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Replying To peiledoir20:  "How many Al semi Finals have Cork played in the last few years Einstein?"
Cork have much more All ireland than Donegal although that would nt be hard.
Armagh will win Ulster and yous might draw the Dubs later.Hopefully yous wont be whinging again about the venue.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 540 - 12/04/2026 20:49:14    2666005

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Replying To brayballer:  "Cork have much more All ireland than Donegal although that would nt be hard.
Armagh will win Ulster and yous might draw the Dubs later.Hopefully yous wont be whinging again about the venue."
Donegal have won more All Ireland's than Wicklow?

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 907 - 12/04/2026 20:59:02    2666010

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "Well Tyrone will defo be kicking themselves. Could have win it at the end of normal time. Had some unbelievable chances in extra time as well."
Getting the simple ball over the bar was there downfall today. All the talk about their great forwards and it was them who let them down. They upped their game from the performances all year and Armagh were there for the taking. Donegal Derry final.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2628 - 12/04/2026 21:00:06    2666011

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Replying To Saynothing:  "Getting the simple ball over the bar was there downfall today. All the talk about their great forwards and it was them who let them down. They upped their game from the performances all year and Armagh were there for the taking. Donegal Derry final."
Yes a lot of chances missed. Jordon missed a few 2 pointers early on.
The goal chance near the end of extra time was crutial. In hindsight a pop over the bar would have tied the match.
A word on Mattie Donnelly, great match today. He has been a great servant to Tyrone.

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 907 - 12/04/2026 21:30:00    2666018

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Replying To Saynothing:  "Getting the simple ball over the bar was there downfall today. All the talk about their great forwards and it was them who let them down. They upped their game from the performances all year and Armagh were there for the taking. Donegal Derry final."
I was scratching my head at how Tyrone lost repeated kick-outs in Extra time, despite having an extra man. I just couldn't understand why they kept Armagh in the game by kicking out to 50:50 balls in the middle.
Surely the extra man should have been negating the Armagh press, but Tyrone seemed out of touch and hell bent on helping Armagh to win it.

Also noticed that Tyrone have no spacial awareness , very messy setup, O'Rourke needs to have a hard look at things.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1736 - 12/04/2026 21:33:43    2666023

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Replying To brayballer:  "Cork have much more All ireland than Donegal although that would nt be hard.
Armagh will win Ulster and yous might draw the Dubs later.Hopefully yous wont be whinging again about the venue."
And your Wicklow have never won a provincial title, never mind and AI.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1544 - 12/04/2026 21:58:02    2666028

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "Yes a lot of chances missed. Jordon missed a few 2 pointers early on.
The goal chance near the end of extra time was crutial. In hindsight a pop over the bar would have tied the match.
A word on Mattie Donnelly, great match today. He has been a great servant to Tyrone."
On the great goal chance, as you say, nothing beats a moving scoreboard no matter if it's tap over points.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2628 - 12/04/2026 22:34:33    2666045

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "Donegal have won more All Ireland's than Wicklow?"
So? Im a Dub ! You surely know all about us.6 in a row ! Donegal could only dream of it.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 540 - 13/04/2026 00:35:37    2666063

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "And your Wicklow have never won a provincial title, never mind and AI."
I live in Wicklow but Im not from Wicklow.Its hard for Wicklow to.win Leinster when you have super teams in it like the Dubs.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 540 - 13/04/2026 00:38:03    2666064

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Replying To Saynothing:  "On the great goal chance, as you say, nothing beats a moving scoreboard no matter if it's tap over points."
Hand pass over was the only play - especially considering Armaghs record in penalty shootouts.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1736 - 13/04/2026 08:49:16    2666077

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Replying To brayballer:  "So? Im a Dub ! You surely know all about us.6 in a row ! Donegal could only dream of it."
Why do you live in Wicklow then?

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1544 - 13/04/2026 15:35:00    2666194

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Replying To brayballer:  "So? Im a Dub ! You surely know all about us.6 in a row ! Donegal could only dream of it."
Your a Dub when it suits ya....

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 907 - 13/04/2026 16:12:23    2666200

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "Why do you live in Wicklow then?"
Ah I let you figure that out although its very hard.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 540 - 13/04/2026 17:42:14    2666228

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "Your a Dub when it suits ya...."
Suits me all the time .

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 540 - 13/04/2026 17:43:43    2666229

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Laois knocking out Offaly and Leitrim knocking out Sligo were notable results. Wicklow beat Carlow after missing out on promotion. Frustrating for their supporters to have lost out on promotion again. Wicklow lost to Limerick in last year's Tailteann semi finals. They're not far off success but frustratingly for their supporters, big results in the league and Tailteann have not gone their way.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9631 - 13/04/2026 18:29:25    2666237

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Replying To brayballer:  "Ah I let you figure that out although its very hard."
Free house in Bray I guess.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1544 - 14/04/2026 07:23:25    2666298

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "Why do you live in Wicklow then?"
You don't have to live where your from ya know .

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 1053 - 14/04/2026 09:11:19    2666302

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "Free house in Bray I guess."
Thats good coming from Donegal .Plenty of hungry Donegal landlords in Dublin and always whinging bout money.Then again thats the norm.Remember Donegal objecting to Dublin playing in croke park?

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 540 - 14/04/2026 11:47:18    2666332

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Louth's bus got lost going to Donegal last year. Armagh's pre championship training camp was disrupted. Not ideal ways to prepare for big championship games.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9631 - 14/04/2026 13:46:45    2666364

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Replying To brayballer:  "Thats good coming from Donegal .Plenty of hungry Donegal landlords in Dublin and always whinging bout money.Then again thats the norm.Remember Donegal objecting to Dublin playing in croke park?"
Worked hard and bought property you mean? Maybe you should try the same.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1544 - 14/04/2026 15:08:47    2666398

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