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A team like Kilmacud Crokes with all their players could beat Cross.
They beat them once already and I don't they had a full team out when they lost to Cross the last time they met.

Any team can be beaten from time to time, Cross players get injured as well you know, were the hell were Crokes on St Patricks day, I will tell you where they where, sitting on their arses in front of the TV watching Cross, they were not good enough to be there this year, Cross were and without doubt the best team in Ireland, period, end of!

Calm down, ffs. Nowhere does Jinxy suggest that Cross were not the best team in the country this year. He simply suggests that Kilmacud Crokes could be a strong challenger to Cross in the future. This is a wholly reasonable point considering the bother Crokes, and other Dublin clubs, have caused Cross in the recent past.

[The Tyrone forward line is another world from anything Morgan will have encountered at club level. Declan McKenna is a more than adequate alternative, who has put in significant time at CB in the last 12 months.]

If James Morgan doesn't get game time this Sunday, then I don't see him starting the Tyrone game. As good and all as he's looked for Cross at times, it would be very risky to throw a twenty year old into such a high tempo, high pressure match with practically no intercounty experience outside of minor football. The Tyrone forward line is another world from anything Morgan will have encountered at club level. Declan McKenna is a more than adequate alternative, who has put in significant time at CB in the last 12 months.

Has McKenna marked anyone close to the quality of these 2?

Just asking like?  Apart from that you're probably right but I personally have some doubts about Vernon,

Has James Morgan ever faced a forward line with the strength of Dublin's, Kerry's or Tyrone's? Look, like you and everyone else in the county, I hope and expect that Morgan will file into the Armagh FB line in the not too distant future. My only concern is that the step up from club level to face a Tyrone forward line that is very close to the top of the intercounty game is perhaps asking a bit too much, too soon. Yes, Morgan has done well against a few star forwards when playing with Cross, but that's when part of a Cross side, and a Cross back line, that are usually a class above and dominating their opposition. With Armagh he'd be placed into a team and back line that will not enjoy anywhere close to the same superiority or dominance. So in my opinion, it is not as certain as many seem to believe that he would be able to put in the same level of performance given the differing circumstances.

[The Paddy Heaney Column]

anyone post up Paddy Heaneys article today in the Irish news?

I'll type it out for you. I cut a couple of the less important bits out.

The Paddy Heaney Column

Kick passing is great. Cross are great. Fishing is great. The end.

By Paddy Heaney 3rd April 2012

Some things:

Paul Hearty will start in goals. McEvoy has had a solid league, but I don't think he has really done anything that would push Hearty out of the road.

If James Morgan doesn't get game time this Sunday, then I don't see him starting the Tyrone game. As good and all as he's looked for Cross at times, it would be very risky to throw a twenty year old into such a high tempo, high pressure match with practically no intercounty experience outside of minor football. The Tyrone forward line is another world from anything Morgan will have encountered at club level. Declan McKenna is a more than adequate alternative, who has put in significant time at CB in the last 12 months.

Charlie Vernon is a cert to start at midfield. Any teams proposed without him included aren't really worth looking at.

Brian Mallon is surely nailed on at CHF. He has had a fine league, while alternative for this position haven't really prospered for a number of reasons.

I don't think Stephen Kernan will be involved. Maybe I'm reading too much into things, but I've noticed that none of the Irish News journos name check him when listing the Cross players to come back into the panel. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but I suspect that they've had some sort of indication that he will not be considered.

Tony Kernan will be ahead of Aaron Cunningham if your talking about Cross men in the HF line. Kernan has looked a much better player than Cunningham in Cross' run in this year. I actually reckon he might be Aidan Forker's main challenger for the #10 shirt.

I don't see Stevenson starting, or making much of an impact this year. There's no doubting that he's a very capable free taker, but he hasn't shown enough from general play in his couple of opportunities to convince me that he's up to the level. I'd have four or five other lads in the corner positions ahead of him.

I'd like our nosey neighbour Paul to explain why he thinks O'Rourke 'seems to really fancy' BJ Padden. In this league campaign Padden has two substitute appearances and two starts from which he has been removed either at HT or very shortly afterwards. That doesn't sound like the resume of a managerial favourite to me. He will not start against Tyrone.

because of the scoring differences i think its basically the winers of donegal v armagh and laois v down stay up. the losers go down. is that correct?

Yeah pretty much. Although, Laois need to beat Down by more than two points to overtake them on points difference.

Dublin are horrible tonight, don't look bothered at all. Pity they weren't as disinterested a few weeks ago in Croke Park.

Looks like our get out of jail card isn't going to materialise, only a win will save us from the drop next weekend.

Dublin haven't really turned up here.

Fifteen points! Jaysus, club football in Ireland must be very poor.

Great goal there. Game over.

Yep, away to them last day of the season. But sure the league will be over by then.

Armagh - Brian Mallon 2-12 & Aidan Forker 0-18.

[most of the cross lads will probably be partying for a few days win or lose]

would you stay loyal to those that showed the spirit and fight to beat down or would you bring them straight back in?? Tricky one as most of the cross lads will probably be partying for a few days win or lose. Its a must win game though, am I right in saying Armagh could actually still make the top 4?

Some of them will, some won't. The likes of Aaron Kernan and Jamie Clarke wouldn't be going mad and could easily come straight back in; Johnny Hanratty maybe not so much. I'd say they'd have to make an appearance at training in the week leading up to the game to be considered, and it's probably up to the lads individually whether they want to make that effort or take some time off. We could do with the two aforementioned lads, and maybe David McKenna as well, considering how light we are for bodies in certain areas of the field. Clarke was having the craic on the bench at the Down game, I reckon he'll be coming straight back.

Any word on free entry for Season Ticket holders?

Kildare 7-30 to  Armagh 0-07 - NHL 

Armagh 1-20 to Roscommon 1-14
Armagh 0-21 to Mayo 1-11

How many games have the Kilkenny footballers won this year?

1 Kerry 6 5 1 0 10
2 Cork 6 3 2 1 7
3 Dublin 5 3 2 0 6
4 Down 6 3 3 0 6
5 Armagh 6 2 3 1 5
6 Mayo 5 2 3 0 4
7 Laois 6 2 4 0 4
8 Donegal 6 2 4 0 4

Saturday 31 March
Mayo v Dublin, MacHale Park, 7.00pm

Sunday 8 April
Laois v Down, Portlaoise, 2.30pm
Kerry v Mayo, Austin Stack Park, 2.30pm
Cork v Dublin, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 2.30pm
Donegal v Armagh, Ballybofey, 2.30pm

Two defeats for Mayo and a Down win over Laois would keep Armagh up even if we get turned over up in Ballybofey. Though, you'd imagine at least one of those results will go the wrong way for us, so it probably will come down to winner takes all in a fortnight. If Laois, Donegal and Mayo tag on another win each there could be an awful pile up on six points, with the potential for only score average determining whether a side gets a semi final spot or relegated