McKenna Cup 2024

[Sandy Hill]

Am I the only one who thinks the match was nowhere near as dirty as it sounds here. The bit of rough stuff at the start came about as Findon pushed diving swan and then the swan gave him a light slap on the face before the Armagh keeper got involved. Feel both Colm Cavanagh and McKeever suffered due to their reputation. Felt the referee was very quick with the yellows and Tyrone were better sharing them around. The rule that the diving swan cannot be sent off was invoked when he was given a final warning ten minutes before half time when he pulled an Armagh player back with both arms as he tried to break from defence.
Moriarity got two yellows. The first was when he stood with arms out as the Tyrone player ran towards him. His serious martial arts training enabled him to knock the running player back on his behind. His second yellow minutes later was for an accidental , but dangerous tackle, and the card was deserved.
Findon was outfoxed by a more experienced player and was always walking a tightrope. His second yellow was coming. He will need to improve his discipline or he will find himself on the bench.

On a positive note McKenna had a really good game. The role played by Clarke when he came on was interesting.

Who was the ref; Brian White from Wexford still refereeing then?

[Club Rossa]

You think Findon was hard done by Naka?

[Itchy]

Sad to see poor Armagh being victimised again, when will the poor dears ever get a break.

[naka]

You think Findon was hard done by Naka?

actually do,
think sean was cute specially in first half
pushing findon into the wall etc
sean also gets the umpires involved
not omplaining as findon will get cuter as he gets older and will be able to deal with this

[Moortown Spuds]

Embarrassing to see everyone of the Armagh full forward line run the length of the field to get involved in the "brawl" while the Tyrone full back line didn't budge. Cavanagh targeted again by Armagh and was on his own against 3-4 Armagh thugs for 10 seconds. Is it only me or does this Armagh team remind you of a certain town team from Tyrone?

[rrhf]

Part of Peter Donnelly's strength and conditioning programme involves taking them till his oul boy's chippy in the Island.

Dire first half,slightly improved after the break.Tyrones full back line was solid,McCarron had a decent game.Kyle and Shay were very poor.Young McShane looks handy enough,would like to see him get more time the next day.
Very impressed with Armagh's no.11.He won every single ball that was played to him.Is this his first year on the panel?
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How bloody typical that mc keever got himself sent off.  At the same  auld crap from 05. It's more annoying than anything because he doesn't hurt anybody except his team. No hard man just disrespectful to his superiors. Armagh were quite physical for the my Kenna cup. Good for Tyrone to beat a dirty outfit and probably good for armagh that they can challenge a football team.

[rrhf]

Embarrassing to see everyone of the Armagh full forward line run the length of the field to get involved in the "brawl" while the Tyrone full back line didn't budge. Cavanagh targeted again by Armagh and was on his own against 3-4 Armagh thugs for 10 seconds. Is it only me or does this Armagh team remind you of a certain town team from Tyrone?

The Moy?

[under the bar]

Seans extra bit of timber must be the reason he kept falling over, or sorry some call it diving,  it really is pityful to watch a man of his stature just falling at every opportunity,  and he wasnt on his own! Then again celtic crosses have been won in the past for falling over to get opposition sent off.

Jayzus  it's only January and Orange is whinging about Tyrone's  bucketful of all Ireland medals already!   Time you accepted facts like Enda mcNulty already has - your  best team ever failed on the big stage all by itself - no one else was to blame!!

[rrhf]

Sean Cavanagh and findon had a great battle findon wouldn't get away with that in the championshhip

[drici]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSB-N6E5JNw&feature=youtu.be

[Throw ball]

Sad to see poor Armagh being victimised again, when will the poor dears ever get a break.

When will Cavan ever produce a decent referee.

[GJL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSB-N6E5JNw&feature=youtu.be

That looks really bad. Poor organising by someone.

[Redhand Santa]

Was an average performance from tyrone. Thought mcnamee and mccarron did well in full back line. Harte played rightly in second half and cavanagh caused plenty of problems. Mcshane had a good debut coming on. Wasn't impressed with coney mcguigan or e McKenna.

The referee was awful to both teams. Thought tyrone got the worst of it in open play but Armagh got men sent off. He wouldn't let the game flow at all and I hated the way he over used the advantage rule especially when there was hardly a free in the first place. He didn't like any kind of physical contact.

The Armagh fans and players seemed to take the game serious enough despite what was said on here. Will mean nothing later in the year but always nice to win.

[Itchy]

Sad to see poor Armagh being victimised again, when will the poor dears ever get a break.

When will Cavan ever produce a decent referee.

Have Armagh ever had a good ref officiate their games, one that let's them beat shite of the opposition without sanction.

[Throw ball]

Sad to see poor Armagh being victimised again, when will the poor dears ever get a break.

When will Cavan ever produce a decent referee.

Have Armagh ever had a good ref officiate their games, one that let's them beat shite of the opposition without sanction.

Can I quote Redhand Santa, a Tyrone fan: " the referee was awful".