Tyrone County Football and Hurling

[Never beat the deeler]

View from this side of the world. Not much said really

https://www.afc.com.au/news/560551/mcshane-opts-to-stay-in-ireland

[BennyHarp]

Wonder well it be bad for morale???

Will players be envious of his deal?

Well the Transactions be worked similarly to Mickey's?

That's what I was thinking too.

Cathal should have just left, you can nearly hear the knives being sharpened by the usual nay sayers on here already. Maybe, just maybe Cathal had a look and decided the game wasn't for him?

I'm absolutely delighted he is staying, but I think this is a huge year for him, he will be a marked man, double and maybe treble at times. Things are going to be tough for him especially with this added media attention that the Aussie thing has added. He has had one outstanding season but to stay at that level is the mark of a truly great player. Can't wait.

[omaghjoe]

Great news!
Would say the major factor in his decision was the sunburn he got on the shoulders wearing thon sleeveless geansai

[Angelo]

Wonder well it be bad for morale???

Will players be envious of his deal?

Well the Transactions be worked similarly to Mickey's?

That's what I was thinking too.

Cathal should have just left, you can nearly hear the knives being sharpened by the usual nay sayers on here already. Maybe, just maybe Cathal had a look and decided the game wasn't for him?

I'm absolutely delighted he is staying, but I think this is a huge year for him, he will be a marked man, double and maybe treble at times. Things are going to be tough for him especially with this added media attention that the Aussie thing has added. He has had one outstanding season but to stay at that level is the mark of a truly great player. Can't wait.

I'm sure he will be getting close attention as our game plan is revolved around him. This is where other players will need to step up though. If McShane is taking up that kind of space and men then it should allow more space and time for our other attackers. I'd like to see us keep Harte or Donnelly in close to him in the coming season.

[tyroneman]

Great news that he's staying.

Yes, he will be a marked man, but then so are Clifford, Kilkenny, AoS etc - it's up to him to play as well as he can and the others to take advantage of any double marking.

If we could engineer McShane and Mattie as a consistent FF line that would present some problem to opposition backs

[BennyHarp]

Great news that he's staying.

Yes, he will be a marked man, but then so are Clifford, Kilkenny, AoS etc - it's up to him to play as well as he can and the others to take advantage of any double marking.

If we could engineer McShane and Mattie as a consistent FF line that would present some problem to opposition backs

With Bradley buzzing around them, then that's a proper handful for any defence.

[redhandefender]

Can't understand how anyone can be negative about this. A real boost. Having been to the last 2 games they needed something. If you've played football you knwo when your main guy turns out it lifts the team. The money things another issue.

He seems a modest fella so maybe so was maybe thinking about his future. Going away for 2 years and putting a career on hold to struggle with a game you have never played maybe wasn't for him.

Anyway glad hes back, hopefully we can get everyone back as soon as possible. Mcshane and bradley is an exciting prospect that mickey probably won't play infuriatingly

[Angelo]

Can't understand how anyone can be negative about this. A real boost. Having been to the last 2 games they needed something. If you've played football you knwo when your main guy turns out it lifts the team. The money things another issue.

He seems a modest fella so maybe so was maybe thinking about his future. Going away for 2 years and putting a career on hold to struggle with a game you have never played maybe wasn't for him.

Anyway glad hes back, hopefully we can get everyone back as soon as possible. Mcshane and bradley is an exciting prospect that mickey probably won't play infuriatingly

I think Bradley will be better off playing out a bit deeper, his best season for Tyrone came as a no. 11 in 2015. I'd prefer to see Harte and Donnelly playing inside with McShane and McCurry or Bradley playing a little bit deeper coming onto the ball and taking their scores.

We simply have to commit more men to support McShane inside this year. Be interesting to see what Harte now does with Burns, we have a plethora of good half back line options so will he continue to try and mould him in a ball winning inside forward to perhaps link up with McShane?

[GetOverTheBar]

Big call for McShane - don't think he would have made it in the AFL at Key Forward but it must have been a last minute change of heart.

[WT4E]

Can't understand how anyone can be negative about this. A real boost. Having been to the last 2 games they needed something. If you've played football you knwo when your main guy turns out it lifts the team. The money things another issue.

He seems a modest fella so maybe so was maybe thinking about his future. Going away for 2 years and putting a career on hold to struggle with a game you have never played maybe wasn't for him.

Anyway glad hes back, hopefully we can get everyone back as soon as possible. Mcshane and bradley is an exciting prospect that mickey probably won't play infuriatingly

LMFAO

[GaaFanatic123]

Fantastic news for Tyrone Gaa that Cathal has accepted the offer to stay,
The only problem is that I hope this wont have an effect on Conor McKenna now when he comes home, he's surely hold the County to Ransom aswel for a few incentives

[Angelo]

Fantastic news for Tyrone Gaa that Cathal has accepted the offer to stay,
The only problem is that I hope this wont have an effect on Conor McKenna now when he comes home, he's surely hold the County to Ransom aswel for a few incentives

I just hope McKenna comes home ASAP. You look at the likes of Pearce Hanley who could have been the difference between Mayo and an AI and he turns 32 this year and that ship looks to have sailed.

[twenty one yard free]

McShane will take the bad luck of the current forward line

McCurry and O Neill were bullied in Blayney,

Frank Burns a good player but not consistent

I think Kyle and McShane could be an excellent inside forward line

[omagh_gael]

Great to see Cathal back, perfect timing too as the game in Blayney was a real eye opener for me. We could have played on for half a day and we wouldn't have got near them. You could tell within 5 mins their back line had our forwards in their pockets.

Having Cathal back will not only provide a direct scoring boost but, more importantly imo, will allow the rest of our forward line a much better chance of making an impact. Frank Burns is a top top player but is not in the same league as Cathal in the FF role. Having Cathal in there will automatically cause and ask serious questions off the opposition. Monaghan were able to push right up on our MF and commit a serious amount of men to their breaks as they had us sussed in our FF line. Teams will be much more weary of doing that with a FF line of Cathal and Matty in there. As mentioned earlier I would love to see Harte being more adventurous and leaving Bradley and McCurry playing on the 40 and putting quality ball into the FF line.

[Goals_Will_Come]

Would be nice to see Cathal McShane and Frank Burns (in Matties role until his return anyway) inside as vocal points of the attack with McCurry and Bradley playing off them. It would be very adventurous and would represent a big shift from the usual cautious approach of Harte.
But the teams that have been successful in recent times, but at club and county level, are playing flowing attacking football. So if Tyrone want to push for that success that they are after, they need to follow suit and be more adventurous.