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#31
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
May 15, 2021, 10:23:33 PM
Quote from: clarshack on May 15, 2021, 07:35:48 PM
Although it was disappointing not to get a result today don't forget that Donegal were going flat out and we have a lot more room for improvement.  Going forward though I'm not sure that Peter Harte has a role to play and we need to be getting more out of Mattie Donnelly and Conor McKenna as we need more leadership from those guys.

Donegal looked in great shape for level 5 restrictions, Tyrone did look abit off in comparison.  With the new setup Donnelly and Harte have the most adjusting to do after being the main men for 6-7 years now (particularly donnelly in today's game) has been told not to drop deep and carry out and stay high and wide and he was particularly quiet.

I would think the two donnellys in midfield would be a better option as burns is out of his depth there.

on a positive note a forward line of donaghy, mckenna, bradley, canavan and mccurry could be very promising if you can accommodate them

in general the winging, bitching and overall feigning of injury on both sides (bar mcnamara cheap shot on mcfadden) has to be addressed urgently as the refs are calling really minor stuff i.e burns lazy hand to the upper arm of langan and he slides to the ground with a roar and holding his head as an example, tyrone are guilt if this as well, morgan hitting his head in the cross bar and needing CPR. IMO there is a real softness of any decent tackle or contact for an excuse to milk a yellow card for the opposition and slows the game down. this needs addressed ASAP.

and finally umpires wearing masks, like ffs
#32
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
November 02, 2020, 11:39:47 PM
Quote from: Tyrone Gaa on November 02, 2020, 10:37:44 PM
I'm not convinced by Fearghal Logan.

If he's the chosen manager then he will have my full support. He doesn't come across as someone that could fire up a team. I always thought he was a bit soft or lacked passion. It's a weak reason not to consider him but just my 1st impression of the man.

He is obviously knowledgeable and has an underage all Ireland on the CV.

Collie Holmes / Ricey would be my management team.

not convinced by Logan either, and let's be honest that U-21 side came through a tricky ulster championship but won the AI without beating Dublin, kerry, cork, galway, mayo, kildare or  meath. Whilst they could only beat what was in front of them, and an underage title was badly needed it was like a div 2 AI (roscommon and tip) and none of the squad have beaten any of the big guns in championship (i stand to be corrected in this) from minors, and that trend has followed, however I'd give harte 1 more shot with the hope of a fit mcshane & hampsey along with what's there already and that team would not be far away
#33
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
October 25, 2020, 10:36:53 PM
Quote from: redzone on October 25, 2020, 06:21:16 PM
Quote from: Angelo on October 25, 2020, 06:00:46 PM
Quote from: redzone on October 25, 2020, 05:53:20 PM
Surely meyler has to be dropped after them 2 games. He was diabolical, near cost us today again. I'd have raffertty on mchugh. Murphy is near unmarkable anyway so maybe a spoiler on him, Ben mxdonnell maybe.
A complete contrast today when we moved the ball quickly with the foot compared to last weeks lateral keep the ball. Mckenna has been brilliant

Meyler was poor today alright, there was one stage in the second half where he got the ball around the 45 yard line, the Mayo defence was MIA and had a straight run right down the middle of the goal for some reason started running over towards the corner away from goal. It was bizarre as another goal and that stage would have killed the game.

Meyler is a dog for work and he does bring benefits to the team but he hasn't really developed as a footballer, looks a player fairly low on confidence at the minute but he does have the engine and pace to match McHugh and we don't have many of those in the team.
Surely things like that in his game are flagged and are shown to him to try and make him better. There was a def a point if not a goal to be had today if he went straight down the middle that time. Same last week, headed to the corner flag instead of laying of to a runner coming in of his shoulder, got bottled up and kicked down the sideline and donegal turned it over and got there last goal of it. Same in the allireland final, ran out over the sideline with the ball rather than face the Dublin tackle, they scored a goal straight of the sideline ball. Dropped the ball when through at the start for a goal today. Seems to be undroppable along with hampsey and mccann

Meyler, McKernan and mcshane (bar 2018) have been unbelievably frustrating to watch, all of them have all the physical attributes that you would wish for, but nothing between the ears, running into tackles, poor shot selection, cheap cards over and over and over, surely this is mentioned in reviews as mentioned above, but until there is more consistency and improvement there may be a few ulsters but no AI, but McKenna's few glimpses of absolute class would give ye a bit of hope - great to watch
#34
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
October 18, 2020, 12:51:04 AM
conflicted feelings on the u-20's, on the plus side your in a AI semi and are in the mix of the best in the country (albeit a fairly messed up year) and to be fair to Dublin they where more physically developed and athletic so when they stepped it up a more lightweight and 1 dimensional tyrone had no answer. The most frustrating thing personally was that the amount of poor decisions & kick passing ( particularly into 1 & 2 sweepers) was poor viewing, still would only pick 2 or 3 to have any impact on the senior panel, where in an ideal world you would want at least 5 to be putting their hands up
#35
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
February 07, 2020, 11:41:06 PM
Think this is crazy, to offer that amount (and let it out) with sites and all the rest, for 1 good year (the previous years he was nowhere near good enough). This year regardless was going to be tougher to back up what he did and not having Donnelly beside him will add to the difficulty, and it will be some crack if he gets injured for a period of time the knives will be out quicker than ever. Nobody would turn it down, but he really doesn't deserve half of it tbh, a job and a car would have been plenty. Not a good precedent to be setting let alone be plastered round the media.
#36
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
November 12, 2019, 09:31:35 PM
Quote from: FermGael on November 12, 2019, 08:45:23 PM
Look it would have been a factor.
He ripped the bone of his hamstring.
Had been off the field for probably the guts of an hour.
Very strange decision ( which I don't blame the player for ) considering how serious the injury was.

This shouldn't happen, bad management decision, a similar incident happen last year in the intermediate final a clearly injured player came on and in the first contact he buckled. Take the decision out of the players hands and use a fit player on the bench or reuse a non-injured sub that you have taken off at worst - no sympathy for either player or manager, if this is the chain of events.
#37
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling
November 03, 2019, 08:39:34 PM
Quote from: redzone on November 03, 2019, 08:27:15 PM
Replays are brilliant.  It's another day out for players and supporters. Another game to look forward to. That's what it's all about. Not 1 player would want it sorted on penaltys

Replays are bias towards the "bigger team" or the favourite you will get more upsets and more entertainment imo and more hope for the underdog that they can get a result that day
#38
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling
November 03, 2019, 08:09:48 PM
Quote from: delgany on November 03, 2019, 06:34:59 PM
Quote from: Tyrone Gaa on November 03, 2019, 06:10:25 PM
2 Tyrone clubs eliminated form their perspective Ulster Championships on penalty shootouts. I understand a winner needs to be determined but the penalty route doesn't seem right to me. I'd sooner see 45s as a GAA alternative maybe just the one nominated kicker one per club.

Portglenone v lamb dearg  had 45s  , a few weeks ago . It was a pile of rubbish  compared to tension penalty kicks would generate !

thought the frees from 35yrds in the antrim c'ship was great, but don't like the penalties, but all in all i think it is a positive having an outright winner on the day, replays are a balls.
#39
Quote from: five points on October 30, 2019, 11:16:40 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 30, 2019, 09:52:58 AM
Brian Darcy, Micky Harte and all the others who were out marching to support the Quinns are very quiet on the campaign of violence, kidnapping, death threats etc.
Some belt of lawlessness these days stretching from Down through Armagh, Monaghan, Cavan and Fermanagh.
In fairness nobody gave a shite about the campaign of violence and death threats until it escalated into terrorist-style kidnapping and torture.  When the authorities seem to be dragging their heels in response to it, individual citizens would be very foolhardy to stick their own necks out.

This is the real question, the authorities are toothless and gutless, to me there is a 'sure let them ones handle it' sort of vibe of it and regarding the PSNI - realistically if they can't catch a squad of eejits in a low loader and digger carving up bank machines then they will not find anything here. They can only catch ye speeding and that's when you are coming to them ffs.

And then they have the audacity to say in the paper yesterday that the attacks came out of the blue - just a few years of threats and intimidation, cars burned out and an assault in a shop but out of the blue all the same

Jesus wept
#40
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
October 20, 2019, 07:00:15 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 20, 2019, 01:20:10 PM
Quote from: Nanderson on October 20, 2019, 12:46:53 PM
Looking ahead to the next 4 year cycle Ireland and their new coaches will need to develop Carberry into a world class #10 which I am sure he has the ability to be with sexton hitting 38 in 2023 he probably won't be much more than a bit part player if even. We also need a new #9 whether thats gonna be McGrath who is definatley able to lead the new team or someone coming from the u20 squads of previous years.

Carberry not good enough, there has to be a better player to go with.

If there is a serious push on this WC Quarter Final thing, and the WC is the be all and end all then Healy, O'Mahony, Sexton, Kearney and Earls have to be culled and serious questions over Stander, Murray, Klyne, Murphy and blood brand new players with an effective game plan - this will probably lead to some very hard to watch years but it is either continue with what has been done before and peak mid-WC Cycle or get to a semi final - I don't think this will happen but I do think that the squad is in decline after 4-5 brilliant years (excluding 2015 WC) and a few players that you only get every 3 or 4 generations, BO'D, P'OC, J Sexton, Conor Murray etc. The barrel is dry and it will be tough watching for a while but it was good while it lasted
#41
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
September 28, 2019, 11:23:46 PM
it just looks again like a peaking issue, schmidt is on year 5, there is a lot to say in successful coaches usually run in 4 year cycles (olympic cycles) - leinster leaked within 4 years and tailed of, guardiola and that barca side, the recent madrid side and you will probably see it in the liverpool and man city teams shortly - huge peak in irish rugby in 2018 ( and we where only getting over the line in a lot of games)  in personnel, club and country after that the only way is down and stagnation and it won't be admitted but the key players are not at there peak or injury prone and it just we are at the back end of the cycle and there will be a sorry exit i'm afraid - but would live to be wrong
#42
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling
September 06, 2019, 11:27:03 PM
Trillick looked really sharp but the main story is that Dromore completely capitulated after brennan's goal - the flood gates opened then and no way back, no bite or intensity. wouldn't be writing trillick's name on the cup yet, last years champiosnhip should tell us that, what seems like clonoe in the next round would be a massive test for any team.
#43
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
August 11, 2019, 10:50:36 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on August 11, 2019, 10:38:11 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on August 01, 2019, 03:15:19 PM
Quote from: tyroneman on August 01, 2019, 12:56:49 PM
Fed up playing Donegal too..would love to get a crack at Kerry (or Mayo) and try to put to get rid of the  'can't beat any of the big 3' accusations.

Personally I don't think we got the credit we deserved for beating Doneagl (in Ballybofey) and Monaghan in Croke last year.

Sadly, it's more than an accusation. We haven't beaten any of 'the big three' since we won the All-Ireland in 2008. In the intervening eleven years, we've played Dublin, Kerry or Mayo a total of 9 times in the championship and won none of them (only one was a draw, the rest we lost by an average of 5.6 points).

I unfortunately expect another two losses to Dublin & probably Kerry over the following fortnight.

Called it.

There's something about this Tyrone team, and I don't mean that in a complimentary way, sadly.

The are a decent team but nothing more than that. They are a team devoid of leadership, devoid of flair, devoid of anything stand-out. Too many of the same type of uninspiring players that look like they had spent the half hour before games getting their hair sitting just right. And managed by a man who seems to have lost any interest in/ ability for tactical innovation.

I agree with that analysis of the team but not harte, i think he is rinsing the very limits of what he can with this team, we are 3-4 in the country but are missing a midfielder and another forward, atm mark Harte donnelly and mcshane and we are done. Harte will not go, after the sunday game and a lot of "should he go" articles in the press we will get a "I love this team and mickey harte" or something to that effect by the players and it will be as you where 3-5th in the league, probably an ulster title and super 8 or semi exit for 2020 - we don't have the players and they don't have the hard edge/mentality to get an all-ireland
#44
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
July 24, 2019, 10:39:14 PM
Quote from: Angelo on July 24, 2019, 12:32:07 AM
Made the brave decision to watch last year's All Ireland final again this evening.

Dublin started off quite sluggishly, they missed a few scores you'd expect them to get. Tyrone had a lot of joy with the early ball in but I think Cian O'Sullivan was struggling with an injury which was a factor. Tyrone were also extremely wasteful in their purple patch early on and could have been 6 or 7 points up as opposed to just 4.

A bad kickout from Morgan cost us the first goal and Dublin tagged on a few quick scores but we actually came back into the game after than and were a bit wasteful on a few occasions on the front foot. The second goal killed us, Meyler gave away a silly free out the pitch when there was no need and then McKernan needlessly over commited and sold himself which led to the second goal.

We completely wilted after the second goal and Dublin just seemed to hungrier to everything. The response wasn't good in that period and the game had eventually slipped away from us by HT. Our decision making went to shit and the players let their heads drop. I thought our defenders held up reasonably well for the most part, McKernan got absolutely destroyed by Con O'Callaghan and it was a failing from Mickey Harte not to change something earlier. Kilkenny also was beginning to grow into the game and get the better of McCann around this point.

On reviewing that, I think the same failings are still happening with McKernan, he is still very young and I don't want to be too harsh but he doesn't sense danger or read the game well. He's a gung ho type player who commits himself far too easily, this was exposed against Cork and Donegal already this year. He's got lots of energy and is physical and can be a good player to bring into games near the end but I don't think he's mature enough for the level of football we are entering into at this point in the year. I think Frank Burns suffers similarly to McKernan in that he overcommits too much when one on one but to a lesser degree.

The two goals were completely avoidable and Dublin were ruthless with them, they didn't play all that well in the first half but we gifted them two goal chances that were ruthlessly taken and it was game over.

Mayo have been in similar situations that Tyrone were in at that stage in the final. I can recall Mayo being 4/5/6 maybe even 7 points down to Dublin in some of their games in recent years and they've came right back at them. They didn't panic or let their heads drop and unfortunately that's where Tyrone fell apart last year. In that period, they lost their heads, panicked when faced with pressure and wilted in the battle, Dublin were targeting isolated Tyrone players and the support play wasn't there like it was in the early parts.

I do think Dublin are vulnerable when you get a run at them, we saw it in Omagh last year when the game looked gone and we nearly reeled them in near the end and we've seen it with Mayo in the past when they've brought themselves back into the game from big deficits. Cluxton is well capable of having a meltdown himself. Tyrone simply have to cut out the silly mistakes and be much, much resilient and composed in the face of setbacks. If you're start feeling sorry for yourself after a setback to Dublin, the game will be over with the snap of a finger.

Did the same after the donegal game - by my count (in no order) Meyler, cavanagh, morgan and mcshane killed us in avoidable forced and unforced turnovers and after donnelly saying on sky in the lead up that dublin's decision making is really high end and we need to bring ours to the next level make ye wonder what goes through lads heads, but defensively hampsey and brennan where brilliant

Re:mckeirnan his biggest asset is his speed and when you put him on someone equal or more pacey your screwed i.e brennan and positionally against cork he bit in on kerrigan and let that loughrey through on goal - just don't make him think!lol
#45
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling
June 13, 2019, 12:06:05 AM
Quote from: bigtogs on June 12, 2019, 01:06:40 PM
Quote from: Club boi on June 12, 2019, 11:47:43 AM
Quote from: bigtogs on June 12, 2019, 11:12:30 AM
Quote from: southtyronegael on June 12, 2019, 09:41:15 AM
Tyrone players went on some rip in Monaghan on Saturday night!

Maybe that is what they needed.....

Hampsey has a back problem(pelvis) that needs a op....That would maybe explain his form....never trained last week due to this problem....



Heard he was injured and shouldnt have been playing. I withdraw my roasting comment from a page back. Would that of been Hartes call or himselfs??


Winners like him would not admit that injury is as bad as it is...IMO...He would have done his upmost to convince management he was good to go...

without knowing the exact details of the injury but imo if this is the case it shows the whole set up is nowhere near a professional as it is being made out - take the decision out of his hands, get him the op now before more damage is done playing hurt and then running into the club season and either not fit to play for them or doing more damage having to play. He is vital long-term get him sorted now and recovered right, next man up - shit happens move on