Tyrone v Armagh - Ulster Championship 2009

[nrico2006]

I remember in 2001 Decy McCrossan having a stormer.

[orangeman]

9 pages in one day - not bad -

Where will it finish ??

[Onion Bag]

All this talk about age and looking to the future is crap. you put the best 15 players suited to how you want to play on the field any given day. if they're all 35 i couldn't give a shite. the natural evolvement of any team means that in 6 months or a year then 1 or 2 may have improved enough and 1 or 2 deteriorated enough to mitigate a different 15 names. you win championships by putting the best 15 out to win every match not weakening yourself by putting some cub with potential in before he's earned it.

should tyrone dump dooher and holmes? mickey harte is smarter than that

Thats the problem GAA, its the way we are playing, our tactics at the min cannot and will not win any prizes, so what PMCD needs to do is change the style and the personnel to play the way we need to be playing, and the way we need to be playing, we cannot afford to be carrying anyone,
In relation to Brian Dooher, well the man is something else, something special, age is not an issue with him.

but there is an age issue with AOR, Mc Grane, Bellew, etc. they simply dont have the legs,

[Yes I Would]

Mc Donnell has a shit load of work to do before this one. The thoughts of the damage Cavanagh would do to Bellew on a one on situation is frigtening. Francies heart may still be willing but the legs are unfortunataley gone.
Mc Grane and AOR will be difficult to replace and the reality is that the quality just isnt there at the moment. 

Cant see anything other than Tyrone winning this with a bit to spare. 

[Tyrone Dreamer]

Great draw. Will be some build up to this game in the months leading up to it. I'd say it will be in clones. Think Omagh is just to small for this one. Croke Park would be a very long shot Id say. Though if they made the decision early and released the tickets a few months in advance with a big marketing campaign you'd be suprised how big a crowd they could get. Would be a great way to launch the championship instead of some of the openers in previous years. Fermanagh Down could be the curtain raiser.

[armagh leg-end]

As its the Ulster Championship its only rightful that Tyrone provide a Guard of Honour for the reigning Ulster Champions, and maybe parade their All Ireland medals and Sam in the process?

i agree!!

[sean og]

Tyrone county board and the Ulster Council should apply now
for this match to be played in Croke Park, a great advertisement
for our game with 60 to 70 thousand able to see it without any
hassel for tickets.

[armaghniac]

Fermanagh Down could be the curtain raiser.

A double bill in Croker would indeed be an intriguing prospect. Fermanagh v Down is the preliminary round, so the dates mightn't suit. The game between the winners of this and Cavan might be a good one. Have Cavan played in Croke Pk since its redesign?

[Jinxy]

Tyrone county board and the Ulster Council should apply now
for this match to be played in Croke Park, a great advertisement
for our game with 60 to 70 thousand able to see it without any
hassel for tickets.

You will have to get permission off the Dubs seeing as it's their home ground.

[brokencrossbar1]

Fermanagh Down could be the curtain raiser.

A double bill in Croker would indeed be an intriguing prospect. Fermanagh v Down is the preliminary round, so the dates mightn't suit. The game between the winners of this and Cavan might be a good one. Have Cavan played in Croke Pk since its redesign?

You could also have two other lesser teams like, say Dublin v Meath as a curtain raiser!

[Maguire01]

Fermanagh Down could be the curtain raiser.

A double bill in Croker would indeed be an intriguing prospect. Fermanagh v Down is the preliminary round, so the dates mightn't suit. The game between the winners of this and Cavan might be a good one. Have Cavan played in Croke Pk since its redesign?

2007's Division 2 semi-final - beaten by Roscommon.

[Over the Bar]

Have Cavan played in Croke Pk since its redesign?

Yer a right cheeky hoor!  They were Ulster champions in 1997!  I watched them in the AISF from the premium level.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Have Cavan played in Croke Pk since its redesign?

Yer a right cheeky hoor!  They were Ulster champions in 1997!  I watched them in the AISF from the premium level.

That was the "old" Croke Park though. The old Hogan Stand was still there in at least 1999 and was I think demolished by 2000 as I remember the Cross club final of that year being played in front of half a building site.

Was it 2001 or 2002 the re-design was completed? (Bar the Hill)

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

...It was suggested that some of the more high profile first round encounters should be shuffled to the top of the fixture schedule, within reason, in order to produce a high publicity, highly marketable kick start to the championship season. Next year we have an ideal opportunity to do this with a massive Armagh-Tyrone clash, which will be scheduled to be one of the summer's first games anyway, and grab everyone's attention from the first possible minute.

Well done Danny (Murphy). Great manoeuvrings on the draw, by the way! 

[ONeill]

Tony Davis won't be watching anyway.