The 2024 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

Pretty sure Tyrone celebrated beating kerry in the SF back in 2021 also, must have been a different kind of celebrating though

Yeah the Cork result is definitely one I wouldn't be paying that much attention to especially when you look at the three goals Cork scored. Donegal probably concede three goals as cheaply once in every thousand games. I'm expecting an all green and gold final.

It wouldn't surprise me to see this final 10 years on. Knowing the mentality of McGuinness I would say that Kerry final is burned into his mind and annoys him.

Kerry will get their fill of it from Armagh. It could go either way but I have a sneaky feeling Armagh will beat them. They are only coming to the boil and have lots in the tank. Donegal and Galway is another tough one to call. Galway fought really hard and deserved to beat Dublin but Donegal never left second gear against Louth. DI might have a little wager on an all Ulster final.

I think if Armagh are to have any chance they need couple goals and keep green flag down at other end.

as a galway man I think Johnny McGrath has being outstanding at corner back all season

It's impossible to say cos the majority always come from the finalists.

McDaid for Galway is in with a shout.

David Clifford on current form wouldn't get an all star but two big performances and he could get POTY again.

Anyone know if Upper Hogan tickets went on sale for Donegal v Galway? There's not many tickets left as things stand and just wondering if that's because they haven't opened up the Upper Hogan yet?

Mulroy definitely deserves one. But the all stars are hard awards to take seriously when the picks are normally lazy/political/players are moved around to accommodate/sympathy votes.

I only used to pay attention to all stars when Dublin were struggling to win Sam/even Leinster looking for hope. But that whole award system is fundamentally flawed, let’s be honest.

Instead there should be awards for div 1/div2/div3/div4 and an overall team picked from that voted for by players.

I would argue that Mulroy is far more integral to Louth and has done more work for his team than O'Donoghue will lesser players around him. I said it a few years ago to I said a Louth fan when I saw Mulroy taking on the Dublin side on his own. The Louth fan says that is not how it works works with all stars and is never likely to get one.

Unfortunately he was correct all know how the all stars work. Around 7/8 from the AI winners around 5/6 from the AI runners up the rest made up of the odd Quarter Finalist. Normally performances early in the championship are conveniently forgotten about. Leading to a massive recency bias with the all-stars weighted towards the finalists. Basically it is why the all stars are a farce really. How many people take them seriously? At most it is a nice do for the players involved getting a bit of grub, and the wives/girlfriends can get dolled up. But for a REAL indicator of the best players of the season it is archaic/predictible/flawed. The league which is a much better indicator for performance is never taken into account.

They could easily weight teams and points/performances against more difficult sides in the championship could be totted up accordingly Mulroy for example, and league form should also be factored in. So then how Galway/Mayo played against NY can be properly weighted as well for example.

I have said here earlier that for me the dark horse in this race is Armagh. Defensively the are probably the strongest team left and if McGeeney was to let them off the leash to go after Kerry, similar to how they played against Derry. they have also the midfield and forwards to cause Kerry real problems. But McGeeney being McGeeney, after Sunday in Croke Park watching the Kerry Derry game, that is a long shot imo. It will probably result in another stinker of a game (and Derry were not the only culprits) with Armagh defending in numbers with little ambition up until the final quarter. Armagh will not fade off as Derry did for a final quarter, but then neither are they strong in seeing tight games out.

No idea what McGuinness was up to on Sunday, but when Conor O`Donnell was named at corner back it was fairly obvious he was going for a shoot out confident that Donegal would win. As it turned out they were never in any danger of losing and Galway would have learned little. It`s not going to be the game plan for Galway. Unfortunately I cannot see Galway being as poor as they were against Dublin in the first half, or Finnerty, Tierney and even Comer being as poor as they were on the Saturday. For Donegal this is bonus territory way beyond any expectations just a few months ago so probably less pressure than for Galway. For me a Donegal win is more hope than expectation if I`m honest

I don't get the Armagh hype. They had a good Ulster final but Galway were cruising against them this year before falling apart at the end and Armagh got the draw. I think the other 3 teams are much better than Armagh, and especially Kerry. You are right they will be ultra defensive versus Kerry because they don't have the players. Rian O'Neill got subbed against Roscommon!! But Kerry can play it any way and the only way that defensive approach gives them a chance is if it's an absolute wash out with high winds in Croke park. A dry day and I can only see one winner and that's by 5+ points.

The only player i can remember who won not just one but two All Stars without his county winning a provincial or going far in the championship was Tipperary's Declan Browne. A gifted, two footed genius. He bucked the trend.

In my opinion the Armagh match for Kerry is like a bye to the final. Armagh are blessed to have got this far as it is. In my view Armagh are THE most frustrating team to watch in the country.

Their fans don't even like watching them. "10 years without winning anything" an Armagh fan roared after losing the div2 final. He roared "We were passing it backwards when we were way behind". And the Armagh fan was quiet all the way through the match until then when he lost the head at the final whistle.

Kerry will pick off scores while Armagh go sideways and and backwards, sideways and and backwards, sideways and and backwards, sideways and and backwards, all at a really slow pace.

Then Armagh will only decide to attack in the last 10 minutes when it will be way too late. It will be that easy for Kerry they will be able to empty the bench at about 50 minutes, safe in the knowledge that the match is over as a contest. The Kerry jersey won't even have any sweat in them.