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Nippy & Aaron seem to score regular enough... though Aaron less from play now that's he's in the forwards ironically.
I always thought he looked better coming from deep. His big brother Stephen can do what he's doing now...

I agree.

AK is much more threatning as an attacking half back.  He has scored some great points from play from there in the championship.

No real stand out contender for the CHF position for Armagh.

The Keady Carnival Weekend Passed off without incident you'll be sorry to hear Lawnseed no doubt you'll wait with baited breath untill next year. The only disappointment being the Torrential Rain on Saturday which unfortunately impacted on the size of the crowd for the Armagh 02 game. Credit to John, Adrian and all who helped organised the weekend

You have the line-ups???

Cork it is then. - Yikes!!!!!

From BBC Site:
Armagh: P Hearty, A Mallon, B Donaghy, V Martin, P Duffy, C McKeever, K Dyas, C Vernon, K Toner, A Duffy, A Kernan, M Mackin, G Swift, S McDonnell, J Clarke. Subs: P McEvoy, S Forker, B Shannon, J Feeney, F Hanratty, E McNulty, P McKeown, T Kernan, Paul Kernan

Surprised Forker didn't get the nod. Playing with 7 defenders, 5 midfielders and 2 forwards. We did something similar against Monaghan last year

High ball to Swift, knock on to McDonnell/Clarke..................I smell a few onion bags tomorrow.

aussie rules players are far more muscled than the heaviest players we have and come the autumn you'll see them run our lads off the pitch. i'm tempted to have a go at armaghs crappy form last sunday, arron kernan etc blah blah... truth is they're not good enough. if the 2000 to 2004 team got a couple of months trainen they'd stuff them. our season is over. if we get anybody better than derry in the back door we're fukd. i think pat spillane once coined the phrase "lack of intestinal fortitude" once rory woods appeared the you know what ran down their legs..  . as for POR lets not mistake his lack of passion for anything other than what it actually was did you ever see the donkey inside homer simpsons head? well there you have it. the lights are on but there nobody home

Harsh.

[Who marked him - was it McKeever or the new guy who came on? (whose name escapes me)]

A lot of derry people seem to be of the opinion that Derry didn't close it out in the first half when they could or should have. (which I think is nonsense but anyway...)

One of the biggest turnarounds in the game IMO was Vernon moving to midfield. This has a two pronged effect on Armagh - 1. it strengthened their midfield as Vernon clearly revels there 2. whoever was moved onto Mark Lynch , not sure who it was, put the shackles on him.

One of the reasons Armagh got so comfortable second half was in the first half Derry's big threat was Mark Lynch. Vernon just didn't look comfortable there. Second half Lynch hardly touched leather. Who marked him - was it McKeever or the new guy who came on? (whose name escapes me)
Also I think Armagh are weak in the two WHF positions. While MOR has his flaws I would say there could be a good few arguments to put him on too...

Vincie Martin.

Don't think that POR will start MOR...........doesn't strike as POR's type of player. Donal Murtagh stated earlier in the year that the management team wanted strong athletic players in the HF line and MOR doesn't fit the bill. I wouldn't like to see Swift in particular dumped just because of one sub standard performance.

Swift didn't do much wrong.  If he had have took them 3 scores.  Thats what its all about.  At least got in the positions.

I see that Enda McNulty was on the bench on Sunday sitting beside Martin O'Rouke. Would Martin be worth his place instead of Swift or Mackin?

I think so if fit, though if Swift had his boots on yesterday.  He was in some decent shooting positions.

I'd play a fit Martin O'Rourke.

This hand pass rule is going to kill this years championship.

Dyer gam so far!!!

As a neutral, I think Donegal will win this.  Down seem very confident after winning a very mediocre Div 2.  A lot of unncessary pressure on Martin Clark, I can't see down turning in to a great team overnight.

Down have an average defence and Donegal have a better fwd. line.

It isnt. Setanta online/broadband/i isnt too hard to navigate - although they dont mind sticking the oar in at $19.99 per game. I had a yearly subscription for 150$ and it included all the soccer and rugby but I took a head stagger and didnt renew it this time.

I'll give it another go!!!!

derry would be a team id always fancy to do well against armagh but there isnt a settled team at all. god only knows what 15 are going to play. skinner going to have to play well, as i expect he will. pb imo is past it, unfortunately. would love to see declan mullan playing if fit, looks a good player. gok going to have to mark stevie mc d, charlie kielt is a loss was playing well. would have mark lynch in the forward line myself with possibly bmcgdrick attacking from chb. still expect derry to do it by 2 or 3 points

Well guys / girls.

Does anyone know if this is available on 'Setanta' onlline.  Their web page isn't exactly easy to navigate around re: subscription.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Apple.

Dunno bout setanta online, but its live on rte, which would mean it'll be available on rte online free

But that's not always available online though outside of the 26 counties - isn't that correct?

Certainly RTE online isn't available abroad.

derry would be a team id always fancy to do well against armagh but there isnt a settled team at all. god only knows what 15 are going to play. skinner going to have to play well, as i expect he will. pb imo is past it, unfortunately. would love to see declan mullan playing if fit, looks a good player. gok going to have to mark stevie mc d, charlie kielt is a loss was playing well. would have mark lynch in the forward line myself with possibly bmcgdrick attacking from chb. still expect derry to do it by 2 or 3 points

Well guys / girls.



Does anyone know if this is available on 'Setanta' onlline.  Their web page isn't exactly easy to navigate around re: subscription.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Apple.

Dunno bout setanta online, but its live on rte, which would mean it'll be available on rte online free

Thanks for the response Jodyb.  I'll be abroad for it and there's no Irish pubs @, so was just checking.

Thanks

derry would be a team id always fancy to do well against armagh but there isnt a settled team at all. god only knows what 15 are going to play. skinner going to have to play well, as i expect he will. pb imo is past it, unfortunately. would love to see declan mullan playing if fit, looks a good player. gok going to have to mark stevie mc d, charlie kielt is a loss was playing well. would have mark lynch in the forward line myself with possibly bmcgdrick attacking from chb. still expect derry to do it by 2 or 3 points

Well guys / girls.

Does anyone know if this is available on 'Setanta' onlline.  Their web page isn't exactly easy to navigate around re: subscription.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Apple.

I can't see Ronan lining out against Derry, he just hasn't had enough game time. He was very rusty when he came on against Donegal and I reckon it'd take him a few club games to get back into the swing of things. It's a lot more important to have him 100% for the latter stages of the Ulster Championship and/or the qualifiers, so if he needs to be left out of the Derry match to be make sure of this, so be it.

Anyone starting the Derry thread?

I'd like to but my Irish isn't the best!!!!!

Whats the score???