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Very good referee performance from Stephen Campbell. He looks like a man that would fit in well with the inter county referees. Give that man credit where credits due.

Got the big call before half time wrong that led to Errigals goal that ultimetly proved to be the difference at the end. The play should have been stopped after Peter Og McCartans late hit on James Donaghy, didn't give it let play develop and led to Errigals goal.

Another big call that he got wrong was penrose stamp in first 15 mins straight red. Did he score 1-2 after that?

Did you see Marty stamp?  or you just going by the reaction of the player?  I seen clearly what happened and Marty accidentally stood on the lads foot as he tried to get out of a tangle.  He certainly didn't 'stamp' on him deliberately.  That is not Martys style.

A big call the ref got wrong was Darragh Canavans dive for free towards the end of game.  That give them the 3 point cushion again.  If  the correct call had of been given it would have been a 1 point game in closing stages and we might have been able to work that equalising score instead of been blocked twice trying to kick the ball in for goals.

GK/Onion - you think they should get away with cheating?
I'm sure they aren't the only club with a star 17yr old they could have used to their advantage?

You think they were the only team that played a 17yr old this year?

The question was, you think they should get away with cheating?

Do you think it's ok to record u18s without consent?

Sorry, was it an underage game that was being filmed or not?

An U 17 shouldnt be playing ffs , thats the whole point of it , so that isnt a relevant viewpoint

The bottom line here is that Greencastle broke the rules and have been caught. They should not carry out an action if they are unwilling to handle the consequences. Stop looking for technicalities to get themselves out of this mess.

[Chris Brown in charge in 2006.]

Hard to legislate for yesterdays conditions.Suited Coalisland better think Dominic could be available he was the last man to deliver the goods for Carmen.

It's not really, it is October and the chances of Wind and Rain is high. Suited Coalisland better as we set back and let them have the ball when we were playing with the wind.

Roger Keenan was the last man in 2005.

Did dom not do back to back with Carmen in 04,05 keenan might of been beat in final in 06.

Corrigan was in charge for 04 before going to take Sligo Seniors in 2005.
Keenan took charge in 2005 before taking up High Performance Manager role with SINI which stopped him from taking management role for the following season.
Chris Brown in charge in 2006.

Carmen enjoyed a Manager Merry-go-round in them days

Won an Ulster title with them too in 06, unprecedented times

Brown won a competitive Ulster league that year but got the road after losing a couple of league games. Corrigan was at the helm for most of the year in 06. I cant remember if Gavin was with him them days or not but he was certainly involved with some of them teams as well.

Brown was on a bonus to deliver an Ulster title in an era Carmen had notions of Ulster Club, he went hard after the Ulster league and then asked for the bonus lol, summarily dismissed

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story 

Its high... its long... its over the bar 

Was dismissed abruptly after the Ulster league win, only relaying what I heard, don't shoot the messenger 

Its a bit of a reach to call that an Ulster title. Carmen's best days were behind them by then but it always surprises me that they didn't push an Ulster club with some of the quality that went before. Its bound to sit sore that the neighbours over the hill achieved it with arguably a weaker side.

Weaker side let me hear your argument for that

Just an opinion not a fact. But the Errigal team that got to an Ulster final in 00 was not much better than the Carmen teams of 99 and 01...I actually think they were weaker yet nearly won Ulster. However I do believe that the 02 Errigal team was probably the greatest Tyrone club side in my memory.

Overall point is I never thought Carrickmore were going to land an Ulster, yet every year Errigal represented Tyrone you felt they had a chance. This is what makes no sense, as I said those teams from 99 - 01 were on par if not Carrickmore a wee touch stronger.

I do think 01 was our best chance. 3 points up against Mayobridge, a man up and playing well to falling apart in the last 15mins after Seamus McCallan getting sent off. Losing Davitt McElroy to injury before the game didn't help. Losing 04 to Mayobridge in the ulster semi was a sore one also. Conceding soft goals that day cost us.

[Chris Brown in charge in 2006.]

Hard to legislate for yesterdays conditions.Suited Coalisland better think Dominic could be available he was the last man to deliver the goods for Carmen.

It's not really, it is October and the chances of Wind and Rain is high. Suited Coalisland better as we set back and let them have the ball when we were playing with the wind.

Roger Keenan was the last man in 2005.

Did dom not do back to back with Carmen in 04,05 keenan might of been beat in final in 06.

Corrigan was in charge for 04 before going to take Sligo Seniors in 2005.
Keenan took charge in 2005 before taking up High Performance Manager role with SINI which stopped him from taking management role for the following season.
Chris Brown in charge in 2006.

Carmen enjoyed a Manager Merry-go-round in them days

Won an Ulster title with them too in 06, unprecedented times

Brown won a competitive Ulster league that year but got the road after losing a couple of league games. Corrigan was at the helm for most of the year in 06. I cant remember if Gavin was with him them days or not but he was certainly involved with some of them teams as well.

Brown was on a bonus to deliver an Ulster title in an era Carmen had notions of Ulster Club, he went hard after the Ulster league and then asked for the bonus lol, summarily dismissed

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story 

[Chris Brown in charge in 2006.]

Hard to legislate for yesterdays conditions.Suited Coalisland better think Dominic could be available he was the last man to deliver the goods for Carmen.

It's not really, it is October and the chances of Wind and Rain is high. Suited Coalisland better as we set back and let them have the ball when we were playing with the wind.

Roger Keenan was the last man in 2005.

Did dom not do back to back with Carmen in 04,05 keenan might of been beat in final in 06.

Corrigan was in charge for 04 before going to take Sligo Seniors in 2005.
Keenan took charge in 2005 before taking up High Performance Manager role with SINI which stopped him from taking management role for the following season.
Chris Brown in charge in 2006.

Carmen enjoyed a Manager Merry-go-round in them days

Won an Ulster title with them too in 06, unprecedented times

Brown won a competitive Ulster league that year but got the road after losing a couple of league games. Corrigan was at the helm for most of the year in 06. I cant remember if Gavin was with him them days or not but he was certainly involved with some of them teams as well.

Gavin was involved with Roger in '05

Hard to legislate for yesterdays conditions.Suited Coalisland better think Dominic could be available he was the last man to deliver the goods for Carmen.

It's not really, it is October and the chances of Wind and Rain is high. Suited Coalisland better as we set back and let them have the ball when we were playing with the wind.

Roger Keenan was the last man in 2005.

Thought Eannetta gave the Fianna a few soft frees towards the end there.

He gave Carmen two soft frees also but they missed them

Not at the game I was at??? Explain please.

Your no13 Daly had 2 free kicks in last 5 minutes and both never made it. The first one was dubious decision

The second one was a 45. But doubt let the truth get in way of your narrative

You're like a man that's gonna blame the referee for your defeat?

Although I do think the ref had an extremely poor game I don't think that's the reason we lost this game. Technically I think we got it all wrong. Why did it take us 20+ mins in the first half to push up on Coalisland and put their defence under pressure when they had the ball? When we did, we scored 4 points on the trot. In the second half we refused to kick the ball into our full forward line with the ball constantly going sidewards or backwards. Then with the game in the mix at the end with the ref giving handy scoreable frees to both teams we take our free taker off the field. Head scratching stuff. It was a game we should have won and hopefully our young players can learn and improve for next year.

Fair play, at least you are now admitting that the referee gave handy free kicks to both teams. I have no interest in either team but the game I was at was expertly 'game managed' by the Fianna. They slowed it down when needed, got the scores when needed but Carmen must regret not really pushing high up the pitch when Fianna had only 14 men. The fact Fianna our scored Carmen 4-1 in that 10 minute tells its own story.
Tradition can only get you so far, new eras come and new teams come - Errigal and Carmen are finding that out over the last few years. EC may well win it this year but the hype train would have you think they should win the World Cup, The Ashes, Ulster Club etc every year.
Think it will be EC v Trillick in the final.

The most frustrating thing about about it is that Coalisland played the exact same way in our League game against them.  So it should have been no surprise that they were no going to get plenty of bodies behind the ball.  It was also like we didn't take into account the wind and how we should play with it and against it.  All the good teams now have game plans in place for different scenarios throughout the game be it wind, playing against 14, playing with 14 men etc but we didn't.  It appears no variables where taken into account.

Thought Eannetta gave the Fianna a few soft frees towards the end there.

He gave Carmen two soft frees also but they missed them

Not at the game I was at??? Explain please.

Your no13 Daly had 2 free kicks in last 5 minutes and both never made it. The first one was dubious decision

The second one was a 45. But doubt let the truth get in way of your narrative

You're like a man that's gonna blame the referee for your defeat?

Although I do think the ref had an extremely poor game I don't think that's the reason we lost this game. Technically I think we got it all wrong. Why did it take us 20+ mins in the first half to push up on Coalisland and put their defence under pressure when they had the ball? When we did, we scored 4 points on the trot. In the second half we refused to kick the ball into our full forward line with the ball constantly going sidewards or backwards. Then with the game in the mix at the end with the ref giving handy scoreable frees to both teams we take our free taker off the field. Head scratching stuff. It was a game we should have won and hopefully our young players can learn and improve for next year.

Thought Eannetta gave the Fianna a few soft frees towards the end there.

He gave Carmen two soft frees also but they missed them

Not at the game I was at??? Explain please.

Your no13 Daly had 2 free kicks in last 5 minutes and both never made it. The first one was dubious decision

The second one was a 45. But doubt let the truth get in way of your narrative

Thought Eannetta gave the Fianna a few soft frees towards the end there.

He gave Carmen two soft frees also but they missed them

Not at the game I was at??? Explain please.

Whose smart idea was it to have the Carrickmore v Coalisland game in Galbally?  They had problems with traffic and parking for the ladies final last Saturday and with more of an attendance expected this Sunday it will be total gridlock. Only one side of the field is also suitable for spectators to view the game.  Surely Pomeroy, Dungannon or Edendork would have been more suited?

This is not a dig at the Galbally club BTW.  Their playing facilities are first class but the grounds is not suited for large attendances.

Who can stop this carrickmore juggernaut

No point hitting peak in June. The heavy team training during lockdown will come back to bite around September.

This coming from a Galbally man whose team trained away collectively during Lockdown  .  A very embarrassing result last Friday for a team who think they can win the championship because they seen what Dungannon done last year.  Cloud Cuokoo Land

From what I seen of the games over the weekend the standard of refereeing has got worse.  I could mention how poor the referee was in our game on Friday night but I would be accused of sour grapes but I thought Shane Meenan was very poor in the game yesterday.  I thought Dromore where getting their frees a lot more easier than Omagh and how Sludden came up the amount of injury to deny Loughmacrory victory was joke.  Is there a decent referee in the county?

Including management and backroom team, and the fact that anyone who plays reserves is considered a senior panelist, Carmen have about 60 involved id say, underage coaches need one and commitees, not much left for the rest!

There might not be a big queue from our club for the tickets.   A lot of distress among supporters about recent performances.  Questions being asked about the direction the current management are taking us.  Personally I feel we need to get behind the players and hope they will come up with a performance that reflects their ability.

[Coalisland]

I suppose whats a championship draw without an early season prediction.

Senior Championship First Round

Clonoe v Coalisland

Moy v Derrylaughan

Galbally v Trillick

Killyclogher v Carrickmore

Loughmacrory v Dungannon

Ardboe v Donaghmore

Errigal Ciaran v Pomeroy

Omagh v Dromore

Hard to beat an early prediction.

Semi finals:
Coalisland v Trillick
Errigal v Dungannon

With a repeat of last year's final.

Semi Finals
Clonoe vCarrickmore
Loughmacrory v Omagh

Final
Carrickmore v Loughmacrory 
To be played in Carrickmore also