Just 10 days to go now until the Ulster Championship starts with a cracker in Healy Park,Omagh on May 18th.

How do people see this match going??Will the fact that Tyrone have home advantage and have played in a higher division this year be decisive or can
Down find some of the old Mourne magic to send Tyrone crashing out??

Down fans how do we go about winning this game?? Attack a leaky Tyrone defence and hope to out score them??

Good luck to Down on Sunday week.

REDANDBLACK30 (Down) - Posts: 1618 - 08/05/2014 15:04:40    1585395

Tyrone for me , however Id be a poor man betting on Ulster games , get it wrong as often as right , Down over last couple of years seemed shy of a couple of forwards , bit like most of the games up north little between sides and for a neutral thats what you want in championship .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 08/05/2014 15:27:09    1585406

I'm predicting a tight encounter here, both teams really can't afford to lose at the preliminary stage otherwise its going to be one long drawn out summer. Home advantage to tell in the end and Tyrone to win by 3.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 08/05/2014 16:10:27    1585426

I think this could turn into a defensive dog fight, similar to our Ulster semi-final vs Donegal last year. Mickey Harte will be weary of his leaky defense and the damage players such as Rogers, Poland and O'Hare could cause them. So I'm expecting a low scoring affair. I don't think we have the forward power at the minute to outscore Tyrone who have a potent full-forward line. Therefore a defensive game might play into Down's hands. We need to bring our A game, if we do then it could be a cracker. If we produce anything less then Tyrone will run out winners with a good few to spare. Whoever does win, will have the advantage of having a championship game under their belt before taking on Monaghan. Lets hope its the boys in red n black!

MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 08/05/2014 16:33:44    1585440

hate to say it, but cant see it going any other way than to TYRONE. Hope i'm wrong, obviously.

offtheground1 (Down) - Posts: 128 - 08/05/2014 16:35:06    1585441

Rarely has there been such a low key build up in Down to an Ulster championship match. Down have been so utterly devoid of any constructive football this year that it's simply impossible to predict a Down win. We're an average division two side and will bow out of this contest with 15-20 minutes left of the match.

artisan (Down) - Posts: 1794 - 08/05/2014 18:01:21    1585485

I'd like to see Down winning.

But i cant see it. Tyrone by 4

Up Down though!!

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 08/05/2014 18:32:56    1585499

I'd prefer to meet Down but I can't see past Tyrone for this.

Whoever wins I hope ye knock lumps out of each other! ;)

patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 936 - 08/05/2014 18:50:05    1585513

Down's form away from home has been desperate in 2014 & for that reason I go for a Tyrone win.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 08/05/2014 18:50:25    1585514

tyrone will win this one pulling up. I think that division 2 is a shadow of division 1, and therefore tyrone will be much better prepared. I also think that tyrone could give their next opponents an awful trimming as well.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 08/05/2014 19:28:26    1585529

The red-carpet is ready for the welcoming of
the 'aristocrats' to the heart of Ulster.
The welcome will be short-lived however as the
nobility will be given another footballing lesson
by Tyrone, and leave early for the long drive back
up the M1! ;)

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 08/05/2014 19:43:29    1585536

Only trip I'll be having boyo is driving round and round the ballygawley roundabout with a big down flag out the window ;)

MissDownFanatic (Down) - Posts: 411 - 08/05/2014 20:14:32    1585548

Tyrone v Down, two of the great s of Ulster football,hard to call, first day draw,for 2014 i have either of them beat by Monaghan,no disrespect, then Monaghan fall to Cavan,comming the other side Donegal, us,no disrespect to any Ulster teams, in saying all this the way Ulster is right now, any team on any given day can beat each other, Tyrone, or Down could suprise a lot, in Ulster, All Ireland. i feel Ulster is between, Monaghan, Tyrone,Cavan,Derry,Donegal, and Minor is between, Donegal,Tyrone,Cavan.............. all the best of luck to all Ulster teams, this summer.

mchugh11 (Donegal) - Posts: 242 - 08/05/2014 20:27:23    1585553

Could be a good high scoring game to start the championship as neither defence looked good during the league. Tyrone to win by 5 points.

Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 08/05/2014 20:38:19    1585559

Mc hugh 11 I believe its going to be between Derry and Monaghan for Ulster Donegal will not have legs to last in qualifers

aidan1000 (Leitrim) - Posts: 106 - 08/05/2014 20:59:14    1585575

We all know Tyrone have been letting in a bag full all year. If we continue this pattern then Down will push us very closely and could surprise everyone with a hard fought win. We need to tighten up at the back big time, I've been happy with our attacking play this season throughout the league. But i hate this idea of being great up front and poor at the back, the notion that as long as we're scoring a plenty, what odds about letting in alot aswell. Its like the man with his feet in two buckets of water, one boiling hot and the other cold.....he's still in trouble regardless

Game2Halves (Tyrone) - Posts: 265 - 08/05/2014 21:06:11    1585579

mchugh11
County: Donegal
Posts: 142

1585553
Tyrone v Down, two of the great s of Ulster football,hard to call, first day draw,for 2014 i have either of them beat by Monaghan,no disrespect, then Monaghan fall to Cavan,comming the other side Donegal, us,no disrespect to any Ulster teams, in saying all this the way Ulster is right now, any team on any given day can beat each other, Tyrone, or Down could suprise a lot, in Ulster, All Ireland. i feel Ulster is between, Monaghan, Tyrone,Cavan,Derry,Donegal, and Minor is between, Donegal,Tyrone,Cavan.............. all the best of luck to all Ulster teams, this summer.





Its between Monaghan and Tyrone; Donegal are falling apart at the seams,
Derry showed they have no fight (League final), and the rest simply aren't
good enough!

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 08/05/2014 21:57:16    1585613

Can't see the winner of Down v Tyrone losing to Monaghan. Monaghan are more walking wounded than Farney Army at the minute, and even with a full team they haven't the bottle to beat Tyrone. I've said it all year, its all heading for a Cavan Tyrone semi-final. Just the sort of game that Tyrone will hate!

MadgeKing (Cavan) - Posts: 493 - 09/05/2014 11:11:30    1585696

Tyrone and Derry will win the whole thing. People talking monaghan up a bit to much here. They won division 2, we have seen before what comes after this. Tyrone should beat Down and hit the ground rnning against monaghan

redhanddefender (Tyrone) - Posts: 913 - 09/05/2014 13:10:43    1585772

TheGateKeeper
County: Tyrone
Posts: 2611

1585536
The red-carpet is ready for the welcoming of
the 'aristocrats' to the heart of Ulster.
The welcome will be short-lived however as the
nobility will be given another footballing lesson
by Tyrone, and leave early for the long drive back
up the M1! ;)



Aristocrat: One considered the best of its kind.

Dude, you're not playing Cavan who are the real aristocrats in Ulster.

Ned_Stormcrow (Cavan) - Posts: 1071 - 09/05/2014 13:25:43    1585780