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Some men on here are mad. Morgan been off the boil, conn very average, daly not a midfielder, cullen no feet, cassidy is a forward, burns not a footballer, mckernan not a 6, strength and conditioning doesnt look anywhere near what it was in years gone by. Only going to get worse when darragh goes hotel trivago

Wouldnt be running to sack a manager but when everyone can see what he's doing wrong and he's not seeing it himself its not looking good.
the county board should ring peter donnelly and pay him whatever it takes.

Maybe in the wrong but I thought Daly was one of the better ones yesterday an a much better all round footballer than con at the moment. Ben Cullen can kick 2 pointers and showed that for his uni but doesn't look like he's capable at the moment.

Just wondering who is the younger lad on the line with the water boy bib on?

That's Mickey Moynagh on the line but again would he be the differential we need. It's unlikely. 

No not him ha. Younger lad does a bit of shouting on potential breaks

Conor McCrory I think you're describing, he's the s&c coach (or one of them)

[We are worse now than when he started.]

What a load off bullshit regarding sacking  MOR,couldnt wait to get him in and now looking shot off him,jesus wept🙈

Do you keep him forever rather than admitting it hasn't worked out. We are worse now than when he started.

We are struggling against division 2 opposition. We will get destroyed by Armagh

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. While yesterday was dire it was a league game in February. This is not the Premiership where a manager gets sacked after a few games.
In 2024 we got beat by Donegal by 7 points in Ballyboffey in the championship and exited to Roscommon at home.
Last year we beat Donegal away in the championship and reached the All Ireland semi-final. So we are not in a worse position than then...  championship is the game. If that goes totally pear shaped then by all means consider new management.
Talk of Tailteann Cup is hysterical nonsense by the way...

Before orourke started we were in Division 1, we are now 5th in Division 2. 4 games in and instead of thinking about promotion we are hoping to beat offaly to avoid finishing in bottom 3 of division 2.

We have no set style of play, we have missed easy scores in every game, we are have conceded a goal in every game so far. I would definitely say we are worse off.

Are you blaming management for players missing easy scores in every game.

I appreciate that things are not looking good but some of the stuff management are getting blamed for is mad.

They name a team after training on a Thursday night.

The send a dummy team to the printers.

When the team who were named to the squad on the Thursday take the pitch we have lads here who believe that the team has been changed an hour earlier.

A lot of people hoping for failure so that "their man" can have a go next.

Exactly that or so influenced by following Celtic and Man U that a few poor results is a call for a sacking and a new manager.

It's not the results - if we were losing/drawing games but were showing any semblance of a game plan or tactics, whilst blooding the younger lads then I'd be content.

Unfortunately, we have been going now for 18 months and the players still look lost on the pitch. No attacking plan at all.

Towards the end of yesterday's game our forwards just took to lumping high balls aimlessly towards the goals without any success.

There's no high speed, off the shoulder running. No directness towards goal. No ability to work a two pointer.

Really poor. So much I could say. You'd have thought at half time we would have upped the game.

Naming the squad on Friday and having a raft of changes come Sunday shows that the manager hasn't a clue, clear why so many players have zero confidence.

Ethan Jordan was our top scorer over the first few games of the season, but then is suddenly dropped and now gets 5-10 minutes? What's the thinking there!

Cassidy, Con, McElholm, Quinn all being played out of position. Midfield offer little threat. Attacking plan relies completely on darragh creating something from nothing.

Club Championship player of the Year dropped but space held for McGeary and McHugh, Jones, McCann etc who have never seen a minute of game time.

Unfortunately I feel it's time for Malachy & Co to go. I was confident and trusting when he was appointed but we have been listless and tactically nieve for the last 18 months. The constant churn in the starting team and squad is a sign of obvious issues. 

No plan A, and definitely no backup when things don't go as intended. And to top it of, relying on an S&c coach who lives on the other side of the world!

Definitely some harsh comments on the performance of kids.

The Abbey were the stronger team and I think the first half of the drawn game was an aberration as opposed to the level that could have been between the teams. DOR said it after the game that last week they played the occasion as opposed to playing their game. Once they settled into things last week they pulled away comfortably and were the better team by a distance.

Mad watching DOR and young Keelan striding around the field like their da's at that age. Frightening when you see a generational follow through like that. From an Armagh perspective there's serious footballers on both teams last night who can push through so the future is bright

What's the Armagh/Down split on the team? Roughly.

What is Malachy & Co actually coaching these players?

There is no attacking system whatsoever. And the midfield/kickout strategy is equally baffling.

[Poor crowd]

Another frustrating tyrone performance. Poor crowd and poor weather left things a bit flat. Morgan was a clown show. Few new lads done well so hopefully things can improve and they really need to.

Said it before but I was more than likely going to go depending on what the starting lineup looked like. They didn't release the squad list until about 13:00 was it? Armagh had their squad list out at 21:00 on the 22nd

So if you decide that you don't like the lineup you don't go?

Yeah? If I knew Canavan, McElholm, Joey Clarke, Jordan were all available to play I probably would have went. What's the issue with that?

I would assume most supporters would go to the game regardless of who is starting in the league? While it may not be the championship 15 there's a fair chance there's going be 8/9 first teamers involved.

In fairness I've never bothered going to county games really. Just doesn't draw me in the same way club football does. Have been to 2 games since covid, the one that sent Armagh down and against Kerry last year. I would have went to this one had I known who was available to play because I am a fan of a lot of these younger players

Calling yourself a Tyrone supporter is questionable at best. 2 games in 6 years? Ridiculous.

Has the panel being trimmed?

Shea O'Hare, Oisin Gormley, Callum Daly, Shane Hughes & Liam Gray.

Source/link?

It was in the report sent to clubs for the county committee meeting on Tuesday.

I see Conor Devlin has been named captain for the u20s this year and it was announced with him in the no 6 jersey.

So effectively that will be a corner back from the previous years team stepping up to the no 6 jersey and captaincy for the third year in a row following the footsteps of Rafferty and Clarke.

Maybe it's a good omen.

Or they chose a jersey at random from the bag?

Injury updates from Peter Canavan in the Irish News today. Darragh not fit for the first few games of the year and Niall Devlin and Ruairi out for 6 weeks with hamstring injuries.

Not ideal but it leaves opportunities for others. We seen no sign of Hampsey or Teague in McKenna Cup and I don't think McGarrity, Daly or McElholm featured at Sigerson this week.

For Kildare I would be going along the lines of:

1. Morgan
2. Clarke
3. Brennan
4. C Quinn
5. McKernan
6. Burns
7. O Donnell
8. Kennedy
9. Kilpatrick
10. Oguz
11. C Donaghy
12. Gormley
13. Cassidy
14. Donnelly
15. Conroy

We seem like we are down a lot of attackers. McCurry not on the bench midweek, 2 Canavans injured, McGarrity taken off in a Sigerson game last week and not named on Sigerson squad this week, no sign of McElholm yet or Daly. Jordan having to be taken off midweek. That's potentially 7 forwards not available.

Think it would only leave McCullagh and Bogue as options on the bench.

Id question your CF choice in C Donaghy. Had a bad day at the office against monaghan during the week. Missed 2 or 3 scoring chances and out fetched in the middle. A Donaghy feels better suited.

C Donaghy had an amazing club championship campaign and as a result Ive seen him feature in many top 15 squads. But you're only as good as your last game as the saying goes.

I thought he was one of our better players against Monaghan.

But he definitely shouldn't be starting at 11.

Thought mcglennon, Jordan and Conroy decent enough tonight. Some poor performances. Who impressed others?

Good to see Kennedy back but rusty

Conroy has been poor enough all 3 games. He is accurate from free's but also kicks a lot of silly snapshots and gives the ball away far too often. Doesn't matter that much as he'll be nowhere near that forward line come championship time

Conroy was the top scorer across the 3 games?

Michael Conroy – 14 pts (1-11 total)
Ethan Jordan – 10 pts(0-10 total)
Mattie Donnelly – 8 pts (1-5 total)

It was refreshing to see two natural attackers in the forward line for once. Him and Jordan are a positive addition.

Anyone any idea who played in the challenge game today against Fermanagh?

Ben Cullen scored the equalising point I saw.

So who are we saying is in this year?

J Clarke
Callum Daly
R McCullagh (all confirmed)


Oisin McCann
Dalaigh Jones
Michael Conroy
Niall McCarney
Conor Cush?

McCarney is an interesting one. Definitely would give us a target man in at full forward. I know he's not playing the highest level at his club but he seems to have been going well this year.

We need different options rather than the same type of players. Guys like Fullerton and Jordan probably deserve a call up solely based on their form but don't really see them giving us anything we don't already have with the Canavans, McCurry, McElhom, McCullagh etc

Is McCarney definitely involved? I hadn't heard that reliably

[Whats your source for this?]

Whats your source for this?

Tyrone GAA Annual Report to County Convention 2024

The figures are for registered members. I'm sure we're all aware that some clubs don't register 100% of their members, keeping the fees withing the club - something which comes back to bite them when All-Ireland tickets are being distributed.
Camogie & LGFA Memberships wouldn't be included. I removed the hurling only clubs.
Interesting to compare size V ranking; many clubs roughly where they "should be" with some over/under achievers

Couple of things here.

Registering a male member, to the best of my knowledge (I'm 3 years out of the loop to be fair) doesn't cost anything. When I was looking after things for Ballyholland, fees paid to both county board and central funds (insurance) are based on the number of teams entered, and not on the number of players. So if you've 40 players at say u14 and need 2 teams, the fee wouldn't change whether all 40 players are registered, or just 10.

Also... are Foireann teamsheets not a thing in Tyrone juvenile football? They're now pretty much omnipresent in Down football. Players can't appear on those unless they're registered centrally.

Foireann definitely has some major plus points. 

Some clubs use the foireann template, some just use their own excel/word templates. Obviously all players still need to be registered for competitive games (u13 and up in tyrone)

Alot of clubs wouldn't officially register u6/u8/u10 players etc in Tyrone.

Players i would like to see feature in a Tyrone jersey in 2026:

Paul Donaghy
Ruairi Mccullagh
Michael Rafferty
Danny Fullerton
Conor Oneill
Ethan Jordan
Ciaran bogue
Dalaigh Jones
Conor Cush

Anyone else have any other shouts?

I've been impressed with Shea Coney from clonoe. Believe he was in the development team last year

Thought this was all voted on and sorted in April???

https://wearetyrone.com/sport/gaa/senior-and-intermediate-club-leagues-set-for-2026-revamp/

I hear Martin sludden setup a new committee to come up with these recommendations with a group of people that have little experience in organising games

Anyway according to my club rep, the meeting last night went down like a cup of cold sick. Clubs shot the proposals and their reasoning down