In an unusual move, Paul Grimley has issued a statement in which he apologises to the Armagh supporters and county board for last Sunday's Ulster SFC preliminary round defeat to Cavan.

The Orchard County manager also stressed in the statement - which appears on the Armagh GAA website - that he will be persisting with the attacking brand of football, which many believe was the team's downfall in Kingspan Breffni Park, but promised that a 'plan B' would be in place for future games.

The statement in full reads:

"To all Armagh supporters as Manager of our senior Team I am making a short statement in reference to our senior championship match v Cavan last Sunday, firstly let me apologise to all our loyal supporters and to our county board whom put their faith in me six months ago, if you feel I have let you down with the way we approached the game with reference to our tactics, let me sincerely say sorry for the hurt I have caused, I met with the players and management last night and I conveyed the same in what was a very positive meeting, I am proud to manage a talented loyal committed bunch of lads whom where only doing what they were told last Sunday and no blame should be brought to bear on them nor my management team as I have a very astute team around me.

"In the form of an explanation as to what went wrong as you may or may not know, we have adopted a very attack-minded approach from the start of the year, a high pressure high risk strategy which was practiced throughout the league with limited success, but we will persist with our plan although we shall address the risk element of our tactic and plan B will arrive when plan A is polished as these need to be worked on over months if not years to get right, finally I hope that our players both young and the more seasoned lads can count on your continued support, as for my long term position no doubt that will be decided by our club delegates at year end."

Thank you for your patience,

Kind regards,

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