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Spot on. Before the ball was thrown in I didnt think Galway had the men to stand up to Armagh physically but not alone had they that, they had proper footballers all over the pitch. Serious entertainment from start to finish any anyone who missed it should watch it! A game full of good scores from play and the best team undoubtedly won and were the best team on show over the weekend too. Easily the most enjoybale game in any sport this year. More games like that please! tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 27/06/2022 10:39:39 2427895 Link 0 |
GAA needs a 4th official for big matches on touchline to keep an eye on things. Also it needs markings to keep officials inside, like soccer, technical areas. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2522 - 27/06/2022 10:45:36 2427897 Link 0 |
That pass at the end me of normal time when we were a point up and trying to see out the game had very little to do with the ref or umpires
smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 372 - 27/06/2022 10:46:04 2427898 Link 1 |
They wouldnt have levelled that game without him as he was the one who took the bull by the borns late on so for that he did make an appreciable difference! The Galway keeper didnt save pen either in the shoot out and I cant see too many keepers saving any of those Galway pens. I thought Rafferty was vital espeically when Armagh went to 14...it maybe a slight bizarre tactic but it felt like they still had the same amount of outfield players on the pitch after the sending off.
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 27/06/2022 10:46:48 2427900 Link 0 |
Sat around a lot of great supporters from Armagh yesterday, extremely gracious in defeat despite the circumstance. All the best. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1582 - 27/06/2022 10:46:57 2427901 Link 1 |
A cracking game of football yesterday. Best I've seen in a long time. Just some observations, some of which have already been mentioned by other posters... Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9196 - 27/06/2022 11:13:17 2427917 Link 0 |
They had 8 officials there and they made a cock up of it ..
Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 27/06/2022 11:28:24 2427923 Link 0 |
Thanks Tiobraid - in fairness not many posters are fair and objective as they are usually biased in favour of one team or another which is understandable I suppose but that is a fair assessment for a change.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3403 - 27/06/2022 11:29:43 2427924 Link 0 |
Galwayford there is a 4th official,he looks after subs coming on and players being taken off..he sometimes deals with managers going outside the marked area they meant to be in..before extra time started,if I remember correctly,ref,2 linesmen,4 umpires,4th official and 2 others who looked like Gaa officials..definitely enough people to make sure s..te is dealt with..however how they picked out the 2 to be sent off yesterday is baffling,goes to show that even with so many eyes they still don't see what everyone else did.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2245 - 27/06/2022 11:41:37 2427927 Link 0 |
Wow. Even when other Ulster posters call you out you still bury your head in the sand. Of all the comments made you reply to the only one that has your same deluded view on things. No matter how much you try and use it as a reason to justify it every single time what happened in the past has nothing to do with some of what happened yesterday and at other times. oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1391 - 27/06/2022 11:41:49 2427928 Link 2 |
Fantastic post! What a game of football and as I said earlier a reminder why we love the sport. Lets be honest our game has had a tough few years and every team are entitled to bring whatever tactics they want, but Galway and Armagh yesterday were both epic and the GAA is the real winner. It's unfortunate someone had to leave Croke Park out of the championship but when it all settles down Armagh can be proud of what they put into it. Can Galway match the support Armagh brought yesterday for the semi final? There must be some buzz and momentum built up after such a titantic game yesterday. Football people need to look at the positives of yesterday's match, we do have a product despite all the doom and gloom of the past few years. sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 27/06/2022 11:42:11 2427929 Link 1 |
What a great post - people like you are a credit to the GAA
Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 27/06/2022 11:55:17 2427934 Link 0 |
All the 4th official was doing was telling Finnian O Laoi he couldn't go on the field
systematic (Galway) - Posts: 69 - 27/06/2022 11:56:11 2427935 Link 0 |
Fantastic game between Armagh and Galway, one of the most entertaining games so far. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1123 - 27/06/2022 12:00:38 2427937 Link 0 |
Yeah Comer was good yesterday. Conroy was a lot better than the Connaght Final but still more in him. Walsh made some bad calls and wasnt as good as he has been this year.
sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1149 - 27/06/2022 12:11:30 2427940 Link 0 |
The linesmen were like ostriches with their head in the sand and the ref wasn't much better sending off the 2 players that acted the most responsibly during the melee. I personally think they were afraid of the crowd of baying Armagh supporters in case they would get any hassle (or even worse) from the stands which is just completely wrong.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3403 - 27/06/2022 12:15:23 2427944 Link 0 |
No more than the linesman - remind me again who was the fourth official?
MTS (Galway) - Posts: 279 - 27/06/2022 12:30:59 2427947 Link 0 |
No I said let the appropriate GAA disciplinary panels deal with yesterday. Don't use it as an excuse to castigate and vilify an entire county. Trial by media has already started with an extremely vicious personal attack on the county of Armagh and people by a Dublin based journalist. That's just disgusting.
Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9719 - 27/06/2022 12:35:22 2427948 Link 1 |
Think it's a bit unfair to say they were scared of Armagh supporters. I was surrounded by them and while they were loud they were no way a danger to him more than any other set of supporters. Dare I say they were lovely and a bit of craic If he didn't know. Send off no one. Someone gave nugent and Kelly's names and they got it very wrong galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1679 - 27/06/2022 12:40:13 2427949 Link 0 |
Right on cue. The "Dublin based media" are at it again blaming the poor downtrodden Ulster gaels. Eye gouging passes for physicality now? The South just don't under this. Time to stop the nonsense and call this behaviour out. No team should be allowed to brawl their way to a AI semi and gouging like that should never be classified as "Ulster physicality" that other provinces "don't comprehend". I can't see many Ulster supporters sticking by your comments. It's a shame as Armagh are a cracking team but when you look at Derry, for example, that nasty streak isn't there. Armagh need to play like Armagh but probably conduct themselves like Derry.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4704 - 27/06/2022 12:43:03 2427950 Link 2 |