Senior championship

ragingbull

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saturday 21st september athletics ground
pearse ogs vs ballymacnab 6:15pm
granemore vs madden 8pm

sunday 22nd september 1:30pm cullyhanna
crossmaglen vs silverbridge

23rd September 8pm athletics ground
cullyhanna vs maghery
 
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caught the second game in pearse og park yesterday on my way to the junior double header and while not the best of games, the intensity and effort of both teams can't be faulted. thought it was quite a strange refereeing performance. i have never seen a ref blow for a free on a kickout for the opposition 'mouthing' towards a keeper, advancing the ball outside of the 45 and then allowing play to continue, has anyone ever seen/heard of this? harps full forward can also count himself unlucky, as most refs would give frees for the late hits he received yesterday, but he was constantly told to get up. all in all it was a poor game, not helped by the conditions! it will be interesting to see the draw tonight, think we could see at least 2 big ties in quarters with senior championship beginning to gather some pace
Just because you lie yelping on the ground dont mean you have been hit.
 

Rodger

New Member
Just because you lie yelping on the ground dont mean you have been hit.

The fella in question wasn't yelping. I was behind the nets and seen all. He got a clear elbow to the stomach at one stage which ref ignored. The same fella knows all about people claiming they have been hit.
 

Journey man

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Madden threw the game away. Very poor standard of football, whoever get granemore in the semis will have a free pass to the final. Ogs matched nab in the first half but nab were a different class in the second. There forwards look very impressive jack grugan has the best shooting in the county different gravy. Could be dark horses the year if they can tighten up there defence.
 
Granemore game a lot more hard fought than ours ,Ogs collapse in the second half was shocking end of the road for a few of their senior players id say.
 

Rufus T Firefly

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I got in with the Ogs leading by two points to nil and for the majority of the half they held that lead, but were pegged back late on, when the Nab got a couple of late points to leave it 6-6 at the break.

The Nab got off to a dream start in the second half with the opening point to take the lead for the first time - a lead they would never relinquish. Jack Grugan then scored a goal - taking the ball out wide, with a defender on him and his back to nets, but he had goal on his mind and had the strength and confidence to turn the defender, come inside to increase the angle and blast the ball home at the near post. The Ogs seemed to be given a lifeline when the Nab were reduced to 14 men for a straight red following an off the ball incident, but it had absolutely no impact on the game, with the Nab essentially controlling the match despite being a man down. The second goal was made by a wonderful Jack Grugan flick pass to McParland who run in on the keeper and unselfishly passed to a free man to palm to the empty net.

The second match was a much tighter affair, although was relatively poor standard. The game itself was not helped by the terrible conditions which made ball handling very difficult. However for the most part Madden led, but there was never much more than two points in it. However Madden had the majority of the play, but had a significant number of wides, particularly in the first half.

I thought the match was there for the taking in the second half for Madden when they led by two but spurned two great goal chances within thirty seconds. The first was an excellent save by the keeper and the second a goal line block by a defender. That kept Granemore within touching distance and they pulled level very late on and then got the winner from a close range point, in injury time. The despair of the Madden players at the final whistle was an accurate reflection of how they managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They looked the slicker team to me, created more chances, but could not put the opposition away. Fair play to Granemore - they showed great character to stay in it and pulled it out of the fire late on.
 
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