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I see in the continued behind covering from the powers at be to shield the golden boys of Errigal Ciaran they have now renamed all Reserve Championships to "Reserve KO" with the division added as a prefix depending on the grade.

Im not sure who they are expecting to fool with this but it isn't good enough at all.

Errigal should've been punished last year and that would've been the end of it.

It's always been called Reserve knockout, as long as I can remember.

Sure people call it Championship but that term is very tightly defined in the official guide.

Im sure its referenced here and there as Reserve knockout...

However when it was most recently on the tyrone website last year during the fallout of ECIII and D-Tresk it was definitely called championship

Have a look for yourself.

Reserve Championship reference

Will all these clubs in Division 3A who haven't entered a reserve team in the league be allowed to enter a reserve team in the championship? Surely not.

Is there any clubs in the other 3 divisions regularly conceding reserve fixtures?

Augher as of late

[Connolly]

Going by TTM Facebook. Cookstown managed 0-9 from two new faces. (Connolly and Lennon)
No shortage of scorers in cookstown it seems. They could have their sights set on a championship run.

Nathan Connolly wouldn't be new

Clann Na nGael GAC have unfortunately been put in no other position than to concede Friday nights fixture that was to be played against Brocagh Emmetts GFC in Aughabrack due to it's clash with our Parish Priest's Golden Jubilee mass, both to commence at 7:30pm, we explored trying to have the fixture rescheduled to no avail, we would like to thank Brocagh Emmetts GFC Secretary Declan McKeown and CCC Secretary Michelle Cox for their efforts in trying to have the fixture rescheduled.

 

Bar any injuries will it be the same starting team v mayo as Roscommon?

Having Darragh & Ruairi, Oguz, McDonnell and Ruairi McCullagh & Conor O'Neill available be some boost to the panel and options of the bench.

Still no word on the Canavans?

There's a special place in hell reserved for those referees who play 30 minutes a half for 13 a side reserve games

Any latest word on the Canavan's?

Double game weeks=less training sessions=less sessions for mercenary to claim for-won't someone think of the children!

McAneny back training with Glenelly?

Seen him on the line against strabane. Walking with a limp which may explain why not togged out

[Realisitically Ciaran Daly Ronan Cassidy and Seanie O'Donnell are all going to start in the half forward line]

I would swop Clarke with Devlin and is Ruari C not fit?. If available l would play him at 12 (other side from the brother)? No word there? Prefer him to Seanie we need more scoring threat than runners there l believe. McCurry great career but l believe only 2nd half 20 min effectively in him at this level now Never strong/big enough ( Brian McGuigan exceptionnal in that regards but not for Dazzler?) or creative enough for CHF wonderful reliable scoring threat and passer inside but shied away from shots he would have scored from, in other days, in last two outings l felt.

Tyrone up next weekend

Morgan

Quinn
Teague
Devlin

Mckernan
Joey Clarke
Mcgeary

Conn
Kennedy

Seanie O'Donnell
Mcelholm
Ben McDonnell

Darragh Canavan
Mattie D
Ethan Jordan

Will they go with Cassidy, Mcelholm, r canavan at 11?

Will Ben McDonnell start again? Conor Oneill will be left for the under 20s surely?

Is there anyone who can come in defensively? No left sided free taker so will McCurry start? 

Realisitically Ciaran Daly Ronan Cassidy and Seanie O'Donnell are all going to start in the half forward line - all are well established at this stage under O'Rourke and while they come in for criticism I find it hard to see them not starting
Inside you are probably looking at Darragh Canavan and Mattie Donnelly and one of Jordan McCurry or McElholm.

Niiiiiiii we are getting to the reason

[Club teams should not be out in November/December/January]

I don't want to trivialise the situation but we are supposed to be working with a split season. I don't think we have collectively recalibrated since the split season has been introduced. We now have a split Calendar, county first, club second. Club teams should not be out in November/December/January. Our county underage teams are perennially good, so this should be expected and factored in

If leagues have to be restructured then so be it

That is just crazy talk Mr Smort, and you know it fine well. How else is Mr Mercenary expected to line his pockets throughout these months to pay off his mortgage, pay for the family holiday, put kids through Uni, buy new car?? Ohhh, won't somebody please think of the children!!

New Casement Social Club has been well done up, a few doors down. Still as cheap for pints

Class

Sean Clinton buried yesterday of Ormeau Road fame. Any regulars of the Hatfield in the 00s will remember him as the door man. Always enjoyed his company. The last gun man

Will the leagues be put back now that the 20s won again or anyone know start date?

Friday 8th May at earliest now (that's if beat in Ulster Final)
Friday 15th May (if beat in All Ireland Semi Final)*
Friday 22nd May (if reach All Ireland Final)

*Surprised they haven't invented a Quarter Final or a Preliminary Quarter Final

Any word on the protests scheduled for tomorrow in the North, are the scaremongering or are they actually likely to happen?

No one turned up at the Derry one this morning anyway

I thought they weren't until tomorrow.

Derry one was planned for this morning. Rest for tomorrow