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Fairly strong team named and excellent bench which will be key, could be a change or 2 before throw in.

Would agree with this, as McCambridge, McElroy, Turbo, O'Neill, Grugan and Murnin can't all be used from bench and I think will be needed. 

Personally would like to see Oisin O'Neill to start in place of Duffy and Murnin for Paddy Burns with TK going 6 and Murphy to full back line. 

Konate very lucky there ridiculous decision to push the player.

Salah not looking like getting any minutes by look of it and bringing on Isak after not being able make bench at weekend and Gakpo up front a statement from Slot in itself.

No Salah in starting line up might be right move. PSG will be very dangerous on left side.

[Murphy]

Jason Duffy doesn't do enough for me tbh, last 15 mins for me. If everyone is fit i'd be going for...

Hughes

Burns
McKay
McCambridge/McGrane

McQuillan
TK
Burns

Crealey
Mackin (if fit enough)

Murnin
McMullen
McCabe

Conaty
O'Neill
McConville

Which leaves Grugan, McCormack, Joey McIlroy, McGrane or McCambridge, Duffy, Turbitt etc from the bench which is strong enough bench. I'm sure I've left someone out, I always do.

Could  see Mackin on bench
Grugan or mc Elroy starting and mc cabe around the middle with murnin
Would like grugan for frees
Also think Murphy and mc.Cormick had strong leagues

Forgot about him somehow, had a good league and did very well on Sean O'Shea.

I think Murphy will start clearly highly thought of if given the O'Shea job given what he did to Armagh in Croke Park last year and think he started all league games.  Could be given the job on Ethan Jordan Tyrone's big two point threat. 

Knew there were more but couldn't think. How could i have left out Murnin and Joey...Murning will be close to fitness for Tyrone game, not sure if he'll start but could get last 15 mins. Where does Mackin fit into this Armagh team if fit?. Getting the injured men back just strengthens the bench

Hughes

Burns
McKay
McCambridge/McGrane

McQuillan
TK
Burns

Crealey
Murnin

McCormack
McMullen
McCabbe

Conaty
Duffy
McConville

Mackin maybe instead of Duffy in that workhorse role? O O'Neill and Turbo brilliant bench options and Grugan if fit

I wouldn't have thought the McGrane/McCambridge selection would normally be a debate but:

1. Hard to know where McCambridge is fitness wise.   
2. McGrane would be well suited to some of the smaller Tyrone forwards.  (Did a good job on O'Donoghue in the Mayo game.) 

See Colm Parkinson is campaigning for a handpass limit followed by a kick that has to go forward.  Would be difficult to police what is considered backward/lateral.  Also if the ball is fisted into the endline what does the forward do in that scenario. 

Would not be adverse to having a hand pass limit based on if you receive a handpass the next players play can't be a handpass they have to kick or solo the ball. 

Not being able to go back into own half after cross halfway would also be a way of potentially preventing the keep ball that was seen at stages in league final. 

Realistically we are 10 points worse a team than last year. Only for some absolute worldies from McCurry last year we would have been beaten by 5-6 points. With his current form in the doldrums, P Harte and R Brennan gone and McKernan and Morgan both falling foul of the management there's next to now way Tyrone will win this.

I haven't seen much of Armagh this year so can't speak as of where they're at but if they can operate at 75% of last years performances they win this pulling up.

Edit: Just checked McCurry got 0-10 last year and McKernan was in All-star form. They're going nowhere near that level now and the guys we've replaced them with are miles off it.

What is the story with McKernan he doesn't seem a regular starter I think he's an excellent player and this game would be made for him. 

[On the game, with the size of the squad Armagh carry and the quality we always hear about from within even the 2nd/3rd string, t]

We're in bother, Man United hijacked our training weekend, mess!

It's a bit shite of Carton House to have the Armagh booking and not honour it in full, given that it was 10 days before the Man U one.

Yep. Wouldn't have liked to be the one giving Geezer that news!

Likely not go back, I'm sure Carton house will miss the tens of thousands they're getting every year from those trips 

What actually happened?
Friend of mine was in Carton house and said he saw McGeeney rip into some hotel manager.


On the game, with the size of the squad Armagh carry and the quality we always hear about from within even the 2nd/3rd string, this should be an absolute hammering of a Tyrone team that just about managed to stay in Div2.

The strength in depth isn't there at the moment and certainly not what is was when won the AI.  This was evident in the Kerry league game with Geezer bringing boys off and back on.  Those praising Armagh's depth in 2024 where right to do so had serious subs coming on. 

Tyrone will never roll over against Armagh and will be a tight game. League football is league football. 

Frimpong away off after ten minutes of Holland game injured.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/30/de-zerbi-facing-tottenham-fan-backlash-before-taken-job/

Roberto De Zerbi is already facing a fan backlash at Tottenham Hotspur over his previous support for Mason Greenwood.

Four supporter groups have claimed he should not be appointed because of his comments about the striker at Marseille.

De Zerbi, who has been offered a five-year deal at crisis-torn Spurs following the departure of interim manager Igor Tudor, signed former England forward Greenwood for the Ligue 1 club in the summer of 2024.

Think RDZ would be a decent fit, plays a decent style of football which Spurs supporters will demand.  The Greenwood situation would have been difficult to manage.  Surprised by the backlash from fans, if they had kept Tudor they would be 100% going to the championship. 

The backlash isn't about Tudor.

It's about a club that has spent all too long behaving like Sideshow Bob around rakes.

I know that.

RDZ has had a good record in the league before and plays a style of football the fans would buy into. 

RDZ said Greenwood was a good guy who had paid a heavy price for what he done.  Would be difficult for him to come out publicly and say Greenwoods a sc**bag. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/30/de-zerbi-facing-tottenham-fan-backlash-before-taken-job/

Roberto De Zerbi is already facing a fan backlash at Tottenham Hotspur over his previous support for Mason Greenwood.

Four supporter groups have claimed he should not be appointed because of his comments about the striker at Marseille.

De Zerbi, who has been offered a five-year deal at crisis-torn Spurs following the departure of interim manager Igor Tudor, signed former England forward Greenwood for the Ligue 1 club in the summer of 2024.

Think RDZ would be a decent fit, plays a decent style of football which Spurs supporters will demand.  The Greenwood situation would have been difficult to manage.  Surprised by the backlash from fans, if they had kept Tudor they would be 100% going to the championship. 

On a sidenote would it not have been an idea for one of the sides to wear their away kit?

Michael Murphy closed fist as always ffs. What a tr**p he is

In fairness if he's been allowed to get away with it years why wouldn't he. Complete kop out by ref.

Murphy is an absolute kn**ker.

A red card strike with closed fist?