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Not from tyrone but was recently speaking to someone from Coalisland recently and they were quite passionate about east tyrone and west tyrone rivalry. Can anyone explain further as I just don't get it?

Errigal and Galbally ulster double is no doubt in my opinion. Potential for Tyrone clubs to win senior, intermediate and junior all ireland. all thanks to the late start for the county giving our best clubs a bit more focus. Master stroke from county board

Typical city team.

Has burren management been sorted yet? Was a lot of buzz about it few weeks ago and heard a lot but seems to all have gone quiet? Players need clarity this time of year. Any updates!

Just thinking of errigal. That point given from D. Canavan was definitely wide from my view.
P. Teague probably best player in the pitch and I still can't believe D&L played him at corner back against Armagh. Should be a shoe in for wing back for the county. Thought young Mcgarrity was excellent against Clonoe but the rest of their forward line was lackluster. If he plays that well agaisnt errigal their ulster club could be in jeopardy.

Definitely best squad in ulster. Probably looking at an All Ireland run. It would make a great final them vs kilmacud. Kilcoo weak this year. Slaughtneil be lucky to even win Derry. Cross and cargin aren't up to it. Donegal champs uselsss. Ballybay and gowna will be on the drink for weeks. It'll be between enniskillen gaels and errigal for ulster. Forget about anyone else.
Such tripe talking about ulster clubs again. Both Errigal and Carrickmore would be more than happy with a tyrone title. As for the was it wasn't it a point the view to know whether it was a point or not was the umpire. It evens it self out over course of game as their was one in first half that wasn't given when it was over. Teague good footballer he was hung out to dry against armagh. Have to say I was very impressed Sunday with mc carron the full back for dromore. To me he is county standard

Can we not talk of a great team and their potential? Errigal the best squad on paper in ulster by my eyes so sureley worth talking about.

how have they the best squad in paper in Ulster?? thats a very lazy statement. Peter Harte & the Canavans are excellent yes, but there is some serious drop off afterwards.

Relegation games now postponed as a club have lodged an appeal with the Ulster Council, as per the local media on Twitter.

Coleraine.

Think it was screen

It wasn't. As per the email circulated, Eoghan Rua CLG have appealed to Ulster GAA. So, the plan to go ahead with the games, regardless of the complaints to the County Board, has now been scrapped and the games are postponed.

Friend sent me email it said it was screen. Don't know what your talking about.

Relegation games now postponed as a club have lodged an appeal with the Ulster Council, as per the local media on Twitter.

Coleraine.

Think it was screen

Seen a young lad wearing a captains armband the other night in an u15 game. Do you think this could come into GAA more? I know big soccer idea but would make it easy for supporters to identify and see contribution from captain. It may have a  psychological for the player wearing to be a real leader? And bring us back to glory days.

A captain's armband! Of all the rule changes in the world you you come up with that lol

Have seen this a couple of times over the last few years in Tyrone. Whilst I don't agree with it they are not hurting anybody and might help get a few more young lads into the game if they want to be visibly seen as captain. If it is going to be in the game they could take a leaf out of the NFL were the captains have a patch on their jersey as opposed to that soccer s****.

If I seen some kid come up to me taking the toss with a fecking armband on saying captain on it he'd lose the call every time lol

Not sure about this might be a nightmare for clubs asking oneills to sew a captain patch to certain number. Especially if players play different positions every week or captains change. Could be a handling also if DIY sew job is done. I imagine many players wanting to be captain would get it done and then it would cause confusion amongst the stands as to who is captain causing the whole thing to be pointless. Captain arm band the way forward if we are going to do anything I think.

Not sure VAR would be used in reserve games however if clubs had technology and referees available it might work. VAR in big championship and league games would be class I think. The excitement it brings would make the boring product of Gaelic football far more watchable? Trial it out anyway and we might see referees given a bit more respect for willing to deal with new technology?

Two referees is an interesting idea but the two whistles would cause a problem I think. Maybe one could use the whistle in the first half and one could use it in the second half. Would help solve it. Refs would also only take half as much abuse.

Regarding offside, don't be silly of course this won't be brought in. Most men man mark from the front, like we coach children. The forward would be permantly offside. Imagine goals being ruled out for being offside. The logistics would be a nightmare especially underage games teaching children awkward rules. Just do away with handpass and teach children to kick and catch and we have a better game

Will down final be on rte? Probably not the establishment hate the boys from down especially after kilcoo and burren antics last time game was on rte. Also on this any more news on burren managment? Need to start getting best from young boys and get a young manager in to help with this. Another suggestion I thought of in past few days was Darragh O'Hanlon from kilcoo. Could cause a bit of controversy with kilcoo faithful but I'm sure it would boost his management career.

Some news coming out in paper about relegation play offs. Surely ballinascreen and any other club complaining need to man up and play the game. Clubs making a farce of championship all for 1 year in intermediate. It might be good for Derry to have stronger intermediate level as never seem to compete outside of county usually? Surely ballinascreen could get a boost in confidence from winning an intermediate title and an ulster run if they are lucky!

Seen a young lad wearing a captains armband the other night in an u15 game. Do you think this could come into GAA more? I know big soccer idea but would make it easy for supporters to identify and see contribution from captain. It may have a  psychological for the player wearing to be a real leader? And bring us back to glory days. 

The only rule that needs changing is the forward mark, which is a terrible rule. After that, please leave well alone. There is a widespread tendency for critics to lament the loss of some golden era of Gaelic football which never actually existed. Watch any football from the seventies / eighties and see how awful the standard actually was.

I don't lament a golden era. Not even close.

But watching a team move the ball sideways in their own half, unopposed, for minutes at a time, is not entertainment. It's not sport. It's not skilful. It's not manly. It's not intelligent. It's just shit. Absolute shit. And it needs to be culled from the game.

Up to the defending team to come out and try to win the ball. Teams only do this when they are ahead and other team sitting in. Why should winning team be punished for other team being over defensive?

Nonsense. Absolute nonsense.

Every sport that has inadvertently created a situation where there is no need for both teams to attack, has sought to correct the anomaly, through rule changes.

Why in holy f**k'a name you are defending the one sport that hasn't, is beyond me. It's a form of masochism what you are going through, it really is.

Lad your talking shite. Ridiculously naive. Defending team sitting back when behind is beyond dumb. Should be weeded out of game. 13 aside would fix everything. It would be impossible to cover all the space in scoring zone with 13 men. People that think defending team should sit in when behind are so dumb.

Naive?

I've watched plenty of teams the past decade play "successful" ultra-negative football when a man down.

13 a side would make more space. But the downside is that it would give even more room again for endless, skill-less ball retention.

And it would make for a worse game.

This is really obvious when you think about it.

Naive?

You're brainwashed at the minute. Drunk on success. It will though wear off.

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Regarding your next post.

Blanket defences primarily exist because possession is overwhelmingly more useful than territory in Gaelic Football.

The correct rule change will make it rewarding, indeed essential, to have early and multiple territorial options.

Not true. Blanket defence came prior to possession football. It is in fact the whole reason possession football exists. far harder to keep the ball if being marked man to man. Why reward a team for sitting back when losing instead of chasing the ball?

If we put things in to stop teams keeping possession such as a shot clock we would essentially have a game where a team defends for 1 minute until other team kicks it away to them and then they go up and do it on other side. It Would become a pointless game where defensives are being rewarded for sitting in and not engaging.

["The scene was set from the throw-in. CJ Barr won the ball and Mayobridge hung on to it for four and-a-half minutes. Kilcoo retreated and the 'Bridge played back-and-across and across-and-back until they finally launched a long ball towards the Kilcoo posts."]

The only rule that needs changing is the forward mark, which is a terrible rule. After that, please leave well alone. There is a widespread tendency for critics to lament the loss of some golden era of Gaelic football which never actually existed. Watch any football from the seventies / eighties and see how awful the standard actually was.

I don't lament a golden era. Not even close.

But watching a team move the ball sideways in their own half, unopposed, for minutes at a time, is not entertainment. It's not sport. It's not skilful. It's not manly. It's not intelligent. It's just shit. Absolute shit. And it needs to be culled from the game.

Up to the defending team to come out and try to win the ball. Teams only do this when they are ahead and other team sitting in. Why should winning team be punished for other team being over defensive?

To say this only happens when teams are ahead and the other team are sitting in is not correct at all. This is in the Irish News match report from the Kilcoo/Mayobridge match report at the weekend:

"The scene was set from the throw-in. CJ Barr won the ball and Mayobridge hung on to it for four and-a-half minutes. Kilcoo retreated and the 'Bridge played back-and-across and across-and-back until they finally launched a long ball towards the Kilcoo posts."

It dawned on me to to check where MajorShields26 is from and it makes more sense now. He's one of those wans who unknowingly have had their wits and tastebuds reprogrammed this year by the sweet smell of success.

Don't worry MajorShields. As the current Derry side have already reached their absolute pinnacle and things can only get worse, I can assure you that you will start to feel mostly normal again by June 2023, and by mid-2024 you will utterly despise the possession oriented tactics so replete in modern Gaelic football.

Possession isn't the problem. It's the blanket defensive system. Obviously

The only rule that needs changing is the forward mark, which is a terrible rule. After that, please leave well alone. There is a widespread tendency for critics to lament the loss of some golden era of Gaelic football which never actually existed. Watch any football from the seventies / eighties and see how awful the standard actually was.

I don't lament a golden era. Not even close.

But watching a team move the ball sideways in their own half, unopposed, for minutes at a time, is not entertainment. It's not sport. It's not skilful. It's not manly. It's not intelligent. It's just shit. Absolute shit. And it needs to be culled from the game.

Up to the defending team to come out and try to win the ball. Teams only do this when they are ahead and other team sitting in. Why should winning team be punished for other team being over defensive?

Nonsense. Absolute nonsense.

Every sport that has inadvertently created a situation where there is no need for both teams to attack, has sought to correct the anomaly, through rule changes.

Why in holy f**k'a name you are defending the one sport that hasn't, is beyond me. It's a form of masochism what you are going through, it really is.

Lad your talking shite. Ridiculously naive. Defending team sitting back when behind is beyond dumb. Should be weeded out of game. 13 aside would fix everything. It would be impossible to cover all the space in scoring zone with 13 men. People that think defending team should sit in when behind are so dumb.

The only rule that needs changing is the forward mark, which is a terrible rule. After that, please leave well alone. There is a widespread tendency for critics to lament the loss of some golden era of Gaelic football which never actually existed. Watch any football from the seventies / eighties and see how awful the standard actually was.

I don't lament a golden era. Not even close.

But watching a team move the ball sideways in their own half, unopposed, for minutes at a time, is not entertainment. It's not sport. It's not skilful. It's not manly. It's not intelligent. It's just shit. Absolute shit. And it needs to be culled from the game.

Up to the defending team to come out and try to win the ball. Teams only do this when they are ahead and other team sitting in. Why should winning team be punished for other team being over defensive?