National Football League 2024

Wide ball

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Jesus 2 teams that where touted as promotion candidates cork and Kildare have lost both opening games. Kildare have Armagh, Donegal cork, meath and Louth left, that is a tough run of fixtures
 

Armaghniac

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The question was about the availability of games on GAAGO.
GAAGo do not stream games in Ireland that are otherwise available in Ireland. That is why the the Irish GAAGo subscription is less than the overseas one.

Aye. A good win for Louth. The experts on here would have you think they are terrible
Louth should have every chance against Meath and Kildare, to show that they are the second best team in Leinster.
 

Armaghabroad22

Active Member
GAAGo do not stream games in Ireland that are otherwise available in Ireland. That is why the the Irish GAAGo subscription is less than the overseas one.


Louth should have every chance against Meath and Kildare, to show that they are the second best team in Leinster.

That's not entirely the case.
For example I watched the Glen v St Brigids game abroad live via GAAGO, which was also available in Ireland.

Anyway this is a slightly off topic and irrelevant conversation. Just trying to help someone out who was trying to access games.
 

The Big Easy

Active Member
I’ll throw in my tuppence worth and it will likely be an unpopular opinion.
Meath were extremely poor and just resorted to hoofing it into the big lads in FF. so let’s take this hammering with a pinch of salt.
McConville played well but bloody hell he’s a greedy bugger. If he shifted the ball early twice (instead of running in circles) we would have had two goals. Young McGrane was so obvious. The lad sprinted from his own 21 and was clean through - how he did not pass that I dunno. It’s not the first time McGrane did this either. Last week too he did it & didn’t get the pass (can’t recall who didn’t pass it that time, maybe Jarly).

And Burns towards the end. If that’s a Dublin, Derry or Kerry that ball is shifted to the right & in the back of the net. We need to be more clinical not just a safe option.

I don’t get Oneill at 10. Surely we can play a forward there who can penetrate & take a score. What exactly defies he give us at 10. He’s a natural defender.

On a separate note lads, how many would accept Mickey Harte as the Armagh manager??? That was strange yesterday……imagine being from Tyrone and looking at that.
 

Diarmi

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Great win on Saturday night and to do so with 12 points to spare is a great bonus. Leaves us sitting on top of the table with +13 with Donegal +12. We've seen it before where the fine margins of score difference etc are critical at the end of the league so the more we can rack up the better.
It was great to see Cian McConville get the start and even better when he came on to replace a defender, maybe a sign of a change of mindset? The gaols, coming when they did, were the difference and shows how a game can be decided by the aforementioned fine margins. There seems to be a trend this year for teams to try to run at defences and break the line. Monaghan had great success with it against the Dubs and Derry, particularly Murphy, have also been employing the tactic. This suits a small skilful player and Conaty and Cian fit this profile. Maybe the nippy corner forward can make a comeback!!
It's hard to know how much of the win can be put down to our performance or the poor quality of Meath. Indeed it's also hard to know if our performance is down to the players on the field or a change in tactic by the management. Time will tell I suppose. For now I'm happy as we can't be in any better position than we are.
I hate the two week break now as it can disrupt the momentum. We have been in this position before with two wins form two only to come back after the break and lose the next 2/3 games. Let's hope that's all in the past.
 

winsamsoon

Well-Known Member
I’ll throw in my tuppence worth and it will likely be an unpopular opinion.
Meath were extremely poor and just resorted to hoofing it into the big lads in FF. so let’s take this hammering with a pinch of salt.
McConville played well but bloody hell he’s a greedy bugger. If he shifted the ball early twice (instead of running in circles) we would have had two goals. Young McGrane was so obvious. The lad sprinted from his own 21 and was clean through - how he did not pass that I dunno. It’s not the first time McGrane did this either. Last week too he did it & didn’t get the pass (can’t recall who didn’t pass it that time, maybe Jarly).

And Burns towards the end. If that’s a Dublin, Derry or Kerry that ball is shifted to the right & in the back of the net. We need to be more clinical not just a safe option.

I don’t get Oneill at 10. Surely we can play a forward there who can penetrate & take a score. What exactly defies he give us at 10. He’s a natural defender.

On a separate note lads, how many would accept Mickey Harte as the Armagh manager??? That was strange yesterday……imagine being from Tyrone and looking at that.
I would accept Mickey Harte without hesitation, it has been happening for years. It's not a feature that I like in general but we aren't going to stop it until the top dogs implement sanctions to counties that are touting the best managers with substantial financial packages. If anything Tyrone seemed to lie down to Derry by selecting such a young inexperienced team.

Its clear already after two games that some teams are using the league for different purposes and definetly picking and choosing games that they are targeting for wins and those they can potentially afford to lose.
 

OneofTwo

Member
I would accept Mickey Harte without hesitation, it has been happening for years. It's not a feature that I like in general but we aren't going to stop it until the top dogs implement sanctions to counties that are touting the best managers with substantial financial packages. If anything Tyrone seemed to lie down to Derry by selecting such a young inexperienced team.

Its clear already after two games that some teams are using the league for different purposes and definetly picking and choosing games that they are targeting for wins and those they can potentially afford to lose.

We already have the substantial financial package being spent on our set up so the only thing we would be changing would be a management team. Any man that says the wouldn't accept any manager if they were to get Sam is liar IMHO.
 
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