Tír Eoghain vs Cill Dara NFL 2008

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

With the competitive pre-NFL games now finished for Tyrone, any ideas on a team for this game on the 2nd February?

My stab:

1. J Devine
2. PJ Quinn
3. C Mc Carron
4. M Swift
5. D Carlin
6. C Gormley
7. P Jordan
8. C Holmes
9. S Cavanagh
10. E Mc Ginley
11. R Mulgrew
12. C Cavanagh
13. A Mc Carron
14. T Mc Guigan
15. S (Snowy) O'Neill

MH won't want to take too many chances in this game, but will want to blood as many as is 'safely' possible.

[orangeman]

Is Mulligan not in the frame at this stage ?

[ONeill]

That's a very inexperienced FB line. Ricey and McGee out? Both need game time.

[Muzz]

I think we all know what mulligan is capable off and hes more a big match player.  Come championship I think we will see Mulligan feature but in the mean time I would like to see the NFL as more experimenting.  Love to see that full back line and see how they will cope with competitive games.  The only concern I have is the experienced mentor for these guys.  PJ Quinn looked great today getting forward.  

[orangeman]

PJ Quinn was very good going forward but what we need in the full back line are markers who can do a job on the opposition. Going forward is all very well but we saw last year that we need people who can cancel out the big names.

[ONeill]

I'd like come SFC time (radical)

1. Pascal
2. Gourley
3. Gormley
4. McGee
5. Harte
6. Ricey
7. Jordan
8. Cavanagh
9. Hughes
10. Dooher
11. Mulgrew
12. McGinley
13. T McGuigan
14. St O'Neill
15. Mugsy

During the NFL, I'd like to see MH experimenting with Block at FB, Ricey at CHB, Mulgrew at CHF, Mellon at no. 5, Colm Cavanagh at MF, McCarron at FB as well.

[Puckoon]

youd still get beaten

[Dinny Breen]

Little old me against the 674 Tyrone Posters on this thread......

Kildare will win and win easy......

[imtommygunn]

What about the university players?

I'd have thought McCaul and Colm Kavanagh would have made that team too. Potentially Boggs too.

[Puckoon]

Little old me against the 674 Tyrone Posters on this thread......

Kildare will win and win easy......

I doubt you are alone Dinny!

[ardmhachaabu]

Little old me against the 674 Tyrone Posters on this thread......

Kildare will win and win easy......

I doubt you are alone Dinny!

He's not

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

That's a very inexperienced FB line. Ricey and McGee out? Both need game time.

True ONeill, the subs would need to be on hot standby. It's do-or-die for that trio, the making or breaking.

[Redhandfan]

With the competitive pre-NFL games now finished for Tyrone, any ideas on a team for this game on the 2nd February?

My stab:

1. J Devine
2. PJ Quinn
3. C Mc Carron
4. M Swift
5. D Carlin
6. C Gormley
7. P Jordan
8. C Holmes
9. S Cavanagh
10. E Mc Ginley
11. R Mulgrew
12. C Cavanagh
13. A Mc Carron
14. T Mc Guigan
15. S (Snowy) O'Neill

MH won't want to take too many chances in this game, but will want to blood as many as is 'safely' possible.

That's not a bad selection, FOSB.  Based on what I saw in the McKenna Cup, there are just a few changes I would make to that side for the opening NFL game.  Swift is a fine defender but he blotted his copybook for me today, so I would give UUJ's Damien McCaul the nod ahead of him at number 4.  Davy Harte is also more dependable in defence than Carlin, who is great going forward but not so good when put on the back foot.  (Those changes won't make me very popular with the good folk of Killyclogher!!).  Unfortunately, it appears that Sean may not be quite ready to come back for the start of the NFL, so who better to take his place at midfield than his brother Colm!

For what it is worth, here is my team for the Kildare match:

1) Pascal McConnell
2) PJ Quinn
3) Cathal McCarron
4) Damien McCaul
5) Davy Harte
6) Conor Gormley
7) Philly Jordan
Enda McGinley
9) Colm Cavanagh
10) Raymond Mulgrew
11) Tommy McGuigan
12) Ryan Mellon
13) Colm McCullagh
14) Shaun O'Neill
15) Owen Mulligan

Subs - J Devine, R McMenamin, M Swift, M McGee, D Carlin, B Boggs, C Holmes, Kevin Hughes, C McCarron (Omagh), P Rouse, A McCarron, Ciaran Donnelly (Brocagh).  

Any update on the fitness of the McMahon brothers, Joe and Justin?  

[tyroneman]

Don't think you can have too many new faces in for opener in the NFL

Assuming we will be without Sean Cav, Dooher, SON, Joe McMahon

                                         Devine

PJ Quinn                           C McCarron                         Carlin

Ricey                                 Block                              Model

                         Colm Cavanagh              Hub

Enda                                 Mulgrew                          Tommy

Mugsy                                Snowy                           McCullogh




what's the latest on Niall Gormley?

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Don't think you can have too many new faces in for opener in the NFL

Wouldn't be quite so sure tyroneman, I'd be more of the opinion that you begin with the greatest number (no dispect to Kildare), then whittle them down and introduce the more established players as it progresses. We'll certainly need a critical mass of the big guns, the question is how many. Niall Gormley'd be worth a run out too.