Tyrone don't play fair

[saffron sam2]

Whilst this thread was obviously started as a wind-up, I would like to make the following serious point.

As the Tyrone - Mayo league game neared its conclusion and the Tyrone player (can't remember who) was cynically pulled down around mid-field, closely followed by the Joe McMahon incident, I couldn't help but think that the blue-shirted O'Mahony had learned from Mickey Harte.

[BennyHarp]

Whilst this thread was obviously started as a wind-up, I would like to make the following serious point.

As the Tyrone - Mayo league game neared its conclusion and the Tyrone player (can't remember who) was cynically pulled down around mid-field, closely followed by the Joe McMahon incident, I couldn't help but think that the blue-shirted O'Mahony had learned from Mickey Harte.

You may be correct - but i think it is pure nonsense to suggest (like some people are inferring on this thread) that this sort of cynical play started in 2003 when Mickey Harte took over the Tyrone job!

All counties have their fair share of people who bend the rules - Tyrone have just been in the public eye a bit more in recent years and been successful after years in the doldrums. So people immediately point the figure at cynicism for the reason for that success rather than admit that we actually have been blessed with some damn good footballers.

[Zapatista]

Whilst this thread was obviously started as a wind-up, I would like to make the following serious point.

As the Tyrone - Mayo league game neared its conclusion and the Tyrone player (can't remember who) was cynically pulled down around mid-field, closely followed by the Joe McMahon incident, I couldn't help but think that the blue-shirted O'Mahony had learned from Mickey Harte.

Ye don't give him much credit do you?

[saffron sam2]

Whilst this thread was obviously started as a wind-up, I would like to make the following serious point.

As the Tyrone - Mayo league game neared its conclusion and the Tyrone player (can't remember who) was cynically pulled down around mid-field, closely followed by the Joe McMahon incident, I couldn't help but think that the blue-shirted O'Mahony had learned from Mickey Harte.

You may be correct - but i think it is pure nonsense to suggest (like some people are inferring on this thread) that this sort of cynical play started in 2003 when Mickey Harte took over the Tyrone job!

All counties have their fair share of people who bend the rules - Tyrone have just been in the public eye a bit more in recent years and been successful after years in the doldrums. So people immediately point the figure at cynicism for the reason for that success rather than admit that we actually have been blessed with some damn good footballers.

In the main your post is correct, but IMHO Mickey Harte's Tyrone took cynicism to a new level, notwithstanding the fact that they have some of the finest footballers to have played the game in this or any other generation.

[Zapatista]

In the main your post is correct, but IMHO Mickey Harte's Tyrone took cynicism to a new level, notwithstanding the fact that they have some of the finest footballers to have played the game in this or any other generation.

I think this is the genius of Harte. He knew he had some of the finest footballers to have played the game and thought, how do I make their game better? Others would have been happy with the finest footballers ever to play the game but not Mickey Hart, he wanted more, and by gurra he got it.

[saffron sam2]

Whilst this thread was obviously started as a wind-up, I would like to make the following serious point.

As the Tyrone - Mayo league game neared its conclusion and the Tyrone player (can't remember who) was cynically pulled down around mid-field, closely followed by the Joe McMahon incident, I couldn't help but think that the blue-shirted O'Mahony had learned from Mickey Harte.

Ye don't give him much credit do you?

Not sure what you mean.

Both incidents are ones which you wouldn't normally have associated with earlier Mayo teams (naivety maybe) and both are identical to multiple incidents I have seen in games involving Tyrone. It is clear from these incidents that O'Mahony has added an extra edge to Mayo's game. It is also fair to assume that when looking to improve, you look at the best and that's what I assume O'Mahony is doing.

[saffron sam2]

In the main your post is correct, but IMHO Mickey Harte's Tyrone took cynicism to a new level, notwithstanding the fact that they have some of the finest footballers to have played the game in this or any other generation.

I think this is the genius of Harte. He knew he had some of the finest footballers to have played the game and thought, how do I make their game better? Others would have been happy with the finest footballers ever to play the game but not Mickey Hart, he wanted more, and by gurra he got it.

I would have said "How do I make them win things?" rather than "How do I make their game better?"

[Zapatista]

I would have said "How do I make them win things?" rather than "How do I make their game better?"

Ah you've been asking the wrong questions

[saffron sam2]

Whilst this thread was obviously started as a wind-up, I would like to make the following serious point.

As the Tyrone - Mayo league game neared its conclusion and the Tyrone player (can't remember who) was cynically pulled down around mid-field, closely followed by the Joe McMahon incident, I couldn't help but think that the blue-shirted O'Mahony had learned from Mickey Harte.

You may be correct - but i think it is pure nonsense to suggest (like some people are inferring on this thread) that this sort of cynical play started in 2003 when Mickey Harte took over the Tyrone job!

All counties have their fair share of people who bend the rules - Tyrone have just been in the public eye a bit more in recent years and been successful after years in the doldrums. So people immediately point the figure at cynicism for the reason for that success rather than admit that we actually have been blessed with some damn good footballers.

In the main your post is correct, but IMHO Mickey Harte's Tyrone took cynicism to a new level, notwithstanding the fact that they have some of the finest footballers to have played the game in this or any other generation.

Has Pádraic Joyce moved down the ladder?

Joyce has an individual approach. Tyrone's is an ethos.

[under the bar]

Better winning at 1 code than failing miserably at 2 then saffron sam?