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Yes onion bag as far as I am aware its still on in athletic grounds, throw in 7.30

What way does the season ticket work for the dublin game? Can I still get a seat in the stand?

AFS why could moriarty not play corner back? i agree with u that half back is his best position but as we saw in the league final last year he can do a great man marking duty when asked so I would be confident in him playing corner back more so than duffy or martin. Dyas said last week he feels far fitter this year than he did last year and that can only be good for armagh. I still think most of our problems come from midfield and not being able to gain enough primary possession, Toner is a shoe in but I havent seen anyone else ie vernon/mackin/lavery do enough consistently to be certain starters, although maybe david mckenna could be an option. On another note, does anyone know how far away ronan clarke is from playing?

Agree with most written on here about the game today, thought dyas and grugan were the two standout performers with duffy and mc kenna showing well at times also. Antrim seemed to get their scores alot easier than we did but then again they had a near full strength team on display. Murtagh had a bit of a nightmare and michéal o'rourke wasnt much better, and as for feeney at the end when armagh were a goal down with a min left and he tries to score a point himself instead of putting the ball in, what was going through his head? if I'm correct we still have a chance of making the semi's if we rack up a decent score against st marys on wed night, hopefully that would give a few regulars , ie mc donnell and mc keever a bit more game time before the league

But Aaron Kernan is the best ball carrier in the back line and probably the best passer of the ball so in my opinion he has to start. I agree with what you are saying about Duffy aswell as he was one of our best players last year but that was when Kernan was stranded up in centre half forward running around like a headless chicken. A solution could be to play dyas in corner back and duffy in half back but then again that would hinder dyas as he is so comfortable on the ball. young morgan for cross looks like a very good defender but as of yet I don't thinkk he is on the panel, but def one for the future

Yes hardstation but it's Ard Mhacha as Gaeilge, there's a 'h' also known as the seimhiú in Irish but of course u knew that

Pairc Ard Mhacha would be correct, afraid you are wrong with this one hardstation

Mackers I agree with 14 out of 15 of your team lol a fully fit Kevin Dyas has the potential to be one of the best players in the country so in that regard I would have him in for Finian Moriarty, although he did an excellent man marking job on Martin Clarke in the league final this year. Paul Duffy had an excellent year this year so he will be there or there abouts as well. Having purchased a season ticket this year I am looking forward to watching Div 1 football again in the new Athletic grounds (if that is still the name of the ground by Feb lol) and I am quite opttimistic for a successful year. On another note, am I the only one shocked and confused at the time of Armagh's c'ship match with down, sat may 28th 7pm? seems more like a time for a qualifier

I think you've near got it right Illdecide, although my only objection would be jamie clarke playing half forward as the duties of a half forward nowadays are as much about defending as they are attacking and I think he is deadly closer to goal. I would have Brian Mallon at wing half, in a danny hughes type role, winning breaking ball and still getting up the field to take a few scores. I would have Nippy swift centre half as he is a physically imposing player who looks comfortable on the ball. that leaves me with the other wing half forward, although he's very light at the moment I would play Rory Grugan as he has more than enough skill to make up for this. I think the half back line is almost harder to call because you have dyas, moriarty, mc keever and aaron kernan all competing for 3places

Does anyone know who the ten are in the senior development squad? I know mc verry and tasker are in it, just wondering who else is in it? From what I've seen of him, Stephen Harold from Cruppen looks a good prospect, one of the few cruppen players who played well against cross in the c'ship. Also, good to hear ronan clarke is on the mend, no longer have to rely solely on stevie

I agree with winsamsoon, the talent is there, look at the minor team of a few years ago who had no problem scoring. I'm looking forward to seeing young grugan and mc parland getting a chance this season, and with jamie clarke and stevie playing together, could be a promising season. does anyone know what the story is with ronan clarke? is he near a comeback yet?

I wonder if the Northern Bank would be prepared to sponsor it?