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I have to comment here. I think Quigly was pathetic yesterday and it's nothing to with the Harps, he was so bad it wasn't funny. He blew clans up twice for lifting of the ground (fair enough) but the Harps done it as well straight after and were not blew up for it and they got Pt's from it. Now Mr Quigly realised his errors and quickly awarded frees to the Clans that clearly were not free kicks. The 1 Winsam was talking about Marsden was attacking in full flow he fisted the ball over a C Vernon's head and went to run on for the 1-2 he was obstructed by Vernon and Marsden got booked for it and a free to the Harps (explain that 1).


P.S. i know he had to listen to some fools on the line but that should not make any difference to his decisions as a foul is a free no matter what is shouted from the sidelines or crowds...

In fairness that free was given because when Marsden was trying to get past vernon he grabbed him by the jersey to pull him aside, not a booking offence but would be deemed a free in my book.  as for the slabbering on the sidelines it was nothing compared to wot was witnessed in the stands i took my son (8 yr old) to the game and some of the insults from both supporters were x rated to say the least and that was towards there 'own' team.  The ref defo. wasnt gud for either team as some might say the Clans goal came from a push in the back tho the Harps did get some easier decisions in the 2nd half.

I noticed Ebby Toal Playing for the B's last night.  Is he not making the first team this year?

I think he's realised that the end of his playing days r fast approaching and that he would get more f'ball with the b's, as he is not considered to be a 'Big noise' as the managment would put it within the senior squad!

Peader has a broken ankle and will be out for up to 6 months.  Nippy is still training with the panel and can be called upon at anytime.

The source was one of the main sponsors of the county team while Grimely was there who has now withdrawn his sponsorship and is considering giving it to Kildare. so the source is reliable enough.
but then again time will tell 

I've heard that Paul Grimely will be joining McGeeny as will the surprise packet sean Boylan the former Meath manager who will be coming on board as a consultant type role!

If true a very strong and able management set up.

Think your right Uladh, as far as i'm aware the first ulster armagh won in the 90's was the first time the Harps were not represented on an armagh ulster winning panel! 

Does peter McDonnell know the road to Lurgan? if so tell him not to bother as all the good players from there have retired

On a serious note i know nothing about that man, don't even know what he looks like. what type of guy is he?? Is he the "kick the door thru" guy or a quiet talk??

He's the type of manager who if need be will kick the door thru, but mostly a quiet man who likes talking to players individually to see what makes them 'tick'
When he speaks people listen!

Dont know McDonnell so cant rate him and as for Grimley well he is the best manager i have had by a long shot

I have had the oppurtunity to have played under both Paul and Peter, and i can assure you that both men have a great track record in club management, yes the county boards treatment of big Paul was terrible but to suggest that the best man never got the job is nonsense!
Peter is a great manager, his man management skills are no different from Pauls he knows his stuff and the sooner that people start backing him the sooner Armagh will be back to winning ways 

any one got any news on Dynesy's diisppearance, last i heard was he was kidnapped by aliens after his 5 mins of fame in championship match

I can back this up, the only thing i'd add is that the kidnapping happened while in the process of hanging up his boots! 

Ah but there is leg-end, check the side articles!

yeah culloville friday at 8 Clans sunday evening at 7!

is this just another dig at the GAA from you Sammy?

Sammy, have you ever tried becoming a member of a GAA club?  I presume not, cause had you have this disscusion would never have taken place.

I didn't say whitecross were hard hitting i said south Armagh teams in general are renowned for being hallions on the field. From a north Armagh perspective anyway.

I was understanding your position until then.

What were these 6 reds for?
1 yous said yourselves was deserved against whitecross
1 was for acting agressively towards a ref - we've player serving suspension for the same thing

2 more in the championship for fighting?

what else?

3 reds were deserved and 3 were not: that simple

the 2 clowns sent of in the championsip for fighting (deserved)
the player against Whitecross for 2 yellas (Deserved)
The other guy who was sent off against Whitecross was angry about a free given against him, that happens every game with every team. Remember the ref admitted he was wrong!!
And the other 2 were sent off for nothin short of being biased after the Bawn game.

And i do agree with Full back this is only gonna get worse because the more it's talked about by ref's the worst its gonna get.

P.S. remember our semi final against Dromintee 2 years ago when a certain bookie in Armagh took a £3000 bet on Dromintee to beat the clans. 

Thats just pure and utter nonsense, how can this be proved?
Just because Dromintee, who two years ago were probably the 2nd best team in the county, defeated the clans who were in division 2 two years ago, does not give evedience that the game was refereed unfairly! for financial gain.  if that were the case then why was there not an inquiry into it at the time?
pure and utter speculation.

Totally agree snatter, the nationalism (note the small n) promoted by the GAA is not that of political Nationalism but of Cultural nationalism!