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Seen the incident, man from omagh (mcsorley is he?) is a prat. Sludden was just right

Certainly not condoning the incident, in fact it was ridiculous thing to be at. I'm a bit surprised though that so many people seen it happen when there was a small crowd at the game.
How did you see the incident White Goodman, where you there ?

Well I was there and I'm neither Killyclogher or Omagh. Whatever about shouldering, ball being kicked away wtc, the guy on the omagh bench should not have got involved and he certainly through the first punches. As someone said above to absolute disgrace walking off laughing his head up whilst covered in blood. Its understandable for players to be fired up and incidents occurring but for some idiot to walk on to the pitch and start throwing punches at someone more than half his age is a disgrace.

Too many tubes on the sideline constantly at it and I don't understand how someone in the club doesn't have words with them as they are an embarrassment more than anything to the clubs reputation.  In saying that, if someone fires a shoulder into you they deserve a drive to the head.

Too many tubes on this board too,

[stepped over the line with his actions]

bit of a crazy action all round tommo 2. both individuals hardly covered themselves in glory have a lot of sympathy with the player he was aggresively attempting to get the ball but stepped over the line with his actions as did the omagh official. ref left with no option both deserved what they got, killyclogher will feel agrieved with the sanction but he the player left the ref no option strike and your off, maybe a bit of karma for omaghs no 5 being struck bout 5 mins earlier and the ref chose to ignore it. both teams seriously understrength and reflected in an error strewn contest. wee cup of tae and a sandwich would have sorted out the sour taste.

How does a man step over the line when he is being attacked by a reserve manager who shouldn't even be inside the wire? was a act of self defense as the manager struck the player first and went to do it again only the player had to react and defend himself.

Not the first time that the manager has been involved in some hanlon, seems a regular occurrence

Cant blame the lad for wanting to go, Jst because he's a top Gaa player doesnt mean he shud be tied down to stay wile lots off other boys head abroad to Oz/NZ/USA etc
He'd prob be lyin up on a beach in Oz if it wasnt for his Gaa committments anyway so fair play to him for havin a 3 month holiday! And no doubt he's got a wee fone call with a tempting promise of a wee brown envelope with id say well over 10k in it anyway!!

over 10k?? I seriously doubt that.  I think that  these sums of money that players are supposed to be getting for going to the states are getting blown out of proportion! Flights a job and maybe a couple of thousand dollars when they get there. maybe someone like Canavan back in the day would be getting that kind of cash.

heard last night from aghyran man, 12k

Its looking like a Greencastle win on Sunday against Eglish going on league form at the weekend.  Poor result for Errigal the fortnight before the championship game.  I wonder if Errigal hand many players missing?  Errigal will have it tight against Killyclogher.  The Dromore and Ardbo game seems a little harder to call.  Still of the opinion that Ardbo could overcome Dromore, the former Ballinderry manager will bring a new edge to Ardbo which could get them over the line this time.  The weekend should also see wins for Cookstown, Pomeroy and Derrylaughan.

Greencastle no bad team, missing more men than errigal to.
Any man with a spare few pound get it on greencatle to best Eglish on Sunday.

Exactly, Greencastle aren't a bad side/ better than some of the sides that just stayed up last year and its showing now.

Will get enough points at home to stay up i think.

Having played against both teams recently, i think that both teams are on the same level (Eglish have went badwards this year i think)

would love to see mattie peter harte conan grugan/kyle coney ronan mccurry and big sean as our front 6 with mcshane and colm cavnagh in midfield. mcnabb tierney and meyler/mcgeary at half back and mccarron mccrory and hampsey in the full back line. if i was tyrone manager that would be my team for next year with oneill or morgan game about in the nat league div 2. with that front six we would give most teams a serious rattle our balance between attacking and defending is not there. we need forwards. coney and o neill should be in that forward line.

Is that not a front 7?

at the rate were going we would need the 7

good to see the reigning county champions not being picked by anybody omaghs to lose my friends. carrickmore will do well to get within six. i wouldnt write off ardboe either against dromore who are getting older too. clonoe based on what hammering greencastle and omaghs second string bar 4. i wouldnt be so sure that old full backline of theirs looks very vunerable to me. i  like eriigal too playing well but i wouldnt swap our best 15 for anyone thank you very much looking forward to a cracking championship and may the best team prevail which will be omagh.

i do enjoy these omagh men lmaooooo

Hampsey will never be called up under Harte!
Previously Des Tracey was in the same boat, won All Ireland with the U21s, went on to have an incident in a match against Mark Harte and then that was it, finished top scorer in Div 1 for 3 years on the bounce and was one around the county to be one of the best club players in the county and a dead ball expert and still I dont think even got a trial!

Why wouldn't Hampsey get a call up under Mickey Harte?

Dont shoot the messenger, but i think most people are talking about the hanlon in coalisland last year in the league game near the end of the year when petey harte and paudi were fighting

I'm sure I'll not be the only person not too upset to see Cookstown struggling after their "behaviour" in the last few years, thinking they were something

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Cookstown still looking for their first win of the year... just shows how tight Div 2 is.

or it just has to show what state cookstown seniors are in at the minute...

Know for a fact that the pitches in garvaghy were been reseeded there a wile ago ahead of the summer months (like most club pitches are being also seeded around this time)

HOWEVER, im not 100% sure if this is for the reason of them not training there, they have defo trained in drumragh a few times over last month

How is Joe McMahon getting on with his studies,  I'm wondering if he is worth carrying on the panel for the Donegal game, he's a guy that brings immense experience and 'grit' and goes without saying, he's a leader. I'm wondering if Gavin Devlin could bring Kyle Coney back into the fray?  There is certainly a argument for him to be 'coaxed' back to county football.  Management must be considering every possibility since Sunday last.  Niall McKenna is another option that might or could be worked on.

Joe mc mahon and dermy carlin are both back training with tyrone at the minute

My stab at the Tyrone un21 team tonight, know most of the lads really well and from what people are saying i also think ciaran mclaughin and meyler will both start, also i wouldnt be surprised if dan mc nulty also starts at full forward. Big question over the team is midfield and where to play rory breenan and cathal mc shane. I think paudie hamspey is a cert for full back as logan and dooher really like him, which i cant blame them, so where do you play rory breenan? from last year he struggled at full back against cavan so id say either half back or at midfield. Cathal Mc Shane is another, i dont think he best position is midfield but with the lack of quality at midfield i think they will play him here, ideally id play him at wing half forward instead of matty walsh

1. Sean Fox (Killyclogher)
2. Ruiari Mullan (Cookstown)
3. Paudie Hamspey (Coalisland)
4. Ciaran Mclaughlin (Omagh)
5. Michael Cassidy (Arboe)
6. Rory Breenan (Trillick)
7. Kieran Mc Geary (Promeroy)
8. Cathal Mc Shane (Owen Roes)
9. Frank Burns (Promeroy)
10. Mathew Walsh (Dungannon)
11. Mark Kavanagh (Errigal)
12. Conor Meyler (Omagh)
13. Ruairi Sludden (Dromore)
14. Dan Mc Nulty (Clonoe)
15. Mark Bradley (Killyclogher)

[I feel it will encourage the lads who tend to drift away to maybe stay on if there is the chance of club football.]

Reading todays Irish News back pages I have to say I agree with Mickey Donnelly regarding the motion going forward to congress that post primary schools should get first choice of players over county minor teams. In my opinion I think it should be 1.Club 2.County 3.School as an order of priority for lads playing football. My reason for this is the same as Mickey their season is over drawn and has a lot of needless games in it but the biggest reason is the lack of insurance or injury care provided by these schools. My own club has had man lads starring for their respective schools in the latter stages of both vocational and colleges football for many years and on more than one occasion these lads have come back to us injured and out of football for some time in some instances we have had player out for a full season, the schools attitude being tough luck not our problem. County teams to be fair always sort out any injuries or niggles and are easy to work with and communicate with.
I also am of the opinion that the motion going forward that county minors should not be allowed to play for their club senior teams until their county minor season has finished is the right call. I appreciate that some clubs claim they need these players as they would not be able to field but I feel it will encourage the lads who tend to drift away to maybe stay on if there is the chance of club football. There are two sides to this argument and both have valid points.

But then again you could agrue that it is reducing the chances of player progression in playing senior football at an earlier age but then again could agrue that it puts more pressure on these young lads with more games which can lead to more injuries at a young age

When are the league fixtures released? Championship draw should be soon enough as well I'm guessing?

champo draw 23rd feb, monday

I like the current set up in Donegal just with better arrangement, the whole buzz of the build up to a championship game and then not to perform on the day is depressing and makes you think is it all worth it with the amount of time and effort you but into it, but then again everyone loves when an underdog wins a championship game when they weren't expected i.e. Trillick beating Arboe last year