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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

Provisional 2026 NFL fixtures (gathered from other counties & press snippets)

Game Week 1 - 24th/25th Jan – Kildare at Home

Game Week 2 -  31st/1st Feb - TBC

Game Week 3 - 14/15th Feb  - Cavan at Home

Game Week 4  - 21st/22nd Feb - TBC

Game Week 5 – 28th/1st Mar - TBC

Game Week 6 – 14th/15th March – Cork at Croke Park

Game Week 7 – 22nd March - TBC

Why is the Cork game at Croke Park?

We play Meath in Croke Park on that date. Not Cork.

I really hope we take the opportunity to have a proper reset of the squad - and rebuild with some younger talent. I have to admit I was disappointed last year that we defaulted back to the '21 squad in the most part - relying on Mattie, Mickey O'N, Frank burns, Hampsey, Mccurry, Mcgeary, Harte etc. They're not getting any younger.

Whilst there were some positive signs from some of the younger players, we need to be using division 2 to blood a whole batch of new players - many of the names mentioned above.

I hear that we will have a new S&C coach which is a big positive.

Do you mean a new S&C coach or the return of an old one?

Yep, maybe return is a better way to put it. Flights home are booked as far as I know

I really hope we take the opportunity to have a proper reset of the squad - and rebuild with some younger talent. I have to admit I was disappointed last year that we defaulted back to the '21 squad in the most part - relying on Mattie, Mickey O'N, Frank burns, Hampsey, Mccurry, Mcgeary, Harte etc. They're not getting any younger.

Whilst there were some positive signs from some of the younger players, we need to be using division 2 to blood a whole batch of new players - many of the names mentioned above.

I hear that we will have a new S&C coach which is a big positive.

[Really do think the county board should have a look at themselves with the prices into these games. Money is tight enough for a lot at the minute and now they have to pay that amount to even watch a game from their house.]

Weekend round up

Senior replay- a serious game of football, thought it was going to be disappointing going by first half but they served us a treat in the second was back and fourth, couldn't tell u who was going to win some point to win it.

Intermediate final- a brilliant game of football also shame it cost that much to go or watch it on tv, have to give it to clonoe unbeaten all year is a great achievement. Muldoon going off for eglish definitely had an impact on them.

Junior final- a disappointing state of affairs was looking forward to a good game but drumragh never got going. The drumragh players will wonder will they ever win a final. 3 losses since 2020 if I'm not mistaken. I think they treated Cookstown as the championship final and not clogher.

A good weekend for Tyrone football and this Sunday should also be brilliant. Really do think the county board should have a look at themselves with the prices into these games. Money is tight enough for a lot at the minute and now they have to pay that amount to even watch a game from their house.

Agree with you here, nearly £50 to stream the games at the weekend whereas Derry GAA TV is £50 for a season pass. From watching both the Derry stream is better in terms of quality & commentary. Armagh also do a variety of packages with the dearest at £150 but offer weekend passes for £25 so Tyrone is extreme in comparison.

100% agree - what happened to football is for the grass roots??? - its an amateur organisation with a for the people ethos. TyroneGAA are a disgrace they make football for the rich in Tyrone they sit in Garvaghy and pat each other in the back on ending the dodgy stick (I heard that venture cost and unbelievable amount of money).

They are even that boul they changed the system this year to prevent the dodgy stick and in the process it meant 1000's of TVs in the county couldnt actually play the match. They added a tick box for purchaser to agree they could play the macth so that they wouldnt have to refund anyone who didnt see it so they pocket the cash!

Its been said for long enough get a season pass out there at an afforadable price - reduce the price of a one off match - people who go to matches go - neutrals who like to watch at home will do if the price is right!. How many fivers would they have got for the junior games this year cause thye wouldnt have gotten to many neutral £10+

In years gone by when a big match went to a replay the gate was half price the next night - no word of that last Friday from the Greedy Garvaghians!

And where does this money go? into the back pockets of the county board?
a tenner is more than enough to charge into a game of football. When and where is this daylight robbery of the people of Tyrone going to stop. This has reached a new low recently

To be fair, people are crying that the Tyrone Senior footballers need to perform better.

How do you think that investment is paid for? A new S&C needed who will carry a big price tag - do you want this or want tickets to be cheaper? Because it's unlikely you can have both

Same for the underage teams. It takes a huge amount of money to run and Championship is the only real income for the county board on a yearly basis

Loughmacrory celebrating like they have won the thing meanwhile Trillick keeping it all on the down low and they will be looking revenge for last years loss. Loughmacrory simply don't have the defenders to stop all of Trillicks attacking power. Trillick will be happy with Loughmacrory in final as I believe Carrickmore would of been a bigger challenge for them

To be fair, trillick players and supporters also celebrated on Sunday evening. They did not keep it down low afterwards - and nor should they.

If both teams can ground themselves again then I don't see an issue