Paddy O'Rourke named as new Armagh Manager

[naka]

Calling for POR to be waterboy is just plain disrespectful.  He's the Armagh manager and he has put together a formidable backroom team.

Let's see what he does with the squad and judge him from that

+1

Save that abuse for this time next year Duffleking, if its warranted.

agreed with this as i said lets move on

[DuffleKing]

He's sticking out like a sore thumb as the only member of that management team who's not qualified to be there.

He shouldn't be allowed carry the water. that's not a personal analysis nut rather based on his management to date.

[thewanderer]

goats i most def will be talkin with him and his family have not been too impressed with comments on this board. turned his back on armagh? hardly what do you think all the meetings were about. speak to someone u know about it  ( P )

[Cúig huaire]

He shouldn't be allowed carry the water.

You must have a hell of a CV if you can talk about a man who won all Ireland medals at every grade like that. As this discussion board allows a certain amount of anonymity, could you remind people like me exactly what you have done in the game, both on and off the field.
I assume you are a disgruntled member of the county board???

[brokencrossbar1]

Lads and lasses, we have our concerns about Paddy O'Rourke, and justifiably so given his tenure over Down.  The thing is in Down he did not have the back up team that he ha availabel to him now and the raw material was not as good in my view.  With McGurn on board and two young assistants(Murtagh may look old but is only 38) the long term future for Armagh may be better than people expect.  We have an AI winning playing captain, and man who has played on 3 AI club winning teams and managed one as well, and a young and up and coming manager who has cut his teeth successfully along with a highly regarded, and highly sought after fitness coach.  Time to move away from the crap and look at what playing staff changes need to be made as lets face it Peter McDonnell did not lose the game against Monaghan.

[stpauls]

Lads and lasses, we have our concerns about Paddy O'Rourke, and justifiably so given his tenure over Down.  The thing is in Down he did not have the back up team that he ha availabel to him now and the raw material was not as good in my view.  With McGurn on board and two young assistants(Murtagh may look old but is only 38) the long term future for Armagh may be better than people expect.  We have an AI winning playing captain, and man who has played on 3 AI club winning teams and managed one as well, and a young and up and coming manager who has cut his teeth successfully along with a highly regarded, and highly sought after fitness coach.  Time to move away from the crap and look at what playing staff changes need to be made as lets face it Peter McDonnell did not lose the game against Monaghan.

here here!!!

[Cúig huaire]

Strange times when Down men are defending the Armagh management.
BC1 is spot on though. Still hope they lose every game they play next year, its time that Armagh supporters realised that they are a crap team and they have to stop blaming the management, or lack of management.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Strange times when Down men are defending the Armagh management.

And even stranger ones when Armagh men are defending Down men 

[armaghniac]

ts time that Armagh supporters realised that they are a crap team and they have to stop blaming the management, or lack of management.

Sure Down have been like that for a dozen years, why should we not do it. 

In any case, we may not be quite the force we were, but we should be above the crap level. We are not Down. 

[Onion Bag]

Strange times when Down men are defending the Armagh management.
BC1 is spot on though. Still hope they lose every game they play next year, its time that Armagh supporters realised that they are a crap team and they have to stop blaming the management, or lack of management.

And Down are just f**king fantastic, That was such a worth while post Cuig,

[DuffleKing]

He shouldn't be allowed carry the water.

You must have a hell of a CV if you can talk about a man who won all Ireland medals at every grade like that. As this discussion board allows a certain amount of anonymity, could you remind people like me exactly what you have done in the game, both on and off the field.
I assume you are a disgruntled member of the county board???

I'm not qualified to carry the water either but at least i know it.

[mountainboii]

Very happy with three quarters of the management team now. McNulty and Murtagh deserve huge credit for coming on board after missing out on the main job. The irrational optimism is even starting to seep back. Roll on January 

[mountainboii]

Strange times when Down men are defending the Armagh management.
BC1 is spot on though. Still hope they lose every game they play next year, its time that Armagh supporters realised that they are a crap team and they have to stop blaming the management, or lack of management.

Brilliant.

It was getting a bit hairy for a while there when we even had some Down men showing a bit of sympathy.

[Cúig huaire]

Strange times when Down men are defending the Armagh management.
BC1 is spot on though. Still hope they lose every game they play next year, its time that Armagh supporters realised that they are a crap team and they have to stop blaming the management, or lack of management.

And Down are just f**king fantastic, That was such a worth while post Cuig,

We are still 5 Times better than Armagh. 

[irunthev]

Lads and lasses, we have our concerns about Paddy O'Rourke, and justifiably so given his tenure over Down.  The thing is in Down he did not have the back up team that he ha availabel to him now and the raw material was not as good in my view.  With McGurn on board and two young assistants(Murtagh may look old but is only 38) the long term future for Armagh may be better than people expect.  We have an AI winning playing captain, and man who has played on 3 AI club winning teams and managed one as well, and a young and up and coming manager who has cut his teeth successfully along with a highly regarded, and highly sought after fitness coach.  Time to move away from the crap and look at what playing staff changes need to be made as lets face it Peter McDonnell did not lose the game against Monaghan.

here here!!!

I'll echo that too. Armagh have come out of this a heck of a lot better than people would have predicted two weeks ago. What they have managed to do must surely be in contention for "Save of the Season."