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Tyrone revert to negative style against Down

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The starting 15 on Saturday,

McConnell 30
Swift 24
McMahon (Justin) 24/5
Carlin 26
Harte 19
Gormley 29
Jordan 30
Hughes 29
Cavanagh (Colm) 24
Dooher 34
Cavanagh(Sean) 27
McMahon (Joe) 26
Mulligan 29
O'Neill 29
Penrose 26

That's an team average of 27 years old. Not exactly a bunch of pensioners

KERRY: B Kealy 24; M O Se 30, T Griffin 32, T O'Sullivan 32; T O Se 32 (today), M McCarthy 33, K Young 23; S Scanlon 29, M Quirke 30; Darran O'Sullivan 24, Declan O'Sullivan 27, D Walsh 26?; C Cooper 27, K Donaghy 27, B Sheehan 26(capt).

An average age of 28. At what age do boys start getting old these days?

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 21/06/2010 14:15:39    682906

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Beards make men look much older!

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 21/06/2010 14:48:56    682953

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Was at the game on Saturday and enjoyed the experience. I predicted a Down win and for a while thought it was the likely outcome. I still think Tyrone were there for the taking. Years of experience and a better management got them through. Their refusal to panic was key but in spite of that and about 40 min of Tyrone dominance Down could still have stolen it near the end. Tyrone unfortunately are not the team they were.

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 21/06/2010 15:34:27    683011

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I was at the game too , and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought Tyrone did what they had to do to get the result , and if anyone comes on here to argue that Kerry wouldnt do the same , they need their head examined. Tyrone are gettin up to speed and along with Kerry have the best ball players in Ireland. Hope to see the two clash before the summers out.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 21/06/2010 15:56:41    683054

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ya agree that tyrone only do what they need to win. I am however looking forward to seeing them come up against a good fight for full 70mins. Down played their hearts out and could have stole it only for some unfortunate free taking under the pressure. I hope monaghan bring their a game into the final (if they get there. weirder things have happened)

dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 21/06/2010 16:03:43    683064

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gaelantrim
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683054 I was at the game too , and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought Tyrone did what they had to do to get the result , and if anyone comes on here to argue that Kerry wouldnt do the same , they need their head examined. Tyrone are gettin up to speed and along with Kerry have the best ball players in Ireland. Hope to see the two clash before the summers out.

Yea, there would be a great build up and a good day out!

kerrykerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1779 - 21/06/2010 16:14:22    683078

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dstuction
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683064 ya agree that tyrone only do what they need to win. I am however looking forward to seeing them come up against a good fight for full 70mins. Down played their hearts out and could have stole it only for some unfortunate free taking under the pressure. I hope monaghan bring their a game into the final (if they get there. weirder things have happened)

i agree with you there! "If" we get there i wouldnt fear Tyrone as on Saturday it was evident that Down lacked experience in the second half - Even James Mc Cartan was at a loss to explain why they curled into their shells. Monaghan do have the experience but i pray we get by Fermanagh first.

ballybaybadboy (Monaghan) - Posts: 89 - 21/06/2010 16:54:11    683119

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The anti-Tyrone brigade really are a bunch of whinging no-nothings. It's pretty laughable when you see that it's mostly Kerry and Mayo men on doing the whinging about Tyrone, two teams with incredible chips on their shoulders, albeit for different reasons.

To the football anyway, what an excellent first half of football, both teams taking fantastic scores and producing some great pasages of play.

Down had no answer in the 2nd half to Tyrone's possession game which is an art in itself, I don't care what anyone says...If Donegal could keep possession half as weel I'd be happy and so would some of the moaners from other counties too as regards their teams. Down needed to alter their style and couldn't and I guess that's what makes Tyrone such a good team.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1478 - 21/06/2010 17:08:44    683143

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Donegalabroad , yer dead right. Even Spillane referred to the cultured nature of Tyrone's possession football. They were like a slick Italian team where the ball didnt stray out of reach. Some on here would prefer the english style of hit and rush. Might be more exciting , but its not intelligent play.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 21/06/2010 17:43:38    683197

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have to agree completely donegal abroad...there really is a lot of nonsense talked on this thread about tyrone..."swarming football" "blanket defence" "puke football"..trotting out the same lazy cliches...down had an excellent start..it took tyrone time to adjust but the critical thing is that the team didn't panic, which is always the message relayed by the man himself on the line, and then they slowly worked their way back into the game with an exhibition of playmaking by brian mcguigan...tyrone defenders went man on man..no sweeper and it paid dividends putting down under pressure further up the pitch..what exactly is the problem with some of the anti-tyrone brigade..is it just that you can't stand the fact that the men with too much mileage on the clock are using all those miles to their advantage

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 21/06/2010 19:09:08    683281

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Yes, Swarming around the player in possession, diving to get frees, feigning injury to get opponents yellow carded, that will last till they meet Cork again, or Meath.

sam02 (Tyrone) - Posts: 643 - 21/06/2010 21:50:57    683442

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Great first half of fotball from both teams and some great scores and dooher was brilliant with cavanagh , penrose, mc mahon . Second half yes tyrone used blanket defence and where great for holding off for possession brilliant stuff and fit .

Now a dublin poster starting a thread about blanket defence why ? Yous are at it just have not got the players to do it as well as tyrone or kerry so not sure what your digs at tyrone are for , maybe you can explain to me .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 21/06/2010 21:51:00    683443

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Some VERY sensitive northern posters here. I think you need to read the posts more caefully. I am certainly not anti Tyrone or anti any northern team for that matter. I see nothing wrong with Tyrone's style of football they have added a new dimension tactically to gaelic football. Their tussles with Kerry added to everyones enjoyment (except Kerry). However in my opinion they are past their best and I cannot see them winning the All Ireland this year indeed if Down had been more experienced they would have been beaten last saturday.

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 22/06/2010 13:03:56    683756

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Mod, I understand what you are saying, and maybe this Tyrone team is not as good as those of previous years, however I would suggest that the same could be said of most teams. As regards Down beating Tyrone if they had more experience, surely the only way to gain this experience is by playing at the top level for a considerable period of time, something that quite a number of the Tyrone team have, along with quite a few necomers over the past 2-3 years. I think that Tyrone had the ability to push on against Down if it had been necessary. What people have not commented on too much, other than Down supporters interestingly is that Down were the team who played defensively in the second half. For the majority of the second half they had 12-13 men in their own half. The fact is that Tyrone sensibly held on to the ball as opposed to kicking it aimlessley away or shooting from impossible angles. This is something which the best teams are very good at. Kerry are excellent at ball retention, and tend to get most of their scores from quite easy positions as opposed to having to kick wonder points. Tyrone had a mixture of these scores on Saturday, which would indicate that they are on the right road but have a bit to go yet. I would also be worried by the fact that Downs scores in the first half were easy in terms of the position they were shooting from,although following the removal of the sweeper put an end to this and this is a credit to the tactical nous of Harte and Donnelly and the ability of the players to adapt when things are not going well.

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 22/06/2010 13:44:08    683839

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This rubbish is getting tiresome. They comfortably beat a Down team a lot of people were talking up, look back through the threads on here! Yet Tyrone dealt with them comfortably. It doesn't matter how you win, as long as you do. It is laughable when i read some of the posts on here giving out about styles of play. And Spillane doesn't have a leg to stand on until Kerry overcome Tyrone and their style of play.

jonny1951 (Mayo) - Posts: 1431 - 22/06/2010 14:45:31    683947

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