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Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

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The league is over, the championship starts very soon.

It's back to 2007 with the 2023 Div 3 and 4 teams not getting to the qualifiers unless they reach the provincial finals. They go to the Tommy Murphy Cup v2 (Tailteann Cup)

Gone are the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Final Groups Stages (Super 8s) and it's back to the knockout quarter finals.

Kerry are the clear favourites and rightly so.

They have brought back Jack O' Connor to end the (7 year) famine and he is leaving no stone unturned, playing almost full strength teams since the McGrath Cup.

Their first real test will only come in the SF if Dublin are there and have regained some of their form.

The problem for Dublin is that they don't look like regaining some of their form, even in the league when you though they had got something back and were doing enough to save themselves they come up short against Monaghan.

There is something not right with the camp, it's probably just a natural legacy of being so dominant for so long.

They might not even be in that SF come July.

The other side of the draw id a bit more interesting, both Ulster and Connacht are competitive.

Even though Mayo will be favourites in Connacht any of Roscommon or Galway could go on to win it also.

In Ulster I'd say it's Tyrone and Armagh and even Monaghan. I don't rate Donegal, they rely to much on Murphy and they have proven to be "soft" over the last few years when the fat is really in the fire.

As I said Kerry will be favourites but they are no invincible, there were times in the first half yesterday that there was loads of space in front of the Kerry goal, a good counter attacking team could put a real dent in Kerry's ambitions.

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sligeach

I was wondering if that was the quickest ever Championship goal. As Darragh Maloney said, it's the second quickest. Someone from Wicklow of all counties holds that honour.

MacDanger

Great start to this game

ShamoBuc

A bad wide and 2 short intovthe keepers hands. Armagh leaving a few scores behind. Level now.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192175#Comment_119192175

Walsh got a yellow for a wild swing and another for being an idiot so I don't think there is much to complain about there.

Bit the tackle for the penalty is exactly to the letter the type of cynical play the black card was implemented for. Black all day.

ShamoBuc

Donegal are all over the Armagh kickouts. They need to sort that quickly.

5 scores in a row for Donegal

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192220#Comment_119192220

Set up nicely for Mayo to be Mayo in the final.

ShamoBuc

Murphy bought a nice free there.

JeffKenna

Few soft frees so far

Jonah Tali Lomu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192326#Comment_119192326

Wicklow of all counties says the Sligo man😂

It doesn't matter what standard the game is for the quickest goal.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192344#Comment_119192344

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192303#Comment_119192303

Jayus Donegal mean business after that Armagh goal not only catching Donegal out, caught me out as well. I didn’t even have me seat on the couch!

Jarhead_Tendler

Very enjoyable game so far. Great to see after the first outing between the 2

Swaine

You'd feel Donegal will need a 6+ point lead at HT such is the strength of the wind.

John Doe1

What a response to that goal from Donegal, they are definitely playing to save Declan Bonners job

The tactics are all change from the Derry game, Donegal kicking the ball and Murphy near the square.

Jarhead_Tendler

Was that a 3rd man tackle? tight enough either way

gormdubhgorm

That O’Donnell fella two lovely nonchalant type of scores. O’Neill replies in kind. Great scoring so far. If not watching switch it on.

John Doe1

Shane O' Donnell, what a player

JeffKenna

Can someone rip those air horns away from the fans

howiya

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192343#Comment_119192343

Agree with your synopsis of Walsh's cards but disagree that there should have been a black card for the penalty. Defender pushes the attacker over. Stonewall penalty but not a black card offence. There's only five offences you can get a black card for.

5.10 To deliberately pull down an opponent.

5.11 To deliberately trip an opponent with hand(s), arm, leg or foot.

5.12 To deliberately collide with an opponent after he has played the ball away or for the purpose of taking him out of the movement of play.

5.13 To remonstrate in an aggressive manner with a Match Official.

5.14 To threaten or to use abusive or provocative language or gestures to an opponent or teammate.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192386#Comment_119192386

Imagine being beside one of them feckers. Would be driven demented.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192383#Comment_119192383

Kerry forwards type scores I would call them. Effortless stuff. Doesn’t seem like typical Donegal forward

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192388#Comment_119192388

I would say his push could very easily come under "pull him down". I mean he used his hands and made the guy go down. It was a premeditated takedown with a goal on so it's a cynical take down.

M three

Donegal counter attack doing well. Armagh starting a lot of attacks with campbell and rian o neill and then both hoping to get on the end of the attack for the shot. Some great scores so far