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While on the subject of player eligibility for the premier reserve and reserve championships,is it time for a change in the rules.with each club in the county now getting a minimum of three championship games,and therefore using more players,which rules them out of reserve championship the next season,more and more clubs are struggling to field in the championship.even before the championship went the way of group stages there were teams playing fellas who would be well recognised as senior but had been injured the year before so didn't play senior championship.although technically within the rules,it isn't really in the right spirit.reserve players who play all year are either losing their position for the biggest game of their season or else end up marking an opposition player well above their standard.

Mike,I know you and GHD have a long running debate/dispute on this topic,but can you not put it to one side at present and accept that what the Israelis are inflicting upon the gazan people at present is beyond contempt? As a military tactic bombing hundreds and thousands of innocent people to death is about as morally wrong as I can imagine.

Sean Cavanagh had plenty to say in 03, 05 and 08 in the media and I don't remember it doing much harm to Tyrone. People in Tyrone are the hardest to listen to defeat and use it as an excuse to give out abuse all round to people who have did a lot for the county over the years.

I agree but there is a  take on it that is different. Some people now think brolly is a puppet for someone higher up in rte.. how dare mic key harte stand up to the national broadcaster. There is a concerted effort on to destabilise Tyrone football a bias by Rte and it's henchmen round the table. I think it's time to support mic key not row in with Rte and the joes of this world.   

Is this a spoof?someone high up in rte using joe as a rogue agent to destabilise Tyrone football?that sounds like something jim corr would come out with.there is no bias,a few former footballers were analysing a match in which Tyrone were playing,and gave their views on the main talking points of the game.views which we're shared by nearly everybody watching except Tyrone folk.

Hard to argue with anything Ardtole has said there.hes not saying that there have been a load of guys from his club overlooked for the senior county team,but that at underage level,particularly minor level,kids from certain clubs/areas of the county find it harder to get on the championship panel.i would agree with this completely.and the by product of it being that kids from those clubs have no interest in going to trials seems logical.which is a shame because,as Ardtole said with the example of mccargo and deegans,there are talented footballers in these clubs.
      If down are to reach their full potential and start to compete for ulster and all ireland titles again,it is essential that a large area such as lecale is producing county players.

Would dundrum not accept players from ballykinlars catchment area now they have no club?i'm not suggesting an amalgamation as in changing names,but surely the players from ballykinlar would be allowed to join,no?

Sad to hear of their demise.hopefully they do amalgamate with dundrum as they do at underage level.instead of looking on it as a negative maybe it can be a positive step for all involved in both clubs.

The psni having a larger percentage of Catholics does not necessarily translate to a larger percentage of nationalists.in fact I'd say that the ones joining up are the new breed of 'northern Irish' from the likes of holywood,Bangor etc who would be as familiar with a Hurley as their colleagues from a unionist background.

I'm not running mccartan down,I happen to think he's put in a good shift for down.i'd just be of the opinion that maybe it's time to blood some new young players to put together a team that can start to compete in a few years time.boyle would certainly be one of these players.he has the pace required to mark division 1/2 county forwards.dan has done well getting by on being a smart defender,but he's not getting any quicker.

You'd have mccartan in corner back ahead of Boyle?he did do well on sean cavanagh in newry in '08,but that's a good few years ago now.

Bedtime our fella!

Does being opposed to the redevelopment of casement automatically make you anti-gaa?

Point taken,I'm sure bredagh not having their own pitch discussion has been done to death.

Being from kilclief I'm presuming that post was ironic!

Nail on head there DF.

Is that such a bad thing though?seems reasonable enough to me.why would they help get warren point established as a premiership side when that is their own ambition,and there is realistically only room for one large club in the region.i might be being naive,but surely the directors of newry fc have an obligation to look out for the best interests of their own club.