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Out of the Division 2 teams currently left the Moy with their strength and conditioning and 2 exceptional forwards along with Colm Cavanagh playing like he is in his 20's would have been best placed to give the Fianna a game but as they will likely beat Pomeroy and get promoted via the championship the Fianna will survive the drop for another year. The Fianna would beat a Pomeroy or Derrylaughan by a similar scoreline to today.

Perspectives are mad. I see it very similar to you but almost reversed.
Pomeroy, the Moy & Derrylaughan are the teams in the running for me too. I would have Pomeroy the best placed to beat the Fianna but expect them to win championship. I would expect Coalisland to sweep the Moy and Derrylaughan aside handy enough.

That's a mad statistic about the playoffs btw though I think this year was a particularly weak Division 2. I think Coalisland will break the mould.

Similarly I think Pomeroy would cause Coalisland all sorts of problems with a strong running game.

If it was to be Moy the matchups are maybe a bit clearer for Coalisland. But rule out Beragh or Derrylaughan at your peril. I'm not sure Aghyaran are ready looking at their championship run.

The intermediate final is a coin toss. Bookies have Pomeroy marginal favourites, I fancy the Moy based on strong showing last weekend.

Big crowd turned out in Coalisland to watch Moortown not show up, or was it in the hope of seeing Coalisland relegated??

A poor enough game, didn't have the do or die feel to it, it was very flat. Coalisland won't complain at that.

I expect whoever they face next day out they won't get it as handy as today, but you'd expect them to have enough now.

But that Coalisland team are on the clock, they will soon hit the drop if it isn't this year.

[Errigal Ciaran]

Errigal Ciaran v Trillick - 5 points
Pomeroy v Moy - 3 points

[Dungannon]

Trillick v Dungannon
Derrylaughan v Pomeroy
Clonoe v Moy
Errigal v Ardboe - Biggest win
Fintona v Drumragh

Moy

[Clubs are being crippled by managers & coaches charging £150/200 a night]

Carrickmore have dispensed with Archie Beattie. I'm sure he feels very let down by the players but the writing was on the wall after the Loughmacrory defeat. I'd imagine our next manager will be from within the club

Who would be the candidates for the job?

The problem is I don't think there is too many from within, like most clubs they have tried and tested alot of the potential 'managers'. Michael Gallagher seems to have good experience as a coach with youth/county teams so Im sure his name will be in the hat. Personally I feel an outside man is still required who has a proven track record, they are hard come by at the moment (especially at the right money).  Clubs are being crippled by managers & coaches charging £150/200 a night unless they have a sugar daddy covering the expenses. 

Will be an interesting winter none the less.

This is unsustainable. GAA have to do something about it
Imagine what clubs could be doing with the money being invested into managers and backroom staff

The problem with this is that I hear everybody saying this.  No one disagrees with the sentiment

BUT who is actually standing up in the clubs at the AGMs and saying this is wrong and stopping it?

Club funding should be ploughed into the youth and facilities, not mercenaries out to make a quick pound in an envelope every month.

Clubs have created this market and most senior clubs now expect or demand outside management. Something pure about your best against our best. Will be interesting to see how many outside management teams lift silverware this season.

Are you suggesting that all internal managements are doing it for free?

I've never heard of any being paid, would be interested to hear of those that are.

On another note, clonoe powering ahead in intermediate, brushed aside a poor Aghyaran side, I expected more from Aghyaran but Clonoe handled them with ease.

They are 1st into the business end of the intermediate championship without a glove laid on them.

Cookstown got no excuse to be playing Junior fball, place is massive, one time they were producing some of the strongest underage teams in Tyrone in the 90's, how they fallen so far away. Lads spend more time playing soccer, in the bar, town full of drugs, the drop out rate from underage level is 60/70%

Reasons above are genuine concerns for all clubs, rural or towns.  can't just be aimed at Cookstown. They look to have good youth coming, but they have had a discipline issue this 10 years + back to when McKeever was in charge and subsequently walked away.

Drug use is hiding in plain sight everywhere, it's something nobody wishes to challenge.

[Clubs are being crippled by managers & coaches charging £150/200 a night]

Carrickmore have dispensed with Archie Beattie. I'm sure he feels very let down by the players but the writing was on the wall after the Loughmacrory defeat. I'd imagine our next manager will be from within the club

Who would be the candidates for the job?

The problem is I don't think there is too many from within, like most clubs they have tried and tested alot of the potential 'managers'. Michael Gallagher seems to have good experience as a coach with youth/county teams so Im sure his name will be in the hat. Personally I feel an outside man is still required who has a proven track record, they are hard come by at the moment (especially at the right money).  Clubs are being crippled by managers & coaches charging £150/200 a night unless they have a sugar daddy covering the expenses. 

Will be an interesting winter none the less.

This is unsustainable. GAA have to do something about it
Imagine what clubs could be doing with the money being invested into managers and backroom staff

The problem with this is that I hear everybody saying this.  No one disagrees with the sentiment

BUT who is actually standing up in the clubs at the AGMs and saying this is wrong and stopping it?

Club funding should be ploughed into the youth and facilities, not mercenaries out to make a quick pound in an envelope every month.

Clubs have created this market and most senior clubs now expect or demand outside management. Something pure about your best against our best. Will be interesting to see how many outside management teams lift silverware this season.

[Fintona]

Aghaloo V Fintona
Drumragh V Cookstown
Clonoe V Aghyaran
Moortown V Errigal
Edendork V Trillick
Ardboe V Coalisland
Dungannon V Dromore
Derrylaughan V Gortin - Biggest win margin
Owen Roes V Pomeroy

What is the QF draw for Intermediate?

Clonoe vs Aghyaran
Moy / Kildress vs Clogher

(Above Winners meet semi final 1)

Derrylaughan / Stewartstown vs Gortin
Owen Roes vs Pomeroy

(Above Winners meet semi final 2)

[Clonoe]

1   Rock   Clonoe - BIGGEST WIN MARGIN
2   Errigal Ciaran   Killyclogher
3   Tattyreagh   Aghyaran
4   Moortown   Donaghmore
5   Loughmacrory   Trillick
6   Owen Roes   Naomh Eoghan
7   Omagh   Ardboe - DRAW
8   Greencastle   Coalisland
9   Edendork   Carrickmore
10   Kildress   Moy
11   Eglish   Dungannon
12   Pomeroy   Beragh
13   Galbally   Dromore
14   Clogher   Kileeshil - DRAW
15   Gortin   Strabane
16   Derrylaughan   Stewartstown

Mickey Harte - Derry Manager 

Have the county board assisted with the putting up of the lights?

Assisted? They're picking up the bill for them.

News from the hill:
Dooher and Logan another 3 year term with the Seniors.
Paul Devlin another 3 year term with the U20s.
Gerry Donnelly another 3 year term with the U17s.

Did Gerry Donnelly not resign at the end of last year? Are we that stuck for coaches he must have been asked to stay on. 

Donnelly wanted the U20 job but they gave Devlin another 3 years. At that point I believe Donnelly said he'd be willing to stay with U17s, at which point he got reinstated for the next 3 years.

Mark McCullagh and Michael Gallagher were interested in the Under 17 job. Current Under 16 manager Lorcan Martin was also interested. Very strange to just give another 3 years to a management team that resigned, surely it would have been open to all candidates and then an interview process?

Log jam then for positions. Those coaches will likely be lost from the system now those 3 year terms have been granted. They'll maybe go into club management get a few quid and not look back. Strange when Donnelly resigned he was taken back just because Paul Devlin wanted to stick.

Surely when terms are up, all posts are declared vacant and then open for applications.