The 2024 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

Draw.

Galway will be hanging on at the end. Armagh will kick a late free to level it and win in extra time.

I did have that in mind when thinking about this game. But also the Kerry game. Armagh finished strongly and Kerry were completely gassed. I think Galway will start fast, they'll have to, but Armaghs superior fitness and ability to keep themselves in games before a late push will be the difference in extra time.

Two things, Galway never start fast, they spend 35 mins feeling out a game, so they certainly won't need to in those game.

Secondly, where's the evidence of Armaghs superior fitness. Galway outlasted Dublin and had more in the tank than Donegal despite losing multiple key players to injury.

Tough game to call. I fancy Galway but cannot give any valid reasons why..maybe because they are more experienced then Armagh. Hopefully it's an exciting game on Sunday and also hope the referee doesn't influence the result unlike what happened in the hurling last Sunday

Cork didn't bottle it. They played well. Clare played slightly better, and won by a very small margin in the end.

Referee decisions had a small bearing on the result. In all matches there will be decisions by the ref that are not correct. But in most matches, the decisions may not be too noticeable and they generally even themselves out to a large extent. But on Sunday, the big decisions went against Cork, and they were very obvious. It wasn't on purposes by the ref, linesmen and umpires. It was just the way it happened. That being said, the Cork boys on the hurling thread really need to get over it.

Anyway, back to the football. Looking like it's going to be dry weather for Sunday which is great. Should be a good contest.

I think it will be a game cat and mouse for 50 odd mins and than maybe a whirlwind finish

lf I'm allowed to express an opinion, I think if Galway are to win this, they do have to start strong and lead from the front. They may be able then to counter attack and keep ahead, but tbh I can't see them getting stronger as the game progresses.

A big factor in them beating Dublin was that they were tiring and unable to provide support runners, so hence they kicked the ball long and early more often. It worked well, but on another day against a team maybe less inclined to commit forward than Dublin, it might not work as well.

Armagh have a decent squad, who all swam physically in good shape, and they've used it well in previous games. Several players have come off the bench all year and consistently made impacts, I think Heaney is the only person to consistently do that for Galway? Add to that, I have reservations about both Gleeson and the Galway fullback who I think is a strapping lad but seems very 'all or nothing', and there is every possibility they will do something daft over the 80 odd minutes.

Armagh's half back line has attacked well, McCambridge in particular of late, and they will look to negate the likes of Walsh and Tierney by running them backwards more often than they want to. They will need to get parity in the middle though, and the aforementioned Tierney has been one of several big targets for Gleeson's booming kicks when needed.

It'll be a tight one I think - I don't often back a draw but I'd not rule out level after 80 minutes and extra time. In that case I'd fancy Armagh. If the game is still there in the last quarter, the likes of Oisin O'Neill, Campbell, and Nugent and Burns from the bench might get Armagh over the line.

TLDR Armagh by or Galway by 4 or 5.

Armagh after extra time it is.

I don't like this 👆hope no-one near the team is paying ant attention to these pundits

I've no preference for either county. Like both of them. A win for either will be a great story. After some thought i'm going to side with Armagh to get over the line. Something like 1-17 v 1-15. Looking forward to a great game.

Very little in it. What do you think yourself?

Still a surprise that Armagh beating Kerry hasn't increased their opinion of them. Had Kerry beaten Armagh as they were expected to do so then most of those pundits would be predicting Kerry to beat Galway.

Armagh have some of the best support in the country , i love them to bits but i just think galway have too much , the performances of rob finerty, cillian mcdaid ,sean Mullerian ,john maher and liam silke on so many days that paul conroy , damien comber, shane walsh or sean kelly underperformed or didnt play , not to mention the full back line of fitzgerld ,jack glynn and johnny mcgrath its a serious team

i would love armagh to win it but cant see it , to me this is the moment of the championship

Lovely morning in the capital. Dubs not in the final but i'll enjoy the day as i always do regardless. Will enjoy the craic meeting Galway and Armagh folk around the city and in a few pubs i frequent. Football and hurling All Ireland finals day my two favourite days of the year.