Tyrone v Down - Sun 18th May, Omagh

[omagh_gael]

My team for next week:

Morgan
McCrory
Justy
Gormley
Harte
Matty Donnelly
Clarke
Colm C
Sean C
Mark Donnelly
Shay McGuigan/Ronan O'Neill
Penrose
McCurry
SON
Coney

[rodney trotter]

So?

Crowd could be affected.

For a soccer game between two Spanish sides?

2011 Champions league final was on the same time as Armagh and Down in Ulster first round, crowd was affected that day. Man Utd was one of the teams so wasn't all Spanish , but would imagine a lot would have an interest in the Cl final either way ..

[sam03/05]

who ta fk cares about two spanish teams playing each other...

So?

Crowd could be affected.

For a soccer game between two Spanish sides?

2011 Champions league final was on the same time as Armagh and Down in Ulster first round, crowd was affected that day. Man Utd was one of the teams so wasn't all Spanish , but would imagine a lot would have an interest in the Cl final either way ..

[rodney trotter]

So nobody will have an interest in the Cl final? yeah right

[Sidney]

who ta fk cares about two spanish teams playing each other...

Quite a lot of people. It's only the European Cup final, like.

[Zulu]

So?

Crowd could be affected.

For a soccer game between two Spanish sides?

2011 Champions league final was on the same time as Armagh and Down in Ulster first round, crowd was affected that day. Man Utd was one of the teams so wasn't all Spanish , but would imagine a lot would have an interest in the Cl final either way ..

The crowd might be affected but I wouldn't think the GAA should be fixing its games on the basis of what other sports events might be on. Barring an Irish team getting to a major sporting event I would't think the GAA should concern itself about the CL or the like.

[sam03/05]

the only people impacted will be arm chair viewers who wouldnt be at the match anyway.They will have to switch over their remotes every ten minutes... The crowd wont be effected by this in any way...

who ta fk cares about two spanish teams playing each other...

So?

Crowd could be affected.

For a soccer game between two Spanish sides?

2011 Champions league final was on the same time as Armagh and Down in Ulster first round, crowd was affected that day. Man Utd was one of the teams so wasn't all Spanish , but would imagine a lot would have an interest in the Cl final either way ..

[tyroneStatto]

The champions league final is the biggest club final in world sport. Possibly only the World Cup final is a bigger final. It doesn't matter if it is 2 Spanish sides involved. It is massive and it will have an impact on attendance. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded.

[Jinxy]

Sean Cavanagh diving out there today was embarrassing out today.His brother Colm is just as bad,There getting away with this for years

He got a tap in the midriff in the 2nd half and I thought his spleen must have exploded going by his reaction.
It was not unlike that of a goldfish that had just been tipped out of it's bowl.
Ten seconds later he was up and about again without a care in the world.
Why does he do it?

[Orior]

Sean Cavanagh diving out there today was embarrassing out today.His brother Colm is just as bad,There getting away with this for years

He got a tap in the midriff in the 2nd half and I thought his spleen must have exploded going by his reaction.
It was not unlike that of a goldfish that had just been tipped out of it's bowl.
Ten seconds later he was up and about again without a care in the world.
Why does he do it?

Yes, that must be quite embarrassing for anyone from Tyrone.

[inroundthesquare]

Does anyone know why Ronan O'Neill wasn't involved? He has been in great form lately, surely worth a place in the starting 15 ahead of McKenna. Apart from Coney, McCurry and Big Sean, we have no men who can take a few scores from play. Defence was wide open today, McBride and Ryan McKenna well behind their men every time. Gormley, Justy and Penrose would all improve the team, question is whether they're fit for 70 minutes? And if not, does he start them or wait to have the best team on at the finish? My team for Saturday would be
1 Morgan 2 McCrory 3 Justy McMahon 4 Gormley/Tierney 5 McGinley 6 Matty Donnelly 7 Harte 8 Colm Cavanagh 9 Clarke 10 Mark Donnelly 11 Sean Cavanagh 12 Penrose 13 McCurry 14 Ronan O'Neill 15 Coney

[Captain Obvious]

Today's game was almost a repeat of this game in 2003 http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2003/0714/sport/red-hand-claw-their-way-backbr-638157431.html

Chris Lavin i think was dropped after that game. Mickey Harte will know tonight if they are to make an impact in this years championship they must improve their defence or defensive system again.

[Zulu]

The champions league final is the biggest club final in world sport. Possibly only the World Cup final is a bigger final. It doesn't matter if it is 2 Spanish sides involved. It is massive and it will have an impact on attendance. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded.

People will have to make a choice, watch a game on TV between two teams they might have seen a few times before this year or their county team. The GAA shouldn't fix their games around the CL or Heineken cup finals, people simply have to make a choice.

[BennyHarp]

Sean Cavanagh diving out there today was embarrassing out today.His brother Colm is just as bad,There getting away with this for years

He got a tap in the midriff in the 2nd half and I thought his spleen must have exploded going by his reaction.
It was not unlike that of a goldfish that had just been tipped out of it's bowl.
Ten seconds later he was up and about again without a care in the world.
Why does he do it?

Watch the slow motion replay of that "tap" in the ribs. A punch to the ribs by a man of any size can take the wind and make a man howl like a big girl. I've been on the receiving end of a few in my time and it takes a few seconds to recover ....... But you do recover - I wouldn't say there's a big mystery to it. With the final free, Sean was getting dragged all over the show - if going to ground is the way to alert the (completely incompetent) ref to what's going on - then so be it.

As for the ref - I believe he was part of the team that put together the video explaining the new rules. Now, if he can't work out the black card and advantage rules then what chance have we got of getting any sort of consistency this year?

As for Tyrone, a bad day at the office - Fair play to Down for battling back but Tyrone have been slow starters in the championship in the last number of years, I think we will see a much improved performance next week. With potentially Justy and Gormley back in contention then maybe that will release Matty Donnelly back into the forward line? Good to see Stevie O'Neill back too and look fairly sharp. Plenty of room for optimism with two hard championship games behind us before the end of May.

My team for the replay:
Morgan
McRory
Gormley
McGinley
Clarke
Justy
Harte
C.Cavanagh
S.Cavanagh
Mark Donnelly
Ronan O'Neill
Matty Donnelly
McCurry
Coney
McAliskey

[omaghjoe]

Sean Cavanagh diving out there today was embarrassing out today.His brother Colm is just as bad,There getting away with this for years

He got a tap in the midriff in the 2nd half and I thought his spleen must have exploded going by his reaction.
It was not unlike that of a goldfish that had just been tipped out of it's bowl.
Ten seconds later he was up and about again without a care in the world.
Why does he do it?

Big Sean got a vicious cowardly dig in the ribs while he was coming through at full flight. There is history there between Lavery and him and it was no accident as the replay shows.

Question is why was Lavery booked for striking? SHOULD HAVE WALKED!