Ulster Club SFC 2023

[J70]

Rafferty's glasses look seriously high strength.

[Eire90]

will rte be allowed to show at least one of the provincial finals or are they all tg4.

[bennydorano]

Risking the wrath of BCB but Cross really aren't a patch on previous teams and this crop never will be. Their youth while always there or there abouts in Armagh are nothing special, nowhere near the glory years quality.

I feel sorry for Jamie Clarke, was their only player all night, a stupid frustration red at the end.  Im sure Aaron Kernan has played his last game, Jamie might join him.

I'm sure they set out this year trying to erase the Ballybay scars of last year, that was probably worse!

[bennydorano]

Why are Armagh people always so keen to tell you how good Cross are? Is it a psychological thing? It was once true but it's not now, if I was from Maghery, Lurgan or Armagh city I would hate cross. Should be tearing them down not building them up. Trillick weren't even good tonight but it was good enough for cross. Aw well good to see it anyhow.

Not intended to cause offence, just my opinion of their CURRENT state. I actually think they don't really play as a unit,individual talent gets them over the line most of the time (not a bad problem to have). If they play Errigal I can see nothing other than defeat and if Cross don't have a serious defensive plan - a bad defeat.

Cross have plenty of talented individuals but that defence isn't good, break sorta even of the impact of Rian & Oisin O'Neill & I think the Tyrone champs win pretty easily tbh. They aren't a patch on the glory years teams imo.

We don't /aren't

[gallsman]

I feel sorry for Jamie Clarke, was their only player all night, a stupid frustration red at the end.  Im sure Aaron Kernan has played his last game, Jamie might join him.

Meh. Frustration doesn't excuse a cowardly box like that.

I doubt he cares but Clarke's career has had "what might have been" written all over it pretty much since he first came on the scene.

[smort]

That was shocking from Clarke. Would call it assault on the street

Peter mccaughey was on rian, done a great job. Although was God said in his analysis, there wasn't much support up front for him, and the ball in was very poor

[general_lee]

Why are Armagh people always so keen to tell you how good Cross are? Is it a psychological thing? It was once true but it's not now, if I was from Maghery, Lurgan or Armagh city I would hate cross. Should be tearing them down not building them up. Trillick weren't even good tonight but it was good enough for cross. Aw well good to see it anyhow.

Half the county still love to brown-nose Cross which unfortunately includes officials and referees. There's definitely a hangover in the clubscene from their dominant period, maybe this clouds peoples' opinions of them, they aren't the force they once were. Clann Eireann are probably the strongest club in Armagh and only they thought it was a case of just showing up against Clan na Gael that they were caught out.

[bennydorano]

Clarke's red was inexplicable, dunno what he was at.

[statto]

I'm guessing Cross don't have much experience at coming from behind in their Armagh leagues / championships.

They turned into a an absolute gibbering mess after the 40th minute.

Trillick played well, but they're not as good as Crossmahlen made them look.

they were behind in the quarter final against Armagh harps and a point down at ht in county final

[statto]

Why are Armagh people always so keen to tell you how good Cross are? Is it a psychological thing? It was once true but it's not now, if I was from Maghery, Lurgan or Armagh city I would hate cross. Should be tearing them down not building them up. Trillick weren't even good tonight but it was good enough for cross. Aw well good to see it anyhow.

Half the county still love to brown-nose Cross which unfortunately includes officials and referees. There's definitely a hangover in the clubscene from their dominant period, maybe this clouds peoples' opinions of them, they aren't the force they once were. Clann Eireann are probably the strongest club in Armagh and only they thought it was a case of just showing up against Clan na Gael that they were caught out.

Don't necessarily agree with that Clann Eireann won the championship in 2021, they were 6 down and only one side in it Tony Kernan kicks a bad wide the water break comes and they get a couple of goals to win.they lose against mullaghbawn the following year in the first round who subsequently lost in the next round.the first real test they faced this year fell apart when game in melting pot and still have an over reliance on turbitt for scores.

[rodney trotter]

Clarke's red was inexplicable, dunno what he was at.

He seemed to be boiling over for a while,before the sending off. Probably annoyed with how they were playing, and off the ball stuff

No Score in the second half.

[Itchy]

Sat down to watch the match with the 2 kids. They left the room after 20 minutes to go play the Xbox. Pure muck despite some top quality forwards being on the pitch.

[bannside]

They missed about 5 or 6 scores of the highest quality in what turned out to be a polished and disciplined performance from Trillick. But hopefully the X Box was enjoyable.

[Itchy]

They missed about 5 or 6 scores of the highest quality in what turned out to be a polished and disciplined performance from Trillick. But hopefully the X Box was enjoyable.

I saw it, I know what they missed

[onefineday]

Sat down to watch the match with the 2 kids. They left the room after 20 minutes to go play the Xbox. Pure muck despite some top quality forwards being on the pitch.

Mine more or less the same, called them back in for the dummy solo point though!

I've said it before, club football as currently played is for club supporters and football nerds like us. You can promote all you want, but you're never going to get much of an audience for it and games like that, and no doubt tomorrow's, just reinforce that lack of appeal to anyone flicking through the channels.