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It seems like teams pull out all the stops when Fintona come to town, mainly bringing players out of retirement.

Drumragh - Shane Cleary
Tattyreagh - Colly Harkin
Stewartstown - Gareth Devlin

Just like they done against Drumragh and Tattyreagh, Fintona will deliver their third 'second retirement' of the championship and cruise through at their leisure.

[Peter]

Genuinely don't understand the fintona glaze. Their in the top 10 teams in Tyrone membership wise, have been lingering in around junior for the past 15+ years bar a short lived stint in intermediate in 2024. That's a seriously impressive level of underachievement

Had a look there and their Junior championship title in 2023 was the first trophy their seniors had won since 1978. There's no doubt they have a lot of potential after winning the G1 Minor league last year and now promotion back to Intermediate but a concern for them going forward in this campaign is that Colton has been well held now by both Urney and Drumragh.

I see how Fintona play as a rob Peter to pay Paul scenario (Pardon the pun). Paul being Mcgillion and the payment being 1 goal and 6 points.

Yous reckon plum and gortin should just join up at senior level, after that pisspoor season from both teams

We didn't have a bad season, assuming fintona win championship we will go up through second place. Anywhere giving odds for fintona to win junior all Ireland? Hearing they have key man Cormac Watson back from injury and starting to pick up form which of course should be a massive boost in their push for all Ireland

hate to tell ye but stewartstown are beating fintona in the final

It's hard to see, look at the turnover of players for stewartstown in last 3-4 years, the quality of the players lost since their junior all Ireland run hasn't been replaced. Fintona seem good, but it's hard to judge them until they come up against a strong junior team in the provincial series as Junior in Tyrone this year is overall very poor.

Is there a chance junior has just looked worse than previous years because fintona is so much further ahead?

No doubt Fintona are well ahead of the other teams. Glenelly finished 2nd in the league and will most likely piggy back up off a Fintona win. Their results in intermediate next year will more or less confirm the quality of the chasing pack. I would suspect they will get 15 tankings, and be back down to 3.

Glenelly will be eyeing up the likes of Kildress, but other than that, I'd say they lose every game, max two points, and straight back down again. Stewartstown would have given Division 2 a better go, but they couldn't get the job done on that fateful evening in Plumbridge.

2026 has the potential for the first div 3 div 2 double. Although, I think Pomeroy might have something to say about that.

2007, 2012, 2016, 2018 - All close but no cigar

Yous reckon plum and gortin should just join up at senior level, after that pisspoor season from both teams

We didn't have a bad season, assuming fintona win championship we will go up through second place. Anywhere giving odds for fintona to win junior all Ireland? Hearing they have key man Cormac Watson back from injury and starting to pick up form which of course should be a massive boost in their push for all Ireland

hate to tell ye but stewartstown are beating fintona in the final

It's hard to see, look at the turnover of players for stewartstown in last 3-4 years, the quality of the players lost since their junior all Ireland run hasn't been replaced. Fintona seem good, but it's hard to judge them until they come up against a strong junior team in the provincial series as Junior in Tyrone this year is overall very poor.

From what I saw from the stands, Fintona will win the Junior Championship at a canter. I had a flicker of hope when I saw Hegarty wasn't on Murphy, but that hope was short-lived. We were probably Fintona's biggest threat, and they still played us off the pitch.

That said, we had a few strange calls from management, starting men who hadn't kicked a ball all year, and strangest of all, the manager put himself on the bench. That felt like a real middle finger to the lads who put the shoulder to the wheel all year.

[Greencastle]

This weekends predictions.

Rock v Greencastle - Should be a tight affair but the concrete men to take it

Owen roes v cookstown - Owen Roes live off handy frees, if the Fr. Rocks can keep their discipline I think they have the beating of this Owen Roes side


Naomh eoghan v Aghyaran - Niamh & Eoghan one step closer to doing the double


Pomeroy v derrylaughan - Pomeroy through to the next round handy enough


Loughmacrory v Dungannon- The Lough will learn from their mistakes, steady the ship late on and get through comfortably


Relegation play off
Clogher v kildress - Kildress to put up more of a fight this week but won't stop the all Ireland finalists

Junior

Drumragh v Fintona - Man for man it's even out the field. This will come down to the full-forward and full-back pairings, and our full-forwards have too much. Mullin will get all the attention, leaving Murphy to do the damage. Hegarty had him well marshalled in the league, but he's only got cameo roles since so we might escape that matchup. Drumragh by a point or two.


Stewartstown v Errigal 3rd's - Stewartstown with another emphatic victory against another Division 3A side

Derrytresk v Castlederg - The Derg will pip the loughshore men on sunday and hit the beer until Wednesday


Tattyreagh v Brocagh - Nothing to see here, the Tats by 8+

[Edendork]

Edendork v Ardboe - Mccurry to shoot the lights out, A tight affair but Edendork to edge this one

Carmen v Dromore - Tie of the round. I have Carrickmore to scrape through it. Is this their year?

Trillick V Galbally - Business as usual for the Saint Macartans

Omagh v Moortown - Mortin to win so it is aye

Loughmacrory v Dungannon - The road to retention begins and I have them getting over the first hurdle

Coalisland v Clonoe - Draw written all over it but I say Clonoe by the minimum

Donaghmore v Eglish - Without Conductor Ethan Jordan, the Eglish steam train will finally come to a halt

Killyclogher v Errigal - Errigal lacking firepower this year, KC to take El Coffico

Championship Predictions

Senior
An Charraig Mhór

Intermediate
Cabhán an Chaorthainn

Junior
Druim Ráith