"It mightn't always be associated with him but he's a very clever player."

There's more to Aidan O'Shea than meets the eye according to James Horan.

"It was 16 scores to 17 scores at the end. It showed that we had a decent portion of the play and if it wasn't for some missed chances, hitting the underside of the bar after half-time, missing the penalty, we would have been closer."

Galway manager Alan Mulholland focussed on the positives.

"We're disappointed that when the game was in the mix, there was a call about a point. I suppose when you lose by the margin we did, it's hard to look back and blame one particular incident, but the game was in the melting point and it was disappointing."

A disputed 'point' by Kildare's Padraig Fogarty was a turning point in the qualifier clash at Newry in the opinion of James McCartan.

"If we had won by a point it would have been rather controversial, but that adds somewhat to the game. I'm not a massive advocate of Hawk-Eye."

McCartan's Kildare counterpart Jason Ryan agreed it was a questionable call by the umpires.

"We weren't taking anything for granted. We have had hard games with Carlow where we got turned over so we had a history with them. We are delighted to be still involved. At this stage of the championship, you are going to be playing a good team."

Colm Collins has the Clare senior footballers ticking over nicely.

"We leaked too much at the back. We were outplayed and outclassed."

The qualifier win over Waterford aside, it's been a championship to forget for Anthony Rainbow and Carlow.

"It's not a good day when you go out of the championship and your second chance is used up. We can't argue about it, Armagh came and played well and dominated the game."

Mickey Harte intends to stay on as Tyrone manager for 2015.

"There was a lot of hurt after the Cork game and we showed that bit of patience, a bit of composure (today)."

Tipperary and Peter Creedon proved their display against Cork in the Munster SFC wasn't a one-off when inflicting a 3-17 to 4-9 qualifier defeat of Laois.

"We started very flat and they really exposed us in the first half and they should have been out the gate at half-time, they had so many opportunities. If they had taken them all we could have been buried at half-time."

Laois were lucky to be still in the hunt at the break according to Tomas O Flatharta.

"We've had enough of moral victories, we had one of those against Tyrone last year and it doesn't do you any good."

Roscommon and John Evans are on a mission this year.

"We got promotion and will be playing Division 2 next year so it wasn't a total washout of a year, although the championship has been very disappointing."

It's back to the drawing board for Terry Hyland and Cavan but they have Division 2 football to look forward to in 2015.

"It's an opportunity for us to see where we are at. We have pushed on now and are in the last 12, having only started in January, so it's testament to the players and the quality and the work rate they are putting in."

Pat Flanagan was fulsome in his praise of his Sligo players following their qualifier victory over Limerick.

"I would have felt that there had been progress made if we would have won today."

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