the drawn 2016 final. Such error ridden match including Rock kicking scorable frees a long the ground or wide. Top quality players in Fenton,Connolly remarkably struggled with the basics of the game on the day as Dublin managed to score a mere 0-9 of their own and in the end thankful Mayo scored two bizarre own-goals.    Mayo along with 1996 Finals are sure to look back in anger and frustration at those finals the most.