McKenna Cup 2024

[orangeman]

Have Monaghan qualified as well ?

[Sleater]

Have Monaghan qualified as well ?

no. Lost the opener to Derry by 4pts. I'm not sure if a win against Fermanagh would even be enough for Monaghan.

[T Fearon]

UUJ conceding fixture to Cavan. Just adds to the farce, who could blame them.

[rodney trotter]

UUJ released a statement
UUJ in consultation with the Ulster Council have with regret conceded the Mc Kenna cup game against Cavan on Wednesday 15th
January 2014

UUJ find ourselves unable to fulfil this fixture due to circumstance beyond our control
A combination of senior players involved in examinations on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning along with a number of
injuries and a significant number of players involved with their counties has  forced us to concede the game. This decision has not been taken lightly and UUJ  have explored all avenues to avoid having to take this course of action.

We want to put on record that we do not wish to disrespect our opponents on Wednesday night namely Cavan or indeed the Mc Kenna Cup competition itself.

The Mc  Kenna Cup is a competition which UUJ look forward each year and which we have derived enormous benefit from participating in. We look forward to  participating in the Mc Kenna Cup fully again in 2015. UUJ GAA wish to thank  Ulster GAA for their ongoing help and co operation and fully support them in any future initiatives in order to ensure continued third level participation in the
Dr. Mc Kenna Cup in the future. 

[Aristo 60]

Imagine. University students doing exams 

[CSC]

Regarding students doing exams

Is this not a good reason why the players should be playing for the colleges? Imagine an arrangement where;
Students of county teams are able to play for their college and play inter county opposition
Fringe players not at colleges can now have an opportunity to play for their county and impress management
Students can train with the college, at the college, which reduces travel time and provides more time to study (yes they do study)
Summary, An arrangement where pressure on students is n reduced and opportunities for fringe players is created.

Wow, when you actually think of the student's well being, this arrangement has so many positives.

But counter to that, let's have a process that suits the ego of a manager, who doesn't really care about the pressure the students are under (exams) and who demands total control.

[sam03/05]

Time to pull the College teams out of this competition.
They barely ever win a game, bring nothing in terms of attendance etc.
the county teams need the players as the league starts in Feb.

Just make it a competition for county teams again, simple.

[rodney trotter]

Be hard for them to win a game when half the team is with the County teams. By taking out the 3 College teams, that would be a game less, and since Tyrone love the competition so much, that would be a game less for them ahead of the National League. A game less to look at players

The other 3 provinces have no problem with the college teams.

[donegal lad]

Time to pull the College teams out of this competition.
They barely ever win a game, bring nothing in terms of attendance etc.
the county teams need the players as the league starts in Feb.

Just make it a competition for county teams again, simple.

It's not that long ago a college team was in the foal of the competition. Fermanagh were beat by a college team the year. No other province has any bother with college tens playing in their competitions and the majority of teams in ulster are the same. Tyrone set the precedent by having all their college payers in their squad and other counties followed (Armagh with Jamie Clark). I'd ask anybody to tell me what Mickey Harte has learnt about someone like mattie Donnelly over the course of the competition that he didn't already know

[SHEEDY]

Time to pull the College teams out of this competition.
They barely ever win a game, bring nothing in terms of attendance etc.
the county teams need the players as the league starts in Feb.

Just make it a competition for county teams again, simple.

if tyrone don't want to play by the spirit of the competition its time to put them out. are tyrone struggling for players so much that they cant do without the uni players.

[rrhf]

The problem here is that the universities cant compete without stealing the county players.  You have one club, one county but you can have 3 different Universities or Polytechnics you can play for.  University football lost my respect when they set Donegal men loose round Belfast in Toyota Celicas..

[stronghold]

The problem here is that the universities cant compete without stealing the county players.  You have one club, one county but you can have 3 different Universities or Polytechnics you can play for.  University football lost my respect when they set Donegal men loose round Belfast in Toyota Celicas..

Total nonsense

[Redhand Santa]

Time to pull the College teams out of this competition.
They barely ever win a game, bring nothing in terms of attendance etc.
the county teams need the players as the league starts in Feb.

Just make it a competition for county teams again, simple.

It's not that long ago a college team was in the foal of the competition. Fermanagh were beat by a college team the year. No other province has any bother with college tens playing in their competitions and the majority of teams in ulster are the same. Tyrone set the precedent by having all their college payers in their squad and other counties followed (Armagh with Jamie Clark). I'd ask anybody to tell me what Mickey Harte has learnt about someone like mattie Donnelly over the course of the competition that he didn't already know

I'd say he's hoping to learn how he reacts to a bit more responsibility given that he is me of the most experienced players in the squad now with all the absentees. He was given the chance to captain his county v Donegal, something which I'm sure mattie considers a great honour. He's also getting to experiment with him in the full forward line, a place he hadn't got much experience at county level.

Apart from that he needs the likes of him in order to give the younger players the chance to integrate at the level. No point n sticking a complete team of rookies out.

I'd say being involved with tyrone will improve matter Donnelly as a player at the level as opposed to being in his uni team. He's still learning all the time and there's no doubt the county games particularly the knock out ones are of a higher standard than those involving students which often lack bite.

[sam03/05]

Be hard for them to win a game when half the team is with the County teams. By taking out the 3 College teams, that would be a game less, and since Tyrone love the competition so much, that would be a game less for them ahead of the National League. A game less to look at players

The other 3 provinces have no problem with the college teams.

Not really - just play two groups. A group of five and group of four. Play games on a Sunday and Wednesday, that way we get more games.

[ck]

Mickey Harte runs the McKenna Cup from his chaise longe as he gets fed grapes by ulster council reps and is fanned with big feathers by tyrone county board officials.