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Trillick 5th point came from a ghost 45. Niall Bell must have no cards with him either, Trillick very cynical.

Thought Bell was a disaster as were his help on the line and at the posts. One time in the first half, one umpire didn't know what to signal them at the opposite end one gave a 45 which nobody in the ground seen.

In saying that, Bell was consistently poor. Lee Brennan had a few harsh calls against him in the first half I felt but overall he certainly didn't impact upon the final result

Very surprised to see loads of Clarkes supporters leaving early - poor form that

Trillick very impressive. Huge favourites for the final no matter who wins on Sunday.

Can't see anyone but Trillick. Their ability to stop the oppositions forward line from playing is incredible. Did the same last year against Dungannon and Errigal. Thought they used to be serious for dropping men behind the ball but they looked to have changed it up and are going more man to man

And then they have enough scores in the team between Garrity, Brennan, the Grays, the Donnellys and Daly all chipping in. A serious outfit.

Great read in the Irish News today with Jody Gormley. Didn't realise he'd suffered a stroke last year. Sounds like he was lucky enough that it wasn't worse.

Think he had the stroke in the last few months according to the story in Irish news. Some recovery in 2/3 months to be fair to him

Whats the story with the hold up in releasing championship dates/venues?

Surely at this stage it should be known to clubs and players to try and make plans

Terrible that this takes so long. No reason why this cannot be released after the July break

Junior came out just prior to the final round of League Fixtures. So we can probably expect something before Sunday for Intermediate and Senior.
County board dead right to wait, you would have lunatic managers training at the grounds and all that going on if they had a pile of notice.

Disagree totally. Players need notice especially the ones who work in Dublin or in mainland UK to allow them to plan their travel in the lead up.
You must have a role in the CCC or similar because you stick up for the county board at every opportunity.
With the amount of games on at the minute, no manager in their right mind would go looking extra sessions on another pitch - players are already punctured and fatigued.
As a result you will see strange results in the last 2 league games as management start to prioritise championship and give key players a rest this week

Grade 1 championship final on this Saturday morning at 11.00. Why in the morning.
One thing I'd love to see are these development squads done away with. A complete waste of time for everyone involved. All it does is overtrain players involved and completely wreck the youth calender in Tyrone

Do away with the development squads and have teams with 20 subs and have a large group of lads getting next to no football. Great Idea! 

Redzone referring to county development squads, I believe

[Was no dodgy results in Div 1.]

Feel Killeeshil will win the junior championship, only a couple of years ago they were close to beating Galbally in an intermediate semi final.

In Senior and Intermediate I think any one around 6 teams can win it, it is whoever can keep their players fit and sharp during that period off the back of a very condensed end of league campagin, I think that is why you seen some dodgy results on Sunday and are likely to see more on Wednesday night- hard to take for the teams scrapping against relegation.

What were the dodgy results in Div 1? Very competitive division with 6/7 teams fighting for top 4 and same number trying to avoid bottom 3

Was no dodgy results in Div 1. Eglish at bottom are gone. Four teams above them fighting to avoid a play-off all lost: Coalisland, Clonoe, Ardboe, Edendork... some in very close games.

Not true sadly.

Jerome, enlighten us please with your theory on the dodgy results in Div 1?

Feel Killeeshil will win the junior championship, only a couple of years ago they were close to beating Galbally in an intermediate semi final.

In Senior and Intermediate I think any one around 6 teams can win it, it is whoever can keep their players fit and sharp during that period off the back of a very condensed end of league campagin, I think that is why you seen some dodgy results on Sunday and are likely to see more on Wednesday night- hard to take for the teams scrapping against relegation.

What were the dodgy results in Div 1? Very competitive division with 6/7 teams fighting for top 4 and same number trying to avoid bottom 3

I'll say as a Derry man I have huge reservations on him coming back but just to change the subject slightly, are Fermanagh and Donegal Gaa not getting off a bit light on this if it was common knowledge. People queuing up to get digs in at Derry

Fair enough question. Why arenr clonduff getting the samw questions considering they willingly took him after the alleged allegations

Need to be careful mentioning other clubs especially when you mention the wrong one. It is Corduff he is coaching

Shootout for the Junior league this Sunday. Drumquin and Aghaloo tied on points. If Drumquin win against Donaghmore, they win the league.
Hearing there are big celebrations already planned, is there a chance of Donaghmore 3rds pulling off a shock result and the cup being helicoptered over to the Aghaloo game? 

Are Kileeshil not in the mix as well?

I've given my vote based on what my thoughts would be as a Derry GAA supporter in this situation or if as an Armagh supporter we were faced with a similar scenario.

I don't think it is in the best interests of Derry GAA to re-appoint RG. I would immediately withdraw all support for the county if it went ahead. It sends out completely the wrong message and his candidacy should be declared a non-runner immediately. 

There will obviously be a media/social media frenzy if re appointed but if he was appointed in say September there would be a big enough gap to the league say for it to be old news by the time that comes around.  I am not condoning his behaviour or appointment but I think people withdrawing their support when the "big games" come around would be in the minority(or may be due to personal circumstances e.g. a loved one having had similar abuse).  If this is the angle Derry are taking I am sure it has been put to the players about his return and if the squad weren't all for it I doubt it would happen. 

I disagree, I think it will be more than just a media frenzy. Some of those in the minority might also be big backers or corporate sponsors. You could be looking at protests and rallies at matches, like Ulster Rugby after the Jackson/Olding trial.

You would think Derry would pick up with the sponsors in advance if they had any sense all the main internal stakeholders should be contacted.  Obviously Derry is more high profile than Corduff, but there doesn't seem to have been much publicity about him being there.  Wonder would there be media silence if he was back with Derry? 

Was Banty funding Corduff though?

Derry need sponsors whereas Corduff always have the Banty €€€

That is exactly the difference. Banty would have walked if RG wasn't accepted by Corduff.

Pick up an injury, lets say a strain that requires 4 weeks rest. In Tyrone this month you could miss 6/7 games, almost half the league campaign. Yeah Tyrone has a grt system that has their club players at the heart of it. 🤣

Pick up said strain and you would miss half the Derry championship 😉

The referee story

https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/tyrone-referee-shortage-forces-red-hand-officials-to-look-outside-the-county-HTZEES3QNVASXGW6EVQDK3ZT24/

"There's three clubs in Tyrone that don't have a referee. We chatted earlier in the year about deducting point from clubs, but that was shot down at the county committee.

Those 3 should be the first to have their games postponed.

Those 3 had their reserve games postponed at the weekend - but they should have been forced to concede them in my opinion

A lot of teams facing crucial games which will stand to them.  I think this years championship winner will come from the bottom half of the table. Eglish could possibly win there next two games & would it be that much of a shock? 6 games remaining a lot of football to be played. Teams in the middle of the table and safe from relegation will rest key players carrying a knock and try out different things, which could result in teams getting points in places you don't expect.

What's happened your lads Sean Og? Top of the League with a 100% record after 4 games, and have now lost 5 on the bounce. Suppose you's have all probably fallen out with each other as usual. Yous will have to go back knocking on all the doors in castlecaulfield if yous want to compete with the best team in the Parish 😉. 

You are mixed up Easttyrone. Only team who had 100% after 4 games was Carmen.

Gortin and Moy are starting to pull away as the top 2 in division 2. They are fixed to play each other on the last game of the league which could effectively make that game a league final.

The division 3 league will be decided this weekend with aghaloo playing Drumquin.

Easttyrone23, were you impressed by the Clarkes last night. Coming to the boil at the right time of the season

The senior club championship is at the bottom of the CB's agenda. The mantra of the 'best club championship' is now used a PR slogan, that a lot of misinformed people buy into, it directs the conversation away from the a real long standing issue in Tyrone, in that its all geared towards County football. Look at what is being proposed for the club footballer, twice a week football now to get the league out of the way, increased of injuries, knocked out of the championship in the first two rounds and your football is over in September. A season that started in mid May. Four point 5 months of football.
That 4.5 months and multiply it to five years and you can see the none progression of your club player in comparison to other counties who have football from April or March.

Regular Football May-September/October. It is the time period of the year players want to be playing. CCC have it very close to correct. Underage stuff with the Minors is the current issue within the county that needs addressing, Senior football is in good health.

Do you think the county board would accept for our county team to play 8 games in 4 weeks when every other county is not doing it. Don't think so. County teams complained about finishing 2rd or 3rd in their group meaning they had to play 3 games in 3 weeks but sure let the ordinary club player do it.

I don't have an answer to the problem but I suggest going back to 1A and 1B with home/away fixtures is a start with the county players assured they will play in 7 of the fixtures (50%) minimum depending on how they get on at county - at least we can start in late April/early May and play the 7 starred games up until the holiday period.

What is wrong with the schedule?
Would everyone prefer to train twice and play once a week or train once and play twice? I know what I would prefer. The pre-season is long enough.

100%. Players are in favour of the current season layout. Bit tough going but every club in the same situation.

I speak to quite a lot of players and the opinion is very much split. Yes, they like the games but a lot also say that if you get injured in August you miss 8 games (50% of the season) plus probably championship.
Of course, injuries always happen but in a very condensed season, one injury means you miss a lot of games.
For sure, every club will be affected with this heavily condensed August program plus the reserve championship is in it as well - nightmare scenario for management trying to handle all that.
In addition, to this 50% of the club footballers in Tyrone will lose their first round championship game therefore their season is over on the first weekend of September and nothing more until May next year!