Armagh Club football & hurling

[brokencrossbar1]

So the senior, intermediate and junior teams are all out of Ulster. Is that the quickest ever?

Are we really that poor?

Omagh beat us because a lot of things went in their favour on the day.  9 games out of 10 we would have beaten them and be sitting in an Ulster final.  Generally we do not do overly well in the junior and intermediate,  I think we only have had 4 teams in the intermediate finals since both competitions started and no winners and only 2 in the junior final with 1 winner,  An Port Mor.  Tyrone and Monaghan have dominated both tournaments with Derry doing well also. Fermanagh have the same amount of titles at both levels as Armagh!!!

[Goals_Will_Come]

Armagh football is dead at this stage.

[illdecide]

This Armagh thread used to be really good craic but has deteriorated something shocking...time to get her going again...

[general_lee]

What happened Pearse Og? Destroyed by Maghery last night, home game and everything.

[Ulick]

GAA star Ronan Clarke is seriously injured in club match

Former Armagh GAA star Ronan Clarke is in intensive care after being injured in a club match on Friday night.

The 32-year-old is understood to have sustained a head injury after colliding with a goalpost while playing for Pearse Og against Maghery.

Clarke is being treated at Craigavon Hospital and on Saturday his condition was reported to be serious but stable.

The forward was a member of the Armagh side which won the All-Ireland Football Championship in 2002.

He was honoured in the GAA's end-of-season All-Star awards on two occasions.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/gaelic-games/33947769

[Applesisapples]

GAA star Ronan Clarke is seriously injured in club match

Former Armagh GAA star Ronan Clarke is in intensive care after being injured in a club match on Friday night.

The 32-year-old is understood to have sustained a head injury after colliding with a goalpost while playing for Pearse Og against Maghery.

Clarke is being treated at Craigavon Hospital and on Saturday his condition was reported to be serious but stable.

The forward was a member of the Armagh side which won the All-Ireland Football Championship in 2002.

He was honoured in the GAA's end-of-season All-Star awards on two occasions.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/gaelic-games/33947769

Just heard this, I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

[Ulick]

Gaelic Life and the Og's Facebook saying he has made "significant improvement" tonight in Craigavon hospital. Sounds positive thank God.

[Soup an Samajiz]

saw the incident, took a bad blow, surprised he stayed on the field though, was at least another 5-10minutes played I think, looked unsteady on his feet when he was first helped up again, the match was long over as a contest, couldn't understand him staying on the field.

Pearse Ogs were surprisingly (to me anyway) very poor, Maghery team far superior all over the field

[laceer]

Maghery seem to have been knocking on the door in Armagh for a few years now - put up or shut up time at this stage you'd imagine. Would they have many coming through from youth teams?

Wonder what was the story with Barney Gormley getting the road so early in the year? Have they someone in to replace him?

[general_lee]

Maghery seem to have been knocking on the door in Armagh for a few years now - put up or shut up time at this stage you'd imagine. Would they have many coming through from youth teams?

Wonder what was the story with Barney Gormley getting the road so early in the year? Have they someone in to replace him?

Couldnt make my mind up whether Ogs were really that piss poor or were Maghery just really good. I'd have them and Cullyhanna/Harps as the three teams to put it to Cross. Whether any of them actually have the balls to go on and do it remains to be seen. As for Maghery they wouldn't be overly strong at underage usually division 2/3 at minor anyway. Just have a really strong core at senior level and are able to add to it every few years or so with the odd gem. Think gormley got chased, fell out with too many players I'm told. Few clubmen over them now by looks of things.

[brokencrossbar1]

Maghery seem to have been knocking on the door in Armagh for a few years now - put up or shut up time at this stage you'd imagine. Would they have many coming through from youth teams?

Wonder what was the story with Barney Gormley getting the road so early in the year? Have they someone in to replace him?

Couldnt make my mind up whether Ogs were really that piss poor or were Maghery just really good. I'd have them and Cullyhanna/Harps as the three teams to put it to Cross. Whether any of them actually have the balls to go on and do it remains to be seen. As for Maghery they wouldn't be overly strong at underage usually division 2/3 at minor anyway. Just have a really strong core at senior level and are able to add to it every few years or so with the odd gem. Think gormley got chased, fell out with too many players I'm told. Few clubmen over them now by looks of things.

The funny thing is that Maghery always have had strong teams for the last 25 odd years but could never pull it together in the championship.  In fact,  I would say that the Maghery teams I played against were much better than the current incumbents.  I played against the likes of Martin and Eamon Toye,  the Robinsons, the elder Forkers, Ciaran Raff,  they were hardy, hardy boys and not the chest out kinda lads that you see too often these days.  You always knew you were in a game coming back down the road.  The Toyes could run and run and no matter how hard you hit them they got up stronger and hit back!!

[Soup an Samajiz]

Conleith Gilligan on the line for them on Friday night, don't know how much of an input he has though. I thought Maghery were good, few very nice scores and composure on the ball. As for youth on the team the youngest Lavery really stood out at full forward and not only because he scored both majors, not long out of minor football I think. Full back had a very good game on Ronan Clarke I thought.

[general_lee]

Maghery seem to have been knocking on the door in Armagh for a few years now - put up or shut up time at this stage you'd imagine. Would they have many coming through from youth teams?

Wonder what was the story with Barney Gormley getting the road so early in the year? Have they someone in to replace him?

Couldnt make my mind up whether Ogs were really that piss poor or were Maghery just really good. I'd have them and Cullyhanna/Harps as the three teams to put it to Cross. Whether any of them actually have the balls to go on and do it remains to be seen. As for Maghery they wouldn't be overly strong at underage usually division 2/3 at minor anyway. Just have a really strong core at senior level and are able to add to it every few years or so with the odd gem. Think gormley got chased, fell out with too many players I'm told. Few clubmen over them now by looks of things.

The funny thing is that Maghery always have had strong teams for the last 25 odd years but could never pull it together in the championship.  In fact,  I would say that the Maghery teams I played against were much better than the current incumbents.  I played against the likes of Martin and Eamon Toye,  the Robinsons, the elder Forkers, Ciaran Raff,  they were hardy, hardy boys and not the chest out kinda lads that you see too often these days.  You always knew you were in a game coming back down the road.  The Toyes could run and run and no matter how hard you hit them they got up stronger and hit back!!

yes nothing ever came easy with Maghery.. A shower of bastards and I mean that as a compliment. They remind me of how the like of cross and Cullyhanna (apart from last night) tend to play, plenty of cohesion and options for the man on the ball.

Conleith Gilligan on the line for them on Friday night, don't know how much of an input he has though. I thought Maghery were good, few very nice scores and composure on the ball. As for youth on the team the youngest Lavery really stood out at full forward and not only because he scored both majors, not long out of minor football I think. Full back had a very good game on Ronan Clarke I thought.

Always a nice luxury to have someone like stefan forker to spring from the bench. Half back cusack played great I thought. Heard Deets took a few sessions didn't realise he was part of the set up. No shortage of dollars up the loughshore anyway.

[Red eye]

Interesting to see Giligan on the line - believe he lined out for Ballinderry this evening too in Derry championship. Plenty of experience and his input along the line would be an asset.

[RealSpiritof98]

I heard Stefan Forker was the man in Charge