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The three schools that are conspicuous by their absence are from one particular county. Would the county management teams for the age groups involved have restricted the attendance at the trials for those on their respective county panels??

[were beaten in the first round. It didn't do us any harm. We went on to win it from there twice]

Sure the lucks been hanging out of the penalty Kick Champs (X2), why change anything? just go full of the bull until it goes pear shaped and then think about it.

Any examples of when other Ulster teams didn't go all out to win Ulster and as a direct result they won an AI?

In the second year if the current competition?

Tyrone had a fair degree of ambivalence to the USFC in noughties. But I'm sure that's the response you were waiting for to refute it.

Harte and the players?

"A couple of years we were of the mindset that we were going to win the All-Ireland and were beaten in the first round. It didn't do us any harm. We went on to win it from there twice."

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/tyrone-legend-sean-cavanagh-issues-28938977#google_vignette


A quote from Sean Cavanagh today funny enough.

But you know yourself that it's not true.
2008 was the only time that happen for Sean.
2005 was the Ulster Final (replay)

Poor game, but a good win for Derry.

Still on Ref watch.. the decision not to award Toner a free, for the charge in the back, after Murrays shot was saved by Comerford was bizarre considering the what he was giving frees for throughout the game.

Laois by 5
Westmeath by 1
Armagh by 3
Derry by 1

One point win for Tyrone.
0-13 to 1-09
Thought McGuckian had earned a draw with his goal. But Derry caught out on the final kick out and Tyrone got up the pitch to score.

Streams working for anyone?

Derry game working fine for me. Plenty of wides, but some decent football towards the end of the half. McNicholl with the score of the game.

[Derry]

Derry v Roscommon
Dublin v Tyrone
Kerry v Galway
Monaghan v Mayo

Cavan v Fermanagh
Cork v Armagh
Donegal v Meath
Kildare v Louth

Antrim v Wicklow
Down v Clare
Offaly v Limerick
Sligo v Westmeath

Carlow v London
Waterford v Laois
Wexford v Longford
Leitrim v Tipperary

Few thoughts on the game on Sunday.  Great to see a substantial Derry following in the crowd. Thought there was more than the 9000 odd that was announced at half time, but I suppose that may have just included the tickets sold and not all the U16s as well. 

The set up at Castlebar was superb as well, the facilities at McHale Park just emphasises the how poor they are in Celtic Park. The god-awful toilets, narrow gangways, congestion (people and traffic) of Celtic Park were non-existent Castlebar.  We got parked on McHale Rd, and it was handy to get out and away especially with the guards controlling the traffic.

As for the game thought Derry played in fits and starts, some excellent football, was followed up by a litany of school boy errors.  At times we were in complete control and others we looked like one more Mayo score away from total collapse. McFaul, McGuigan, Glass all hit excellent points, McCluskey took his goal very well.  I wouldn't be too concerned with the support we have for McGuigan. And ultimately finished out the game brilliantly despite being under pressure for 15mins of the second half.

Lynch continues to mix the sublime with the ridiculous. Super save in the second half, but some of the kick out selection was baffling.  Just like towards the end of the Kerry game last year, he seems to have a blind spot on his kickouts to his right hand side.  I know its easy to point this out sitting high up in the stand, but it occurred 2 or 3 times in the second half while we were already under pressure, he'd a free option to his right, but either kicked long or looked for someone to his left.

The Ref was fairly poor as well, Rodgers was getting pulled and dragged then shrugged the player off with his strength and a free given against him. McEvoy was jumping for a kick out, Mayo lad with his back to the play just jumped straight into McEvoy, with no attempt to contest the kickout and play allowed to continue.  At the time I thought that Loughlin played for the penalty, but a couple of comments appear that this might not be the case. Would need to see it again.  Mayo keeper was taking at least the same amount of time as Lynch, yet Lynch was blown twice for it.  Even with all that the Mayo crowd were still getting on top of him.

Derry will probably be able to give another couple of players a break next week again, and give the bench another run out.  I think it would take a serious set of scores to knock us out of the league final.

[Dublin]

Galway v Dublin
Tyrone v Monaghan
Roscommon v Kerry
Mayo v Derry

Armagh v Cavan
Kildare v Donegal
Meath v Cork
Louth v Fermanagh

Wicklow v Limerick
Clare v Antrim
Sligo v Offaly
Westmeath v Down

London v Waterford
Laois v Leitrim
Tipperary v Wexford
Longford v Carlow

Did Harte and P Clifford get booked in that instance as they are the respective Captains of each team??
Neither did any more or less than those others involved. Though Conn and D Clifford were the likely ones to pick up a yellow.

Clifford and Conn got away with one there.

How many cards for this?

[Dublin]

Derry v Dublin
Mayo v Roscommon
Kerry v Tyrone
Monaghan v Galway

Fermanagh v Armagh
Cavan v Meath
Donegal v Louth
Cork v Kildare

Limerick v Clare
Antrim v Westmeath
Down v Sligo
Offaly v Wicklow

Carlow v Wexford
Laois v London
Tipperary v Waterford
Longford v Leitrim

Dirty hit from Molloy, but not a black.
Finnerty time wasting the black card after running into Glass