Steven McDonnell
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Blew yet another lead, poor decisions on the line. McGeeney out!
Morgan, constantly fouls, mc cabe same. Mc Brearty walsed through us at will and donegal left 2-03 behind them in that first half. O hanlon isnt a half back and Mc quillan was anonymous. The difference between donegal and us is that donegal attacked with intent for 70 mins and will kick on when their injured players come back. We wouldnt have fared any better with a full deck becuase we concede heavy every game we play. We cant defend. We either foul, or let players carve us open up the middle. Positionally we are poor and we are sacrificing forwards to try and shore up defence, it isnt working and we really havent kicked on. Im normally upbeat and more positive than most on Armagh football, I just dont see anything improving much at the minute. We will be 4 or 5 up against Roscommon next and then revert to type. Tactically Armagh are a poor outfit and there is deadwood in the team being carried.We were also understrength, Donegal played exactly the same blanket defence that we did & haemorrhaged the exact same score we did, so presumably they were also not able to defend.
We have issues that have existed for a while but surely even you can see some positives from tonight's performance given the injuries we suffered last week & the hammering we got from Donegal last November.
What is it like being so negative all the timeMorgan, constantly fouls, mc cabe same. Mc Brearty walsed through us at will and donegal left 2-03 behind them in that first half. O hanlon isnt a half back and Mc quillan was anonymous. The difference between donegal and us is that donegal attacked with intent for 70 mins and will kick on when their injured players come back. We wouldnt have fared any better with a full deck becuase we concede heavy every game we play. We cant defend. We either foul, or let players carve us open up the middle. Positionally we are poor and we are sacrificing forwards to try and shore up defence, it isnt working and we really havent kicked on. Im normally upbeat and more positive than most on Armagh football, I just dont see anything improving much at the minute. We will be 4 or 5 up against Roscommon next and then revert to type. Tactically Armagh are a poor outfit and there is deadwood in the team being carried.
Im usually very and overly optimistic about Armagh, but im prepared to call a spade a spade here, thats an Armagh team that cant defend.What is it like being so negative all the time
Morgan had a decent game. Was unlock to be blown up by Deegan for a free which led to a point. Deegan gave a few soft frees. Both ways in fairness. I like McCabe but agree with ye. McQuillan made a few good runs and scored a good point. Hardly anonymousIm usually very and overly optimistic about Armagh, but im prepared to call a spade a spade here, thats an Armagh team that cant defend.
Morgan had a decent game. Was unlock to be blown up by Deegan for a free which led to a point. Deegan gave a few soft frees. Both ways in fairness. I like McCabe but agree with ye. McQuillan made a few good runs and scored a good point. Hardly anonymous
Im usually very and overly optimistic about Armagh, but im prepared to call a spade a spade here, thats an Armagh team that cant defend.
He went off injured straight away sureI was thinking when McQuillan took that score I thought he would have got a few more from the onwards...he would have tormented the Donegal defence.... Him and Murnin would be great together especially when we seem to start falling apart in the last 10
Yeah just before he went off I thought he was about to kick into gearHe went off injured straight away sure
Tonight was disappointing yes but given the injury list, the fact the last time we played Donegal the game was over after 20 minutes, how many people were actually expecting a result? We played some good football at times tonight, is there stuff to work on of course but any other year that performance would probably have stood by us to stay in division 1. We have came a long way from division 3 don't you think? I thought we did very well tonight
It was a good performance but it was a game we needed to win. We need division 1 to develop and we are making mistakes we shouldn't be making at any level which is the most frustrating part of it for me anyway.
Next week is a game we need to win to stay in division one.
If it's Roscommon then that's a great acid test for this team. They have had it over us last couple of games but are ver beatable!
Disappointed we didnt win
though as said wasnt expecting much eith all our injury’s in the backs
Liked finn as man marker and am liking ohanlan and Mackin as wing banks
Who do we play in playoff