Armagh chairman Paul McArdle insisted that Kieran McGeeney has his full support on the Sunday Game last night.

A week after RTE pundit Joe Brolly openly questioned McGeeney's managerial credentials in the wake of Armagh's Ulster SFC quarter-final loss to Cavan, the national broadcaster provided the Orchard County's top official with an opportunity to refute the Derryman's claims.

"To claim that Armagh players don't play for their clubs is simply incorrect," McArdle said.

"Stefan Campbell for example, in the period up to two weeks before the Cavan game, played in four out of five of his club's [Clan na Gael] league matches.

"Likewise, the suggestion that Kieran McGeeney will not work with Crossmaglen players is incredible given that both Tony Kernan and James Morgan both played for Armagh last Sunday."

McArdle also rubbished the suggestion that Armagh are overspending on their footballers.

"We don't have vast resources to pour into our senior inter-county team. In fact, this year our spend is down significantly from the same spend last year," he added.

"Our senior county footballers have not been on a foreign training camp, not indeed have they had a training weekend. Kieran McGeeney understands this fully,

"As far as Armagh GAA is concerned, having had the opportunity to correct the inaccuracies, we will be making no further comment on these matters."

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