Tony McEntee and Gareth O'Neill have stepped down as joint managers of the Cross

[NaomhBridAbú]

Wonder what impact this is going to have on Grimley's Armagh.

Wouldn't see it making any difference to be honest.

apart from all the cross players committing to club football rather than county...yeah, actually hardly any difference

[brokencrossbar1]

Best man for a very difficult job.  Not too many were putting their names forward for it.

[ck]

Joe is probably the only man to take cross on and watch the calls for him to return to Armagh next year.
He had a great panel of players under him for all of his successes but in Galway he proved that with an average panel he can be an average enough manager too.
Grimley won't last another year, Joe to replace him I predict.

[nrico2006]

Joe is probably the only man to take cross on and watch the calls for him to return to Armagh next year.
He had a great panel of players under him for all of his successes but in Galway he proved that with an average panel he can be an average enough manager too.
Grimley won't last another year, Joe to replace him I predict.

He was only at Galway a while and the travelling probably didn't help.

[orangeman]

Joe is probably the only man to take cross on and watch the calls for him to return to Armagh next year.
He had a great panel of players under him for all of his successes but in Galway he proved that with an average panel he can be an average enough manager too. Grimley won't last another year, Joe to replace him I predict.

Joe wasn't on board when Antrim ( no disrespect to to Amtrim ) bate them last summer.

[Syferus]

He was when Galway almost bombed out in the Big Apple, though. Still think it was very rough not keeping the faith with him for more than a year but there goes.

Expectations are so high now thanks to Cross' continued excellence that he has a thankless task ahead of him, anything less than an immediate AI will be deemed by most a failure.

[yellowcard]

You have to admire Big Joe for taking the job when the expectation level now is not measured in provincial titles but AI titles. I'm sure a lot of people that may have been interested in the job would have shied away from it for that reason.

It will be interesting to see if Cross continue to play in the kicking style encouraged by Tony McEntee and Gareth O'Neill or will they return to the old 3rd man midfielder/sweeper tactic favoured by Joe. Although the 'purist football team' tag was exaggerated to a large degree by the media under the previous managers, there was still no doubt that Cross put a lot of emphasis on a kicking game. 

[Walter Cronc]

You have to admire Big Joe for taking the job when the expectation level now is not measured in provincial titles but AI titles. I'm sure a lot of people that may have been interested in the job would have shied away from it for that reason.

It will be interesting to see if Cross continue to play in the kicking style encouraged by Tony McEntee and Gareth O'Neill or will they return to the old 3rd man midfielder/sweeper tactic favoured by Joe. Although the 'purist football team' tag was exaggerated to a large degree by the media under the previous managers, there was still no doubt that Cross put a lot of emphasis on a kicking game. 

Totally agree, they knew rightly how to mix it when they had to. The difference was the players doing it were younger!

[brokencrossbar1]

You have to admire Big Joe for taking the job when the expectation level now is not measured in provincial titles but AI titles. I'm sure a lot of people that may have been interested in the job would have shied away from it for that reason.

It will be interesting to see if Cross continue to play in the kicking style encouraged by Tony McEntee and Gareth O'Neill or will they return to the old 3rd man midfielder/sweeper tactic favoured by Joe. Although the 'purist football team' tag was exaggerated to a large degree by the media under the previous managers, there was still no doubt that Cross put a lot of emphasis on a kicking game.

Joe favours kicking it too, I don't see any huge difference I  the way the team plays. 

[yellowcard]

You have to admire Big Joe for taking the job when the expectation level now is not measured in provincial titles but AI titles. I'm sure a lot of people that may have been interested in the job would have shied away from it for that reason.

It will be interesting to see if Cross continue to play in the kicking style encouraged by Tony McEntee and Gareth O'Neill or will they return to the old 3rd man midfielder/sweeper tactic favoured by Joe. Although the 'purist football team' tag was exaggerated to a large degree by the media under the previous managers, there was still no doubt that Cross put a lot of emphasis on a kicking game.

Joe favours kicking it too, I don't see any huge difference I  the way the team plays.

Very true, though it was often based less on precise passing but more on 60 yard diagonal balls from the wings fired into the scoring zone where he often had players capable of winning their own ball. The biggest obstacle for him will probably be less to do with the playing style and more to do with maintaining the hunger. Bar the retirement of Oisin McConville the team is still young enough.

[brokencrossbar1]

You have to admire Big Joe for taking the job when the expectation level now is not measured in provincial titles but AI titles. I'm sure a lot of people that may have been interested in the job would have shied away from it for that reason.

It will be interesting to see if Cross continue to play in the kicking style encouraged by Tony MciEntee and Gareth O'Neill or will they return to the old 3rd man midfielder/sweeper tactic favoured by Joe. Although the 'purist football team' tag was exaggerated to a large degree by the media under the previous managers, there was still no doubt that Cross put a lot of emphasis on a kicking game.

Joe favours kicking it too, I don't see any huge difference I  the way the team plays.

Very true, though it was often based less on precise passing but more on 60 yard diagonal balls from the wings fired into the scoring zone where he often had players capable of winning their own ball. The biggest obstacle for him will probably be less to do with the playing style and more to do with maintaining the hunger. Bar the retirement of Oisin McConville the team is still young enough.

I doubt hunger will be a factor.   Pain of defeat is a great motivation.

[BartSimpson]

Huge for Cross, great appointment and will succeed.

[Christmas Lights]

Huge for Cross, great appointment and will succeed.

Think its a bad move actually.  Done great with Cross in the pasrt, unbeliveable in fact.  Anything less could tarish his legacy at the club.

[Count 10]

Think he will do a great job.....again, can't see anyone stopping them in Armagh this year.

[ranch]

Wonder what impact this is going to have on Grimley's Armagh.

Wouldn't see it making any difference to be honest.

apart from all the cross players committing to club football rather than county...yeah, actually hardly any difference

Yeah because that's what will happen. Aaron and Tony Kernan probably can't wait to leave the panel now I'm sure.

Catch yourself on.