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I must admit as a Tyrone man i was a bit disappointed with Gormleys lack of sportsmanship at the final whistle! You would think that your initial reaction would be to celebrate with your teammates after winning the greatest prize the game has to offer, rather than goading your opponents!!!!

Tyrone man here also, and thought it was dissapointing,,suprised Gaelic Life made this their cover pic

Would have to agree with you there 100% amigo

Wear's an O Neill jersey, plays with an O Neill ball, he's from the O Neill County the one and only Stephen O Neill My favorite player

isnt that Stevie Oneill pic from 2005 final?

Luckily it is only former players who get involved from Tyrone. 

?? Jim Curran never played for tyrone

It was Ryan Mellon

It wasn't.

lads it was Jim curran who knocked him down,,,watch it closely

[Ya that totally justifies his actions]

I always wondered what action of the Clare lad made galvin getting so angry, my word he got bodychecked twice off the ball . Ya that totally justifies his actions. . FFS is he a baby or what? It degrades Galvin even further making those excuses for him. He is a big strong man and should be able to protect himself without doing anything illegal. Ive seen players not protected by refs getting alot worse done off the ball treatment and they didnt react, oh they did by destroying there opponent when they got the ball.

any comment on the ref sending him off in the wrong? he was sent off before he reacted and as it was his first game as kerry captain the last thing galvin wanted was to be sent off. i see in the premiership this evening a ref appolising to bolton for giving utd a peno by mistake. has russell ever admitted he sent him off in the wrong, he didnt know who to book so he booked the two of them and galvin gets the line. some of the shit on here about galvin getting kicked out of the association makes me want to puke

whats with you kerry men and the puke,,serious men for the puke altogether now

Where does this leave Down?  The only team to beat Tyrone in the 2008 championship.

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but what about the clearance of the line by a Tyrone back when the ball almost bounced over the line having passed Packy McConnell?  Surely a turning point?

u sure this isnt the minor game u are talking about?

[not the first time some bearded men have toppled a set of twin towers.]

I didn't get a chance to see the match out here live, but I've seen the replay so some thoughts...

1. It may appear that Stephen O'Neill wasn't up to much once he came on but he didn't have his worst performance in a Tyrone jersey out there and to come back into the fold after two years out was going to not be 100% up to the task. He did however create opportunities for his team mates even though he didn't get on to the score sheet himself.

2. Tommy McGuigan's goal will stand as one of the most important toe-pokes in Tyrone GF history!

3. The incident at half time with O'Se's elbow to Cavanagh - may have looked innocuous but it turned a big physiological edge on the game in favour of Tyrone.

4. Not a classic match by any means but still a very good one. Quite a lot of unforced errors from players on both sides.

5. Pascal McConnell never had a big reputation as an important shot-stopper but he enhanced that brilliantly in this match. Barely put a foot wrong.

6. Donaghey and Walsh were well tied up by the Tyrone defence, not the first time some bearded men have toppled a set of twin towers. Cooper on the other hand had a sound game and poor Kerry tactics failed to capitalise on this. I find it very hard to believe after all these years that Kerry don't have a plan B for attacking tactics.

7. This win had similar hallmarks of '05. I said back then that September that it didn't appear that it would be happening after drawing and struggling against Cavan in the Ulster Championship. Ditto '08 after losing to Down and struggling against Westmeath and Mayo, only after did they wreck Dublin in a similar fashion that I would wreck Jessica Alba did a sense of self-belief at least outside of the squad itself start to come back.

8. Tyrone have won an All-Ireland title without Peter Canavan being involved. Massive physiological boost within the county.

9. Mickey Harte may well be able to say that this was done for themselves rather than the supporters, but that without the support the team wouldn't function as good as it can do. He's pretty much silenced any doubters of his with this title and I would guess talks of stepping down will now transfer to talks of seeing how long he will stay at the helm. He has helped achieve this with a significant amount of "new" players involved in the squad and so has helped put to bed the idea that he got fortunate to have a talented bunch of players at the right time of his management of various county teams. The amount of county, Ulster & All-Ireland titles he has won as a coach/manager with Tyrone at Senior, U21, Minor levels, in his one year as Errigal Ciaran manager and taking teams from St. Ciaran's Ballygawley is mind-boggling.

10. I'm going to quietly celebrate in my little corner of the planet far away from home for now, away from all the buzz...
[/quotemy friend, good analysis,,but that comment was a little inappropriate

we know - it's been talked about in the match thread

I see that, apolgogies for having this in the wrong thread

How many players are actually on the Tyrone panel? I've heard 32, 36 and 43 at different stages. Anyone know for definite?

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Tyrone have just announced there team and, Stephen ONeill has been left out of the 30. very interesting, and I,m wondering is just a "move"?

How many subs (not including blood subs) can you make in senior chamionship football?

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u'd always see the team captain on tv giving all the usual cliché's like Kerry will be a tough challenge,

we are going to give it 100% etc


we should maybe start a thread called "where's Dooher?"

you will see plenty of him around 5 on sunday,,,and in the papers the next day

the bane of Armagh "Peter the great Canavan"

Hardly, for the vast majority of his career he failed to score from play against us. I would consider O'Neill much more of a "bane" than Costeau.

lol...what a jokester...wise FFS

So which ones were the best (leave out Joe Connolly's 1980 effort etc as if has been well documented) For me, nothing will ever surpass the totally spontaneous effort of the non media friendly Kieran Mc Geeney in 2002. In the midst of euphoria he displayed commendable compassion and concern for Armagh fans with the immortal words "Stand Back, Stand Back, you're hurting the ones at the front".

The flip side was Canavan's prescripted boring monologue in 2003 which was a real cure for insomnia

once again.............what a w**ker

[he was an ugly looking bollix up to now with a face that not even a mother could love.]

If its true that Tyrone are not shaving until they win Sam, McMahon and co will be tripping over their beards in a few years time by the time they win it again 

At least it improves McMenimen looks, he was an ugly looking bollix up to now with a face that not even a mother could love.

maybe the gooch could use one as well? Tasty looking chap