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Would Kildress not walk division 3? Hard to believe they are in junior football. Assuming they've got some good talent, they always done very well number wise at youth level.

Kildress will probably be thinking the same themselves, which will probably be their downfall. Cant see any team "walking" it as Junior is looking very competitive this year, Aghaloo, Kildress, Derrytresk, Eskra, Castlederg (if they can get heads right) Killeeshil all capable of mounting a serious challenge, but you'd have to think it will be the two big guns there fighting it out at the end of the year.

Possibly not Killeeshil, hear the managers have walked due to numbers at training. Very young team but I seen they conceded against Dungannon in the under 21 competition. However, enough time to get something in place.

Killeeshil are a funny club. Always seemed to have good youth, but over the last 5/10 years they have struggled apart from the Junior success in 2013. Never really kicked on from that, and if as you say is correct about struggling for numbers already it wouldn't look good for the year ahead. They must have a serious turnover on players or why do the youth players not seem to come through there?

My preseason predictions for what they're worth;
Div 1; Usual suspects from past 2 or 3 years. Ardboe to push on into a solid top 4/5 team
Edendork, Tattyreagh, Carrickmore and Derrylaughan to be in relegation trouble. Clarkes and Eglish will have full squads and no county men all year which might give them a better chance. Can see Tatts in serious trouble from early on. Can't see them repeating their recent heroics for another year and an injury or two to key players would have them struggle.

Div 2; Pomeroy for championship, too many county men missing starred games which will cost them league. you can't afford to lose more than a game or two to win this league. League between Galbally and loughmacrory.
Beragh and Newtownstewart to go straight back done.

Div 3: Aghaloo to bounce straight back up. Drumagh to push on this year and give it a rattle.

Think Beragh will surprise a lot of teams this year, think out of the 3 teams that came up they'll do best. Clogher and Newtown both haven't the quality or the playing style to survive Intermediate and they will be the 2 to struggle badly. But as for league winner's id be with you on Galbally, been there and done it. Pomeroy should be very strong in the championship.

As for Drumragh in junior, they'd be a fair bit away from the previous teams I've mentioned and would be lucky to even make the playoffs.

Would Kildress not walk division 3? Hard to believe they are in junior football. Assuming they've got some good talent, they always done very well number wise at youth level.

Kildress will probably be thinking the same themselves, which will probably be their downfall. Cant see any team "walking" it as Junior is looking very competitive this year, Aghaloo, Kildress, Derrytresk, Eskra, Castlederg (if they can get heads right) Killeeshil all capable of mounting a serious challenge, but you'd have to think it will be the two big guns there fighting it out at the end of the year.

Fintona man be as keen as mustard.Got knocked back when he went for job in Fintona.

Eskra must be desperate and broke... Last years manager must have near bankrupt them.

Eskra have new manager be interesting when they play Fintona.

I believe they had a someone llined up before Christmas but made a hash of that situation.

Who?

Brother of the county Forwards coach!!

A Clan man? Didn't know he was a coach too? Who's the Fintona man in?

In fairness to the CCC they've produced a detailed fixture report last week which is honest enough to point out where improvements can be made. This is the first year of the the new fixture programme where by the All Ireland is pulled forward to the start of Sept and super 8s. This means that Tyrone has games almost on a weekly basis in July and August. There is an inevitability that the season will stall. However it looks like they may try and have the starred games in the summer and a more staggered approach to league games earlier in the year. At the very least they are keen to improve the delivery of fixtures and must be applauded for that.

Re Double Ds claim "How many reserve games were not olayed this season from top to bottom this season. Must be the highest I remember." Division 2 and 3 played more games in the reserve league than any of the last 5 years. Division 1 was slightly down on last year but the 3rd most of the last 5 years, so the original claim wasn't accurate.

Away with you and your facts.

Yes the facts hace proven my claim wrong, i was working on speculation, as i actually did think the number of reserve games was down on previous years, but ive been proven wrong by Norf so i will take my beating on that side of my argument. But i also remember a few senior trams failing to travel across all divisions too? That's hardly a great endorsement of how the fixtures were run or handled. Still believe the club player in Tyrone is handled and treated poorly by the TCB

[then how would the county board make more money from the replay?]

Aghyaran v dungannon replay set for Sunday.  Mcnulty getting married on friday. Very little talk of the drawn game on here, anyone at it?

Yes I was at it, Dungannon bossed the 1st half but didn't make that dominance count.  Horribly low scoring.  Aghyaran would have thought the game was up before the equaliser.  Hard to know who to fancy next day out.  Wasn't aware McNulty was getting Married this week.  That wedding already cost them a championship maybe cost them league promotion as well

I'm sure when he booked his wedding he thought the league would be long over. Extra time could have been played on saturday also

Extra time and common sense?? Surely not, then how would the county board make more money from the replay?

Such nonsense.
How much will they make from a  replay?

Enough to make a few pound and the expense of the club player. Ask most.club players would they rather a replay or extra time to get the season finished this time of year and the answer would be extra time. Another year of fixtures butchered by the county board

In fairness the fixtures worked quite well considering me were in an AI final without a ball kicked in the champ. Credit where its due.

How many weeks of the sunmer were senior and intermediate teams sitting idle? Then ram championship matches off right left and centre, some overlapping other games. Then ending in teams not bothering fielding or travelling towards end if tne league. How many reserve games were not olayed this season from top to bottom this season. Must be the highest I remember. Not a bit womder with players falling away over the summer with no games to play. 30 or 40 men out in January busting their balls only to end up having no football to play in the summer. And after all it's meant to be a sunmer sport not a winter one

[then how would the county board make more money from the replay?]

Aghyaran v dungannon replay set for Sunday.  Mcnulty getting married on friday. Very little talk of the drawn game on here, anyone at it?

Yes I was at it, Dungannon bossed the 1st half but didn't make that dominance count.  Horribly low scoring.  Aghyaran would have thought the game was up before the equaliser.  Hard to know who to fancy next day out.  Wasn't aware McNulty was getting Married this week.  That wedding already cost them a championship maybe cost them league promotion as well

I'm sure when he booked his wedding he thought the league would be long over. Extra time could have been played on saturday also

Extra time and common sense?? Surely not, then how would the county board make more money from the replay?

Such nonsense.
How much will they make from a  replay?

Enough to make a few pound and the expense of the club player. Ask most.club players would they rather a replay or extra time to get the season finished this time of year and the answer would be extra time. Another year of fixtures butchered by the county board

Aghyaran v dungannon replay set for Sunday.  Mcnulty getting married on friday. Very little talk of the drawn game on here, anyone at it?

Yes I was at it, Dungannon bossed the 1st half but didn't make that dominance count.  Horribly low scoring.  Aghyaran would have thought the game was up before the equaliser.  Hard to know who to fancy next day out.  Wasn't aware McNulty was getting Married this week.  That wedding already cost them a championship maybe cost them league promotion as well

I'm sure when he booked his wedding he thought the league would be long over. Extra time could have been played on saturday also

Extra time and common sense?? Surely not, then how would the county board make more money from the replay?

Congrats to Beragh on their promotion back into intermediate football. Been a long time between drinks for them. Didn't see that result coming but they were deserved victors. Kildress might find life tough in Junior next year. Everyone will have them as favourites to go straight back up but judging on yesterday I wouldn't be convinced. What's your opinion WT?

Lucky enough to come away with a draw up in Aghyaran today but it's never an easy place to go. Aghyaran up by 7 with 15 to go and had they not been as cynical they likely would have beaten us. They continually fouled by any means any time we got a run on them. Apparently the replays next Sunday up in Aghyaran again. Surely that can't be right?

Since when did they stop playing extra time in these games?

The logical reason would be it would have given Aghyaran an unfair advantage before we had a chance to have the replay in Pomeroy. Still can't see the replay being in Aghyaran, doesn't seem right.

But surely the idea is to give Aghyaran the advantage as they finished higher in the league so why should that be taken away?

They've already had their advantage yesterday. Surely it should now either be in Pomeroy or a neutral venue.

Using your logic, surely Loughmacrory should be playing Dungannon at home seeing they finished higher in the league?

The eskra/Killeshill replay was refixed for Eskra as Killeshill requested the game be switched from Sunday to Saturday. Killeshill agreed to forfeiting home advantage.

Well no that wouldn't be the case with my logic as i was referring to the 1st round if playoff games rather than the division decider, as it has always been set out that the division decider is neutral, same way the division 1/division 2 game is neutral.

Simple amswer was to play extra time on the 1st fixture when Aghyaran had their home advantage. Neutral venue be a good solution for the replay as see no reason why Pomeroy should now have home advantage

Lucky enough to come away with a draw up in Aghyaran today but it's never an easy place to go. Aghyaran up by 7 with 15 to go and had they not been as cynical they likely would have beaten us. They continually fouled by any means any time we got a run on them. Apparently the replays next Sunday up in Aghyaran again. Surely that can't be right?

Since when did they stop playing extra time in these games?

The logical reason would be it would have given Aghyaran an unfair advantage before we had a chance to have the replay in Pomeroy. Still can't see the replay being in Aghyaran, doesn't seem right.

But surely the idea is to give Aghyaran the advantage as they finished higher in the league so why should that be taken away?

Surely they lose that advantage having not won, otherwise why not play extra time? if it finishes a draw the next day, do they continue to go back to aghyaran?

This is why i thought extra time would and should have been played on the original fixture. I would imagine it would now go to extra tine the next day if it ended a draw again?

Lucky enough to come away with a draw up in Aghyaran today but it's never an easy place to go. Aghyaran up by 7 with 15 to go and had they not been as cynical they likely would have beaten us. They continually fouled by any means any time we got a run on them. Apparently the replays next Sunday up in Aghyaran again. Surely that can't be right?

Since when did they stop playing extra time in these games?

The logical reason would be it would have given Aghyaran an unfair advantage before we had a chance to have the replay in Pomeroy. Still can't see the replay being in Aghyaran, doesn't seem right.

But surely the idea is to give Aghyaran the advantage as they finished higher in the league so why should that be taken away?

You would expect a lot more Irish footballers to object to wearing a poppy on the same basis as McClean. Also saw Nemanja Matic wasn't wearing one on Saturday i think but very little being made of that?

Finally another player has an issue with it. Interested to see how this one plays out

Been very quiet this though hasn't it. Which is strange

Lucky enough to come away with a draw up in Aghyaran today but it's never an easy place to go. Aghyaran up by 7 with 15 to go and had they not been as cynical they likely would have beaten us. They continually fouled by any means any time we got a run on them. Apparently the replays next Sunday up in Aghyaran again. Surely that can't be right?

Since when did they stop playing extra time in these games?