Quote from: eireogatron on April 30, 2009, 11:59:56 AM
if you take Cross out the championship in Armagh is extremely competitive, with the other finalists changing constantly. Last year Cross were taken to the pin of their collar by a couple of teams and only a contentious decision disallowing a goal for the Harps prevented them toppling.
You are gauging the rest of Armagh by the fact that they cant beat Cross, BUT CROSS ARE PROBABLY THE GREATEST CLUB SIDE IN HISTORY!!
If the Armagh championship is so shit, how come in the last few years Cross have had their hardest games domestically and then cruise against the other county champions in Ulster?
Getting beat by Loup in 2003, Drawing with Slaughtneil in 2004, getting beat by Bellaghy in 2005 and drawing with Ballinderry in 2008 is hardly cruising it.
As for the strengths of Armagh Club football outside Cross?
2008 Ulster Intermediate Championship
Cullyhanna (3rd In Armagh Div 1) 0.9 Greenlough (Div 3 in Derry) 0.11
2007 Ulster Intermediate Championship
Whitecross (Div 1 Armagh) 0.12 Newbridge (Div 3 in Derry) 1.15
Also I have seen plenty of Armagh club games in last few years, including senior championship, intermediate championship and div 1 and 2 league games. Outside of cross the standard is not great and the teams in div 2 are very poor IMHO.