McGeeney: Athletic Grounds will suit Donegal
June 09, 2015
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney at the launch of the Allianz Football Leagues in Croke Park.
©INPHO/Donall Farmer.
Kieran McGeeney has suggested that playing in the Athletic Grounds might suit Donegal more than Armagh.
The Orchard County have home advantage for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against the Anglo-Celt Cup holders, but McGeeney argues that it's not really an advantage:
"Clones and Croke Park probably suits our style of football more. The tight pitch might suit Donegal's style more. We played Donegal in the Athletic Grounds in the league last year where you could definitely see it suited them. It's a tight pitch and I do think it plays tighter because the wall is close to it," he points out in The Irish Independent.
"I do like the fact that it's going to be a full house, that there's going to be a buzz about it. Because it's a first round game you mightn't get that big of a crowd elsewhere, but it will fill the Athletic Grounds.
"I don't think it will give us any advantage as in how the game will progress. I think you will see as much green and yellow as you'll see orange and white."
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