Ciarraí vs Tír Eoghain, Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, April 2nd @2pm

[clarshack]

All over after only a few minutes.

[southtyronegael]

kerry 1-2 tyrone 0-0 after 4 mins

[ctrallying]

loving the commentary on radio Kerry 

[omagh_gael]

My fecking God, what the hell is going on down there?

[southtyronegael]

kerry 1-10 tyrone 0-3 after 25 mins

[omagh_gael]

Goal Peter Harte

[omagh_gael]

Beat by 7 in the end. Terrible showing, second half improvement makes no difference. Worrying end to the league and, as I make it, that leaves us third bottom to finish as Mayo are winning!

[From the Bunker]

Today result means little or nothing! Division One survival is the main thing. And nobody fancies playing Dublin on their own patch in the League Final in what probably will be a dry day. This will keep the fans in check, who were losing the run of themselves after drawing with Dublin. The real stuff starts in a few weeks. Results v Donegal, Mayo and Kerry won't matter a damn come summer.

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

Today result means little or nothing! Division One survival is the main thing. And nobody fancies playing Dublin on their own patch in the League Final in what probably will be a dry day. This will keep the fans in check, who were losing the run of themselves after drawing with Dublin. The real stuff starts in a few weeks. Results v Donegal, Mayo and Kerry won't matter a damn come summer.

They might. This Tyrone team has struggled to beat the top teams. A league scalp against Dublin or Kerry would probably have done them a lot of good.  The campaign ultimately consisted of beating the the two relegated sides and a rather unconvincing win over a 13 man Monaghan. A draw with the Dubs in Croke Park was a fine result, but even then that was another occasion when Tyrone were in a commanding position against them and failed to see it out. The campaign finished with 3 defeats in a row, with Tyrone well beaten in 2 of them. Survival was the goal and that was achieved, but otherwise that was ultimately an underwhelming campaign for Tyrone. Little to suggest they are any further down the road than they were before.

[Il Bomber Destro]

A league campaign that leaves plenty of cause for concern right now but ultimately will matter little come the big games in the summer.

I wouldn't be feeling too confident about things right now.

McAliskey isn't an elite level forward but I feel he is an absolutely massive loss at the minute.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Never great when the game as a contest is a beaten docket and a busted flush at scarcely a quarter of the way through, but so it was today, alas.

Hoping that there's a greater plan and strategy at work here, because what we witnessed today from our perspective just won't cut it, the 2nd half resurgence of sorts notwithstanding (with the substitutes excelling by comparison).

Good weekend in Kerry regardless.

[southtyronegael]

there is no greater plan or strategy. this was us flat out. weve been playing our championship team this last 3 weeks. mickey goes out to win every competition dont forget. its over and this year is another waste. new manager next year.

[moysider]

there is no greater plan or strategy. this was us flat out. weve been playing our championship team this last 3 weeks. mickey goes out to win every competition dont forget. its over and this year is another waste. new manager next year.

I dunno if the pessimism is warranted or not? The Mickey Harte thing though. Will/can a different manager change things much?
Would it not be fair to say that Tyrone players coming into senior would have been nurtured through colleges and underage county highly influenced by Harte's senior teams' approach. Harte has arguably had the biggest influence on how the game is played now nationally. So if he can't be successful with this Tyrone panel in an environment that he created, who can do better with them. Just asking?

[southtyronegael]

harte is a fraud. he won all irelands with exceptional players and had a master tactiction by his side in tony donnelly. he replaced donnelly with a moron called gavin devlin and between the 2 of them have been found out tactically and have managed to drag the good name of tyrone football through the dirt with their media bans, diving, sledging and all round anti football carry on. this is the culture they have created and the next man is going to have a hell of a job turning things around.

[vallankumous]

I dunno if the pessimism is warranted or not? The Mickey Harte thing though. Will/can a different manager change things much?
Would it not be fair to say that Tyrone players coming into senior would have been nurtured through colleges and underage county highly influenced by Harte's senior teams' approach. Harte has arguably had the biggest influence on how the game is played now nationally. So if he can't be successful with this Tyrone panel in an environment that he created, who can do better with them. Just asking?

There can't be anything different. The problem is much wider than the County team. It's the County as a whole that's the problem.
Everything from sending young people to development squads to club fixtures is destroying our ability to produce top players.
The old route of player development brought a much higher quality of player than we have now. This is a product of our success in the 00s. We stated to change an approach that worked.
Time to scrap all the crap and let the clubs produce players the way they always have.