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could be a really smart move by McGeeney!!

Kieran McGeeney has recruited former Armagh colleague Aidan O'Rourke as the new assistant manager of Kildare.

Hoganstand.com is reporting the former Queens University manager O'Rourke in taking over from the role Paul Grimley vacated.

Kildare reached the quarter-final of last year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championshp under McGeeney


from rte.ie

Dyas leaving Collingwood to return home

Kevin Dyas is returning to Ireland
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 14:46
Former Armagh inter county footballer Kevin Dyas has parted company with his Aussie Rules club Collingwood and is returning to Ireland, the club have confirmed.

Dyas, who was a senior panelist with Armagh in 2007, cited a mixture of homesickness and injury as his reason for returning home.

The move comes less than a week after Down's Martin Clarke confirmed he is also leaving Collingwood and returning to Ireland.

Collingwood's chief of football operations Geoff Walsh said: 'Kevin tore his hamstring off the bone late last season, and had to go through a six-month recovery period.

'He got back pretty well to play most of this season with the VFL, but more so it was the difficulty with his restricted training program.

'Unfortunately, he missed a fair bit of footy through the hamstring injury, and that was probably the time where he was in his formative years in terms of development,' he added.

Despite losing both Dyas and Clarke within the space of a week, Walsh confirmed that Collingwood will continue looking towards Ireland for new talent.

'We'll continue to have a network operating for us in Ireland, and if they see players they consider to be prospects, we'll still be positive,' he said

Taken from RTE sport

The Armagh Senior Football panel have taken the extraordinary step of releasing a statement to express their disappointment at the selection process for a new manager for the county.

Earlier this week the task of naming a new manager took a major back step when the five-man selection committee resigned after becoming frustration with a lack of progress.

The Armagh players believe the lack of support from county executive level was behind the decision.

The now Monaghan assistant Paul Grimley had been put forward for the job and the players identify in their statement that a 'primary candidate', thought to be Grimley, has the support of the panel, but outside forces are stopping him being appointed.

The statement said: 'The clubs via their nominations identified a primary candidate to whom the players remain supportive but due to what we see as personal agendas, and a flawed process, their voices have been overlooked.

'We also believe that those entrusted with safeguarding this ideal are not acting accordingly and thus no longer retain our confidence.'

Grimley has denied speculation he will take the job if it is offered to him, claiming he will not go back on a decision to take the role with Monaghan.

He said: 'I have given Seamus McEnaney my word and intend to stick by that.'


The players are now calling for a county board meeting to discuss what they call 'the gravest of situation' to allow their opinion to be aired.

Who are the minors champions in each of the counties in ulster this year?

Armagh Minor Champions: Armagh Harps

who are the potential candidates and wat difference will they bring in terms of personel and style of play!!!!