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Armagh is a small county so they really cannot afford to be missing any players. Off the top of my head I can think of 4 players who would walk on that team. Clarke, Aaron Kernan, Dyas and Carragher (I think his name is - the red haired Crossmaglen corner forward). It seems to be a very regimented setup with very little give or take if you believe everything that is said. And what was the story with the keeper? It reminded me of junior football where you'd hastily pick up a randomer to stand in goals on your way to the match. Questions would need to be asked of the management I think. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9155 - 30/05/2016 09:42:19 1859861 Link 0 |
It'll be interesting to see how much Cavan have learned from their league final defeat to Tyrone. If they learn from that experience then it wouldn't surprise me if they beat Tyrone. I would consider both teams to be on a similar level, Tyrone maybe a year ahead in terms of their development. Cavan were very impressive yesterday, but Armagh were very ordinary, a bit like Derry the week before. Cavan are starting to reap the rewards of their underage success, it wasn't so long ago they were the whipping boys in Ulster so it's great to have them back at a competitive level. Really looking forward to their semi-final with Tyrone, I've a feeling its gonna be a typically tight, cagey and low scoring match, but no doubt intriqing! MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 30/05/2016 10:00:05 1859865 Link 0 |
Did not see the game yesterday as I was watching London v Mayo SamOnErrigal (Donegal) - Posts: 1427 - 30/05/2016 10:14:33 1859870 Link 1 |
What leads you to believe that this will be a tight cagey affair? Both teams have racked up huge scores so far this year and possess some deadly forwards so what makes you think that this will be low scoring? Wally (Tyrone) - Posts: 913 - 30/05/2016 11:16:16 1859890 Link 0 |
The real reason Armagh lost was that their 'keeper' wasn't wearing gloves (when was the last time that has happened?) oh and it seemed like he was wearing his boots on the wrong feet! sam2008 (Tyrone) - Posts: 797 - 30/05/2016 11:25:53 1859895 Link 0 |
Cavanman it might be you or someone else from Cavan..at the start of the year I was fairly critical of Cavan's style but I will admit I was really impressed with them yesterday. They mixed it really well with running from deep and quick high ball into their full forward line. Actually made me jealous of how Kerry should be using Donaghy instead of these long high routers into the air for Donaghy to catch hopefully. I would add Cavan to the mix of winning Ulster woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 30/05/2016 13:06:56 1859938 Link 0 |
Good performance from Cavan who seem to benefitting from their years of U21 success. MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 30/05/2016 13:08:20 1859939 Link 0 |
I think Cavan will have to adapt their game to counteract Tyrone's fast counterattack in order to have a chance of winning. They will certainly not want to be as defensively naive as Derry were, leaving forwards one on one with defenders. Car crash defending in the modern era. One way to counteract Tyrone's swift counterattacking style would be to sit deeper, defend in numbers and turn over at speed. If Cavan pack their defense the space that Tyrone were running into vs Derry will not exist. It's pretty simple really. The problem therein lies how Cavan will be able to rack up enough scores to win the game if they do play this way. But one things for sure, in my opinion, if Cavan don't adapt their game to counteract Tyrone's system, they will lose. That's how good it is.
MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 30/05/2016 14:41:14 1859971 Link 0 |
You could also add Caolan Rafferty, Declan McKenna and Andrew Murnin. I also understand that Aidan Rushe and Oisin O'Neill of Cross opted to stay with club football this year.
Armaghball (Armagh) - Posts: 96 - 30/05/2016 14:59:16 1859982 Link 0 |
Cavan did well enough, but Armagh were in a pitiful state for a championship match. Everyone in Ulster bar Antrim would have taken them on that display. MadgeKing (Cavan) - Posts: 493 - 30/05/2016 15:10:50 1859989 Link 0 |
For what it's worth I really didn't think armagh were as poor as many people are saying they were. Granted they went missing after the first 15 minutes for a while but they came back quite strongly in the second half and only for a poor penalty miss they would have been down by just three points with all the momentum. A lot of their problems stemmed from their shocking kickouts and McGeeney's team selection. All of this being said Cavan were the better team and I wish them well, thought it was actually a decent game by all accounts! RoscoMan (Roscommon) - Posts: 80 - 30/05/2016 16:03:24 1860027 Link 0 |