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

Id agree,

It's a whole different story trying g to play their game in Croker.I hope they can adapt to the pitch.

In Armaghs case I really hope they can deal with the hope and expectation which is new to those players I suppose.

It's set up nicely for Galway now and I'd expect them to play either Kerry or Dublin in the final however there might be one or two more twists in the championship yet.

ha, i think mayo have more of a chance than Galway. I’d put Derry on equal grounding with Galway and Armagh have more of a chance than Gaillimh, with Clare last.

galway have done nothing significant in recent times to suggest anything else, and there is a lot of discontent in the county with Joyce at the helm. He could be gone after this year if they’re beat next day out.

they didn’t win Connacht due to them being massively better than mayo anyway that’s for sure.

but hey you never know, you could be right! This time last year nobody thought Tyrone would win it or mayo would reach the final

Galway v Dublin final.

And by sheer dint of their big day experience, probably a Dublin win.

I wouldnt bet on Mayo beating London in an All Ireland Final

Yes, Bookies have it that way 👍

My predictions.

Derry will have celebrated long and hard but just might have enough to overcome Clare just....

Galway will "ambush" over-hyped Armagh

Kerry will beat Mayo (God help us 🙏)

Dublin will absolutely batter Cork

Semi's

Galway will beat Derry/Clare

Dublin will beat Kerry

FINAL

Dublin to beat Galway

I would agree Fattybo. Armagh have proved themselves. Galway have been a Mayo team which was laden with injuries and even with may of those back now, are still nowhere near the main contenders. And Roscommon are always flakey. Blow hot and cold.

I know Galway have the easier side of the draw, but I don't see them anywhere near an All-Ireland final. They have 4, maybe 5 good players. Armagh have a much better balanced team, are much stronger and physical and have excellent forwards who are confident and can score from distance. And of course have Rian O'Neill. I would love to see him get player of the year. It's very possible if he put in a good show against Galway (which I think he will), and then against the winners of Derry or Clare. He's in an All Ireland then and all to play for. 12/1 at the moment for player of the year.

Great tradition means nothing. The ghosts of the 1930s or whenever can't play the match for ya and neither can any other retired Galway player.

I can't imagine the All Ireland champions are gonna come from anywhere other than the Dublin side of the draw.

So ye had a good team in the late 90s early 00s and you think that means ye will beat the rump of the greatest team of all time in a final.

Galway are very much outside bets in this championship.

Absolute bollx. Galway had a good team back then and winning was not the fairytale you make it out to be.

If finals "take on a life of their own" how do the big teams keep winning them across all sports. Why do bookies get it right so often.

Finals are usually between 2 of the best teams which can make them close but to say Galway who are 50/50 to make it past the QF will beat Dublin or Kerry cause of "history" is laughable.

You're misrepresenting what I wrote there and probably deliberately so, did I write that Galway WILL beat Dublin or Kerry?

Tbf, you've got the wrong poster.

Treble double made the comment you've quoted, not shamnspace

Winning in 98 was that fairytale. Saying they were a great team after the fact is easy to do but before a ball was thrown in in the 1998 championship very few outside of Galway gave us a chance. Even winning a Connacht was a slim chance with the previous years All Ireland Finalists Mayo in the first round.

Sure even the final Kildare were 4/9 with Galway 9/4. All Kildare had to do was turn up.