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There's been over 60,000 at all 3 other semi finals (granted Dublin were in the hurling but Cork had the bigger support) in football in hurling so wouldn't necessarily say the gaa are relying on the Dubs for crowds. Even in the quarter finals there was 60,000 on the day not involving the Dubs. Though it is great to see a full house tomorrow and it should be a wonderful occassion. Hopefully the game lives up to it.

It's a decent looking team but possibly a little over hyped. I think its far from unbeatable. Would not be surprised if Kerry are ahead at half time. They are still capable of playing some brilliant football as was shown in the munster final. The issue will be whether they can last the pace. They were unreal v Tyrone in the first half in the league but died in the second half. Something similar happened v Cork. If Kerry can produce a decent second half they could win this and I actually think they will.

Dublin aren't the strongest in midfield which can lead to pressure being put on the defence. It's full of good players but not necessarily the best defenders which will be tested tomorrow. I even feel the forward line may not be just as good as is being made out. Brogan has been off form all year. Andrews is still to produce it in a big game and Connolly can blow hot and cold. Mannion also is inexperienced at this level.

There's an element of Tyrone fans determined to put the boot in Colm Cavanagh no matter what. He has proved over the last 3 games that he is worth his place on the team. The Irish News had him joint top rating for a Tyrone player on Sunday which was fully deserved - he never gave up throughout and got through a lot of work. For a player that's supposed to be a poor club player etc he hasn't been shown up against Meath, Monaghan or Mayo who all have top intercounty midfields.

He certainly isn't the best player around but the work he puts in ensures he's worth his place on the team. A lot of the other players being mentioned don't work half as hard as him on the pitch. It's very easy to throw names out when the reality is the players have had chances and not taken them. Cassidy's impact has become much less in the last few games. Also I've pointed before the work coming from him is normally on the attacking foot and Harte wanted a defensive midfielder in beside Sean.

It's a bit of a joke if there's no division 1 and 2 games this weekend. Why make clubs play crucial games towards the end of the season on Saturday when the county players weren't available and the give a free weekend this weekend when they are?

What kind of crowd is expected tomorrow, I've heard 50,000 but I also heard they're expecting 70,000 which would be a massive crowd for a semi without the Dubs?

Judging from tickets.ie there only seems to be a few seated tickets left in the corner of the upper hogan. Rest of the seats seem to be gone. I assume there won't be too many on the hill and not sure if the front rows in the lower decks are open but even still you'd imagine there must be well over 60,000 going. Tyrone will be well supported but there must be serious numbers going from Mayo to make up that kind of attendance.

A lot has been said about Tyrone over the past 10 years but what many people seem to ignore is that they have been involved in some of the very best games and provided so much entertainment.

The games varied in nature from high scoring games to wars of attrition. The 2 All Ireland finals against Kerry were as good as any All Ireland finals. The intense battle against Armagh in 2005 had everyone on the edge of their seats. The games against Dublin that year were also of the highest quality. The ulster final against Down in 2003 was also one of the best ulster finals in many years. Tyrone came from 9 down to draw it 4-8 to 1-17. The league semi finals against Galway in 2004 were other excellent games as was the Down replay in 2008. Even last year the Armagh game was one of the better matches of the championship.

What was lost in the poor punditry was the pure volume of top class matches Tyrone were involved in during the period.

Happy enough with the team. Someone criticised the subs. Justy McMahon, carlin, ronan o'neill, Cassidy and McNabb could all have big roles to play before its over. A strong bench in my opinion.

What kind of Tyrone support will there be on Sunday? Judging from tickets available seems to be a big crowd overall going. It's been quiet round tyrone all year but have sensed increased anticipation as the week goes on with more flags etc on display. Hopefully another wonderful occasion.

I am from Tyrone,just my assessment of the game and if I was over mayo,or any county that was playing Tyrone,which I'm obviously not or never will be,but then again none of us on this site will be but we just give our points however worthless they are,I would be setting out to target him as a weak point,by more or less going 2 men on Sean thus trying to limit him,who is at the end of the day tyrones greatest chance of winning the game I feel,he is the man who makes them tick and has done this past number of years,I think Micky will mix things up against mayo and could well see joe at midfield

It was a very strange post directed against one of the team coming up to an All Ireland semi final. Colm Cavanagh is not there to lead attacks, he is there to cover back and allow Sean to get forward. So he is unlikely to hurt Mayo with the ball but it certainly won't be the losing of the game for Tyrone. A few years ago he was allowed to get forward and got 4 or 5 goals one of the years. Now he does the defensive role asked of him and plays a different one to the more attacking one employed by Cassidy when he comes on. Despite the constant criticism I believe he has coped well in the last 2 games against Meath and Monaghan who were both praised for having strong midfields and worked hard. He certainly isn't in the top bracket of county midfielders but may be the best option available.

Mayo will win this game easily,they can well afford to let colm cavanagh be free and have 2 men on Sean,go as far as give colm the ball even,won't hurt mayo at all,can see a very comfortable win for mayo and a long 70 mins for the Tyrone defence

I'm quite curious as to which county your from.

Mayo will win this game easily,they can well afford to let colm cavanagh be free and have 2 men on Sean,go as far as give colm the ball even,won't hurt mayo at all,can see a very comfortable win for mayo and a long 70 mins for the Tyrone defence

Strange post. Proved his worth to the team in the last few games. Up against two decent county midfields and did well. Has for some reason been the target for abuse by many Tyrone people. Some due to petty club loyalties. Certainly not a top county midfielder but does a very unselfish job for the team. Will be interesting to see how he gets on against these Mayo greats on Sunday.

So how many from the 2008 minor final are likely to play a part on Sunday? McNabb, Matty Donnelly, Petey Harte and possibly Kyle Coney for Tyrone? What about Mayo - is it just Aiden O'Shea and Keane?

Tyrone: T Harney; F McQuaid, G Teague, R Pickering (capt); S MacRory, P Harte, R McNabb; N McKenna (0-01), M Rogers; C Gervin (0-03), D McNulty, M Donnelly (0-01); K Coney, P McNeice (0-06, 1f), C O'Neill (0-03, 3f).
Subs used: R Tierney for MacRory (50 mins), S Warnock for Rogers (53), B McGarvey for McNabb (55).
Mayo: R Hennelly; D Dolan, K Keane, J Broderick; S McHale, E Reilly, S Nally (capt) (0-01); J Cafferty, G McDonagh; C Freeman (0-04), A O'Shea (0-02), R Geraghty (0-01); K Charlton, A Walsh (0-04, 3f), A Corduff (0-01).
Subs used: D Gavin (0-01) for Charlton (39 mins), D O'Hara for Geraghty (50).

How many of the 2006 Tyrone under 21 Ulster winning team are part of the Squad?

Jaysus, you are very touchy! I wasn't even trying to have a dig, was interested how many were involved as it was a fairly good minor final that year. And to answer your question I think only Colm Cavanagh and Justy McMahon, though PJ Quinn was involved earlier in the year.

Interesting that Paddy McNiece got 0-6 that day in 2008 but has mainly been used as a workhorse than a finisher under Mickey.

Haven't seen much of McNeice so my impression of him the past year or so has been as a work horse too.  Some scoring that day.  I think Coney did more in the replay, but the scores that stick out for me were your man Nallys couple of the outside of the left boot.  My grape with the current way Tyrone play is that it seems that the instinctiveness and directness towards goal is coached out of the full forward line.  Our men seem to be happy to come out to get the ball and continue going towards the half forward line and off-loading, instead of getting the ball and looking to turn their men and go for goals.  How many goals have Tyrone scored in the Championship this year and the last few?

Wouldn't be overly concerned about the lack of goals. In 2003 think we scored one goal from the quarter finals on but still won an All Ireland. I can't see there being a huge number of goals scored in the last 3 games of the championship.

Has any football game not involving Dublin, other than the final, sold out in Crime Park. The attendance at Sunday'd game was very respectable.

Not sure about sold out but I'd say a few have come close. Armagh Donegal semi in 2003 had over 75,000 at it. The quarter final double header that year of Tyrone Fermanagh Armagh Laois also had something similar from memory.

It's great to see McConnell back starting in an All Ireland semi final this year. To me he showed a great deal of unselfishness this year and showed that he was in it for the benefit of the squad not himself. Having been the first choice (or close to it) keeper for so long he easily could have walked away this year when he only got one start in the McKenna Cup and league despite being the ulster keeper. Instead he kept the head down and backed Morgan and said he wanted to pass on as much knowledge to him as possible and settle him in.

All the Tyrone interviews on the teamtalk website are really playing down Tyrone's chances-only really talk about how to stop Mayo and try to keep close to them on the scoreboard.  Going by this are we going to see an uber-defensive display from Tyrone a la Donegal v Dubs 2 years ago?

Would doubt it. If anything I think Tyrone will be working on improving the attacking side of it. In recent games we've played well in patches when attacking at pace and getting forward. The problem has been we've sat back for long periods in the game and brought the opposition on to us. I'd like to think we'll still get men back but also attack in numbers. I think we'll see a considerable jump in the intensity of the Tyrone game for this. The 3 week break after 5 tough weeks on the road won't have done any harm.

Watching Mayo the last day would scare you. But during the league at times watching Dublin would also have scared you and they were expected to hammer us twice yet there was nothing in it over 2 games. People have continually written off league form but its not coincidental that 3 of the semi finalists were in the league semis. And even Kerry improved as the league went on. I've a sneaky feeling we could get a repeat of the league final in the All Ireland final.