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Post by kerrygold on Apr 1, 2015 13:55:03 GMT
Mickey Harte: Morale is 'very low' in Tyrone Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Tyrone manager Mickey Harte says morale is "very low" at present among his players, and he cast doubt on their ability to beat Kerry this Sunday - a win they need to give themselves a chance of avoiding relegation to Division II. Morale is very low. They're a seriously disappointed bunch of men. So we're just not in a good place at the moment. We have a lot of soul-searching to do Mickey Harte Tyrone's heavy defeat to Donegal last Sunday leaves Harte's side on the brink of relegation to Division II, having been a top flight side since the 2013 season. Report: Donegal punish lacklustre Tyrone With Derry already relegated, there is just one relegation place left, which Tyrone currently occupy on four points. Donegal, Mayo and Kerry are all joint on six points, and any one of the four counties could yet go down, depending on the final day's results. Tyrone are in the most precarious position - anything less than a win will see them relegated, and they could even be relegated with a win. If they beat Kerry by two points or more they will definitely stay up, as it means they will be guaranteed to finish ahead of Kerry in the table, but Harte isn't confident: “After the way we played, a two point win seems unlikely," he said. “Morale is very low. They’re a seriously disappointed bunch of men. So we’re just not in a good place at the moment. We have a lot of soul-searching to do, and that’s what we have to be about this week, and try and get a performance against Kerry.” Harte says it will be extremely difficult to lift his players' spirits for this Sunday's encounter in Omagh, and he is bewildered as to how Tyrone fared so badly against Donegal, when they registered just six points - and just two from play in the entire game - against Rory Gallagher's side. “It’s very strange, because in some of the games against some of the top teams we played this year, we were excellent," he said. “I just can’t understand how we could be so good against certain teams, and so poor. It’s something we’ll have to look very deeply into and see what we can do about it.” Tyrone have only managed one win in this year's Division I campaign, beating Mayo in Round 2 way back on February 8. Their other two points came in the draws against Dublin and Derry, but Sunday's defeat was their second in succession, having squandered a lead in the latter stages of their defeat to Cork on March 15. Tyrone's last relegation from Division I was back in 2010 when they lost out very narrowly in the table to Monaghan, who stayed up as a result of having beaten Tyrone in their earlier league encounter. Tyrone have faced Kerry in crucial Allianz League encounters before. In 2010, they faced them in their penultimate fixture, desperately needing a win to keep their survival hopes alive, and they got it with a 1-11 to 1-10 victory in Omagh. Then in 2013 it was Kerry who needed to beat Tyrone on the final day in Omagh to stay up, and they did so with a 2-12 to 1-16 win.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 1, 2015 13:56:13 GMT
This has a touch of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf about it!!!!!!!
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Post by kerryexile on Apr 1, 2015 14:25:01 GMT
Mickey Harte: Morale is 'very low' in Tyrone Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Tyrone manager Mickey Harte ........ “It’s very strange, because in some of the games against some of the top teams we played this year, we were excellent," he said.
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Post by gamechanger10 on Apr 1, 2015 17:12:55 GMT
Monaghan game was difficult to measure, guys having an early pot or the gale turning an attempt to hit Donaghy with a long one into another bad wide. Monaghan having played against it maybe had an opportunity to make a better call as how to best use the wind in the second half as they seemed to use it more effectively than ourselves. The weather definitely made it hard to accurately access where kerry are, heavy training and the fact that they believed they were out of the drop zone may have cost all involved the loss of necessary focus!!.
This league is proving very frustrating for almost all teams in Division one. Cork have the best record but were blessed in several games to pull a result out of probable defeat, last Sunday was no different. It is a keenly contested league and any team that doesn't have their finger on the button is struggling to get any grip on the game. If Donaghy starts next Sunday I hope Geaney and BJK are instructed to run intelligently off him because Tyrone will also have two or three players swinging out of him. He is a great target man but he needs options to flick balls down to,, seems like an obvious play but so many times he goes up for a ball there is no forward running near him. Good to see Mark and Darren back last Sunday but I thought that Darren looked slow compared to his usual self.
Regarding Tyrone I think they will give us a belly full of it in Omagh on Sunday, they are pissed off and MH will have them focused and it isn't like they will need much motivation to relegate Kerry !!. Should be a cracking game played at championship pace with real consequences for the looser. Ciarrai Abu
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Post by fitz on Apr 1, 2015 19:02:04 GMT
Where Counties finish with Equal Points (Riail 6.20 T.O. 2012):
(i) Where two teams only are involved - the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the previous game in the competition;
(ii) Scoring Difference (subtracting the total scores against from total scores for);
(iii) Highest total score for;
(iv) A Play-Off.
As a correction to my earlier post, if we lose to Tyrone and there is a winner in the Donegal/Mayo match there will be three teams on six points at the next to bottom of the table one of whom will be relegated. In that case, barring a complete annihilation of Donegal or Mayo, it will come down to the points difference between ourselves and Tyrone. This means that Tyrone need to win by two points to stay up. If the Donegal/Mayo match is drawn, it's down to head to head if we lose which means Tyrone stay up. That clarifies it – considering the points differences we cannot be depending on the kindness of strangers - we have to go and win the game. The below table is from Gaa.ie - didn't copy very well I thinkwe could lose by 1 pt and stay up. Lose by 2 pts we go down. it is not possible force a play off. As Wayupnorth says - all assuming that the big points advantage that Donegal & Mayo have is not cancelled out by one having a huge win. Pos Team P W L D F A Points 1 Cork 6 5 1 0 105 90 10 2 Monaghan 6 4 2 0 84 80 8 3 Dublin 6 3 2 1 89 70 7 4 Donegal 6 3 3 0 81 73 6 5 Mayo 6 3 3 0 91 88 6 6 Kerry 6 3 3 0 89 100 6 7 Tyrone 6 1 3 2 68 82 4 8 Derry 6 0 5 1 66 90 1 We have the worst defence in the league by some distance. Shocking. Notable Derry who are already interred have conceded 10 less points Tyrone always give the Dubs a good close go. The piece of form that concerns me most is Cork. Cork gave away two goals that heaped on pressure but finished like a train in second half. We've got to keep a clean net sheet. As All Ireland champions against a team shorn of most of its greats, we have to be winning this game.
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Post by stevieq on Apr 1, 2015 19:20:34 GMT
First time travelling to Omagh for a match. (The oulde season ticket is putting fierce pressure on me). Any "Trip Advisor" stuff I should know about?
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Post by wayupnorth on Apr 1, 2015 21:11:45 GMT
First time travelling to Omagh for a match. (The oulde season ticket is putting fierce pressure on me). Any "Trip Advisor" stuff I should know about? Get there in plenty of time to get a good seat in the Stand as there is likely to be a big crowd. They used to reserve seats for Season Ticket holders and other VIPs but not recently. Plenty of parking in the cemetery across the road but can take some time getting away afterwards. Last time I parked in the hotel car park down the road which was a short walk away but allowed a faster exit. Might not be an option this time being Easter Sunday.
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Post by stevieq on Apr 1, 2015 21:18:20 GMT
First time travelling to Omagh for a match. (The oulde season ticket is putting fierce pressure on me). Any "Trip Advisor" stuff I should know about? Get there in plenty of time to get a good seat in the Stand as there is likely to be a big crowd. They used to reserve seats for Season Ticket holders and other VIPs but not recently. Plenty of parking in the cemetery across the road but can take some time getting away afterwards. Last time I parked in the hotel car park down the road which was a short walk away but allowed a faster exit. Might not be an option this time being Easter Sunday. Good stuff. Will do. Thanks.
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Post by kerryexile on Apr 1, 2015 21:23:01 GMT
First time travelling to Omagh for a match. (The oulde season ticket is putting fierce pressure on me). Any "Trip Advisor" stuff I should know about? You remind me of a Sunday morning in Dublin back about 1985 - not sure of the exact year. A few of us young fellas sitting in a flat in Dublin. I had just got my first car - a Datsun 120Y - Datsun later became Nissan. Nothing to do - we decided to head to Omagh, Kerry were playing Tyrone in the league. The only time I was in in Healy Park. A few things stand out in my mind. The troubles were going on at the time. We arrived at the border - saw a barrier and a hut - a bit like a toll plaza today. There was a red traffic light on at the hut and a 2 foot wide white line across the road about 20 metres back from the hut. No person to be seen. I stopped at the white line. A soldier emerged from the hut with armory I had only seen in old Vietnam movies. He gave an unclear hand signal. I didn't move. He gave an emphatic signal to move forward, I did. He asked me why I didn't move at the first signal. I told him I wasn't sure what the signal was. He asked us the usual where from, where going, and surprisingly seemed to be aware that the game was on and waved us on. We arrived in Omagh. It was like a ghost town. Not a person to be seen on the streets. We were dying for a couple of pints. We eventually saw some solitary soul some where and asked about a bar only to be told that they didn't open on Sundays. We could not comprehend. Met Charlie Nelligan in the park, and just like some people were saying this year that players thanked them for traveling Charlie did the same. The game was even to the middle of the second half, when Jack'O put over a great point foam the right wing about 50 yards out. It was the decisive moment. We won by a few points. Leaving the pitch there were soldiers at each side of the street about 50 yards apart. A hushed silence by the crowd. We got to the car and got out of town. There was one more mission - petrol was much cheaper up north at that time. I stopped somewhere before the border and filled up. Mission accomplished. We phoned home that night from one of those old pay phones that were in the hallway of every flat in Dublin, to casually fill in the details that the ten minutes of highlights didn't cover. They couldn't say anything but we knew that we would have been grounded if we had said anything about travelling before we went.
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Post by veteran on Apr 1, 2015 21:34:02 GMT
Dont think Ill be making the trip. Is it on Tg4 does anyone know? John Fogarty said in yesterday's Examiner that this is the live match on TG4 this weekend. I hope he is correct because I wouldn't have the energy to travel that far. Their respective championship form suggests that Kerry should win but Kerry have only shown their championship form rarely during this NFL. Mickey Harte and others have been playing down Tyrone's chances so I would be very wary. In truth, apart from the first fifteen minutes, Kerry were abysmal last Sunday, which is not to take away from an impressive Monaghan team. Of course, Kerry were equally poor against Mayo and Cork. I suppose one could make allowances for the Mayo form-just back form holidays- and for the Cork form- conceding goals so early- but it is hard to find mitigating circumstances for last Sunday's farrago, particularly after building up a five point lead, however laboriously that was achieved. Apart form the performance, the free taking was an embarrassment. It reminded me of the Antrim match in Tullamore in 2009 when Declan, Sean O'Sullivan and Darran, I think, made equally schoolboy efforts to convert close in frees. Shouldn't most inter county players be able to convert a free from say thirty metres? Considering the last paragraph, if Paul Geaney is absent, it is crucial that Bryan Sheehan is available. He is hugely important and not just for his frees alone. He is a fine fielder, has got strength unlike a lot of our players and he is our most likely member to kick long range points from play. In some of the comments here, I note that some people, in reference to KD, say " if he is selected". Why would he not be selected? Apart from last Sunday, he has made a key contribution in all the games I have seen him play this year. Drop him on the basis of last Sunday? Feel free to drop nine or ten others with him. I would like to see Alan Fitzgerald get another start next Sunday. If Paul Murphy is available I would expect to see him ahead of Pa Kilkenny. Pa just hasn't convinced yet but of course he is still a young man. I wonder who the referee will be .
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Post by southward on Apr 1, 2015 21:39:47 GMT
Dont think Ill be making the trip. Is it on Tg4 does anyone know? John Fogarty said in yesterday's Examiner that this is the live match on TG4 this weekend. I hope he is correct because I wouldn't have the energy to travel that far. Their respective championship form suggests that Kerry should win but Kerry have only shown their championship form rarely during this NFL. Mickey Harte and others have been playing down Tyrone's chances so I would be very wary. In truth, apart from the first fifteen minutes, Kerry were abysmal last Sunday, which is not to take away from an impressive Monaghan team. Of course, Kerry were equally poor against Mayo and Cork. I suppose one could make allowances for the Mayo form-just back form holidays- and for the Cork form- conceding goals so early- but it is hard to find mitigating circumstances for last Sunday's farrago, particularly after building up a five point lead, however laboriously that was achieved. Apart form the performance, the free taking was an embarrassment. It reminded me of the Antrim match in Tullamore in 2009 when Declan, Sean O'Sullivan and Darran, I think, made equally schoolboy efforts to convert close in frees. Shouldn't most inter county players be able to convert a free from say thirty metres? Considering the last paragraph, if Paul Geaney is absent, it is crucial that Bryan Sheehan is available. He is hugely important and not just for his frees alone. He is a fine fielder, has got strength unlike a lot of our players and he is our most likely member to kick long range points from play. In some of the comments here, I note that some people, in reference to KD, say " if he is selected". Why would he not be selected? Apart from last Sunday, he has made a key contribution in all the games I have seen him play this year. Drop him on the basis of last Sunday? Feel free to drop nine or ten others with him. I would like to see Alan Fitzgerald get another start next Sunday. If Paul Murphy is available I would expect to see him ahead of Pa Kilkenny. Pa just hasn't convinced yet but of course he is still a young man. I wonder who the referee will be .According to the main site, Sheehan is "back in contention" Make of that what you will. So is Murphy. Eddie Kinsella down to ref.
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Post by fitz on Apr 2, 2015 9:22:17 GMT
First time travelling to Omagh for a match. (The oulde season ticket is putting fierce pressure on me). Any "Trip Advisor" stuff I should know about? You remind me of a Sunday morning in Dublin back about 1985 - not sure of the exact year. A few of us young fellas sitting in a flat in Dublin. I had just got my first car - a Datsun 120Y - Datsun later became Nissan. Nothing to do - we decided to head to Omagh, Kerry were playing Tyrone in the league. The only time I was in in Healy Park. A few things stand out in my mind. The troubles were going on at the time. We arrived at the border - saw a barrier and a hut - a bit like a toll plaza today. There was a red traffic light on at the hut and a 2 foot wide white line across the road about 20 metres back from the hut. No person to be seen. I stopped at the white line. A soldier emerged from the hut with armory I had only seen in old Vietnam movies. He gave an unclear hand signal. I didn't move. He gave an emphatic signal to move forward, I did. He asked me why I didn't move at the first signal. I told him I wasn't sure what the signal was. He asked us the usual where from, where going, and surprisingly seemed to be aware that the game was on and waved us on. We arrived in Omagh. It was like a ghost town. Not a person to be seen on the streets. We were dying for a couple of pints. We eventually saw some solitary soul some where and asked about a bar only to be told that they didn't open on Sundays. We could not comprehend. Met Charlie Nelligan in the park, and just like some people were saying this year that players thanked them for traveling Charlie did the same. The game was even to the middle of the second half, when Jack'O put over a great point foam the right wing about 50 yards out. It was the decisive moment. We won by a few points. Leaving the pitch there were soldiers at each side of the street about 50 yards apart. A hushed silence by the crowd. We got to the car and got out of town. There was one more mission - petrol was much cheaper up north at that time. I stopped somewhere before the border and filled up. Mission accomplished. We phoned home that night from one of those old pay phones that were in the hallway of every flat in Dublin, to casually fill in the details that the ten minutes of highlights didn't cover. They couldn't say anything but we knew that we would have been grounded if we had said anything about travelling before we went. Omagh is a fair click from Dublin. Approx 120 miles in old money , although WayupNorth doesn't get out of bed for journeys less than 200.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Apr 2, 2015 10:41:52 GMT
Kerry head to Omagh on Sunday to take on Tyrone in the final Round of games in the Allianz Football League. The Kerry selectors certainly have plenty selection headaches not alone after last Sunday’s performance but also from the fact the likes of Marc Ó Sé, Darran O’Sullivan, Paul Murphy and Bryan Sheehan will be back in contention for places. Kerry know what they have to do on Sunday next – defeat Tyrone – plain and simple. A win will guarantee the Kingdom their Division 1 status for a start and after that issues such as semi final places are in the laps of the Gods. Kerry share six points with Donegal and Mayo, both of whom clash in Castlebar. Kerry have won two out of three of their last games in Omagh but there is no doubt but Tyrone will not want to endure relegation and certainly not at the hands of Kerry. Based on their League form to date, Kerry are due another good game and they will certainly need to produce the goods on a day that scoring difference will most likely be called into play to decide semi final or relegation issues. Eddie Kinsella (Laois) is the Referee
Omagh is one of the most popular destinations for the Kerry GAA Supporters Club and this year is no different with a large number of supporters travelling. O’Sheas of Kerry are also organising a day trip to the game by bus.
Garvaghey Talk
Kerry supporters overnighting in Tyrone may wish to be aware of an event by Tyrone GAA as part of the Decades of Commemorations Talks which will take place at their Centre of Excellence in Garvaghey on the eve of the game on Saturday next . The talk is on Kerry native Charlie Daly from Firies who came to Tyrone during the War of Independence and who died during the Civil War. Activities begin at 8pm and all Kerry supporters are welcome.
Fixtures Round 7 (Final Round)
Tyrone V Kerry – Omagh
Monaghan V Dublin – Clones
Derry v Cork – Celtic Pk
Mayo V Donegal – McHale Pk
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Post by buck02 on Apr 2, 2015 11:32:38 GMT
First time travelling to Omagh for a match. (The oulde season ticket is putting fierce pressure on me). Any "Trip Advisor" stuff I should know about? Go to the terrace opposite the stand, in front of the TV/Radio building. The weather is meant to be fine Sunday and it would make it easier to move about a little rather than be stuck in the middle of a group you dont want to be stuck in. The town is about a 15 minute walk to the ground if you plan going for food before the game.
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Post by KY50 on Apr 2, 2015 15:41:11 GMT
All the advantages are with Tyrone in this, home crowd, the crowd, media playing them down (see article earlier this week).It will be some battle as they will tear into Kerry like hounds and have plenty of quality and capability across the team. Mickey Harte is a brilliant tactician motivator and have more training done than Kerry at this stage.
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Post by wayupnorth on Apr 2, 2015 16:46:27 GMT
You remind me of a Sunday morning in Dublin back about 1985 - not sure of the exact year. A few of us young fellas sitting in a flat in Dublin. I had just got my first car - a Datsun 120Y - Datsun later became Nissan. Nothing to do - we decided to head to Omagh, Kerry were playing Tyrone in the league. The only time I was in in Healy Park. A few things stand out in my mind. The troubles were going on at the time. We arrived at the border - saw a barrier and a hut - a bit like a toll plaza today. There was a red traffic light on at the hut and a 2 foot wide white line across the road about 20 metres back from the hut. No person to be seen. I stopped at the white line. A soldier emerged from the hut with armory I had only seen in old Vietnam movies. He gave an unclear hand signal. I didn't move. He gave an emphatic signal to move forward, I did. He asked me why I didn't move at the first signal. I told him I wasn't sure what the signal was. He asked us the usual where from, where going, and surprisingly seemed to be aware that the game was on and waved us on. We arrived in Omagh. It was like a ghost town. Not a person to be seen on the streets. We were dying for a couple of pints. We eventually saw some solitary soul some where and asked about a bar only to be told that they didn't open on Sundays. We could not comprehend. Met Charlie Nelligan in the park, and just like some people were saying this year that players thanked them for traveling Charlie did the same. The game was even to the middle of the second half, when Jack'O put over a great point foam the right wing about 50 yards out. It was the decisive moment. We won by a few points. Leaving the pitch there were soldiers at each side of the street about 50 yards apart. A hushed silence by the crowd. We got to the car and got out of town. There was one more mission - petrol was much cheaper up north at that time. I stopped somewhere before the border and filled up. Mission accomplished. We phoned home that night from one of those old pay phones that were in the hallway of every flat in Dublin, to casually fill in the details that the ten minutes of highlights didn't cover. They couldn't say anything but we knew that we would have been grounded if we had said anything about travelling before we went. Omagh is a fair click from Dublin. Approx 120 miles in old money , although WayupNorth doesn't get out of bed for journeys less than 200. Very good! Actually under the circumstances I would be happier if we were playing in Kerry. I should manage to get out of bed on Sunday and head west. As a steward in Killarney said a few years ago "a Kerry flag on a Northern car: you don't see that every day."
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Post by onlykerry on Apr 2, 2015 16:48:32 GMT
Tyrone in relegation trouble, playing at home and the green and gold of Kerry in the other corner - the cherry on the cake of dumping Kerry to Div 2 if they win. In their current state of mind this is an All Ireland final for them and expect them to put everything they have into this one.
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Post by buck02 on Apr 2, 2015 17:50:22 GMT
Tyrone in relegation trouble, playing at home and the green and gold of Kerry in the other corner - the cherry on the cake of dumping Kerry to Div 2 if they win. In their current state of mind this is an All Ireland final for them and expect them to put everything they have into this one. In 2014 they came to Killarney after Kerry had lost their opening 3 if not 4 games and could have relegated us but Kerry hammered them. In 2013 in Omagh on the last day they could have relegated us too and they couldnt. Wont be easy but there is nothing to fear going up there.
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Post by onlykerry on Apr 2, 2015 18:25:28 GMT
Tyrone in relegation trouble, playing at home and the green and gold of Kerry in the other corner - the cherry on the cake of dumping Kerry to Div 2 if they win. In their current state of mind this is an All Ireland final for them and expect them to put everything they have into this one. In 2014 they came to Killarney after Kerry had lost their opening 3 if not 4 games and could have relegated us but Kerry hammered them. In 2013 in Omagh on the last day they could have relegated us too and they couldnt. Wont be easy but there is nothing to fear going up there. My only real fear is about our own game - we are good enough to beat any team in the land but we produce performances like Cork and Monaghan every so often that turns the hair grey - what little is left.
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Post by Deise Exile on Apr 2, 2015 19:24:16 GMT
All the advantages are with Tyrone in this, home crowd, the crowd, media playing them down (see article earlier this week).It will be some battle as they will tear into Kerry like hounds and have plenty of quality and capability across the team. Mickey Harte is a brilliant tactician motivator and have more training done than Kerry at this stage. Are you for real with that negativity. Kerry are currently far superior than Tyrone at present and if they have serious designs on Sam this year they should be capable of winning. We are guaranteed incredible negativity from Tyrone but we should be used to that at this stage and well capable of dealing with it. Bryan Sheehan key to the outcome as Tyrone will foul continually
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Post by thechosenone on Apr 2, 2015 19:46:54 GMT
The Kerry Senior Football Team to play Tyrone in Round 7 of the Allianz Football League in Omagh on Sunday shows three changes from the side defeated by Monaghan on Sunday last. Brendan Kealy returns in goal in place of Brian Kelly, Paul Murphy returns after injury at corner back in place of Pa Kilkenny and Bryan Sheehan also comes back after injury in place of Paul Geaney who has a hamstring strain.
Colm Cooper returns to the match day panel following injury for the first time since the 2013 All Ireland semi final against Dublin and Paul Galvin, who rejoined the panel recently having come out of retirement, is also included in the substitutes list.
The team, captained by Kieran Donaghy is as follows:
1. Brendan Kealy Kilcummin
2. Paul Murphy Rathmore
3. Mark Griffin St Michaels/Foilmore
4. Shane Enright Tarbert
5. Jonathan Lyne Killarney Legion
6. Peter Crowley Laune Rangers
7. Killian Young Renard
8. Anthony Maher Duagh
9. David Moran Kerins O’Rahillys
10. Alan Fitzgerald Castlegregory
11. Bryan Sheehan St Marys
12. Johnny Buckley Dr Crokes
13. Stephen O’Brien Kenmare
14. Kieran Donaghy (C) Austin Stacks
15. Barry John Keane Kerins O’Rahillys
Fir Ionaid:
16. Brian Kelly Killarney Legion
17. Pa Kilkenny Glenbeigh/Glencar
18. Tommy Walsh Kerins O’Rahillys
19. Fionn Fitzgerald Dr Crokes
20. Marc Ó Sé An Ghaeltacht
21. Darran O’Sullivan Glenbeigh-Glencar
22. Kieran O’Leary Dr Crokes
23. Padraig O’Connor Killarney Legion
24. Philip O’Connor Cordal
25. Paul Galvin Finuge
26. Colm Cooper Dr Crokes
Bainisteóir: Eamonn Fitzmaurice (Finuge)
Róghnóirí: Diarmuid Murphy (Dingle), Mikey Sheehy (Austin Stacks), Cian O’Neill (Moorefield, Kildare)
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Post by thechosenone on Apr 2, 2015 19:48:24 GMT
Galvin and Cooper to make an appearance if needed?
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Post by Deise Exile on Apr 2, 2015 19:57:48 GMT
Galvin and Cooper to make an appearance if needed? Hopefully we won't need them . B Sheehan is key on Sunday and we need a massive improvement by the backs esp Crowley
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Post by peanuts on Apr 2, 2015 20:10:14 GMT
I'm surprised that Colm didn't make an appearance for Crokes over the last two weeks if he's fit enough for this weekend.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 2, 2015 20:10:58 GMT
That bench will nearly fall over with all the All-Ireland medals on it!!!!!!!
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Post by fitz on Apr 2, 2015 20:28:04 GMT
All the advantages are with Tyrone in this, home crowd, the crowd, media playing them down (see article earlier this week).It will be some battle as they will tear into Kerry like hounds and have plenty of quality and capability across the team. Mickey Harte is a brilliant tactician motivator and have more training done than Kerry at this stage. It's clear Mickey can't work magic with this group of players,so he'll use any angle he can conjure, because as many have pointed out they are not near of the standard of their triple Sam winning vintage. Sure they will all the aforementioned perceived advantages you outline and you'd expect an intense volley from them from the first whistle. We have considerably better players, that's I believe fact and not bullsh*t bragging. All our recent meetings have favoured us so there is no psychological chinks in us to be mined. What evidence is there to suggest Tyrone are fitter? On any given day of course, but whilst it is certainly arguable Tyrone could win, it is only our own inconsistent indifference of performances that logically point to how we get beaten. On the most recent form we beat Donegal with a little bit more in hand than the two points on the scoreboard, not much more but more. Donegal destroyed Tyrone last week. I think Tyrone are better than that showing maybe 4-5 points closer? I think we'll be doing some tearing into ourselves on Sunday. I think there'll be a ruthlessness coming from us on Sunday, a marker ahead of Championship and a victory by at least 5-6 points.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 2, 2015 20:41:11 GMT
Tyrone had Dublin beaten all ends up till a shot for a point came back of the point at the death and Dublin worked an equalising goal.
Tyrone put everyone in a line on their own 45 and Dublin made no headway.
This could be something like 8 points to 7.
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Post by MeathExile on Apr 2, 2015 22:01:03 GMT
What's the story with Aidan O Mahony? Is he training, or did I miss a retirement??
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 22:03:51 GMT
I doubt very much Cooper will see time didnt play for Crokes . Only just back would be rusty . Galvin has a better chance of seeing time . Not surprised Kilkenny is dropped had a whole league to perform and didnt do it . Podge O'Connor should get a run . Surprised Daithi Casey is not a sub too . Good to see Sheehan back badly needed for frees . Good to see Paul Murphy back too . Hopefully the backs can play better and the Forwards get the scores .
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Post by donegalman on Apr 2, 2015 22:28:51 GMT
I liked the story from 1985. It is 30 years ago, but could be 6 or 7 years ago it was so vividly described. The north on a sunday is a go slow affair. Back then throw in the troubles and even stricter opening hours and trading hours, and it was eerie.
But this sunday will be nothing like that. you wont be buying diesel up there or petrol up there for a start. You could also shop in any numerous retail parks that stay open on sundays, despite the conservative local politics.
But most importantly, the game should be a good one. The more I think about it, the more it will go to the wire. A lot will depend on how kerry cope without Sheehan, plus how well Moran can stick the pace for 70. He seemed to be a bit leggy in the 2nd half against us, I wasnt sure if he was either injured or just getting his legs back.
Gavin to make an appearance would be very interesting, but I dont think it would be a good idea for Kerry.
I said before that a goal will decide this contest. there could be a few. It could be a very open game.
This league has surprised me, it may have lacked a bit in quality, but bar cork, all of us have struggled during at least one if not 2 games. It has been very close, and that is great for the game. There are no easy games any more, and the season is now extremely long. We should be very thankful for the sacrifices our players make to go out and perform the way they do.
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