All Ireland Championship 2025.

[weareros]

Not everyone online appreciates the interconnectivity of picking the stadia.
Mayo and Donegal could not play in Breffni because Cavan and Tyrone has to be at the same time, and there's no grounds staff available for Breffni.
So if Clones was picked then Monaghan v Down would have to be played the day before for the same reason.
But if Monaghan and Down was played the day before, then Páirc Esler would not be available for Dublin v Derry, for the same reason again, etc etc

[Orior]

In my opinion (which by the way I rate very highly) we should stop talking about venues and start talking about the actual matches.

[AustinPowers]

The time to drive from each counties main ground to the selected venue

Kerry - Killarney to O'Connor Park 2hr 51 minutes   
Meath  -  Navan to O'Connor Park  1hr 5 minutes

Roscommon - Hyde Park to O'Moore Park  1 hr 21 minutes   
Cork  - Pairc Ui Chaoimh to O'Moore park 1 hr 42 minutes

Armagh - Athletic grounds to Breffni park 1hr 7 minutes
Galway,  Pearse Stadium to Breffni park  2hrs

Derry  Celtic Park  to Páirc Esler 1hr 55 minutes
Dublin Croke Park to Pairc Esler  1hr 5 minutes

Donegal ballybofey to Hyde park 2hr 17 minutes
Mayo, HacHale Park to Hyde Park  1hr  14 minutes

Tyrone Healy Park to Brewster Park  40 minutes
Cavan, Breffni park to Brewster park  44 minutes

Louth Drogheda to O'Moore park  1hr 26 minutes
Clare, Cusack Park to O'Moore Park, 1hr 34 minutes

Monaghan Clones to Athletic Grounds 41 minutes
Down, Newry to Athletic Grounds  26 minutes

Thanks for putting that up.

Don't understand why the Kerry v Meath game couldn't have been in Limerick or Thurles. Have played Meath in both those venues in the past. No direct public transport to Tullamore from Killarney or Tralee either.

And no chance of either county having the balls to stream the game either I'm guessing.

Half of the Kerry supporters travelling to the game are up in arms about it, but the other 3 seem to be OK with it!!

They could all go  in   a  motorbike and sidecar , so the toll charges will be cheaper

[armaghniac]

In my opinion (which by the way I rate very highly) we should stop talking about venues and start talking about the actual matches.

There was some doubt about the venues, doubt only exists for some of the matches.

[balladmaker]

What do our Galway friends here make of another trip to Ulster this year?  In fairness, Breffni Park is the right choice given it's capacity for what promises to be a bumper crowd.

[AustinPowers]

What do our Galway friends here make of another trip to Ulster this year?  In fairness, Breffni Park is the right choice given it's capacity for what promises to be a bumper crowd.

Do you think many  from Armagh will travel ,  given they've already qualified?

[Orior]

What do our Galway friends here make of another trip to Ulster this year?  In fairness, Breffni Park is the right choice given it's capacity for what promises to be a bumper crowd.

Do you think many  from Armagh will travel ,  given they've already qualified?

Absolutely yes.

[Maroon Manc]

That Galway performance nowhere near as bad as many have made out, Derry excellent and practically scored everytime they went forward; Only 2 wides and 1 shot dropped short throughout the match.

Galway had 9 wides and 7 shots dropped short and thats not taking into account Molloys pathetic attempt that ended up going for a 45. Galway won 18 kickouts in the 2nd half whilst Derry won 7, they destroyed Derrys kickout winning 11 out of 16; D'Arcy was outstanding winning so many again, makes his non performance against Dublin harder to understand.

Galway's issue was their decision making & kicking was so poor in that 2nd half with 12 missed attempts. Conroy, Walsh, Tierney & Cooke responsible for 7 of those misses, I didn't think any of them were crazy attempts either although Tierney opting for a 2 pointer attempt when Galway had the chance to hit a 21 metre free to close the gap to a point with around 7 minutes remaining was daft after missing so many.

It was a far better performance then in every aspect apart from the shooting then against the Dubs. I thought Thompson again was outstanding, still only 20 but he's had a huge impact.

[Mario]

I can't say watching it that I felt Galway missed loads of good opportunities, you can shoot from bad positions and have a lot of wides. On the flip side they got two very fortunate goals. Most of the post game analysis has been about Galways poor form, ignoring the fact Derry were just very good.

Once you are chasing down a lead and get a bit of momentum it can be hard to stop under the new rules. We did the same thing to Armagh the week before but unfortunately the gap was too big when the come back started.

[thebuzz]

In my opinion (which by the way I rate very highly) we should stop talking about venues and start talking about the actual matches.

I rate your opinion very highly Orior and I believe you are 100% right in that we should start talking about the actual matches. 😀😀

[illdecide]

Galway will beat Armagh handy enough, Armagh will be playing a lot of lads that need game time and haven't got much football. They will be trying to win the game but a lot of changes plus not needing a result usually ends one way. The Tribesmen to win by 4-5pts in the end after an Armagh rally late on to bring the score line down a bit and put some respectability on the scoreboard.

[Rossfan]

The big picture is Armagh have booked a Quarter Final place while Kerry, Meath,  Monaghan and Down have qualified for the KO stages but final positions to be decided in the last round.
The rest of us (11) are chasing 7 places.

[Spiderlegs]

Galway will beat Armagh handy enough, Armagh will be playing a lot of lads that need game time and haven't got much football. They will be trying to win the game but a lot of changes plus not needing a result usually ends one way. The Tribesmen to win by 4-5pts in the end after an Armagh rally late on to bring the score line down a bit and put some respectability on the scoreboard.

On the face of it, your post makes sense.
But the lads that need game time are Niall Grimley, Oisin O'Neill, Aaron McKay, Rian O'Neill, Joe McElroy. No drop off in quality at all.
Not only do they need game time, they want a place in the team for the quarter final. And the guys who they might replace won't want to give their spot up for fear of not getting it back.

In my opinion Armagh should go at this full tilt using whoever is perceived to be the current 20 strongest players, for sure use all 5 subs but not fringe players for the sake of it. Keep the consistency.

Dublin/Derry result dependent but there is an opportunity for Armagh to knock out a top contender.

[balladmaker]

What do our Galway friends here make of another trip to Ulster this year?  In fairness, Breffni Park is the right choice given it's capacity for what promises to be a bumper crowd.

Do you think many  from Armagh will travel ,  given they've already qualified?

Yes, big time.  Will be nice to enjoy a game without the tension usually associated with it, and hopefully a throw the shackles off performance from the team.

[balladmaker]

Galway will beat Armagh handy enough, Armagh will be playing a lot of lads that need game time and haven't got much football. They will be trying to win the game but a lot of changes plus not needing a result usually ends one way. The Tribesmen to win by 4-5pts in the end after an Armagh rally late on to bring the score line down a bit and put some respectability on the scoreboard.

I think the quality of the Armagh players who will get game time will ensure a competitive fixture.  I don't see Armagh being weakened in any way given the possible changes, and that says alot about the strength of the squad.  If Galway win, they'll have earned it.