Tipp v Tyrone 18/07/15 Thurles

[AZOffaly]

No point in predicting who Mickey will name on Thursday as there'll be a couple of changes anyway. Is Clarke nearing fitness? Midfield still unsettled. By some accounts it's a strong area for Tipp.

Midfield is a strong area for Tipp, but both starting midfielders are injured. I don't think it's as strong as it could be.

[orangeman]

Tipp will be on a mission here to down Tyrone. If Tipp were to beat Tyrone the injection it would give Tipp football would be incredible.

I wonder will there be restrictions on accessing the changing rooms afterwards ?.

[AZOffaly]

Ye'll be togging out in Doctor Morris Park, and have to walk through a gauntlet of half broken hurleys to get to the back door of the Stand.

[blanketattack]

How many players from the u21 pukefest sledgefest will be playing?

[orangeman]

How many players from the u21 pukefest sledgefest will be playing?

Under 21s are banned from this fixture after a recent investigation by CCCCCC fuelled by a statement from Fergal Logan.

[tippabu]

How many players from the u21 pukefest sledgefest will be playing?

5 played v louth with 2 more off the bench, stephen o brien and ian fahy were both out injured

[rrhf]

This will be the game of the summer.

[Redhand Santa]

No point in predicting who Mickey will name on Thursday as there'll be a couple of changes anyway. Is Clarke nearing fitness? Midfield still unsettled. By some accounts it's a strong area for Tipp.

Saw Clarke about a month ago in a club game and he still looked good bit off full fitness. If could get him fit he'd be another decent option in a few positions. We seem very light for defensive cover in particular.

[Fuzzman]

Room booked in Hayes hotel. Very cheap.
Win, lose or abandoned it should be a good night in T-hurlers
Where's good to meet up for the night?
Are many of ye staying down?

[AZOffaly]

Colin O'Riordan has an U21 Hurling match tomorrow night against Limerick, so hopefully he comes through unscathed. Stephen O'Brien was not named on that team, so I'd say he's definitely out for Saturday.

[tippabu]

Any idea what sort of numbers will be travelling down for this, Tyrone usually bring good sized crowd to away qualifiers?

[Redhand Santa]

Would guess somewhere from 500 to 1000 tops. Given distance and current form of team definitely wouldn't be many more than that.

[tippabu]

Hard to know what support we'll have, the hardcore football support is small enough and with the munster final last weekend people mightnt bother due to costs, hopefully we'll get a sizable support like turned up for the kerry game

[BennyHarp]

Hard to know what support we'll have, the hardcore football support is small enough and with the munster final last weekend people mightnt bother due to costs, hopefully we'll get a sizable support like turned up for the kerry game

Given the relatively small crowd expected would it not have been better to play this at a smaller venue than Semple Stadium? At least to create an atmosphere. For those that are there it is a massive game with plenty of needle. It would be a shame if the atmosphere got lost with 4,000 or 5,000 in a stadium that holds 50,000.

[tippabu]

Hard to know what support we'll have, the hardcore football support is small enough and with the munster final last weekend people mightnt bother due to costs, hopefully we'll get a sizable support like turned up for the kerry game

Given the relatively small crowd expected would it not have been better to play this at a smaller venue than Semple Stadium? At least to create an atmosphere. For those that are there it is a massive game with plenty of needle. It would be a shame if the atmosphere got lost with 4,000 or 5,0000 in a stadium that holds 50,000.

clonmel would be the only other real option and we've a terrible record there and it's not up to scratch as a county venue. The fact the game is on sky too will surely hurt the attendance