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Ronan mcnamee no cert

What about Morgan at 14

Would be mediocre at best as an outfield at inter County level

i hear there was violence at the galbally game beetween young  supporters  ourgame podcast said.

Seen the video, absolute disgrace.

All involved should be banned and reported to police

There's some creative licence with the distance figures quoted there. Ballygawley village & the roundabouts just outside it are in the SE corner of the Parish of Errigal Kerrogue/Errigal Ciaran.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/TYR/ErrigalKeerogue (this is a civil parish map but I believe that the Catholic parish boundaries are the same).

MacRory Park Dunmoyle lies in the north of the parish, on the map in the link above it lies a little bit NE to the Altamuskin airstrip. I've long taken Dunmoyle to be approx. five miles from Ballygawley, so seven miles to the northern tip of Errigal Ciaran would be a reasonable guess.

The parish of Clogherny next door to the NW has similar anomalies, with its two major villages of Beragh and Seskinore both near the parish boundary each separated by around five miles (as I mentioned before, Seskinore is much closer to Fintona than it is to Beragh). Taking my own parish, Donacavey, Fintona lies roughly centre in parish, but the furthest distance from the SW to NW tips of Donacavey is around nine miles IIRC.

Surprise surprise, the eastern third or so of Tyrone is a bit more densely populated compared to the rest of it (due to lower-lying & traditionally more productive farmland), where the population is less spread out elsewhere and tends to be more concentrated in pockets of towns/villages & hamlets. Therefore the geographical area of the parishes in the latter are bigger. As for schools, there are three Catholic primary schools in the parish - St. Mary's Ballygawley, St. Malachy's Glencull & St. Brigid's Altamuskin, and looking at the EA website the total 2021/22 P1 admission of the three schools was 47 pupils - not a massive amount considering St. Colmcille's PS in Carrickmore had 57, while in Fintona St. Lawrence's PS had 37.

It may look like "WTF is a Fintona lad doing defending Errigal?" I've no interest to defend Errigal Ciaran above any other club in the county other than my own, I just wish to see info & data presented in a sober fashion as opposed either the lack of prior knowledge with a few people, or worse yet either indulging in ignorance and/or large amounts of copium when the "EC" words are mentioned.

Now back to your regular programming.

Get a life.

The "wrong boy" should not be on the field as he will let his team down when it matters.

No, it was the wrong boy to pick a fight with. Not everyone is all talk, some people are able to back it up. If you cant protect yourself then leave them alone.

So the Moy Manager picked a fight then?

If that was the Clonoe players reaction to a bit of verbals and he can be provoked into getting sent off then I will stand over my original post, he shouldn't be on a field if he is going to let his team down.

Im not sure what happened, I have heard that a Clonoe player got a bit of verbal abuse and an argument took place, Moy manager kept walking towards him in a threatening manner he was told not to come any closer he decided to ignore that and whatever happened after that then ended in an injury.

"Whatever happened after that "    What exactly happened after that ?

Moy manager ended up injured

Viciously assaulted by a thug ?

I think I speak for a few here when I say this topic has turned childish and frankly embarrassing to read.

Is it true the cops are involved in the Clonoe/Moy saga?

I hope not. However, it wouldn't be out of character from a club full of stoops like the Moy.

Wise up. This will carry on until somebody is killed on a GAA pitch. This week of all weeks you should know that one punch is enough to kill someone.

So running crying to the RUC is the solution?

How cowardly.

What an absolute dose of dung.

You have a tendency to post replies such as this when your limited IQ is tested. Give yourself a good pat on the back with that big red hand of yours.

Is it true the cops are involved in the Clonoe/Moy saga?

I hope not. However, it wouldn't be out of character from a club full of stoops like the Moy.

Wise up. This will carry on until somebody is killed on a GAA pitch. This week of all weeks you should know that one punch is enough to kill someone.

So running crying to the RUC is the solution?

How cowardly.

I would say breaking someones jaw from behind, unprovoked is more cowardly.

I'm not defending the Clonoe man however, he obviously didn't intend to break his jaw.

If you've ever played football past U12 level, you would know sometimes in the heat of the moment you may act without rational thought. I feel that in this case, an investigation by the County Board is necessary and subsequent sanctions should be put in place.

Crown involvement should be completely off the table.

Is it true the cops are involved in the Clonoe/Moy saga?

I hope not. However, it wouldn't be out of character from a club full of stoops like the Moy.

Wise up. This will carry on until somebody is killed on a GAA pitch. This week of all weeks you should know that one punch is enough to kill someone.

So running crying to the RUC is the solution?

How cowardly.

Is it true the cops are involved in the Clonoe/Moy saga?

I hope not. However, it wouldn't be out of character from a club full of stoops like the Moy.

I thought Donaghmore were very reliant on C Cush on Friday night. Possible 1 man band? Clonoe very impressive against a dogged Moortown team. Could be lights out for Donaghmore.

Cush very impressive indeed . He will be a tough man to stop though . I wonder how Clonoe will set up against him . Perhaps using the man marking skills of young Conall Coyle . Or they could even bring a McAlliskey back to mark him . Similar to when Aidan OShea dropped back to mark the star Donaghy back in the day . I feel that McAlliskey would be able to physically and mentally dominate Cush . Thoughts ?

Rookie troll attempt.

Great to have the reserve leagues and championship cleared up by the end of August. Way it should be every year.

Leaves a lot of teams struggling for numbers at training

According to the Transfer list Che O'Donnell went from an Australian club to Coalisland.

He never played for them.

Bigtogs, you make it sound as if their actually going out recruiting players from other clubs? (recruiting being a mild choice of word )

All I can say is I know for a fact they definitely go out of their way to persuade these players to join. (usually younger players as it is easier to persuade them to make the switch)

I'm not against transfers completely as there are a lot of legitimate reasons however these sly tactics have no place in our game IMO.

There must be exceptions to that rule as Coalisland got a transfer through after that deadline this year I believe.

Who was it, and what club were they transferring from? Transferring into a Tyrone club from a club outside the county is a different matter.

Bob McNally from Brackaville.

Would that be his second time transferring from Brackaville to Coalisland?

Wouldn't be 100% sure.

Bob is the third Brackaville player to move to Coalisland in the past few years - the other two being Sean Corr & Che O'Donnell.

What was the reasons for these player transfers. Aren't those 2 clubs with a few miles of each other

Would the fact the fianna manger is a brackaville man.... poaching players possibly?

Sean Corr & Che O'Donnell transferred before Ferguson was at the helm.

However, he could've been a factor for Bob McNally's transfer.

Do any of these guys play in coalisland firsts?

Bob McNally was starting for the Seniors at beginning of year but then picked up an injury.

Sean Corr when he first moved a few years back featured in a few Seniors games but then gradually declined to a reserve player.

Che O'Donnell is yet to tog out for Senior/Reserve/Thirds.

This is how I would rank the Ulster teams at the minute.

1. Derry
2. Armagh
3. Donegal
4. Tyrone
5. Monaghan
6. Cavan
7. Down
8. Fermanagh
9. Antrim

The truth is there isn't a lot between most of the sides, especially in that top 5 list of teams while Cavan and Down probably have some scope for improvement in terms of rising a division. I think Monaghan are a fading force and may well suffer relegation next season as they have too many older players. Tyrone have to prove that their AI success wasn't a fluke but I think it could take a few years and another change of management before they get back to that level again. Donegal possibly have the best players but they have flattered to deceive and lack real leadership which will only worsen when Murphy retires. So Derry and Armagh are out in front at the minute but they will have to back up the improvements they made this season. Anything less than an Ulster title for Armagh next season would be a disappointment.

I think i'd rank teams based on the last 3 years than just this years.

I completely agree... surely you have to consider Derry's performances in Ulster in the past few years?

You would have to go back to 2015 to find the last time Derry won an Ulster championship game before this year.