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Hey lads wasn't it great to get a county match back in Davitt Park the only problem is the south Armagh lads don't like playing on it, can't imagine why? Maybe its because of the travelling or that they very seldom win a match on it

You are one knob

Thats a bit strong full back, can't you take a joke you melter or maybe you are sick of loosing on our pitch as well

Any more of that and you'll need your face stitched up , sorry couldn't resist that you left yourself open

Oh Sorry illdecide-didnt realise it was a joke
Will be back later-have to go get my sides stitched up

Hey lads wasn't it great to get a county match back in Davitt Park the only problem is the south Armagh lads don't like playing on it, can't imagine why? Maybe its because of the travelling or that they very seldom win a match on it

You are one knob

Thats a bit strong full back, can't you take a joke you melter or maybe you are sick of loosing on our pitch as well

Hey lads wasn't it great to get a county match back in Davitt Park the only problem is the south Armagh lads don't like playing on it, can't imagine why? Maybe its because of the travelling or that they very seldom win a match on it

As i said earlier the Big towns and City's (Armagh) do have more wasters and distractions than the South Armagh clubs, but the simple fact of the matter is that Cross have an exceptional bunch of players who came Thru at the one time and as a few retire or quit its easy to replace 1 or 2 on your team when you still have the nucleus of your team still performing. This type of thing comes round every so often especially to the likes of the big four (Cross, Clans, Harps, Ogs), i do believe that when 3 or 4 of the old hands quit that Cross will struggle to replace them i know they have very good young players coming Thru but they will not be as good as whats there now.

As for our world beaters Drumintee, God help us if they ever win a championship (which i can't see happening, when they see the black & amber they shite themselves) because he slags teams who have more championships between them than they have players. Whats that all about

Aghdavoyle maybe if you showed a bit more respect to the likes of the Clanns, Harps and the OGs you might win somthing for once

AZOffaly fair play to ya

Rufus i know where your coming from and i think the main problem is the big town or City in your case, the South Armagh lads don't have the same distractions that we have. From the lads that i played minor with I'm the only one still playing (just about), if you go to a bar in Lurgan the amount of guys sitting watching live soccer with their pints in their hand who were unbelievable Gaelic footballers is scary. South Armagh don't have the soccer in the scale that we have to compete with and as i mentioned half of the young lads ending up alcholics.

Another big issue you mentioned was the size of Lurgan, but you didn't mention the many clubs we have 1. Clan Na Gael 2. Clan Eirena 3. St Paul's 4. St Peters 5. Eire Og 6.Wolfe Tones 7. Sarsfields and there are even more soccer clubs, in south Armagh their main sport is GAA (and rightly so) and they are a more closely knit community not like the main big towns or cities

Q. Name two brothers who played in the middle of the field in an All Ireland Final ?.

DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT LURGAN BLUE, THERE'S A HISTORY OF THAT CRAIC IN SOUTH ARMAGH. JOHN D WENT THAT WAY AND BACK AGAIN

Corn 02 i've been playing againt those lads for the last 10 years and they are very good footballers but i just think most of them fall short of County material with the exception of Aidan who has proved he can cut it at the top.

For the rest of you guys, how do we stop these Cross men, surley their dominance can't last much longer.

No harm to ya Aghdavoyle but out off all them lads mentioned A o'Rourke is the only fella with a slim chance of getting a game at Louth (and he does need to slim down a bit as well) , the rest of them lads are just good club players. I seen a fair bit of Louth last year and they don't need them.

I agree with the Goat that Armagh's panel compared to Tyrone's looks mediocre however I've heard that that fella Micky Austin is meant to be a bit of a legend up that neck of the woods. D turley is not a bad player, i marked him a few times myself (that was probably why he called into the county panel a few years ago ) but i can't see him improving whats already there.

Joe Q is not a bad player, he's good with the free's as well but i'm not sure about county material is he not a bit small for that step up. Although a mate of mine was told once that size dosen't matter but i think it does

I forgot about Michael Austin (full back) he's not a bad player, could do a job if the Francie fella can't get that shoulder sorted out. I know he's not the quickest but he's big and strong with a good pair of hands and i suppose Francie is no speed machine either. Could anyone tell me what club/clubs them two McCreesh fella's are from? havent heard to much mentioned about them lads.

I think only one of those four mentioned deserve a chance and thats Dwyer McAlinden as he is untried at county level and def has the potential if he can get fit. McDonald is a good club player but def not county material. Henderson plays with wing mirrors and a yellow streak. Austie on his day is as good as anyone in the county, but not consistant enough.

But if i be really honest nobody springs to mind and that's the problem. But i have to say that there are a very good bunch of players around the U16 to minor age around the town and i hope its only a matter of time before we see a few of them wearing the orange and white.