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Eh? has been a great servant to club, county - at every level he played - and his club in OZ...good luck to him. Unreal criticism of one of our own. U

McKenna back to Oz.

Seems like he hasnt a clue what he wants. Spent years in afl complaining about being home sick now he wants to go back. He never was committed to tyrone so better off in the long run without him

Harsh, he was only a child when he first went to oz. Probably always felt like he was missing out back home, now that he has had 2 years he has realised that he enjoyed oz better and the opportunity is still there for him so why not.

btw, not slagging Div 2 PROS 

PR at inter county level has changed dramatically in 5 years....we're still operating like a Div 2 club side...
Tyrone has almost 30k followers on Instagram and there hasn't been a post on it in months
No video content
No interaction with players, sponsors, media...
Twitter feed only gives scores at games.
no commentary.
They could do worse than double up with Tyron Tribulations
TeamTalk have delivered a professionals service for years - unlikely that they will be appointed by the Taliban in Garvaghy....they're too busy doing....actually, I wouldn't know what they would be busy doing

IMHO anyone playing at elite level sport doesn't necessarily need motivated...at that level they need good leadership, organisation and a solid sense of team.
And the occasional solid boot up the hole.

Armagh. Derry. Mayo. Dublin.

Word's reached me from a normally reliable source that the ACL games will be reverting to Sundays after the July break.

So, not from the county board then...

Very honest interview from Tiernach McCann on the Smaller Fish podcast today

What was the summary of it

seemed pissed off that he did a 4km warm up in last year's All-Ireland Final to only get on for 2 minutes at the end.

Why would you be doing a 4km warm up? he got playing, more than others...was a great footballer no doubt. He's one of a handful of men from Tyrone to have a medal.
he made a decision...good luck to him

Is it equally wrong to want Armagh to do well this year? Asking for a friend etc etc...

Is it wrong to want Derry to do well this year?

After last year and their u21 AI, there's no doubt that BD and FL deserve another few years at the helm. Players and managers need to consign this year to history but take the lessons from it.

We played 1 half of football (against fermanagh) in this championship - i think we are capable of repeating last years performance but it will take some work.

Count the medals and trophies - he was an incredible footballer and a leader, no doubt about any of that...
Questioning his managerial ability has nothing to do with his stats as a footballer, his leadership qualities on the pitch. If he is measuring the performance levels and abilities of this team to his own stellar records then he's not a good manager or leader...that's why I make a comparison to Roy Keane...my opinion based on what i see


Questioning the managerial / leadership qualities of a man who has won 5 All Irelands as a figuredhead of Tyrone Football - 2 as captain, an u21 title and senior title - one of only a few in GAA history to captain and manage teams to AI titles.

Probably an unpopular position to take but Dooher comes across a bit like Roy Keane - an idea that goes down well enough in my house in so fast as I love Keane..as a player and a pundit.

I just wonder if he is the kind of manager that can get under the skin of emotional and personal issues that might impact some of the players...Young Meyler found respite in counselling last year and maybe still is. How many other young lads find it easy to carry the fame and the trappings of being an all ireland winner in your mid 20s?

What about those players on the team last year that didn't get any game time but were on the panel - weren't even included in the team picture on the day because the county board were afraid of getting fined by HQ? Did they get a medal even?

Does the county use a sports psychologist? Looking at Brian's medal haul will only inspire you so far...then after that...?

Im not critical of the current all ireland champions and their management team - I'm more curious about how well prepared the tyrone team of players is for the battle ahead this year and next year.

I can't figure out why so many players would choose to leave a winning team - albeit they'll have their own reasons for doing so and maybe the management has communicated to them individually....

Will be interesting to see how the next game goes

Would say dooher is a tough love type of manager. Nothing wrong with that.

Any word on the general feeling in the camp?

Tough love is ok if it works - whatever management style it is for now, isn't working.

haven't heard anything from inside the camp but I would hope that they'd be all pi$$ed off to a great height after last weekend

Probably an unpopular position to take but Dooher comes across a bit like Roy Keane - an idea that goes down well enough in my house in so fast as I love Keane..as a player and a pundit.

I just wonder if he is the kind of manager that can get under the skin of emotional and personal issues that might impact some of the players...Young Meyler found respite in counselling last year and maybe still is. How many other young lads find it easy to carry the fame and the trappings of being an all ireland winner in your mid 20s?

What about those players on the team last year that didn't get any game time but were on the panel - weren't even included in the team picture on the day because the county board were afraid of getting fined by HQ? Did they get a medal even?

Does the county use a sports psychologist? Looking at Brian's medal haul will only inspire you so far...then after that...?

Im not critical of the current all ireland champions and their management team - I'm more curious about how well prepared the tyrone team of players is for the battle ahead this year and next year.

I can't figure out why so many players would choose to leave a winning team - albeit they'll have their own reasons for doing so and maybe the management has communicated to them individually....

Will be interesting to see how the next game goes

From what I know those players that had made the decision to leave the panel did so for a variety of reasons - some departures may have been a managerial decision but many did so because it was the right thing to do from their perspective.

I think the remaining group off players is very strong - would have no complaints about any position or player...way outside my pay grade to select a senior panel for the county.

Also see that success for some of this lads might be hard to carry into a year as all ireland champions...they went from zero to hero in the space of 8 months or so...the 2003 team had a bunch of medals and trophies at the point of their first senior all ireland.

That is bound to be a complete head melt for most of the people on here never mind the men on the senior team...unless some of the men on here are on the seni....no...no....

Hardly any games played so far and they're coming of the back of a period of serious partying and raking about. Soft ground. Nothing won in February/March etc...
I look at Armagh and can't help but think that they are getting their timing wrong - peaking too early maybe...hope we can pick up points from the remaining few games