NFL Division 1

[David McKeown]

What is Ger Brennan doing?

Mad for a fella with almost the Burke family levels of religious devotion, he's a bit of a gurrier

Why did the other fella get the red card?

[moonster]

Brennan should get at least a month for that assault. But nothing will happen. Discipline in GAA is non existent, a red card for both Brennan and the Galway backroom guy was a total cop out. Just a week earlier McGeeney got yellow carded and a free in against them from the 20m line at the restart of the 2nd half for next to nothing.

Constant double yellows, double blacks, double reds because these lads don't want to make a call.

[Armagh18]

Kerry for 20 minutes looked like freaks of nature who wouldn't be touched.

When we eventually got our hands on the ball and ran at them, we looked much better and probably could have went in ahead if we'd taken a few easy chances.

Second half was an unreal watch, we missed more handy ones and had a goal chance cleared off the line.

Sean O'Shea and Conaty both unusually quiet for their standards.

[David McKeown]

Kerry for 20 minutes looked like freaks of nature who wouldn't be touched.

When we eventually got our hands on the ball and ran at them, we looked much better and probably could have went in ahead if we'd taken a few easy chances.

Second half was an unreal watch, we missed more handy ones and had a goal chance cleared off the line.

Sean O'Shea and Conaty both unusually quiet for their standards.

Tom O'Sullivan was immense yesterday and Conaty couldn't get away from him.

[Orior]

I thought the Armagh players were claiming a 45 before the full-time hooter went. Would it have been allowed under the new rules?

[Armagh18]

I thought the Armagh players were claiming a 45 before the full-time hooter went. Would it have been allowed under the new rules?

Looked like it should have been a 45 to me but umpires had a better view obviously.

Assume it would be the same as a free/penalty given before the hooter, we'd have been allowed to take it if it was given?

[mackers]

Some game in Armagh today and great atmosphere there. Could've gone either way.

Glad Armagh didn't go down, too good for Div 2.

Armagh should have got points from other games, especially Galway, and not been in danger today. We are still in the top half dozen in Ireland.

Both officially and in "that feels about right terms".

Where the "it's Kerry, Donegal or us for Sam" chat is coming from I've absolutely no idea.

Well I think it's Kerry's to lose but Armagh have been missing at least 5 key players for every game this season but were never more than a score (I think) off any team. So whilst there's a lot to work on there's plenty of positives to be taken from the campaign.

Cool story, but "there are a lot of positives" isn't quite the same thing as proclaiming "we're one of two teams that can beat Kerry", is it?

Lots of teams are missing players, get over it. Armagh fans have been, rightly, praising their depth for the last few years. You can't just turn around and go "ah sure we're missing a few lads, we're miles better than that".

Your fixation with Armagh is not healthy. Armagh's strength in depth from 2024 has disappeared.  The hard work that Geezer has put in building that squad depth over the years has stood to us in this league campaign and was severely tested with really no bench worth talking about up until the last two weeks. Lads like Cian McConville and Tomas McCormack saved our bacon in this league campaign.  I'm sure you don't need me to give you the list of absentees that Armagh have.  Our best player, our play maker and our best man marker is only a starting point.

At this point, it is very much Kerry's to lose, like most Armagh posters have said.

That said, Kerry, like every other team, are an injury or two to key players to coming back towards the pack.

[Ethan Tremblay]

Armagh Kerry game was a cracker.  Kerry looked ruthless for the first 20mins and on a good dry day their football is a joy to watch.  The only negative for Kerry was they looked jaded come the last 15mins of the second half. 

Armagh were quite direct also, always good watching them go at it regardless of opposition.  McMullan was immense and mc  Conville has gotten better every league game he has played.  He will be hard displaced. 

A good league.  Armagh played good football, were never more than a kick away in most games, and a bit of experience to reintegrate into the team leaves them in a good place for Tyrone in 3weeks. 

[Armagh18]

Some game in Armagh today and great atmosphere there. Could've gone either way.

Glad Armagh didn't go down, too good for Div 2.

Armagh should have got points from other games, especially Galway, and not been in danger today. We are still in the top half dozen in Ireland.

Both officially and in "that feels about right terms".

Where the "it's Kerry, Donegal or us for Sam" chat is coming from I've absolutely no idea.

Well I think it's Kerry's to lose but Armagh have been missing at least 5 key players for every game this season but were never more than a score (I think) off any team. So whilst there's a lot to work on there's plenty of positives to be taken from the campaign.

Cool story, but "there are a lot of positives" isn't quite the same thing as proclaiming "we're one of two teams that can beat Kerry", is it?

Lots of teams are missing players, get over it. Armagh fans have been, rightly, praising their depth for the last few years. You can't just turn around and go "ah sure we're missing a few lads, we're miles better than that".

Your fixation with Armagh is not healthy. Armagh's strength in depth from 2024 has disappeared.  The hard work that Geezer has put in building that squad depth over the years has stood to us in this league campaign and was severely tested with really no bench worth talking about up until the last two weeks. Lads like Cian McConville and Tomas McCormack saved our bacon in this league campaign.  I'm sure you don't need me to give you the list of absentees that Armagh have.  Our best player, our play maker and our best man marker is only a starting point.

At this point, it is very much Kerry's to lose, like most Armagh posters have said.

That said, Kerry, like every other team, are an injury or two to key players to coming back towards the pack.

They're an injury to one man from coming back to the pack realistically.

Still have Geaney, P Clifford, White, Diarmuid O'Connor and probably more to come back in, they'll be hard stopped in the summer.

The turnover on that squad yesterday to the all ireland win is unreal and a credit to Geezer. Think we had Blaine, P Burns, McKay (who's barely played since) Crealey and Conaty starting yesterday who started the final in 24.

Boys like McCormack, McConville, McCabe, McQuillan who were knocking on the door previously have really stepped up and kept us up this year.

Hopefully that performance yesterday will have given us the confidence that we can compete with Kerry when it comes to it later in the year if we get that far.

Murnin, Grugan, Mackin, McCambridge will all be chomping at the bit to get back in, we aren't in a bad place.

[DaleCooper]

Armagh ticking along nicely all year, they just cant seem to get too many goals.

Kerry are so good no other team in theory should be near them come crunch time.

[Armagh18]

Armagh ticking along nicely all year, they just cant seem to get too many goals.

Kerry are so good no other team in theory should be near them come crunch time.

Creating the chances in a lot of games but weren't taking them- unlucky not to have another one yesterday which was cleared off the line, from memory I don't think Kerry had any? I know Clifford hit the bar but that looked more like a shot dropped short than a goal attempt

[gallsman]

Your fixation with Armagh is not healthy.

Bizarre. Another poster thinks I have it in for Tyrone and all Tyrone teams. Maybe, just maybe, it's that there happen to be a lot of posters on the board from the prominent footballing counties of...Armagh and Tyrone.

Really like, is "I'm not sure Armagh are all that compared to the likes of Galway and Mayo the way some people appear to think they are" that controversial an opinion. If you think so, I'd suggest maybe you need to get some thicker skin.

[rodney trotter]

Your fixation with Armagh is not healthy.

Bizarre. Another poster thinks I have it in for Tyrone and all Tyrone teams. Maybe, just maybe, it's that there happen to be a lot of posters on the board from the prominent footballing counties of...Armagh and Tyrone.

Really like, is "I'm not sure Armagh are all that compared to the likes of Galway and Mayo the way some people appear to think they are" that controversial an opinion. If you think so, I'd suggest maybe you need to get some thicker skin.

Armagh and Tyrone definitely have the most posters on here.

[blanketattack]

Did the Galway-Dublin game finish first and Armagh players know they were safe with a draw?
Armagh seemed to have no real interest in going for a winning score in the last minute bar a half-hearted attempt 3 seconds from the end when they knew Kerry had no chance of scoring.

[Armagh18]

Did the Galway-Dublin game finish first and Armagh players know they were safe with a draw?
Armagh seemed to have no real interest in going for a winning score in the last minute bar a half-hearted attempt 3 seconds from the end when they knew Kerry had no chance of scoring.

I don't think so, the plan definitely seemed to be to score but Kerry to be fair defended very well and no one really stood up to take the chance and create something which was slightly disappointing.