Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[bigpackiechestout]

Right then!!
Who wants to meet up on the Sat night in Galway city?

What surprises will we see in Mickey's starting team tomorrow night?

Is this the season LB finally gets his chance to shine or has Mulgrew passed him out?
Is Skeet ready to take over at FF from Sean? Will he be our main Free taker?

Get your new t shirts out for sat nights lads!!!

Hhhhhhhmmmmm..

Anyway, any team speculation?

My prediction is....

               Morgan

McCarron    McNamee   Hugh Pat

McCann   Hampsey   Harte

McNulty   McClure

M Donnelly   Sludden   F Burns

Bradley   McAliskey   O'Neill

[Fuzzman]

Not bad Packie

I've a feeling he's gonna go for a lot of youth so I'm expecting he will want Morgan for the Dubs so he might go with

                 ONeill

Rory Bren   Hampsey  Cassidy

McCann      Mattie      Harte

           McCann McClure


McGeary      Sludden      Frank Burns

Lee Bren     McAliskey    Bradley


SoN 1st sub

[southtyronegael]

was the tyrone team not named tonight?

[Il Bomber Destro]

was the tyrone team not named tonight?

Doesn't look like it. Usually on the Thursday night that it's named.

[Fuzzman]

Galway W.O.?

[bigpackiechestout]

Tyrone team named: 

N Morgan, M McKernan, R McNamee, HP McGeary; T McCann, P Hampsey, P Harte; M Donnelly, P McNulty; C McCann, N Sludden, K McGeary; D McCurry, C McShane, C McAliskey.

Big chance for McShane after a poor season with the county last year. His game time in the McKenna Cup seemed mainly to be at midfield so I wonder will he spend some time alternating with Mattie

[redhandofgod]

Conal McCann, McCurry and McShane all in front of Frank Burns?

[redhandefender]

Conal McCann, McCurry and McShane all in front of Frank Burns?

I would be fairly certain hes still experimenting and giving chances. He is hardly gonna pick his full championship side for the first game of the league

[The Bearded One]

Mickey Harte is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't! He can only name 15 players, if the same lads played every week you'd have the usual whingers on here saying x,y and z aren't being given a chance. He picks a team this week to face Galway, no doubt he has an idea of who he would like to see against Dublin...likely Frank Burns, DD, maybe Mark Bradley.

[redhandofgod]

I understand but surely Burns needs games and plenty of them. we have all seen enough of McCurry and McShane and they aren't going to cut it at the top level.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Is Burns still at UUJ? I know he wasn't playing with them in the McKenna Cup but Mickey rarely gives over his whole contingent.

[Tyrone Dreamer]

I understand but surely Burns needs games and plenty of them. we have all seen enough of McCurry and McShane and they aren't going to cut it at the top level.

McShane is a perfect of example of people not giving players a chance. He has been written of by some since he was 21 despite playing a leading role at midfield on an u21 all ireland team. He's strong, mobile and gets on the ball. His decision making isn't always the best but this is something that could improve as he goes on. From memory he didn't get that much game time last year at all and has done well in the McKenna Cup. At 23/24 he is well worth a few more chances to impress.

[Il Bomber Destro]

I understand but surely Burns needs games and plenty of them. we have all seen enough of McCurry and McShane and they aren't going to cut it at the top level.

I think McCurry has shown plenty at this level at various stages to prove he has it. It's very likely that he could end up Tyrone's all time top scorer in Championship.

He's still only 24 but is off the back of a couple of disappointing seasons. I hope he can start putting it back together this year again and I think he has a very good understanding with McAliskey.

[bigpackiechestout]

I understand but surely Burns needs games and plenty of them. we have all seen enough of McCurry and McShane and they aren't going to cut it at the top level.

McShane is a perfect of example of people not giving players a chance. He has been written of by some since he was 21 despite playing a leading role at midfield on an u21 all ireland team. He's strong, mobile and gets on the ball. His decision making isn't always the best but this is something that could improve as he goes on. From memory he didn't get that much game time last year at all and has done well in the McKenna Cup. At 23/24 he is well worth a few more chances to impress.

Entirely agree. If we were to persevere with McShane at full forward there's no reason why he couldn't develop into, for example, a better version of Eoghan O'Gara. If we were to revert to a more attacking style a player like this is essential for our host of smaller forwards to play off.

Also think McShane has plenty to offer further out the pitch in this era of the more mobile midfielder.

[southtyronegael]

Full backline has a better look to it. But again personel changes wont matter a jot if the system of play doesn't change.