Armagh Club football & hurling

[1life 1club]

My view of the Tasker sending off was pretty good, I was more or less in line with the incident. This is my take on it, if anyone saw anything different fair enough, it wouldn't be the first time my memory has played tricks on me:

McKeown was in possession and awarded a free. Tasker and McCooey were hanging out of him and when the whistle was blown they went a bit mad trying to get the ball, presumably to stop a quick free kick or perhaps they thought St. Pat's had been awarded the free. Predictably enough, McKeown wasn't for just handing the ball over and a bit of a struggle ensued. In the struggle, McKeown may have got a knock on the face but I don't think there were any intentionally forceful blows. Of the two St. Pat's lads involved, McCooey was the main aggressor and if anyone went it should've been him. To send Tasker off and not take any action against McCooey at all made no sense, and only strengthens my suspicion that the main motivation behind the sending off was to even up the numbers as soon as possible after the previous contentious decision.

hear hear,i wouldnt disagree..that was about right

[pintsofguinness]

all of the people all of the time.

do you guys go to matches to  watch  the game or just to find fault.

If Silverbridge club want to profit, quite legitimately, from organising a half-time draw, its hardly unreasonable for someone who buys a ticket to expect to be told whether they've won or not.

holy f**k!         

Got to hand it to you Tac, you've some neck on you....

[the scenic route]

My view of the Tasker sending off was pretty good, I was more or less in line with the incident. This is my take on it, if anyone saw anything different fair enough, it wouldn't be the first time my memory has played tricks on me:

McKeown was in possession and awarded a free. Tasker and McCooey were hanging out of him and when the whistle was blown they went a bit mad trying to get the ball, presumably to stop a quick free kick or perhaps they thought St. Pat's had been awarded the free. Predictably enough, McKeown wasn't for just handing the ball over and a bit of a struggle ensued. In the struggle, McKeown may have got a knock on the face but I don't think there were any intentionally forceful blows. Of the two St. Pat's lads involved, McCooey was the main aggressor and if anyone went it should've been him. To send Tasker off and not take any action against McCooey at all made no sense, and only strengthens my suspicion that the main motivation behind the sending off was to even up the numbers as soon as possible after the previous contentious decision.

hear hear,i wouldnt disagree..that was about right

I didn see it myself was at the other end of the field but 4 or 5 told me McCooey was the one who should have went if anyone was for the line.

[crossfire]

Cullyhanna where i thought the better team on the night played the better football over the  64 min.Tasker has to be one if not the best forwards in the county at the min and for a ref to send him off for nothing just to level matters up is very unfair for the paying supporter and off course cullyhanna.He took cross apart thoughout the whole game till he was wrongfully sent off.Ciaran mc keever was by far the best player on the field he is one off Irelands best footballers very cool on the ball passing spot on and not one cross player could knock him off should see him playing for Ireland very soon.Aaron was very poor along with mal mackin think this could be a part off the county problem Aaron has not got the guts when things get turned up a bit he does not want to take that big hit to me he is yellow and it showed yesterday.mal is a player that is very good or very bad he should be ruling midfield but could not get into uit at all yesterday all he done was foul and give away the ball.Im looking forward to the replay but i think tasker should be allowed to play its so unfair to keep a player like this on the side line for doing nothing.

You say Tasker was sent off for nothing.

What was Clarke sent off for.?

[flog the lot]

Cullyhanna where i thought the better team on the night played the better football over the  64 min.Tasker has to be one if not the best forwards in the county at the min and for a ref to send him off for nothing just to level matters up is very unfair for the paying supporter and off course cullyhanna.He took cross apart thoughout the whole game till he was wrongfully sent off.Ciaran mc keever was by far the best player on the field he is one off Irelands best footballers very cool on the ball passing spot on and not one cross player could knock him off should see him playing for Ireland very soon.Aaron was very poor along with mal mackin think this could be a part off the county problem Aaron has not got the guts when things get turned up a bit he does not want to take that big hit to me he is yellow and it showed yesterday.mal is a player that is very good or very bad he should be ruling midfield but could not get into uit at all yesterday all he done was foul and give away the ball.Im looking forward to the replay but i think tasker should be allowed to play its so unfair to keep a player like this on the side line for doing nothing.

You say Tasker was sent off for nothing.

What was Clarke sent off for.?

never seen the clarke incident but few people around me said he threw an elbow..

i also thought it was mccooey who seemed to be more guilty of anything than tasker..

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Catch yourself on Pints. There's not a thing wrong with what I said and I couldn't have been plainer that there was nothing untoward about what Silverbridge were doing, simply that they should sort out their PA system. Is there anything about that which you disagree with or did you hear the announcement clearly from England?

[DuffleKing]

I thought Tasker made contact higher up and more forcefully than McCooey.

Can they do a swap?

[twotwocharlie]

think everyone accepts that amp system was at fault on sunday.

so on saturday we are going to tattoo the winning number to the ref's arse for all to see.

[IVEDECIDED]

Especially if its Mc Clatcheys ass - then wel know the winner here in Lurgan!

[pintsofguinness]

Catch yourself on Pints. There's not a thing wrong with what I said and I couldn't have been plainer that there was nothing untoward about what Silverbridge were doing, simply that they should sort out their PA system. Is there anything about that which you disagree with or did you hear the announcement clearly from England?

You'd swear you were never at a game with a dodgy PA system....

[1life 1club]

will culoville do it on sunday??

[illdecide]

will culoville do it on sunday??

Head says "Yes" but hope not. I'd like to see Sarsfields win it.

[PatDaly]

Will Oisin also miss the final vs Dromintee assuming Cross beat Cullyhanna in Saturday's replay?

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=136342

Suspended McConville to miss Cross' replay

Armagh's Oisin McConville
29 September 2010

Oisin McConville will be a notable absentee once again from the Crossmaglen team for Saturday's Armagh SFC semi-final replay against St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna.

The former Armagh All-Ireland winning forward missed last weekend's drawn clash after receiving a retrospective four-week ban for alleged verbal abuse of a referee during a recent Monaghan league game, and will once again be confined to the role of spectator in Silverbridge on Saturday evening after his appeal was thrown out.

McConville was coaching Monaghan junior side Toome at the time and only realised there was a problem when he received a letter.

"Immediately I sought a hearing thinking that nothing would come of it. But in the meantime I had spoken to the referee who said I had verbally abused him," McConville told The Belfast Telegraph.

"I asked if I had used foul language and he said 'no'. I might have been raving and ranting at my own players, but I can't recall saying anything to the referee.

"I don't have too many years left playing football and all this stuff is breaking my heart as I never had any previous disciplinary problems. I'm certainly not in the business of abusing referees."

The prolific forward believes the GAA can learn a lot from rugby with regard to improving communication between players and referees.

"There the referee explains every decision. In GAA if you question a referee's decision you are likely to get a booking.

"But whereas in rugby there's a much better understanding between players and the referee, in the GAA it's very much a case of them and us," he added.

[back off the net]

Did tasker get off with his red card did anyone hear

[ogshead]

Did tasker get off with his red card did anyone hear

I thought you might know being a Cullyhanna man