Armagh Club football & hurling

[stiffler]

Any one know is Aidan Farrell the new Tir Na Nog manager?

[Donagh]

ill decide, from wat ive heard ur boots and a few of the other (lets say more mature players) may get more footy than u expect this year!! sure did the 93/94 team not beat the youngers lads there on boxing day?!?!

thats correct Hank, the 94 team beat the current team by 6pts i think. It's hard to beat class

I seriously hope and expect a few younger ones to be coming through this year but i suppose if they are not cutting it the tracksuit will have to come off.

Broken cross I'm 34 years young and at the wrong end of the old scales. To many chocolate fingers (if you read Brendan Crossan's article in today Irish News you'll know what I'm talking about)

Ach Dom you've a bit a football left in ya yet...

[corn02]

Championship draw is on the Monday.

Ach Win did we not fall out about something must of been the 'penalty' incident ha.

[Broken_Cross]

ill decide, from wat ive heard ur boots and a few of the other (lets say more mature players) may get more footy than u expect this year!! sure did the 93/94 team not beat the youngers lads there on boxing day?!?!

I seriously hope and expect a few younger ones to be coming through this year but i suppose if they are not cutting it the tracksuit will have to come off.

Broken cross I'm 34 years young and at the wrong end of the old scales. To many chocolate fingers (if you read Brendan Crossan's article in today Irish News you'll know what I'm talking about)

I turn 31 this month and will return to club football after a 13 year break! saw the chocolate fingers piece but would say those guys should stick to exercise on the playstation.

[Orior]

It was never going to happen, but if Armagh had met Queens in the semi, would Aidan O'Rouke being shouting at Queens players "Mark me, mark me, hit me hard!"?

[Orior]

Thanks Hardstation.

[downtown]

any1 here anything on the armagh game?? wen is the panel being cut?

[Orior]

The guy at the gate says £7. I gasped, and starting fingering thru change and he says "ah sure a fiver will do". Orior 1 up.

The programme cost £2.

Davitt Park was in terrible condition, and players sliding all over the place, but sure, I thought St Marys coped with it better. For long periods of the game they played pocession football in the Armagh half. I thought our midfield were poor. No clean catches (ok, not a day for such) but too often instead of a quick release the player turned back into trouble.

Good to see Phillip Loughran on the field again (came on for an injured player).

McVeigh from St Marys did what every gael outside of Armagh wanted to do - he floored Martin O'Rourke with a massive gentle shove. McVeigh was already on a yellow, so I reckon he had drawn the short straw before the match. Dont know why Martin came on at full forward and Kevin went out to the half. Maybe Martin was not fully fit.

I thought Martin Ferris did well, as did Paddy McKeever who for me was the only player to shine. Aidan O'Rouke did a good job, along with McKinney in goals.

[pintsofguinness]

Where's McCaughey from?

[Uladh]

sarsfields. how do you know about him pints?

[pintsofguinness]

sarsfields. how do you know about him pints?

How do I know about him?  he's mentioned on orchardcounty as having scored 1-2.
I wonder is he the boy they were reaving about having scored a load in division 3 last year??

[bennydorano]

Paul Carville(portydown) 0-6 today and has been scoring freely throughout the McKenna cup, a great wee player, maybe a bit short in stature for county fiball.

[diesel-smuggler]

brief summary on the game today:-

pitch terrible with a lot of puddles throughout dug up very easy, im sure clan na gael will be glad to see if left in such a mess!

st.marys played the far better possession football and went two points in front from the boot of tir na nog's paul carville (very impressive with the left footed frees) armagh responded with 1-1 from kevin o'rourke, he took his goal well fisting the ball over the goalkeeper. mccaughey from sarsfields found the net for armagh squeezing the ball through the goalkeepers legs, armagh six points to the good and cruising then they switched off! st. marys came back with 1-3 to level the score at half-time.
the game was entertaining enough given the teams on show and the condition of the playing surface some great scores particularly from paddy mckeever and paul carville. st.marys edged in front by 2 points going into the last ten minutes they had a man stupidly sent off for becoming involved in an incident with martin o'rourke. armagh pulled back to level and i suppose a draw was a fair enough result for both teams.

the armagh lads on the st.marys team (gareth o'neill - dromintee, paul carville - tir na nog, john mc cormack - annaghmore, paul keenan - carrickcruppen and ryan hamill - silverbridge) done rightly and should maybe be given an opportunity to try out in the national league at some stage -

positives for armagh - aidan o'rourke and martin ferris excellent in defence, midfield non-existant, forwards paddy mckeever and kevin o'rourke tried hard.

negatives for armagh - enda is past it im afraid got roasted today and couldnt wait to be called ashore mid-way through the first half, ciaran mckeever going off holding hamstring just hope it was a slight twinge and not torn. big time need a midfield for the national league as mark quinn and brendan donaghy today came off second best in my opinion!

[border rabbit]

Whats the story with Philly Loughran? Thought someone said recently he had serious back problems

[pintsofguinness]

What position did Hamill play in?

I think the Bridge's Brendan Byrne is with St Mary's too, didn't he feature?