The 2023 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

'The game needs to be more attacking. Something has to be done'

Goalkeepers start to become more attack minded.

'What! Who do these fancy dan keepers think they are? Know yer place ye free thinking anarchists!'

Yeah saw some people giving out about Deegan being a pundit. Would be no fan of him as a ref, but it's a good shout imo to have a former ref as a pundit given how many controversial calls there tends to be. Could give some good insight into the decision making that happens in those split second moments.

intriguing final in a packed Clones and great scenes of celebration on the field afterwards. Don't think I'll ever warm to a shootout to decide a GAA match especially a final but HQ have made their bed with such congested season.

Well done to Derry though serious improvement they have made from no Ulster final appearances for over a decade to now back to back Ulster title for the first time since the mid 70s, they should go on to top their group another reward for winning your province.

Purely off the top of my head thought, but could the provincial winners get something like a 1 or 2 points head start in the round robin??

Ciaran Whelan was correct in his analysis . All those games just to eliminate four teams. Schoolmaam Cantwell wasn’t going to let him get away with that, lines and/or detention for him.

Grugan was allowed way too long with that last mark - it's not a free ffs, 5s is all that's allowed. Didn't matter as he missed but players are getting away with it all the time

People just want to use whatever "evidence" available to moan about RTE.

The modern pundits were "too boring" until Joanne Cantwell started causing arguments and now suddenly she needs to shut up and fuk off.

The goal Paul Manion got today, I think they should ban those kind of goals as well as the fisted point.

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Fisted point needs to go. Don't care if it means less scores but the excitement of a goal chance in the crowd only to see a fist point is a huge come down.

Scrapping the provisionals -

'Today's Ulster Final has put a Kibosh on the idea'

I would argue the complete opposite - it has shown why the provincials should be scrapped.

Ask yourself this why is Ulster more competitive ?

1) Many teams are of similar standard div 1 or at least pushing div 1

2) Ulster is not a hurling province but a football one - Antrim the only odd one out.

3) Ulster teams by their nature are very tactical and play cagey football resulting in less hammerings.

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Also, Today's Ulster Final game was a cagey one like many in Ulster - was it exciting because of the play or because it was close on the scoreboard?

I think it was the latter, more than the former.

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It is a joke, that 3/4 provinces are lopsided with teams of various abilities and unequal amount of teams. Historically the two most successful teams in the country Kerry and Dublin have the handiest provinces.

It is joke, that Ulster can hold the rest of the country to ransom and keep the provincials - Ulster can't say 'no' for the sake of the future of a decent Gaelic football competition for the country as a whole IMO.

Good to see Armagh beat, some of their fans were singing about how there is no London in Armagh. Imagine a county that is also ruled by Westminster singing that.

I hope Ciaran Whelan was narked about being called up on his declaration that penalties are 'all luck' - it might spur him on to offer viewers something a bit more worthwhile in the future.

If having Joanne there means we can move past that level of 'analysis', I'm all for it.