Armagh Club football & hurling

[nrico2006]

If I'm totally honest about the whole incident, if that lad was my son I'd be in Cullaville waiting on that thug and give him a taste of his won medicine. I know thats not the right way to approach it but he'll prob get away Scot free and more than likely bumming and blowing to his mates for doing it...Still can't believe the Maghery men let that tr**p out, they should have beaten him senseless or at the very least restrained him and taken him to the cop-shop but he shouldn't have been allowed to get away out of that ground.

Well said, I really hope the culprit is shopped to the peelers, fed up with tr**ps thinking that they can do what they want on a pitch and face no consequences bar the odd suspension. 

[Aghdavoyle]

To be fair to the ref, he likely didn't see it and what can he then do?

[IVEDECIDED]

They can do whatever they like - sure they do in open play!!

[crossroads]

any club that goes down to maghery there is always a row they must hasve forgot what happened to whitecross last year when they went down there

[Throw ball]

any club that goes down to maghery there is always a row they must hasve forgot what happened to whitecross last year when they went down there

I would think that is irrelevant to the situation were a young fella gets on seriously hurt. Hope he recovers well.

[winsamsoon]

any club that goes down to maghery there is always a row they must hasve forgot what happened to whitecross last year when they went down there

So what are you trying to say then that it is Magherys fault one of their lads got a horific doing from a culloville player? Wise up will you ffs.

I have played against Maghery all my life and they were always hard and fair games. You may have got in the odd scuffle but there was certainly nothing of this nature especially on a lad of 19 who has a slight build like the lad in question.

This thing must be punished severly because a clear message has to be sent out that this is not acceptable. Incidents like this if permitted could ruin the game entirely. A firm hand must be used by the county board and this is the perfect opportunity to do so with this club. This is only one of their incidents, this could easily have happened three or four times this year to teams playing against culloville.

So crossroads i suggest you question the thuggery on behalf of Culloville and leave Maghery out of it, as it is clear they were the innocent party on this.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Its amazing how certain some people can be about the rights and wrongs of an incident they never saw.

[IVEDECIDED]

I agree Maghery can be less than gentlemanly when they play at home and Im sure they have been at fault for many of the rows that have taken place there however that doesnt even come close to justifying the treatment of this lad.

Lets for arguments sake say he did start it and lets say his behaviour was questionnable - does that mean he deserved the horific injuries he sustained???

Theres lots of hitting off the ball etc in football its a part of the game!! That doesnt give some hillbilly thug a licence to do whatever the f**k he wants. That might be normal behaviour in the lawless hole hes from - but it has no place on a football field whether its in Maghery or f**king afghanistan!!

[fitzroyalty]

Its amazing how certain some people can be about the rights and wrongs of an incident they never saw.

All due respect but when a fella just out of minor has to be rushed to hospital for surgery it doesn't take a genius to figure out who was in the wrong. Simply put there is absolutely no justification for that on a football field, regardless of any provocation that may have been directed at the perpetrator. It was assault plain and simple. I didn't have to be in Maghery on Sunday to condone this and neither did anyone else who has commented on it. If that happened on the street he'd do time. I understand Nugent was due to fly off on holidays, instead he's lying in Dundonald sucking food through a straw.

[IVEDECIDED]

Its also unsuprising that relative sympathy for this thug comes from a cullyhanna man. Yourselves and culloville should form MMA clubs instead of GAA clubs.

[armaghniac]

All due respect but when a fella just out of minor has to be rushed to hospital for surgery it doesn't take a genius to figure out who was in the wrong.

A player could be hospitalised from a legal tackle or simple misfortune. John Toal is a good example.
If there was assault here then it needs to be dealt with, but you cannot conclude without having seen it.

[fitzroyalty]

All due respect but when a fella just out of minor has to be rushed to hospital for surgery it doesn't take a genius to figure out who was in the wrong.

A player could be hospitalised from a legal tackle or simple misfortune. John Toal is a good example.
If there was assault here then it needs to be dealt with, but you cannot conclude without having seen it.

I am well aware of that...Do you think there is some conspiracy going on? Unless the people at the match aswell as the people from Maghery that I have spoken to are all complete liars then I can conclude that there was something very unsavoury about this incident.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Its also unsuprising that relative sympathy for this thug comes from a cullyhanna man. Yourselves and culloville should form MMA clubs instead of GAA clubs.

I would explain to you the point I'm trying to make but your record on this site suggests you lack the capacity to understand it.

All due respect but when a fella just out of minor has to be rushed to hospital for surgery it doesn't take a genius to figure out who was in the wrong.

A player could be hospitalised from a legal tackle or simple misfortune. John Toal is a good example.
If there was assault here then it needs to be dealt with, but you cannot conclude without having seen it.

Exactly. Indeed many of us would have attended a match where worse than hospitalisation occured through sheer accident.

What I have the problem with is people rushing to judgment without any facts other than gossip and hearsay. We've already seen some fairly vitrolic language used and a person named incorrectly. I've seen countless occasions on this thread where people make false and exaggerated claims about what they perceive as thuggery and I think its a fairly wise proposition that people should think very carefully before making wild and emotive statements on a public forum.

And most importantly, I wish the young fella whose been injured all the best and hope he recovers and is back playing football as soon as possible.

[winsamsoon]

Ok then lets then say we don't know what happened ! ffs lets not . This was no accident i know the young lad involved and at most he would have been doing a bit of mouthing. f**k the playing it down craic throw the book at them

[IVEDECIDED]

Sorry I didnt realise we had records - could I please see mine from whoever keeps them?? Cheers.

Dont be a tit lad - I understand the need for calms heads in a heated situation untill all facts are known but we havent formed a group and were not on our way to the lads hose to murder him!

Its just harsh words on public forum about an atrocious incident. The lad hardly fell and broke his jaw and cheek and whatever else now did he?? And no matter what provocation (if any) preceeded the 'event' - these injuries cannot be justified anywhere in a normal society so to happen on a football field is completely unnacceptable.