Articles tagged with: O’Rourke

It’s a match that won’t live long in the memory, but it produced the right result from a Monaghan point of view. by COLM SHALVEY Manager O’Rourke acknowledged after last Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final at Casement Park that his team had been less than impressive, while Vincent Corey went a step further, admitting it was a “desperate” game. Having opened up a four-point lead after 20 minutes, Monaghan failed to score in the remaining 15 minutes of the first half, allowing Antrim to cut their interval deficit to just a ...

Ask a team-manager what he makes of National League results and you’re almost guaranteed to be reminded of how politicians react to being quizzed about the findings of the latest opinion polls. If a certain opinion poll shows the politician or his party in a favourable light, you can take it there’ll be no chance that the validity or merit of the poll will be questioned. However, should the poll results show that the politican or party’s rating has slipped and the abyss may not be too far away, just listen and ...