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Interesting enough match last night. Armagh were short a lot of players with a very inexperienced bench. Then they lost McIlroy and Rafferty early on with Rafferty a particular miss. His injury looked particularly bad. Hopefully he can be fit for championship.
Given the missing players and the sprinkling of Slaughtneil players Derry had back I would not have given Armagh much hope of winning before the game. However Derry were terrible for the most part and will need to improve if they are not to get relegated again.
On another note I assume Derek O Mahoney was relegated to a division 3 match after his club semi final performance. He could be in Division 4 next day out ! His first half performance was particularly eccentric.

do refs get demoted for poor performances, its usually the case that the more criticism there is the bigger the games they end up getting. All ill say is he isnt someone i enjoy seeing being named to do any of my clubs games down here, can make crazy decisions and very fond of the black card

No black cards but plenty of yellow- some undoubtedly deserved. The problem I had was the amount of frees he gave for very innocent looking challenges. At times you were guessing what frees were for. To be fair I don't feel he favoured either side but players did get frustrated.

As a Derry fan among hundreds of Armagh fans I did get a good laugh at the abuse given to the ref "go back to Tipperary ya c**t" and "cheat cheat cheat" at this point yous were four points up.

Fair play to you, one of fourteen Derry supporters at the game, the ref was fair to both sides I thought, he was unbiased which is about all you can hope for, that said, Derry bring less fans to games than Kerry do prior to the AIF, and that is hard to do.

The attendance last night was poor altogether, I would have thought given it was a Saturday night game the place would have been near full, not even close.

Richard Sherman signs with the 49ers on a 3 year deal.

Some player but past his best. Salary cap implications for the 9ers.

He is no legend.

Saw him this morning in the sports biography section of Easons in the Buttercrane. He looked bereft. Didn't speak to him. Cleaning up vomit is an unpleasant task

Tony Fearon has made this board since its inception, nobody knows who the hell you are? nor for that matter who I am, Tony is a legend and only a thick tube like yourself would fail to recognise that!

So next time you see see him in Easons in the Buttercrane introduce yourself and tell him what you think of him L Cohen, you cowardly, backstabbling knifer.

That is all. )

I took the nephew to his first Armagh game, paid for the tickets and found a tenner at his feet, offere him a pond and he wasnt having it, held out for the fiver and got if if and when Armagh won. )

Coming out of the ground I met the legend that is Tony fearon, an absolute gentleman and we had a bit of a lsugh about the board etc, all in good fun.

I am thrilled we won this game but I saw the young Derry player being taken to hospital, I am concerned for him, he was not well, looks like a severe concussion to me, he did not seem coherentand was very lethargic.

Onwards and upwards, I hope Fermanagh go up with us because to me they are the best team in the division bar ourselves.

Beating Wexford doesn't guarantee promotion unless other results go Armagh's way. Beating Fermanagh does. So not home and dry yet.

Beating Wexford will guarantee promotion for Armagh.

No it won't. If Fermanagh beat Armagh and win one of their other two games but to loose to either Westmeath or Longford, three teams could end up on 12.

Armagh have beaten both Westmeath and Longford, if they beat Wexford we are promoted.

[The extra week off following the bad weather may well see some of the key Slaughneil players coming back in for Derry, which should make a difference to them]

Armagh v Derry could be a really good game. The extra week off following the bad weather may well see some of the key Slaughneil players coming back in for Derry, which should make a difference to them. From what I've heard, Derry haven't been great so far and have a big rebuild job on their hands. Armagh should look forward to a stern test against a fellow Ulster team. We've done well so far and the last win against Longford was a huge one. We played terribly and won a game we didn't deserve to. I expect another tough encounter here. Derry always play well against us, no matter what their form is. I'd expect the same on Saturday night. If we can get back to playing to how we were before Longford, then I think we should have too much for them. Another win should really tighten our grip on promotion.

Not according to our manager. Armagh should beat us handily enough at the minute.

I thought that if the game had gone ahead last weekend they wouldn't have played. Not that I wanting them to play this weekend!

As a Slaughtneil player I imagine you'd be torn, if you are on the panel you hate the thought of going into division 4, that said you are tired, beaten up and carrying injuroes, the heart would say go play, the head would say rest and heal, that is why the manager is so important here, someone needs to protect the players from themselves and I admire what he is doing.

That must've felt like a kick in the love-Spuds tonight Tony?

They handed United their arses a few weeks back.

Would United have put Juve out?

I doubt it.

Young & Valencia started the season well but have regressed as the season has gone on. Valencia looks to have lost some of his pace, in fairness neither are fullbacks; Once Lingard went to right back it made a difference, we need 2 new fullbacks. I haven't seen enough of Fosuh-Mensah this season so I don't know if he's the answer and I don't see how Shaw is the answer at left back when he's still not first choice.

Its clear we don't look like a proper team but we're still in 2nd place. We've certainly got greater scope for improvement than Spurs & Liverpool but we'll have to wait until next season to see what happens.

We needed a result like that, should give them plenty of belief going forward.

Fosu Mensa is the real deal, he should start next season, Kieran Tierney could be there at left back, apparently United are keen on him, I hope not but I fear so.


Shaw could do a job for anyone but Mourinho, he just does not rate him/like him.

Honestly Derry are the worst team we have played all year.
If that story is true, Derry at 4-1 to be relegated is worth a punt

If that is true this is a great decision by a manager who puts the welfare of the players first, what a concept! Fair play to him.

Celtic v Sevco in semi final of Scottish Cup

Sevco cant stop a nosebleed and always concede these days, they are beating up on dog food, the true test awaits next Sunday at high noon, Celtic 3-1 winners.

So far this is awful stuff from Celtic, half hour plus in and still 0-0.

Nobody at this, atmosphere subdued to say the least.

3-0 in the end. Edouard apparently made a difference coming on. They have the second best defence in Scotland (I know it's the second teir). Probably 4 big matches left this season - hopefully two cup games, sevco next week and Aberdeen at home. Win all those and mission accomplished.

I want to see what they have in Commper and hope to see him, Charly and young Odsonne all start against the huns, Commper is an excellent back, Charly will give the team that bit of creativity it needs and the Frenchman will give Celtic power and speed up front that will frustrate the huns.

So far this is awful stuff from Celtic, half hour plus in and still 0-0.

Nobody at this, atmosphere subdued to say the least.

Stew
You may not be completely right about politics in USA and Norn Iron.
The tail of evangelicals is wagging the dog of the body politic in both places.
Stay warm and safe in that winter wonderland that is embracing youse all.

Nobody is ever completely right when it comes to politics Omochain.

There is no comparison between the DUP and the Republicans Stateside, one wants to move the USA forward through economic growth and the other, wants to dig ever deeper, the trench that divides them from the Catholic/Nationalist people in the six counties.

The DUP are more rational than the GOP.
And anyone who thinks the GOP care about ordinary people is for the birds.

The GOP do care about the people, I know plenty in the GOP, they are the people ffs!

The GOP are rational, just not to you are like minded people, to me the democrats are effed in the head, it depends were you are coming from I believe.

As for the DUP, a gaggle of neanderthal bitter scumbags, thats all they are!

Stew
You may not be completely right about politics in USA and Norn Iron.
The tail of evangelicals is wagging the dog of the body politic in both places.
Stay warm and safe in that winter wonderland that is embracing youse all.

Nobody is ever completely right when it comes to politics Omochain.

There is no comparison between the DUP and the Republicans Stateside, one wants to move the USA forward through economic growth and the other, wants to dig ever deeper, the trench that divides them from the Catholic/Nationalist people in the six counties.

We're all getting our knickers in a twist over something we don't need to worry about, players come and go and managers too. Thats a fact and it will always be the case, people thought after H Larrson moved on that it was the end of days but life went on and if BR decides to move on i'll wish him all the best as he's been one of our better managers. If he stays we'll support him all the way, no one man is bigger than our club and thats the way it should be.

I can't wait for this Sevco v Celtic game coming up, it's actually perfect for Celtic as we're not playing that great and they seem to have improved so sets it up perfect for us as they're at home and now only 6pts behind a lot more is expected from them whereas before they were under no pressure to perform as nothing was expected. Celtic will be targeting this game and will be ready to hand out anothetr lesson as they've done every now and then whe the second place team thinks they're catching us up...This will be a 2-0 or 3-0 game for us...COYBIG

I dont see sevco not scoring against Celtic, of course the problem for them is their defence leaks goals, a lot of goals, that said they are scoring but the step up in class will undo them and I would expect Celtic to beat them 3/4-1.