Derry vs Armagh Ulster SFC

cruiserweight

20 minutes in 3 points apiece so far. Game is very stop start with a lot of fouls.

greeno

Both teams are too afraid to lose.

MementoMori

Poor enough fare - 4 scores from play.

GAAman

Armagh were robbed of a penalty, high challenge, challenge from behind, three men on top of one take your pick ref you were twelve feet away!! :rolleyes:

Flukey

Livened up a bit before half time and a nice point just put over. Could be a better and more competitive second half.

cruiserweight

Armagh really seem to have livened up since the Derry goal

GAAman

1-5 to 9 to armagh at the minute a few minutes into the second half nice point went over to put armagh ahead just after the break

I said it last week in the build up to this and the minor hames said they were going to be tight the minors finished with armagh beating derry by a point wonder will this one go the same way

GAAman

Game is getting very scrappy the tempers are starting to flare thirteen minutes gone without a score armagh still ahead by a point 1-6 to 10

Eoin bradley gone on a second yellow from a high challenge

Armagh just got a softish goal 1-10 to 1-6 now

murf313

The referee is brutal. Any sort of touch and he blows the whistle.

cruiserweight

Eoin Bradley off for a second yellow. With Derry struggling score, they will find it very hard to win this game

Goal for Armagh now, even harder for Derry

MementoMori

2 wides in scoreable positions there from Derry

cruiserweight

Never a penalty IMO

GAAman

derry just given a penalty which should not have been given he won the ball this might bring derry back into it

hit straight at the keeper, justice done imho

cruiserweight

Justice is done. Why did Paddy Bradley not take it?

GAAman

cruiserweight wrote: »

Justice is done. Why did Paddy Bradley not take it?

was wondering that myself i think if he had of hit it the ball would have been at the back of the net

on reflection though bradley has had a much more quiet game then normal maybe the head is down as a result of it , having said that a penalty score would bring up the lowest of heads

whistle just gone, 1-10 to 1-7 to armagh

cruiserweight

GAAman wrote: »

was wondering that myself i think if he had of hit it the ball would have been at the back of the net

It was a very nice height for the keeper, a comfortable enough save from a penalty. It should be interesting to see if the 11 metre results in more penalties being scored over the championship in comparison with previous years

MementoMori

no score in the last 15 minutes

MementoMori

cruiserweight wrote: »

It was a very nice height for the keeper, a comfortable enough save from a penalty. It should be interesting to see if the 11 metre results in more penalties being scored over the championship in comparison with previous years

probably be some increase but I doubt it will get up to what it should be and there will still be an incentive to pull a player down.

pretty miserable fare overall.

ShamoBuc

Poor enough game, the blanket defence is alive and well in Armagh!

GAAman

cruiserweight wrote: »

It was a very nice height for the keeper, a comfortable enough save from a penalty. It should be interesting to see if the 11 metre results in more penalties being scored over the championship in comparison with previous years

Thats one rule change i just do not understand (not that i like the hand pass one or mark) "we know less penalties are being scored so we will make it easier to score them" just practice the feckin penalty kicks ffs!

thesultan

I thought the referee was again very over fussy. He was the same in the league when I saw him. Eoin Bradely should not have gotten a second yellow. It was a foul and a bit clumsy but he dragged Keirnan by the shoulder not the neck. The referee should have used common sense again. Its a joy to watch Stevie McDonnell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxdRsyKRu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKQThWlNq3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVJxEnsH_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9mAw_-ZMJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=810RkT0sxsE

Shane10

the second yellow was obvious, clear foul and deserved yellow. its the first one, wasnt it off camera so we cant tell.

thesultan

He should have used common sense for that . He dragged him by the shoulder , he should have left him go and warned him.

aidan24326

This was a sh1t game. Very disappointing. Spillane is right though, teams are doing more training and preparation than ever before and what are we getting for it? It's all tactics and blanket defences now, and teams that are stifled by the fear of losing rather than just going for it and playing football. Derry are going nowhere that's for sure, they were awfiul. Paddy Bradley hardly got a kick of the ball.

On a separate note, the refereeing now is a joke. You can't breathe on a fella without being booked. It's supposed to be a contact sport ffs. Who is behind all of this? They're ruining the game.

thesultan

Its the people in Croke Park. The same people who must alter rules and tradition because of something that happened in other sports.

I don't blame the referee's for this but Ulster football is terrible to watch. Bar when Armagh meet Tyrone a few years back one would not fancy watching much of the provinces teams play. Monaghan who play Armagh the next day will try every trick in the book to disrupt Armagh

Shane10

ya its turning into a sissy's game. no wonder the aussies think were p1ss weak when we play them in international rules. any little bump or shoulder and its a free against. its pathetic. its a man's game and taking out the physical part of it is ruining it IMO.

also any little tug of the jersey is a free now no question. such an easy foul to give away. silly rule. ok pulling the jersey of a fella isnt on but any little tug and its blown up. annoys the hell out of me..:mad: