National league final day. Tyrone v Cavan

[twohands!!!]

The lesser-spotted half-volley point there.

[redzone]

Ref is f**king Cavan, you can't try a tackle and it's a free. Black card also pathetic

Cavan are terrible in the tackle, that hasn't changed. Should have been a yellow but he did kick him.

[twohands!!!]

Tyrone ease out the gap to 6 points again to kill the Cavan response to the goal stone dead.

[Captain Obvious]

Predictable end result. Fairly average viewing in that second half.

[twohands!!!]

Tiernan giving his post-match interview there - "all our thoughts are on [pause, feckit what the's date again] the 22nd of May"

[twohands!!!]

12 different scorers for Cavan and 8 for Tyrone.

[AQMP]

Deliberate trip by the Cavan player, black card all day long.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Comfortable enough.

McAliskey kicked a few outstanding scores, Harte and McCann were at the forefront for us during the game.

Few points:

- Bradley is extremely wasteful in his shooting, however he counters this off with his industry and creativity.
- Ronan O'Neill is pretty much the other end of the spectrum, a brilliant finisher, 1-02 today from play but he coughed up possession extremely easily on countless occasions today. He is really working hard though and hopefully he can improve his ball protection as the summer goes on.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Deliberate trip by the Cavan player, black card all day long.

Would agree with this, an extremely lazy and stupid tackle from the Cavan player. His leg is dangled out there right across McMahon so he can have little complaint.

[Main Street]

This is bigger than the McKenna cup, congrats to Tyrone.

Sean C  had his victory speech written in advance, that's what you call preparation.

[redzone]

Deliberate trip by the Cavan player, black card all day long.

Would agree with this, an extremely lazy and stupid tackle from the Cavan player. His leg is dangled out there right across McMahon so he can have little complaint.

Just had a look back at it and it could have been a red. More of a kick than a trip

[giveballaghback]

Tyrone current media position as the no.4 in line for sam not evident today, very mediocre and predictable football. Maybe they were holding back but that would not be Mickey Hartes mo.

[cavanmaniac]

Three years ago, Cavan looked like a raw team with a certain amount of potential that, if polished and enhanced, could bridge a gap and perhaps see them challenging the top sides.

Three years later, we seem to be stuck in precisely the same position. In fact this game was almost a carbon copy of the All-Ireland quarter-final against Kerry - a gamey enough, proud, stoic effort in some respects from Cavan but there was the distinct impression that the superior team was not in top gear at all and was keeping them at arm's length throughout. The hope was that Cavan would push on after 2013 but on today's evidence, not so - Cavan are still a nearly team with many positives to comfort them but yet, a long way off, and displaying no real evidence that they have the craft or know how to step up out of the chasing pack. We'll give a few teams a fright this summer maybe, but Cavan look to have plateau'd and unless today proves a massive learning experience that rewrites the script, we won't be forcing that curve upwards any time soon.

Well done Tyrone. Better, cuter, craftier, wilier, more experienced on the field and the line, and fully deserved winners.

[qz]

Deliberate trip is a black card, ref got it right.

[Throw ball]

Not much more than a friendly going by the challenges. Very inconsistent refereeing. I will agree with those who thought the black card was wrong. An obviously pull down did not get a card earlier either. Thought Donnelly was unlucky to get two yellows too. Cavan were never going to get a goal today and they had some bad wides. Tyrone I just that wee bit better than Cavan at the minute and they are very economical. Their biggest strength though is that they are very good at stopping other teams implementing their game plan. Well coached and I still thing the team is much better than the sum of its parts.