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lads i would stop the childish stuff and get back to talking about football. all teams will be judged on this years championship end of story. league results and past glories or failures dont mean squat.

I would say that training for most teams will only really commence now with 6 weeks to championship.

wish young nugent a speedy recovery.

ogs v sarsfields game was entertaining enough. referee was 45 mins late, sarsfields were 3 nil up after 10 minutes then ogs went up a gear and went in at half time 8 3 up. sarsfields rallied and there was a scramble in ogs defence. sarsfield umpire said the ball crossed the line and ref gave a goal. even the sarsfields players acknowledged that it didnt cross the line. that left the sides level. ogs went up the pitch and notched up another 2 scores and then sarsfields scored another scrappy goal which looked to be a square ball. one umpire said it was the other said it wasnt. goal was given. ogs were missing a lot of players but should have won the game.

fair play to cullyhanna tonight they hung in there but i dont honestly know how the ogs didnt win this game. the last 15 minutes was played in cullyhannas half of the field but the ogs kicked wide after wide....easy chances too. ogs were 1 up with 1minute to go and cullyhanna broke up the field. a high ball into the square which ciaran mckinney misjudged and the ball bounced into the net.

good hard hitting game to watch. wouldnt blame mckinney as ogs should have been well ahead at that stage. think cullyhanna will stay up if they show that spirit in every match though. fair play

i agree with duffleking. league form at the minute has no bearing whatsoever on championship. teams who are full tilt now will burn themselves out before the championship even begins and so i would assume that any teams who have aspirations of winning the championship will have their training tailored to peak in august.

in my opinion cross probably deserve the favourites tag but to have ogs at 3-1 is some bet. granemore, harps and dromintee would be good each way bets 

poor result and performance from both the players and the management. on a side issue why the hell was barnsy o'rourke dropped from the panel completely when we are cying out for scoring forwards as yesterday highlighted? it's all well and good having big players but that's not worth a tuppence if you cant put the ball over the bar! at least with peter mc donnell in charge the armagh team would never have been beaten by that much 14 men or not!

i hope the team can dust themselves down now and have a rattle at the qualifiers. it all depends on the draw though

Is it just me or is there a pattern with most games in division 1. if the matches are played on the sunday then usually the favourites for the match have won but if the game is played on a friday evening or any other evening with boys working all day etc then the home team almost always wins? just a thought.

took in the ogs and clans game. awful game to watch to be honest with clans deserving their win. ogs were missing nearly their full team but that's not taking away from the clans victory as they battled hard and showed good spirit. that win will get them on their way. any other results?

took in the mullabawn v ogs game. ogs won by 4. 1 11 to 0 10. ogs were missing alot of players. good result which puts them top

took in the ogs v sarsfields game. ogs never really troubled but did let sarsfields back into it in the first half. some nice football played by ogs and sarsfields have a few nippy players. sarsfield player got sent off for a bad tackle on chris rafferty who was very good throughout. dont know why he was dropped from the county panel with some of the players on it at present. kieran hughes and declan mcmanus were also in fine form. a lot of mistakes were made by both teams but this was only natural as it's the first game. any other results?

The new season is finally upon us. i think it is going to be a very interesting season ahead. the league will no doubt bring some shock results with alot of the so called big teams missing their county men. interested to see what dromintee do this year as in all honesty they were pretty poor last year but i still think they are one of the top teams along with ogs and cross

very harsh basing whether anto is brought on to the senior panel on 1 game. anyone can have a bad game you know doesnt mean they are not good enough

i would say any team in ireland would have andy mallon as their corner back. Total nonsense about him being poor under the high ball and total nonsense that he struggled against Nippy Swift. Swift was poor in the county final.

really looking forward to the start of the new season. With the ogs winning the championship last year it has brought the sparkle back to the competition. Everyone now believes they can win it. The ogs will be out to retain it, cross will be out to prove the doubters wrong and to teach everyone a lesson, harps, dromintee and granemore will be out all guns blazing.

The league is going to be very intriguing. The ogs v cross games (although not overly important in the league) should be mouth watering with both teams looking to stamp their authority.

Maghery and whitecross will be wanting to maintain their status with kileavy and mullabawn wanting to prove that division 1 is where they belong.

Harps will be aiming to win division2 and nothing less than promotion will do.

Very interesting season ahead!

ogs had 6 on guard duty. 4 senior players in their senior tracksuits and 2 committee members in their pearse og committee suits. dont know why i even bothered to reply to that though.

surely someone like gerard barton or gerard mc coy of the ogs would deserve a chance other than someone who has served the county well but who has now lost the edge

wat about chris rafferty, wanderer did you forget about him.

Very surprised rafferty didnt get another call up. was on the armagh championship panel last year and didnt even get a trial this year when he was centre half back on a championship winning team and was consistently good all year. armagh's loss is ogs gain i feel.

How many of the dromintee lads are on it? looking forward to seeing the full list of the panel.