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Dromore have 5 out of first 6 away

This include starred games which will be thrown in?

Paddy tally must be on the shortlist now too.mattie is no1 choice though.

I dont see how Mattie jumps ahead of O'Rourke? Im not running him down as he's proven to be a good Club manager but O'Rourke's past success Club and County puts him up there regardless of how Monaghan play!

v CAVAN  Scorers for Tyrone: Peter Harte 0-4 (4f), Sean Cavanagh 0-3 (3f), Mark Bradley 0-3, Ronan O'Neill 0-2 Colm Cavanagh, Padraig McNulty, Mattie Donnelly, Kieran McGeary, Darren McCurry, Tiernan McCann 0-1 each, Niall Morgan 0-1 (f
V MONAGHAN Scorers for Tyrone: Peter Harte 0-4 (2f), Sean Cavanagh 0-3 (2f), Darren McCurry 0-2, Tiernan McCann 0-2, Justin McMahon 0-1, Frank Burns 0-1, Conor Meyler 0-1
V DUBLIN Scorers for Tyrone: Aidan McCrory 1-0, Niall Sludden 0-3, Peter Harte 0-2 (2f), Declan McClure 0-1, Conor Meyler 0-1
V ROSCOMMON Scorers for Tyrone: Peter Harte 0-4 (3fs), Ronan O'Neill 0-3 (3fs), Niall Sludden 0-2, Darren McCurry 0-2, (1 45), Mark Bradley (0-2), Tiernan McCann (0-1), Jonathan Monroe (0-1), Colm Cavanagh (0-1), Conan McCann (0-1), Conor Meyler (0-1).

These would put Harte above a few

Harte sittin on 14 pts from half back, not a bad return even though alot are from freee the ball still has to be kicked between the posts!

Division 1 Cillian O'Connor, Mayo 1-22 (25)
Dean Rock, Dublin 0-25 (25)
Paul Geaney, Kerry 3-15 (24)
Ciarain Murtagh, Roscommon 2-8 (14)
Conor McManus, Monaghan 0-14 (14)
Michael Murphy, Donegal 1-10 (13)
Ciaran Thompson, Donegal 0-13 (13)
Seanie Johnston, Cavan 0-11 (11)

Top scorers so far, I think it's good that Tyrone have scorers from all over the field.

Who is Tyrone's top scorer?

Some difference in Trillicks championship tradition than Pomeroy...i could safely say Pomeroy will not be in semi final of championship...

If you're talking about their wins in the early 80s, I'd say that tradition ended as a tradition somewhere in that 30+ year gap. it would have had little impact on 2015. They do have a long time competitive tradition in senior Championship which counts for a lot.
I'm saying the players there in 2015 all had a wealth of experience.

A club never loses its tradition!!

Odds for Tyrone Senior championship

Dromore 10/3
Killyclogher 4/1
Omagh 9/2
Coalisland 6/1
Clonoe 13/2
Trillick 15/2
Errigal 8/1
Carrickmore 11/1
Ardboe 12/1
Pomeroy 20/1
Edendork 40/1
Greencastle 50/1
Galbally 66/1
Donaghmore 66/1
Urney  80/1
Strabane 100/1


Thoughts? Carrickmore and Errigal both look appealing odds considering the draw.

Pomeroy - 20/1, 4 County men, Up from Intermediate, Sounds like a familar sotry from 2 years ago!! Worth a bet?

Richie Donnelly is another who really doesn't deserve a spot yet either.  He has done nothing in the county jersey at senior level yet.

He had a right game against Derry in the national League last year jump to mind named MOTM and again in the championship when he hit in the long ball for Rony O'Neils goal,, there the only 2 games I went to last year, If your guna say boys dont deserve a spot based on the fact they've done nothin then your guna have very few players to pick from up front.
Name the current forwards who you consider "has done something at senior level to deserve there spot then"?

Killyclogher heading shortly on a training camp in Spain.Big effort to do back to back titles underway already.

There not just going as a training camp its also appreciation from the club for the achievement they done last season! Great idea from them for gettin a new hunger away,fitness in the sun and team bonding whcih is crucial!! Not too coslty as players payin £50 themselves towards it and flights accomodation only cost roughly £120 extra per man and sure that money alone was lifted on the Ulster games they played in last year anyway. Fair play to them!!

McCurry, Brennan, O'Neill, McAliskey and Bradley are all good players. If they were about 10 years ago or more they would have really prospered but in the modern game, forwards of their stature will struggle. All these guys are 5ft10 or under.

Contrast that with the likes of Dublin and the players they have for their inside forwards slots:

Brogan 6ft
Andrews 5ft11
Mannion 6ft2
Costello 6ft
Connolly 6ft2
O'Gara 6ft1
McManamon 5ft11

You can talk about being more direct and ensuring the forwards get more time and space on the ball but that's not going to be effective when your forwards are only really comfortable winning it one way. Sweepers will cut out low ball so you're reliant on going over them and our lads are not going to win much in the air, unfortunately we don't seem to have a natural option here to use as a target man.

Cavanagh has more influence further out, Harte doesn't fancy McKenna for it and the other lads put forward for the job aren't natural forwards. Outside of the squad, who is an option? McNulty? Maybe but he's not there. Coney? Had plenty of chances just doesn't have the right mentality to succeed at county level.

I think McCurry and Bradley should start the league for us inside. They seem to be the two form men at present. People tend to forget McCurry is still only 23. I wouldn't write him off, we have good depth with those lads, the problem is that they are all too much like for like players.

Hard to forget McCurry is only 23, been about for so long so still time to step up and make a big impression in hi County career!!
Brennan also very young but imo its going to take a lot of time for him to step up, what he needs is a year or 2 without County footballs and just concentrate on hard graft club football everyweek! Didnt Matty Donnelly do the same and look how much he came on! Niall Sludden another prime example of a man who concentrated on club football and when the time was right he walked straight into the senior team because he was ready for it!

There are 6 starred games a year, so they are available for all other games.

Can only be a maximum 5 starred games in total..

A lot of lack of disrespect for MH on this thread, He's our most successful manager and yes he's had great teams but wasnt the team in the 80's considered one of our greatest ever and yes they didnt have any back door and probably would have won All Ireland otherwise but at the end of the day they didnt and MH has guided Tyrone to 3 all Ireland's so that deserves a lot of respect!

Also best wishes to Skeet, long recovery ahead but maybe he will get some game time later in year! McNabb was the most recent to do and came back roughly 6 months later so who knows, he might feature in the 3rd Sunday in September yet!!

true. guess it makes no difference who plays where and when if the system is rubbish. notice tyrone had 7 players on the ulster squad yest plus the o fiach cup game. kerry and dublin made no players available. priorities different i suppose.

This can't be right because Aidan O'Mahony and Tommy Walsh both played for certain

There are some amount of auld grannies on this page these days. Looking forward to the league final on Sunday.

Should be a fiesty affair, Eoin McCusker big loss to Dromore, nasty injury and doubts weather he could play again, hardly blame him if he pulls the pin on it all now with family/work comittments.
Fancy KC to win and round off the year witha remarkable double!

ive been talkin to a few people from different clubs and a big issue seems to be confidence draining out of our forwards. heard the killyclogher men had a job rebuildin mark bradleys confidence back up this year and i heard the same from clonoe men regarding mc aliskey. seen ronan o neill play for omagh in the championship and he looks a shadow of himself. mickey harte has ruined a succession of decent forwards.

Mickey Harte hasn't ruined anybody.

To date these forwards have failed to consistently show they are good enough. There aren't too many forwards in the modern game like your Bradleys and O'Neills thriving right now, the game has changed and size is a very important aspect to it. Bradley is one of the smallest footballers in the country.

Size important but doesnt have to be essential, look at Mickey Murphy, non exisitant for most of Donegals games sittin in the full forward line, maybe Bradley just not up there to be a top County player??? Although I think he will be if played in the correct position which for me is in the full forward line and with the proper ball played into him.
Id still take a small Peter Canavan over a big strong modern day footballer anyday!!

Can anyone confirm or deny the story the Belfast Telegraph and Hoganstand are trying to push that a Coalisland supporter lent over the railing and "hit" Leo Meenan?? I didn't see anything from were we were

I was in the stand and I seen the incident but obviously couldn't see who the culprit was as it was over on terrace side but have since heard the name involved....the Irish Independent are following the story as well so won't be the last we hear of it.

When I heard who it 'reportedly' was it doesn't surprise me in the slightest !!!

So what exactly did you see?

Around the 24th minute Meenan was standing up against the wire facing the field, about to hit a sideline ball whe a "well built" chap reached over and warmed his ear.
Just saw it on the video of the match, No bother identifying the culprit from the video. Though as I am not from that part of the world I couldn't name him.

Would love to get a yarn with the man that done it to see what his motivation was. Would could leo have done on him

Do you think there is any justification for a cowardly blow from behind?

no

Someone just name him for frig sake, should be named and shamed so people know about his actions, total disgrace and embarrassment!!