Armagh v Down- 29th June-Ulster Semi Final Thread

[Shortso79]

Down Team for Sunday :


         Brendan McVeigh,
Luke Howard, Daniel McCartan, Damien Rafferty,
Aidan Carr, Liam Doyle, Paul Murphy,
    Dan Gordon, Jack Lynch,
Ronan Murtagh, Ambrose Rodgers,Danny Hughes,
John Clarke, Brendan Coulter, Ronan Sexton


Armagh Team for Sunday

               Paul Hearty,
Andy Mallon, Francie Bellew, Finnian Moriarty,
Aaron Kernan, Aidan O'Rourke, Ciaran McKeever,
       Paul McGrane, Kieran Toner,
Charlie Vernon, Paddy McKeever, Martin O'Rourke,
Steven McDonnell, Ronan Clarke, Stephen Kernan

[Yes I Would]

Ard Mhacha 2-10
An Dun 0-13

[bennydorano]

No big suprise, but I would guess we'll be seeing a few subs quicker than the last day.

[Stevie Nicks]

Would have liked to have seen Donaghy start as he is probably more mobile than francie for the Down forwards. But still should be strong enough on Sunday.

[In the Onion Bag]

Hearing stories of Arma clubs not getting all the tickets they requested whereas Down clubs got all they asked for.
The smell of easy Down blood has created extraordinary high demand for tickets in Arma.

This fact plus the convincing weight of argument on this thread, all pointing to Down massacre and the shivering fear of another trouncing by the all conquering Arma has convinced me & 25 of me mates to accept our fate and we have decided to watch the tennis instead.  Our bus has been cancelled so now we have 25 tickets available.

In the interests of good neighbourliness any Arma men needing tickets and willing to sit in the Down section can have ours at the following fair prices

Stand ticket - 40g clean diesel.
Terrace Ticket - 20g clean diesel.

[wobbller]

  ITOB I was just thinking of your situation and perhaps the relevant people should cancel the TV coverage, call off
the match and we should all watch the tennis because as you say there,s no point turning up to be stuffed by
the all conquering Armagh team that have won 6 ulsters and 6 oops sorry 1 All-Ireland.Call  this fiasco off now before
someones get hurt. Hail the mighty Armagh

[bcarrier]

Coulter is no Paddy Bradley or Stephen O'Neill ffs. Realistically Down have not one consistently good forward that should unduly trouble our defence, on any normal day. Bookies rate the game as 4/7 Armagh and 15/8 Down and are quoting Armagh as 11/10 with a -2 point handicap. Barring a disastrous day that sounds like good value to me.

Tony has a point here. Coulter does not generally contribute the points from feet at intercounty level that you would expect from a player with his reputation. There is also a tendency to mooch in behind the defence waiting for a defenders mistake...as in Ricey's gift. I would prefer to see him attack the ball in the air more ...he has a mighty leap when he gets it right. Still his fisted point against Tyrone in replay was best score of its type in championship and he seems to be linking up better with rest of forward line than previous years. Bellew might bring the best out of him. As Kerry/Donaghy  showed two years ago if you can move the cornerstone Bellew the whole house falls.

[Real1995]

bit surprsed to greg loughran back n bench, i see that Forker, Shannon and O'neill miss out...

[corn02]

bit surprsed to greg loughran back n bench, i see that Forker, Shannon and O'neill miss out...

I see that. McDonnell has rotated his subs throughout, still would of expected them on the second 15.

[D4S]

he can have moments of sheer brilliance...and the way he pounced on the goal opportunity in newry saturday week ago!

Are you f**king serious D4S?
You have to be a wind-up merchant?
FFS Ricey dropped the ball onto his lap
He didnt f**king pounce on it - anyone could have scored it

Calm the head full back! F**king there flat out!  You took a small excerpt out of what I said in your comment! Yes coulters goal was opportunistic but many a lesser experienced player would have tried to catch it and kick it which was what I meant, he is a quick thinker!  Maybe I could have thought of better examples but that 1 sprung to mind as it was recent... I notice you didnt highlight the point about his 1armed catch and goal against cavan last year! As I said before I guarantee you will see some moments of brilliance from him on sunday provided big francie doesnt try to take him out in the first half like he did to mickey linden in casement!!!

[Down Gael]

Now now D4S, you arent allowed to criticise Francies tackle on this site, everyone knows a shoulder in the face is a fair tackle...........  in Armagh.
I just hope Francie goes one to one on Benny, but I dont think the Armagh managment will allow Francie to get that exposed.

[D4S]

This fact plus the convincing weight of argument on this thread, all pointing to Down massacre and the shivering fear of another trouncing by the all conquering Arma has convinced me & 25 of me mates to accept our fate and we have decided to watch the tennis instead.  Our bus has been cancelled so now we have 25 tickets available.

Emmm there's no tennis on the middle sunday at wimbledon Maybe have a carryout watch the downarmagh match then germany spain could be a good option!  Great deal with the diesel

[D4S]

Now now D4S, you arent allowed to criticise Francies tackle on this site, everyone knows a shoulder in the face is a fair tackle...........  in Armagh.
I just hope Francie goes one to one on Benny, but I dont think the Armagh managment will allow Francie to get that exposed.

Apologies for my ignorance !
Down 1-12 Armagh 0-13

[Uladh]

bit surprsed to greg loughran back n bench, i see that Forker, Shannon and O'neill miss out...

where did you read that real?

Overal we have to be happy with the team though i'd have worries about bellew at the back and McKeever at 11 for pace and work rate respectively. hopefully both lads prove themselves capable. i'd imagne there might be a change or two to that down team before throwin.

[corn02]

Armagh site.