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[Anyone ever notice that any picture of Collie always has him sticking his tongue out when in action??]

a gentleman, as strong as a bull, and by far the most intelligent reader of a game on the panel.

A great servant to Tyrone GAA and deserved all the success he achieved in recent years!

Anyone ever notice that any picture of Collie always has him sticking his tongue out when in action??

Mickey Magee has the same habit. Makes your blood run cold at the thoughts of him taking a dig on the chin.

Any word from Frank McGuigan yet?

He must be happy enough - I checked his ebay profile and he has no medals or plaques for sale at the moment.

If only either of you were fit to lace his boots - you could scoff.

Collie Holmes - modest; unassuming; underrated player and a very nice person, who has given 16 years to the Tir Eoghain cause. Not many can say that.
Pity that the old "internals" caused him to see out his playing career in Armagh.

Rumour is that Moby is going for the chairman job but inside the county board they dont want him to get,well not just yet anyway.Donal Magee is the man they want at the moment!

Thought it was a "given" that the Vice Chair stepped up.

Congrats to Errigal, a league title was deserved for the way the played all year and I think they were definitely the most consistent league team and will be hard to stop next year.  A Big worry for Carmen if teams are going to put men like young Harte and Collie McCullagh at CHF to expose Gormley's lack of pace, why was Conor ever moved from the midfield in the first place, especially when Ciaran McAleer is quite a good CHB?  I think with Dromore and Errigal being the victors this year with local managers, maybe teams have to look again at the benefit of outside managers with their high fees and what they bring to their clubs. 

Hard luck to Dromore yesterday, nothing seemed to go right for them on the day but I am sure them boys will be back, they would have taken a Tyrone title and losing in the first round of Ulster at the start of the year.  Losing McMahon before the throw in was a major blow then having to bring him on early when clearly not fully fit for the unfortunate Kevin Donnelly didn't help matters.  The referee giving Clontibret a point that was clearly wide (as confirmed by the umpire) certainly didn't give them any belief that they were going to get justice.  In fairness it was hard hitting but nothing cynical and the ref done a reasonable job after that.  It takes that much effort for club's to win the Tyrone Club Championship that they always seem to be knackered by the time they reach the Ulster Club.  It is similar to the way the Ulster Inter County teams used to be when they won Ulster they could not perform in the All-Ireland.  Clontibret, St. Galls, St. Eunan's etc... dont have much opposition in their own county and can come into the Ulster Club with a freshness that Tyrone club's cant.

Any team will not win many games in Ulster if its forwards can only score a couple of points from play over the course of 65 minutes (or so )

Dromore looked pretty heavy legged from tg4 coverage. would have thought their physical strength and conditioning would have made the heavy November pitches more suitable for them. Did the celebrations go on too long, or what happened? thought they would have given ulster a serious crack this year

Actually think Dromore are team that suits summer type football and pitches better.

Not sure you are correct. They didn't have a great league campaign and were fortunate enough to beat Coalisland and Errigal.

Great win for us yesterday in a thrilling game. Well done to both teams in serving up a great game of hard hitting honest club football. Errigal's young team are now maturing well and I think there is a championship in them.Well done lads

No doubt that Errigal were the League Team of the Season. They deserved to win the League. Congratulations.

Where next for Carmen/Clarke and Co. Expensive season to end up with no silverware!

Where next?? They'l regroup and go at it again next year!! Just like every year. A championship semi, and beaten league finalists. Its a better record than the previous 2 years so therefore small progress has been made.
If it wasnt for a clown of an umpire then they would be league champions!

24K is a big "investment"; VFM?

Thought the Ref didn't do Dromore any favours today.
McCullagh's sending off looked particularly harsh.

Watching on TV he seemed to give Dromore free after free in the last 20 mins. Game was practically over when McCullagh walked...

That's Clitheroe in the County Final youre talking about - I was referring to today's game

Thought the Ref didn't do Dromore any favours today.
McCullagh's sending off looked particularly harsh.

Great win for us yesterday in a thrilling game. Well done to both teams in serving up a great game of hard hitting honest club football. Errigal's young team are now maturing well and I think there is a championship in them.Well done lads

No doubt that Errigal were the League Team of the Season. They deserved to win the League. Congratulations.

Where next for Carmen/Clarke and Co. Expensive season to end up with no silverware!

Just a thought re Ardboe's £500 fine. Who provides the match day stewards? If it's Omagh, will they be fined for failing to protect the ref?

Just wondering. Not stirring.

It's a good question - I think that the Co Board provide the stewards - I saw non-Omagh stewards on the field.  And what was Ardboe's responsibility for stewarding?.

Still no response to the question I posed earlier. How can the Co Board suspend people who are not members of any GAA Club? (which they have allegedly done in Ardboe's case).

I heard a rumour of a similar scenario arose involving a high profile GAA figure. Having been reported for verbal abuse of the referee, his defence was that he wasn't a member of any GAA club and couldn't be punished under GAA rules. He was promptly told that the GAA does have the authority to impose certain limitations they consider necessary for the proper conduct of games and that he was to be banned from enter the playing enclosure of any ground hosting a game for a specified period.

The said decision allegedly was taken pursuant to Railach (3), (71), (73), (145), (146), (147) and (160) T.O. 2008. 

I hope this clears things up.

Many thanks Sam.
Can't help wondering if these bans are ever enforced though.
But that's another story.

Were any fines" handed down to either Club and what offences merit fines instead of (or as well as) suspensions?. Again just asking for info.

Just a thought re Ardboe's £500 fine. Who provides the match day stewards? If it's Omagh, will they be fined for failing to protect the ref?

Just wondering. Not stirring.

It's a good question - I think that the Co Board provide the stewards - I saw non-Omagh stewards on the field.  And what was Ardboe's responsibility for stewarding?.

Still no response to the question I posed earlier. How can the Co Board suspend people who are not members of any GAA Club? (which they have allegedly done in Ardboe's case).

"The suspensions are grand and justified,"
This is maybe a technical question but how can the Co Board suspend two people if they are not Club Members. It's the same as suspending Nelson McCausland (which they should now do).

Seriously is it still for Dungannon? As Rocky says the surface there is very poor. And won't be improved by the amount of rain of late!!

Rocky obviously has a short memory - well here's a prompt - Carmen's training pitch, Wed 21 October;  muck and gutters; League Semi Final.