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Looking forward to Croker on Sunday. This will be a test but with it being the last match before championship then we must use it for real benefit.

Darragh v Conn and Dazzler v Mannion

Looking for another good performance to back up last week - if we can get consistency then that will be a massive plus to our game

just heard 2 derry players are reopning a bar in maghera together

Which bar?

And not clubmates either

Clubs?

Think it's a bar and they're only opening one.

He is asking what clubs the players involved are from?

I get the feeling that E Bradley must have missed some training and wasn't part of the panel ... did any of you guys see him at all.  B Rogers since he got his All Star is a very closely marked/fouled players and isn't as nearly as influential as last year .... although he has played a lot of Club football and Hurling and also has got married .... there's only so much an amateur can do ... he needs a rest.  So maybe Emmet Bradley( could help with the Right Footed free kicks along with N Loughlin ) will come in for the Roscommon game . Just watched the game last night again and its unbelievable how much ground Shane Mac covers during the course of a game.  In the last ten mins he was inside his own 14yrd line helping out his defence ... incredible engine and very much the team player. 

Is Emmett Bradley not left footed?

Will the Omagh pitch be fit to hold the U20 game tomorrow night? surely there must be some consideration to switching venue

Moved to the Dub

Could we not have hosted this in Garvaghey, Coalisland or Stewartstown?

Changed times indeed.

If I recall correctly, the great U21 sides of the early 90's had all played senior county championship before they exited u21 age grade - maybe bar 2/3 players.

All were combining Tyrone senior and U21 and club football at that time but then again that was the norm until around 2000 when the extended county season (back door) started

Does a screenshot of a ticketmaster ticket work to get into league matches or do you need the actual ticket on your phone?

Yes, 100% laceer

Maybe I am confused but was there not a bit of an outcry a few weeks ago when this was stopped. It had to be original photo on your phone, not a screenshot sent to you from someone else

It's just a QR code. I've been doing it (buying tickets for family and friends) since ticketmaster tix started and what sapping them their ticket , zero issues

So have I and everyone else but did Croke Park not release a statement a few weeks back regarding this.
There was a bit of an outcry due to the issues it would cause supporters who are not up to date with modern day technology but maybe as a previous post says - it only relates to fixtures in HQ

Does a screenshot of a ticketmaster ticket work to get into league matches or do you need the actual ticket on your phone?

Yes, 100% laceer

Maybe I am confused but was there not a bit of an outcry a few weeks ago when this was stopped. It had to be original photo on your phone, not a screenshot sent to you from someone else

Who is the Aidan Corr (Tyrone native) mentioned in the Irish News today who has 100+ appearances in the AFL down under. That's the same number as Conor McKenna but I never heard Corr mentioned before

Maybe he moved to Oz as a child - does anyone know?

Corr is a strong East Tyrone name

Born in Brockagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Corr emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of three

Thank you for that. Interesting to hear that

Will definitely look out for him in the future

Who is the Aidan Corr (Tyrone native) mentioned in the Irish News today who has 100+ appearances in the AFL down under. That's the same number as Conor McKenna but I never heard Corr mentioned before

Maybe he moved to Oz as a child - does anyone know?

Corr is a strong East Tyrone name

Attacking play on the whole has a bit to go yet. It was good to see Oguz running at people today although it didn't always work out he's got the size and speed to cause problems. Conn can still take too much out of it at times

Thought Ben Cullen done well today but Niall Devlin had his hands full on paudie Clifford and couldn't really get near him

Felt sorry for Niall Devlin to be honest. That couldn't have been easy for him - how 3 members of management stood and watched a young lad get destroyed like that without switching him beggars belief.
It hopefully won't dent his confidence too much but it will surely affect any sub defenders who must be asking themselves questions along with the fact that we moved a forward back to replace Petie Harte when he got injured instead of a sub defender. 

Dubs have peaked too soon.
They'll fade in the white hot heat of the leinster championship.
You win  nothing in march.

If derry had won thats what would have been said of them.

Positives for derry, mcevoy in full back with mcloskey and Baker is a really good option.
Gilmore can play chb against the best of them.
Bradley not atvthe races for mf against the dubs.
Murphy had glimpses of brilliance.
Downey struggled at half back.

That's some good learnings out if the game

It's all about championship.

Downey didn't belong in the same galaxy as Kilkenny. You normally only ever see Kilkenny finishing off handy scores because of the work he gets through and his tightly he's parked but he seemed to have all the space he needed and was happy to take advantage of it and kick some longer points.

What do Derry ones make of McFaul at the minute? Looks desperately in need of a break to me as has been flat for a while. They're not maximizing his potential in the half forward line.

Not a Derry man by any stretch of the imagination but McFaul is quality, absolute quality. The question is where to play him to get the most benefit.

Glen needed him at 6, Derry don't as McEvoy / McKinless play that role but I feel McEvoy will be needed at 3 for McKaigue possibly.

McFaul at 11 is where Derry possibly need him to have maximum effect but he needs a few weeks away as he looks exhausted at the minute which is understandable.

Michael McKernan & Aidan Clarke both unavailable for Sundays trip to Killarney according to Irish News. Thats a big gaping hole in our defence. No word on Seanie O'Donnell in the article, but can only presume he will be out as well.
Would Tarlac Quinn be close to a return? The squad seems a bit light in defensive reinforcements? Eoin Corry would have been an option, but havnt seen him named in any squads to date

Not the best of news that although I did hear a rumour that Clarke had hurt himself at training. McKernan has a hand/thumb injury and will be out for a while.
Possibly bring in Ben Cullen and/or Niall Devlin (back to half back) and put Cormac Quinn into the corner.

I am automatically assuming Dazzler will start after his cameo last week so there will be 2/3 changes to the starting team at least.

This is where the squad counts but a tough place for it to get tested at.

How do we know mcglennan isn't up to it if he hasn't had a go

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He joined in 2022 season I believe & don't even think he has started a McKenna cup game? He obviously isn't up to it as he would have featured by now.
Knows the drills, has the gear, likely useful for training drills.

Very unfair lads.

The possibility of Tyrone having 3 out and out forwards starting is remote, to say the least.

Only one starter v Galway (Darragh) and the same v Mayo until needs must and Dazzler entered the fray and immediately we all could see the difference.

I think that will be it. Two at most. Dooher was shouting constantly at McCurry last Saturday to trek back as that is what he expects.

The other lads (Daly, Kilpatrick, Oguz, Devlin, O'Donnell, Kennedy, Harte, etc) are essentially middle third players who contribute a lot to the team and are a necessity in the Dooher game plan.

But I cannot see more than 2 out and out forwards ever starting (if even 2) - I honestly hope I am wrong but I can't see it.

Very heartened by that second  half. Team had shape,aggression, moved the ball much quicker especially with  the foot. Needs to be our template  going forward.never want to see another  half of football like the first half, particularly our attack.

Very unfair to blame our attack in the first half when the build up is slow & ponderous.
The difference in the second half with quicker ball to the forward line and more pace in the middle third was key.