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Before I get slated for having a go at my Northern Friends I was discussing the pro's and con's of Gaelic Football with a Tyrone man on Saturday night who was bemonaing the current development plan in Tyrone saying they are developing too many of the same type of players through their development squad and that the criticism given to them for their over exuberance on the field has transplanted them into a county that is too nice. He also felt that the same could be said for all the Northern Counties in light of recent political times (I felt this a strange comment) Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 16/12/2014 15:54:06 1678867 Link 0 |
goalpost (Armagh) - Posts: 215 - 16/12/2014 17:34:44 1678888 Link 0 |
We have'nt gone away you know! brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 17/12/2014 08:59:31 1678996 Link 0 |
Damned if we do. Damned if we don't. For years, decades even, teams from the North went and played Southern teams and got the bejaysus knocked out of them by more physical teams. Then the tact was changed and suddenly the teams who were once the handers outers and were then the receivers started complaining about the big bad nordies using rough house tactics. Now we are too soft again. Would people make up their minds. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 17/12/2014 09:23:48 1679005 Link 0 |
Jees, no one bites at this time of year!! Good man Brend, you'll be looking forward to the wee trip to Ballybofey!! Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 17/12/2014 09:23:59 1679006 Link 0 |
Am I missing something or are there not 9 counties in Ulster? Some of these posts just get better! tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 19/12/2014 10:01:11 1679450 Link 0 |
It is clearly a post aimed to wind up a few of the more sensitive a little, but at the same time it is quite the unusual stat. If anyone had suggested such a scenario a decade ago they would have been laughed at. I presume normal order will be restored soon. Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 19/12/2014 11:36:12 1679474 Link 0 |
Interesting stats and I suppose a lot of this is off the back of JMGs Donegal but good work at underage as well even though it is not always a measure of what is in front. Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 19/12/2014 11:51:29 1679478 Link 0 |
Perhaps it is cyclical thing, it just happens that Donegal, Monaghan & Cavan have won most over the past few years - or caught up with the rest. I wouldn't be surprised to see any of Tyrone, Armagh, Down or Derry getitng back to winning ways in the near future. Antrim and Fermanagh have a bit of catching up to do but its not out of the question either of those could come with a strong team soon. Even as it stands, Armagh and Tyrone are not too far of the top teams in the country. The other thing is that if you look at Donegal, they are now preparing & training like a proper team should. JimTheLegend (Donegal) - Posts: 247 - 19/12/2014 13:00:58 1679497 Link 0 |
I always thought Donegal should have part of the Northern Ireland given how far North it is.. bite bite FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2752 - 19/12/2014 13:31:00 1679502 Link 0 |
Derry rivaled Donegal in the physical stakes back in Celtic park, or certainly weren't far off. GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 19/12/2014 21:47:21 1679564 Link 0 |
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 20/12/2014 13:18:10 1679583 Link 0 |
Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 20/12/2014 15:53:14 1679606 Link 0 |
Don't think its a poor post. If someone questioned Dublin in a post, or Leinster and posters from those areas said it was a poor post, they would be called losers and moaners by HS posters. JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 28/12/2014 16:41:35 1679987 Link 0 |
I wonder if the same Tyrone man doesn't wonder if the present team just isn't as good as the very good team they had in recent times. Far from me to say that I know what tyrone teams were like in the none too successful '60, 70's and 80's, but I would say that many of those teams were anything but nice and still won nothin'. Beatin the livin daylights out of teams and then trying to defeat them on the scoreboard may have worked for Tyrone in the past though I'm not sure when, but it certainly doesn't work now. In any case I really don't get the point of this thread, successful teams have talented players who have a competitive instinct which is personified by both skill and a winning approach. Some might call this being not very nice. Tyrone players just aren't as good as they were. gl1965 (Armagh) - Posts: 5 - 28/12/2014 19:46:39 1679998 Link 0 |
Partitionist post. Probably a soccer man from North Donegal! essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 28/12/2014 21:48:25 1680004 Link 0 |
JayP its poor in taste as its having a go at 6counties in particular. From my experience there are quite a few partitionist donegal supporters. Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 29/12/2014 11:21:38 1680016 Link 0 |
for me there is not much between any teams in Ulster, its all on the day, no disrespect the weak ones are Fermanagh, Antrim, but come next year they will be waiting for Monaghan, Cavan, toward s an Ulster final. Ulster will be wide open, 1 of these will win, Donegal, Tyrone, Monaghan, Cavan. Cavan dark horses for U21, Minor, Senior in Ulster, hopefully we Donegal, wont be too far away. its all hard to call, good luck to every Ulster county, mchugh11 (Donegal) - Posts: 242 - 30/12/2014 21:23:52 1680137 Link 0 |
I think that today's game showed there is plenty spirit in the northern game lol. seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 04/01/2015 18:37:22 1680426 Link 0 |
Good to see over 8000 souls attending the Armagh v Tyrone game.No love lost between these two heavyweights.And not a band in sight either.... cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 04/01/2015 19:02:29 1680434 Link 0 |