I’m hopeful & even a little expectant for Sat. Monaghan have serious runners with energy & drive but we have the better overall forwards - we’ll need our ‘special’ players to get us over the line from 50th minute on, whether that’s from a starting position or from the bench. But def think it’s time for us to move to the next level.
Re the administration/organisation of the championship, I’m absolutely sick to my stomach. At every level it’s rotten and there’s zero consideration for supporters. Only I’ve a still a couple of younger kids I wouldn’t bother - and I’ve been going to league & championship since the mid 1980s
* Fixing 3 northern teams for Croke Park with 2 playing at 6pm is a recipe for disaster. I dread to think about parking and/or the journey home.
* Taking 2/3 days to release ‘decent’ tickets is deplorable - people are left trying to swap & sell tickets on social media
*The train debacle (I’m not sure if it’s been resolved) but initial refusal of Translink to put on specials leaving fans stranded.
*And those Ba*tards in RTE feathering their own nest through the GAA Go Paywall. My dad -and many, many like him - won’t get to see the team he’s followed since the 60s because it’s not an option for him to go to a pub and he hasn’t a device to stream on (he wouldn’t know how to work it if he did)
The GAA in particular are pushing ordinary supporters away from the game.
Rant over….up Armagh!
Give it a rest. Armagh fans the last while have been the laughing stock of the country, yapping about everything!
*With 4 northern teams into the last 8 this was always going to be a possibility. If we had been on a sunday there would have been people complaining with being late home for work in the morning, cant take a drink etc. God forbid our supporters enjoy themselves and have a drink supporting their county. Yes there is always a small number of clowns from every county which let themselves down, but this doesn't mean the rest of us can't have a drink!
*Just hang tight if you know they are going to release the 'better tickets' later in the week?
*Is this a GAA issue? Is there the capacity available for extra trains at that time on a Saturday? Yes I agree a few extra trains would have been brilliant, but remember how privileged we are to even have access to a train station- unlike Tyrone, Derry & Monaghan.
*My grandfather is in the same boat. My uncle takes him over to his house to watch the games. Although i know this can't be the case for everyone. Why not buy him a smart tv or fire stick (costs about £25). Me personally, wouldn't miss any of the big championship/league games for the world. It would defiantly be a good investment. We are lucky to have access to so many games a year, although GAA GO does have its teething issues it is still a great service. What i am trying to say is really if your father loves the football so much why doesn't he/you invest in setting GAA GO up for him if it means so much to him?