Westmeath dreamland, Dublin disarray | Armagh end Ulster drought | Provincial football has its mojo back 🏐
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If you ask Arsenal's defenders, Gabriel and Saliba, to play in that PSG team or that Bayern team, they would be exposed as much as those centre-backs were last night. Because effectively, the attackers were on top. Then you ask the question, how many defenders were actually on the pitch last night? Because none of the full-backs have no interest in defending. They're like wingers. And I've seen Saliba and Gabriel in an open game in that League Cup semi-final doubleheader against Newcastle last season get torn apart by Izak. I won't have anyone convince me that they can defend in that space.
Hey, welcome everyone. So the provincial football finals, eh? The jewel in the GAA crown. Sure, you can have your Munster Hurling, you can have your All-Ireland Series, but come on. For Westmead, a historic day. I think we say historic when it's just a second Leinster football final in their history. For Armagh, it's the first Ulster title since 08. And for Dublin... It is disastrous. It is a confirmation of all their deepest fears and worries, completely overrun by a far more vibrant team in Maroon. Happy to say Frank Roach, GA writer for the paper, is on the way. Frank is a Westmeath man. He knows the scene. And here in studio at Crow Park yesterday, Conor McKeown, very welcome. Hi, Joe. And of course, at Clonus yesterday, Ronan Mullen.
Welcome back. Hi, Joe. Our GAA podcast coverage is sponsored by AIB. They are proud sponsors of Club and County. AIB proudly celebrating the joy, dedication and support that lies at the heart of Gaelic games in every community and player across the nation. So the provincial championships, the weight around the neck of the GAA season. And suddenly, Roscommon, full house at the Hyde, an extraordinary occasion. Kerry, of course, won well against Cork, but nonetheless, 32,000 people deemed it fit to turn up in the sunshine and we had the tradition and the colour. And then yesterday, two finals which went to extra time, more than a novel winner in Westmead. And then the Armathings, very interesting, given their recent spate of Ulster final defeats.
So, what are we saying about the provincial championships that, you know, in the conversations... Around January time when it's cold and we're talking about structures and all that kind of stuff, we bemoan the original sin, which is the provincial structure.
Long live the provincial football champs. I've always said it. And I think if you go back through it, you'll find that I said the exact opposite quite recently. But no, like so long as they work, like they were persevering with like the... For a long time, we only really had one that was worth the kind of status that it gets. And like, you know, it dominates such an early part of the summer. And it always felt like. I suppose it was unfair as well. That was the other thing to certain counties. But I think the way that the season has changed in the All-Ireland Series where teams know early, like there's going to be an All-Ireland Series. It's 16 teams just because you had to, you know, bait your way through Ulster as opposed to Dublin or Kerry cruising once upon a time in the good old days through their provinces.
You know, like everybody's still starting on the same beat. And look, if you have great finals and you have teams that are ending long famines and that sort of stuff, you know, like in Crowe Park yesterday, Westmead owned the energy in the place. There was no doubt about it. They had a bigger crowd. They greeted their scores differently. There was a kind of an edge and an excitement.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:42
2
What historic achievement did Westmeath accomplish in the Leinster final?
4:42–8:57
3
What impact did the provincial championships have on the GAA season?
8:57–15:04
4
How did Armagh end their Ulster drought against Monaghan?
15:04–16:00
5
How did the atmosphere at the finals influence the teams' performances?
16:00–19:49
6
What factors contributed to Dublin's disappointing performance?
19:49–53:31
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