NFL Division 1 2025

[An Watcher]

Loads of time

[EoinW]

I feel sorry for Dublin fans tonight.  That first half in Armagh must have been painful to watch.  The problem was simply kick outs.  I've seen too many games in which one team can't get the ball.  The punishment for being scored on is too harsh.

Now it's the second half and it's clear that it will be all Dublin.  Being an Armagh fan, I spared myself the torture and turned the tv off.  And this is on a calm night!  When your team is playing against the wind...don't bother tuning in!

Amazing what a mess they can make of a game that looked pretty good to me last year.  Beware progressives who feel they've a right undo 130 years of tradition.

Have you been living under a rock for the past 10 years??
The product on show now is a massive improvement on what we had been watching previously.
Some tweaks still required but it's great entertainment now which is what it's really all about.

Well it's new, which has a curiosity appeal.  It's also chaotic, which makes it unpredictable and that appeals to many.

Is it suppose to be about "great entertainment"?  For many people, inter-county football is a serious competition - especially participants who put so much into it.  There are millions of ways to be entertained in the 21st century.  Does traditional gaelic football have to be sacrificed because some people bore easily?

[armaghniac]

Armagh have been very impressive but that's probably Dublin's poorest performance in 15 odd years maybe more!

No, when Armagh beat them in Croke Park in 2022 thry they were similar.

Good to see one O'Neill on the pitch at least.

Armagh doing good stuff by times but losing concentration by times. Hopefully, the proportion of the former will increase.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

After a fair bit of football played, new keeper rule and the tap and go would be the only ones I'd keep. Was farcical at stages tonight, club games will be very eventful

Get this man on that committee.

Everything else is a pile of it.

[seafoid]

The deposed fuball was horizontal- lashings of handpassing
The new fuball is designed to be vertical - fast counterattack, high fielding, 2 pointers.

[AustinPowers]

The deposed fuball was horizontal- lashings of handpassing
The new fuball is designed to be vertical - fast counterattack, high fielding, 2 pointers.

The new 'fuball' is  pissing around the arc. It's like  inside the arc is a flow of lava , and you'll melt if you go over the  arc line.

Keep the tap and go. Scrap the rest , they're all nonsense

[Champion The Wonder Horse]

After a fair bit of football played, new keeper rule and the tap and go would be the only ones I'd keep. Was farcical at stages tonight, club games will be very eventful

Would agree with this.

Is the 3 up not a good one? Would agree a lot of silly things

No, the shortcomings have clearly been demonstrated.

[statto]

This is poor shit

How was Antrim v Laois by chance? Was at Armagh Dublin two of top six best teams in country.

[Silver hill]

The deposed fuball was horizontal- lashings of handpassing
The new fuball is designed to be vertical - fast counterattack, high fielding, 2 pointers.

The new 'fuball' is  pissing around the arc. It's like  inside the arc is a flow of lava , and you'll melt if you go over the  arc line.

Keep the tap and go. Scrap the rest , they're all nonsense

A ban on passing to the keeper anywhere on the pitch would sort the lateral hand passing across the arc

[Solo_run]

Out of curiosity why do people hate the goalkeeper being involved?

I personally hate it as a slip up can be quite costly but there is always going to be a risk in every game.

[Easttyrone23]

Looks like both Tyrone and Derry will be relegated unless either of them can pull of a surprise result today. Not ideal for either county but certainly not the end of the world as both Dublin and Armagh have proved in recent years.

[Armagh18]

Listen to Rafferty after the game there, naturally he's in favour of letting the keeper come up. In fairness any time he goes up he'll look to take a man on or kick inside as seen by the goal last night.

On a another note bar first half kickouts i thought Comerford did really well, dealt with a couple of balls dropping in very well and got out well to stop a few goal chances. 

[Milltown Row2]

This is poor shit

How was Antrim v Laois by chance? Was at Armagh Dublin two of top six best teams in county.

I wasn't talking about the gsme, you couldn't help yourself but hey ho..

The constant stopping of the game near the finish when the ref looked unsure on what he was doing with the 3v3 rule

[jb77]

Out of curiosity why do people hate the goalkeeper being involved?

I personally hate it as a slip up can be quite costly but there is always going to be a risk in every game.

Hates a strong word but I dislike that even poor outfield keepers can play like a pivot man and allow his team to endlessly recycle the ball to him whenever they come under pressure.

Good 1v1 defending is enjoyable to watch but there is no reward for applying significant pressure with the keeper standing at the 45. There needs to be more of a repercussion for offensive players making poor plays rather than swing it out to the 12th man.

[Armagh18]

Easy fix would be to allow the defending team bring a man back if the goalkeeper goes forward.

Hard to police though.