Armagh Club football & hurling

[illdecide]

Look lads it's no big secret everyone knows who the old guys on the team are so who else would you expect to retire not a lad at 25. I hope as BC says the guys who have stepped down get the respect they deserve (although i doubt it)

[bennydorano]

The SFC will probably decrease in numbers in the coming years, the likes of Clann Eireann & Newtown have no mission in the SFC.  Hope it doesn't go the way of the Ladies SFC that currently has Clann Eireann & Cross as it's sole competitors - but has a very competitive Intermediate championship.

[bubbles]

i take it there's noone on this board that thinks cross are not going to win the championship? personally i think that if the ogs can get over killeavy there in with a hell of a chance. out of the teams left in it the ogs would be the only team capable of beating them on their day.

[winsamsoon]

To be honest i don't think the lads that are leaving will give a shite about whether or not they are respected a long as they know themselves that they served their club with dignity and put in a lot of effort over the years then that would be enough for me.

Full back you are a complete village idiot, each time someone posts a reply to you, a response arrives telling people to f-cuk off. What is that all about. very mature and adult like i must say. You then have the guts to criticise GAApunter when he does such things.

[full back]

Full back you are a complete village idiot,

Oh, the irony

[bennydorano]

i take it there's noone on this board that thinks cross are not going to win the championship? personally i think that if the ogs can get over killeavy there in with a hell of a chance. out of the teams left in it the ogs would be the only team capable of beating them on their day.

I've been saying for a while they are a MF short of beating Cross, but their MF is so abysmal I dont think they'd have a chance against Cross.  Because it's so bad they have to move Gregory Loughran there (and Ronan Clarke for a while against Granemore) thereby diminishing their forward line further, and bar those two and Shorty Clarke it's an ordinary enough forward line.  After watching them v Granemore I think Killeavey will take them (at a tasty price I'd imagine as well).

[bubbles]

granted the ogs midfield was abysmal and has always been the weak link. rumour has it andy mallon is back for the killeavy game which would be a huge boost for them and will tighten up an already quality defensive unit that will not give a huge amount of scores away. this could free up young duffy to go to the forward line and from what i have seen of him he is a good player. the ogs still won that game against granemore even with limited possession in the middle. from what i have seen this year and i may stand corrected but the killeavy midfield pairing isnt that hot either. neither is cross's for that matter. i would say out of the teams left the harps would have the strongest midfield but their forward line isnt up to much and will not trouble the cross defence

[bennydorano]

Yer man Anto? Duffy is a great wee player & prospect, but very young.  I cant recall what Killeavey's MF is like (I think Stevie played there v Clann Eireann, but couldn't see it v Ogs), but they are the form team at the minute and with McDonnell and Stanfield  they could do serious damage; I'd say Stevie will play CHF and be on JP, if JP manages to stay on the field he'll have his hands full.

[winsamsoon]

The og's against killevay wil be a tight enough game but i would fancy the og's to just come hrough by a point or two. Killeavy will be difficult enough though because they are physically strong and hard hitting so the og's will find it difficult to win the breaks around the middle.

Cross i think will win by about 4 or 5. The harps wil stays with them for about the first 45 and then the cross wil get the customary goal and kill the game off. The Harps will possibly dominate the middle but the cross will be more productive with the ball that they get. The Cross will simply crowd the middle out and turn it to their advantage. The thing about cross is that they always have three or four players in support. I was looking at our lads on sunday and when they got the ball they were isolated and the cross just crowded them out like little boys. In contrast to that Cross were moving forward in twos and threes and always had an easy option. This will be tough to beat, but they are not unbeatable.

[corn02]

Right lads i wasn't hiding just was off yesterday so here goes. (f**k where do i start) I'm sure a good lot of you guys were at the match so you don't need me to tell you how crop we were and how good Cross were, we really believed we had a chance against Cross the training 2 weeks prior to the game was something else the lads were flying and the hitting and intensity was first class and when you have that level of training and players like Bumpy and Marsden you have to believe you have a chance.

It all went wrong when the ref threw the ball in...lol you know what i mean, seriously though that was the best I've seen Cross play in 10 years and you could say we were hopeless but thats the way Cross made us. We came out second best all over the field from 1 -15 and can't have any complaints, Cross's performance really impressed me and i didn't think they were still capable of that but f**king God help the rest of us if they play like that every time in the championship. I really believe if we had played our best on sunday we would still have lost by a good few points so thats it.

On another front we (and I'm sure there are quite a few guys here gloating) have had a number of retirements after the game and we just hope that in 2-3 years that some of the younger lads can step up to the plate and deliever where some of the older guys left off (not talking about Sundays game there). I certainly won't be responding to some comments about the clans here as i haven't the time for that crop and there is only one hoor on this board gets up my nose and he is one w**ker of a man (well i think he's a man, i believe he has man boobs) I think you all know who I'm talking about. So if he could take a box of "f**k off tablets" then I'd be happier...

Wouldn't take any pleasure in retirements or glaot. My anti-Win comments were in response to his antcis the last few weeks were I felt he has been a bit "giddy". It was a one off for Clans but they are a rich club in tradition and will push on and get back on their feet. The main thing is too keep Mardesn, O'Hagan, Oldham involved in the club one way or another.


Killeavy are very confident at the minute and I have seen them play about six times this year and they have got better each time. Superb half-back in Reel. Good midfielder in Stanfield (pity he is a mouth piece). O'Hare in the forward line is another mouth but a great player on his day and Toner is a great target man. nyone thining the Ogs will walk this are in for a shock. - They also have Stevie of course.

[pats-mc]

Thank you for withdrawing this allegation Dougal. I think that Mackers has already confirmed that Ciaran and Fr Cullen (Our club Honoury Vice President) were jointly presenting the medals at the Blitz. In total 197 children from nine teams took part in the competition which was superbly organise by our under 8 mangement and the youth committee. W e congratulate Silverbidge on their performance at the  tournament and look forawrd to going back up to the bridge to take in part in some of their tournaments perhaps later on in the year.

With regard to the overall situation between the two clubs i feel that it is time that supporters from both sides should stop fuelling stupid rumours and carrying tales between both clubs and making allegations on public forums such as GAABOARD.COM without seeking out proper internal explanations first of all. I know one Silverbridge poster in particular who seems to want to drag this stupid feud on and on and I am not talking about you Dougal.

i think that there is a willingness on both committees and indeed on most senior team players to move on . After all they are the people with most influence at clubs as role models for younger members and as club decision makers. I hope they succeed in improving relations in the not too distant future.

[pintsofguinness]

Mackers, I wont be withdrawing anything, I've heard three versions of events from cullyhanna people now,
1.  The 'Bridge mentors wouldnt allow McKeever to give the medals to the kids
2.  McKeever and Fr Cullen share the responsibility of giving out medals
3.  McKeever only presented medals to one team, Fr Cullen done the rest.

The version of events I've heard from the bridge is the only one that has remained consistent.  You yourself have said that the 'Bridge were asked if they minded McKeever giving the medals out - why would they be asked if the plan wasn't for McKeever to give those medals to the 'bridge? 
Btw your allegations of lies is quite hilarious coming from the man who has claimed all along not to be a cullyhanna man and also coming from a man who claimed there were mysterious men in suits fighting at the game in cross which we all know was/is lies.
You're a typical Cullyhanna man, a sneaky coward.


Dougal

In any case, regardless of what actually happened, the fact that there is still such ill feeling between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge folk - a situation which I understand does not prevail among many of their team mentors - its time everyone imvolved in the of breakdown of relations took a step back, took a deep breath, and asked themselves the question ' Is this what those guys who met in Hayes Hotel in 1888 set out to create?'

I agree with what you're saying Dougal but out of interest would you tell me how Silverbridge have contributed to the ill feeling?
It's a genuine question btw because I accept my view is obviously biased.

pats mc

With regard to the overall situation between the two clubs i feel that it is time that supporters from both sides should stop fuelling stupid rumours and carrying tales between both clubs and making allegations on public forums such as GAABOARD.COM without seeking out proper internal explanations first of all. I know one Silverbridge poster in particular who seems to want to drag this stupid feud on and on and I am not talking about you Dougal.

i think that there is a willingness on both committees and indeed on most senior team players to move on . After all they are the people with most influence at clubs as role models for younger members and as club decision makers. I hope they succeed in improving relations in the not too distant future.

That's rich. 

The only thing that I'm grateful for is that there are cooler and more reasonable heads than mine in the 'bridge and they do us proud I hope the youngsters follow their example.

[diesel-smuggler]

is anyone else thinking we should start a new armagh club football & hurling thread??

[Scarface]

Correct - it is going to have to come to that. I am so fed up reading about some incident that occurred between the 'bridge and Cullyhanna. Jesus, it has been done to death and is of very little interest to most of the readers on this thread. Can you guys not find some closure on this one. Please?

[pats-mc]

Pints. Will you please move on from this stupid line of arguement. Everyone at this stage knows how much you love cullyhanna and in particular Ciaran and Stephen.

Get over it. I take it (a) that you were not in Cullyhanna on saturday and as you admit yourself you are going on second hand information again(b) that you are quite sure that everyone in Cullyhanna is a 'sneaky coward'.

If you have any more issues please pm me and I will meet you or contact you to discuss these issues. Please stop using this board to peddle your nonsense.From what I can see on this board by the lack of response to your prompts Pople from both Cullyhanna and the bridge and other posters from clubs through out the county are sick listening to it.