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The 2025 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

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  • #1352
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,708 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123503940#Comment_123503940

    Galway are out if they lose to Derry and Armagh win.



  • #1353
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,657 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123503968#Comment_123503968

    lot of people would have fancied Mayo today just "because".

    Not confident enough to put our money where our mouth is, but still not totally surprised by the result.

    But definitely delighted with the performance.



  • #1354
    windy shepard henderson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,686 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504159#Comment_123504159

    the attitude can never be questioned really , great win



  • #1355
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,504 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504159#Comment_123504159

    Would the Down win over Louth be considered more of a shock than the Mayo win over Tyrone?

    I never paid any heed to Down at all to be honest. When the draw was made. Surprised how Louth got caught. I suppose the Rossies nearly caught the Royals. But I had expected that one to be tight.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #1356
    windy shepard henderson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,686 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504336#Comment_123504336

    down have serious footballers , many touted and played in the afl , they can never seem to get the house in order at senior level but were narrowly beaten by armagh in ulster last year , and pushed donegal all the way this year , no shock at all



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  • #1357
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,657 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123503956#Comment_123503956

    Remember Robbie Keane and how people used to say how he only scored against bad teams and even though he smashed the Irish goal scoring record by more than 300% he really wasn't that good ?

    And then when he retired Ireland have not come close to finding anyone like him and how much they would kill to have another Robbie Keane playing ?

    Aiden O'Shea is like that.

    People, both from within and without Mayo will tell you how overrated he is.

    But by God will he be missed when he is no longer there.



  • #1358
    Krazy gang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭Krazy gang


    Mayo beating tyrone and putting on that performance is the beauty of them and also why so many people write them off.

    So unpredictable. Can look mediocre and predictable or play with boundless energy and passion. Also a poster who said basically Ryan ó Donoghue is no good mustnt watch mayo regularly. He's been leading their forwards for the past few years, winning ball, making and taking scores



  • #1359
    Krazy gang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭Krazy gang


    Meath and down are 2 counties making progress and thriving under the new rules. The likes of Matthew Costello and pat havern would make any team in the country. The fact that down the 7th best team in ulster, based on league positions beat the leinster champions shows how strong ulster is



  • #1360
    homewardbound11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504369#Comment_123504369

    100 percent on every aspect of that quote .
    If that man was utilized correctly and small teeeks in game play and his own game , he would have had one of the highest assists for goals in the modern game . A pity but too late for him now but a serious outfit of man to contest a ball.



  • #1361
    legendary.xix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭legendary.xix


    Cork are still in the All Ireland championship despite losing 3 games between provincial championship and their 2 group games so far. In 2026 it'll be 3 strikes and Cork are out!!!

    Massive results yesterday for Mayo firstly who needed the win and Down as well, the Tailteann winners now in pursuit of a group win and quarter finals.



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  • #1362
    Neddyusa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504309#Comment_123504309

    Ehh…I'd say it could, and was very well questioned after their last game in Castlebar!



  • #1363
    eastie17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭eastie17


    mayo had gone from 1 point up to 4 before the pen and had weathered the Tyrone comeback from the goal. They mad some good substitutions when in trouble. David Neary looks like a good footballer



  • #1364
    Westernview
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭Westernview


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504659#Comment_123504659

    It's interesting that Nearys background seems a bit different to the other players. A former European kickboxing champion when he was younger. Seems to have a more direct, off the cuff approach and less predictable in his movement. Possibly due to being less coached at underage level than other players.



  • #1365
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,402 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504536#Comment_123504536

    Half of the teams lost their only game in the Provincials. Major jeopardy there, with only a place in the Provincial final being of any benefit later on. Cork also lost games in the League, which is another feeder into the AI series. It has no relevance to the performance of teams in the groups. Everyone knows that it is possible to progress with just one win.

    Much jubilation in some quarters that a minor change is happening next year, but in the real world it means very little. Everyone in Division 2 will still have to avoid relegation to have a chance of being in Sam, and even teams finishing higher can lose out. Four Leinster counties there next year, which gives some hope of a bit of a loosening of the Ulster dominance. But Down, like Westmeath before them as Tailteann winners could very well find themselve out of Sam again.



  • #1366
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Archduke Franz Ferdinand


    Joe Brolley hit the nail on the head with his remarks about cork in todays sunday lndo.



  • #1367
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,530 ✭✭✭✭km79


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504437#Comment_123504437

    100%

    His biggest problem is he can’t make two of himself. One to catch the ball out around the middle and kick it in. The other to be inside then to catch it .

    Oh and maybe play full back as well :D



  • #1368
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,004 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504737#Comment_123504737

    He is spot on.

    No problem with what he said about Cork Football. Just pity he has get personal about players etc.

    For a woke guy he utter hypocrite in that sense. But he done it for years so not going stop now.

    EVENFLOW



  • #1369
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,831 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504369#Comment_123504369

    He's one of these players who seems to have always been judged for what he isn't rather than what he is. The amount of work he gets through and the way he always tries to do the right thing for the team with and without the ball is so underappreciated. I've the height of respect for him. He comes across as a good egg any time I've heard him being interviewed as well.



  • #1370
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504336#Comment_123504336

    Both Down and Roscommon were favourites with the bookies yesterday. Roscommon slight favourites while Down were more heavy favourites.

    We were poor yesterday. So open at the back, could have conceded 5 goals in the first half while never really looking like scoring one ourselves. Some very basic errors at times like 5 yard handpasses going astray. But we still managed to get the result we needed to make the knockout stages. Hopefully, we can do enough against Kerry to get a home draw (barring another sensational win). Still a young team with some good U20s coming through, so our current issues are fixable in time.



  • #1371
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭threeball


    Galway defense awful so far. Wide open down the middle and diving in on tackles, then on the back foot once it's missed.



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  • #1372
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,530 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Galway have it all to do here …..



  • #1373
    robbiezero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,898 ✭✭✭robbiezero


    Good start to this game. Galway ringing changes already. Hard luck on Sam O Neill really who was doing ok, but they needed to get D'Arcy on.



  • #1374
    Dogsdodogsstuff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Dogsdodogsstuff


    Strong wind at croke park from the hill to canal end. Wouldn’t expect many two pointers towards the hill.



  • #1375
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,530 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Cavan donegal is tight as well



  • #1376
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,844 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    From the radio it sounds like M. Murphy is lucky to be still on the pitch. Anyone see it?



  • #1377
    cute geoge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭cute geoge


    Great to see Mayo back in the hunt ,its wide open this year and Rachford is due a rub of the green .He is a great manager in my book ,just unlucky on several occasions to not get Mayo over the line



  • #1378
    theoneeyedman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭theoneeyedman


    What's the story with the TV rights? Only 1 game today, with the 2pm game on the GAAGO? I thought RTE had rights to 2 Sunday games every week?



  • #1379
    Krazy gang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭Krazy gang


    Derry galway a real championship match here. Great endorsement for the round Robin



  • #1380
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,438 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Any game on RTE today no 2pm game



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  • #1381
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,530 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Derry by far the better team all game. If they don’t win this they will have a lot of regrets



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