Kildress will only win if they resort to foul them every time Omagh get the ball, but Omagh have to much quality..especially the 5 county minors to Kildress's none. Omagh to win by 5 I'd say. Young mullan to mark philly lennon, plus i dont think kildress could handle Conan Grugan around the middle aswell as O'Neill

gael_123 (Tyrone) - Posts: 13 - 19/08/2009 18:45:00    397459

From what i recall last years senior championship final there was 4 county men in dromores team to clonoes none! so i wouldn't go by that! Come on the tones!

Wolfy (Tyrone) - Posts: 109 - 20/08/2009 09:19:39    397875

Omagh to win comfortably, too much firepower

full_forward (Tyrone) - Posts: 6 - 21/08/2009 01:05:16    398838

To gael_123, Kildress are not a one man team and even if Philly is contained then other players will step up. You don't get to a county final being a bad team and I think that this Kildress side has another big performance in them. Good luck lads.

TyroneGAA. (Tyrone) - Posts: 80 - 21/08/2009 11:12:48    398974

A few posters being very unfair to Kildress. As others have stated, you don't get to a championship final if you are a poor team and the league game was an interesting tussle. It will be very tight but Omagh should, by virtue of probably having one or two more that can change the game for them, win by a couple of points. In relation to the point about county players, I think it is niave Wolfy to compare Senior and Minor. At senior, the game is built more on a team ethos and system of play, whilst at minor the better individuals tend to have more influence on the game than at senior level. However it should be a good game and hopefully our lads can come out on top

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 21/08/2009 12:29:47    399038

would love to see kildress do it but i think omagh will be too strong

tyroneled (Tyrone) - Posts: 69 - 21/08/2009 14:46:51    399188

Final score. Omagh 0-16 1-10 Kildress

tyrone_kid10 (Tyrone) - Posts: 13 - 21/08/2009 21:15:14    399532

Kildress of to a flying start 1-02 to 0-01 ahead after fifteen minutes. Omagh ease back level with a couple of frees courtesy of O'Neill, Grugan and Clarke, icluding two absolute gems from O'Neill and Grugan. Level at half time, Omagh step up a gear and move a couple clear but are unable to shake of a dogged Kildress. Gallagher receives a straight red for Omagh, can only be for striking but I did not actually see it. Omagh to their credit continue to control the game with O'Neill cutting the Kildress defence to shreds on a number of occasions one leading to an absolutely diabolical penalty decisiom by the referee, much in keeping with the rest of his performance. Justice is done when O'Neill pulls a "Berbatov" with the penalty attempt. He makes up for it moments later with an absolutely sublime point about two yards of the end line. With Grugan winning a lot of ball at midfield Kildress struggle to make headway and Omagh retain their 3 point lead with some comfort to clinch the first Minor Championship in 26 years and clinch the League and Championship double. Due credit must be given to Kildress for a gallant challenge with Lennon their outstanding player. Unforunately for Kildress he was forced to come quite deep to get adequate ball and consequently his danger was somewhat managed by the Omagh defence. However, given that this was their first ever Grade One Minor final and the fact that quite a few of the team are underage next year, the future looks bright for the Wolfe Tones. A final word on the sporting nature of the game despite the best efforts of the referee whose interpretation of the rules was somewhat puzzling in respect of decisions against both teams. Kildress accepted defeat with extreme magnamy and this also bodes well for this club as clearly this bunch of lads are level headed as well as skilful.

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 21/08/2009 21:57:11    399565

Recent performances by Omagh at all levels in underage football would suggest that they are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the next few years at senior level. Dark horses for the senior county championship this year perhaps??

mugsys_barber (Tyrone) - Posts: 2160 - 21/08/2009 22:11:58    399583

Anyone have any information on young McAleer from Kildress? Awesome talent!

SimplyMagic (Tyrone) - Posts: 45 - 21/08/2009 22:33:35    399596

Conor McAleer is still under 16 this year. Great player.

tyrone_kid10 (Tyrone) - Posts: 13 - 21/08/2009 22:46:16    399607

The Omagh players sending off was for a neck high tackle on Conor McAleer.

TyroneGAA. (Tyrone) - Posts: 80 - 21/08/2009 23:02:22    399620

Thanks for that TyroneGAA, was that the initial challenge for the free? I did not think that Gallagher committed that foul

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 22/08/2009 00:00:11    399645

Omaghredhand- unfortunately the same ref has been puzzling both players and supporters for a few years now

Mick O Connell (None) - Posts: 1231 - 22/08/2009 08:01:31    399693

well done to omagh on a great season thus far. jus wana clear up gallagher got 2 yellows, both within 5 mins of eachother.

tyronegaa08 (Tyrone) - Posts: 23 - 22/08/2009 10:12:16    399705

who was the ref?

passerby (Tyrone) - Posts: 724 - 22/08/2009 13:16:14    399839

Donal Dorman

Mick O Connell (None) - Posts: 1231 - 22/08/2009 15:51:04    399930

McAleer suffered a bit of a concussion as a result of that high tackle. He played a great game, 2 points from centre half back marking Grugan and hes still under 16. One for the future.

Kildress WT (Tyrone) - Posts: 67 - 22/08/2009 22:10:18    400203

omagh are in a complete league of their own...if there was an all ireland, they would win with the likes of ciaran o doherty and michael arundell...this team is team of the decade

tyronegael9 (Tyrone) - Posts: 244 - 23/08/2009 00:11:55    400298

you do enjoy a bit of hyperbole tyronegael9

redkid (Tyrone) - Posts: 79 - 23/08/2009 01:17:58    400311