Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

[Goals_Will_Come]

Senior Championship predictions

Trillick V Pomeroy - have a spread of scorers that Pomeroy wont be fit to match up with them all. Think Pomeroy give a decent account of themselves but Trillick will pull away.
Errigal Ciaran V Omagh - again think Omagh will give a good account of themselves. Full out Omagh are still a decent team and have good defenders to match up to an extent with Errigals forwards. Midfield will likely prove to be the winning of the game for Errigal and Omagh probably lacking a forward or two to really challenge to get the result.
Edendork V Carrickmore - Fullerton and Munroe back are massive for Carrickmore and immediately make them a 5-10 point better team. Conditions in Pomeroy could play a big part however which could be tricky and the wind will favour Edendorks big kickers in Morgan and McCurry. Still think Carrickmore now they've players back from injury and travelling.
Donaghmore V Loughmacrory - Loughmacrory better all round - while both have dangerous forward lines, Loughmacrory's are more established and experienced and defensively match up better. Midfield should favour Loughmacrory with the Donaghys but Donaghmore showed against Galbally they are stronger around the middle than people give them credit for.

Be great to see Errigal V Trillick and Carrickmore V Loughmacrory in the Semi Finals. Would prefer not to see the same final for the third year in a row.

Good shouting. Pomeroy showed better and for longer than I expected and Omagh can consider themselves very unlucky. Two very good performances from both. Referees very questionable.
Donaghmore be looking back with regret with the amount they missed. Carrickmore full value for their win.
Sets up two brilliant semi finals.

[Themanupnorth]

3/4 games this weekend have been awful officiating.

Better in the donaghmore vs lough game, ref let the game go with plenty of hard hits and was strict on the over carrying.

[Truthsayer]

I suppose is how you see these things. Was at both semi-finals. Chatting to a man from Moortown thought ref was very hard on Edendork. Later talking to man from Dungannon thought he was overly favourably to Edendork. True 🤷
Don't think the refs decided either of todays games... however Errigal-Omagh yesterday he did have huge influence on result imo.
All opinions!

[Rebel84]

thought ref favourable to edendork,
but the ref shafted Donaghmore in their game bout halfway mark in second half, gave advantage when the only advantage really on was the free in, let play continue but didn't go back for the free, lough go straight down and score a 2 pointer, horrible weekend for tyrone refs

[Mikhailov]

thought ref favourable to edendork,
but the ref shafted Donaghmore in their game bout halfway mark in second half, gave advantage when the only advantage really on was the free in, let play continue but didn't go back for the free, lough go straight down and score a 2 pointer, horrible weekend for tyrone refs

Agree on this but from memory that happened more than once but only one resulted in a score. Total inconsistency in how long he allowed advantage to both teams but Donaghmore felt the brunt of it in that occasion you mention. Turned a 1 point lead into a 3 point lead.
The Omagh game was a disaster for Meenah - useless officiating especially the 2 ridiculous calls against Omagh in the last 5 minutes. Incredibly I walked out from the game and overheard 2 Errigal men complaining about him!!!
The issue that concerns me is who assesses and monitors these performances and who appoints them - they need to be asking themselves a few serious questions.
Players, management and set ups train 9 months to get f**ked over by very poor officiating.
A very poor weekend for overall officiating in Tyrone
PS - have the linesmen just forgot the 3 man up rule or are they blatantly ignoring it?

[Grace Murphy]

Overheard some carrickmore hard cases on the way out of Pomeroy talking about great to see some tradition back. They still a bit like Co Down.

Lough boys say they will live to regret the day they packed the stand to give there boys and aghyaran man a hero's applause after the game. They sold the dvd of that in Carmen Inn. Think it's sold out!

[GAA Club Fan]

Just a few observations from the Championship so far.

- Re refs and the question re assessing them. What happens if the assessors says that the ref had a bad day? Who replaces said ref? It's obvious this year that the pool of refs is getting smaller. I regularly see a man reffing a game one day, 4th official that evening, linesman the next day. Does that take a toll on decision making eventually? It's a huge, huge issue, and I get the frustration but do forums like this help the situation or hinder it? I am guilty too of venting re refs when my team gets a rough deal. As an aside, have Sean Hurson or Mark Loughran reffed much this year? Two of the stronger refs, so I am surprised they have not been out more.

- The discipline in games has been good this year. I only recall a few red cards, and nothing that would be described as unsavoury. Players, officials, etc should be applauded regarding.

- The County Board really put out a great product for the Championship. Team sheets, set up, PR, live coverage etc. We all like to get a slap at the County Board at times but credit where it's due. In addition, teams playing every two weeks means that preparation for the teams has been better than previous years. With the 7 x starred game system next year that should improve further. We should be able to factor in a July break as well.

- The main thing I wanted to ask was, do you think that the new rules have ended the excitement of Championship upsets? Previously teams could have hung in and won with a sucker punch. The new rules mean that the best teams generally win, and that's not always a good thing. As an example of this take a look at the senior and all the games went to the favourites. Edendork beating Dromore might have raised an eye but not a shock as such. Intermediate and the only shock we had was Aghaloo beating Beragh, and even that was not seismic.

[Grace Murphy]

Just a few observations from the Championship so far.

- Re refs and the question re assessing them. What happens if the assessors says that the ref had a bad day? Who replaces said ref? It's obvious this year that the pool of refs is getting smaller. I regularly see a man reffing a game one day, 4th official that evening, linesman the next day. Does that take a toll on decision making eventually? It's a huge, huge issue, and I get the frustration but do forums like this help the situation or hinder it? I am guilty too of venting re refs when my team gets a rough deal. As an aside, have Sean Hurson or Mark Loughran reffed much this year? Two of the stronger refs, so I am surprised they have not been out more.

- The discipline in games has been good this year. I only recall a few red cards, and nothing that would be described as unsavoury. Players, officials, etc should be applauded regarding.

- The County Board really put out a great product for the Championship. Team sheets, set up, PR, live coverage etc. We all like to get a slap at the County Board at times but credit where it's due. In addition, teams playing every two weeks means that preparation for the teams has been better than previous years. With the 7 x starred game system next year that should improve further. We should be able to factor in a July break as well.

- The main thing I wanted to ask was, do you think that the new rules have ended the excitement of Championship upsets? Previously teams could have hung in and won with a sucker punch. The new rules mean that the best teams generally win, and that's not always a good thing. As an example of this take a look at the senior and all the games went to the favourites. Edendork beating Dromore might have raised an eye but not a shock as such. Intermediate and the only shock we had was Aghaloo beating Beragh, and even that was not seismic.

Hello Mark. You might get the final with posts like this and if trillick win SF.

[ClubScene13]

I noticed the Irish News commenting on this semi final being the biggest game in Loughmacrory's history as it is their first Tyrone SFC semi final in the club's short history, having only been founded in 1973.

Can any of the posters in the area provide a bit of background on that formation, genuinely curious as I am not from the area?

Was this as a result of a falling out in Carrickmore where a new club was formed or is Lough being just far enough between Killyclogher and Carmen that they were overdue their own club in the village at the time?

That is some game to look forward to no matter how the final goes, will be an incredible atmosphere

[Mikhailov]

Just a few observations from the Championship so far.

- Re refs and the question re assessing them. What happens if the assessors says that the ref had a bad day? Who replaces said ref? It's obvious this year that the pool of refs is getting smaller. I regularly see a man reffing a game one day, 4th official that evening, linesman the next day. Does that take a toll on decision making eventually? It's a huge, huge issue, and I get the frustration but do forums like this help the situation or hinder it? I am guilty too of venting re refs when my team gets a rough deal. As an aside, have Sean Hurson or Mark Loughran reffed much this year? Two of the stronger refs, so I am surprised they have not been out more.

- The discipline in games has been good this year. I only recall a few red cards, and nothing that would be described as unsavoury. Players, officials, etc should be applauded regarding.

- The County Board really put out a great product for the Championship. Team sheets, set up, PR, live coverage etc. We all like to get a slap at the County Board at times but credit where it's due. In addition, teams playing every two weeks means that preparation for the teams has been better than previous years. With the 7 x starred game system next year that should improve further. We should be able to factor in a July break as well.

- The main thing I wanted to ask was, do you think that the new rules have ended the excitement of Championship upsets? Previously teams could have hung in and won with a sucker punch. The new rules mean that the best teams generally win, and that's not always a good thing. As an example of this take a look at the senior and all the games went to the favourites. Edendork beating Dromore might have raised an eye but not a shock as such. Intermediate and the only shock we had was Aghaloo beating Beragh, and even that was not seismic.

Very good post apart from the mark loughran bit. He has done his fair share of games. County board do a brilliant job promoting our games

[Rebel84]

has conroy reffed in the championship yet?, did excellent job in relegation playoff at clonoe last year and physically in good shape, should be getting the bigger games before meenagh

[nrico2006]

What's the craic with the highlight videos on Tyrone GAAs YouTube channel? Does nobody check them before posting? Always end before the game is over.

[Mikhailov]

has conroy reffed in the championship yet?, did excellent job in relegation playoff at clonoe last year and physically in good shape, should be getting the bigger games before meenagh

Think Conroy fine Errigal v Ardboe plus an intermediate game but haven't seen him since
Conroy is a decent referee in fairness.

[TheDergView]

My predictions-
Both games to be in Omagh? Sean hurson reffing Trillick v Errigal. Errigal by 3.
Carmen v Lough - reffed by Gary Gormley. Steering towards Carmen by 2

[Mikhailov]

My predictions-
Both games to be in Omagh? Sean hurson reffing Trillick v Errigal. Errigal by 3.
Carmen v Lough - reffed by Gary Gormley. Steering towards Carmen by 2

Gary Gormley shouldn't even be allowed into watch the game, never mind referee it.

I go with Eanetta doing Trillick game & Hurson doing Carmen game.