USFC Final 2010, Clones, Sunday 18th July: Tír Eoghain vs Muineachán

[up tyrone]

Any word on the injury front?

I presume a clean bill of health apart from  SON and Cass?

Hopefully SON is fit enough to be used as a sub at the least.

Gotta wonder whay he wasn't using mouldies on that casement pitch? (unless they were the screw in type)

Son never trained at the weekend so i would assume he`s not going to make it unless he does a lazarus act,everybody else fit apart from cassidy.

[Maguire01]

Any word on who is referee for the game? Hopefully not a Louth man.

David Coldrick - Meath
That's Monaghan screwed then!

[Bensars]

Any word on who is referee for the game? Hopefully not a Louth man.

David Coldrick - Meath
That's Monaghan screwed then!

The conspiracy theorists will love that !

[Main Street]

I expect Banty to state that Monaghan fear nothing from Coldrick, that we go into this game with proper due respect for the appointed referee and we aim to win this game by playing the game fairly and squarely.

[Gaffer]

I expect Banty to state that Monaghan fear nothing from Coldrick, that we go into this game with proper due respect for the appointed referee and we aim to win this game by playing the game fairly and squarely.

and that his boys will empty the tank out there

[Main Street]

These days, we don't have to empty the tank.

[Gaffer]

These days, we don't have to empty the tank.

Not in the first two rounds you didn t. Sunday'll be another matter

[Main Street]

Hang on a second, let me find it, rewind.

"We don't fear anybody, we have full respect for Armagh Fermanagh Tyrone, but we are supremely confident in our ability."

[Fuzzman]

I for one fear Monaghan and will pay them the respect they now deserve
Its' a weird and maybe condescending thing to say but its been a while since I've went to a game feeling like this.

I think you could even see a draw with the Meath ref having a tough game on his hands.

I see its a 2pm throw in and with the minors at 12 it could be an early start
Still, the wife doesn't need to know I'll be home early,

[Main Street]

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Monaghan are the form team, Harte insists

Mickey Harte admits Monaghan's impressive form is a big concern to him ahead of Sunday's Ulster SFC final.

The Farney County have crushed Armagh and Fermanagh in their last two outings and Harte accepts that they have played a lot better than Tyrone have in reaching the decider.

"If you're looking at current form, they are the form team of the championship so far as they games they've played, they've coasted through them," the Tyrone manager said in the Irish News.

"In any province, nobody has shown as much quality and as much ability to be ahead of their opponents, so that's where they're coming from. We understand that, but we're not low in confidence either. We have a good side, we have a lot of experience.

"We mightn't have had the prettiest of victories, but to me it's not about pretty at this tage, it's about actually getting the victory. We have our two victories as well and this is the one that counts now."

He continued: "They (Monaghan) have been the most impressive side, with the scores they racked up, and the new people coming in and giving them a sort of a new angle that probably wasn't there a couple of years ago, as well as the experience of those who were there.

"So probably their mix is more potent than it would have been to date, so that's something we have to understand and try to contend with. We'll do our best to do that. We'll keep our eyes open and see what we can see."

[Tyrone Dreamer]

A tough game lies ahead for Tyrone but thats what you want at this stage of the season. Should know better after this weekend if the team are capable of stepping it up and not just playing for spells in games. That's been the big problem over the last two years.

Assuming O'Neill doesn't start I'd guess Brian McGuigan will come in with Cavanagh at full forward. Both Swift and Peter Harte could come under pressure to start. Harte's best chance may be in the forwards with Joe McMahon in defence. If McMenamin is fit he could claim a starting spot. Any word of who's been going well in training?

[omagh_gael]

FOSB any chance you can post up the article with Paul Grimley in today's IN? Thought it was quite interesting in that it was absent of the usual pre match cliches that are bandied about around this time. He appears to be refreshing in his honesty and calls a spade a spade.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Sorry omagh_gael, the Irish News don't have their 'save page as a PDF' currently enabled (currently greyed out), can only be saved as the JPEG -- no good for here (took the above from Hoganstand).

[Maguire01]

Sorry omagh_gael, the Irish News don't have their 'save page as a PDF' currently enabled (currently greyed out), can only be saved as the JPEG -- no good for here (took the above from Hoganstand).

Which was better than the version in the IN which repeated the same thing about 5 times to fill the back page!