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So Tyrone demolish a Cavan team that ran Armagh out the door.  If Armagh did manage to fluke their way into super 8s this year they would've ended up on -20 or more v a big team. Mayo result was a blessing in disguise.

Tis a funny old game. Sure we left it behind us in Castlebar and Mayo made fools of Galway this week. Cavan just didn't turn up against Tyrone, although in fairness Armagh still another year away from being super 8 standard.

[no great affinity for the club game]

McGeeney divides opinion and people know by now what his strengths and weaknesses are. I personally think he should stay for at least another year to see if he can progress the team and get them back to division one and competing for Super 8's. He is self financed and runs a very professional set up and has the absolutely loyalty of his players who are very well prepared but he has no great affinity for the club game which tends to annoy a lot of the grassroots supporters. A war through the papers does not reflect very well on anybody and I get the feeling that this will rumble on now with people already querying who wrote the letter. Aidan Forker had already used the same paper to bat for Geezer in the previous couple of days. He could have avoided all of this by stating that he was staying on directly after the match on Saturday but instead the void has now been filled by people questioning whether he should stay or go.   

I was on the fence with McGeeney and still am, especially with the obvious issues of not winning our own or opposition kickouts, but he's really impressed me with some of our forward play in the championship especially, but this really sickens me about the man.

Was this the fault of the referee too?

https://twitter.com/untitledgaa/status/1145044385484218368?s=21

What's that got to do with anything? Or wheres the rest of that video?

(1) We are witnessing the slow demise of the great Mayo team (2) Blame the ref, always the loser's excuse.

There's no one from Armagh thats blaming the the ref for that defeat. We're all calling him out for being absolutely shite which he was and plenty of neutrals and Mayo fans have said the same. We left it behind us on the day regardless of the ref.

I'm sure the likes of Fermanagh, Leitrim or Armagh would be very glad of a Tommy Murphy 2.0 in the cabinet. They don't get much of a chance at silverware after all.

Quit the wind up. We're after giving a Division one team a hiding and coming within a whisker of another today. Playing in some B competition would be an insult.

Shields a liability, least he's not diving today I suppose.

First part is true however he doesn't dive

Harsh. Man made silly mistakes today but he's been one of Armaghs most reliable players for a brave while now. And he is most certainly not a diver.

Reckon it will be 1am Sunday morning at the earliest before we make it back home from Castlebar ... just hope the result is in our favour to make the journey seem shorter!

This game is a toss up, possibly Armagh favorites.

An aging Mayo team with a lot of injuries and a slowing back line V a young Armagh team with three excellent forwards.

I will be quite happy to be wrong.

Paddypower
mayo 4/11
Armagh 11/4
Draw 15/2

Those odds are daft, and are based on league stature as opposed to current form.

Would ye quit the owl mind games already. Mayo are clear favourites playing at home against an Armagh side who have been blowing hot and cold for a few years and look to be missing 3 massive players through injury. Plus two of our main players are barely out of their teens, great lads but they've never faced men like O'Shea and Keegan before.

Explain how this macho bullshit, whatever that is, comes directly from the management team. No doubt we have a problem with our tackling but I stand by what I said having watched a lot of games the past few years

Pay no heed to Brick. That's the old Down head on him.

I've said it before that in my opinion referees - certainly the leading referees - in our County, try and let too much go, which means players can get into bad habits as regards tackling.

Sure how would that effect the lads on the county panel when would they ever play club football?

Anybody any clue what McCann was at??

Putting 2 fingers inside another players mouth is a very specific and targeted action. It hard to imagine that it was just made up on the spot. Was he trying to get the gum shield out and engineer a bite mark on his finger?

Irrespective of what punishment the rule book permits the incident is troubling and reflects very badly on the lad

maybe he was provoked?....  there was a a lot of sledging/goading/thrash talking goin on in Donegal fullback line   esp first half

If he's provoked that badly then hit the man a box in the jaw or else f**k up and play the game. No excuse for that cowardly act when a mans lying on the ground.

I see bonner trying to put pressure on the ref about protecting his players. That's a few times he's tried that one: Could see through it if Donegal where squeaky clean.

What did he say?

He said he fully expects the referee is up to the standard required for such a game.

That idiot clearly isn't. Always has to be centre of attention no call for that black card ffs

https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/299977

This sums up the mentality under McGeeney, he has the Armagh team running about with the chest out, constantly delivering late hits and up to aul dirt non stop and then when they're caught it's a crying match trying to get off with it.
McGeeney himself should have been banned for his blatant shoulder on McKernan the last day out. Embarrassing stuff appealing this.

Dry your eyes

And now Armagh talking about appealing donaghy red. Jokers. It should be doubled for wasting GAA time.

They said they would look at the video. The video will show there's no chance of getting off.

Must have been the same umpire that missed the elbow on Shields right in front of him so. Donaghy's was just plain stupid can't complain about it.

Yup, McCorry said afterwards they'd look at video to see if they'll appeal.

But there is no grounds for appeal, as we seen later on TV. End of story.

"He was adamant he didn't come down on him and the umpire said there was nothing in it"

Umpire is as blind as the ref so

On the game Dub's- do yous reckon Costello has done enough to start when yous meet the big boys? What will that mean for Rock?

Jaysus football is a funny old game. Mayo win the league and beat a very good Kerry team in the final, then get beat in c'ship by Roscommon, the same Roscommon team that just about beat Armagh last year in the Qualifiers then proceeded to get thumped in the super 8's and this is the Mayo team (whats left anyway) thats the only team to lay a glove on the Dubs in the championship in years.

Clarke gave his gloves to my nephew at the end of the game today. Absolutely made the wee mans day. Fair play to Jamie. Class on and off the pitch

+1. Unlike his manager

McGeeney was very classy with everyone at the open morning a fortnight ago so will have to disagree. The incident you refer today was nothing at all

Open morning with the public has nothing to do with it. A manager is judged by he conducts himself during the game and McGeeney let himself down a bagful.  Blind-sided the Down player during the interval while he was running of the field. Could easily have put him out of the game. Shit-house tactics reminiscent of Pillar and we all know what those won in the long run.

The man's an embarrassment and the sooner he's out the door the better. Not the first time he's let the county down with his antics.

Some anti-McGeeney agenda bullshit being spewed on here. I'm no huge fan of his and I'd like him to do plenty differently, but theres a good few on here that wouldn't praise him if we got to an All-Ireland.