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

Ulster 2024

All Ireland Senior 🏐
All Ireland U20 🏐
All Ireland Minor 🏐 (the minor final was 2 Ulster teams)
Tailteann Cup 🏐
National League Div 1 🏐
National League Div 2 🏐
All Ireland Senior Club 🏐
All Ireland Intermediate Club 🏐
All Ireland Junior Club 🏐
Sigerson Cup 🏐
Hogan Cup

I may be somewhat biased, but I would look at Donegal as probably the team of the year. They drew with Armagh in the league, beat them in the Division 2 final, beat Derry, Division 1 champions and one of the favourits to go all the way in their own back yard in the championship and then beat Tyrone and Armagh to win Ulster. Topped their group table and were beaten in the semi by a fluke goal.

Barry McCambridge a great choice for player of the year. Not a marquee name in some respects but a trojan player

It didn't even need that today. Galways best showings this year where against mayo and dublin. Why? Because they had a go and were aggressive and took risks. Unfortunately today the handbrake was on and they got what they deserved. A little bit more urgency and grit and joyce would have been a hero.

The underage teams are particularly impressive. The strength and conditioning they're doing at that level is immense. If they can successfully transition what's coming through, it won't be the last time Sam goes north in the next decade.

He's obviously going to say that. I saw the replay of it earlier from all angles and he's looking at the posts all the time, not once does he look inside. He was going for a point and got a lucky break. Nothing wrong with it but it was an unintentional pass.

The man was running in though, in case the ball might hit the post or whatever, and that positioning meant that there was a goal.

exactly, this is what brolly has been saying and he was proven right today

Im copying a message on another forum but for Galway about positives and the future is mental. Need to face the reality first. This was the worst All Ireland loss bar the 83 final when 14 lost to 12 dubs.

Armagh only scored 1-11 FFS. They had 0-9 points after 42 mins. They still outscored Galway in the next 35 minutes, it's criminal.

Conroy made up for his quiet game 2 years ago. I feel so sorry for him. 3 points from midfield in a final . He deserved more from Comer and Walsh.

Comer is our Aidan O Shea. A flat track bully in Connacht.

Absolute **** bottlers. Armagh didn't even do enough to win an All Ireland based on previous scorelines, Galway absolutely blew it.

Bemoaning Galway being slow in attacking is easy said when you're sitting watching the game but another thing completely in reality. You could see whenever Galway turned the ball over - which happened very rarely, and I don't think there was a single turnover outside the attacking third of the pitch for either side in the first half beyond the kick out Finnerty won the free off - they were scrambling forward to make the most of it.

Armagh played a hugely physically demanding game and got all 14 outfield players back in front of their goal really, really quickly time and again. I thought they would tire from it as the game went on, but they kept it up really impressively and also withdrew further from the Galway goal to leave no forwards up the field, reduced the amount of running required, and still managed to kick some massive scores from long range on the counter (like the Grimley point, which was an absolute sickener for Galway).

Armagh deserve huge credit for limiting Galway from being able to play more freely - other teams weren't able to keep that up for a full game. Galway ended up trying to force things in desperation, like the McHugh shot and long range free kicks. They didn't have the creativity to break through Armagh's organised defence.

Long Range points were a feature of yesterday's game.

If there was an issue it was not running through the defence enough especially in galways case.

And before anyone says it yes the Hurling final was brilliant and dwarfed the football but that was the first time really being the case since 2014.

not a hope, Armagh were huge huge underdogs before the start of the year and they won Sam , conversation over.

plus Lory Meagher and Nicky Rackard Cups

Joyce had the power to take him off. Awful management! Agree on the dropping short