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Armaghgeddon it was a re-occurence of his past injury. seemed to be limping a bit today when walking across the pitch

Omagh_Gael. Its the wifes fault im stuck here 

Just in through the door there. Couldnt really ask for much more to be honest. Throughout the field we were on top. Thought Hearty had a mixed game, i'd say he would be the main cause for that Down goal, but same happened in Newry so i wouldnt look much into it. Whole FB line was immense. Donaghy had J.Clarke in his back pocket all day, shannon did a very solid job, Mallon was on top no matter who he was marking. Thought our HB line was as good as ive seen in a long while. Finn Mo at one stage won a ball in the 2nd half when he was out-numbered  4:1. Midfield, while not winning as much clean ball as usual, were deff on top throughout, toner's tackling was class. While i am a big fan of A.Kernan, have to say this was as bad as ive seen him in a long long time, wasnt at the races at all. Vernon and swift did well throughout, winning and dis-possessing constantly. With regards to stevie, really looks to be back to his best days, left and right foot, passing etc was first class. Felt Armagh made great use of their subs, with Mackin, Forker & Clarke all preforming well when taken on, esp with Mackin.

Clarke out. Forker in for tomorrow 

After talking to a Stone match after their league game last night, Ambrose has a suspected broken foot and is out for 6 weeks. very good chance now that Gordon will start MF

[Five of the St. Colman's supporters were taken away by the gardai following the final whistle as they attempted to make their way onto the playing surface]

Five of the St. Colman's supporters were taken away by the gardai following the final whistle as they attempted to make their way onto the playing surface.
Peter, i cant help but notice you mentioned that there were 5 college supporters taken away by the Gardaí, when there was only 3.

My next point is regarding the abuse directed at Galvin,
To his credit Galvin never rose to the bait and completely ignored the St.Coleman's supporters who were merely yards away from him for the entire match.
this was not as bad as you make it out, as the majority of the college support were situated towards the hill 16 end of the hogan stand, and Galvin was standing towards the canal end.

Drink, no doubt, was a major factor in the behaviour of the supporters as the smell of alcohol emanating from their section of the ground was strong
you must have some nose on you to be able to smell a whole section of drink with about 200-300 supporters. Personally i think this is your typical southern bias towards an ulster team winning another all-ireland this year. the same type of complaing was evident when they beat a mayo team in the semi final. Blow everything out of proportion