All Ireland Minor Semi Final Tir Eoghain V An Mhí 31August 08

[joemamas]

Colm O Rourke looks rightly pissed off on the Sunday Game.

[From the Bunker]

Beating Tyrone AND Mayo in the one year would be pretty sweet alright. Stoke up the bitterness a bit more.

No worries of Bitterness in Mayo or Tyrone when we see how average Meath have become over the last 7 years.

[Jinxy]

Beating Tyrone AND Mayo in the one year would be pretty sweet alright. Stoke up the bitterness a bit more.

No worries of Bitterness in Mayo or Tyrone when we see how average Meath have become over the last 7 years.

If only that were true! The bitterness bit I mean.

[Hardy]

I'm flattered to hear we've been upgraded to average.

[thebandit]

I seen Tyrone beating Dublin in a challenge in Corduff (Monaghan) earlier in the year and they were winning 2-8 to 0-0 after 20 minutes. Seriously talented team and its an awful pity that Coney is leaving.

[agorm]

Beating Tyrone AND Mayo in the one year would be pretty sweet alright. Stoke up the bitterness a bit more.

No worries of Bitterness in Mayo or Tyrone when we see how average Meath have become over the last 7 years.

I think I recall Meath beating a certain Tyrone team in last years AI QF. And, yes, the bitterness was still there. Try as I might, after, all the bitterness and talk of bandages and such bullshit I could not support Tyrone in the All Ireland final even though Dara O' Shea should not be playing if there were any consistency in rules applied overb the year. Meath players must be seriously pissed over the suspensions and the games missed from the Parnell Park row.

On the topic in question, great performance from Tyrone minors and best of luck to them in the final.

[thejuice]

What I liked about Tyrones performance was how similar it was to thier seniors in terms of work rate and tactics so those good enough can move seamlessly into the senior squad when the time comes. The problem for us was we werent able to match the work rate of Tyrone and we didnt have enough players capable of finding the posts. We had a fair amount of possesion but our use of the ball wasnt as smart or purposeful as our opponents. Best of luck to Tyrone in both finals.

We have some good players for the future, hopefully they'll make the transition to senior. Considering Colm O'Rourkes thoughts on the colleges system its interesting. Anyone in Tyrone agree with him?

[JMohan]

O'Rourkes comments need to be taken lightly ... maybe a Meath person can correct me but for all his noise and an 'footballing academy' ... I think relatively few Pats footballers ever make it to senior level for the county if I'm right, whereas in other northern counties it's quite a bit higher.

[Jinxy]

You seem to have an axe to grind with O'Rourke for some reason. Plenty of Pats players have made it to senior county level. It most certainly is a footballing academy.

[JMohan]

No axe ... I was just told differently that's all - are there many on the current team?

[robertemmet]

Just back from Croker.  Well done to Raymond Munroe, his management team and the Tyrone minor squad on a terrific performance.  It was a credit to all the work they have put in.  Hope they bring the Tom Markham cup back to Ulster.

[JMohan]

They're a great team to watch play, some remarkable talent - Mayo will be a good test too

[orangeman]

This is a fantastic minor team - probably bot as good as the 98 team but then there weren't too many teams in Ireland that would have compared favourably to the 98 team.

Tyrone were simply outstanding yesterday with Kyle Coney putting on a materclass at HQ.

[Over the Bar]

The Tyrone production line keeps on churning them out.   Real pity we won't see Coney in the Senior Jersy any time soon, but you never know, he could return in several years to lead the charge for our 5th Sam!

[tyrone86]

Absolutely superb performance. After spluttering through Ulster and a decent improvement against Roscommon, Croke Park brought out the best in this team. Whilst you shouldn't single lads out after such a good team performance, I'd have to say Petey, McKenna, Rodgers - all outstanding  - but Coney was majestic.