not pretty but thats Ulster football the occasion always suffocates the game I give it 6/10

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 21/06/2009 17:27:52    318401

fortyfive
County: Tyrone
Posts: 68

318400 never seen big Sean so off? well marked? or just not his day I would go for the latter

Definitely the latter, on the occasions he did shake his marker he missed some fairly easy chances.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 21/06/2009 17:39:48    318415

Was the mayo roscommon game any better???, roscommon where shocking, absolutely the most gutless performance of the championship, tyrone won the game without breaking a sweat, derry are a poor side who focus on containment and a dependence on paddy bradley which results in them losing if he fails to sparkle..

nevergiveup08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 315 - 21/06/2009 18:03:46    318443

its not that there is a two tier level in ulster its that there is a two tier level in ireland. Tyrone kerry and now cork are miles ahead of everyone else. And ulster football is not very exciting but you got to be from ulster to understand why its like the way it is.

THE EXTRAMAN (Donegal) - Posts: 554 - 21/06/2009 18:44:42    318492

21/06/2009 15:53:35
Lofty
County: Monaghan
Posts: 74

318320 Im delighted derry are out ..


Haha Someone still hasnt got over their loss in Celtic park 28 days ago

Doireegurlie (Derry) - Posts: 337 - 21/06/2009 19:02:33    318517

Mayo v Roscommon
Cork v Waterford
Louth v Carlow
Wicklow v Westmeath
Dublin v Meath

........yeah sure Ulster's boring!!

corrinshego (Armagh) - Posts: 305 - 21/06/2009 19:13:27    318526

Poor Doireegurlie .. You missed Lofty's attenpt to be humorous ! That's what Brolly said when Monaghan were beaten by Derry .. but Joe got his fill of it today !

MonaghanSupport (Monaghan) - Posts: 41 - 21/06/2009 19:31:16    318546

brendtheredhand
County: Tyrone
Posts: 610

318355 Boring, no MJ, its cut and thrust, I know you connacht boys are used to playing the game at a higher level than the rest of us, 'pure football' i believe you like to refer to it as. It wasnt pretty by no means, i think the world and his dog would have predicted that beforehand, however a limited Derry side had to do what they could to stop the AI champions from playing, and in that respect they suceeded for 3/4 of the game, that said its nice to know that the Tyrone bench is bristling with class and potential match winners, and this my friend is how the 2009 AI will be won, by Tyrone of course.


brendan my dear man that game today was so boring.the ulster championship is the worst at the moment.tyrone have learned nothing in ulster this year.galway are total footballers and were purist when weve won we won playing football.the same can not be said of tyrone .a lot of ulster poosters are good at putting other proviences down but cant accept critcism of ulster.if you give it you got to take it.

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 21/06/2009 20:19:37    318600

Personally I'd have to say all the football is boring. There has barely been a decent game yet.
There have been a heap of really good hurling matches.
Wexford vs Offaly
Waterford vs Limerick
Kilkenny vs Galway
Cork vs Tip
Clare vs Tip
Wexford vs Dublin
I've probably forgotten some but they've all be great games and they say the hurling isn't competitive. Can this argument really stand up? You've got to say there are more decent hurling teams out there than football. There are lots of average football teams but.....

ColinWex (Wexford) - Posts: 901 - 21/06/2009 20:28:20    318614

Doireegurlie - just like a lot of Derry people havent be able to get over Monaghan beating Derry in the pervious two years, thats the problem with posting your opinions on here, they can always come back and bite you in the ass.

cmx (Monaghan) - Posts: 446 - 21/06/2009 20:42:17    318632

ColinWex
County: Wexford
Posts: 344

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good point no good football game yet

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 21/06/2009 20:44:19    318635

Re doireguil , Im not sour just delighted yous are out. Yous ar so poor wen paddy bradley marked and boring.

Lofty (Monaghan) - Posts: 727 - 21/06/2009 20:45:55    318638

galway are total footballers and were purist when weve won we won playing football.the same can not be said of tyrone .

Yeah you keep on telling yourself that if it makes you feel more secure.

MichaelO (Tyrone) - Posts: 820 - 21/06/2009 20:57:40    318656

MichaelO
County: Tyrone
Posts: 315

facts not fiction oooo

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 21/06/2009 21:08:30    318667

But it's really competitive...........as we're always being told. no, I think all intercounty football in general is pretty bad at the moment. I'm only basing this on what evidence I've seen this year and probably over the last few years. There have been some dreadful performances and horrible matches to watch in all provinces. Besides the 3 obvious contenders and Mayo, the standard is miles behind what it has been in the past. And if we agree with this then it doesnt say much for these 4 either really because you never have to beat anyone of any substance. This could all change of course very quickly, but I doubt it. The level of dirty play by some of the teams that have been beaten causes the standard to be lowered. I mean like what team or match in the first round of the qualifiers are any of us really interested in seeing? I mean really really interested in seeing. Managers are focusing on bulking players rather than talent and it's breeding it's way into our game at all levels. Jesus a team yesterday went out and could only kick 1 point in a whole half but still managed to look like 15 Arnold Scwarzeneggers. I'm all on for making the sport as physical as possible and you don't need to be dirty or muscular to be a physicall GAA footballer. i know plenty of quick, clean, hard players. Teams can have all the bulk they want and go out and try their hardest to stop other teams scoring, but if the main aim of every single county is not to skillfully score as many points as possible first then we have a fundamental problem. Boredom. And then, eventual death of Gaelic Football. I personally dont want to watch a boring sport. Even more so if I know it could be enjoyable to watch. Back to the Ulster football championship, it has been as equally uncompetitve as any province. And just because there's competitive tight matches doesn't mean that the standard is any good. And I'm not saying it's any worse that other provinces but it is equally as bad.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 21/06/2009 21:11:00    318669

facts not fiction oooo

I suggest you look up 'fact' followed by 'opinion' followed by 'pettiness' in a dictionary.

MichaelO (Tyrone) - Posts: 820 - 21/06/2009 21:19:20    318678

there was other teams befrore 03

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 21/06/2009 21:26:42    318683

there was other teams befrore 03

Lol, where did that come from? Are you malfunctioning or something?

MichaelO (Tyrone) - Posts: 820 - 21/06/2009 21:29:33    318685

thykingdomcome
County: Kerry
Posts: 508

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could players have other things on there mind.because football is so poor this year never seen it so bad.

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 21/06/2009 21:30:41    318687

It could be the back door Mikey. Not sure as it has worked well at times. And of course I'm thanking God for it. But take Kerry for instance. Dreadful. But the question we are asking ourselves down here is whether or not Jack is actually one bit worried. Maybe they cannot peak so early and also expect to be still fully functional come September if they make it that far. Maybe Monaghan, Derry, Armagh who would have been classed as decent enough teams earlier in the year are also not worried about winning and are targeting higher fitness levels at the right time. You asked if there is something else on their minds. I'm talking about many players from all teams here. I'd say that there is very little in their minds, tactically. And that this has been the case for particularly the younger players coming through. It's all about agression, fitness, defense and inevitably less time is being spent on the other more traditional talents such as holding onto a pass, passing the ball, kicking acurately kick long, fielding, soloing. All the things that help a player and team get SCORES. Which is what it's all about. Jesus some of these lads couldnt hold onto a ball to save their lives and half of them cant kick the bloody thing more than 40 yards. how many attempts for points have we seen drop into keepers hands so far this year. That's the worst of all. then brainless hulks passing direct to opponents. How many droppped passes, wides, over carries? PLenty of sizing up to each other, plenty of biceps, plenty of handbags butr very litttle talent. I think the championship has been brutal so far. With the exception of Kerry & Cork, Tyrone and Mayo. Galway may prove themselves next week. Eventhough we were destroyed, lacked any bounce, were tactically inept and 100% lethargicly disinterested, at least we looked like we had seen a football before. Over all though every other team has let me down and I'd have no interest in any of the outcomes of any of the matches and if we get beaten by any of the winners then fair enough, we wont have deserved to go any further. I'm convinced that will not happen though. Apologies to all other 30 teams.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 21/06/2009 22:01:35    318726