St. Brigid's vs. Crossmaglen Rangers - All-Ireland Senior Club Semi-final 2013

[emmetryan]

Hi guys

I've put together a tactical preview of the game here  http://action81.com/blog/?p=6685

Emmet

[brokencrossbar1]

Thought the piece in the Irish News yesterday was one for the Cross motivation bank as well.

Is that the Ian Kilbride one? 

[yellowcard]

Definitely talking the talk anyway.

I presume you are talking about the kevin McStay interview where he is positively upbeat about his sides chances. To be honest, the very fact that he feels the need to talk his side up would indicate to me that he feels the need to fill them full of confidence since a lot of sides seem to have an inferiority complex when they play Cross. Cross simply let their football do the talking and don't feel such a need as their results speak for themselves.

[Syferus]

Hahaha

[shark]

what  are the parking facilities like around the pitch

not great
all paid parking

my advice is to park at Loreto school on the hospital road/old longford road (they have a small car park at front of building or across road from school) and then walk the 300 metres to the ground.

Think they have a barrier up now.  A good option, if you know where you're going then a good place to park is in D'Alton Park, where Mullingar Shamrocks are based. Plenty of roadside parking and tunnel access to walk 2 mins to Cusack Park.

[Farrandeelin]

Hahaha

What's funny?

[bennydorano]

Thought the piece in the Irish News yesterday was one for the Cross motivation bank as well.

Is that the Ian Kilbride one?

Noel Fallon (just checked)

[Captain Obvious]

Thought the piece in the Irish News yesterday was one for the Cross motivation bank as well.

Is that the Ian Kilbride one?

Noel Fallon (just checked)

I don't see much if any motivation for Cross in that piece. They do their talking on the field and won't worry what others say.

[Keane]

Previews of the two games here if any of ye want to take a look:

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/all-ireland-club-championship-preview-st-brigids-vs-crossmaglen/
http://www.livegaelic.com/news/all-ireland-club-championship-preview-dr-crokes-vs-ballymun/

Really looking forward to the two games, the standard in this competition is just superb. It doesn't hurt that several of the teams remaining play a brilliant brand of football, Cross and Brigid's in particular.

[yellowcard]

Previews of the two games here if any of ye want to take a look:

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/all-ireland-club-championship-preview-st-brigids-vs-crossmaglen/
http://www.livegaelic.com/news/all-ireland-club-championship-preview-dr-crokes-vs-ballymun/

Really looking forward to the two games, the standard in this competition is just superb. It doesn't hurt that several of the teams remaining play a brilliant brand of football, Cross and Brigid's in particular.

Good previews even if I disagree with the verdicts for both matches. St Brigids and Ballymun double is in the bookies at 10/1!!

Should be two good matches, more interesting than national league fixtures at this time of year. I'm hoping for a Cross v Dr Crokes final which would be one to look forward to.

Also in the Cross preview it says that they relinquished their Armagh title twice in 17 years when in fact it was only once.

[Croí na hÉireann]

what  are the parking facilities like around the pitch

not great
all paid parking

my advice is to park at Loreto school on the hospital road/old longford road (they have a small car park at front of building or across road from school) and then walk the 300 metres to the ground.

Think they have a barrier up now.  A good option, if you know where you're going then a good place to park is in D'Alton Park, where Mullingar Shamrocks are based. Plenty of roadside parking and tunnel access to walk 2 mins to Cusack Park.

Many a time I've stuck it beside the tunnel if I'm running late. A good spot if you want to stick to the main roads is a free car park near the top of the Delvin Road.

[Throw ball]

Should be a good game. For me the questions are do Cross still have the fight for a tight battle and have St. Brigid's the confidence to beat Cross. Having lost twice in tight games it would be easy to lose heart when behind. It is important for them to have their heads right. In my opinion this Cross team have been as good to watch as any team I have seen. But they have been winning everything and if the hunger is not there they could be caught. As an Armagh man it may be best for the county this year for Cross to lose but I really hope they can go on and win a three in a row. Let us hope for a good game with the officials getting the major decisions right.

[PadraicHenryPearse]

Nerves hitting in now. As a Bridget's man I think we are stronger than the last two years and the panel is much stronger now. I'd be confident we can win, it is the step we need to take for people to see how good a club we are. Cross are the team to beat in the country and ill glad we get the chance to pit ourselves against the best again. This time hopefully ill be celebrating.

[Keane]

Good previews even if I disagree with the verdicts for both matches. St Brigids and Ballymun double is in the bookies at 10/1!!

Should be two good matches, more interesting than national league fixtures at this time of year. I'm hoping for a Cross v Dr Crokes final which would be one to look forward to.

Also in the Cross preview it says that they relinquished their Armagh title twice in 17 years when in fact it was only once.

Thanks for the feedback, you're spot on about Cross's Armagh record, we've fixed that.

As for the verdict in the two games, Cross and Crokes are rightly favourites but I do think there's very, very little between all four sides and at the prices you mentioned I think both underdogs are decent bets. I definitely don't think Ballymun should be 2/1, wouldn't have batted an eyelid to see them 6/4.

[Syferus]

what  are the parking facilities like around the pitch

not great
all paid parking

my advice is to park at Loreto school on the hospital road/old longford road (they have a small car park at front of building or across road from school) and then walk the 300 metres to the ground.

Think they have a barrier up now.  A good option, if you know where you're going then a good place to park is in D'Alton Park, where Mullingar Shamrocks are based. Plenty of roadside parking and tunnel access to walk 2 mins to Cusack Park.

Many a time I've stuck it beside the tunnel if I'm running late. A good spot if you want to stick to the main roads is a free car park near the top of the Delvin Road.

What tunnel is this? Might as well be prepared for tomorrow - would you mind sticking a pin in Google maps and linking us? Cusack has always been a pain with Google because it's not even named on the map, if you stick Cusuack Park into the navigation it tries to bring you on a lovely tour of the Burren.