All Ireland Qualifiers

Armagh have reached the last 8 in The All Ireland series would you rather we play in

  • The Super 8 format

    Votes: 9 22.5%

  • Knock out Quarter Final

    Votes: 31 77.5%
  • Total voters
    40
  • Poll closed .
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Geezersleftfoot

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William Of Orange said:
I think Kerry are one of the most cynical teams out there , every time that Dublin tried to break they fouled with a smother or pull down which is fine but this notion of purist football is being looked at with rose tinted glasses , and its not new either . Some of the Dublin behavior as well shaking the posts at the end , Comerford getting hit by the invisible man before the penalty . The media interpretation of matches and the spin afterwards can fairly manipulate the perceptions . There was plenty of mistakes in this match as well which helped to add to the excitement , it was a good quality game , with a good ending, i wouldn't be paying homage to either team . Dublin without COC looked quite blunt going forward , Kerry if they lost O'Shea and the Clifford's would struggle as well and these lads have had plenty of injuries in their early careers. I think that Kerry should win the All Ireland but I don't think they will dominate like Dublin did or the 70/80s Kerry team, there's plenty behind in the pack that will give them trouble.
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I wish we were more cynical
 
Armaghniac

Armaghniac

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Laoisman11's ranking from Boards.ie. We have moved up in 2022. Being 15 places better than Down offers some satisfaction.

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Armagh52

Member
bcb1 said:
Sean Purcell, Frank Stockwell….the Terrible Twins.
Paddy Doherty, Sean O Neill

That’s 2 duos who play in all eras. I may not have seen them play live but seen enough historic footage to know they were a different level and played at a time where ‘men were men’!

The game of football has been played for many many years, I think sometimes we forget that. Clifford and O’Shea are excellent but they are nothing without Paudie Clifford. He makes that forward line really tick in my opinion. He creates the space, plays the balls, is the link, he’s the ‘glue man’. When he plays well, Kerry plays well. The other 2 are the finishers but he is the creator.
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Absolutely and paudie Clifford single handily led the charge against the Dublin comeback in the second half when the other two were largely anonymous.
 
PatMustard

PatMustard

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Top 5 counties we have a grudge/hatred of/big rivalry with/ill-feeling towards/‘don’t like them for no particular reason’?

Let’s have it...
 
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Geezersleftfoot

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JoeH said:
Is there a distinction between rivalry and grudge?
The Down thing seems to be just linked to those in South Armagh
Tyrone is based on a strong rivalry from the noughties
Monaghan - don't know
Lapis - agreed. Their anti north bias
Donegal - a rivalry in my opinion

Just an opinion
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North Armagh here and I dislike Down more than any other county.
Donegal. Laois. Cavan. Dunno why but I just dont like them.
 
PatMustard

PatMustard

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JoeH said:
Is there a distinction between rivalry and grudge?
The Down thing seems to be just linked to those in South Armagh
Tyrone is based on a strong rivalry from the noughties
Monaghan - don't know
Lapis - agreed. Their anti north bias
Donegal - a rivalry in my opinion

Just an opinion
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Good point.

For me it’s always been Tyrone. Call it a grudge, hatred, ill-feeling, rivalry or whatever, they’re top of the list.

Closely following them it’s Dublin. They’re just a different breed, a different people. Never could warm to them. Always want them beat.

Next up is Laois. There’s a bad feeling against them after certain antics from them over the years.

After that I don’t really have any ill-feeling towards any county as such. Sometimes an incident or a bad beating might stick in my head for a year or two, but generally after a while it’s sort of dissipates and it doesn’t turn into full blown hatred..
 
ragingbull

ragingbull

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Tyrone - midgets,their fans are hard too listen too
Dublin - arrogant,always playing in croke park
Mayo - always bottle Al Ireland Finals
Cavan - tramps
Armagh - frustrating to watch at time's ,can't hold a lead,fans head up their backside lol
 
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pablo

pablo

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Tyrone-the noughties crowd in particular. A team simply driven by sheer hatred of their opponents rather than any desire to be the best they could be. Prepared to do anything, absolutely anything to get an advantage and by doing so, opened up a pandoras box in Gaelic games by bringing the 'art' of play acting and trying to get opponents sent off to a whole different level. Brought a toxicity to the game that we may never truly be able to rinse away. Apart from that, they were OK.

Laois-Just don't get this crowd at all. Had a great time in 2003 with bunch of their supporters in a Dublin pub. From then on it went all downhill. In 2005 they just seemed to have morphed into a foul mouthed, nasty and aggressive collective -and almost any Armagh supporter I spoke to after that game had the same experience. Possible candidates for worst hosts ever, if based on experiences of Armagh fans (and players) who visited down there for league games. Remember bizarre antics for a Cross vs Portlaoise club semi in 2005. Somebody let a rooster on the field if I remember. Not sure of the point of that but it just kept in tone with the unhinged nature of the place it seems to be down there

Down-Have not been relevant or on our radar for a long time and I hope that trend will continue for a 100 years. Rivalry/grudge with Down every bit as real for people in North Armagh, as in Newry/South Armagh. As a young boy in 1977, Down represented my first encounter with real bitterness and resentment. I was beside myself with excitement at our run to the All Ireland and thought all Ulster supporters would back each other. I couldn’t understand why all the Down lads at school and neighbours originally from Down all desperately wanted us to get stuffed and were full of glee when we were heavily beaten. Didn't want us to win not even one title. And they haven't changed. Bad crowd.

Cavaaaaan-Stereotyped and the butt of jokes for being cheap and miserly. I don't want to indulge too much in sweeping generalizations, but I would say that stereotype is spot on. Miserable gits. Games with them usually involve hoards of their fans continuously chomping down on monstrous ham sandwiches supported by endless slurping of sugary tae from bottomless thermos flasks. Thats not totally the reason I dislike them. I dislike them for the far more rationale reason that they seem to really, really hate us. If you ever have a look through any of the other discussion boards, some of the most venomous comments about us come from Cavaaan posters.

So that why I don't like them. So there. Take that you Breffni feckwits. May many an Armagh victory make you choke on your ham sandwiches


Donegal-don't have the energy to explain.


Honourable mention

Derry-Might be a surprise to be mentioned on this list-but I can tell you some of their fans are a real dose, registering high on the Richter scale of ignorant loudmouths. I suppose you can say that about every county-and to be fair Derry, has much, much more decent sorts than bad. But the bad wans from Derry, are particularly bad. Joe Brolly. Nuff said. Their particular kryptonite-what really makes them goes nuts with rage is to be referred to as Londonderry. Can't blame them really. Also a tad sensitive about any insinuation regarding lack of genetic diversity in certain areas of south Derry
 
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stevie_06

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Have listened to few podcasts involving the Armagh and Tyrone lads from the naughties.

And on both sides they admitted it was genuine hatred towards them on and off the field. Think Oisin said he had never experienced hatred like it.

They are the only county I would say I have genuine distaste towards. Again in probably all stems from the matches over the year and numerous incidents that occurred.

Also only being 30 years old, this was what I grew up with and was probably the first proper rivalry I experienced in an Amragh Jersey.

Still remember to this day as young lad bursting into tears immediately the drawn 2005 ulster final. Think it was just the sheer rivalry and intensity in that match, coming from behind in last few mins.

To this day have never experienced anything like it
 
pablo

pablo

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I've said before that if Tyrone had failed to win the All Ireland in 2003, it would have destroyed them. They chanelled so much rage and anger into that effort. If they had lost at any stage in 2003 but especially in the final, they would never been able to lift themselves off the floor again-I honestly believe a loss in that final would have sent Tyrone back into the bushes.
I mentioned before on this forum an incident at the end of that game. Although gutted, I was determined to appear civil about it and turned behind me to shake the hand of the first Tyronie I seen. Some bollox with his kid (wearing one of those idotic red afro wigs) was clambering behind me to try and get onto the field. I reached out my hand and the wee bollox laughed at me and gave me the fingers. His Da laughed with him.
I have met some decent Tyronies to be fair-but that incident for me just kinda summed up the Tyronie spirit and toxic 'air' that surrounds them-especially that year.
 
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