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Daly taken off again today.

I don't know if this is supposed to slag Daly, but over the last 2/3 years he has done the most running and unsung work in the team. Everyone would love to score 4 points but not every man will pick up every free man on the break and from there

As a midfielder for one of the top clubs in the county, Daly rarely fields a ball from kick outs for the county
As a half forward he wins next to none breaking ball
He misses important scoring opportunities such as in the 1st minute v both Roscommon & Kerry.
His running back is lethargic & slow
Malachy O'Rourke's blind spot
Hopefully one of the wave of u20s coming through will displace him next season, such as Conor O'neill

The kick outs needs fixed,
Kennedy needs support in midfield. Man marked by 2 Louth midfielders today for the kick out & still won his share.
They did not have to mark Daly today as he does not want know about the ball in the thick of the action, no grit, too soft. doesn't chase back or win breaks.
After Kennedy, no plan B apart from  on occasion as in the Cavan game .. Kilpatrick on the touchline.
Kilpatrick did very well in patches against both Derry & Cavan but was 5 out of 10 today like many.
A 2nd midfielder, winning kick outs/ break ball is urgently needed. Do we have one?

The opposition kick out needs attention too. Not winning enough or making it difficult for the opposition often enough.

I thought Daly was good today and one of our better players. Won a few kick outs and scored a point. Tyrone do not have any other options at midfield at the moment and conn is way too inconsistent to be a guaranteed starter

Oguz not an option at midfield? Don't think he's a world beater or anything but would have him over Daly at that position

Would rather see Oguz.

The kick outs needs fixed,
Kennedy needs support in midfield. Man marked by 2 Louth midfielders today for the kick out & still won his share.
They did not have to mark Daly today as he does not want know about the ball in the thick of the action, no grit, too soft. doesn't chase back or win breaks.
After Kennedy, no plan B apart from  on occasion as in the Cavan game .. Kilpatrick on the touchline.
Kilpatrick did very well in patches against both Derry & Cavan but was 5 out of 10 today like many.
A 2nd midfielder, winning kick outs/ break ball is urgently needed. Do we have one?

The opposition kick out needs attention too. Not winning enough or making it difficult for the opposition often enough.

Thanks for the insights. Looked at ESB. Unfortunately it requires you to prove a residential address in The European Economic Area (EEA), which we up North are not anymore.

Revolut, despite having no branches, might be an option as there may be a workaround for euro cash deposits in the North I will investigate. Thanks

Has anyone from the North got any experience in opening a Euro bank account either in North or South? Need some insights on which bank could offer the following features I need:
Cash deposits
fee free
a debit card

I have no work or home address in South

Thanks

We won 57% of our own kickouts v Armagh (Armagh won 95% of their K outs)
We won 65% of our own kickouts v Donegal (DGL won 63% of their K outs)
We won 62% of our own kickouts v Mayo (Mayo won 75% of their K outs)


The biggest issue is we need to win more of the opposition k outs. as well as improve on our own K out win rate to say 70s. (Armagh 95% could be considered an outlier with the new rules)
Our best sector is on short kick outs where we won 27/29 over the 3 games. Maybe focus on a short K out strategy initially v Cavan.

A couple of decent wing half forwards would help. Daly & Donaghy not showing what is needed for the role over multiple games.

Clear as day to win with new rules a team needs:
1. A kickout strategy that works
2. Big mobile men up the middle
3. Good strong shooters
  with brains.

You might say what is new but look at Tyrone in that context

Tyrone fail on 1 ( winning between 30% and (at best) 50%. 66% min. Required Armagh have hit near 90% in some matches this year.

Are dodgy on 2. Middle
Teague good but inexperienced
Brennan anonymous (not the cordinator he might be)
Kennedy injured
Kilpatrick flaky
Donnelly does his best but age and speed against him now
Canavan brilliant moments but overall weak,small and takes fancy options too often.

And Weak on 3. Apart from MCCurry shot selection weak (and he hasn't been fed the he needs often enough) Few 40m+ shots worked 20m in from side line. Shooting lines bad.

To make best of what's available this team?
Morgan
Teague ( move up 2nd half Quinn)
Hampsey
Devlin
Meyler
McKiernan
Harte (O'Donnell)
Kennedy
Kilpatrick
McGeary (?)  (R Canavan - last chance)
McDonnell (McElhom)
McCurry
Donnelly
D Canavan

2 black cards - we got zero benefit as it was 12 v 12 in Kerry half as we tried to score whilst 3 tyrone defenders v 1 Kerry fwd all scratching their arse in other half. .. law of unintended consequences

I was behind the dugout.
Ball went over the sideline for a clear Dungannon line ball. L'rory sub jumped out of dugout, grabbed ball & threw it over dugout into crowd. Clarkes player was looking for a replacement ball & saw the L'rory bag of balls on the sideline & opened it to grab a ball. He was then jumped on by subs who threw the bag of balls into the dugout. Pile in started.

Game started very slowly but then just burst into life, great second half for the neutral. Every time the Clarkes came for loch they answered, loch even had a chance to level it. They'll be hard to console after that one, left everything on the pitch and fair play to them. Proving they'll be a force in years to come if McElhome stays.

Sort of a blessing in disguise that paul donaghy had to go off, with McKee coming on and getting the winning goal.

Donaghy hobbled off but had no issues when sprinting across the pitch to get stuck in to the melee, so the injury must not have been as bad as first thought.

Anyone at the game able to shed some light on what happened and what the loch sideline did? Was hard to catch it all on the tv and then the camera cut away. Seen one loch sub throw a dig I believe, which would be a lengthy suspension.

That Tyrone no 11 is a good footballer.

quality.would imagine being drafted into senior panel potential be best 11 since mcguigan.

I think u20 is too soon. Let him play a season of club football and him into set up next year. Class player.

#11 mcElholm is u20 again next season too

I found this from a couple of years back and was attempting to update it

83 Omagh
84
85 Coalisland
86 Shamrocks
87 Eglish
88 CastleDerg
89 Dungannon
90 Moortown
91 Coalisland
92 Dromore
93 Dungannon
94 Dungannon
95 Coalisland
96 Eglish
97 Eglish
98 Ardboe
99 Errigal
00 Coalisland
01 Clonoe
02 Killeeshil
03 Cookstown
04 Carmen
05 Errigal
06 Coalisland
07 Errigal
08 Ardboe
09 Omagh
10 Omagh
11 Naomh Mhuire
12 Ardboe
13 Ardboe
14 Moortown
15 Moortown
16 Carmen
17 Errigal
18 Errigal
19 Cappagh
20 Carrickmore /Omagh
21 Donaghmore
22 Donaghmore
23 Donaghmore

I couldn't find the result of the 2020 championship. The first game was a draw. Was it shared because of Covid?
Which years were u17?

Carrickmore beat omagh on penalties in 2020 final, played in 2021 I think

Think 2021 and 2022 were u17 seasons.

1984 Clarkes

Thanks. If I had to guess I would have said Coalisland as they put together 4-5 in a row u21's around that time.

Coalisland won 82, and Clarkes won 81

I found this from a couple of years back and was attempting to update it

83 Omagh
84
85 Coalisland
86 Shamrocks
87 Eglish
88 CastleDerg
89 Dungannon
90 Moortown
91 Coalisland
92 Dromore
93 Dungannon
94 Dungannon
95 Coalisland
96 Eglish
97 Eglish
98 Ardboe
99 Errigal
00 Coalisland
01 Clonoe
02 Killeeshil
03 Cookstown
04 Carmen
05 Errigal
06 Coalisland
07 Errigal
08 Ardboe
09 Omagh
10 Omagh
11 Naomh Mhuire
12 Ardboe
13 Ardboe
14 Moortown
15 Moortown
16 Carmen
17 Errigal
18 Errigal
19 Cappagh
20 Carrickmore /Omagh
21 Donaghmore
22 Donaghmore
23 Donaghmore

I couldn't find the result of the 2020 championship. The first game was a draw. Was it shared because of Covid?
Which years were u17?

Carrickmore beat omagh on penalties in 2020 final, played in 2021 I think

Think 2021 and 2022 were u17 seasons.

1984 Clarkes

Who is the Aidan Corr (Tyrone native) mentioned in the Irish News today who has 100+ appearances in the AFL down under. That's the same number as Conor McKenna but I never heard Corr mentioned before

Maybe he moved to Oz as a child - does anyone know?

Corr is a strong East Tyrone name

Born in Brockagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Corr emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of three

Thank you for that. Interesting to hear that

Will definitely look out for him in the future

https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2019/09/27/news/brocagh-born-aussies-rules-star-aidan-corr-going-for-grand-final-glory-on-afl-s-big-day-1723640/

agree its not loading

More BS from McEntee in his article "Will Tyrone make home advantage count in Healy Park, Omagh? It was once the most feared fortress in Ireland"

Do any of you recall Omagh ever been a fortress.. love to see the evidence. It's one of my biggest worries for the Monaghan game, having to play it in Omagh.

Canavan Peter
Connor Matt
Frank mcGuigan
Blaney Greg
Sheehy Mikey
Spillane Pat
Fitzgerald Maurice
Bradley Paddy
Keaveney Jimmy
Liston Eoin