McKenna Cup 2024

rrhf · January 09, 2012, 12:25:44 AM

Poor game and performance v early days. Positives to date. Midfield worked hard pj quinn gametime for justy and mc caul. Petey when he goes forward. Mc kenna and lafferty. Negatives held ball up too much lost shape many time. Roll on

Throw ball · January 09, 2012, 12:35:39 AM

Quote from: Leo on January 08, 2012, 08:29:54 PM
As for ink-run Sludden???
Is this referee appointment lark a complete joke or we all missing something profound?
Armagh were leaderless and disjointed and Grimley appeared to be the man in charge.

Was not the worst ref performance ever, although from an Armagh point of view playing an advantage in the first half only for Armagh to lose the ball and Down go down the other end and score their first goal didn't help. (He signalled advantage with an outstretched arm by the way!) He seemed to stop playing advantage after that though!

As for your other comment I think you must be on the wind up. Grimley did no more than he did when he was assistant to Big Joe or Banty. He will offer an opinion no matter who is in charge. It was also very obvious before the game how many players O'Rourke went round to talk to. Unlike many I will reserve judgement on our new management team for a while yet.

Any craic · January 09, 2012, 09:31:29 AM

See Mickey Harte verdict on yesterday, with the best action from the game - http://tinyurl.com/88xyxc7

JHume · January 09, 2012, 11:27:26 AM

Crowd at Donegal v Jordanstown was 1,700-odd.

Jordanstown well worth their victory, although Donegal missed a couple of good goal chances in the 2nd half.

Best Jordanstown performance I've seen versus Donegal since they were admittted to the competition. We usually had the beating of them handy. But yesterday they tore into Donegal and deserved their win. Kieran Hughes was brilliant at full forward.

Lazer · January 09, 2012, 01:24:32 PM

There was a good crowd at the Down game - was amazed, expected to be be able to drive up an park easily but didn't happen!

I suppose the relatively good weather and the fact it was Armagh brought the good crowd out, although £9 in was steep - didn't realise there was a £20 season ticket - would have bought it had known!

Its hard to tell how good down were, as Armagh were pretty dire, Down was good passing, midfield and winning the ball back.

I think Gough played well too - good addition to the team.

Its good to see James trying out new players and new positions, hopefully we'll get a good team together and continue to gather momentum as the year progressed.

It was a good start to the year anyway!

Captain Obvious · January 09, 2012, 08:40:24 PM

St. Mary's at home we need to win that one.

Sanchez · January 09, 2012, 10:45:50 PM

Can anyone post the St Mary's team from yesterday?

KIDDO 4 · January 09, 2012, 11:24:20 PM

St. Mary's University, Belfast: N Morgan (0-2f); M Slane (Capt.), D McBride, E McArdle; C O'Hara, G Teague, M Murray; N Donnelly, R O'Callaghan; D McCusker, R Sexton, N Sludden; B Doyle (0-2f), O McKeever, C Conaghan.
Subs: C McMahon for McKeever (42), B Herron for McCusker, E Bradley (0-1f) for O'Callaghan (both 44), T Canavan for Conaghan (54), J Gilmore for Sexton (63).

onefaircounty · January 10, 2012, 12:04:04 AM

Is that keeper from Tyrone, was he the same boy in nets for Dungannon Swifts tonight.

never kickt a ball · January 10, 2012, 01:29:08 AM

Courtesy of http://www.hoganstand.com/tyrone/

intheknowhow · January 10, 2012, 04:11:00 PM

Just wondering how did Kieran Hughes play at full for UUJ? Heard promising stories about him and i believe he playing for Scotstown U21s who are playing in the Ulster Tournament at the end of the month . Would it be worth going to watch him?

Maguire01 · January 10, 2012, 08:07:16 PM

Quote from: intheknowhow on January 10, 2012, 04:11:00 PM
Just wondering how did Kieran Hughes play at full for UUJ? Heard promising stories about him and i believe he playing for Scotstown U21s who are playing in the Ulster Tournament at the end of the month . Would it be worth going to watch him?

From what i've heard he had a great game. Will be great to have him back this year.

Norf Tyrone · January 10, 2012, 10:16:33 PM

Quote from: onefaircounty on January 10, 2012, 12:04:04 AM
Is that keeper from Tyrone, was he the same boy in nets for Dungannon Swifts tonight.

Don't think so. Seen a wee bit of the Swifts game, and it wasn't John Devine in nets.

intheknowhow · January 10, 2012, 10:52:19 PM

Might just go to Creggan to watch him play! Do they have a chance against omagh?

BennyHarp · January 11, 2012, 07:47:42 AM

Quote from: onefaircounty on January 10, 2012, 12:04:04 AM
Is that keeper from Tyrone, was he the same boy in nets for Dungannon Swifts tonight.

Yes, the St Marys keeper is Niall Morgan from Edendork and he was playing for the Swifts the other night. He's a very good goalie with an excellent kick out and a la Stephen Cluxton takes long range frees and 45s. Hopefully Mickey will give him a run in the Tyrone team before we lose him to soccer.