McKenna Cup 2024

[ONeill]

Think it would be great for Armagh to lift the Dr.

Even to have something.

[inroundthesquare]

Derry a very strong team named v Fermanagh

[Wildweasel74]

Can't understand it, need to play guys on the bench from last year plus a few new faces. Derry brought in just 3 players, nearly like exchange for 3/4 Glen players missing. could brough in 5/6 more, I wait see what extra Glen lads he brings in. Derry need forwards, not that they had standouts in club fball but he never know if he doesn't call in a few to try them.

[Armagh18]

Think it would be great for Armagh to lift the Dr.

Even to have something.

Not sure if we could bring ourselves back down to earth for the league if we won the big one!

[seafoid]

Down motoring nicely for a change

[Blowitupref]

Half time scores

Down 2-9 Donegal 1-7
Cavan 2-5 Antrim 0-6
Fermanagh 1-2 Derry 0-4

Results
Down 2-14 Donegal 1-10
Cavan 2-10 Antrim 0-9
Fermanagh 1-4 Derry 0-11

[5times5times]

Maggie F should have her whistle stripped and never handed back..

God awful today, and that's from a down man. Pulled donegal back instead of playing on.

Fussy fussy fussy.

[Captain Obvious]

Down motoring or is it the case they have more work done than the opposition? Donegal,Monaghan was probably still seeking new management while Down was back to training.

[seafoid]

Down motoring or is it the case they have more work done than the opposition? Donegal,Monaghan was probably still seeking new management while Down was back to training.

Down more organised than they were this time last year.
They might be a good bet for the Tailteann.

[Captain Obvious]

Down motoring or is it the case they have more work done than the opposition? Donegal,Monaghan was probably still seeking new management while Down was back to training.

Down more organised than they were this time last year.
They might be a good bet for the Tailteann.

Will they be playing in the Tailteann cup If they gain promotion in the league?

[downtothecore]

You wud expect down to have done a lot of work as they didnt win a game last year so it was more important for us that the rest of the teams to get a few wins.

[Itchy]

Comfortable enough win for Cavan with a lot of new players mixed with a few of the old established. Probably should have scored 5 goals but for some excellent saves from the Antrim keeper. Antrim were very very poor it must be said.

[PMG1]

Maggie F should have her whistle stripped and never handed back..

God awful today, and that's from a down man. Pulled donegal back instead of playing on.

Fussy fussy fussy.

As a neutral watching it on the Ulster GAA TV I thought she was excellent, let the game flow very well, didn't give any soft frees and generally kept a low profile and let the players play. The incident you refer to was maybe a bit quick to blow, but all the Down players stopped and the Donegal man ran on and scored without anyone trying to stop him, would only have been a point anyway as Down had plenty back.

[tbrick18]

Fermanagh v Derry was a poor enough game.
Derry will probably take more from it that fermanagh though.

Laclan Murray was really good I thought as was mguigan and Tad.
Big Tohill was ok, plenty of running, won some good ball in the forwards and layed it off for a couple of scores. He looks out of position in the forward line to me though. I'd love to have seen him get a  run at MF.
After that, it was a kind of "meh" performance. Probably to be expected given the team has only been training a few weeks.
Legs looked heavy, some really basic handling errors, though conditions were slippy.

Fermanagh really struggle for score. I think they only got 2 in the second half.

Useful run out.

Derry v Tryone on wed night will be interesting.

[Wildweasel74]

Can't understand why Tohill not tried at Midfield either, we get horsed out of it under the high ball at Midfield when the pressure on, as we limited kickout options.