Francie back for Armagh but will it go ahead?

With all the talk that up to 10,000 fans will turn up in Crossmaglen this weekend for the Armagh Dublin game the question already must be will it go ahead?
We have had snow and hailstones in the North already today and God only knows what the weekend’s weather has in store for us.
Let’s hope if there is gong to be any cancellation this weekend that the fans get some sort of early notice.
There is no charge for this week’s game given that over 1,500 fans had already paid in the last day before the ref called off the game.
The fact that 10,000 are now expected reminds me a wee bit of all the people who claimed to be in the GPO in Easter 1916.
Although only around 2,000 rebels in total were involved in that attempt to overthrow British rule half a million people in Ireland have claimed direct descent from people who were there.
You wouldn’t half know that we are getting close to the championship with Armagh manager Peter McDonnell ready to give another long-term casualty Francie Bellew a start.
Francie is a great defender and Armagh could be doing with his services right now.
The good thing for Francie is that he won’t have to worry about getting too fit cos after all as Pat Spillane famously said at half time of the Armagh Kerry All-Ireland final of 2002, which the Orchard county went on to win, ‘my granny is faster than Francie Bellew’.