All Ireland Qualifiers

[pablo]

I know it's not realistic to expect to convert every goal opportunity but in both recent games our conversion rate was poor enough. We were handed 2 gifts in the first half and very near blew both. The penalty decision could have gone against us. Another in the second half when a flick across was chosen when it wasn't really on. Just fear in tighter games failure to convert could be the difference in winning and losing.

As said in response-least we are creating them. And team will know they are not yet peaking and this is another thing to work on.

 

[pablo]

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.

up in upper hogan as well.

 

[pablo]

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

Dude-that's our legacy chant! And now this team has at last inherited it. Its was all too quite at Armagh games for a long time and when I heard that chant emerge again at the AG last week, it was an important part of a great day.
I remember talk about a chant back in the noughties-although I never actually heard it at any game
Went to the tune of 'Monster' by The Automatic
'Whats that coming over the hill?
I think its Francie!
I think its Francie!'

 

[Armaghball]

I was on the hill on Sunday just below the TV cameras over in the next section to my left was a group of 40/50 Armagh fans that's where the noise was coming from when Ethan was on the ball.If it was shoooot they were shouting they would need to pronounce their s and ts better as it sounded to me they where booing their own goalkeeper.Although only a tiny minority they were a complete embarrassment imo with a total lack of respect for other spectators around them.Soccer style chants and the Celtic symphony don't belong at Gaa matches and the goading of Donegal fans leaving early out of order in the way it was done.Breathing in the fumes from their flares was also very unpleasant.Small things to complain about but was a negative in what was otherwise a fantastic day for the team and fans and county as a whole just hope I don't come across the same crowd in Croke park.

Fair enough, I was abit below that crowd as well- thought they were an absolute credit to the county, if a little bit rowdy. Loudest and best rendition of amhran na bhfiann came from that section as well. 100% don’t think they were boing Ethan either- there were no boos on kickouts that I heard- if he was being booed you’d expect it then? Agree with you on the flares but they blew away in the wind very quickly and only added to the buzz and atmosphere I thought.

 

[Armaghball]

Dude-that's our legacy chant! And now this team has at last inherited it. Its was all too quite at Armagh games for a long time and when I heard that chant emerge again at the AG last week, it was an important part of a great day.
I remember talk about a chant back in the noughties-although I never actually heard it at any game
Went to the tune of 'Monster' by The Automatic
'Whats that coming over the hill?
I think its Francie!
I think its Francie!'

Was a good blast of it in the Tyrone league game as well when Tyrone were starting to come back into it.

 

[Ard Mhacha 13]

Dude-that's our legacy chant! And now this team has at last inherited it. Its was all too quite at Armagh games for a long time and when I heard that chant emerge again at the AG last week, it was an important part of a great day.
I remember talk about a chant back in the noughties-although I never actually heard it at any game
Went to the tune of 'Monster' by The Automatic
'Whats that coming over the hill?
I think its Francie!
I think its Francie!'

Yep I did indeed sing this on a few occasions, loved it Although we sang "Is it Francie, is it Francie"

 

[gael_force_orchard]

Not to much on the upcoming game next week so far. I think this will be a tough one and a high scoring affair. Croke Park will maybe suit our kick outs a bit better and hopefully suit a more expansive kick passing game. Forker and Morgan in defence will be key for getting good early ball away and I'd definitely let Rian come out towards the middle a bit more to get direct ball to Nugent and Duffy. I don't think this game will be won or lost by more than 2 or 3 points

 

[William Of Orange]

Dude-that's our legacy chant! And now this team has at last inherited it. Its was all too quite at Armagh games for a long time and when I heard that chant emerge again at the AG last week, it was an important part of a great day.
I remember talk about a chant back in the noughties-although I never actually heard it at any game
Went to the tune of 'Monster' by The Automatic
'Whats that coming over the hill?
I think its Francie!
I think its Francie!'

Grimleys going to get ya
Grimleys going to get ya
Na an na na , na na na na .

 

[Diarmi]

Grimleys going to get ya
Grimleys going to get ya
Na an na na , na na na na .

Jez I forgot all about that one lol. Brilliant!!

 

[DooReg]

Not trying to be negative but you haven't mentioned the 15-20 minute period when we were hammered 9-1 or something like that. We were heading for a possible pasting at that stage!

Don’t think we were hammered 9-1 in that period. As far as I recall it went to 6 points to 3 and then 9-5. So not as bad as you thought - although, have to admit it felt like a 9-1 spell for Donegal

 

[DooReg]

Grimleys going to get ya
Grimleys going to get ya
Na an na na , na na na na .

What about Houleeeeeeeyyyyyyy

 

[pablo]

The penalty / black card was an absolute game changer. However, the response of Donegal was absolutely shocking and was epitomised for me by the interaction between Patton and McBrearty on the bench. Donegal simply folded. They had no heart or pride and it brought back memories of Armagh giving them some serious slappings in the late noughties when they simply collapsed in the face of the pressure.

For all the talk of Armagh - and we have looked impressive - I’d be concerned about the level of the opposition over the last eight days and my hope is that our performances are a reflection of our ability rather than the current standing of Tyrone and Donegal.

Looking ahead, Galway is a good draw. They will be tough opposition. I think they are better than Derry, but I just dreaded the staleness of another all Ulster clash. Avoiding Dublin and the Kingdom was essential. We have a great opportunity to make progress. We are where we are on merit, and I for one am going to enjoy the spin. Trips like these don’t come along too often in the Orchard!!

I also have a tendency to take that approach-but at the same time, in the space of a week we have dispatched the All Ireland champions and a team many would have considered to be in the top four in the country. In the case of Tyrone-the last place they wanted to surrender their All Ireland crown was the AG and at the hands of Armagh. Amazing the difference a week or so makes. I popped in early the day of that game to Red Neds and was chatting to a few fans-nobody, nobody was confident. One lad showed me on his phone the Tyrone team and commented that with all those big guns, they just would have too much for us. And that line up did look scary-the point being despite being off colour, that was a good team, packed with talent and coming to town with the intention of getting their show on the road again. I do think they have suffered from the loss of form of McShane. In past few years he was their main targetman in that forward line and without him on his game, they did look very blunt up front against us. Just while remembering that day-I usually go on about Tyronies but the two lads in front of me at the game (from Killyclougher) were gentlemen and a pleasure to be in the company with. I also heard that Michael McKernan visited the Armagh changing room afterwards to inquire about Ciaran Mackin, so nice touch.
Donegal imploded alright, keeping with an old tradition from the noughties. But before that penalty and black card incident, the tide was already turning with us winning ball in the half backs and closing down space. Before that, Donegal were in bit of a groove, hitting points from distance and rarely missing-but we already had started to closed that down. before the penalty. I think Donegal collapse when forced to chase a game. Their template is to keep it tight and suck the life out of the opposition-but once in a position of having to cut loose and go for it, no answers

 

[William Of Orange]

What about Houleeeeeeeyyyyyyy

I think Soupy has inherited that one now .

 

[Armagh_paul]

Don’t think we were hammered 9-1 in that period. As far as I recall it went to 6 points to 3 and then 9-5. So not as bad as you thought - although, have to admit it felt like a 9-1 spell for Donegal

I thought "here we go again" but Armagh was standing off them, making no attempt to tackle. When we started to defend Donegal had nothing - did they even have a chance on goal at any stage in the game? Which brings me to my next point, when Donegal dropped in high balls Rafferty knocked them away - Hughes wouldn't have been able to do that.

 

[MrMaguire2002]

Don’t think we were hammered 9-1 in that period. As far as I recall it went to 6 points to 3 and then 9-5. So not as bad as you thought - although, have to admit it felt like a 9-1 spell for Donegal

Dooreg he's not far off. After the goal Donegal scored 9 points to Armagh's 2. So little wonder it felt that bad.

 

[Hoops]

Don’t think we were hammered 9-1 in that period. As far as I recall it went to 6 points to 3 and then 9-5. So not as bad as you thought - although, have to admit it felt like a 9-1 spell for Donegal

It certainly felt bad in those 20 mins, though the commentators mentioned a strongish breeze and Donegal won the toss to play with the wind in the first half. The weather worsened during that period and IMO their plan was to sit back and take those long shots to carry a lead into the second half then shut up shop and defend the lead. In that period we had maybe 2-3 shots drop short and others drifted wide, when it felt like they were scoring from every chance they got. I’d guess the wind was a factor for Armagh in that period, as early in the second half Donegal also had a couple drop short into those goals (vs none in the first half). We still created chances just the poor conversion rate made it feel worse than it was.

 

[Geezersleftfoot]

My god we really are making a mountain out of a molehill as regards to a few boisterous kids.

it looks like we are. Obviously this is a brand new thing and nobody on this forum has ever been boisterous at games before........

 

[MrMaguire2002]

It certainly felt bad in those 20 mins, though the commentators mentioned a strongish breeze and Donegal won the toss to play with the wind in the first half. The weather worsened during that period and IMO their plan was to sit back and take those long shots to carry a lead into the second half then shut up shop and defend the lead. In that period we had maybe 2-3 shots drop short and others drifted wide, when it felt like they were scoring from every chance they got. I’d guess the wind was a factor for Armagh in that period, as early in the second half Donegal also had a couple drop short into those goals (vs none in the first half). We still created chances just the poor conversion rate made it feel worse than it was.

McBrearty had one drop short in the first half from around the 21.

 

[William Of Orange]

Would I be correct in saying that we have never beaten Galway in the Championship ?

 

[gazman317]

Would I be correct in saying that we have never beaten Galway in the Championship ?

yeah 0 for 3 three qualifier games