Armagh Club football & hurling

[winsamsoon]

Full back this argument about amalgamations has cropped up before. No one will criticise teams being out together to ensure lads have a game of football. However the sysytem of almalgamations are badly exploited. To the point were we see amalgamated teams sitting with 16-17 subs on the bench for some games. This is particularly hard on the smaller clubs who manage to put the effort in to scrap together 16 or 17 of a panel only to be trounced by an almalgamated team. Someone there mentioned that this new amalgamation involved "Newtown". I don't know what sort of catchment area Newtown have but this is a club whose senior team were recently in the senior championship and divison one. How do you think lower divisional teams would feel when they are beaten by a team like Newtown being allowed to strengthen with another team. If there is a massive need for young players to amalgamate then they could possible transfer out temporarily to some other clubs in their local area until the time comes when they can field their own team. If this were the case i can guarantee that each club would soon stop the almagamations as they would lose all their players to other clubs.

[illdecide]

eh??? totally lost now, care to elaborate?

We hear you put on 2 stone over the winter

[Candyman]

eh??? totally lost now, care to elaborate?

We hear you put on 2 stone over the winter

When did you get in on the act i'll decide??? 
News to me, but if i did i must have borrowed it from Ben (or maybe Hank  )

[illdecide]

Just having a bit of craic Candyman as every other topic is boring. It's me who put the 2 stone on, god help the first fella i fall on during the league

[Candyman]

when we play yous' will i know you from the tight fitting jersey or will i just start shouting your name? 

[illdecide]

Well the top was tight last year so it will be like blue skin on me this year   In fairness i don't see me playing to many games this year as i've another role on the team but if them we feckers don't cut it i'll have the trackie off and the gut out shouting to big Sam McClatch

[feetofflames]

Dont want to ruin your days ladsa but theres talk of PTG making a comeback in Tyrone....

[MOJO]

Never mind about Tyrone, what about the state of club football in Armagh. The County Board refuse to divise a system that truly reflect teams capabilities. Our Intermediate, Junior, Minor & U-21 Championships are a complete joke 'Cross Vs Grange' (U-21 I think) is one noteable match-up. If proof is needed take a look at last years opening round results of these underage competitions. Surely for Club football to prosper we need a total overhaul of  how these competitions are decided.

[Donagh]

Well the top was tight last year so it will be like blue skin on me this year   In fairness i don't see me playing to many games this year as i've another role on the team but if them we feckers don't cut it i'll have the trackie off and the gut out shouting to big Sam McClatch

Was reading about your new role in the Liar there. Too many chiefs was always the problem with the Lurgan Blues. I take it Bumpy is still going to be playing?

[illdecide]

Well the top was tight last year so it will be like blue skin on me this year   In fairness i don't see me playing to many games this year as i've another role on the team but if them we feckers don't cut it i'll have the trackie off and the gut out shouting to big Sam McClatch

Was reading about your new role in the Liar there. Too many chiefs was always the problem with the Lurgan Blues. I take it Bumpy is still going to be playing?

O yes he'll def be playing. Sorry but i refuse to read that sh1te in the Liar as Eugene Creaney knows more about a Pan Loaf

[pintsofguinness]

Never mind about Tyrone, what about the state of club football in Armagh. The County Board refuse to divise a system that truly reflect teams capabilities. Our Intermediate, Junior, Minor & U-21 Championships are a complete joke 'Cross Vs Grange' (U-21 I think) is one noteable match-up. If proof is needed take a look at last years opening round results of these underage competitions. Surely for Club football to prosper we need a total overhaul of  how these competitions are decided.

Aye but good luck with trying to get anyone to sort it out.

[asitis]

rumor has it that a south armagh manager turned down 20,000 a year to manage a club in tyrone . looney.

[Armagh Exile]

Former Armagh coaching officer, Paul Kelly, has been handed a new role in the county as chairman of the Armagh Hurling Board.

Although not all the relevant information was available at the time of going to press it is known that Paul's new role was ratified at a county board meeting on Monday night.

The Lurgan man for the past five years held the office of Armagh coaching officer which was primarily a football position, but with the county's hurling board out of office for the past number of seasons the move could be seen by some as an attempt to stabilise hurling in Armagh, which recently has been going through a difficult period.

Paul Kelly recently made no secret of the fact that in his opinion he was 'by-passed' for the Armagh Under-21 job yet his recent appointment has come as a surprise and could cause ripples amongst some of the more traditional hurling folk


Courtesy Lurgan Mail

[hightower]

any word on ulster football league groups

[pintsofguinness]

yes, they are a few pages back on this thread, on the thread about the ulster league in the GAA discussion (that's probably fell back a few pages) and on orchardcounty.