PatMustard
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The likes of Og Burns are heading to stateside to play GAA it shows how much they care about their clubs
Their clubs will always be there when they return.
The likes of Og Burns are heading to stateside to play GAA it shows how much they care about their clubs
Yes they will and the other players that have trained all year will be back on the benchTheir clubs will always be there when they return.
And life's a bitch.Yes they will and the other players that have trained all year will be back on the bench
Another massive loss was Declan Mckenna, he was first class against cullyhanna last night,
James Lavery got a serious head/neck injury a fews years ago as far I know his head/neck was in a brace maybe the lad only wants to play club football at this stage of his career because of itDecky McKenna is a County player in everything but name. When we won the Championship in 2017 he was imperious, but somehow lost out for the Player of the Championship. In my opinion, he would be on the Armagh first fifteen if we had access to our best fifteen.
I've said it repeatedly but happy to say it again. I could not, and still cannot, understand the dropping of James Lavery from our County panel. He has been consistently the best fielder of the ball in our County and could have added so much to our team. However, that is the nature of opinions. The County management wanted to move in a different direction.
As I understand it, Aaron Kernan, back in 2015, could not fully commit and made an offer to managment that would have seen him continue but not commit fully. Management decided they could not accommodate that, which is of course their call. Unfortunately that denied us a player who is consistently one of the top three footballers in our County.
Not sure of the story with Gavin McParland. I do feel - like Eugene McVerry - that he never really fulfilled his true potential in an Armagh jersey.
Caolan Rafferty - as far as I know - emigrated with work. It would take a particularly frenzied Geezer critic to blame him for that one.
I'd love to know though, if management had their time again, whether they would do things differently as regards Decky McKenna and Aaron Kernan. The County would definitely have benefitted if they had.
James Lavery got a serious head/neck injury a fews years ago as far I know his head/neck was in a brace maybe the lad only wants to play club football at this stage of his career because of it
Sorry your right I shouldn’t have wrote thatWouldn't Jamie Clarke be the classiest footballer we have ever had play for Armagh? It would certainly not be Aaron Kernan. With a bit of thought I could name at quite a few classier than Aaron, although he was an excellent footballer
Decky McKenna is a County player in everything but name. When we won the Championship in 2017 he was imperious, but somehow lost out for the Player of the Championship. In my opinion, he would be on the Armagh first fifteen if we had access to our best fifteen.
I've said it repeatedly but happy to say it again. I could not, and still cannot, understand the dropping of James Lavery from our County panel. He has been consistently the best fielder of the ball in our County and could have added so much to our team. However, that is the nature of opinions. The County management wanted to move in a different direction.
As I understand it, Aaron Kernan, back in 2015, could not fully commit and made an offer to managment that would have seen him continue but not commit fully. Management decided they could not accommodate that, which is of course their call. Unfortunately that denied us a player who is consistently one of the top three footballers in our County.
Not sure of the story with Gavin McParland. I do feel - like Eugene McVerry - that he never really fulfilled his true potential in an Armagh jersey.
Caolan Rafferty - as far as I know - emigrated with work. It would take a particularly frenzied Geezer critic to blame him for that one.
I'd love to know though, if management had their time again, whether they would do things differently as regards Decky McKenna and Aaron Kernan. The County would definitely have benefitted if they had.
Does that Cavan display necessitate a re-evaluation of our performance this year? Their last two games suggest that they are absolutely miles off the top teams, but they still beat us.
Does that Cavan display necessitate a re-evaluation of our performance this year? Their last two games suggest that they are absolutely miles off the top teams, but they still beat us.
Of course we couldn't have met the old enemy at least at this stage. Tyrone were impressive. Harte has always gone for athletes when assembling a squad. Could we not copy?Was just going to post something similar. It’ll be easier to judge after the Mayo game but if we use Cavan as the benchmark we were lucky to avoid Tyrone. A hammering from them would have been hard to take.
Sorry, but that reads like an awful lot of spin to make things seem better than they were.No, we should have beaten Cavan first day out & had a poor day for the replay. We improved for our performances against both Monaghan & Mayo, the Mayo match being another we could have won.
Sorry, but that reads like an awful lot of spin to make things seem better than they were.
'we should have beaten Cavan first day out & had a poor day for the replay' - Reality: we had two goes at beating them and failed. For the first we even had an extra man for half an hour. The second time we were easily enough beaten.
'We improved for our performances against both Monaghan' - Reality: that Monaghan team were also beaten fairly easily by Cavan. They really fell off a cliff this season, dangerous to read too much into that display.
All of note we're really left with it the gallant defeat to Mayo. We'll see how they go for the rest of the year.
Of course we couldn't have met the old enemy at least at this stage. Tyrone were impressive. Harte has always gone for athletes when assembling a squad. Could we not copy?
We'd have beat that Galway teamThat crap mayo team that are on their last legs aren’t doing too bad after 20 mins!
That's true, but it's important to have a balance. Too much positivity can blind you to the reality of situations. There's an element of Devil's advocate with what I'm saying, though. As I've already stated on this thread, I believe we probably have made progress this year. But I worry that this progress may be somewhat exaggerated by some of our more optimistic followers.Some people will always find negatives others have a more positive outlook. You have your opinion & I have mine.