Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[sam03/05]

Yeah what a mess Tyrone have been in the last few years alright
All Ireland senior Final
All Ireland u20 final
All Ireland minor final

Just in the last 3 years

Most counties would describe that as a mess alright

[Stan]

If you have listened to the OTB podcast - and I'm not being a smartarze here - its pretty clear what the problem is with donegal.
Most county boards - esp Tyrone - lack ANY commercial acumen. A board made up of life-time committee men/woermn, retired teachers and public servants.
It was only a few years ago that players had to expose the lack of expenditure on the basics...peter donnelly left because he wasn't fully rewarded for his craft.
Check out with any of the players about how often they get their expenses paid on time - would be interested to hear the answers to that one.
Hard to know who as involved but it was the County board that shafted McAleer and rushe
Club Tyrone usually came good with the money, the fundraising initiatives etc...it would seem that the antics of the county board have worn them out at this stage.

your man Sam's comment below about winning all irelands isn't the point - its about commercialism and the county board are clueless.
You need the right man in the right job - not a 'real good committee man' or a f**king 'stalwart'

That's what Eamon Magee says on the podcast pretty much and that's what I am referring to - no ad hominem attacks, Im not talking about individuals Im talking about the system, structure and the processes

Listened to Eamonn McGee on  OTB podcast about the ongoing shenanigans within Dongel County Board - looks like a right mess and one that Tyrone were lucky to have avoided over the last number of years. More luck than design, in my humble opinion.
McGee talks about the pressure of commercialisation and how county boards of today need to be more commercially literate and the important of having the right people in the right seats.
maybe it could have been tyrone in this mess instead of Donegal? Outside of Dublin Im not sure many counties have the right model in place

Can u explain what u mean in more detail please Stan.

[Stan]

alright, alright

Yeah what a mess Tyrone have been in the last few years alright
All Ireland senior Final
All Ireland u20 final
All Ireland minor final

Just in the last 3 years

Most counties would describe that as a mess alright

[scout]

We find ourselves in a very similar position to end of the league last year.some great moments but also some moments of awfulness & id be worried about a lot of players decision-making on the ball especially when games in the melting pot.
Derry seem to have the Indian sign over us currently a bit like Donegal had over us during the McGuiness era.
Very poor league campaigns for McGeary, Sludden & McShane.

[CK_Redhand]

It's harsh but Tyrone look a much better side without McShane. He's been given enough chances and is well down the pecking order. He will get a chance and I hope he proves me wrong again.

McGeary has been poor since winning player of the year. Not sure why as it's not obvious what he's doing wrong. Just has had so little impact on play.

Sludden gets a run out now and again. A great servant and nice to have in the squad, obviously trusted by management, but is not a game changer.

We have more positives than negatives from this league campaign. The players responded when getting written off and a few young lads getting experience.

[HokeyPokey]

People seem to forget the difference a dry field will make.

Hard to tell where Tyrone are at. But there should be the talent and experience there to not be too far away if they get going.

[NotedObserver]

McGeary looks a bit lost and can see Mulgrew starting front as mcgeary work rate and confidence is lacking.  McShane only chance of a start is if something happens mccurry tho never rule mcshane out in Croke park lol.

Mcglennon maybe a useful man of the bench.
Mattie Donnelly great along with the midfielders. Mccurry Harte and gallon fairly impressive as well

[An Watcher]

McNamee took a while to get up to speed but did well when he did

[Jim Bob]

Why did  Morgan not start ?

[Stan]

Kilpatrick had a great game - and mccurry. Great team performance...McGleenan some size of a man - he'll be making things awkward for a few opponents this year all being well. Hopefully they can maintain the run of form 

[square_ball]

McKernan and Kilpatrick probably been the pick of our players from the league imo. Even when we were losing games I thought those 2 still stood up. It looks like a settled line up at this stage now that McNamee is back in and barring maybe McGearys spot being up for grabs, I can't see any more changes to the line up. McGleenan and R Canavan are probably ahead of McShane now in the full forward line pecking order.

I think we'll beat Monaghan and then who knows about Derry in the semi. I suppose in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter too much but it would still be nice to get one over them in Ulster after last year.

[sam03/05]

Good league for Tyrone - 8 points
Good few new players introduced and given game time
Off my head - Mulgrew, McCarron, Munroe, R Canavan, C Quinn, Oguz, McGleenan, R Jones, B Gallen all got game time as (relatively) new players.
Some of the other established players are hitting a bit of form again

[square_ball]

Niall Devlin also started or came on in every game bar yesterday.

[LeoMc]

Good league for Tyrone - 8 points
Good few new players introduced and given game time
Off my head - Mulgrew, McCarron, Munroe, R Canavan, C Quinn, Oguz, McGleenan, R Jones, B Gallen all got game time as (relatively) new players.
Some of the other established players are hitting a bit of form again

The lads who got game time yesterday will have had their eyes opened as it was closer to championship pace than the earlier rounds. They will have quickly learned that another gear is needed.

[clarshack]

Don't know what it is as he is a fantastic player and scores a lot of super points but Darragh Canavan seems to miss an awful lot of 1 v 1's with keepers.