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ogs management has not been chosen yet for this forthcoming year. this is a committee decision although i have heard that he is one of the candidates

The Pearse Og management team has not been selected and i think it is inappropriate to discuss the matter on a public forum. especially as what you are saying is not true.

lets just leave it at that

rumours are that the pearse og management are stepping down. any truth in this?

The gaelic field/ athletic grounds WAS originally the pearse ogs field and had to be sold to the county board

The county board own the athletic grounds. Pearse Og Park is the home of the ogs now. There has been a great deal of developement to it and still more to come. I believe the ogs had to sell the athletic grounds to the county board in the early nineties and then had to pay some sort of fee to play on it due to struggling financially. they therefore had no pitch of their own throughout that time.

As far as im aware one of the ogs boys is getting married the friday after the final and so i dont think that they would want a replay either.

Count down is on. should be a good game. hope the weather is better than it is today!!

Think the silverbridge cullyhanna thing should be knocked on the head or a separate thread made for it.

predictions for the 3 championships

junior Grange
intermediate Cullyhanna
Senior Ogs

wonder what the price would be for this?

im going on the league table as well. the ogs came second in the league the past 2 seasons as well as the 2 county finals.

everyone has their opinion i suppose. dont want to get into an argument of whose the second best team.

should be a good game and hope the ogs win it as it will give all the other teams in the county a huge lift

was at both matches myself.

The ogs as already pointed out were not in trouble at any stage in this match. when killeavy looked like they were getting back into it ogs just tagged on another score. they will have to improve on their shooting though if they are to have a chance at winning the title. think their defence is very good. all good footballers who can get out in front and also carry the ball.

The harps were unlucky in my view. they gave a good account of themselves in the second half. cross just shaded it and deserved their victory although it does seem that the officials favour them on occasions.

I believe that the best 2 teams in the county are now contesting the county final and it should be a cracker. both teams will need to improve from their last performance and at this stage you also need a little luck.

heard andy mallon played in friendly for the ogs at the weekend against derry finalists slaughneil in which the ogs won easily.

ogs v killeavy should be a good game. even if killeavy shade midfield the ogs defence doesnt give too many scores away and i think the ogs have the firepower up front to win the game even with limited possession around the middle.

in saying that i dont even think killeavy will win the midfield battle as theirs isnt that good.

ogs by 3

the harps are good defensively but their forward line lets them down and i cant see them being able to penetrate cross.

cross by 6

id say there'll be one or two points in it either way. should be a great game with plenty of quality footballers on show.

the other semi unfortunately will be a convincing win for cross.

Id like to see a cross ogs final as i dont think killeavy would have a chance if they got to the final and on their day the ogs could beat any team.

good luck to both sets of teams.

granted the ogs midfield was abysmal and has always been the weak link. rumour has it andy mallon is back for the killeavy game which would be a huge boost for them and will tighten up an already quality defensive unit that will not give a huge amount of scores away. this could free up young duffy to go to the forward line and from what i have seen of him he is a good player. the ogs still won that game against granemore even with limited possession in the middle. from what i have seen this year and i may stand corrected but the killeavy midfield pairing isnt that hot either. neither is cross's for that matter. i would say out of the teams left the harps would have the strongest midfield but their forward line isnt up to much and will not trouble the cross defence

i take it there's noone on this board that thinks cross are not going to win the championship? personally i think that if the ogs can get over killeavy there in with a hell of a chance. out of the teams left in it the ogs would be the only team capable of beating them on their day.

took in 3 of the 4 games over the weekend. 

The ogs match was entertaining if nothing else. although they were never behind it was close coming in to the last 10 due to a bucket load of missed chances. To give granemore credit they battled to the end. wasnt really impressed with their forwards though. think they scored mostly from frees.

harps mullabawn game was again not a great match but the harps showed great grit to win the game when mullabawn had drew level. i thought the mullabawn forwards were awful though. good luck to the harps in the next round but think cross will win this by at least 6 points

I dont really want to comment on the cross and clans game. it was awful. clans were atrocious and cross were ruthless.

semi finals in the athletic grounds on 5th oct. ogs v killeavy at 2pm and harps v cross at 345pm

rumours floating about armagh that the pearse og v granemore game is being called off