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

McGuinness looked distraught at the end. I know its just his first year back but with Dublin and Kerry gone and Armagh who they already beat in Ulster final waiting in the final i'd say he fully believed he was going to carry on where he left off all those years ago by winning another All Ireland. Some hide it better than others but McGuinness' face said it all. Pure devestation.

Ya but it was obvious who was gonna win that one 🤣

Mayo fans should be always worried

Couldn't figure out the injury time, no real stoppages and 4 minutes signalled with 5 & a half minutes played.

Last week Cork vs Limerick had 4 minutes signalled and the ball spent most of it in touch & nothing over 4 minutes was played

Was impressed how well Galway broke through the Donegal defense today.

Poor Mayo. I suppose they will be sick if their old nemesis and dear old neighbours Galway bring the All Ireland across the Shannon. While Mayo just can't do it Galway at least have 1998 and 2001 to tap into to. Galway are well able to seal the deal.

I hate the way people deride the game as being like basketball but Donegals approach whilst effective became a bit predictable by the 50th minute and instead of going for 3 pointers they might have been better off going for the occasional slam dunk.

Galway seemed to have slightly more variety about them up front.

Game got a bit flat for 7/8 minutes and it may have given Donegal unease for the majority of their players not being used to this stage.

One of the most unlikely finals in quite some time. Gonna be great excitement in the build up.

Now can all the pundits (I'm looking at Brolly) stop with the McGuiness is the Messiah crap.

He hasn't reinvented football. He's not some sort of managerial genius. They fell over the line in every game in Ulster and Cork gave him a dose of reality.

Fair play to Galway.

Jesus Christ

They had a really good year

Yes indeed it is. I thought that was fairly obvious about the standard of player he is playing with. Clifford is surrounded by very good players with Kerry being there or thereabouts the last few years. So being surrounded by a good team then you would expect the genius of David Clifford to 'find a way' to win more close games than they have in recent years. Thats the way i see it anyway. That's what i expected of great players playing for Dublin over the years like Connolly, Brogan, Con. To step up when really needed. Clifford so far has not done it a lot in the really important games. But time is on his side. Time will confirm if he is Kerrys greatest forward or the best forward the game has seen.

I remember Joe Canning say the worst thing that happened to him was scoring 2-10 as a 19 year old in a league final v Cork. I was actually at it in Thurles its a long time ago forget the year.

Cliffords worst thing for expectation was probably scoring 4-4 in a minor All Ireland final v Derry. Granted it is underage but that type of scoring is off the charts.

Somebody earlier was saying that Clifford should take a year out to recharge.

If he did that then he would be resuming his intercounty career at 27. He hasn't as much time as some people think.

He is 6/7 years into his senior career and people still acting like he is going to be the next big thing. Fact is he was always overrated by a lot of people and very frequently got given plaudits based on reputation rather than actual achievement. His 2018 Allstar for example was ridiculous.

Hes a top player, any team would have him, but the talk of greatest ever was always a complete nonsense, I can think of a hell of a lot of forwards from the past 30 years that I would pick ahead of him in a greatest 15.

I can't remember off hand but there have been quite a few pundits and ex players that have said he's the best they've ever seen. Joe Brolly is one. I think Pat Spillane did but not 100% sure on that. So he has support in some quarters for being the greatest already. Just wish i could remember them now.

Media, always media - trying to keep their profile up, always the next great thing - which then gives them the opportunity to drag them down in due course, the same in all sports and politics

Clifford is a very good player but is struggling with his fitness.

Galway in each of those games, were the better team but struggled to see off armagh.