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Post by wayupnorth on Aug 27, 2017 16:16:59 GMT
Dublin one lean mean footballing machine. I think the curse will hold for another year.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Aug 27, 2017 16:20:05 GMT
We might be better off not meeting Dublin in the final. Based on our performance thus year and the dubs we could have been hammered
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Post by onlykerry on Aug 27, 2017 16:29:10 GMT
Tyrone gameplan is crazy - very little pressure on Dublin in their own half. Mayo will force Dublin to play and push them all the way, going toe to toe with them. The lack of a significant game for Dublin may be their biggest enemy in their quest for three in a row.
It is Dublins to lose this year but this senseless but nagging thought that it's Mayo's year keeps knawing at me.
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Post by gaelicden on Aug 27, 2017 16:37:15 GMT
Fell asleep watching this, so... What happened?
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 27, 2017 16:39:23 GMT
Thought as much after the NFL game in Killarney. Didn't rate Tyrone all year.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 27, 2017 16:49:33 GMT
This was finally a victory for football over the negative rigid blanket. This is a good day for the game. Combine great defensive play with a great attacking game and you have a spectacle.
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Post by sullyschoice on Aug 27, 2017 16:50:16 GMT
It is a reflection on how poor the standard of football is in Ulster.
I can hear the chants of "Mickey Out" from here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 17:05:28 GMT
I agree. Tyrone completely overrated. One dimensional and easy to prepare for.
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Aug 27, 2017 17:28:10 GMT
It is a reflection on how poor the standard of football is in Ulster. I can hear the chants of "Mickey Out" from here. It's not any worse than the other provinces. Tyrone won Ulster because nobody could live with their system. We were clueless in the QF. Tyrone were as clueless today. Even lumping the ball into the square is a Plan B. Even then I don't think there was any Tyrone player capable of catching it, or at least causing havoc.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 27, 2017 17:31:14 GMT
Tyrone don't have the players to score in the cut and thrust games.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 19:15:16 GMT
Fantastic performance from the Dubs. Great to watch. Up the Dubs go on now and bring it home.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 19:22:35 GMT
Interesting to see that Connolly got such little time today. He won't be happy.
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Post by titanium on Aug 27, 2017 19:41:43 GMT
Interesting to see that Connolly got such little time today. He won't be happy. Ah sure he's never happy. By the looks of things they may no longer need him. He might be after proving that he is to much of a liability to the team when they have no shortage of quality to replace him, And can do the job without losing the head.
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Aug 27, 2017 20:30:20 GMT
Maybe Connolly will realise how much he's missed out on this year, and put the head down for 2018.
Paul Galvin was banned for most of the 2008 c'ship, and came back and had a fantastic year in 2009, winning POTY.
Is Connolly capable of doing the same?
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Post by stevieq on Aug 27, 2017 20:43:19 GMT
Maybe Connolly will realise how much he's missed out on this year, and put the head down for 2018. Paul Galvin was banned for most of the 2008 c'ship, and came back and had a fantastic year in 2009, winning POTY. Is Connolly capable of doing the same? No
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 21:00:09 GMT
Connolly is the type of guy who could just walk away next year if not starting.
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Post by colinsworth1 on Aug 27, 2017 22:25:48 GMT
The Sunday. Game boys all. Bottled it regarding Colm Cavanaughs kung fu kick Wreckless. Dangerous totally unacceptable in any sport For these pundits to say with a straight face that it was "irrelevant " Reflects poorly on their judgement and integrity To all the young Gaa players watching let me say that Ciaran and Brian and Des Cahill may not be standing up for safety first but The CCC will surely rule hard on this otherwise the game is in disrepute Sunday. Game you can do better ! Shame on you
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Post by southward on Aug 27, 2017 22:32:13 GMT
The Sunday. Game boys all. Bottled it regarding Colm Cavanaughs kung fu kick Wreckless. Dangerous totally unacceptable in any sport For these pundits to say with a straight face that it was "irrelevant " Reflects poorly on their judgement and integrity To all the young Gaa players watching let me say that Ciaran and Brian and Des Cahill may not be standing up for safety first but The CCC will surely rule hard on this otherwise the game is in disrepute Sunday. Game you can do better ! Shame on you I'm just surprised Des didn't try to tee up some Mayo players for suspension. Email must be down.
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Post by peanuts on Aug 27, 2017 22:36:37 GMT
The Sunday. Game boys all. Bottled it regarding Colm Cavanaughs kung fu kick Wreckless. Dangerous totally unacceptable in any sport For these pundits to say with a straight face that it was "irrelevant " Reflects poorly on their judgement and integrity To all the young Gaa players watching let me say that Ciaran and Brian and Des Cahill may not be standing up for safety first but The CCC will surely rule hard on this otherwise the game is in disrepute Sunday. Game you can do better ! Shame on you I don't think the CCC can do anything about it as it was dealt with by the referee (yellow card)
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Post by sullyschoice on Aug 27, 2017 23:15:50 GMT
It is a reflection on how poor the standard of football is in Ulster. I can hear the chants of "Mickey Out" from here. It's not any worse than the other provinces. Tyrone won Ulster because nobody could live with their system. We were clueless in the QF. Tyrone were as clueless today. Even lumping the ball into the square is a Plan B. Even then I don't think there was any Tyrone player capable of catching it, or at least causing havoc. Ard Mhaca. We have been bombarded with the mantra that Ulster is the most competitive province and everyone else gets a free ride to the quarter finals. Ulster football has fallen back drastically in the last two or three years. I thought Armagh looked like they were ready to push on but that came to nothing. Tyrone are a very average team. They were pathetic today No Plan A never mind Plan B. Tyrone were by far the best Ulster had to offer. That "System" was well and truely dismantled today.
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Post by colinsworth1 on Aug 27, 2017 23:24:41 GMT
It's not any worse than the other provinces. Tyrone won Ulster because nobody could live with their system. We were clueless in the QF. Tyrone were as clueless today. Even lumping the ball into the square is a Plan B. Even then I don't think there was any Tyrone player capable of catching it, or at least causing havoc. Ard Mhaca. We have been bombarded with the mantra that Ulster is the most competitive province and everyone else gets a free ride to the quarter finals. Ulster football has fallen back drastically in the last two or three years. I thought Armagh looked like they were ready to push on but that came to nothing. Tyrone are a very average team. They were pathetic today No Plan A never mind Plan B. Tyrone were by far the best Ulster had to offer. That "System" was well and truely dismantled today. [ Forget about the so called system Tyrone have the most lavish center of excellence in Ireland at Garvaghy yet they can't score a simple point today they left at least 8 easy ones after them today Contrast that to the Derry Minors today who are just across the other side of the Sperrins they lit the place up with some brilliant point scoring . People should sort out the basic skills like kicking the ball over the bar before they go overboard on elaborate systems in marking space Mm
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Post by Jo90 on Aug 27, 2017 23:33:37 GMT
The Sunday. Game boys all. Bottled it regarding Colm Cavanaughs kung fu kick Wreckless. Dangerous totally unacceptable in any sport For these pundits to say with a straight face that it was "irrelevant " Reflects poorly on their judgement and integrity To all the young Gaa players watching let me say that Ciaran and Brian and Des Cahill may not be standing up for safety first but The CCC will surely rule hard on this otherwise the game is in disrepute Sunday. Game you can do better ! Shame on you Very similar to Johnny Coopers tackle a couple of years ago where it ended with a yellow card.
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Aug 27, 2017 23:50:23 GMT
Ard Mhaca. We have been bombarded with the mantra that Ulster is the most competitive province and everyone else gets a free ride to the quarter finals. Ulster football has fallen back drastically in the last two or three years. I thought Armagh looked like they were ready to push on but that came to nothing. Tyrone are a very average team. They were pathetic today No Plan A never mind Plan B. Tyrone were by far the best Ulster had to offer. That "System" was well and truely dismantled today. I think it's the most competitive in terms of teams capable of beating each other, but not necessarily in terms of the number of teams capable of actually winning the title. Donegal has fallen back. That's all. The rest are much the same. We're not capable of Ulster yet. Encouraging year, but still a long long way off even considering thinking about talking about challenging for AI's. I'm not going to stick the boot into Tyrone (even though it's in my religion to do so), but they never really tried anything different today. Ok it's Dublin, great team etc etc, but they still had the same system in second half as the first. They tried nothing new. We were the same in the QF. I'd be mightily disappointed if I were a Tyrone fan tonight for not at least trying something.
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Post by keane on Aug 28, 2017 9:35:56 GMT
I think at the end of this season one of the things that will be worth looking back on is how much time we all as fans spend poring over incidents that had no material impact on matches and baying for blood in the form of bans - mostly for players of other teams.
It's become very tedious and I think it's driving a wedge of nastiness between fans of different counties.
We're all a bit guilty of blowing dirty incidents here and there out of proportion wringing our hands that fellas could have been killed by this dig or that kick. We might be gone a bit overboard.
You see now where some Dublin fans are hugely concerned about Aidan O'Shea's appalling stamp on Donaghy's foot (could have lost a leg), who didn't give a toss about McMahon's eye gouge on the same player (could have lost an eye). Mayo fans calling Kerry fellas various names for various indiscretions will no doubt analyse tape to show how COC's carry on is innocent. Amongst ourselves here I bet there are plenty of us who secretly give Donaghy more of a pass for his two digs to O'Shea's eye because it's somehow more 'honest' than Cavanagh's trailing leg yesterday.
I've met a good few intercounty players from all over the place over the years and the vast majority of them have been decent skins. Almost without fail the guys who would be pups on the field are the nicest of the lot. There are a few scallywags around but this poring over incidents is turning everyone who doesn't wear your own jersey into a violent criminal and it's poisoning the game a bit to me.
A bit of a ramble, so apologies, but it's something that's been on my mind since the Connolly 'incident' to be honest.
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Post by inforthebreaks on Aug 28, 2017 10:04:53 GMT
I think at the end of this season one of the things that will be worth looking back on is how much time we all as fans spend poring over incidents that had no material impact on matches and baying for blood in the form of bans - mostly for players of other teams. It's become very tedious and I think it's driving a wedge of nastiness between fans of different counties. We're all a bit guilty of blowing dirty incidents here and there out of proportion wringing our hands that fellas could have been killed by this dig or that kick. We might be gone a bit overboard. You see now where some Dublin fans are hugely concerned about Aidan O'Shea's appalling stamp on Donaghy's foot (could have lost a leg), who didn't give a toss about McMahon's eye gouge on the same player (could have lost an eye). Mayo fans calling Kerry fellas various names for various indiscretions will no doubt analyse tape to show how COC's carry on is innocent. Amongst ourselves here I bet there are plenty of us who secretly give Donaghy more of a pass for his two digs to O'Shea's eye because it's somehow more 'honest' than Cavanagh's trailing leg yesterday. I've met a good few intercounty players from all over the place over the years and the vast majority of them have been decent skins. Almost without fail the guys who would be pups on the field are the nicest of the lot. There are a few scallywags around but this poring over incidents is turning everyone who doesn't wear your own jersey into a violent criminal and it's poisoning the game a bit to me. A bit of a ramble, so apologies, but it's something that's been on my mind since the Connolly 'incident' to be honest. This is one of the best posts on here in a long time. It's becoming very tedious. Internet fora have certainly raised the ante in the "moral outrage " staked
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 10:19:09 GMT
Good post. Lots of things happen on the field of play that should just stay there.
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Post by glengael on Aug 28, 2017 11:17:59 GMT
I wonder if there are going to be question marks over Tyrone's management after this? I'll be interested in what Dermot has to say about it.
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Post by buck02 on Aug 28, 2017 11:35:46 GMT
I wonder if there are going to be question marks over Tyrone's management after this? I'll be interested in what Dermot has to say about it. Be prepared for about 15 emojis.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 11:37:35 GMT
There should be question marks for sure. 10 years is a long time with no major success.
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Post by Jigz84 on Aug 28, 2017 11:58:01 GMT
There was nothing to back up some pundits' opinions that Tyrone could stay within 10 points of Dublin, let alone beat them! Vastly overrated all year. They just don't have the forwards. Sorry Dermot!
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