Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

Looking at the incident on the Sunday Game it just looks like a badly timed challenge.  A guy of his experience should know better but we need to cut him some slack at the same time.  Think we can have sone complaints about gough as well.  Clothes line from galway player n then Morgan gets black carded!!

The truth is somewhere between "banishing" him and "cutting him some slack". It's more than badly timed, it's a ridiculous challenge which pretty much ended our hopes yesterday and undermined what went on to be a very good team effort in tough circumstances. I would hope the management make clear to Frank Burns that what he did was totally unacceptable and cannot be repeated. I'd have a word in the ear of Kennedy too, another who is a good player but prone to daft challenges. As a team there are lessons to be learned here.

There was a lot to admire about Tyrone yesterday. The situation at 0-7 to 0-3 against a good team and a man down looked dire yet they ended up within a score at the end. But the discipline must improve or we'll do nothing. Too easy to blame Gough as well. Yes he made a string of increasingly erratic calls but the players have to be much smarter.

[sam03/05]

Thought they played well yesterday - it was a big effort with 13/14 men
Could have been much tighter but for a few dubious decisions from Gough - they could have had frees and then Galway  broke and got free at the other end, which brought Galway a couple of points clear

[Fuzzman]

Looks to me the management want to bring in a good few of the U20 lads from last year's winning team.
I suppose they see more hunger or hard work from the younger lads.
McKenna gone, huge drop off in performance from McGeary, Sludden, McShane, ONeill and I suppose you'd say Burns too.
Harte and Mattie played quite well yesterday but it looks like we don't really play half forwards any more and Mattie spends most of the time in defence as does ONeill.
I keep asking myself are they trying to not show their hand or try out new players.
At least yesterday we showed a bit of bite, work rate and didn't concede any goals.
Canavan didn't score from play and didn't look as lively as he did v Monaghan.
Oguz found it tough going against McDaid but hopefully it's a bit more open at home to Armagh who will feel they could even top the group now having Galway in a neutral venue.

[The Coddfather]

Benny gallen has been given the boot from the Tyrone panel after playing 60 mins in midfield vs Derrylaughan on Friday.

[NotedObserver]

Benny gallen has been given the boot from the Tyrone panel after playing 60 mins in midfield vs Derrylaughan on Friday.

The dropouts got to have something to say about the camp surely.

[square_ball]

Benny gallen has been given the boot from the Tyrone panel after playing 60 mins in midfield vs Derrylaughan on Friday.

Did we have a back up keeper in Galway then or was it Petey Harte?

[omagh_gael]

Surely there was a back up keeper, I'd say they put Petey in as they didn't want to use up a sub at that stage. Especially being down to 14 and likely to need to freshen up later in 2md half.

[square_ball]

Oh yeah definitely would have been stupid to use up a sub for that 10 minutes but just wondering did we get someone in last minute to cover for Gallen. I had heard on Saturday morning that he played v Derrylaughan.

[GlenMan]

Oh yeah definitely would have been stupid to use up a sub for that 10 minutes but just wondering did we get someone in last minute to cover for Gallen. I had heard on Saturday morning that he played v Derrylaughan.

Lorcan Quinn is still in the squad. Has been injured until recently I believe

[sam03/05]

Lorcan Quinn was there. Makes more sense not to use up a sub and ride out the 10 mins just wasting time. Seems to be the thing to do

[Under Lights]

Whats your thoughts on axing Gallen from the panel for playing football? I've never been a fan of excluding players that dont make match day panels from club football, surly they would be better served getting some game time.

[square_ball]

I agree in theory with players not getting any game time with the county to play club but it would put the whole starred system up the left.

[GaelTheGael]

I agree in theory with players not getting any game time with the county to play club but it would put the whole starred system up the left.

We now have a situation where Liam Rafferty and Benny Gallens exits from the panel have put the starred system up the left as Galbally and Aghyaran are playing starred teams with their full quota of players.

[square_ball]

That it true and that's been happening for years as well. Didn't something like that happen with Clonoe players a few years ago I think? I'm in favour of lads getting football but it would require clubs accepting that sometimes it will go in their favour and sometimes it won't.

Eugene Brannigan must have got released by Down to have been able to carry out his little act of thuggery? Not sure what the policy is in Down.

[WT4E]

Owen roes goin to benefit too from starred games now I hear.