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Same Oul Town

I actually only stumbled across Same Oul Town last week. It's a great song.

The version with the RTE Concert Orchestra is brilliant.

What way is the relegation/promotion working this year?

Just Checked:

 In Division 2 the bottom placed team teams (excluding the 2027 Intermediate
Championship winners) will be relegated to Division 3 for 2027.
A playoff will take place between teams finishing second from bottom and third from
bottom (excluding the 2026 Intermediate Championship winners), with the third from
bottom team playing at home.
The winners of that match will play in Division 2, while the losers will play in Division 3 in
2027.

This then means no playoff for Div 3 team on the way up?

I think that's right. No play offs in Div Two or three to go up. Howver div 3A has a 4 team play off.

I think the lack of play offs and jeopardy will take the great edge that Tyrone football has away.

Do GAA plus show the games in full at any stage this week or where can they be watched back?

No. The tapes go via Shannon to Hangar 51.

Jokes aside If you have GAA+ then you have access to replays for a while. Or pay €15 should work

https://www.gaaplus.ie/payment/PC15-26-F-AIQF2

Thanks sir

Do GAA plus show the games in full at any stage this week or where can they be watched back?

Who is managing Naomh Eoghan this year? Is it still Stevie McHugh?

I think it's Eamon Kavanagh of Errigal?

Has anyone seen correspondence from the county board about what is to happen if minors win tonight combined with the win/loss scenario of seniors on sunday?

Tyrone minors play next Friday, hence the Thursday round of fixtures across the board next week.

From what I've heard - if Tyrone win this Sunday - double game week next Thursday & Sunday.

If Tyrone lose this Sunday - double game week next Thursday and either Sat/Sun - opposite day of whichever Tyrone play.

I'm guessing it'll be Thurs/ Sun or Thurs/ Mon.

Can't see a scenario where it'll be Thurs/ Saturday.

Mcallister or Speed must be close

Nope

He played for both Villa and Birmingham

Tiago Silva?

So I guess that's the start of the intermediate and senior leagues pushed back again. A shambles really.

Is there anything from preventing clubs looking into to playing games if both are in agreement? The back end of the league is going to be a mess.

Why? GAA master fixture plan is the final fixed for next Weds.

CCC have indicated this all year so that games start Fri week?

What's changed?

When do reserve fixtures begin? Is it linked to the u20s?

Tomorrow week I hear.

The U20 competition needs a total revamp and that is even with Tyrone benefitting from the system in the last 2 seasons.

U20/21 was always straight KO up until starting 2024 seasons (I think I am correct)

Tyrone won it in 2022 and were beat in 2023 in first round by Down but no second chance.

There possibly was an argument for a back door system to allow a second game but to change the system to this one now is laughable. A group stage to get to 1/4 then semi then final !!

Unbelievable to be honest.

Did Tyrone lose in group stage in 2024?

I know they did last year but ended up wining the AI....

It has served us well admittedly but if it was straight KO or 1 back door game then arguably our club leagues could maybe start earlier

The U20 competition is far too prolonged and drawn out in my opinion

Mentioned this before. This is the stuff that clubs need to push back on.

This is why calendars are being squeezed, burn out etc

Does any of our statistician have a list of the years each club had their last county representative?
I am looking at clubs like Beragh, Gortin, Kildress who have been mainly Intermediate with stints in senior and cant think of their last representative. Alot of Junior clubs also like Brocagh, Derrytresk, etc.

Could this be a factor in the lack of support? Some clubs feel cut off and not represented.

I've mentioned this a few months back when 'support' was the topic too.

Geographically not all areas represented eg North Tyrone has zero after having 3 or 4 for years.

Not sure about other counties but serious amount of club football played in Tyrone over the weekend with U14, minor, girls, boys, senior men etc. Im not sure other counties have as big of an affinity at club level. I know personally I went to 2 of our club games over the weekend so had no time, energy etc to want to head to Healy Pk as well, especially with TV access.

Just tuned in. Is Morgan dropped?

Any links ?   Can't find it

Meant to be on tg4 app but I can't see it.

Sperrin Gaels & Gleann na nÓg youth teams. what all clubs are involved there?

Sperrin Gaels is Clann Na nGael and Glenelly.

Gleann na nÓg is Augher and Clogher.

Beragh with 28 players at their collective gym sessions from 2/3 weeks prior to Christmas. Great turn out to say the least regarding their low population. Everyone buying in to it. Heard a few teams in the East have been running the roads together. That's the thing now with club football most players aren't going out to become better at football, its more that everyone is looking after themselves.

Can we really sit here and say thats a joke? Its not like teams are training on the pitch 2/3 nights a week like they will be soon. People on here are not with the times at all.

Collective training organised by the management team 5-6 months before the league starts is a joke, people wonder why so many young players are getting out of the game, it is unreasonable to expect players to make that kind of commitment to play club football. I have worked with a lot of so called top managers, most of them work on a minus 6 week rule, they get the players together 6 weeks before the date of the first game, that's not to say they don't advocate the players getting together 6-8 weeks before that to do gym and/or running sessions, so lets just say 3 months in total, but this carry on of getting collective training in place 5 months before a ball is kicked is a joke.
Hunger and enjoyment are 2 vital ingredients, you can't have hunger if you are doing it every week, enjoyment goes out of it when you are doing it every week, it becomes a chore, that's the last thing you want as a manager. Quality not quantity...most players nowadays are looking after themselves physically, so you're not starting off with men coming back 2-3 stone overweight like back in the day, when people realise that you have to have enjoyment and hunger, they'll see better results, only team that should be training collectively in Tyrone at the present is Clogher, fair play to them!

The last communication from the CB, as far as I know, is that with 7 starred games year a mid April start is possible. Minus 3 months and that's this week.

Part of the problem is that teams have no idea when Week One is.

County convention said season would start in May as clubs had no desire for change that would lead to an earlier start.

What changes would give an earlier start that aren't applicable for May?

Beragh with 28 players at their collective gym sessions from 2/3 weeks prior to Christmas. Great turn out to say the least regarding their low population. Everyone buying in to it. Heard a few teams in the East have been running the roads together. That's the thing now with club football most players aren't going out to become better at football, its more that everyone is looking after themselves.

Can we really sit here and say thats a joke? Its not like teams are training on the pitch 2/3 nights a week like they will be soon. People on here are not with the times at all.

Collective training organised by the management team 5-6 months before the league starts is a joke, people wonder why so many young players are getting out of the game, it is unreasonable to expect players to make that kind of commitment to play club football. I have worked with a lot of so called top managers, most of them work on a minus 6 week rule, they get the players together 6 weeks before the date of the first game, that's not to say they don't advocate the players getting together 6-8 weeks before that to do gym and/or running sessions, so lets just say 3 months in total, but this carry on of getting collective training in place 5 months before a ball is kicked is a joke.
Hunger and enjoyment are 2 vital ingredients, you can't have hunger if you are doing it every week, enjoyment goes out of it when you are doing it every week, it becomes a chore, that's the last thing you want as a manager. Quality not quantity...most players nowadays are looking after themselves physically, so you're not starting off with men coming back 2-3 stone overweight like back in the day, when people realise that you have to have enjoyment and hunger, they'll see better results, only team that should be training collectively in Tyrone at the present is Clogher, fair play to them!

The last communication from the CB, as far as I know, is that with 7 starred games year a mid April start is possible. Minus 3 months and that's this week.

Part of the problem is that teams have no idea when Week One is.