Armagh Club football & hurling

[Candyman]

He broke the leg months ago playing soccer 
It wasn't healing properly and he had to have an operation and have pins inserted in the leg!!! he'll not be ready to train for a while yet (i dont think) and then he has to get match fit after that???

[qub la la la]

1. Hearty
2. A Mallon
3. Bellew
4. Duffy
5. A Kernan
6. A O R
7. McKeever
8. Lavery
9. McGrane
10. Martin O Rourke
11. McDonnell
12. Vernon
13. T Kernan
14. Clarke
15. McConville

Alternatively I could see McConville being sprung from the bench with B Mallon starting...

still early days and I would imagine competition for places will be immense. would love to see p Mckeown make a real push for the number 4 slot.

[Real1995]

like the look of ur team qub.........jus hope boys like vernon and lavery can raise the bar this yr, saying that they are not newbies anymore....boys interestin lookin at these selections, are we rulin out McNulty now completely?? the fact that we cannot agree on a starting 15 for me is a good thing, shows that there is lots a compeetion for places...it would be worse if the startin 15 picked itself

[qub la la la]

like the look of ur team qub.........jus hope boys like vernon and lavery can raise the bar this yr, saying that they are not newbies anymore....boys interestin lookin at these selections, are we rulin out McNulty now completely?? the fact that we cannot agree on a starting 15 for me is a good thing, shows that there is lots a compeetion for places...it would be worse if the startin 15 picked itself

imo i think  mcnulty is slightly passed it, a great servant to the cause and hopefully he could prove me wrong but i feel he best serves the county's needs as a role model to younger lads on the panel and more so as a coach than a championship player.

[altovito]

I would like to wish gareth symth all the best for Sunday, here is a player who has worked so hard at club level and has final got his chance for the county.  He has been outstanding for St Marys this past 4 yrs and i am sure he will make the most of his chance on sun

r u the mrs gareth smyth to be?

[asitis]

don,t think that,s fair to smyth . he,s a corner back and with an all ireland in his back pocket. have you one alto.

[Orior]

Noticed something about Enda yesterday that would make him a certain championship starter for me despite the fact he is probably past his best. He is constantly talking to the players around him, giving encouragement, telling them where they should be for kick outs etc. This leadership is invaluable to the younger boys around him. He has to be in the team this year especially with the absence of Geezer's leadership.

I noticed that too. Both Enda and Aidan did the same in the McKenna cup. Good to see that.

[armaghniac]

McNulty's waistline presently somewhat resembles my own, but he will be off the biscuits for Lent and will be in better shape as the season goes on. There will be younger legs around, but not the experience.

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[Onion Bag]

I would like to wish gareth symth all the best for Sunday, here is a player who has worked so hard at club level and has final got his chance for the county.  He has been outstanding for St Marys this past 4 yrs and i am sure he will make the most of his chance on sun

r u the mrs gareth smyth to be?

I thought he was crap on Sunday!

[illdecide]

McNulty's waistline presently somewhat resembles my own, but he will be off the biscuits for Lent and will be in better shape as the season goes on. There will be younger legs around, but not the experience.

Correct chief, Enda will be in much better shape come April/May and he will be a certain starter in the championship. He has an ass like a bag of cement at the minute but he'll shift that over the next 2/3 months. Enda relyes on his speed as his skill levels would not be up there with the best so he knows himself the pounds have to come off

[Hank Everlast]

With everyone fit, my team wud be.......

1. C Mc Kinney
2. A Mallon
3. F Bellew
4. E mcnulty
5. A Kernan
6. K Mc Keever
7. P Duffy
8. G o neill
9. P Mc Grane
10. M O Rourke
11. B Mallon
12. P mc keever
13. S Mc Donnell
14. R Clarke
15. O Mc Conville

Options for defence: B Donaghy, A O Rourke, K Toner, G Smyth,
(moriarty gives away too many frees, toner is an option for full back if francie doesnt make it)

Options for Midfield: J Lavery, P Loughran, K toner,

Options for Attack: G Swift, S Forker, G Loughran T Kernan,
(The most likely change being mcconville took off or the other way about with kernan starting and mcconville coming on to make an impact./ Loughran can also make an impact round haf forward if mckeever of mallon fail to perform)

[Goats Do Shave]

This post won't be well liked, but I'm not sure Francie will ever be the same player again.

I'd be happy with Toner at full back. He's sound on the high ball, & fairly mobile for a big lad.

Though depending on the full forward, we may see alternative Full backs!?

I wouldn't fancy Toner on Tommy Freeman, however he's be the better option v Vinny Corey!

[mackers]

Heard at the weekend from two very reliable sources that Oisin will NOT play for the county again, unfortunately. The back has gone again, what I've heard is that Cross are going to load him up with painkillers for the semi and hopefully the final also. However, he needs an operation and he has been told if he gets the operation he will not play football again. Both sources are big Cross fans and were suitably depressed that they won't have him again after the semi/final. Didn't sound like a wind-up to me.

[corn02]

By the sounds of today's Irish News there will onpy be one number six this year, and to be honest the distribution qulaity of the man would make him a starter on my team.