Is it time to consider new management?

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MrMaguire2002

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McCoyDromintee said:
Haha I take that on board but Brolly is without doubt our most popular columnist. Marmite for sure, but people read him.
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The best part is where McCoy, Scott and co tell us their bets of the week so we know where not to put our money :D

I know Brolly's piece is published in a few different papers but I always enjoy his read. Nearly as much as when Tierney was in the IN. Witty and controversial. That sells. Simples.
 
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Armaghball

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Ard Mhacha 13 said:
I feel we already have competed with these teams this Season.
We played Tyrone in the McKenna Cup final & gave them a bit of a scare. Obviously the argument will be this was a weakened team, not their Championship team but we all know how seriously St. Mickey treats this competition & he's always trying to find a couple of new players so I maintain it was a good test for us.

We played Donegal both in the McKenna Cup & the league, we beat them in the McKenna Cup (a brilliant display by our boys) & if the referee hadn't "fallen for" (putting it in the most polite way possible) the play acting, sorry numerous serious head injuries :rolleyes: during the league we could have beaten them again or at the least got a draw. Michael Murphy was the difference for them when he was introduced that night but he's just a special player & can do this against most teams including Tyrone & Kerry as has already been witnessed during the Championship.

As for Mayo, we played them in the Qualifiers & they beat us by a single point after what can only be described as an extremely poor refereeing performance & dubious time keeping by a certain Maurice Deegan.

Back to my point, I believe we are already competing with these teams, for me our next step will hopefully be us developing the ability to beat them on a regular basis. I do think at times our players are too "honest" despite what supporters from other counties think. We don't seem to win the easy frees as regularly as other teams & rarely do we get the 50/50 decisions. Having watched all the matches so far in the Super 8s to date I don't believe our tackling is as bad as implied. The perception that other teams are "superb in executing the tackle" is just that, perception, some of the tackling has been as poor as I've ever seen. However we fail in the fact that we are not as "cute" as other teams in getting decisions to go our way. I am not for 1 minute suggesting that I want to see our players cheating & diving, but they maybe need to develop a way to play to the referee on the day.

Sorry, this post is much longer than originally anticipated.
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Agreed we’re not that far away from the big boys, but then again look what we did against Cavan vs what happened when Donegal and Tyrone played them.
 
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McCoyDromintee

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MrMaguire2002 said:
The best part is where McCoy, Scott and co tell us their bets of the week so we know where not to put our money :D

I know Brolly's piece is published in a few different papers but I always enjoy his read. Nearly as much as when Tierney was in the IN. Witty and controversial. That sells. Simples.
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Our tipping is atrocious.
 
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