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Well if Tyrone winning the AI is depending on Doohers hunger they have it in the bag already!! His dedication/hunger is unreal, plus I hear he's pulling them injured boys through training by the hair at times!! A real leader! But it wont be that simple unfortuantely!
As for Canavan, I think Tyrone have yet to get out of a real tight one without Canavan. When you look at the times Tyrone really could have lost it, most of them involved a bit of magic from Canavan - penalty in drawn game against Down in Ulster Final 2003, the lift of him coming on in AIF 2003, the last chance free he pointed against Armagh in semi 2005, his goal in AIF 2005, to mention just a few!Of course the rest of the team are well capable of doing these things too, its just always been that when Canavan was there it was always him that accetped the burden. But what the Tyrone players now have as an advantage is that they've learned a hell of a lot from him.
But as for predictions - every team needs their luck, and this time last year Tyrone were looking pretty good too, and we all know how it panned-out!
Dublin this Saturday will be a big clue!
I wouldn't be writing-off Kerry though!

well dooher's doing ritely to have picked-up two All-Ireland medals for gaelic football, and be known in the same circles as Ian Thorpe for swimming - where does he get the time?!
An all-round athlete - maybe they should build a 50m pool in Croker, and open it up for the swimmers too! Notice Ian Thorpe ia a SWIMMER!! 

Hey Fionntamhnach any idea when the senior ladies league final is? or where in or anything - since you seem to be the fountain of knowledge knocking about here  , thanks!!

To be honest I can't see the Gaels getting anywhere with their appeal - I'm not saying they're wrong to try it but these things have happened before, and I don't recall there ever having been any joy from appealing. Maybe I'm wrong, has any1 heard of appeals like this ever being successful? Does it not come down to the referees decision being final on the day - whether correctly or incorrectly. Given, though, in this case it was an oversight rather than a judgement call.
Not identical I know, but with disallowed/allowed scores that were later shown by video evidence to have been wrongly called, never stand-up to appeal. It'll be interesting to see how it pans-out.