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Gormley is not done now never mind 7 years ago!
We aren't world beaters but know where we are.

Roddy you are kidding yourself. He's done. Legend and all that he was, he's clinging on and has been for far too long. He keeps this up he will tarnish the legacy that he had.

Do his continuously imperious performances in the top tier of Tyrone club football not demonstrate that he is far from past it? You strike me as man who is judging him based solely on his age since you haven't seen his performances.

Maybe 'Therealdonald' is acting the windup merchant like The Real Donald for the craic. Either way, his assertion that Conor Gormley is done is plainly ridiculous.

Rule is the anthem can only be played once at a venue on any particular day. Generally reserved to before the second game.

Tiarnan more interested in his tan, six pack and hair than putting in a big hit like Keegan. In other words -  he hasn't got the balls!

Played most last years championship defeat to Dublin with a broken hand - ballsy enough as far as I'm concerned.

[County board need to come down hard on omagh.]

Apparently County Committee has stopped it.

It's going ahead. Being advertised this evening on FB.

apparently can do it now but cant reserve seats in the stand. Talk of getting young lads into the seats early and then giving them up before the game... unless its moved to Armagh I suppose  : 0

Do Omagh supply the majority of the stewards for County games?

I'd imagine they would supply a fair percentage of stewards, but I also think Tyrone county officials will be watching this situation closely. Last thing Mickey Kerr needs as a new chair is bad manners from a load of club delegates because he couldn't stand up to Omagh.

There is also a fair chance Healy Park pitch won't beat the weather.

A lot of history in recent years between Kerr (fixture maker) and omagh chairman over Healy park. County board need to come down hard on omagh. County board should run their own halftime draw and bring in a few food vans. All the money omagh lift anyway goes into croziers pocket.

How would you qualify come down hard? Sanctions, fines, other? Would there be a particular section of the official guide or county by-laws Omagh are in breach of?

ps Dinky is a good Carmen man that much has been established, there was rumours he was gonna be invovled with Omagh this year, not sure has there ever been a Carmen man over Omagh? Few Omagh one's involved with Carmen in recent years if i remember correctly?

What has Ciaran McBride to do with a dispute between Omagh St Enda's and the County Board?

[County board need to come down hard on omagh.]

Apparently County Committee has stopped it.

It's going ahead. Being advertised this evening on FB.

apparently can do it now but cant reserve seats in the stand. Talk of getting young lads into the seats early and then giving them up before the game... unless its moved to Armagh I suppose  : 0

Do Omagh supply the majority of the stewards for County games?

I'd imagine they would supply a fair percentage of stewards, but I also think Tyrone county officials will be watching this situation closely. Last thing Mickey Kerr needs as a new chair is bad manners from a load of club delegates because he couldn't stand up to Omagh.

There is also a fair chance Healy Park pitch won't beat the weather.

A lot of history in recent years between Kerr (fixture maker) and omagh chairman over Healy park. County board need to come down hard on omagh. County board should run their own halftime draw and bring in a few food vans. All the money omagh lift anyway goes into croziers pocket.

How would you qualify come down hard? Sanctions, fines, other? Would there be a particular section of the official guide or county by-laws Omagh are in breach of?

ps Dinky is a good Carmen man that much has been established, there was rumours he was gonna be invovled with Omagh this year, not sure has there ever been a Carmen man over Omagh? Few Omagh one's involved with Carmen in recent years if i remember correctly?

County Board has been harsh enough on Omagh in recent times. Not permitting them the use of Garvaghy towards the end of last year as well as shifting their championship match to Armagh etc. Omagh nor the county board will be leaving Healy Park anytime soon so perhaps cooling the jets, rather than 'coming down hard', is the way to go forward.

As for the black tie dinner - don't see how it is any of the CB's business.

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There are some interesting prospects there.

I'd like to see some change in the full back line, I think we need more natural man markers there so chance for the likes of McKernan, HP McGeary, Cassidy and Burns to make a claim.

Ronan McHugh seems to have done reasonably well scoring rise in his run outs so far, looks like he might still have a bit of filling out to do but he's the only natural inside man we have around the 6ft mark.

I hope we will be more inclined to give a few of the lads who were on the periphery last year more of a run out this year. The likes of Cassidy, HP McGeary, Lee Brennan, McHugh need to get some game time in the league to adequately assess them. It would also be good to see if Rory Brennan, Richie Donnelly, McNabb and Meyler can shake off these niggly injuries they seem to be constantly carrying.

Loughran will be another good option when Moy conclude their club year.

For the league opener against Galway I think I'd like to see something along the following lines:

1. Morgan
2. McKernan
3. McCarron
4. Cassidy
5. T McCann
6. Hampsey
7. K McGeary
8. McNulty
9. McClure
10. M Donnelly
11. Sludden
12. F Burns
13. L Brennan
14. McHugh
15. McAliskey

No Peter Harte or Aiden Mc Crory !!

Will they be away skiing ?

Harte has been very flexible with players plans.

Conor Meyler missed the 2015 game with Meath as he had a trip away organised before being called into the senior side.
McCarron missed the 2015 game with Sligo due to his brother's wedding.
McCann and McNamee have missed starts of McKenna Cup games due to trips to Australia.
Etc

Sure.

Wasn't bad, wasn't overly great either. Inbetweeners is the standard-bearer when it comes to comedies over the past decade and it was hilarious from the start (if you enjoy that kind of humour/are good craic). Derry Girls doesn't come close to that but maybe it will get better.

I would agree with that. Think the reaction went a bit overboard on twitter etc. The girl playing Erin was over-acting (if that's a word) her role bordering on being very annoying.

I'm sure she was acting as directed.

a very enjoyable victory last evening, Dromore had one wide in the game, and in those conditions that is an impressive stat. We had 6/7 wides, so we had the lions share of chances. first half was very even, the first 15 of the second half belonged to Dromore as we struggled to get ball and they made great use of possession. Then there changes made by the line and you could see the game turning as we pressed, we took over the last ten, only one winner at that point. One poster earlier said Dromore will be kicking themselves for not finishing the job, does that mean he thought Dromore would have the ball the entire second half against a team like Clonoe, I don't think so.It not like Dromore missed chances, they didn't. So Clonoe were always going get a run of possession, it was up to them to create scores in that period. The benches of both teams impacted, Clonoe had a bench, Dromore  didn't. It boiled down when the game was in the melting pot who would you put your money on.

was a great game-  Would Cassidy have been on bother staying on if Clonoe were beat - a lot of supporters behind me were shouting abuse at him when he took off colly dorris (who was quiet on the night) and dorris himself didn't look happy to be taken off

Hard to know but the changes made last night was us the game.... he took some chance taking Colly off but Shane OHagan swung the game back in our favour so we cant argue about it....

Thats why he gets the big bucks in Clonoe, to make those kind of decisions.  You get what you pay for son & Clonoe are paying for championships

More to do with Ricey going off injured than anything Cassidy changed. Once he went off Dromore's organised defense became dragged all over the place.

so mc aliskey and O Hagans impact was all due to riceys absence, who literally never touched leather. here is another view, the last twelve minutes was the first the dromore defence came under serious sustained pressure and they collapsed, heres another different view, Lavery went to Mc Carron, who was very good, and dragged him everywhere but the centre where the gaps appeared.

McAliskey and Shane O'Hagan are quality footballers; Wouldn't take a tactical genius to put them on the field. And they played their normal positions. I don't see how Cassidy should get credit as some sort of guru for bringing on fellas that most in the crowd would have too.

As for Ricey, he is Dromores manager on the field. To think his influence is measured in number of touches or scores is to misunderstand his role on the team.

a very enjoyable victory last evening, Dromore had one wide in the game, and in those conditions that is an impressive stat. We had 6/7 wides, so we had the lions share of chances. first half was very even, the first 15 of the second half belonged to Dromore as we struggled to get ball and they made great use of possession. Then there changes made by the line and you could see the game turning as we pressed, we took over the last ten, only one winner at that point. One poster earlier said Dromore will be kicking themselves for not finishing the job, does that mean he thought Dromore would have the ball the entire second half against a team like Clonoe, I don't think so.It not like Dromore missed chances, they didn't. So Clonoe were always going get a run of possession, it was up to them to create scores in that period. The benches of both teams impacted, Clonoe had a bench, Dromore  didn't. It boiled down when the game was in the melting pot who would you put your money on.

was a great game-  Would Cassidy have been on bother staying on if Clonoe were beat - a lot of supporters behind me were shouting abuse at him when he took off colly dorris (who was quiet on the night) and dorris himself didn't look happy to be taken off

Hard to know but the changes made last night was us the game.... he took some chance taking Colly off but Shane OHagan swung the game back in our favour so we cant argue about it....

Thats why he gets the big bucks in Clonoe, to make those kind of decisions.  You get what you pay for son & Clonoe are paying for championships

More to do with Ricey going off injured than anything Cassidy changed. Once he went off Dromore's organised defense became dragged all over the place.

Ciaran McLaughlin (Omagh) and Michael McKernan (Coalisland). Excellent defenders and very good on the ball. Would help with the lack of depth in the defence. Would also like to see Danny Gorman (Killyclogher) get called up but with injuries his time has probably passed.
Kyle Coney (Ardboe) might be worth a try again if his attitude is right. Ruairi Sludden (Dromore) and Mark Kavanagh (Errigal) also be worth looking at.
However wouldnt mind see alot more from the players called up last year during the league. Rather than just during the McKenna cup and an odd minute here or there.

Brian Toner - Coalisland - has consistantly been brilliant for a few years now but never gets a mention anywhere.  Can do everything and take frees.  Was a county minor and U21 I think.  Maybe he doesnt want to play county senior but is a joy to watch.

Is that so, Mrs Toner? 

The problem lies with what type of UI would you be voting for?

1. An Ireland where NI would be fully integrated with constituencies electing TDs to a Dublin parliament and re-unification as in the way of East and West Germany.

2. A federal Ireland with parliaments in Belfast and Dublin with equal status and proportionate funding and existing cross border bodies dealing with all Ireland issues.

3. Another model.

One thing that everyone has learnt from the UK EU referendum is that a simple Yes/No answer is inadequate and voters should be provided with a more sophisticated proposal(s).  These models for a UI should be developed by those proposing a border poll if they are truly interested in reaching that destination and bringing as many people as possible along with them.

Given that a the north would automatically gain access to the EU following voting for reunification, I presume that it would come under the jurisdiction of Dublin (with MP's becoming TD's). However, I would also guess that the south will implement changes and/or temporary special arrangements in the meantime in regards to the north; in order to make reunification more appealing to undecided voters. Ultimately creating the atmosphere of a  'new Ireland' talked about before, without it actually being a 'new' state.

Ask yourself a question, what has Matty contributed this season since the league started, in my view zero, so how is he still an automatic, a game on the bench would give him an inch in his step the next time he started

If nothing else he occupied Derry's best player yesterday. Derry wouldn't have won that game in a million years but by tying up the only guy who has the ability to drive them forward, they seriously weakened the very few options that they had available. Matty has become a big enough player to command that sort of respect from the opposition. My fear is that if a Lee Keegan starts his games with him, Matty is likely to get himself sent off!

+1

A huge victory for white collar corruption and the political classes today.

Hard to believe that Fitzpatrick and people of his ilk have got away scot free for playing Russian Roulette with taxpayers money, but strangely not surprising either.

But you go to jail for doing the double.

Couldnt agree more with having more friday night and saturday league matches & playing reserve games on a diff day to senior. Married with three young children, only turned 33 and will have to pull the pin at end of this year even though im still playin for seniors. The misses works saturday so sunday is our only day to spend time with the children and a match takes up more or less the entire day.

Thats a shame, if only someone would actually take note of players opinions perhaps things could improve for the Club Player

Express those opinions to your clubs county board delegate. If enough do it then it should be on the agenda for next year.

Was reading a report in the Ulster Herald about Coalisland's win over Dromore. The report mentioneded Philip Toner watching on from the stand. What is the story with him now? The injury he received in the county final looked pretty horrific! What was the damage caused in the end and how long will it keep him out?

I doubt(hope i am wrong) that we wont see Philly Lining out again....

Word at the time was it would be a 2 year recovery.