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The full-back McElhone...? Was he full back for the tyrone minors a few seasons back? An omagh man ??

Yes he is an omagh player!

Paul Quinn from Errigal was on last year's panel and his name is not on the list

He will probably get as much game time this year then , as he did last year !!

[Brendan McKeown]

I think Paul Kernan and Brendan McKeown are good enough for starting slots!! Going on what i have seen of them in the past few seasons!!!

Is that "skinny"? a v good club marker but not fit for county football imho

In my opinion, as defenders Moriarty and Toner wouldn't lace their boots!!! Only my opinion i might add!!

I think Paul Kernan and Brendan McKeown are good enough for starting slots!! Going on what i have seen of them in the past few seasons!!!

Eglish - John Feeney
Moortown - Tommy Devlin
Dungannon - Eunan McGinn
Derrytresk - Tony Hughes & Tony Quinn

[But he does not goad individuals....well at least while playing for his club!!]

As a fellow clubman of Conor Gormleys, I would be dissapointed at some peoples perseption of the man. Anyone who knows him will tell you that he is a rather shy, withdrawn individual who does not like the limelight. He on the other hand does not like losing and on more than one occasion that I recall for both club and county, he has had battles with referees for an entire match! Particulay at club level Gormley would feel that he gets harshly treated at times because of who he is. He was sent off in last years club championship for virtual nothing more than a check.
But he does not goad individuals....well at least while playing for his club!!

I am sure he does not give a damn as he is getting marreid this weekend anyway.

Roddy a very nice fella apparently!!
But the above is untrue!! It is very much part & parcel of the game and he is brilliant at it!!

Best of luck with the show lads!! Hope I can make it on the night!!!

A wee bit like the Moy and Armagh!

Fireworks display planned for league opener
07 January 2009


The GAA will spend close to EUR500,000 on a fireworks display before the start of the opening National Football League game between Dublin and Tyrone at Croke Park on January 31.

The glamour tie, which will be played under floodlights (throw-in 7.30pm) and broadcast live on Setanta, will mark the beginning of the GAA's 125th anniversary celebrations with live music and a fireworks display. Given the current economic climate, however, the cost of the display is sure to be questioned by clubs and county boards around the county.

When the two sides also met in the opening game of the 2007 NFL at Croke Park for the official unveiling of the new floodlights, a near capacity crowd of 81,678 was present. However, only a small percentage of the crowd was present for the 'switching on' of the floodlights and a performance by Tuam band The Saw Doctors beforehand.

[Gerard cavlan]

fecking hell lads, you dont have to have the talent of kerryin order to win a few games.
Cavan in 97 were poor enough but won an ulster - prob due to new coaching, discipline and selection from motivated manager martin whingeface mchugh.
IMO Tyrone without Mickey harte would be sliding into div 2 and back where they came from very quickly.
(they also dont have a midfielder it would seem,in any of all their Ireland wins but they cope well without it based on different ball winning strategies)

Jez LB you still in dream land. Tyrone senior team is based on a group of players who won 1 All Ireland minor and 2 U21 All Ireland titles, also Cavan got to the fibal of the u21 All Ireland in 96, and also the Ulster senior final of 95 before 97 arrived. Any team that i see who has won anything has some underage success in the process.

....so their previous u21 successes, what were they
Derry won u21, minors etc where did that lead
cork and laois have won minor, u21 - still no big sign of either doing fcuk all
plenty more examples of teams that win minor and u21 and end up doing nothing in senior to more or less conclude that tyrones minor and u21 wins were almost co-incidental ! Sure wasnt the star of a couple of those teams Gerard cavlan who couldnt get his starting place on the senior side...
Derrys minor win in 89 yielded just two on the senior AI winning 93 side.... hardly compelling evidence
Donegal had nothing to draw from...Likewise dublin....

I still say that a good manager will maximise the resources at his disposal. Fermanagh and monaghan would be prime examples along with tyrone
imo


think its you doing the day dreaming max !

Cavlan was not a member of the All Ireland Winning under-age teams. He was well over age at that stage!!

[60]

look boys, as i have said before if we can start competing with teams for 60 mins it will be a very positive step!!
then kick on from there, you have to learn how to compete for the hour first.
you cant expect to beat a team by playing for 15 or 20 mins in a match!!

the cavan game will tell us more, its one i hope and expect us to win!!

i hear sean mcveigh had a superb game at full back, would like to see how big benny hasson and mick would play together!!
mick has a great footballing brain.
alot of positives to take out of sundays match.
with cj, sean kelly, paddy cunningham, andy mcclean and a few more due back for the league, makes good reading!!

bannside what do you make of the idea of all county minor and u16 leagues!!

I thought all county games were 70 mins!!

Let me tell you something rrhf I work a minimum of 55 hrs per week, when I go home my mobile stays on in case anything else needs dealing with, I was informed we were getting 2 weeks hols, now we're not.  Where I work I do what needs to be done for the company, theres nothing set in concrete here about legal days off and legal working hours.

11 hours a day, no lunch hour. Lunch is eaten at the desk while I work away. Bluffer? I beg to differ.

Count up over the year how many extra hrs I work compared to your good self. Convert that into days and call me a bluffer again.

What sort of work is it ?? I am dumbfounded !!

No bonus here either, and just got the sucker punch that we're working monday and tuesday.  Everyone was confident we'd be getting off today.  Not f**king happy.

What sort of work do you do SLK where they can just decide to give you an extra few days work in the year ?

Orangeman,
You boys wouldn't have been trying to get Kyle a few days rest before the game 

This is a very tricky issue for all concerned. Hard not to feel sorry for the lad but I feel your club are overusing him Doire abu. If he plays on he will play FIVE years in minor football. It is like being allowed to go out when you are 16, you're sick of it at 18. Could it be the same for this lad. Ask yourself honestly has he been given the jersey or has he earned it? you know the answer. What will your club do with the next big thing? If you carry on this path with this player you will defenitly have a case of burnout. Experts like Max lol would talk about it being to do with dual clubs. Burnout is a mental thing not a physical thing and can lead to reduced enjoyment and poor motivation levels and stress of a level that a 14 year old is not ready for. The bottom line is that they won an U16 championship and there were bound to be boys in line to come on in front of him. It would have only taken one. This is a petty argument by Cavan Gaels and one that sums up the enjoyment going out of the game but the fact that you were prepared to parachute a lad of 14 in says enough about your clubs attitude. Have you considered how petty BDerry looked with trying to get their selector off so he was involved against you've guessed it Cavan Gaels. If you live by the committee room unfortuanately you can die by the committee room

What a load of shite !!!!