Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[Angelo]

The shooting in this second half has been abysmal.

[trileacman]

Mchugh not to blame for our inability to kick the blame over the bar.

Meyler, Mcgeary and burns not up to county level.

[Angelo]

Mchugh not to blame for our inability to kick the blame over the bar.

Meyler, Mcgeary and burns not up to county level.

Meyler and McGeary have been very good today.

Donaghy looks like a huge addition.

Mogan should have walked there if O'Neill's was a second yellow.

[Angelo]

I know we've been a man down for a lot of the second half but even before that we have been asleep at every Donegal kickout.

Everytime Patton has restarted the game he has been hitting a Donegal man with nobody within 10 yards of him. Just can't afford making it that easy every time.

[trileacman]

Mchugh not to blame for our inability to kick the blame over the bar.

Meyler, Mcgeary and burns not up to county level.

Meyler and McGeary have been very good today.

Donaghy looks like a huge addition.

Mogan should have walked there if O'Neill's was a second yellow.

They've been shite. Take off the rose tinted glasses.

[trailer]

Picking the same players and playing more defenders in attack is not the change I wanted. Logan and Dooher won't win any friends with this strategy. Picking a new team ppl will give them time but if it's more of the same well then f**k that.

[Angelo]

Mchugh not to blame for our inability to kick the blame over the bar.

Meyler, Mcgeary and burns not up to county level.

Meyler and McGeary have been very good today.

Donaghy looks like a huge addition.

Mogan should have walked there if O'Neill's was a second yellow.

They've been shite. Take off the rose tinted glasses.

I'll tell you this much.

McGeary and Meyler did far, far more good things today than our two most established players in Donnelly and Harte.

[tyrone08]

Happy enough with that performance. Played 30 mins with a man down, none of our star forwards played, missed simple chances due to being a bit rusty and only lost by 2 point's. Should have been a 1 point loss as I have no idea why the ref blew it up when tyrone were so close to goal

[tyrone08]

Mchugh not to blame for our inability to kick the blame over the bar.

Meyler, Mcgeary and burns not up to county level.

Meyler and McGeary have been very good today.

Donaghy looks like a huge addition.

Mogan should have walked there if O'Neill's was a second yellow.

They've been shite. Take off the rose tinted glasses.

I'll tell you this much.

McGeary and Meyler did far, far more good things today than our two most established players in Donnelly and Harte.

I agree. What's with the hate of mcgeary. Played well enough today. His big issue is that he gets a rush of blood to head and always picks up silly yellow cards.

Mattie and Petey were passengers today.

[An Watcher]

After today you'd have to wonder how Donaghy wasn't a regular before

[Angelo]

Happy enough with that performance. Played 30 mins with a man down, none of our star forwards played, missed simple chances due to being a bit rusty and only lost by 2 point's. Should have been a 1 point loss as I have no idea why the ref blew it up when tyrone were so close to goal

I'd agree with that.

The negatives I'd have today:

Our shooting was very wasteful in that second half
We switch off as soon as the ball goes dead and Donegal were up the field in a split second
Discipline wasn't good, we had a few frees brought forward for yapping and O'Neill's first yellow was very silly
Midfield is a huge worry, struggle to understand how Burns saw the game out
The performances of Donnelly, Harte and McKenna


Was also interesting that McCurry and Rafferty didn't get on - were arguably our two best players last year.

Donaghy was superb, showed real leadership - demanding the ball and hit some serious scores. Hampsey also looked back to his best and McGeary and Meyler look like players playing with a lot more confidence and freedom now.

[Angelo]

Mattie and Petey were passengers today.

It was clear that we were playing much more direct today and Donnelly and Harte didn't look comfortable with it. It's hard to know where they are going to fit in. Will probably see Donnelly at midfield I think from here on but he slows the game down too much at times.

Harte just looks like a player very low on confidence, I'm a big fan of his but I don't think he justifies his place now and probably could do with a spell on the bench.

[smort]

Some posters would need to calm down. Think you have to be happy with the effort and performance of a lot of players. Decent first showing

[tyrone08]

Happy enough with that performance. Played 30 mins with a man down, none of our star forwards played, missed simple chances due to being a bit rusty and only lost by 2 point's. Should have been a 1 point loss as I have no idea why the ref blew it up when tyrone were so close to goal

I'd agree with that.

The negatives I'd have today:

Our shooting was very wasteful in that second half
We switch off as soon as the ball goes dead and Donegal were up the field in a split second
Discipline wasn't good, we had a few frees brought forward for yapping and O'Neill's first yellow was very silly
Midfield is a huge worry, struggle to understand how Burns saw the game out
The performances of Donnelly, Harte and McKenna


Was also interesting that McCurry and Rafferty didn't get on - were arguably our two best players last year.

Donaghy was superb, showed real leadership - demanding the ball and hit some serious scores. Hampsey also looked back to his best and McGeary and Meyler look like players playing with a lot more confidence and freedom now.

Yeah I don't think burns is up to it. I wonder how much of todays play or lack of subs was due to not wanting to show too much too soon. Of course I could be over thinking it but I reckon tyrone will be happier than Donegal.

What major changes can Donegal make compared to Tyrone the next time they meet. This was a seasoned Donegal team with majority of first team on show and they beat a limited tyrone team by 2 points

[HokeyPokey]

Not great. Not terrible. Definitely should have won that.

The missed chances and the porous defense were the big issues. Probably too much pressing and gung-ho attacking.

I don't see the big issues some are taking with Meyler and McGeary. They were very good today. It's not as if teams play with 6 backs, 2 mf, 2 forwards. They get up and down the field and are decent on the ball. Their shooting wasn't great. Burns was pretty bad. McKenna looked rusty too. Harte and Donnelly mostly anonymous.

Donaghy looks like a great addition, to show such confidence and composure on his first game is VERY impressive. There is for once a serious range of different options in the forwards. The squad on paper looks strong aside from at midfield.

It's the first game, so can't expect them to be firing on all cylinders. A decent showing anyway.