Ard Mhacha v Dún na nGall - 26ú Meitheamh

[shark]

Ger Canning is a crap commentator. According to him just now Michael Murphy is a 6 foot 2 year old! WTF?

"Don't let the two goals deceive you, Armagh have had far more possession in this half".  Said just before half time.  He is some man for starting sentences when he has no idea how he is going to finish them.

[magickingdom]

Would somebody shut thon dog up!

He is worse than a feckin vuvuzela

ha ha i was watching the wc listening to the non stop vevuzelas then switched over and the fockin dog was at it. the gaa need to start presenting gaa in a more professional manner, ger canning, marty morrisey? how can u listen to them? now a dog? was the sound engineer asleep?

[Carmen Stateside]

f**king dog annoyed me watching that!
Donegal were horrible.

[under the bar]

£40 on Armagh ht/ft at 6/4 lifts me a nice ton!  Get in there! 

[Armaghgeddon]

Ger Canning is a crap commentator. According to him just now Michael Murphy is a 6 foot 2 year old! WTF?

"Don't let the two goals deceive you, Armagh have had far more possession in this half".  Said just before half time.  He is some man for starting sentences when he has no idea how he is going to finish them.

Did you hear him saying about Murphy "He is a 6ft 2 year old"

[mountainboii]

What a roller coaster year! Delighted with that. Some great performances from some of the younger lads, which is the most important thing. Won't be challenging for any All Irelands in the next year or two but if these boys keep progressing there's a lot of hope for us down the line.

Jamie Clarke is immense, the ball sticks to him like glue. He's going to be as good as McDonnell for the next decade. Franny Hanratty had an excellent debut. He was all over the pitch, full of energy. Nippy Swift might have had his best ever showing in an Armagh jersey too. He always had mountains of potential; it'd be fantastic if he could start to show what he can do more frequently. Disappointing for Duffy to go off so early, but Feeney did a sound job in his place. Hope he's not too bad, we're struggling for numbers as it is. Some very good displays from some of the more experienced lads too - Donaghy, Duffy, McKeever, Kernan. Dyas had a quiet enough day, but it'll hopefully do him the world of good to get a full 70 minutes under his belt. Couple of other boys I'm still not so sure about, they may have done alright today but they'll struggle against better teams that put up more fight.

I suppose any praise has to be tempered with the Donegal showing in mind. They looked gutless and had little fight after the two early goals. Felt very sorry for the Donegal people that gave up their Saturday to watch such in insipid display. It'll be a long spin home.

[armaghniac]

Well, I think that Armagh are clearly better than Donegal, but this is not as hard as it should be! Conor Counihan was sitting nearby, interesting that he came so far to a televised game.

[mackers]

Donegal are a poor outfit who absolutely hate playing us but there were some encouraging displays from Armagh. Jaimie Clarke is a real find, his breakthrough into the team couldn't have been better timed with Ronan's injury. His score taking is excellent but the way he can win his own ball is very encouraging, he has great hands. Swift had a great game and won what little ball that we won at midfield, with Toner and Lavery badly missed. Franny Hanratty had a good debut, and while he made a number of errors he never stopped showing for the ball and never hid. He was trying to do things that he would get away with in club football, he'll learn a lot from today. Brendan Donaghy had another great game.

Midfield is a concern and hopefully the two week break will get us a couple of our injuries back. We made quite a number of mistakes that could cost us against a better team. Good to win our first qualifier since 2003, hopefully we'll get a bit of a run together.

[Denn Forever]

Well, I think that Armagh are clearly better than Donegal, but this is not as hard as it should be! Conor Counihan was sitting nearby, interesting that he came so far to a televised game.

Quick blast to Breffni tonight and off to Clones for the Fermanagh game tomorrow.  A regular football fest.

[bennydorano]

Fine win there but Donegal are basically a disgrace, no balls whatsoever.  We just seem to have their number.

Great win considering how many injuries there are at present, delighted for Nippy who had an absolute blinder.  Cant agree on Hanratty, made countless mistakes, however he'll only improve from there.  Jamie is the boy, a lot better than i thought he was having watched him for Cross and UUJ.

Can we only get a semi final loser in the next round of the draw or is it a free for all?

[Smokin Joe]

Looked like Anto did something to his leg (as it seemed to be padded).

Nippy had an absolutely brilliant game (as he tends to do in Cross).

Pretty soon the opposition's best man marker will be tasked to Jamie, and not Stevie 

[Armaghgeddon]

Why does O'Rouke insist on playing Mackin?! He was awful. He needs to be used as an impact sub.

I am looking forward to seeing Ronan Clarke, Stevie Mc, Jamie Clarke and Henderson playing together.

Stevie has 18 goals. J Clarke has 3 already   

[Armaghgeddon]

Fine win there but Donegal are basically a disgrace, no balls whatsoever.  We just seem to have their number.

Great win considering how many injuries there are at present, delighted for Nippy who had an absolute blinder.  Cant agree on Hanratty, made countless mistakes, however he'll only improve from there.  Jamie is the boy, a lot better than i thought he was having watched him for Cross and UUJ.

Can we only get a semi final loser in the next round of the draw or is it a free for all?

Free for all.

[PatDaly]

Fine win there but Donegal are basically a disgrace, no balls whatsoever.  We just seem to have their number.

Great win considering how many injuries there are at present, delighted for Nippy who had an absolute blinder.  Cant agree on Hanratty, made countless mistakes, however he'll only improve from there.  Jamie is the boy, a lot better than i thought he was having watched him for Cross and UUJ.

Can we only get a semi final loser in the next round of the draw or is it a free for all?

Free for all.

Are you sure about that? Where did you get that info?

http://www.gaa.ie/content/downloads/wallcharts/football_wallchart.pdf
Round 2: July 10
Each of the eight teams defeated in the provincial semi-finals shall play against one of the eight winners from Round 1.

[Apple Crumble]

Cork it is then. - Yikes!!!!!