Armagh v Wicklow

[Rossfan]

First come first served, at the turnstile, even for Season Ticket Holders. Not too often that happens in a Championship game.

Welcome back to the world of the little teams 

[Syferus]

First come first served, at the turnstile, even for Season Ticket Holders. Not too often that happens in a Championship game.

Welcome back to the world of the little teams 

I felt awful fancy having numbered stand tickets for a minor match in Carrick, mind.

[Throw ball]

Armagh team due to be announced tonight on Armagh TV. www.armaghgaa.net/armaghtv/

[JP]

1. McEvoy
2. McKeown
3. Donaghy
4. Morgan
5. A.Kernan
6. McKeever
7. Shields
8. Lavery
9. Harold
10. C.Rafferty
11. Dyas
12. E.Rafferty
13. Clarke
14. T.Kernan
15. McVerry

[Oraisteach]

Drat, with the recent defections to America, I was half hoping I'd see my long-overdue name on that list.  A hair over 5' 8", I was thinking of midfield.

[regal]

1. McEvoy
2. McKeown
3. Donaghy
4. Morgan
5. A.Kernan
6. McKeever
7. Shields
8. Lavery
9. Harold
10. C.Rafferty
11. Dyas
12. E.Rafferty
13. Clarke
14. T.Kernan
15. McVerry

Out go:

- McKenna
- Moriarty
- O'Hanlon
- SForker

In come:

- Donaghy
- Morgan
- ERafferty
- McVerry

Presumeably injured are:

- Toner
- AForker
- SForker

[illdecide]

Defence is what majority of people would have picked, I would have preferred Toner in the middle to lavery but I'll assume Toner is still not fit but its the half forward line that I'm not happy with. No experience and not much of a scoring threat tbh, the ff line is good enough but surely t Keenan will play out the field and leave a two man ff line.

Its not the best armagh team we can put out but injuries and players not back up to fitness is prob as good as we can field.

[naka]

Both forkers are back training so should get game time
I expect to see a more defensive set up with dyas probably dropping back to allow AK some more space
Surprised that mc verry gat the nod in front ofbmallon
As he can play a few roles.

[regal]

Whilst armagh's defence has been strengthened I believe they will need a few players back in order to claim a big scalp later in the qualifiers / QFs. The team selected will hopefully be good enough to beat Wicklow (if its not we may give up) but we will hopefullly get a few matches in quick succession to try and find our best team. I would eventually like to see something like:

mcevoy
morgan donaghy shields
akernan mckeever aforker
toner harold
crafferty dyas o'hanlon
clarke sforker tkernan

mckeown / lavery / erafferty / mcverry / vernon

[Syferus]

The mind boggles that ye can't get David McKenna involved, he's probably be in the top five midfielders in Ulster if he was playing.

[Orior]

The mind boggles that ye can't get David McKenna involved, he's probably be in the top five midfielders in Ulster if he was playing.

Too heavy for county football.

[ardchieftain]

The mind boggles that ye can't get David McKenna involved, he's probably be in the top five midfielders in Ulster if he was playing.

BCB might be best placed as to the reasons why he hasn't been involved in the county squad yet. I'd be amazed if he hasn't been asked to join the panel in the past. McKenna and Harold would be my ideal midfield pairing.

[Syferus]

The mind boggles that ye can't get David McKenna involved, he's probably be in the top five midfielders in Ulster if he was playing.

BCB might be best placed as to the reasons why he hasn't been involved in the county squad yet. I'd be amazed if he hasn't been asked to join the panel in the past. McKenna and Harold would be my ideal midfield pairing.

Did I hear something about him working in Belfast? Obviously a fair commitment to make (and one many do) but he's both a big unit and a good footballer. Wouldn't agree that he's too big for county football either, AOS was chunky a few years ago and still did a lot of damage and he hadn't half as much control as McKenna. He's by no means fast but neither is he immobile for a big, big lad. A good county level off-season fitness program is probably all he'd need to be nearing peak condition, it's hardly like he gets to take a half-hearted approach to training playing for a club like Cross.

We've had some very good players opt out of the county team in the past so I know it's hardly ever a clear-cut issue, you'd just love to see the best players in any county playing on their senior team.

[regal]

The mind boggles that ye can't get David McKenna involved, he's probably be in the top five midfielders in Ulster if he was playing.

BCB might be best placed as to the reasons why he hasn't been involved in the county squad yet. I'd be amazed if he hasn't been asked to join the panel in the past. McKenna and Harold would be my ideal midfield pairing.

Did I hear something about him working in Belfast? Obviously a fair commitment to make (and one many do) but he's both a big unit and a good footballer. Wouldn't agree that he's too big for county football either, AOS was chunky a few years ago and still did a lot of damage and he hadn't half as much control as McKenna. He's by no means fast but neither is he immobile for a big, big lad. A good county level off-season fitness program is probably all he'd need to be nearing peak condition, it's hardly like he gets to take a half-hearted approach to training playing for a club like Cross.

We've had some very good players opt out of the county team in the past so I know it's hardly ever a clear-cut issue, you'd just love to see the best players in any county playing on their senior team.

When you're comparing David McKenna to Aidan O'Shea you need your head looked at

[brokencrossbar1]

He's in America. Not interested in county football,has his own reasons I'm sure.