Probably wrong thread, but slightly ironic to see Slaughtneil complaining about cynicism today in the papers.
No team playing under Mickey McShane will be without a few tricks and some days they work and others they don't. I think a bit more introspection is required than blaming the other team i.e. how did they lose a match with a 10 point swing in a half in which the opposition had 13 men.
A clubmate was down at the game and Mickey got it hot and heavy from the Baluba faithful.
Allegedly he went ahead and played a friendly the week before against the wishes of the club executive and it was in that game that the corner forward, Shay McGuigan (IIRC) got injured. Obviously third hand information and not easy to corroborate.
Don't get the logic of playing a friendly the week before a big game as no one will be going full tilt and hence little to learn at that stage.
NP were happy enough to let SN puck short as invariably it ended up in the same area.
I didn't see the sendings off, I don't think anyone did other than the linesman and straight reds would suggest it was an overstepping of the mark in a big way for a schemozzle, one lad used the boot i think.
But McKaigue can f**k right off with his black card shite as he and his mates were hanging off big magic like a new bucket in Armagh and no cards of any colour were offered out.