Dublin v Tyrone Páirc an Chrócaigh Sat 16th March 7pm.

[Aaron Boone]

Great win for Tyrone. Unexpected.
Dubs missed big guns and good to see the their squad depth get serious runout.

[DUBSFORSAM1]

Good win by Tyrone but with Cluxton, McMahon, R O'Carroll, Fitzsimmons, Nolan, McCarthy, A Brogan, B Brogan, C Kilkenny (lasted 30 seconds), O'Gara all to come into that team from yesterday it's looking promising...

[orangeman]

Good win by Tyrone but with Cluxton, McMahon, R O'Carroll, Fitzsimmons, Nolan, McCarthy, A Brogan, B Brogan, C Kilkenny (lasted 30 seconds), O'Gara all to come into that team from yesterday it's looking promising...

Definitely it's Dubs for Sam alright.

Rip roaring favourites. Tyrone struggled to put away a Dublin team with only about 6 or 7 regulars on the team.

[NaomhBridAbú]

Good win by Tyrone but with Cluxton, McMahon, R O'Carroll, Fitzsimmons, Nolan, McCarthy, A Brogan, B Brogan, C Kilkenny (lasted 30 seconds), O'Gara all to come into that team from yesterday it's looking promising...

Definitely it's Dubs for Sam alright.

Rip roaring favourites. Tyrone struggled to put away a Dublin team with only about 6 or 7 regulars on the team.

Yeah, yeah, sure..

[TY14ED]

Good win by Tyrone but with Cluxton, McMahon, R O'Carroll, Fitzsimmons, Nolan, McCarthy, A Brogan, B Brogan, C Kilkenny (lasted 30 seconds), O'Gara all to come into that team from yesterday it's looking promising...

Any word on Ciaran Kilkenny? He looked to be in quite a lot of pain & very uncomfortable when going off. Hope he's back soon so we get to see the best of him. Think he will be a serious player for you. Impressed with the dubs, they can play at serious tempo even with the wholesale changes, still the team to beat. Stopped our better players at key times like cavanagh & o'neill with some ferocious tackling but can cross the line & foul cynically when needed. Likewise Tyrone had a few experienced men to foul out the pitch late on to slow the play. Overall Tyrone will be happy to get the win & see much improvement from the Cork game although Harte will realise that there's much to be done- particularly our efficiency in attack.
Duffy was ok but still likes the attention. He will always make the dramatic call where he runs 80 yards to call a free against the defender inside but never consistently blows it. Stevie was taking quite a bit of abuse inside but Duffy wasn't interested as he had already given us his oscar winning performance for the night early in the 1st half. Also both teams should have picked up bookings earlier if we ever want to rid the game of some of the nonsense fouling that is rampant.
Jim certainly won't be overly annoyed as his team still fought hard & played some quality football. He was probably right to give Brogan the rest as there was a good chance that Gormley man would have clattered him.

[Walter Cronc]

Good win by Tyrone but with Cluxton, McMahon, R O'Carroll, Fitzsimmons, Nolan, McCarthy, A Brogan, B Brogan, C Kilkenny (lasted 30 seconds), O'Gara all to come into that team from yesterday it's looking promising...

Any word on Ciaran Kilkenny? He looked to be in quite a lot of pain & very uncomfortable when going off. Hope he's back soon so we get to see the best of him. Think he will be a serious player for you. Impressed with the dubs, they can play at serious tempo even with the wholesale changes, still the team to beat. Stopped our better players at key times like cavanagh & o'neill with some ferocious tackling but can cross the line & foul cynically when needed. Likewise Tyrone had a few experienced men to foul out the pitch late on to slow the play. Overall Tyrone will be happy to get the win & see much improvement from the Cork game although Harte will realise that there's much to be done- particularly our efficiency in attack.
Duffy was ok but still likes the attention. He will always make the dramatic call where he runs 80 yards to call a free against the defender inside but never consistently blows it. Stevie was taking quite a bit of abuse inside but Duffy wasn't interested as he had already given us his oscar winning performance for the night early in the 1st half. Also both teams should have picked up bookings earlier if we ever want to rid the game of some of the nonsense fouling that is rampant.
Jim certainly won't be overly annoyed as his team still fought hard & played some quality football. He was probably right to give Brogan the rest as there was a good chance that Gormley man would have clattered him.

Christ you talk about it like its to be admired!!

[TY14ED]

Good win by Tyrone but with Cluxton, McMahon, R O'Carroll, Fitzsimmons, Nolan, McCarthy, A Brogan, B Brogan, C Kilkenny (lasted 30 seconds), O'Gara all to come into that team from yesterday it's looking promising...

Any word on Ciaran Kilkenny? He looked to be in quite a lot of pain & very uncomfortable when going off. Hope he's back soon so we get to see the best of him. Think he will be a serious player for you. Impressed with the dubs, they can play at serious tempo even with the wholesale changes, still the team to beat. Stopped our better players at key times like cavanagh & o'neill with some ferocious tackling but can cross the line & foul cynically when needed. Likewise Tyrone had a few experienced men to foul out the pitch late on to slow the play. Overall Tyrone will be happy to get the win & see much improvement from the Cork game although Harte will realise that there's much to be done- particularly our efficiency in attack.
Duffy was ok but still likes the attention. He will always make the dramatic call where he runs 80 yards to call a free against the defender inside but never consistently blows it. Stevie was taking quite a bit of abuse inside but Duffy wasn't interested as he had already given us his oscar winning performance for the night early in the 1st half. Also both teams should have picked up bookings earlier if we ever want to rid the game of some of the nonsense fouling that is rampant.
Jim certainly won't be overly annoyed as his team still fought hard & played some quality football. He was probably right to give Brogan the rest as there was a good chance that Gormley man would have clattered him.

Christ you talk about it like its to be admired!!

Not my intention at all.

[Canalman]

Honestly think Jim Gavin learnt more last night about some of  his players than the previous 4 games in the league. Some of the new lads in the backline got a lesson in having to defend on the backfoot and our achilles heel of midfield flared up again when the kickouts were lamped out to them.

Tyrone have improved in the last year or so and will I think cause trouble later in the season.

Finally, Diarmuid Connolly imvho should not take the 45s or any frees off the ground ever again.

[Jinxy]

Forget about Bernard Brogan.
Stick Cluxton in that team last night and Dublin win.
Kickouts and 45's a disaster.

[dublin7]

Forget about Bernard Brogan.
Stick Cluxton in that team last night and Dublin win.
Kickouts and 45's a disaster.

Totally agree. Supple's kick outs in the first half were awful. Just chipped the ball out high, leaving it hanging in the air, which made it easy for Tyrone players to run on to & win. Cluxton was also badly missed for the 45's & long range frees as well. Connolly' s efforts were shocking.

Right decision not to use Brogan off the bench as well. Last night was a great test for the new players in the squad to see how they reacted when put under real pressure for the first time.  Perfect opportunity to see what is the strength in depth of the panel.

It's also clear why Mickey Harte is so against the new black card rules. Tyrone would have run out of subs by the final whistle for all the cynical fouls in the 2nd half.

As one other poster pointed out, that match should definitely be worth a few votes come congress for the new rules.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Go raibh maith agat heffo, respect. And fcuk you begruders! 

To come away from Croke at any time with full points is a massive achievement, very well done Tír Eoghain.

[Whishtup]

Something has to change.
These judo tackles in the last few minutes are ridiculous.

Can I refer the honorable member back to the All-Ireland semi-final of 1996 when we were told to stop whingeing and take our beating... We took  our lessons on board, why don't you accept that and do the same, eh?

...'tis the judo tackles throughout the first 65 minutes that annoy me.  In the end of the day, if you mind your manners for most of the match, you have the option of slowing up the play in the last 5 minutes to close the game out.  That's the nature of most field sports-you can't stop it.  Very frustrating if you're on the receiving end-very sensible if not!

Tell me about kid, we had our 3 main men taken out dangerously in 1996, but sure nobbody listen, but, here, we learnt our lesson, and we ignore criticism fron total hypocrites!!!

We weren't sneaky about it though.
None of this jersey-pulling and dragging craic.

Would rather have the jersey pulled than the head cleaned off at the shoulders!

[omagh_gael]

No sign of Fuzzman yet??

Must be waiting outside his work to give all the Dubs a ribbing!

[Fuzzman]

Am in Thailand after winning the lotto last night.

[TY14ED]

Forget about Bernard Brogan.
Stick Cluxton in that team last night and Dublin win.
Kickouts and 45's a disaster.

Totally agree. Supple's kick outs in the first half were awful. Just chipped the ball out high, leaving it hanging in the air, which made it easy for Tyrone players to run on to & win. Cluxton was also badly missed for the 45's & long range frees as well. Connolly' s efforts were shocking.

Right decision not to use Brogan off the bench as well. Last night was a great test for the new players in the squad to see how they reacted when put under real pressure for the first time.  Perfect opportunity to see what is the strength in depth of the panel.

It's also clear why Mickey Harte is so against the new black card rules. Tyrone would have run out of subs by the final whistle for all the cynical fouls in the 2nd half.

As one other poster pointed out, that match should definitely be worth a few votes come congress for the new rules.

Seriuosly?? Tackling no different from both sides. There were a few examples of cynical fouls from Dublin & Tyrone. The pull of the jersey by a Tyrone man stands out because it was late on. But as Senan Connell said every team would do that late in a game. People can't just keep throwing out general comments about Tyrone being cynical when they are no different to any other side. The likes of Brolly is leading the way on this but he has his own agenda. Others shouldn't be so easily led.