McKenna Cup 2024

[armaghniac]

Bit of stroll for Armagh so far leading 1-10 to 0-4 at half time.

Div 1 v div 3 ... you'd be worried if it wasn't

Pre season comps is the opportunity for Div 3 and 4 teams to at least be competitive against Div 1 opposition as they are in experimental mode.  Armagh 12 points winners.

Was that a second string Armagh team?

A 1.5 string perhaps, many of the better players played some role for a period, but not Rian O'Neill, Rory Grugan.
Aramgh did rightly for the 4th January, but the Antrim goals revealed a familiar problem, a case of thank you very much Mr Eastwood.

[Captain Obvious]

Bit of stroll for Armagh so far leading 1-10 to 0-4 at half time.

Div 1 v div 3 ... you'd be worried if it wasn't

Pre season comps is the opportunity for Div 3 and 4 teams to at least be competitive against Div 1 opposition as they are in experimental mode.  Armagh 12 points winners.

Was that a second string Armagh team?

Around 6 or 7 same starters from the All Ireland quarter final last year.

[jmk]

Armagh made 12 or 13 changes at half time

[bennydorano]

Antrim were very very poor. First time I've seen a complete 15 be changed. Antrim roping for the Championship maybe  Doubt Armagh learned much about themselves or Antrim tbh.

[armaghniac]

Antrim were very very poor. First time I've seen a complete 15 be changed. Antrim roping for the Championship maybe  Doubt Armagh learned much about themselves or Antrim tbh.

A run out to start the year is no harm, but I don't think that it will greatly help Armagh beat Kerry.

[Milltown Row2]

Armagh made 12 or 13 changes at half time

Antrim made six before half time..

It's the McKenna cup, I'd say our focus is to stay in (for us) a very competitive div 3..

That will be the sole target this year

Armagh bigger in most departments and moved the ball quick in the first 25 minutes, we took too many balls into tackles and couldn't compete for kick outs

[Blowitupref]

Other results tonight

Monaghan 0-12 Down 2-10
Tyrone 0-17 Fermanagh 1-7

[bennydorano]

Armagh made 12 or 13 changes at half time

Antrim made six before half time..

It's the McKenna cup, I'd say our focus is to stay in (for us) a very competitive div 3..

That will be the sole target this year

Armagh bigger in most departments and moved the ball quick in the first 25 minutes, we took too many balls into tackles and couldn't compete for kick outs

Not from a position of strength tho, big difference.

[Milltown Row2]

Armagh made 12 or 13 changes at half time

Antrim made six before half time..

It's the McKenna cup, I'd say our focus is to stay in (for us) a very competitive div 3..

That will be the sole target this year

Armagh bigger in most departments and moved the ball quick in the first 25 minutes, we took too many balls into tackles and couldn't compete for kick outs

Not from a position of strength tho, big difference.

Antrim aren't in a position of strength though,  new manager and all that so has his work cut out

[Armagh18]

Armagh made 12 or 13 changes at half time

Antrim made six before half time..

It's the McKenna cup, I'd say our focus is to stay in (for us) a very competitive div 3..

That will be the sole target this year

Armagh bigger in most departments and moved the ball quick in the first 25 minutes, we took too many balls into tackles and couldn't compete for kick outs

All about getting miles in the legs, plenty of lads that wouldn't have been starters got chances tonight.

[general_lee]

Wasn't overly impressed with Armagh, not that it was a particularly bad performance, just not a great match to watch (and no doubt play in) due to the circumstances. Hard to gauge as Antrim were so poor but don't think too many of the new faces stood out, certainly not in the second half. I can understand why - it's hard to make any sort of impression on a match like that when the game is virtually over and the whole team has more or less been subbed - things become fairly disjointed very quickly. I did however enjoy Soupy's introduction, looked far sharper than anyone else on the pitch, honourable mention for TK who also looked good and hopefully we see more of Turbo in the league. The goals conceded were probably the only blot on what was a satisfactory return for the first week of January. Will probably know a bit more about the newbies v Cavan.

[balladmaker]

Anyone have a wide count for Armagh last night?  For me, it must have been minimal as most shots seemed to be on target.  Not a lot to be gained from such a game other than a run out, and a decent crowd of over 4000 in attendance.  As said above, Soupy looking sharp, was all over the field.

[Milltown Row2]

Anyone have a wide count for Armagh last night?  For me, it must have been minimal as most shots seemed to be on target.  Not a lot to be gained from such a game other than a run out, and a decent crowd of over 4000 in attendance.  As said above, Soupy looking sharp, was all over the field.

That stand looked 80% full, was there anyone over the other side?

Biggest crowd we'll face this year! Few shots dropped into keepers hands, but as you say on target for most, score wise the second half was better from our point of view but it is what it is

[Truth hurts]

Down will cause a few shocks this year

[03,05,08]

Down will cause a few shocks this year

Jury's out on that one, Monaghan are garbage