Quote from: statto on January 14, 2024, 08:34:37 PMQuote from: yellowcard on January 14, 2024, 07:59:15 PMCullyhanna had a number of players who weren't available to them who started today.Mccooey, Donnelly, Murray and Connell would not have been playing whenever they were relegated.In addition to that 3 county men. If you put 7 players of that quality into any team they are going to improve it significantly. Would agree the system in Armagh is fair and the circumstances with cullyhanna was probably a one off. The Armagh intermediate championship was been the most competitive championship in Armagh for as long as I can remember outside of this year.Before this year I can't remember an Armagh team actually winning a game in Ulster.Quote from: Armagh18 on January 14, 2024, 07:51:54 PMQuote from: ranch on January 14, 2024, 07:45:50 PMMe either, but I know that Cullyhanna used it as a kick up the hole to motivate themselves to today. By their own admission standards had dropped to the floor within the squad and they found themselves down. They got themselves organised and committed and look where it got them.Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 14, 2024, 07:02:03 PMWhat teams that played/won their championships and played in league two of their counties?
Seems nowadays that clubs much prefer to hang back, or drop down to get a run at a provincial championship or all Ireland run
Needs to be looked at in Croke park, if a club wants to drop down and win their county championship in either intermediate or Junior they can't be playing div one football and then represent the county, it should be a div 2 team for intermediate and a div 3 or 4 for junior
You'd soon see a lot of teams cutting their cloth differently
Can't say I've ever heard a club or players say they want to go down to get a run at a championship in a lower grade. From my own experience lads hate getting relegated.
The Armagh grading system is about as equitable as you could get. It's based on performance over the course of a season and linked to League position. It's fair to say it probably hampered Cullyhanna having 3 county players which was a big part in their League form dipping. But there were other factors as well and they most certainly didn't manufacture a situation to get themselves relegated. They were there because they simply lost too many games but it was a perfect storm as they were always too good to be playing intermediate. However you only get one chance to make hay at the lower grades and they took it with both hands and that can't do Armagh football any harm.
Likely because you have to go all the way back to 2011 for the last time an Armagh intermediate team won a game outside of the county. Makes Cullyhanna's achievement all the more exceptional. Fair fucks to them.