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If u think cian Hernon , Sean Kelly Kieran molloy Daniel o flaherty Cathal sweeney are forwards i woukd have to disagree but like everyone on these forum it's all opinion based and I respect ur opinion don't agree but respect it ? Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 965 - 07/01/2025 20:40:27 2584975 Link 0 |
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I think Cathal Sweeney is well able to play in the forwards at county level. I'd agree with you that the rest are much better further back the pitch. Maybe O Flaherty also but I wouldn't be trying to find that out in an All Ireland final……
Trucker1 (Galway) - Posts: 403 - 07/01/2025 21:22:04 2584976 Link 0 |
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Armagh in the 70s only reached one final and lost it. In the 00s they reach two winning one. Those teams weren't average for reaching no more and the same goes for the 2024 Armagh team regardless what they do in the years ahead.
Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 282 - 08/01/2025 01:35:26 2584982 Link 0 |
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The Armagh team in '77 were certainly average or below and got battered in the Final…( Cavan easily took care of them in the 1st round the following year ) the team in the 00's were good but surely disappointed not to have won more…. The current team will have to challenge again over the coming seasons to be rated highly… My original point was about Galway and how this team chucked away a great opportunity to win an All Ireland when faced with opposition you wouldn't put in the Dublin/Kerry category of the past…!
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3259 - 08/01/2025 09:41:18 2584996 Link 0 |
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Your original point was that Armagh was average team. Can have a debate on who was the worst All-Ireland winners the last 30 years (Dublin 1995 Kerry 1997 for me) but In all my years watching the sport I have seen average team win the All-Ireland. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 282 - 08/01/2025 21:37:50 2585093 Link 1 |
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Armagh played ten c ship games in 2024 and lost one,the ulster final on penalties,if thats average i will take it every day. isfeidirrlinn (Armagh) - Posts: 2 - 08/01/2025 22:11:34 2585095 Link 0 |
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Kicking scores is the most important part of the game I'm afraid. Armagh deserved their All Ireland in 2024. 2025 is another year. Move on my dear man. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 411 - 08/01/2025 22:32:21 2585105 Link 0 |
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Read my post again and you will see it's about Galway and not Armagh…. Previous to last years winners I'd say the Kerry team of '97 we're pretty average…!
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3259 - 08/01/2025 23:23:17 2585107 Link 0 |
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Edited that to haven't
Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 282 - 09/01/2025 00:03:19 2585110 Link 0 |
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Only team to beat Armagh outside of penalties in their last 20 championship games was Tyrone June 2023 by one score and Armagh played half the game with 14 men with Rian O'Neill seeing red. They have made themselves extremely hard to beat and it's a bit silly to label them as average now. 2025 could well turn out to be an average year for Armagh however. Outside of Dublin defending All Ireland champions have struggled the following year and stuff going on behind the scenes can't be helpful and of course if Armagh don't reach the last 4 this year you'll have some saying "I told you they were average" Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3518 - 09/01/2025 14:47:44 2585192 Link 1 |
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Armagh are certainly not average. Most Galway football people will agree. They're currently the best team in the country. They've done it on merit. They don't have to do things in spectacular fashion to be worthy champions. They're very, very hard to beat, as we found to our cost. Saturday week under lights in Pearse should be an absolute cracker, the new rules will ensure there's plenty of entertainment!! Get in there and get behind the maroon and white. Could 2025 finally be our year?! It starts here. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 982 - 10/01/2025 09:32:15 2585302 Link 0 |
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Armagh are an excellent team and were the better side on the day against us. It's time to move on and hit 2025. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1633 - 10/01/2025 11:50:09 2585332 Link 0 |
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Looking at NUIG they only scored 5 points in 60 mins football with a good few county players that's cat stuff how Maurice Sheridan keeps getting these jobs is baffling he did cat with mayo undrr 20s same NUiG same claregalway school team must have great contacts because his cv is anything but good ,and no doubt he be there next year again Kickitout (Galway) - Posts: 965 - 11/01/2025 14:26:43 2585484 Link 1 |
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Uni Galway lost to TUD in the Sigerson last night the same as they did last year. College look to have gone back a bit compared to recent years. Only Galway player who really showed something in attack was Cillian O'Curraoin who scored 4 of Galway's 5 points. 2 from play. Hit the post as well near the end of the game which would have drawn the match. College not out and go into the losers round but they don't look like they will compete for the Sigerson this year. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2302 - 11/01/2025 14:42:05 2585488 Link 0 |
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I would tend to agree about Sheridan. I know they won a Sigerson under him but that team was loaded with talent. Most years under him they are a hard watch.
Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2302 - 11/01/2025 14:52:02 2585492 Link 1 |
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You'll rarely see a Sigerson winning side that isn't somewhat loaded with talent.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 12/01/2025 11:56:04 2585610 Link 0 |
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Armagh are the worst All Ireland winners of at least the last 40 years. I have seldom seen a team leave a game, let alone an All Ireland Final, behind them in the manner we did last summer. Our big names didn't perform and our sideline was totally outfoxed by a proven poor tactical coach in McGeeney. We were that bad and we still could have won it. I am not sure I will ever get over to it.
PierreBezuhov (UK) - Posts: 231 - 12/01/2025 13:03:11 2585616 Link 0 |
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In my lifetime Kerry 97 would be a weaker side but Kerry looked at differently same if we lost to Kerry again in final this wouldn't come up due to tradition nonsense. They beat and drew withGalway beat Kerry annihilated Derry beat Roscommon handy and lost on penalties to Donegal. It was a sickener of all sickeners but would we be worst champs of last 40 years also? jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1308 - 12/01/2025 13:38:55 2585622 Link 0 |
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Any info from the Galway challenge games the weekend? BellewsBoys (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 13/01/2025 02:47:42 2585672 Link 0 |
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Yeah we would have been poor enough champions but that would not have bothered me. It was, as All Irelands go, a relatively handy one that we let slip. And we all know it.
PierreBezuhov (UK) - Posts: 231 - 13/01/2025 12:38:10 2585714 Link 0 |