Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[03,05,08]

Obv we don't see what's going on in training - it's a selfish point of view here from a fans perspective - but we have a monster of a man in mcgleenan on the bench, why is he on the panel if we won't use him?

Jesus he's a colossus, in at 14 with one or both canavans and McCurry round him for the break, you'd imagine it's worth a try.

Would definitely give other teams something to think about. If it didn't work he could always be subbed off and revert to type.

Mc gleenan hasn't dominated in any club game I've seen him in as of yet, why would he be able to do it in county?

[Jerome]

Obv we don't see what's going on in training - it's a selfish point of view here from a fans perspective - but we have a monster of a man in mcgleenan on the bench, why is he on the panel if we won't use him?

Jesus he's a colossus, in at 14 with one or both canavans and McCurry round him for the break, you'd imagine it's worth a try.

Would definitely give other teams something to think about. If it didn't work he could always be subbed off and revert to type.

Mc gleenan hasn't dominated in any club game I've seen him in as of yet, why would he be able to do it in county?

When did you see him playing for the club?

[Tyrone11234]

Anyone else seeing nothing in Quinn? Think he's a liability defensively and he's not great going forward. Didn't see the sense in starting Clarke either, sort of like they were expecting an easy win.

[square_ball]

I don't particularly rate Quinn either. A solid enough player but doesn't really stand out as making any real impact in games. Niall Devlin started most league games and now seems to be getting just a few minutes here and there now. U20s from last year not making any impact just yet bar R Canavan I suppose you could argue. They're all still young yet.

[sam03/05]

Westmeath should get a bit of credit too
They were the better team v Armagh and it took a lucky goal in 67th min for Armagh to win they lead the whole game, they were the better team v Galway and lead until they got the sending off. They won the Tailitan cup easily last year.

[Redhand Santa]

Yeah I do think part of the performance was down to a bit of Tyrone complacency and Westmeath being much better than people have given them credit for. Not helped by some harsh refereeing decisions. Still the management and squad need to take a good look at themselves this week. There is still plenty of capability in the squad but the standards for the past two years have not been good enough for large chunks of it. If they deliver another performance like Sunday again this year it's season over.

None of the boys that have been brought in this year have really nailed down their jersey. You could well be as well going back to more or less the All Ireland team with Darragh Canavan in for McKenna in the hope that the likes of Sludden and McGeary can find form. I did think McGeary had an impact coming on the other day and looked keen.

Any word on McShane? Could be doing with him as an option from the bench but time is running out.

[GlenMan]

Anyone else seeing nothing in Quinn? Think he's a liability defensively and he's not great going forward. Didn't see the sense in starting Clarke either, sort of like they were expecting an easy win.

I would actually say he's one of the very few positives from the last two years.

He's the only young/new player we've brought through that has actually nailed a starting place. Outside of that, our team is essentially unchanged over the last few years. That in itself is a serious failure!

[omagh_gael]

McShane wasn't tagged out on Sunday. No word at all whats up with him but I'd be highly doubtful he'll be seen for however long we've left in the championship.

[Scoring Zone]

Saturday was really poor (Bar DC) - it was still a game where Tyrone looked to be holding back (not starting McCurry), but not seeing a 4 point advantage against a mid table division 3 side is pathetic, given the supposed standards they are holding themselves too, and I still think they are not as well conditioned as they have been in the past.

Ballybofey is where the excuses stop and everything with management, backroom and players will be laid bare and if they don't get a result against a basket case of a county then it will put us back a fair bit given the standards of the last two years, and Ballybofey could be the graveyard of the Tyrone management again. The one thing I spotted from the coverage was Doohers body language, hands in the pockets and arse against the railing - either fed up or nonchalant about the result, but only a few snapshots in coverage so could mean nothing.

Not a clue what to expect to be honest.

That's just dooher. You see him at it every game which can be a bit frustrating. Need a big target man to go alongside McCurry or darragh. Mcshane is ideal for that role.

Missing a few direct runners like mckenna did in 2021. This side way crap needs to stop. Run directly at defences and chances are you will get a score or get fouled for a free. No idea for the life of me why we don't do this.

Don't think we are holding anything back or trying not to show our hand, I thought that in 2022 and turns out we were just shit. Think it's the same this time.

Agree on target man - but McShane is not the answer, he's has shown too many times he can't do it, on the direct runners the most frustrating change was Oguz, the lad looks to be everything you want, big strong quick but taking him off to me was crazy, he needs to be given the benefit of the doubt if you are looking for him to develop

[GaaGPT]

Once mcShane gets back from injury and confidence back I would be playing him at 11 or 14. This man has a lot to offer us

[Delb123]

You will more than likely have to wait until next year to see McShane playing 11 or 14 for Tyrone

[marty34]

Has Mc Shane got much game time since he decided to stay in Tyrone?

Is it either through injury or loss of form.

[rrhf]

Has Mc Shane got much game time since he decided to stay in Tyrone?

Is it either through injury or loss of form.

Injured

[NotedObserver]

Has Mc Shane got much game time since he decided to stay in Tyrone?

Is it either through injury or loss of form.

Injured

The first game in the McKenna cup he looked v sharp but think was never really injury free since. The loss of sluddens form/confidence has been a miss.

Morgan
Clarke
McNamee
Hampsey
Quinn
Burns
McKernan
Kennedy
Kilpatrick
Meyler
Canavan
Harte
McCurry
Donnelly
McGeary

[KickItIn23]

If Mc shane is anyway fit he has to be involved. Tyrone missing that presence in the forward line that he provides, even coming off the bench.