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Not even a contest unfortunately - I don't mean that to be disrespectful, just was so one sided. Tyrone will have learnt nothing from this.

I'd say Dregish and Killyman would be the smallest in Tyrone.
With likes of Gortin, Glenelly, Clann na nGael not far behind.

Dunno if you could include Glenelly and defo not Gortin (sure would Greencastle not be smaller?), they both have solid little villages with decent sized hinterlands

Would also say Owens Roes is smaller than Clan na Gael

Could also throw in
Eskra, Derrytresk,

Wat about Rock and Brackaville? Easties? always thought they had a pretty small pick

Rock would be a decent enough sized club and parish. Brackaville is a good shout.

Derrytresk came to my mind actually.

[I don't like Mattie at 6]

McNulty has gotten a good run in this pre season. I wonder if Mickey plans on starting him at midfield in the coming year. Certainly offers us a bit more height in the side which is currently lacking and he can be a very powerful runner, if a little headless.

I don't like Mattie at 6, he's prone to making some daft tackles and I think a defensive role takes away from his game as well as leaving him more open to those daft tackles. He was sent off against Armagh in 2014 when he played at 6 and has also had red cards in last year's league final against Cavan and the McKenna Cup this year.

Have to agree - he's better when bombing forward although the numbers mean very little these days anyway. Could be any number of formations and variables. Tyrone have actually four midfielders by trade on - perhaps they think they can get joy under Morgans kick outs with those guys in and around the middle.

Same when I was at Uni, Queens were far more superior than UUJ. Looks to have reversed now. It definitely lacks the household names that most of the top Uni's have these days.

Queen's – J O'Hare; N Keenan, A Rushe, R Wells; S Heffron, J McMahon, C Francis; A Doherty, D McKeever; C McCartan, M Clarke, C O'Hanlon; M O'Reilly, A McClements, S Fox. Subs: J Dowling for Doherty (BC, 28), C Donaghy for Francis (HT), C Harney for O'Hanlon (BC, 35), G McCabe for McClements (42), F Quinn for Fox (42), A Fegan for Wells (49).

Taken from Irish Indo - http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/sigerson-fitzgibbon-cups/watch-was-it-over-the-line-dcu-awarded-controversial-goal-during-facile-win-over-queens-35398014.html

I know DCU are top class at Sigerson level but this result really caught my eye.

With the above failed test of the Jamician, Carter. Bolt is now the only person to have ever ran under 9.79 and not failed a drug test....

Dan Mc Nulty is an option not explored. 6ft 2" with power. One poster talked about how Hampsey marked him out of it when Coalisland played in the championship semi final. They broke even in the first game Mc Nulty played the replay sick and Hampsey definitely got the better of him. They neglected to mention he absolutely destroyed Justin Mc Mahon in both games , a player who major big game experience and has successfully marked Micheal Murphy in senior championship, he also easily got the better of  Carrickmore full back. He offers us a ball winning physical presence who is a proven free taker under immense pressure. Maybe next year.

Long questioned why McNulty hasn't at least been called into the panel - I know he suffered with a back problem for a long time but is there another target man like him playing in Tyrone currently? Its a strange one.

Maybe because he doesn't want to

Not my understanding. Although the brother had a bit of a fall out with Harte, so that likely won't have helped the cause.

Dan Mc Nulty is an option not explored. 6ft 2" with power. One poster talked about how Hampsey marked him out of it when Coalisland played in the championship semi final. They broke even in the first game Mc Nulty played the replay sick and Hampsey definitely got the better of him. They neglected to mention he absolutely destroyed Justin Mc Mahon in both games , a player who major big game experience and has successfully marked Micheal Murphy in senior championship, he also easily got the better of  Carrickmore full back. He offers us a ball winning physical presence who is a proven free taker under immense pressure. Maybe next year.

Long questioned why McNulty hasn't at least been called into the panel - I know he suffered with a back problem for a long time but is there another target man like him playing in Tyrone currently? Its a strange one.

A nippy fast forward  ? Someone like darren mc curry you mean.

He has had plenty of chances and you can't blame the "system" for missed frees under pressure and wasted shots like at the end of the mayo game last year. The other 2 deserve their shot now.

You talk more dung than anyone on this. Typical yap. Keep bringing problems with no answers, the most useless type of people

Aye i suppose your right. Thanks for the advice.
Good point though about Mc Curry. Anyone who makes a poor decision on shot selection o who misses frees under pressure should be forgotten about. Good job Mickey kept Peter Harte on the panel after his free kick meltdown against Donegal in Clones in 2011

Sure do you not remember loads of people on this forum were saying Petey Harte was only on the team because Mickey was his uncle ffs?

The trend of this thread from a lot of posters is - why is player X not playing? Player X gets a run of games and then this board deems him not good enough and they move on to championing the next inside forward. McCurry in my opinion is every bit as good if not better than Lee Brennan and Mark Bradley so get off the lads back.

The good thing about this all, competition breeds success - so these lads all know they have to take it to the limit to get a game. Surely it's going to be good for Tyrone long term but I think targets are unrealistic currently. Tyrone should be good enough to retain Ulster - but I don't think they are at the level to win an AI just yet but they are developing a very deep squad for the first time in a number of years.

I think that's exactly it, there's not really any Tyrone forwards built for a physical game...Which will go without saying against the top teams. Obviously Sean Cavanagh will be able to hold his own and to be fair Darren McCurry has added on serious muscle mass in past few years but the rest are very much the same kind of build and stature.

Throw Lee Brennan in, it'll be a great test for the lad and who knows, Tyrone might just unearth a gem.

A tremendous player - not afraid to mix it at all, something I admired very much about him. Just the 5 AI's...not bad

Any word on Richie Donnelly and Conall McCann?

Neither seemed to have been involved in any football yet this year? Are they injured and how long are they expected to be out for. McCann seemed to have a very good year at club and this could be the year for him to kick on with Tyrone, he could be worth a try at 11 this year.

Hi all,

Just joined the board, first post!

Conal McCann had been carrying an injury for sometime, even as far back as the first game v Coalisland in the County Final - I think he's still undergoing rehab for this - shoulder injury.