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

[Harold Disgracey]

2-7 to 1-9 for Brigids. Everything went for them today.

Thought Deegan was poor.

Good for Armagh?

[brokencrossbar1]

Congrats to St Brigids. Hard luck to our lads, very proud of them all.

[Benchwarmer]

Had Oisin stayed on the field would Cross have lost that game?  He was def struggling but could've been carried to hit the frees!  Tony made the call and today was prob a mistake!  In fairness to Tony Mac he rarely makes mistakes and Cross were unlucky on the day!  Fair play to St Brigids!  Great game!  All set up for Dr Crokes!

[wildrover]

Fair play to Brigids..they went out with a gameplay to slow the game down and Deegan allowed them to implement it

Bollox...Brigids were the better team so give them the credit they deserve...Both teams were at the niggly stuff all game but moreso Cross...Ref had a decent game too...typical sour 'apples' from an armagh man!

[ross4life]

Great win & deserved win looking forward to another AI final

[yellowcard]

Very scrappy football, only kept exciting by the closeness of the scoreline. Well done to St Brigids but Cross left that game behind. Dominated midfield but failed to make it count on the scoreboard. That goal miss at start of second half came back to haunt them.

[imtommygunn]

Tight game that could have went either way. Didn't mind who won it but it frustrates me that refs never add on time for time wasted in injury time. The brigids keeper was mustard for it and hasn't got any less mad with years gone by.

Limiting clarke's influence won it really though if cross had won it limiting kilbride would have been lauded.  If oisin had been on maybe frees wouldn't have been missed but then dolan missed a few that were out of character too.

Cross have slowed the game down plenty in the past so can't complain about that.

[orangeman]

Oisin Mc Conville's free taking ability was sorely missed today when he went off injured.

Oisin was clinical from frees over the course of his career.

Fair play to St Brigids but Cross will be sore after this one. They left it behind them.

But they have been serious champions worthy of every plaudit that came their way.

Can they regroup ? History says they will.

[Throw ball]

Exciting game which either team could have won. Since they last played Cross were minus Francis Hanratty, Stephen Finnegan and Michael McNamee for one reason or another. Brigid's have improved too. The ball ran with them today as well with the sloppy goal and Cross miss. Hope this continues for them in the final as they have been trying for a long time. The match also showed how important Paul Kernan and Oisin are for Cross. It will only be in years to come that people will realise how good he really was. They can talk about the Gooch, Canavan etc. but no player has influenced as many games as him.

Finally, although the game was exciting I also think it showed the things that are wrong with football with the feigning injury, diving and systematic following in the half back line and midfield area to stop teams developing play.

[curious]

both teams missed chances - cross with the goal and Dolan on the frees
second goal obviously the key score, even though  very flukey but St. Brigids held their nerve

[rodney trotter]

The wind was serious, didn't help either team. Balls dropping short, poor free's. Thought some of the Cross kicking passing was quite poor,maybe a wind factor. Brigids long ball passing seemed to come off better.

The missed goal chance at the start of the second half was a big blow for Cross. They had started the half well and that would have been a big blow for Brigids. Although the 2 missed free's by Frankie Dolan were a let off for Cross, fairly straight forward free's for a player like Dolan. He had a great game over all, showed very well and was a constant thorn in the Cross defence. Cross will be sick.

[Applesisapples]

Fair play to Brigids..they went out with a gameplay to slow the game down and Deegan allowed them to implement it

Bollox...Brigids were the better team so give them the credit they deserve...Both teams were at the niggly stuff all game but moreso Cross...Ref had a decent game too...typical sour 'apples' from an armagh man!

You are the one talking bollox. deegan allowed pulling and dragging of the Cross lads to go unpunished. the No.3 kicked Clarke FFS when he was a cert to be one on one. At one stage a Brigids defender fell over the ball with the two Cross lads at least 3 ft away from him...result free out. not sour apples. Deegan is a poor ref and once again Northern teams are done over by a southern ref.

[Syferus]

Believe, baby.

[Hill16 Blues]

Fair play to Brigids..they went out with a gameplay to slow the game down and Deegan allowed them to implement it

Bollox...Brigids were the better team so give them the credit they deserve...Both teams were at the niggly stuff all game but moreso Cross...Ref had a decent game too...typical sour 'apples' from an armagh man!

You are the one talking bollox. deegan allowed pulling and dragging of the Cross lads to go unpunished. the No.3 kicked Clarke FFS when he was a cert to be one on one. At one stage a Brigids defender fell over the ball with the two Cross lads at least 3 ft away from him...result free out. not sour apples. Deegan is a poor ref and once again Northern teams are done over by a southern ref.

You're embarrassing yourself with that post

[wildrover]

Fair play to Brigids..they went out with a gameplay to slow the game down and Deegan allowed them to implement it

Bollox...Brigids were the better team so give them the credit they deserve...Both teams were at the niggly stuff all game but moreso Cross...Ref had a decent game too...typical sour 'apples' from an armagh man!

You are the one talking bollox. deegan allowed pulling and dragging of the Cross lads to go unpunished. the No.3 kicked Clarke FFS when he was a cert to be one on one. At one stage a Brigids defender fell over the ball with the two Cross lads at least 3 ft away from him...result free out. not sour apples. Deegan is a poor ref and once again Northern teams are done over by a southern ref.

What about stephen kernans stamp on frankie dolan's hand when he was on the ground that wasnt punished...
What about Danny O Callaghan trying to mount/ride every brigids forward he could see in the first half that wasnt punished...
What about Johnn Hanratty firing himself into the brigids midfielder and then throwing himself on the ground in the first five minutes that went unpunished...

Both teams were at it...the ref called it as he saw it and certainly wasnt the reason cross were beat...to suggest he was is embarassing...