Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[Fuzzman]

Was any of ye at it? How did McShane play at MF or did he not line out there? Did we play our usual 14 men behind the ball or was it a bit more direct?

From the Irish News.

HOLDERS Tyrone set up an intriguing O Fiaich Cup final showdown with rivals Armagh after they had far too much firepower for Louth at St Oliver Plunkett Park yesterday.

Darren McCurry led the way for an experimental Red Hand outfit, bagging 1-9 as they won this repeat of last year's O Fiaich Cup final, with Ronan O'Neill grabbing the second of their two majors after the break.

Without a number of regulars, Mickey Harte handed debuts to Ruairi Mullan, Michael Cassidy, Declan McClure and Cahir McCullagh, and also welcomed back long-term injury absentees Conor Clarke and Niall McKenna.

The Tyrone boss will have been encouraged by the performances of Jonathan Munroe at wing-back, while Conor Meyler – back in county colours after a hamstring injury curtailed his Championship summer – and Cathal McShane showed plenty of energy and enthusiasm.

Clarke showed he still has plenty of offer when he burst forward to launch an attack that ended with O'Neill splitting the posts to put the Red Hands 0-3 to 0-1 ahead, with McCurry unerring in front of the posts as Tyrone moved into a four point lead just after the quarter hour mark.

But Louth's direct approach was paying dividends on occasion and, inspired by the free-taking of Jim McEnaney, Colin Kelly's men got back to within two points 26 minutes in, Padraig Rath – a black card replacement for James Stewart – also catching the eye.

Scores from McShane and Lee Brennan sent Tyrone in at the break 0-10 to 0-6 ahead, and O'Neill's 41st minute goal – fisted to the net after a high ball bounced invitingly – gave the Ulster men a cushion early in the second half.

Louth continued to battle, with Paraic Smyth's 55-metre effort the best of the day, but when McCurry rifled home Tyrone's second major five minutes from time it ensured Mickey Harte's side could now look forward to a pre-Christmas meeting with their old rivals this Sunday

MATCH STATS
Tyrone: M O'Neill; R Mullan, HP McGeary, M Cassidy; C Clarke, N McKenna, J Munroe (0-1); D McClure, C McShane (0-3); C Meyler, R O'Neill (1-2, 0-1 free), K McGeary; D McCurry (1-9, 0-6 frees), C McCullagh (0-1), L Brennan (0-2). Subs: R McHugh (0-1) for K McGeary (h-t), F Burns for McCullagh (64)
Louth: N Gallagher; A Williams, J Bingham, K Carr; D Maguire, J Stewart, L Dullaghan; A McDonnell (0-1), C Martin (0-1); C McKeever, P Smyth (0-1), C Brannigan (0-1); G McSorley, J McEnaney (0-3, frees), T Durnin. Subs: P Rath (0-1) for Stewart (16), D Byrne (0-2) for Durnin (h-t), R Holcroft (0-4, 0-3 frees) for McEnaney (h-t), D Marks for Dullaghan (50), T McKenna for Martin (56), D Finn for Carr (62). Black card: J Stewart replaced by P Rath (16)
Ref: P Hughes (Armagh)

[mick999]

Teamtalk interview with Mickey :

http://teamtalkmag.com/2016/12/video-mickey-harte-ofiaich-cup-v-louth/

[Fuzzman]

Peter Harte scored 1.08 yesterday and I notice he was hitting some of the frees.
I'd like to see him take back this job for Tyrone as his confidence must be high.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/campbells-fivestar-show-helps-ulster-advance-35285819.html

[southtyronegael]

alot of discussion on here recently about the possible benefit of giving niall mc kenna a go at full forward.  mickey thinks he is more of a centre half back. lol  clueless and pointless.

[Fuzzman]

Sure the whole forward line now play on their own 40

[southtyronegael]

true. guess it makes no difference who plays where and when if the system is rubbish. notice tyrone had 7 players on the ulster squad yest plus the o fiach cup game. kerry and dublin made no players available. priorities different i suppose.

[Legoman5]

true. guess it makes no difference who plays where and when if the system is rubbish. notice tyrone had 7 players on the ulster squad yest plus the o fiach cup game. kerry and dublin made no players available. priorities different i suppose.

This can't be right because Aidan O'Mahony and Tommy Walsh both played for certain

[redzone]

Usual clowns on here crying, season hasn't even begun
Anyone up at garvaghy on Saturday. Seen a few donegal in awe of the setup we have and the structures we have in place. 10 years ahead of them was what was remarked. Kieran Shannon wrote a good piece on it.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/columnists/kieran-shannon/never-standing-still-tyrone-are-preparing-to-kick-on-again-434997.html

[In hiding]

Usual clowns on here crying, season hasn't even begun
Anyone up at garvaghy on Saturday. Seen a few donegal in awe of the setup we have and the structures we have in place. 10 years ahead of them was what was remarked. Kieran Shannon wrote a good piece on it.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/columnists/kieran-shannon/never-standing-still-tyrone-are-preparing-to-kick-on-again-434997.html

Aye we are class aren't we

[southtyronegael]

pile of shite. dont know what the point was havin tyrone players at dave alreds kicking seminar when all they are ever gonna do is run and fist pass the ball in games. garvaghy might be a magnificent setup but it wont ever gloss over how poor our current football style is.

[redzone]

It was about more than kicking but sure u know best. As always

[southtyronegael]

according to the article kicking was the main component of it. i dont say i know best i just say what my eyes see when tyrone play these days

[square_ball]

Yeah kicking as in place kicking! If you knew anything about Dave Alred you'd know he is a specialist kicking coach I.e kicking at goal. You probably didn't even read the article at all or know anything about this fella.

[BennyHarp]

pile of shite. dont know what the point was havin tyrone players at dave alreds kicking seminar when all they are ever gonna do is run and fist pass the ball in games. garvaghy might be a magnificent setup but it wont ever gloss over how poor our current football style is.

You really don't have a clue!  No doubt a previous rant of yours was about our lack of free takers?

[seanmc123]

pile of shite. dont know what the point was havin tyrone players at dave alreds kicking seminar when all they are ever gonna do is run and fist pass the ball in games. garvaghy might be a magnificent setup but it wont ever gloss over how poor our current football style is.

Do you or have you played football at a high level ? Never seen a negative man like you, Tyrone are up there with the top counties and you don't get behind them. Better off saying nothing if you have nothing good to say "MOUTH"