All-Ireland QFs: Armagh/Roscommon, Dublin/Galway, Donegal/Louth, Kerry/Derry

[naka]

Armaghs All Ireland to lose.

I Feel your pain

[STREET FIGHTER]

Can't believe someone above was making claims for a foot block.

People are twats. Nothing more to it. It was night and day compared to McKinless last week.

If you kick the ball off someone's arse/thigh is it not a foot block and a penalty?

[Blowitupref]

People are viewing it as an end of an era but Dublin will still win more All Irelands this decade. I said the same after they lost to Mayo in 2021.

Felt more of end of an era about Dublin today than 2021.  A lot of players in their 30 years on that Dublin starting team today with a lot of mileage on the clock, bench impact not as it use to be especially today when choosing to start Jack McCaffrey, James McCarthy

A lot of Dublin's senior success was built/helped along with their success at U21 level 2010 to 2017.  Last 4 years they haven't won U20 Leinster title in comparison.  I feel the next decade will be opportunity for plenty of counties to share the All Ireland titles.

[ONeill]

John Small got some experience today.

[thewobbler]

Can't believe someone above was making claims for a foot block.

People are twats. Nothing more to it. It was night and day compared to McKinless last week.

If you kick the ball off someone's arse/thigh is it not a foot block and a penalty?

If the defender moves his body (rather than his arms) into a position that would prevent the attacker finishing his kicking plane, then it's a foul. For dangerous play.

If an attacker can finish his kicking plane and the ball hits the defender anywhere from his hair to his toes, then it's not a foul, but a poorly executed kick.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

Can't believe someone above was making claims for a foot block.

People are twats. Nothing more to it. It was night and day compared to McKinless last week.

If you kick the ball off someone's arse/thigh is it not a foot block and a penalty?

If you kick the ball off someone's foot, it may not be a foot block or penalty either.
Because it isn't determined by what you do. It is determined by what the other person does.

[gallsman]

RTE with a good few angles of the second Fallon yellow. A clear foul and yellow card. "Shoulder to shoulder" my hole.

Parkinson, the f**king eejit, was calling it the worst red card decision ever 

[ONeill]

Can you arse the ball? Like block it with yer arse at the point of contact?

[blanketattack]

People are viewing it as an end of an era but Dublin will still win more All Irelands this decade. I said the same after they lost to Mayo in 2021.
I think it will be a Donegal Kerry final.

In the next 3 to 4 years Dublin have to replace 13 players: Cluxton, Murchan, Fitzsimmons, J Small, Kilkenny, MccAffrey, McCarthy, Mannion, Costello, Basquel, Fenton, O'Callaghan, Scully.

And most of those will be in the next 1 to 2 years.
Plus they have to do that without successful minor or u20 teams to pluck from.
If they don't win in 2025, I expect they won't win again this decade.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

I wouldn't be banking on it. There isn't a pile else out there.

I don't think the U20 All Irelands of recent years give you much insight into who is expected to be a dominant force at senior anytime soon.

[Saffrongael]

People are viewing it as an end of an era but Dublin will still win more All Irelands this decade. I said the same after they lost to Mayo in 2021.
I think it will be a Donegal Kerry final.

In the next 3 to 4 years Dublin have to replace 13 players: Cluxton, Murchan, Fitzsimmons, J Small, Kilkenny, MccAffrey, McCarthy, Mannion, Costello, Basquel, Fenton, O'Callaghan, Scully.

And most of those will be in the next 1 to 2 years.
Plus they have to do that without successful minor or u20 teams to pluck from.
If they don't win in 2025, I expect they won't win again this decade.

They appear to have a lot of players around the 31 mark. They could get one more out of that group of players but it would have to be in 2025.

You don't need to have successful U-20 teams, you can take a couple of players each year from those squads. It's not necessary for the team to win a competition to supply a senior team.

[STREET FIGHTER]

Can you arse the ball? Like block it with yer arse at the point of contact?

No that's a penalty 100% against the offending player and a yellow card for the Keeper....

[Armagh18]

People are viewing it as an end of an era but Dublin will still win more All Irelands this decade. I said the same after they lost to Mayo in 2021.
I think it will be a Donegal Kerry final.

In the next 3 to 4 years Dublin have to replace 13 players: Cluxton, Murchan, Fitzsimmons, J Small, Kilkenny, MccAffrey, McCarthy, Mannion, Costello, Basquel, Fenton, O'Callaghan, Scully.

And most of those will be in the next 1 to 2 years.
Plus they have to do that without successful minor or u20 teams to pluck from.
If they don't win in 2025, I expect they won't win again this decade.

Con is only a young buck yet is he not?? Or how old am I getting?

[David McKeown]

RTE with a good few angles of the second Fallon yellow. A clear foul and yellow card. "Shoulder to shoulder" my hole.

Parkinson, the f**king eejit, was calling it the worst red card decision ever 

Having seen it again I think it was harsher than I first thought but at the same time was an awful and unnecessary risk for Fallon to take. He made the referee make a decision and he had no need to.

I think the first one was a clear black card as well not yellow.

[onefineday]

Great result for a Galway team operating with so many key men hobbled.
Walsh has always been hit or miss, but today was hit and showed plenty of fight even coming out for the 2nd half. Comer was excellent the last quarter, again, you can see he's not fully right, but played a great target man role. The worry with Galway will be the fitness of those guys in 2 weeks time.
Dessie's tactic of starting the big guns misfired badly and I think might have been complacence? He really didn't think Galway with their injuries would put it up to Dublin and figured that it would be a good chance to get minutes into the lads. Even as he was bringing them off, Dublin didn't look in real danger - Mannion was taken off to give basquel a run out, they were still a couple up. It looked like the dubs sort of sleep walked into defeat, thinking they'd pull away when they felt like it. Some super defending from Galway, half back line in particular was superb. Lose Kerry tomorrow and what a championship we could have!