Some harsh home truths delivered in the Gaelic football rankings for 2024.
The inter-county season has finished, Armagh a county filled with hype and hope.
What we do know is that this victory will inspire others to believe, much as Down’s breakthrough in 1991 triggered a rise in Donegal, Derry, Tyrone and Armagh.Here are the contenders and pretenders ranked from 1 to 33.The bookies will probably make Dublin or Kerry favourites next spring but for now, Armagh are deservedly top of the pile. Remember in nine Championship matches this summer, they didn’t lose one.
David Clifford averaged three points per play during the Championship, scoring 2-29 in total. Every team has a chance with him on board; Kerry’s chances affected by the poverty of their opponent in Munster and the group stages, where their points differential was plus 31 from three games. What helps is Con O’Callaghan’s form - his average of four points per game from play, the highest scoring average in the country.
One point shy of Galway, beaten only on penalties by Derry, they have plenty going for them, not least Ryan O’Donoghue, who contributed 43 per cent of their scores in the Championship.How do you make sense of their season? Excitingly good in the League, they never recovered from the smash-and-grab nature of their Ulster quarter-final defeat to Donegal.
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