McKenna Cup 2024

[rrhf]

Friday 13th. Fair play to mc geeney. Still smiling after having 3 men sent off in the mc Kenna cup.  Discipline a huge factor.  They got off the hook on so much as well.

[Throw ball]

Thought it was a fairly good game today for the first outing of the year.  Armagh looked the more organised and hungrier team and maybe the extra men aided Tyrone in the last ten minutes..

Can any Armagh supporter actually defend treacherous McKeever again, strange choice as a captain, walking red card every game he plays, pure liability and no leadership at all..

Armagh no11 McKenna was very impressive today as was Sean Cavanagh for Tyrone, as usual.
Findon can have no complaints as he had no interest in the ball at all , Unlike Armagh no6 who was harshly treated by ref with 2 soft yellows.. Thought the ref was a disaster, he was afraid of match getting out of hand so blew up any physical contact at all and threw cards about like it was Christmas all over again! Pure joke..

For the most part McKeever calms down come the summer. He has to get his blood warmed up in the winter.

[never kickt a ball]

On another note, Ulster Council.... shame on you , amateur hour!!! 2 turnstiles open and running out of change!!

Statement on behalf of Martin McAviney President Ulster GAA

"Ulster GAA expresses sincere apologies for the delay in throw in at today's Round 1 Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup game Tyrone vs. Armagh.
A crowd of 8436 was present at the game, which was over twice the expected attendance. The game was delayed for 30 minutes to accommodate all spectators and to ensure that all Health and Safety requirements were met.
We thank all our patrons, both teams, management and County Officers for their patience, cooperation and understanding".

Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney says match delay was 'stupid'

Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney says the decision to delay his side's Dr McKenna Cup game against Tyrone at the Athletic Grounds because of crowd congestion outside the ground was 'stupid'.

"We seem to be the only sport that delays games because people arrive late - they said it was a health and safety issue but I couldn't see that, they just didn't have enough people on the gate


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/30675530

[Beantown]

Anyone with any sense would have known a large crowd would turn up, people were coming in saying the turnstiles had ran out of change! The malaise seems to have ran right through to the referee.

It's a shame though cos Athletic Grounds is a great venue with great facilities

[illdecide]

Not sure who to shoulder the blame too (Armagh or Ulster Council) but to not expect a big crowd when most people are still off work from Christmas holidays as well as McGeeneys first match as manager and throw in v Tyrone then the Safety Officer/Event Controller needs a talking too.
As for the game I thought it was fairly even and the extra men advantage for Tyrone let them just shade it. I thought Findon was a dead cert to be sent off the only think surprised me was it took the ref so long, S Cavanagh may or may not have exaggerated some of the tackles but that's not for Armagh to worry about (he doesn't play for Armagh so we've no control over Sean). Findon should have been subbed at HT, it was a good game for Jan and I wouldn't be getting to carried away no matter what the result was. As for the brawl I was sitting at the far 20m line so couldn't really make out who was doing what....

[theticklemister]

I wasn't at the game,
I haven't read a match report,


But I blame the Tyrone WANs for all the fighting

[Club Rossa]

Cavanagh was clearly targeted by Armagh today.Findon was sent into full back to do that and it backfired on them.
How often does he play at full back for Armagh anyway?

[never kickt a ball]

Brian McIver plays down Derry's McKenna Cup win over Donegal


Brian McIver says Derry's McKenna Cup win over an under-strength Donegal will have no bearing on the side's opening Football League tussle later this month.

Donegal were without nearly all their first-choice players as Derry earned a 1-16 to 0-8 win in the game at Owenbeg.

However, McIver was happy with the display of his younger players and also praised the performance of full-forward Emmett McGuckin who is being flown home from England for games.

McGuckin is currently undertaking a teacher training course at the University of Birmingham.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/30675365?print=true

[Throw ball]

Cavanagh was clearly targeted by Armagh today.Findon was sent into full back to do that and it backfired on them.
How often does he play at full back for Armagh anyway?

To cut the conspiracy Findon was at full back because Donaghy was hurt and Vernon was on Honeymoon I believe. With 2 small corner backs a big man was needed. He played there in the national league last year.

[never kickt a ball]

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Cavanagh was clearly targeted by Armagh today.Findon was sent into full back to do that and it backfired on them.
How often does he play at full back for Armagh anyway?

To cut the conspiracy Findon was at full back because Donaghy was hurt and Vernon was on Honeymoon I believe. With 2 small corner backs a big man was needed. He played there in the national league last year.
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Clear off Throw ball. There's no room for rational discussion on this thread 

[Wildweasel74]

Derry at Owenbeg had a poor enough set up today was well, u queue at a kiosk for tickets, just 2 rows then away to the turnstiles, the game was 15mins in and the crowd were still trying to get tickets, very poorly organised, if u issuing tickets from a kiosk you need one long enough for 6 columns of people not 2, I say there some unhappy Donegal people having to travel that distance they miss half of the first half. On the game itself, it was Donegal 2nd team and Mark McHugh against Derry 2nd team plus 4 regulars, Donegal still be favourites in a months time i would think

[rrhf]

We should card count Armagh this year.   Could be a record year for them.

[ONeill]

Antrim v Armagh at Creggan next week. My young lad is big into WWE and MMA and this'll be dynamite for him.

[rrhf]

I must admit I enjoyed the wee bit of old school rough that Armagh bring to the table.  Makes for great panto particularly in Jan.

[Bo Man]

Our county board must be growing balls, the county treasurer is having a go at Ciaran McKeever om twitter. Or is it just the Moy in him?

www.twitter.com/@MacEoghain

In tweets and replies

@cmckeever6 Ciaran, can you honestly answer why you deliberately target Sean Cav in every melee? Seeing as your such a lovely fella and all.