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Agreed, not sure what on earth northern politics has to do with anything. The poster is from Cavan too which is in the north; Ulster, the last time I checked which was yesterday when I was at the game.
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 09/06/2019 16:13:18 2192202 Link 1 |
Northern politics ? What's that ? Do shag all and still have a job. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 09/06/2019 16:43:41 2192218 Link 0 |
Coming into this game I had thought Tyrone would win this game as Donegal looked vulnerable at the back. However Donegal really took the game to Tyrone as was evidenced by picking a very attack minded team. We played some great stuff in the first half and Tyrone looked a yard off the pace. Id say Declan Bonner wont be happy with the second half, we really should have put the game away earlier. Hopefully this is the result this Donegal team needed to get them to the next level. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1874 - 09/06/2019 16:58:07 2192224 Link 0 |
I agree regarding McCann it was a moment of madness from a terrific player usually. He will get his punishment but looking at him going off the field yesterday he will be injured anyways and will be a huge loss. I could not believe my ears when I heard Cassidy did not start. Plus there is no doubt with the departures the Tyrone bench was nowhere near the quality of last year.
panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2782 - 09/06/2019 17:32:13 2192244 Link 0 |
I agree it's important for the GAA to protect all players from a media backlash. GAA players are amateur and it was a moment of madness. As a county though these things seem to follow Tyrone around since their breakthrough in 2003. You would have to question why.
sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 09/06/2019 17:50:49 2192251 Link 0 |
What I would question is why when a Tyrone player does something terrible that it gets massive coverage but you can take the same incident from any other team and it gets glossed over. Tyrone are no saints but I honestly don't.think they are any worse than any other team. Massive overreaction going on. I didn't see this much attention when McMahon nearly blinded the star a few years ago with an eye gouge. Tieran wasn't an eye gouge and by all means the donegal.player should have bit the fingers of him. kevin03 (Tyrone) - Posts: 276 - 09/06/2019 18:31:17 2192284 Link 0 |
You know your stuff bud. In depth knowledge their of an opposing team. Well done. Most of Tyrone get Gaul stone pain when A.McCory comes on . Also Cassidy not starting is the strangest decision I've ever seen from Harte. He is super player. The poor performance sits solely with Harte . The space Donegal had when they attacked , the lack of pressure on Donegal kick outs and the fact that Donegal packed out their defense meant that horsing the ball into mcshane was pointless . Mickey though just stands there and makes no changes, the man can't react to changing dynamics during a game . Time to go , hoping they get put out in back door just do Harte will move on. I'd take a hit for the greater good.
Game2Halves (Tyrone) - Posts: 265 - 09/06/2019 19:13:46 2192320 Link 0 |
Dublin media kings got bad press when they had an incident a few years ago. Tyrone appear to get very defensive when these things happen, questioning why they get "bad press". Maybe Tyrone need to question this outrage and look at the amount of incidents that appear to involve their teams. Something isn't right in my opinion. I think the GAA will finally step in after this latest incident.
sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 09/06/2019 19:18:27 2192325 Link 3 |
I am certainly not defending him but I don't remember any year long bans being called for McMahon. Or a ban being called for Lee when he threw the gps device. The issue I have is when Tyrone does this there seems to be an uproar across the country. Would have no problems with McCann being punished but consistency in the public uproar would be nice. kevin03 (Tyrone) - Posts: 276 - 09/06/2019 21:28:59 2192431 Link 1 |
There doesn't need to be any more media comment on the Mc cann incident it should be treated as an individual incident and let croke park deal with it. I don't believe McCann should suffer trial by media. The pictures will speak for themselves. Was at the game supporting my native Donegal and thought Bonner got his match ups and tactics spot on. A combination of us being good and Tyrone having an off day. I think that Tyrone can regroup in the back door but I believe they are missing impact players like Lee Brennan and Ronan O Neill. I was happy not to see sludden starting even though he isn't at his best this year. Watched Saturday game today and can someone in rte please remove O'Rourke who embarrassed himself again pre match questioning Murphy's greatness and I don't recall him being as vocal when Martin o connell walked on canavans head in 96 as he was in commenting on the McCann/ mcMenamin incident. totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 916 - 09/06/2019 21:34:57 2192437 Link 0 |
I wouldn't call for any ban of an individual player, they're amateur and whilst mistakes are made we need to protect individuals from a media backlash. My point is as a county there appears to be something wrong in Tyrone, I don't watch their club football or coaching sessions through the ranks but from an outsider something doesn't seem right with how Tyrone as a whole do things. People react to incidents happening from the same county time and time again.
sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 09/06/2019 22:10:54 2192458 Link 0 |
Problem with GAA is if you have a bad day at the office, a stupid mistake, a missed opportunity, a missed penalty or a moment of shear madness you won't be fined a few thousand like in soccer But you have to get out of bed the next morning and go to your work.. At the end of the day they're all volunteers and ordinary human beings who do this voluntary. Losing a match is nothing compared with losing a life. Sometimes supporters need to get a reality grip. border Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 894 - 09/06/2019 22:17:54 2192463 Link 2 |
BeJasus (UK) - Posts: 383 - 09/06/2019 22:38:49 2192483 Link 0 |
Re McCann, I agree he probably has a decent argument based on precedent. Philly McMahons was way worse and he got a 1 game ban. Based on that I'm not sure how McCann could get more. Though that's more to do with how inept the GAA are when it comes to disciplinary matters. benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1422 - 10/06/2019 00:27:02 2192537 Link 0 |
Madge not sure what the politics has to do with it but with 3000 children homeless in the 26 counties each night then I think there are more than enough real issues to be concerning people with than throwing petty digs here...so much for cherishing all children of island equally. As for the Mc Cann incident, it should be left to the CCCC to deal with now and not a trial by media....without doubt it was wrong but these players are amateurs and have family/friends reading these media forums so people should watch their use of emotive terms like tramp etc .....lad was in the wrong should be punished but using one action to brand someone's whole character is wrong , prime example is some of the commentary made about Philly Mc Mahon previously yet now through the documentary etc people hav come to know the real Philly a lot have changed their tune......not saying Mc Cann is the same but how many people on here really know the lad to comment on his overall character PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 10/06/2019 08:14:42 2192572 Link 1 |
We had a great day at the office,and we didn't play to our full potential either and I thought we won the game at our ease which was surprising,Tyrone seemed a bit clueless, hard to know why,but they will be back on track soon,I expect to see them in the super 8's, Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2748 - 10/06/2019 11:32:48 2192737 Link 0 |
Good win. Great confidence builder and should stand to us for the future. DLlegends (Donegal) - Posts: 503 - 10/06/2019 11:46:57 2192750 Link 0 |
I wouldn't worry too much about Brolly. He is basically a parody of himself now. He only backs a winner and his attitude changes with the wind. Believe you me. If we ended up in the All Ireland final he will be back on eulogising us again. I would agree with Tomas O'Se in that I hope that we stick to our new system regardless of this result. Kieran Whelan was quick to dismiss it and said we should revert to type on the Sunday game. We just cannot let that happen. That would be a bigger tragedy than missing out on a place in the super 8's for one year. We are on the right track and if we stick at it and refine it further we can be a dangerous team but also a team that plays a brand of football to excite our fans and motivate our young players of the future. Wally (Tyrone) - Posts: 912 - 10/06/2019 12:14:32 2192782 Link 0 |
Do you think not having Lee Brennan, O'Neill or Bradley as part of a more expansive game cost you? Apart from a few blockbusting runs (which is a worry for our defence) the lack of mobility/chaos created by your forward line made it easy for us to contain threats after the first 10 minutes (and last 5) or so. Al_Maguire (Donegal) - Posts: 244 - 10/06/2019 12:36:06 2192799 Link 0 |
A great performance from Donegal must put them right up there as challengers to Dublin. Tyrone can bounce back in the back door but to what purpose remains to be seen. Qualifying for Super 8's maybe as good as it gets. Can not condone McCann he will deserve all he gets. Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 10/06/2019 12:46:07 2192808 Link 0 |