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Derry team to play Donegal:

gillis
mc camley
mc caigue
sean leo
barry
craig
scullion
friel
diver
lynch
lynn
gerard
gilligan
paddy
emmett

Has none of them players got  2 names

Caolan Rafferty would be ahead of McParland, McVerry and TK

Does he offer much from play? we have plenty of free kick takers so we dont need to carry one

Great news on the toner front, gives us a better choice around the middle of the field and half forward line. like to see a team like this now
1) P Mc Evoy
2) A Mallon
3) B Donaghy
4) D Mc Kenna
5) A Kernan
6) C Vernon
7) C Mc Keever
K Toner
9) J Hannratty
10) A Forker
11) M Mackin
12) T Kernan
13) J Clarke
14) A Duffy
15) G Mc Parland/ G Mc Very

Subs: Morgan, Duffy, Dyas, Lavery, Moriarty, BJP, O'Rourke, B Mallon, Kingham, Stevenson

[Hearty doesnt count as he was a sub.]

With Stevie and Hearty gone does that  leave Ronan Clarke (if he ever returns)  as the only link to the 2002 panel??

Hearty doesnt count as he was a sub.

Poor post Football is more then a 15 man game course it counts he trained every bit as much as the 15 players that started the game

it cant be that team did hearty not retire or did i read that wrong in the paper?

poor team overall, wont keep the ball kicked out to tyrone.

I was joking MOR should not be let near a team to manage.  we would def win nothing playing the Dromintee way, but at least it would be a style of play more then can be said for the current manager's.

MOr was part of the St.Pauls managment team that won an all ireland. Great choice for manager.

If by all reports that Hearty is not returning to the County set up, it's about time that POR and PG had a talk with Ciaran McKinney. He is the best choice left for goals.

Hoganstand.com

Three of Crossmaglen's stars have returned to county training with Armagh.

Orchard County manager Paddy O'Rourke intimated yesterday that he wasn't expecting any of the All-Ireland club winning party to rush back to intercounty training but he has received a welcome boost with Jamie Clarke, Tony Kernan and James Morgan all having participated in last night's training session.

All three come straight into the reckoning to feature against Donegal at Ballybofey on Sunday.

Paul Hearty, Aaron Kernan and Johnny Hanratty have also been invited back and will rejoin the squad at a future date, while David McKenna, Stephen Kernan, Aaron Cunningham and Paul McKeown have been overlooked.

Does anybody know if:

- McDonnell is coming back to the panel?
- Toner is coming back for this years championship?
- Has Ronan Clarke played any football for the Ogs this year?

Due to Crossmaglen, injuries and absentees it is very difficult to predict what Armagh's team for the championship will be. Presuming Toner & McDonnell aren't back, I think the shoe ins will be:

1 -
2 - AMallon
3 - Donaghy
4 -
5 - AKernan
6 - McKeever
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 - AForker
11 -
12 - ADuffy
13 - JClarke
14 -
15 - CRafferty

Other positions to fill:

1 - No obvious first choice
4 & 7 - Choose between Morgan / McKenna / Dyas / Duffy. I think Morgan should be a shoe in
8 & 9 - A big problem area. How many midfielders have we used in the league (Mackin / Lavery / Vernon / Padden / Kingham / Carragher that I can remember) plus Cross pair. I would imagine we will see a pairing from Mackin / Lavery / Vernon or Hanratty)
11 & 14 - Mackin is an option. Others to consider would be BMallon / McParland / Cunningham / Grugan

Is Hearty not a shoe in for goals? Was Makin not Armagh's best player last season and the start of this season surly he's a"shoe in"

What was Garrycastles plan before the game? Why did they give Cross any more motivation for the game by breaking the parade and crashing into the cross player and trying to disrupt the photo. Silly move in the end dont you think?

Deets scored a penalty for Derry minors and he was playing in nets. Useless fact for today...

Thats more then hes scored when he plays in the forward line 

[Just because Antrim never won a Connacht Title]

The past is irrelevant for Sunday's game.
Just because Antrim never won a Connacht Title doesnt mean we can beat them.
Only way we will win is if we're better than them on the day.

Last time i checked Antrim wasnt in Connacht. did i miss something ?

Benny cake is right about Veron tho. Overrated form he left minors, but as for marsden he was a great player

Waters deserves a chance after playing well last week when he came on, Mackin is Armagh best player so far this season. Forker is reliable from free and can score from play. Overall I think we have a good half forward line.

I can also see changes been made before the game starts. Duffy full forward? Maybe 3rd midfielder with his height and engine.

Should make for a good game but think Dublin could have to much in reserve.