Joe Brolly

[skeog]

See jamie clarke has released a statement supporting Kieran Mc Geeney. He wants to concentrate on the fashion indusry and he obviously has not got the time for football.

[OgraAnDun]

Benny Tierney writes a decent piece in today's Irish News backing up the gist of what Brolly said (although criticising the way he went about it and the personal attack of McGeeney).

[imtommygunn]

He must have read the Fearon thread (Unfortunately I think the guy is probably deluded enough to believe that!!)

[ck]

Met a few Armagh people at an underage blitz yesterday and they all seemed to broadly support Brollys comments. They were scathing of McGeeney and the large sums of money he is paid.
Is this reflective of general Armagh supporters? as it surprised me. I thought McGeeney was untouchable in Armagh

[theskull1]

The GAA and what it means to the dyed in the wool club man is so far removed from what it means to someone who's interest in it is to a very large degree is about substantial financial gain, so that wouldnt be a surprise in my book. 

[redzone]

So your mcgeeny is in it only for the money. Nonsense. How much is he costing Armagh

[longballin]

So your mcgeeny is in it only for the money. Nonsense. How much is he costing Armagh

Lifted a fortune at Kildare and oversaw the Seanie Johnson affair... an anathema to the ethos of the  GAA. Croke Park had to bail Kildare out that time.

[theskull1]

So your mcgeeny is in it only for the money. Nonsense. How much is he costing Armagh

100% totally agree. Total nonsense...... if that was what I said 

[Throw ball]

Met a few Armagh people at an underage blitz yesterday and they all seemed to broadly support Brollys comments. They were scathing of McGeeney and the large sums of money he is paid.
Is this reflective of general Armagh supporters? as it surprised me. I thought McGeeney was untouchable in Armagh

Sure it is easy to criticise. If Armagh win a few games in qualifiers he will be great again.

I have seen every Armagh game since he became manager. To be truthful things are not great. Resources are not great either. What we do not know yet is if this is the start of a journey of improvement or the way it is to continue.

Specifically on the Cavan game I feel the league result had a big bearing on the tactics for last week's game. In the league Armagh were destroyed at the kick outs and were physically not up to it. He tried an elaborate kick out strategy and brought physically stronger players like McKeever back in to help. But for a penalty miss it might have worked - or got close too. I would expect the younger players to be reintroduced in the qualifiers.

[manfromdelmonte]

Met a few Armagh people at an underage blitz yesterday and they all seemed to broadly support Brollys comments. They were scathing of McGeeney and the large sums of money he is paid.
Is this reflective of general Armagh supporters? as it surprised me. I thought McGeeney was untouchable in Armagh

Sure it is easy to criticise. If Armagh win a few games in qualifiers he will be great again.

I have seen every Armagh game since he became manager. To be truthful things are not great. Resources are not great either. What we do not know yet is if this is the start of a journey of improvement or the way it is to continue.

Specifically on the Cavan game I feel the league result had a big bearing on the tactics for last week's game. In the league Armagh were destroyed at the kick outs and were physically not up to it. He tried an elaborate kick out strategy and brought physically stronger players like McKeever back in to help. But for a penalty miss it might have worked - or got close too. I would expect the younger players to be reintroduced in the qualifiers.

should have practiced penalties

[Jinxy]

Met a few Armagh people at an underage blitz yesterday and they all seemed to broadly support Brollys comments. They were scathing of McGeeney and the large sums of money he is paid.
Is this reflective of general Armagh supporters? as it surprised me. I thought McGeeney was untouchable in Armagh

Sure it is easy to criticise. If Armagh win a few games in qualifiers he will be great again.

I have seen every Armagh game since he became manager. To be truthful things are not great. Resources are not great either. What we do not know yet is if this is the start of a journey of improvement or the way it is to continue.

Specifically on the Cavan game I feel the league result had a big bearing on the tactics for last week's game. In the league Armagh were destroyed at the kick outs and were physically not up to it. He tried an elaborate kick out strategy and brought physically stronger players like McKeever back in to help. But for a penalty miss it might have worked - or got close too. I would expect the younger players to be reintroduced in the qualifiers.

To be fair, they were still destroyed on kick-outs and physically dominated.

[T Fearon]

Did Jamie Clarke's statement come with a recognised code word?

[longballin]

Did Jamie Clarke's statement come with a recognised code word?

yeah- fucthebegrudgers

[redzone]

Met a few Armagh people at an underage blitz yesterday and they all seemed to broadly support Brollys comments. They were scathing of McGeeney and the large sums of money he is paid.
Is this reflective of general Armagh supporters? as it surprised me. I thought McGeeney was untouchable in Armagh

Sure it is easy to criticise. If Armagh win a few games in qualifiers he will be great again.

I have seen every Armagh game since he became manager. To be truthful things are not great. Resources are not great either. What we do not know yet is if this is the start of a journey of improvement or the way it is to continue.

Specifically on the Cavan game I feel the league result had a big bearing on the tactics for last week's game. In the league Armagh were destroyed at the kick outs and were physically not up to it. He tried an elaborate kick out strategy and brought physically stronger players like McKeever back in to help. But for a penalty miss it might have worked - or got close too. I would expect the younger players to be reintroduced in the qualifiers.

To be fair, they were still destroyed on kick-outs and physically dominated.

Armagh won 20 of their own kickouts in that game, but only one of cavans

[Jinxy]

Cavan won 63% of contested kick-outs.
Armagh took a lot of short kick-outs because of this which make the kick-out stats look more respectable.
A short kick-out should be guaranteed possession.