USFC Final Antrim v Tyrone Clones 19th July

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Cavanagh gets MOTM. Had a great game. Hard to find a man to both match him in the air and have the legs to stick to him.

Paddy Cunningham gets the Frank McGuigan 11 point plate.

At least Paddy Cunningham showed up unlike Frank

Where would Frank have been today? 1984 team being paraded and it the Frank McGuigan final. Also two sons playing in an ulster final. Couldnt understand his absence.

Frank doesn't go to games where "no team gets bate".

A fierce narcissistic view point in my book...what could be more important to a man
than to watch two of his sons win Ulster medals regardless of his own hang ups

Almost as bizarre as selling an All Star award on ebay.

[Tyrones own]

Almost...

[tyroneStatto]

in the end it was a good result for both sides. a hammering was no good to either team going into the next game. from a tyrone point point of view dooher and o'neill were very poor today but dont forget that they will always play their best football in croke park. if meath win their outstanding game i think meath would be the best possible draw for tyrone in the 1/4 finals after the fiasco of 2 years ago.

[Archie Mitchell]

Yeah Tyrone won easy enough, but I dont like their tackics, never liked their tackics and never will like their tactics.

1) Antrim should have been awarded a couple of frees from where the landed after Tyrone took out the man after he played the ball.
2) All Tyrone players have perfected the falling down thing.
3) Whenever an opposing team score two points in a row, a Tyrone player will get seriously injured and need medical treatment thereby defusing the steam built up by the opponent.

Any examples of 2 and 3?. And with regards to 1 as the saying goes "Opinions are like a*s* holes - everybody has one"

3) About 15 minutes to go and Antrim after knocking over two or three points in a row to get within five I think and Ricey is struck down by a mysterious injury before the next kickout is taken. By the time he 'recovers' the Antrim chant and buzz has died down and their momentum is gone. Tyrone win the next kickout and the Antrim mini revival is dead.

Fairly unsporting but clever all the same. Don't blame Tyrone at all for these wee tricks, they're not the only team to pull them out when they need to.

Is the same incident which Ricey subsequently had to go off with an ankle injury?

[Donagh]

Seemed to me Tyrone "don't have the legs" anymore (to many miles hehe...).

[Archie Mitchell]

Any man (who saw it on tv) able to comment on the Dooher/Scullion collision in the first half where Scullion got booked? Looked to me that Dooher ran right at him (possible charging). I didn't have a great view of it, I must admit.

Definately wasnt charging and no malice in it at all from Scullion. Scullion went to push him off but missed his chest and got him on the chin instead.

[DennistheMenace]

Any man (who saw it on tv) able to comment on the Dooher/Scullion collision in the first half where Scullion got booked? Looked to me that Dooher ran right at him (possible charging). I didn't have a great view of it, I must admit.

Was a free to Tyrone hardstation, pushed two hands in Dooher's face, but you would think he had been shot.

[imtommygunn]

He pushed Dooher in the face... Not a striking action and I'm not sure he meant to go so high. Yellow no doubt.

I don't agree about the ref at all.

Two decisions I remember were a great help to Tyrone. Antrim down to 5 had possession. When antrim had some momentum second half he gave 2 key decisions against them - which were wrong - and led to Tyrone points which killed antrim's mini revival.

Niall McKeever should not have got a yellow when he did.

[Gold]

Yeah Tyrone won easy enough, but I dont like their tackics, never liked their tackics and never will like their tactics.

1) Antrim should have been awarded a couple of frees from where the landed after Tyrone took out the man after he played the ball.
2) All Tyrone players have perfected the falling down thing.
3) Whenever an opposing team score two points in a row, a Tyrone player will get seriously injured and need medical treatment thereby defusing the steam built up by the opponent.

Dooher lay down feigning injury at the start when Scullion got the yellow.

Ricey lay down as if shot by  a sniper after Antrim scored 2 in a row late on

sickening

[tyroneStatto]

Any man (who saw it on tv) able to comment on the Dooher/Scullion collision in the first half where Scullion got booked? Looked to me that Dooher ran right at him (possible charging). I didn't have a great view of it, I must admit.

just watched it on sky plus. scullion could have seen red tbh.

btw thanks for recommending oneills in liverpool last week - good spot.

[DennistheMenace]

Scullion could have seen red for that ?? Wise up, not a chance.

[Minder]

Any man (who saw it on tv) able to comment on the Dooher/Scullion collision in the first half where Scullion got booked? Looked to me that Dooher ran right at him (possible charging). I didn't have a great view of it, I must admit.

Was a free to Tyrone hardstation, pushed two hands in Dooher's face, but you would think he had been shot.

Par for the course for Dooher unfortunately

[Tyrones own]

What was Ricey mouthing to McKeever about, in the first half? Ref told him to stop, he continued and got a yellow. Didn't see any altercation between the two.

Probably if ye see thon Hardstation Ballix later tell him to stop whining over spilt milk and move on to next weekend!

[Minder]

What was Ricey mouthing to McKeever about, in the first half? Ref told him to stop, he continued and got a yellow. Didn't see any altercation between the two.

Im not sure McMenamin needs an "altercation" to get at the slabbering.

[Donagh]

Sure what else would you expect from Tyrone? They can get by at the moment with their experience and guile and I doubt there's anyone in the country to match them at the moment but from what I witnessed today - they've peaked - and more fool Mickey for not introducing more of the young lads before now.