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Was ego at play re Rafferty and risky kick outs? Would be hard not to buy into it.

I watched the first half of our game v Kerry in 2021 when Moran was still going strong for kingdom. Nearly every kick from Morgan went well beyond midfield. Now we lost plenty of them but Kerry got very little joy as they were too far away for a long ball into FF. We mainly went man to man in FB line as well so it wasn't as if there was a Donegal style mass retreat to flood the D.

All counties are on a level playing field when it comes to the expense.

Armagh won the AI last year and their fan base appears to be even more intense this year. Our post 21 hangover doesn't hold water.

Our underage teams are flying, you'd think there'd be momentum built there. Having been to loads of u20s games this year we tended to be outnumbered there as well.

Club football is flying in the county which is deadly, are we starting to become the Derry of the GAA when club trumps county?

Even in the media there's an almost stale approach to Tyrone. Having listened to most of leading GAA podcasts last week and this week Itd not be exaggeration to say we took up about 5% of the conversation.

Strange times.

Argument to be made that we were the least supported team in Croke Park over the weekend?

You'd imagine there should be a huge push from County board to increase the atmosphere etc within the county but very little out there.

Seems to be so flat considering we've just won an ai u20 and minors in final this Sunday.

Some excellent points here in the kickout discussion. The big winners I think are Tyrone. Malachy and Co will be flat out working out an A, B and C approach to avoid thst 14 point drubbing Armagh took through total domination of the kick out.

Rafferty is a phenomenal keeper but I can't recall him absolutely booting it to the opposition 45. Maybe he doesn't have it in his locker but we can see how effective it is. Two keepers who absolutely do have this is Morgan and Patton. We got at least 2 if not 3 scores of Dublin in the second half with deep kickout flicked on inside the Dublin 45.

If Kerry win the break then the long kick pass directly into the Kerry FF line isn't really on. Furthermore, it might encourage the press to back off a lot more to allow a safer shorter option.

Fascinating stuff and at the end of the day it might be a case of pure luck rather than any design as JoG2 mentions above.

Kerry went hard at the emotional angle against Armagh. It was genuine and authentic. Very hard to replicate that level of emotional intensity the next day out.

If we get a fast start and the Kerry shot accuracy is around 50-60% then we have a chance.

Were huge underdogs but that's the way we like it.

Any suggestions on anticipated attendance? Will it break 30k?

Only Armagh player to cause Kerry bother was Oisin Conaty. Who do we have that most resembles the type of player Conaty is, fast and direct runner? McElholm for me. I'd go for this 15...

Morgan
Quinn
Hampsey
Devlin
Teague
Brennan
McGeary
Conn
Kennedy
Petey Harte
McElholm
Daly
McCurry
Mattie
Darragh

Hampsey on DC and Teague on SoS

Is there any way of watching the full Quarter finals from the Saturday?

Yes, check out Saturday Game Live on Rte player

Only highlights available on the Saturday game. Here's a link to the final 10 mins on YouTube...

https://youtu.be/7uA2_7V9D0U?si=8csUb-oWW9xkQpBL

Do gaa+ ever release full game coverage or is it always kept behind pay wall?

You would fear for Tyrone if kerry team missing 5/6 lads beat Armagh so comprehensively. McKernan gone for year too, will be a loss.

Malachy said McKernan wanted to tog out yesterday and believes his season isn't over yet. Could be bluffing but he doesn't seem the sort of manager who'd be into that.

Stats just came up, 27 out of 38 chances converted, around 70%. Actually expected it to be higher.

Kerry awesome today, only thing is it's very hard to replicate shooting efficiency like that two games in a row. Anyone got the stats on their score to shot percentage?

Rafferty being exposed has been the losing of the game. Just shows you how important the keeper has become in the modern game.

Was it raining before the game? Players slipping everywhere. A meath win opens up the semi final draw a lot.

It's often talked about how good it is to play in Croke Park and how often it lends itself to a better quality game. Being close to pitch side yesterday its unreal what a heavy shower of rain can do to the surface versus a regional ground.

The turf is so firm in Croker that surface was like ice, genuinely think the quality of the Tyrone v Dublin game nosedived because of it. You'd swear the players were wearing trainers rather than boots, serious number of touches on the ground given were a player slipped in the act of the toe lift, a lot of the time under little pressure.

What an epic day, left home at 11am and just in at 12.30am. Don't know how we managed a 7 point win after such a poor performance but we'll take it.

The key word for me is potential. We're in an AI semi final and have only played well in one game this year, up in Ballybofey.

Canavan and McCurry had absolute stinkers today but they are great players. Cut out the mistakes and get those two in form and we'll match anyone.

McElholm has to start for me though, we need that burst of speed, creativity and line breaking. He has got something that no other Tyrone player has.