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It looked like Morgan give the nod to McNamee for the quick kick out. Had McNamee attacked the ball he would've got there before McHugh. McHugh started a couple of yards behind, and still got out in front to get a hand in.

It was a reallystupid decision from Morgan.  He was seeing everything in front of him, nothing to do with defender who can't see whats going on behind him. How people try to balance the blame is unreal!  The reason he improved in the second half was because he was told to kick the ball long over the press and not to be fecking about round his own 21

Morgan has flaky moments and this was primarily his fault To try such a kickout on the cusp of halftime is like having a brain storm but I was realy glad he got the late long free as Spillane said Morgan did not crack unlike that miserable day in 2013
I think Hampsay is still a better fullback than midfielder and best played there given how well COnal McCann played and McClure when they came on (Also Hampsay missed 4-5 Dublin runs in earlier match for instance letting Philly McMahon wander past him to get an easy point)
Great to see Mattie Donnelly put in a full productive wholehearted shift best of Championship by far for him and I still believe we should get a full game out of Lee Brennan even though he is clearly going to do better against tired defenders McAlliskey is a bit of a shaper,  has been very inconsistent and he might do better as an impact sub now We need a free taker missed 3-4 easy ones today.

Joe mcquillan should never be allowed near a gaa pitch again

Now yer talking What a w@¥%er
5 Tyrone players clotheslined some not all yellow a series of stupid gormless panic decisions against both sides nearly wrecked a great game
but what about Lee Brennan?
The panic he spread and Peter Donnelly's work on conditioning physical
and mental won that with Brennan's drive, intelligence and free flowing skill.
All this DESPITE Mickey Harte! What is it with him and Lee The only thing I can think of
Is that Lee doesn't know the dickits of the Rosary off by heart! Nothing else could possbly
justify Lee's exclusion ( Maybe a word with Big Franny when he comes to Phoenix park or
Knock might be required? Like you know that Maradona fella?)

Ehhhhhh... Brennan has been out with a hamstring for a couple of months

Brennan could have started against Dublin or at least came on early and
he should have started today and should have been a regular last season not just this one Again compared to soccer think Pele 1958

Joe mcquillan should never be allowed near a gaa pitch again

Now yer talking What a w@¥%er
5 Tyrone players clotheslined some not all yellow a series of stupid gormless panic decisions against both sides nearly wrecked a great game
but what about Lee Brennan?
The panic he spread and Peter Donnelly's work on conditioning physical
and mental won that with Brennan's drive, intelligence and free flowing skill.
All this DESPITE Mickey Harte! What is it with him and Lee The only thing I can think of
Is that Lee doesn't know the dickits of the Rosary off by heart! Nothing else could possbly
justify Lee's exclusion ( Maybe a word with Big Franny when he comes to Phoenix park or
Knock might be required? Like you know that Maradona fella?)

Protstewart 😳? Worth the 30-40 miles to Sambo McNaughten's in Cushendall

Nights like last night will save the super 8s. Real parochial atmosphere at county level. Dubs supporters are great craic and make for a great occasion and it was nice of the players to meet supporters on the pitch after. It pull all the games but the dubs home games from Croker next year.

Super 8 is terrible Poor old Roscommon who needs that torture get it over with in 1
mind you if Kerry get beaten again today that would do no harm

Most older country IRA men were smugglers before they were IRA so hard brexit suits the hard men well. Add people to animals, white dust an daysel; while NI sits on the edge of recession right now. Border poll 2022 and all the other EU citizens Asians Africans and Hispanics including the Tyrone East Timorese with vote for United Ireland and 200k empire loyalists including the castle Catholics will flee Good riddance

End of the road for Tyrone 2018 here. They just don't perform in Ballybofey, that's going back generations.

Good luck Donegal in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Tell Mickey John Forbes  (a real tough man!)  that!!! near riot after he tapped a Donegal man that famous day 29 June1973 (surprize surprize the ref missed it).
Donegal were going to withdraw to the fastness of Connacht to hell out of Ulster after that interesting game.

Always remember one of my early county championship matches watching as a boy was the day in Dungannon Ardboe took umbrage at something and it ended a 100 man all in with Arboe suspended for 2 years as I remember it.

started this
now after matches yesterday as well I believe 1or 2 minute shot clock in second half is now vital with a timekeeper like 'Ladies' women's matches (timekeeper only for County matches obviously).
The crowd could join in the countdown and hassle the keep ballers into doing something interesting. handpass makes keep ball so easy and tackle so ill-defined getting frees from  tackling is easy inhibiting response a bit. But (off topic) what the hell is going to be done to stop refs destroying matches rules are much easier to interpret than rugby which I know moves differently but so many games getting destroyed. So much for added fitness watching Coldrick wandering around yesterday

Excellent performance from the Dubs, they played really enjoyable and intelligent football. Tyrone (cliche alert) did ask a some questions, however,  complaining about the ref's performance  is missing in total  the essential elements of why Dublin won, with relative ease.

Correct, I think on a full size pitch Dublin would've won by 10 or so.

Pitch regulation size stupid comment

What has Harte against Lee Brennan? He would have added more and slotted that free with easeand needed game time before Donegal
O'Neill has repeatedly let Tyrone down in crunch
situations and frees
But the fumbling and bad shot selection was a killer Not all Dub pressure by any means.
Colm Cavanagh had a dodgy game for the goal and one two points conceded but Frank Burns was outside and nowhere when McCarthy ran in and it was the same for Roscommon's second goal the week before He got a wonder point but must work with Colm on positioning as Peter Canavan said before the match tonight.
HP McGeary's lack of experience showed in giving Rock a second chance at that 50m free
Coldrick was a disgrace as many a time before Its bizarre how such crap reffing gets washed aside It cost Tyrone 3 points and also a penalty call with up front Kilkenny blocking tacklers allowing easier shots as he does
McAuley should get 3 months off Why can't officials communicate ( ask Kevin McStay)
Forgive the typo trying to come down after an annoying evening but still all Tyrone need is a draw up in Ballybofey. Thank God its two weeks away but the record up on yonder blasted heath is not good and Murphy looked good with McHugh today.

Fear of change fear of rule change is a mistake I think. If you want people engaged and playing a game you must keep up with tactics and trends by making the game attractive and that mean rules to assist this (as in NFL and basketball in USA and rugby).

On reflection a shot clock (1 minute) might work best (the crowd could join in the countdown more craic more pressure on the keep ballers).

But on a big pitch with up to 30 players what constitutes a shot? Perhaps a score, wide, line ball (conceded) or kick going in the opponents large rectangle (more precise than parallelogram). Whatever it must work at adult club level as well (Club being key to everything not ancient English defined Counties). It could only apply in 2nd half.

Penalty a free at point on field ball was when shot clock stopped  (more encouragement for keep ballers to move forward).

Worth reading O'Rourke's excellent analysis of Tyrone's set up on RTE.IE site and thinking on how that set up impacts on all this. Let's see what happens if Dubs go 5 points up in first quarter against Throne on Saturday. (plans B and C required)

And be certain this is not about Dublin its about preserving and expanding Gaelic Football; its reach, appeal and value to us all.

Keep Ball as Dublin played it yesterday (14/7) will put so many off Gaelic Football and is most cynical
Needs a rule change to combat/reduce it.

What about a free to other side (from centre line) if team passes ball into own half twice during a period of continuous possession.

That would force the team playing keep ball to think more and confusion might break it up
or
would force a team to stay forward
or
encourage the team without the ball to press up.

Any thoughts or better ideas?