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I am an Antrim man and I always would shout for the Ulster team. This may because Antrim's lack of success in football in recent times has left us without a bitter rival, apart from Derry for people who live in the country, and Down for the Belfast people in the county.

I was shouting my head off for Tyrone on sunday, the same way as I did for Down, Donegal, Derry and Armagh in the past.

I did however see people from Derry and Armagh shouting like hell for Tyrone, while one the other hand I saw ones from Down and Donegal shouting at the top of their voices for Kerry. It was quite surreal.

I did think Ross Carr made himself look a right dick on TV on Saturday night.

Breheny and indeed eugene mcgee always annoy the bejaysus out of me, and pleny of others fall into the same category.

Ah c'mon, you can't put those two names in the same sentence - McGee can be annoying, but at least he knows his stuff, and is rarely less than intelligent in his analysis.

On that note here's an article from last year which annoyed me at the time...might as well bring it back up now

Yes, LDA it's nice to be wise after the event - but McGee is old-school, and the point of his article (to me) was about the 'victory' of the traditional (Meath) game over Tyrone's running/hassling/high-tempo game.  His point about the 'old' Tyrone being finished is not completely incorrect - the 2008 AI victors looked a different team (in the way they played) to me to the 2005 victors.

I thought the match on Sunday was quite similar to the 2005 final and Tyrone didn't play a lot different apart from the fact that Tyrone seemed defence seemed to be happy to play man to man for all the game on Sunday past.

I did however get to watch the 2003 semi final again last week and it was a brutal match. Tyrone were like a possessed rugby league team in their tackling but you can't blame them for that. They needed to win that match at any costs.

I suppose my point is that Tyrone played superb football in 2005 as well but were still tarnished with the 'puke football' tag from 2 years previous. The 05 final was a superb game of football.

Tried to have a look at this - only available to youse boys in the 6 counties    Is their a link available for the rest of the country?

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/

Just click on replay. Strangely I can't play it because it seems that Antrim isn't in Ireland!

I hope we he seen the last of him and a Kerry jersey before he serously injures somebody.

jesus wept, are you for real?

Yeah, I am. Considering some of his tackles in recent years it's not beyond the bounds of possibility. Over zealous use of the fist, elbows and knees could be considered as dangerous.

Darragh O' Se is a legend.

Five all irelands in the modern era is fair evidence ( I know one other player has 5 too).

I wasn't doubting his ability, only a fool would. I was merely pointing out that if he played for a northern team he would be he would receive some stick from the southern media, particularly if they think that Joe McMahon shouting at Tommy Walsh is worthy of a newspaper article.

Just because a guy has 5 All Ireland medals doesn't mean he is beyond criticism. The guy has been sent off twice this season and was walking a tightrope on Sunday. Many players would be labelled a liability with that record.

I hope we he seen the last of him and a Kerry jersey before he serously injures somebody.

jesus wept, are you for real?

Yeah, I am. Considering some of his tackles in recent years it's not beyond the bounds of possibility. Over zealous use of the fist, elbows and knees could be considered as dangerous.

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It was Colm Keys typical anti-ulster reporting.   No complaints whatsoever from Kerry yet Keys is trying to make a story out of nothing.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/gaa-to-investigate-after-kerry-official-knocked-to-ground-1480518.html

Cliona Foley in the same trash paper writes a whole article on Joe McMahon shouting at "Young Kerry forward Tommy Walsh" and goes on to interview Mickey HArte about goading.   Kieran Donaghy is the biggest mouth & goader in the game, yet the independent never mention it & hail him as some sort of messiah.   

I bet they didn't mention the dirty tackles that Kerry were throwing in all day, or good old Dara O Se and his usual dirty bat that he gets in during every game he plays. Yet he is portayed in the media as the last shining beacon of the high catch. I hope we he seen the last of him and a Kerry jersey before he serously injures somebody.

If Tyrone do win will they be the first team to win the All Ireland despite having failed to win 2 matches on the way

Eh? Are Kerry not in the same boat?

I stand corrected

Tyrone already did that in 2005, Ulster final draw and then defeat in the replay.

Close Dougal......................

The drew with Cavan and Dublin that year as well.

They also drew with Derry and Down in 03.

yea im in the north, newry would be where my test would be, i actually heard that it has one of the highest pass rates in the north!

Is Mickey Linden taking bribes???   

For me Tyrone have had one big performance all year, against Dublin. No one really knows how good or bad the dubs really are as they werent tested up until this game. I just think that Kerry have too much in midfiled and their forward line for this Tyrone team. Yes their full back line is suspect and they badly need a keeper, but they will win this game comfortably.
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Has it escaped you notice that this Tyrone has won has won 2 All-Irelands? You make it sound as if the are an untested and over-rated side. It would be naive to write them off.

As a neutral I believe this game to be between the 2 best teams in Ireland and there won't be any more than a kick of the ball between them.

As an outsider looking in I would say that this decision would cause bad blood in most panels in the country.

The thing is that this Tyrone Panel has proven in the past to be more resilient and close knit than any team. How many county teams could have recovered from seeing 2 of their team-mates die tragically?

There is obviously a bond there that nothing can break.

Just like to send my best wishes to Niall Doyle after his accident on monday, hope for a speedy recovery.

Thoughts and prayers are with him & his family.

I would echo those sentiments.

My I-tunes are all on my old work computer which I have no access to. I just use an AC charger for my I-pod but I now want to add some tunes to it.

Is there anyway to transfer the tunes from my ipod on to another computer? I don't want to have to upload 1000 songs on to I-tunes again.

I think that total access is due to continue throughout the season.

Did anybody go for any of the gamepass options for the new season?

I went for the new HD version with the follow your team option.

Dunloy, I understand your greivance about the free which led to our winning point in the first round, but in all fairness your goal came from a free that should have went the other way. Unlike Mullan on Saturday night Duggan wasn't working from an agenda.

Until Saturday night I used to think the notion that you can't win a tight match in the city against a city team was just a myth. I am now a firm believer in that notion. Several members of our clubs have been approached by neutrals at the game saying that the way we were treated by the ref was disgraceful. A high up member of the Derry county board who was at the game said it was the worst display of refereeing he had ever seen.

He is a low f**ker anyway. He charges £100 a match for refereeing Camogie.

The lamhs will struggle against the might of St Galls, county needs a good ref for that one. Why do you call him Money Grabber?

Why do you think he joined St Brigids?