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Still crying over the 1st round defeat Final Whistle? The Omagh ones will be next no doubt. I'm sure if you watched the videos again you would see Ardboe deservely beating the Moy in the 1st round with 14 men.

undoubtedly Ardboes deserved to beat the Moy. However, looking over the three games leading up to the final its clear that Ardboe got the majority, if not all, of the border line decisions. For them to now castigate Quinn on his refereeing display because he gave a stone wall penalty is beyond belief.
If the final had of been played in Pomeroy, Ardboe would have won.

Don't think that Quinn has been castigated over the penalty - rather for the way that he refereed the game overall. One set of rules for Dromore a different and more severe set of rules for Ardboe.

Have been to all Tyrone's NFL and Championship games this year (bar 1 x NFL).
Have seen all Div 1 and most Div 2 club teams in action. Have yet to see as good a defender / attacking defender as Killyclogher's Dermot Carlin. Yet he has spent most of Tyrone's season in the dugout.
Has he offended somebody?

What is 'technically' a penalty?  It was a penalty... end of.

Think if you read the article - that's what the man said.
If you read "Hughes Views" he quotes another perspective.
But C'est la vie.

There is a lot of whinging coming from Ardboe... and they complained when Omagh were whinging 

Haven't seen a lot of whingeing here. Beaten end of story. Good Luck to Dromore.
(And I believe that thas been the reaction in Ardboe from last Tuesday onwards).

Seen Sean Cnavans interview/ statement in Tyrone Times today - alot of anger about Sean Quinns performance v dromore.

What was the gist of it?

complained about the penalty, how he gave dromore soft frees to bring them back into it, how he brought ball in closer for them on several occassions, he said only reason he got county final was due to red card incident previously, bascially said wasnt good enough to referee it - why had he not got one previous to this year (wasnt good enough), said that did not stop for Ardboe injuries but did for dromore.

It was just a general whinge at quinn.

Have just read the article and here are a few quotes.

1. "Now let me say straight away that it was technically a penalty ..."

2. "But I would strongly commend Dromore and say fair play to them for keeping going right to the end when they looked to have lost the match"

3. On their preparation for dealing with the customary Dromore verbals .......What we hadn't taken into account was the amount of verbals coming from the referee.... his approach putting unacceptable pressure on our players.

This doesn't smack of sour grapes to me but as a member of Ardboe Management is he not entitled to voice his opinion on what he sees as a less than fully competent referee.

I also know that the Ardboe Club Committee are less than happy with Quinn's "manhandling" of Ardboe players in the semi-final and final and indeed in the semi - final against Dromore last year.
Possibly not the end of this particular issue and maybe that is why it wasn't mentioned in the article.

He is a good footballer and Good Luck to him and Dromore.

[And they are much nicer people]

... my money would be on Carmen; not Dromore. (And they are much nicer people)

And you classify yourself as educated! (Zut Alors!)

I've nothing against either the Carmen or Dromore, but I'd find such a blanket statement as ignorant in the extreme, and not in the least bit acquainted with the facts.

Sorry - my post was addressed to Wee Roddy and as far as I can gather he is neither from Strabane or Dromore.
I am also wrong regarding Dromores ratio of SFC victories. It should have read 2/77.
My apologies.

DCR many thanks for your  congratulations  on our championship success our 2nd in 3 years and a note to remind we will not be playing Carrickmore again this season , so your undoubted prediction skills will not get the opportunity to be tested.

I have already congratulated Dromore - good side - and best wishes from E Ty in the game v Clontibret.
But honestly you could say 2/7 and at one (long 33min) time it looked like 1/7.

How is that relevant to what I said And before you go spouting just check the factas that these 3 players played in 2007 and 2008.

Roddy you are very aggressive - you remind me very much of another Wee Roddy .....(G) associated with Carmen a few years back.

Having said that, Carrickmore have nothing to apologise to anybody for; they are one of the top sides in Tyrone and will still be one of the teams to beat in 2010.

Ok they came up short against Dromore but if they were to meet again tomorrow (or Sat or Sun) my money would be on Carmen; not Dromore. (And they are much nicer people)

[Is Mickey a Psychiatrist?]

Is Mickey a Psychiatrist?

What qualifications do Psychiatrists need?

Psychiatrists need to be good communicators capable of working with a multidisciplinary team to provide the support services needed for a wide array of acute and chronic psychiatric conditions. Their personal qualities should include:

Good listening skills, careful history taking, a high degree of interpersonal skills, good clinical skills with sound experience in Psychiatry, a calm demeanor with patients, caregivers, colleagues, a high level of interviewing skills, excellent record-keeping skills, a clear understanding of socially acceptable and unacceptable behavior without casting judgment on patients and a willingness to respond to emergencies as needed.

I am a bit shocked at the anti-harte sentiment - and only more surprised at the pro-cavanagh sentiment.

Not sure its that much of a story - cavanagh had the flu and watching him in the last 5 minutes of the game when he was drenched, supports that view a bit.

Harte has a book - regardless of the PR - it will sell well in and ouit of GAA circles...harte has proven time and time again that he is not stupid...he is smart enough to win 3 all ireland seniors...smart enough to write a weekly column in a paper...smart enough as a public speaker and as a motivator...some of what cavanagh has said and done in the recent past may run against Mickey Hartes purist view of the association, but he is hardly the sort to put anything infront of an All Ireland semi final...if cavanagh had been fit to play, harte would have played him...

"Smart enough" he may well be but you don't betray palyer confidences while you are still in post. Period.

Are you American?

No - just educated.

10-9 to Carrickmore tonight in the league semi final. Monsoon conditions. Lights aren't good enough and the pitch was a disgrace with players running through large lying pools of water.

Why exactly the game was railroaded through tonight with the final not due to be played until the weekend after next is a question I'd like an answer to.

Clubs devote a lot of time, money,effort and resources to compete in the leagues and to be forced to play in those conditions, on that pitch was a disgrace.

It's not a case of sour grapes - fair play to Carmen who won out in the end and good luck to them in the final but there is something fundamentally wrong that the league semi final that is supposed to be a show piece for Tyrone football turned into a farce given the conditions and state of the pitch.

This should be looked so that this doesn't happen again.

Does the league mean anything or is it just a case of getting the league wrapped up and out of the way ?? Clubs, players and supporters are not afforded respect here. Spectators all went home soaked and cold.

Hang on, be reasonable here. From my knowledge of the situation, Ardboe volunteered to play the match the Wednesday night after the Semi Final under lights in Carmen rather than play it before the County Final. Fair enough compromise. But with due respect, Carrickmore's floodlit  pitch never exactly was the perfect surface but it was still acceptable to Ardboe when they went to get the game changed. If the pitch had been that wet the referee would have called it off, no referee wants to be responsible for a man breaking his leg when the finger of blame can be pointed squarely at him.

Were you at the game Ty86?

league semi final
carrickmore 0-10
ardboe 0-8
referee: Steven mcnamee
half time score was 8 to 2 points in Carrickmore's favour
kyle coney missed a late penalty
terrible conditions in carrickmore tonight

I had it 10-9.

Terrible conditions is an understatement.  It was the same for both sides and asking players to play a league semi final in such conditions doesnt say much for the consideration of our administrators for the competition in question.

Entire "training" field was nothing but muck and gutters. Who knows what might have happened if game had been played on a football pitch. Good luck to Carmen in the final.

Many punters around Coalisland and Cookstown were very grateful for a Dromore win.

Why's that?

Some big gambles on Dromore to win

why do you say Coalisland and Cookstown as opposed to anywhere else?

My neck of the woods (work and play).

Many punters around Coalisland and Cookstown were very grateful for a Dromore win.

Why's that?

Some big gambles on Dromore to win