Armagh Club football & hurling

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[Sam of the Sarsfields]

I took in both games yesterday which involved some questionable driving to get from Cullyhanna to the Ogs/Granemore game! Managed it anyway only a few minutes late.

Dromintee 2-12 Ballymacnab 0-11

This scoreline doesn't really tell the whole story. Ballymacnab can feel very hard done by and certainly deserved more from the game. They started well and Dromintee really couldn't handle their pace all over the field. Dromintee got two lucky first half goals to stay in touch, at least one of them should have been ruled out for steps and the other was debatable too.

In the second half Dromintee should have had a man sent off for a second yellow but the ref bottled it. I think Rory Robinson had a terrible game and was very much the main reason Dromintee won this match. Nab generally outplayed Dromintee for most of the game but Dromintee took their scores and slotted over some handy frees, they also put 5 points on the board in the last 5 minutes when the Nab boys heads were down which made the scoreboard read more comforably for them.

Nab will be a real force in Division 1 next year, can't see Dromintee getting past the semis no matter who they draw, too much quality left in the championship now and Dromintee look weak in several areas of the field.

Granemore 0-09 Pearse Ogs 0-04

I, like Pearse Ogs, completely underestimated Granemore. They showed more determination than Ogs right throughout the game. In general this was a very poor game with some bad play from both sides but in particular Ogs. That said, Granemore were putting them under a lot of pressure all over the field and causing them to make several mistakes.

Granemore are a very fast nippy team and will be a match for anyone in the semis now, fairplay to them they thoroughly deserved their win yesterday.

[centrefield]

I took in both games yesterday which involved some questionable driving to get from Cullyhanna to the Ogs/Granemore game! Managed it anyway only a few minutes late.

Dromintee 2-12 Ballymacnab 0-11

This scoreline doesn't really tell the whole story. Ballymacnab can feel very hard done by and certainly deserved more from the game. They started well and Dromintee really couldn't handle their pace all over the field. Dromintee got two lucky first half goals to stay in touch, at least one of them should have been ruled out for steps and the other was debatable too.

In the second half Dromintee should have had a man sent off for a second yellow but the ref bottled it. I think Rory Robinson had a terrible game and was very much the main reason Dromintee won this match. Nab generally outplayed Dromintee for most of the game but Dromintee took their scores and slotted over some handy frees, they also put 5 points on the board in the last 5 minutes when the Nab boys heads were down which made the scoreboard read more comforably for them.

Nab will be a real force in Division 1 next year, can't see Dromintee getting past the semis no matter who they draw, too much quality left in the championship now and Dromintee look weak in several areas of the field.

Granemore 0-09 Pearse Ogs 0-04

I, like Pearse Ogs, completely underestimated Granemore. They showed more determination than Ogs right throughout the game. In general this was a very poor game with some bad play from both sides but in particular Ogs. That said, Granemore were putting them under a lot of pressure all over the field and causing them to make several mistakes.

Granemore are a very fast nippy team and will be a match for anyone in the semis now, fairplay to them they thoroughly deserved their win yesterday.

couldnt agree with this...he gaveseveral dreadfull decisions again us in the first half...notable when ozzy gaughran and his marker slid on the ground for a ball which was won by nab player who, threw an elbow at ozzy, on his way to his feet (not 10 feet form robinson) which prompted the ref to award nab the free and book ozzy

[ogshead]

Well done Granemore, more than deserving winners, Ogs very very poor. Granemore's nippy forwards caused the Ogs all sorts of probs in the first half, Ogs wiped out around the middle.

Ogs might have had their eye on the bigger prizes ahead, heard talk of 'giving Ulster a good go this year',pe of mindset it's not suprising they came unstuck.

Harps might have had their mind on bigger prizes ahead, heard talk of 'giving div 2 a go this year',if it's this type of mindset it's not suprising they came unstuck.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Well done Granemore, more than deserving winners, Ogs very very poor. Granemore's nippy forwards caused the Ogs all sorts of probs in the first half, Ogs wiped out around the middle.

Ogs might have had their eye on the bigger prizes ahead, heard talk of 'giving Ulster a good go this year',pe of mindset it's not suprising they came unstuck.

Harps might have had their mind on bigger prizes ahead, heard talk of 'giving div 2 a go this year',if it's this type of mindset it's not suprising they came unstuck.

Can we take from that comment that the Abbey Park men didn't upset the Rangers?

[winsamsoon]

Scarface I haven't made a comment on the game as I wasn't at it so I sit back and listen to what the lads who were at it before I make a post on the game. I made a general post concerning Clarke after the og's shock exit from the championship and I still stand by this comment. Anyway according to you one can't comment on a game that they haven't been at because it will be misinformed or dumb.

Anyway well done to granemore on getting into the next round . I fancied a shock but it would have been in the dromintee game( congrats to them too) but neither team have won anything yet and my fancied team are still in it and tha's cross who IMO are streets ahead ( I had the og's in thisbracket too lol )

Any updates from the cross game?

[crossfire]

Cross  won by 2 in the end but were mostly in control. We were 8 ahead going into injury time but Harps scored a second penalty and a goal from play to narrow the gap. Bit of handbags stuff also in injury time mostly caused by an inept referee.

[winsamsoon]

Cheers lad

[Legs11]

lads is there not a better field 2 hold matchs than cullyhanna pitch was in awful shape last nite plus no parkin same with cruppen 2day and along the road end was all muck??

[Scarface]

No bother winsamsoon - well drop this one now I think - lol

Harps did not play too great today - 2 points makes it look better than it was....cross fair bit better - miserable night for football....cross are masters of the negative side of the game too - persistant fouling, pulling and hauling and kicking ball away plenty of times tonight - they have many good points too of course...Jamie Clarke - very fast and skilful tonight

[Rma13]

I thought Jamie Clarke had another excellent game tonight, even in these conditions he hardly dropped a ball!  Thought Aaron Cunningham looked lively as well.

Poor night for football, but then our glorious Summer is over 

[twotwocharlie]

don't know  why the bridge was overlooked for either of the games.

[Sam of the Sarsfields]

don't know  why the bridge was overlooked for either of the games.

Maybe because their main pitch is a disgrace.

[1life 1club]

don't know  why the bridge was overlooked for either of the games.

you avin a laugh,fair enuf the parking facilities is good and that but the playing pitch is terrible..the hill on it is as bad as the final mile at cheltenham

[DuffleKing]

Took in all 3 game sover the weekend and was quite surprisingly entertained by the standard.

Nab v Dromintee

Nab opened the game like they meant business, racing ahead. but from the ten minute mark they were strangled and dromintee were always in control. after doing a nab and racing 5 clear at the start of the second half, dromintee stopped and nab fought their way back level. a high quality last ten minutes pushed dromintee clear in some style.
Dromintee looked poor in possession at times but in patches played some super football. great to see the kick pass still alive. Ballymacnab play a lot of tippy tappy footballl and dromintee let them build and took a lot of ball off them in their half back line. Grogan looks a very fine prospect. In a county where there is such a dearth of creativity and scoring power in the half forward line, it is a mystery how micheal O'Rourke isn't among the best 40 odd players - the lad was outstanding.
mom - m o'rourke

Granemore v Pearse Ogs

Granemore set such a tempo from the start that ogs were chasing possession all over the pitch. phenominal movement in the forward line and a very high work rate meant that Granmore were the best team on display over the weekend imho. Caolan Rafferty was the star. great pace and very direct. Ogs played very few forwards up and Granemore pressed the ball so hard that it was hard for the county champions to retain possession in the clutter around midfield. Ogs showed a very poor appetite in the first half and had no creative spark at all. hughes and toner had a great battle at midfield with toner only really coming into it late on.
It was probably frustrating for ogs men watching the wastefulness up front early in the second half and they started looking goals too early after they threw caution to the wind after the sending off. Granemore remained a threat on the break after the sending off because they have such pace all over the pitch. they were always in control and were very deserving winners. Anto Duffy had a fine second half when he came in but no other ogs man played to form. mallon should have been on rafferty from the off and the ogs tackling at the back let them down consistently.
mom - caolan rafferty

Crossmaglen v Harps

after starting with the breeze, the harps continually wasted possession in the first half. it was obvious they wanted to be direct into a very big full forward line but the delivery of the ball in was woeful. they needed two nippy swifts. one to pass and one inside to get on the end of it. the harps forward line - swift aside - showed no stomach for the battle and won next to no hard ball until the game was over.
Cross were pacey and efficient with the ball. they move out of defence very well and don't waste a ball. nothing is ever just kicked - always measured and percentage passes - a necessity given their lack of physique. it's interesting watching them operate with no means of winning primary possession. thei midfield is awful and they have a hard time winning break ball but turn a lot of ball over in their defence and counter attack. Jamie clarke is virtually unmarkable at the minute. wins every type of ball near him, beats his man comfortably and scores prolificly. Oisin is still kicking his frees as well as ever and that's a massive weapon.
Cross the foot off the gas with five to go and harps shought a bit of fight at last. the last 5 plus inj time showed quite a few frailties in the cross defence phtsically bit francie the red has to come back in.
mom - j clarke

Gripe of the weekend:
refereeing in armagh is awful. just awful.