Tyrone v Down - Sun 18th May, Omagh

[TabClear]

Exciting game but two poor teams to be honest. Both teams probablythink they should have won/held on.

Some of the referees decisions were dubious to say the least, for both sides. I don't think Monaghan will be too concerned by anything they saw tonight.

[Main Street]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

I hope Big Sean posts the picture up on the internet, of that grievous wound inflicted on his body by pint size Laverty. I'd say the bruise must be pure black by now.

[charlieTully]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

Very poor from a Tyrone perspective. The changes failed to improve the defence from the league and reduced the attacking capabilties of the team. Down were rotten for about 55 minutes and yet they should have won the game.

[our_fella]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

[J OGorman]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

Take your oil our fella, takes a certain kinda person to call some one a rat behind a fake name

Super 2nd half the day after a lack lustre first. Bit of drama, some great scores in the lashing rain and the usual few dives from the Tyrone men...The championship is back!

Benny the man of the match.  Was sublime when he came on in the 2nd half. Was a calming influence and started so many of the attacks inc a super score out on the left.

PS..The diving lark has to be cut from the game immediately.

[muppet]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

Take your oil our fella, takes a certain kinda person to call some one a rat behind a fake name

Super 2nd half the day after a lack lustre first. Bit of drama, some great scores in the lashing rain and the usual few dives from the Tyrone men...The championship is back!

Benny the man of the match.  Was sublime when he came on in the 2nd half. Was a calming influence and started so many of the attacks inc a super score out on the left.

PS..The diving lark has to be cut from the game immediately.

We could introduce a rule whereby if you dive you get a pink card, after which you are carried off and have to stay in the stretcher for 10 minutes before being allowed back on.

[BarryBreensBandage]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

Take your oil our fella, takes a certain kinda person to call some one a rat behind a fake name

Super 2nd half the day after a lack lustre first. Bit of drama, some great scores in the lashing rain and the usual few dives from the Tyrone men...The championship is back!

Benny the man of the match.  Was sublime when he came on in the 2nd half. Was a calming influence and started so many of the attacks inc a super score out on the left.

PS..The diving lark has to be cut from the game immediately.

Benny should have been playing at midfield for the past fifteen years for Down. It is where he made his name as a minor and he had become fairly redundant up front over the past few years. People may say he wasn't fit enough, but I think today shows us what we have missed with him being constantly played out of position.

[CD]

Just in from the game - absolutely saturated right down to the socks. Having played on the Omagh pitch quite a few times I know from experience that it is a really greasy surface on a day like today. Down really struggled with that in the first half and were continually losing the ball in the tackle quite cheaply. Tyrone were unbelievably wasteful in the first half and should have been going in at half-time with a 10 point advantage.

Some of the posters on here clearly have a jaundiced view of the game for whatever reason. I agree that the referee was a bit inconsistent and he did let a few things go, but the surface was treacherous and if he blew up everything the game would have been horrendous. I was huddled in the terrace just beside the Cavanagh incident in the last minute - while he made a meal of the final contact - no doubt about that at all, he was hauled, tugged and impeded for 20 seconds right under the referee's nose prior to the award and the referee was actually shouting at the Down defender prior to awarding the free - did any of you who so clearly saw Cavanagh 'cheat' notice that the Down defenders didn't contest the decision?

A really gutsy second half performance from Down but they were horrendous for longer than Tyrone were abysmal. Two teams who won't make an impact in the latter stages of the 2014 AI!

[blewuporstuffed]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

Take your oil our fella, takes a certain kinda person to call some one a rat behind a fake name

Super 2nd half the day after a lack lustre first. Bit of drama, some great scores in the lashing rain and the usual few dives from the Tyrone men...The championship is back!

Benny the man of the match.  Was sublime when he came on in the 2nd half. Was a calming influence and started so many of the attacks inc a super score out on the left.

PS..The diving lark has to be cut from the game immediately.

As bad as cavanagh was , laverty was every bit as bad if not worse.
Like I said months ago, the black card encourages players to go to ground.but yet the most obvious black card offence of the day, the tyrone penalty, and the ref gives nothing.

[tyronefan]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

Take your oil our fella, takes a certain kinda person to call some one a rat behind a fake name

Super 2nd half the day after a lack lustre first. Bit of drama, some great scores in the lashing rain and the usual few dives from the Tyrone men...The championship is back!

Benny the man of the match.  Was sublime when he came on in the 2nd half. Was a calming influence and started so many of the attacks inc a super score out on the left.

PS..The diving lark has to be cut from the game immediately.

As bad as cavanagh was , laverty was every bit as bad if not worse.
Like I said months ago, the black card encourages players to go to ground.but yet the most obvious black card offence of the day, the tyrone penalty, and the ref gives nothing.

I was thinking that as well. Firstly he should have played advantage but went he did blow up for the penalty I was sure that the Down player would have gotten the black card. Is that not the same thing that Brolly nearly had a heart attack for last year over.

[J OGorman]

Cavanagh got a belt in the first half and went don't like he was having some sort of seizure only to jump up and run off without a bother 30 s later. His reputation as a great player in danger of being replaced by his reputation of being a cheat.

In fairness, he got a serious fist in the ribs from that wee rat laverty.

were you cheering on tyrone today? you are the f**king rat.

Who says i was cheering on anybody? Hope somebody absolutely mills him in replay.. No more diving for him.

Take your oil our fella, takes a certain kinda person to call some one a rat behind a fake name

Super 2nd half the day after a lack lustre first. Bit of drama, some great scores in the lashing rain and the usual few dives from the Tyrone men...The championship is back!

Benny the man of the match.  Was sublime when he came on in the 2nd half. Was a calming influence and started so many of the attacks inc a super score out on the left.

PS..The diving lark has to be cut from the game immediately.

As bad as cavanagh was , laverty was every bit as bad if not worse.
Like I said months ago, the black card encourages players to go to ground.but yet the most obvious black card offence of the day, the tyrone penalty, and the ref gives nothing.

I was thinking that as well. Firstly he should have played advantage but went he did blow up for the penalty I was sure that the Down player would have gotten the black card. Is that not the same thing that Brolly nearly had a heart attack for last year over.

The tackle on Donnelly was a blatant black card

Muppet. .just checked the rule book. No pink card as yet. Could be a runner. Maybe make the offending diver wear a tutu for the remainder of their teams run in the championship. 

[tyroneman]

What time is the replay? Do the GAA have enough sense to make it 5pm?

[J OGorman]

What time is the replay? Do the GAA have enough sense to make it 5pm?

Will it be on the TV?

[southdown]

A reality check for a few Tyrone posters on here after some of the tripe that has been written on here about Down.  Should have won in the end.