Tyrone v Down - Sun 18th May, Omagh

[red hander]

Rumours of our demise greatly exaggerated ... now for Donegal to beat the inbreds tomorrow and it will be a good weekend

[SkillfulBill]

Well done to Mickey this evening made the right changes at the right times . Great result.

You're some man..you had micky roaded all week

Still would but in fairness he made the right changes this week. No excuse for him last week thou.

[J OGorman]

Well done to Mickey this evening made the right changes at the right times . Great result.

You're some man..you had micky roaded all week

Still would but in fairness he made the right changes this week. No excuse for him last week thou.

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[north down]

What happened to fortress Newry? Down players tried hard but they just don't have the players.

[southdown]

Th'on Harte hasn't a clue!!!!!

[tyroneman]

One large bag of swagger reported missing in Newry.....

[Fuzzman]

Will there be highlights on the website tonight I wonder.
You certainly wouldn't have expected McGinley to score 2.01 tonight. If we're all being honest most if us would have dropped him or played him wing back
How did Niall McK play when he came on?
I didn't really get to listen to the second half very well
Was Clarke MF today?
I still can't see us beating Monaghan in Clones even though we've two games under our belt now
At least they won't have McManus who would now love playing against our defence

[BartSimpson]

That was a classic performance by the lads, the desire shown by both teams show why the Ulster championship is one of the best provincial championships. I would give Micky Harte a nighthood, but why did he take Coney off?? I thought he was doing great even when double marked.

[Main Street]

Well done Mickey,  i never doubted you, never,  not for a moment, always had the faith, well done, good man Mickey see you in Clones.

[BennyHarp]

I think I'm going to book my hotel for the All Ireland final! 

[BartSimpson]

Big Dan was a menace all night for Down. Glad he didn have his kickin boots on.

[Pangurban]

Best team won. Down management lost this game, completely wrong tactics, juvenile defending  high balls played in on top of Conor Laverty,ging him no chance. Every time got a low ball played in he toreTyrone apart, and eted scores.

[Redhand Santa]

A much improved performance and despite getting to the semis last year I enjoyed that more than most wins in recent years. Felt like a proper championship game and plenty of scores. The older boys shore up the defence considerably. Mcnabb also helped.

It's obvious Harte is trying to manage the likes of o'neill gormley justy mcnabb etc to try and get them fit for the height of summer.

Thought Marie Donnelly and Harte were very good as well as mcrory. Mcginley finished the goals really well and we could have had a few more. Cavanagh missed a lot. McKenna did really well coming on. That'll keep some of the know all's quiet for another few weeks.

[CD]

Will there be highlights on the website tonight I wonder.
You certainly wouldn't have expected McGinley to score 2.01 tonight. If we're all being honest most if us would have dropped him or played him wing back
How did Niall McK play when he came on?
I didn't really get to listen to the second half very well
Was Clarke MF today?
I still can't see us beating Monaghan in Clones even though we've two games under our belt now
At least they won't have McManus who would now love playing against our defence

McGinley had a strange game Fuzz - took his second goal and point well but dropped the ball, was indecisive around midfield and launched a few Down attacks. The crowd were actually getting on his back quite a bit. He tends to drop his head and forget about runners and was caught sleeping 4/5 times in the first half. Also hit a couple of poor wides. That said, the 1-1 he scored right after half time were clinical and really ended the contest.
McKenna played well when he came on although the game was over. Tyrone's best player over the 70 minutes was arguably Colin Cavanagh with special mentions for Matty Donnelly, Justy and Conor Clarke. Clarke played all over midfield, CHB and FB at times. Conor Gormley and Stevie were introduced at half time and both played really well.

Much better than last week but still huge doubts over the performances of a number of players - RON had a good first half but all threen lads in the FF line were starved of decent ball for long periods.

Still, the first win or two of a campaign are often ropey - we certainly aren't peaking too soon, that's for sure.

[Sheedy]

no complaints tonight, better team won. tyrone got the goals at vital times and killed the game off. the boys gave everything but we were always chasing the game and tyrone were able to pick us off at ease. a penalty, a 45, a free in front of the posts, all chances that were missed by down but clinically finished at the other end.