Joyce: Defeat 'will haunt Galway for a while'

Galway shot nine wides, dropped several more attempts short and turned just 13 of their 25 shots into scores, a mere 52 percent conversion rate compared to Armagh's 63 percent.

TOUGH TO TAKE: A dejected Galway manager Pádraic Joyce. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

It's the expected score statistic that will probably finish you off if you're a Galway supporter.

According to the former Galway analyst Stephen O'Meara, who provided a statistical breakdown of the final on X, Galway should have won the All-Ireland final by 14.2 points to 11.6.