All Ireland Senior Football Championships 2017 - Read Mod Note Post #1

C__MC

I don't see why Carlow should be given credit, they where incredibly naive and set for a damaged limitation exercise.

If it's the case they get credit, why have Westmeath been slated in the last few Leinster finals for employing similar tactics?

OldMrBrennan83

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Bonniedog

Kilkenny is beside Carlow and has about 100,000 population. They have umpteen All Ireland hurling and camogie championships and indeed more Leinster football titles than Carlow. Antrim has one of biggest populations in country and has won nothing.

Population is irrelevant. It is about the standards and culture of a sport.

Look at New Zealand. Smaller population than Ireland and the masters of world rugby.

DDC1990

Great game so far in Newry.

Good pace and positivity from both sides.

tanko

The referee is being very lenient with the Armagh tackling.

Mantis Toboggan

Patww79 wrote: »

They were though. It's not even the strangling of the game when they're going to lose anyway, it's their complete inability in the basics of defending. That's what was a disgrace, horrendous performance.

What were you expecting? They're a division 4 team. Are Dublin celebrating beating a division 4 team by 12 points?

Carlows big problem is that they're a small county of 55000 people and try to play both sports.

Carlow and indeed laois and Offaly should do what Monaghan do in the north and just concentrate on one sport.

Jayop

How the hell are Armagh only a point behind here?

Great start to the game in fairness.

Jayop

Tyson Fury wrote: »

What were you expecting? They're a division 4 team. Are Dublin celebrating beating a division 4 team by 12 points?

Carlows big problem is that they're a small county of 55000 people and try to play both sports.

Carlow and indeed laois and Offaly should do what Monaghan do in the north and just concentrate on one sport.

I agree with the first and disagree wholeheartedly with the second. Why should the likes of Murphy not have the opportunity to represent his county?

OldMrBrennan83

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DDC1990

Jayop wrote:

How the hell are Armagh only a point behind here?

Leading now.

Great game. A real championship atmosphere.

Jayop

Patww79 wrote: »

He could pick up a hurl.

Why would Dublin not celebrate any win though? If you take that out of an amateur sport you've nothing left.

Something something population money something coaches something.

Read back my posts about Dublin. I literally said in the last few pages that I find the population and money arguments tedious and largely baseless.

When I said I agreed with the first part I meant about Carlow being a minnow and what do you expect from them.

Why should he hurl when he loves football? It's madness.

Jayop

17 points with plenty left in the first half. Great stuff

Jayop

What a miss.

Mantis Toboggan

Jayop wrote: »

I agree with the first and disagree wholeheartedly with the second. Why should the likes of Murphy not have the opportunity to represent his county?

Nobody should be denied an opportunity to represent their county.

Small county's if they want to have some success need to pump the majority of their resources into one, ie Monaghan in football or Waterford in hurling.

You can be a master of one or mediocre at both.

OldMrBrennan83

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Mushy

Some save by the Down defender there

corny

Great first half. Armagh look better at going for goal than they do points.

Pace will have to drop in the second half. Fancy Armagh.

DDC1990

Wow off the upright! Thrilling sruff.

Helps that Conor Lane is playing prison rules more or less. Really physical feom both sides with a lot left go.

jr86

Really enjoying this one.

shrewdness

Finally a competitive Ulster game, good stuff.

Jayop

shrewdness wrote: »

Finally a competitive Ulster game, good stuff.

Every single game for the rest of Ulster looks likely to be competitive.

shrewdness

Jayop wrote: »

Every single game for the rest of Ulster looks likely to be competitive.

Oh I know, it was just a rough start the way the fixtures panned out

OldMrBrennan83

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Jayop

Patww79 wrote: »

Wasn't even going to put this on as after 5 minutes an Ulster game is only fit for switching off, but this has been a very pleasant surprise. Like the look of Armagh better to take this at this stage. Down got a bit slow and lethargic in their attacking build up as the half went on.

For someone who's spent the morning crying about having to listen to bollocks about Dublin, population, money etc you don't half talk a load of ****e about the counties/provinces you don't like.

OldMrBrennan83

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Jayop

Patww79 wrote: »

What? A lot of them can be a dirge. I can understand your bias but you're still incorrect. This match is the exception rather than the rule as far as entertaining matches in Ulster go, and close and competitive doesn't automatically equal entertaining. Even when looking through Ulster tinted glasses.

There's much more dirge in the other provinces but don't let that get in the way of your constant bull****

corny

Ref giving Down a lot of handy frees.

Diabhal Beag

Turley (?) for Down is having a great second half

Jayop

corny wrote: »

Ref giving Down a lot of handy frees.

Not sure how he picked one down man for a yellow after that mallee

OldMrBrennan83

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