2020 league

Big Jim

Big Jim

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Diarmi said:
The Clare game is the most important game we will have played for quite some time and that includes any championship game. We have one shot at promotion to division 1 and the long term value of that is massive. Physiologically alone it tells this group of players they are amongst the best in the country and then there is the experience they will gain from playing against the likes of Kerry and Dublin.

On a non related note Galway’s tacking is even worse than ours.
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Funny you mention that, I was tauld at lunchtime we played Galway in a challenge game a couple of weeks ago. Is that where we learned the bad tackling??? (joking about learning before anyone says it. Yes I know we've been mostly brutal for some time!!)

Has anyone else heard anything about us having challenge game/s? Bit strange. I normally hear about most of them. Can't see the lads travelling that far for a game with current restrictions and them not allowed to use buses. Then the other thing is, are they staying over in Clare? Surely there'd be no hotel to take them if all rooms are now not being booked by anyone outside the area! Travelling to Clare for a game at 2pm will mean a seriously early start. Not great prep for a big game!
 
Ard Mhacha 13

Ard Mhacha 13

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gar said:
Disappointing result on sat night but lucky enough Promotion still in our own hands. Whether we are fit to reside in the upper echelons remains to be seen. As a team we are not consistent. For a time, we were good one game ,poorish the next. On Saturday a lot of that inconsistency showed up in the one game. At times very good, other times mediocre to poor. Probably our best patch was in response to the first penalty whereby we rattled of three points before the break . All excellent scores . On the resumption we went three up and then the wheels came of the wagon. From three up to four down. From the very start of the game I felt that Roscommon were more composed on the ball. Their support play was good but some good defensive work by Ryan Kennedy,Aidan Forker,allied with some poor shooting meant Armagh had the upper hand. Even after the penalty we looked a threat up front. Midfield I felt struggled although Oisin put in a strong performance Niall had one of his quieter days. When Roscommon got their tails up and their forwards in gear we weren’t going to win. The better team won.

We brought on five subs I think and Brendan Donaghy,despite being named at centre half , wasn’t one of them. Three goals would not have went in had Brendy been there to sweep and seal the middle. A fit Brendan Donaghy sitting in the stand is of no use to us. I scratch my head here .

Blaine Hughes is an good keeper. Only his inconsistency with the kickout stops him from being an excellent one. Good kick outs need a strategy from defenders midfielders and keeper of course . Movement positioning accuracy and speed are what is required. His fielding and shot stopping ability are second to none. It’s time we got off his back.

On another note I watched the Jemar incident quite a few times. I’m still of the impression as I was at the time that this was not an attempt to either gauge or seriously injure a player. He did however seem to me to be trying to pull him off or out of the way . I accept that other opinions may differ but I def know that Jemar Hall has not that streak in him. Anytime I have watched him play either against us at club level or county I have never seen anything to suggest otherwise.

I hope the Clare game goes ahead. They are a reasonable side and will pose problems but they are no Roscommon. In one way I hope my inconsistency theory is right because if it is we could be looking at Div 1 next season. Whether we are fit for it or not remains to be seen. I’d take my chances. Sorry for the longwindedness but I haven’t been on in quite a while.

lastly my sincere sympathy to the Curran family Coalisland on the death of Jonny ,Na Fianna and Tyrone goalkeeper. A Great fella that I met a few times.
football really is only a game.
Ar dhéis de go raibh a anam
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Good to have you back :)
 
PatMustard

PatMustard

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Big Jim said:
Then the other thing is, are they staying over in Clare? Surely there'd be no hotel to take them if all rooms are now not being booked by anyone outside the area! Travelling to Clare for a game at 2pm will mean a seriously early start. Not great prep for a big game!
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The players could drive down the night before, fold down the seats in the car and have a kip. Sure there’s plenty of spaces in those Applegreen’s. No, seriously.
 
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Armaghball

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Armagh_paul said:
It is weird that years ago we couldn't break away from playing overly defensive football and now we can't seem to break away from too much of an attack emphasis. It is easy to stop our attacks - just choke the forwards with a blanket defence and we won't be able to do much. Other teams can break out and attack and our defence won't be able to cope with most forwards in the country. It does feel like our defence is being ignored because it is the same problems. I would love to see us play with a decent defence, it will allow us to play to our strengths more.
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Need to strike a balance somewhere, but having Jamie Clarke and Soupy in their own back line is criminal
 
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niall1980

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Big Jim said:
Funny you mention that, I was tauld at lunchtime we played Galway in a challenge game a couple of weeks ago. Is that where we learned the bad tackling??? (joking about learning before anyone says it. Yes I know we've been mostly brutal for some time!!)

Has anyone else heard anything about us having challenge game/s? Bit strange. I normally hear about most of them. Can't see the lads travelling that far for a game with current restrictions and them not allowed to use buses. Then the other thing is, are they staying over in Clare? Surely there'd be no hotel to take them if all rooms are now not being booked by anyone outside the area! Travelling to Clare for a game at 2pm will mean a seriously early start. Not great prep for a big game!
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I did hear about a challenge game just before the team had to self isolate
 
Ard Mhacha 13

Ard Mhacha 13

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Big Jim said:
Funny you mention that, I was tauld at lunchtime we played Galway in a challenge game a couple of weeks ago. Is that where we learned the bad tackling??? (joking about learning before anyone says it. Yes I know we've been mostly brutal for some time!!)

Has anyone else heard anything about us having challenge game/s? Bit strange. I normally hear about most of them. Can't see the lads travelling that far for a game with current restrictions and them not allowed to use buses. Then the other thing is, are they staying over in Clare? Surely there'd be no hotel to take them if all rooms are now not being booked by anyone outside the area! Travelling to Clare for a game at 2pm will mean a seriously early start. Not great prep for a big game!
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Relying on 2nd hand information here but I had also heard about a challenge match against Galway, no idea where it was though. I'd heard we were beaten by a point & thought that was a pretty decent result agsinst a team that has been in Division 1 for quite a while, that was if course until I saw the Galway display against Mayo yesterday o_O

Also 2nd hand information, apparently it was on the radio that the hotel Fermanagh were due to stay in last week-end had rung them to cancel their booking due to the new rules implemented down South so I think that would rule out a hotel stay for the Armagh management & squad. As you've already mentioned that's a right oul hike in 1 day!!!
 
JoeH

JoeH

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Ard Mhacha 13 said:
Relying on 2nd hand information here but I had also heard about a challenge match against Galway, no idea where it was though. I'd heard we were beaten by a point & thought that was a pretty decent result agsinst a team that has been in Division 1 for quite a while, that was if course until I saw the Galway display against Mayo yesterday o_O

Also 2nd hand information, apparently it was on the radio that the hotel Fermanagh were due to stay in last week-end had rung them to cancel their booking due to the new rules implemented down South so I think that would rule out a hotel stay for the Armagh management & squad. As you've already mentioned that's a right oul hike in 1 day!!!
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It would be interesting to see if Galway had the same team out for both games
As for the hotel nonsense. Enough said.
 
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Taff

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Any information on what games are on tv this weekend?

TG4 have coverage Saturday but the game hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Gaago doesn’t have anything listed as yet
 
Big Jim

Big Jim

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Bert said:
Folks, out of interest, is Brendan Hughes now in the armagh management set up? If not, he has a look alike in there
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He was on commentary a couple of times during the club championship and it was mentioned he was part of the Academy setup. Hugh Campbell does look a bit like him though. Maybe that's where the confusion comes in.
 
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Bert

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Big Jim said:
He was on commentary a couple of times during the club championship and it was mentioned he was part of the Academy setup. Hugh Campbell does look a bit like him though. Maybe that's where the confusion comes in.
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Thanks. That makes sense alright.
 
portadownarmaghfan

portadownarmaghfan

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green flag said:
What about taking a plane down to Shannon, if you count up hotel and travel cost the plane could be the best option
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Not a bad shout. After all, it's an awfully long way from there to here.
Trying not to dwell on last Saturday too much. In fact, the only time I feel alright is when I'm into drinking. It sort of eases the pain of it and levels out my thinking.
 
ragingbull

ragingbull

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Big Jim said:
He was on commentary a couple of times during the club championship and it was mentioned he was part of the Academy setup. Hugh Campbell does look a bit like him though. Maybe that's where the confusion comes in.
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He follows the Twitter page of this forum like most of us so he does o_O
 
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