All Ireland Qualifiers
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William Of Orange
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There seems to be more there now
Armaghball
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The whole this is compounded by the ticketmaster site being absolutely shite…
William Of Orange
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Armaghball
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Ourselves, Mayo and Kerry will probably all take huge support (us especially)
Derry will take loads as well I’d imagine. Not sure about Clare given distance and the fact a lot of them will have days in Dublin with the hurlers to come. Dubs and Cork? Match result is a foregone conclusion not sure if huge numbers from Cork will come up the road for it.
Derry will take loads as well I’d imagine. Not sure about Clare given distance and the fact a lot of them will have days in Dublin with the hurlers to come. Dubs and Cork? Match result is a foregone conclusion not sure if huge numbers from Cork will come up the road for it.
William Of Orange
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Kerry dont come out until finals , mayo normally have good support not sure if they will travel in big numbers this time but cork footballers are poorly supportered they will be the boy with the hat id say and thats it
PatMustard
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Kerry don’t usually attend QFs, or semis. It’s a hell of a drive for them. Mayo will bring good support. Not sure about Galway.
Armaghball
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Kerry people don’t usually appear til later on but Mayo is really a big draw for them surely.
Given the price of fuel, hotels in Dublin and the cost of living in general it really is time the GAA showed more consideration for fans. What was the sense is dragging Clare and Roscommon to Croke Park last weekend? Or Kildare and Mayo for that matter. Cork and Dublin could probably be somewhere neutral as well, although obviously I’m sure the Cork lads are buzzing to get playing in Croker as are all the teams that don’t get there too often.
MrMaguire2002
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Totally agree Pat.
It's not only the booing. The cheering every pass, chants etc. It's not a part of our game. It's a soccer culture to do those things.
At the end of the day the most important thing is the team winning but I don't like this 'new noise'.
I actually remember walking out of Clones in the '99 after the semi final against Derry. That day the booing of Tohill every time he took a 45 was wrong. It wasn't a small minority. I wasn't the oldest at the time but still didn't like it one bit.
But as I've said it's not just booing. Chants and cheering every pass is far too 'soccer like' for me. I'm old fashioned and love the tradition of the GAA - the way supporters behave (and the manner in which the masses are heard) is a large part of that.
As for the game the other day. James Morgan, Conor O'Neill, Aaron McKay, Jarly Og Burns, Jason Duffy, Rory Grugan all stood out. But Rian O'Neill was immense and at crucial times. He's just one of those players - when on song we can beat anybody. It's a team effort but you need that class act.
Galway and Armagh has the makings of a fantastic game. The Connaught final was a joy to watch during a weekend where the other 3 provincial finals were far from good advertisements.
Contrary to quite a few on here I'd have loved to have got Derry. In the big space of Croke Park I think we would exploit Derry. Hopefully we get to do so in an All-Ireland semi final.
Absolutely delighted for Geezer. The man deserves it and lets hope our journey has plenty of legs left yet.
William Of Orange
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Happens most years the teams that get beat in the finals have a very poor record in the last round of qualifers.
ShiftYa
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I’ve seen the “chanting” creep into some of the club games around the county too, like the inter county scene it only seems to happen in the more well attended championships games as opposed to league games. Don’t think there is much that can be done about it, some of its soccer culture creeping in due to it having greater tv coverage week in week out throughout the year another is many are drinking on buses and in pubs on the way down which you typically don’t get as much of in league games. As long as there not acting like thugs starting fights all Armagh support should be welcomed.
ShiftYa
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I think the fact Galway will be fresh and coming off a win will add a different dynamic compared to the Donegal and Tyrone games, they won’t lie down as easy, expect the game to be in the melting pot into the dying minutes.
Looking back on the game, and having calmed down, it was fantastic to win and to win in style. Many great performances across the team and of course Rian was standout. Duffy and McKay each had what was probably their best games for the team - and Morgan, Burns and McCabe were excellent too.
As a word of caution- and not to get too carried away - after that fantastic early goal, Donegal dominated and scored 6/7 points unanswered. At that period we were struggling and were under pressure on our kick outs. But fair play, we weathered that storm, came through and then the penalty and black card put us in control and we sailed through the 2nd half. We'll done to all players and management.
Like most people, I expect and hope that the next match in Croker will be an open and attacking game on the big pitch. Our match ups will be important - expecially on Walsh, Connor and Comer.
But hey - we could not have got a better draw with Dublin and Kerry in the other half of the draw.
First things first - focus totally on Galway and get the win - no other thoughts for now.
Looking forward to a great day out in an orange Croke Park!
As a word of caution- and not to get too carried away - after that fantastic early goal, Donegal dominated and scored 6/7 points unanswered. At that period we were struggling and were under pressure on our kick outs. But fair play, we weathered that storm, came through and then the penalty and black card put us in control and we sailed through the 2nd half. We'll done to all players and management.
Like most people, I expect and hope that the next match in Croker will be an open and attacking game on the big pitch. Our match ups will be important - expecially on Walsh, Connor and Comer.
But hey - we could not have got a better draw with Dublin and Kerry in the other half of the draw.
First things first - focus totally on Galway and get the win - no other thoughts for now.
Looking forward to a great day out in an orange Croke Park!
Armaghabroad22
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After 3 hours of nervously refreshing, finally got some central Hogan upper tier tickets. Can't understand Ticketmaster and how they release tickets but I wasn't able to access any lower tier tickets that weren't in the Canal end corner all morning!
Totally agree, there should be an allocation of tickets to clubs. At the end of the day its the club members that are at the heart of the GAA.
Totally agree, there should be an allocation of tickets to clubs. At the end of the day its the club members that are at the heart of the GAA.
Armagh_paul
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Anyone on upper tier of cusack stand?
William Of Orange
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Fair enough i do remember the Derry match again i say we had a 3:1 spilt in the crowd.... that was a big stand to take walking out .
The soccer culture thing i don't agree entirely i think its young lads having a bit of crack and i suppose the closest thing that we have to GAA / Hurling is 'soccer/rugby' and the crowds there can we very vocal . I've noticed in Armagh matches recently a big drop in the vocal support since the Noughties and it is only starting to come back now , i don't think we can be choosy how supports us as well , I've been to The McKennas league when we were in 3 and it can be a whole pile worse with the negative commentary by 'seasoned supporters ' including myself as well , which the players could definitely hear , you ask them what they would pick and im sure id know what they would choose.
Also on a lighter and less serious note, we have pretty poor chants the old 'ARMAGH ARMAGH' isn't very original , I was actually smiling when I heard the Dah dah dah dah dah dah dah Jarly Og , Jarly Og , Jarly Jarly Og . Then again I'm easily pleased .
Of course as i have said before the booing of individual players needs to be knocked on the head