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Site seems to be a bit of a mystery. If there is any real substance to it, and I have my doubts, they're already treading on several toes.

A good idea, but too good to be true. There is a bit of a gap in the market but there could be a lot of copyright issues unless they can get a contract in place with the County board. .
If it turns out there is a real market out there the TCB will be pulling this back in house to control content and getting a Jerome on the case to give it a bit of polish.

I would not be rushing up to save my 25% just yet, at this stage it would be more like throwing away 75%

The most impressive thing about that team is the subs bench - they'd give any team a run for it

           McConnell
Gourley    Swift     McGee
Carlin      O'Neill    McCaul
      Holmes   McGinley
Cassidy   McGuigan  Mulgrew
McCullagh Cavanagh Gormley

[we'll call them yanks]

lol i think you guys took me up wrong

as for low IQ yep there not from the united kingdom soooooo next time you get money from the British government to build pitches SAY NO!!

& finally hanging myself well I'm a rossies fan if i haven't done it already hardly now


now hush hush & we can all look forward to the great Irish ulster final that is ANTRIM V TYRONE

Ross4life - a little baiting is grand for a while but we've had enough cr*p on this island arguing as to who is Irish, British, United Kingdomish or whatever.

As a Kerryman and Irishman I take pride in my national sports. I've never met an Irishman from the alternatively administrated part of the island who didn't either.

I know the lads from up north sometimes slag us as mexicans - so what - we'll call them yanks.

As Daire O'Brian once said "We know ye call us Mexicans, ye Canadian b@5t@'d5"

Anyone know what the fixtures for Sunday 9th August for Division 2?

Greencastle is down for play Clann na nGael (away) at 3.45pm and Killyman (home) at the same time. A few clubs seem to be doubled up too, so I was wondering what the correct fixtures are.

Reserve championship is definitely on the Friday night (Div 1 QF's / Div 2 SF / Div 3 1st round) and nothing set in stone yet for league / league cup fixtures -they will be dependent on the AIQF schedule

Are both the following weekends (19th & 26th July) free?

Where would the 5% go if it was given to them?

How much would be eaten up in "administrative costs?"

They have to cover Dessies wages somehow without eating into the contributions from the poor hard-pressed inter-County players.

Fianna beat the Lough 2-13 to 0-9 according to Tyronegaa.ie

The Island were looking doomed for a while but this brings the Lough back onto the dog-fight at the bottom.
Is there anybody out there with too much time on their hands who can go through the Tyronegaa website to see the remaining games for the bottom 5 and post for us lazy feckers who have a passing interest but too lazy to do it ourselves

Correct. At the end of the day, he's there to make the most of the resources he has to make a successful team. He's not there to make friends with players. Seems to be working out OK so far and long may it continue.

He could probably manage them from home then (through his intermediary).

I'm not knocking Mickey (how could anyone?) but I just think that Cavanagh's "Jekyll and Hyde" comments are a sad indictment of a management setup that we have come to regard as perfect.  But then Cavanagh regarded his captaining of the Aussie Rules team as a greater honour than winning the All Ireland.

I think Jekyll & Hyde means one is approachable and one isn't.
I would not count it as a sad indictment of a management team. I think the manager needs to keep his distance. As has already been said, he is not there to make friends. Keeping a distance means it will be easier to make the tough decisions such as telling players they are dropped for an All-Ireland final (hope he has that decision to make again). :
If he is too close he could end up showing too much loyalty to those he is friendliest with and those players will over time learn how far they can push the boundaries and how much they can get away with. If they do not have a cosy relationship with their manager they will be less likely to try it on.

Very impressed with Omagh's spirit yesterday. 4 down at half-time, they came back and blew Donaghmore off the pitch with a 15 minute blitzkrieg in the last quarter. Some magnificent scores taken. Young McKenna was plucking them out of the air for the visitors, but they seemed to tire badly towards the end. Errigal away next up for Omagh. Very tough.

Its east to fade when time and time again the referee dosent let the best team on the pitch pull away, admittedly Omaghs ezqualiszing goal was a catalogue of errors.  On a plus point Omaghs a strong side and are a decent enough dark horse this year,  I would have had many fears when I seen Justy Mc moving onto Niall Mc Kenna but what a performance by Niall, winning that hands down -  he must have taken 5 or 6 above him in the second half alone, a great battle.  I always thought he was a few years away but maybe he'll progress quicker. 

Aw to think what aughers midfield could have been - Aidy Cass and Niall McKenna   

I have not heard anything of him for while. What way is Aidy Cassidy now injury wise?

" You are also not permitted to play in the reserve championship if you are/were a member of the Tyrone senior, under 21 or minor football championship squads, the latter only added this year I believe."

I can understand this ruling for County Senior and U-21 footballers but not every County minor will have established himself on his club's senior team. A combination of their age (first year with their club senior panel) and the County minor training / first round championship in May clashing with Club championship first rounds means that very few will be playing Club Championship first rounds especially if they are with Senior clubs.

We had a particularly impressive group of minors in the County last year and off hand I can only recall Kyle Coney, Niall McKenna and Peter Harte playing Senior championship.

How many of this years minors played Senior or Intermediate championship football this year?
I am leaving out Junior as a good minor will more easily make the breakthrough there.

Coalisland or Dromore ?


Moortown or Edendork ?



I'm going for Dromore and Moortown to advance to the next round.

ME TOO !

Dromore not going well based on their recent results. If they were up against any other team that is still in the championship I could see them slipping but not against Coalisland.

Dromore and Moortown to go through.

Rumour doing the rounds that Championship Q Finals will be played 1st weekend August. Any truth?

Think you may be getting your Championships mixed up. All Ireland QF's not Tyrone QF's are on that weekend.

Is the reserve championship draw independent of the Senior draw after the first round?
I had though teams followed the same path for the first 2 rounds.

Can't fins the relevant posts but a few Tyrone posters suggested the Ballinderry boys could switch allegiances south of the Ballinderry river.

Now I know that is not a realistic proposition but could Ballinderry, in theory transfer to the Tyrone leagues?
Would it be as simple as the Tyrone board saying aye come on in or would they need released by Derry?
As the grounds are held in trust by Croke Park would they need clearance from there?

Ballinderry will not be using their pitch for the next 6 months
Coalisland need a pitch for their home games for the next 6 months
A marriage made in heaven!!!

whens the deadline?

Yeah check the deadline, I remember last year there were people picking teams but if they had just waited til the deadline then extra matches would have been played thus reducing the amount of teams to pick...

Good call, the Derry runners should have thinned out after this weekend (and we will know the result of the Derry appeal. Also Dromore v Coalisland in Tyrone next Friday so worth holding off 'til then.

I think Mickey has done alright with his panels so far.

From what I remember he did not rush too many of the Dromore players in after they won the previous year but instead sat back and took stock before bringing in the likes of Shaun O'Neill this year. It may be he is wants to be sure he isn't looking for consistency of form rather than one season wonders. That is not meant to disrespect any of the Clonoe lads but perhaps a second season at the tops of their game would see them break through.