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Portugal look good on paper then you realise they have Martinez in charge and they look less appealing.  He must have some agent.

Something has gone astray with their comms, with Maddison leaked this morning and rushing out their list this evening.  Someone talking too much.

was meant to be Saturday morning but was leaked not really a good look for the squad.Defence awful one left back who's injury prone and hasn't played in months, great to see!

If Derry beat Westmeath and end up drawing Tyrone be some craic in here. 

It could be worse they could have interviewed one of the Lurgan lads. Must be the most annoying accent ever!

Turbitt is from Lurgan and was interviewed after the game after getting the MOTM award. 

Did McDaid spend much time at full forward on Sunday? Comer a huge loss, Armagh at even money with PP seems like a decent bet to me.

Cute hoorism in already;)

Mackin, O'Neill and Murnin 3 massive losses for us, but maybe we'll get Murnin back. Not sure who'll take Walsh, definitely miss Morgan for that job.  At least it can't go to penalties anyway.

McCambridge has probably done enough last week to get job.Marked Walsh well in league game last year too think may have kept him scoreless from play.

Armagh 8/13 favourites Boylesports clearly on the hype train very short price. 

Galway v Armagh, Avantcard Páirc Sean MacDiarmada, 4pm
Westmeath v Tyrone, Kingspan Breffni Park, 4pm

Its in Sligo I heard not Leitrim...

In Connacht again, doesn't strike me as particularly fair but there you go

Galway have played their twice in a decade and were deplorable their last outing there. Can't see it as much of an advantage. Equal driving time from both counties, although doesn't leave much public transport options

Where would you have played it?

Brefni Pk, Cavan. surely Sligo will not hold the fans both Counties will want to bring to the game

Last years game in Carrick not selling out probably put paid to the capacity concern

If an equal distance from both Sligo is unfair then surely Ulster venue Cavan thats much closer to Armagh is even more unfair. I thought Navan or Mullingar would be fair enough venues but can't see how many can have complaints about Sligo, bar the roads from both directions being a bit crap

Some Armagh fans on social media losing their minds over it

Some of our fans on social media are embarrassing

The same ones no doubt complained about not getting a ticket for ulster final as had no club. 

Mbeumbo from Brentford linked if that was the case you would think Salah be on the way.Decent player but not sure if he's the most suitable alternative but don't think that really exists in current market either.

The Galway match is just one for winning, it could be a dour watch for neutrals.

Would we have won that way yesterday with Ciaran Mackin, Murnin and Peter McGrane (as Ross McQuillan made such a huge difference)? Probably not, maybe the unfortunate circumstances could give the management more impetus to be brave every time

If murnin was fit he would have been out round the middle I would suspect and the mackin change was like for like think that's a bit harsh as have been two of armaghs two performers in last year.

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.

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.

Would there not be less rivalry regarding the clubs now given that Glen are well ahead of the rest and back in the day there would have been a number of clubs in the mix for senior championship?

Murray a mile of fitness for a county player, he was puffing before half time. Thought only Baker really stood up today, with a number of players looking way of the pace. Would O'Rourke had got a more stronger panel in place?

outside of the Glen boys who didn't want to commit who else should be there that would make a difference?

The first thing McFaul did was run on and run into an Armagh man.if you have a short fuse and don't deal well with people getting at you rightly or wrongly a team is going to do that.

Galway, Armagh or Derry if they draw Kerry in quarters will fancy the job I would say.

Absolutely.

after seeing Derry today I'd take a raincheck on them see it really difficult to recover from this.

"you boys all said"

This is why the internets great

Apologies for the hyperbol, but there was a some very vocal people on here about how great an idea it was, how the boys deserved it etc... now a few weeks later they knocked sh*t out of eachother, players gone off the rails missing training, and getting hammered 3 games in a row. Not that the holiday (sorry it was a 'training camp' wasn't it haha) is the only issue, the fact we have a few injuries, an average goalkeeper and mind boggling tactics don't help either.

Armagh were also missing arguably their two best players this year murnin and mackin.

Great performance,  factor in Derry on free fall,  but as good as I've seen them play in years. Concern might be that it's too much too early. 

Well done all involved,  particularly management. Got the match ups right and made changes at the right time.

Putting three big men grimley O Neill crealey across the middle great call and helped to completely dominate kickouts.Delighted for big Niall given the personal tragedy he's went through a few months back.