First upset of the season on its way in Ulster.

InishowenMan (Donegal) - Posts: 216 - 18/05/2014 17:28:42    1589347

Coldrick is awful, his inconsistency is shocking but he is not the reason Tyrone are losing. Mickey Harte will have serious questions to answer about the team he picked and that really dreadful defence if they lose.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9724 - 18/05/2014 17:31:47    1589348

For 3/4s of this game, Tyrone have been the better team.

However when Tyrone scored their second goal, It seemed at though Down woke up, And Tyrone probably felt it was game over

Its not over yet but Down's comeback shows what championship football is all about.

First big shock looks likely.

But this is what makes championship football special.

Down winning by 2 now going into the last 60 seconds (plus injury time)

Well done to them if they hold on. Hope i dont jinx it

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 18/05/2014 17:31:49    1589349

Benny Coulter always a class act , doing best of the veterans , just what Down needed , Tyrone looking DOWN and out two minutes left .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 18/05/2014 17:32:07    1589351

I've never seen another county who can be so poor in one half and yet come out and play like that in the second. Jekyll and Hyde almost.

patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 936 - 18/05/2014 17:32:24    1589352

Time to start horsing out the black cards

Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 18/05/2014 17:32:57    1589353

4 minutes added time.

Down missed a very scoreable free. Tyrone themselves have kicked a scoreable free.

So there is 1 in it.

What a great last quarter.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 18/05/2014 17:33:12    1589354

Not liking the Down lads diving!!

JP91 (Armagh) - Posts: 316 - 18/05/2014 17:35:51    1589355

Well done to them if they hold on. Hope i dont jinx it

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I jinxed it :)

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 18/05/2014 17:36:42    1589356

Sean Cavanagh stood up when most needed, what a player.

CaisleanCnucha (Dublin) - Posts: 1379 - 18/05/2014 17:36:45    1589357

Well nearly an upset..!!

InishowenMan (Donegal) - Posts: 216 - 18/05/2014 17:37:14    1589359

that free proves crucial in the end

RossiesRock (Meath) - Posts: 369 - 18/05/2014 17:38:01    1589360

Great second half , Sean Cavanagh holds his nerve big time , but boy oh boy that missed free and Johnson losing the ball on the sideline Down should be through , but most definetly should be kicking themselves .hard to know what to take from the game , very entertaining second half .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 18/05/2014 17:38:57    1589361

Sean Cavanagh, class act, nothing else ya can say about the guy.

Very exciting second half with some great scoring.

That missed free just at the start of injury time really cost Down at the end.

Hopefully the replay offers us up more of what we saw there, especially in the second half.

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 18/05/2014 17:39:42    1589362

Down revert to type at the end.

Absolute braindead fouls and it threw it away.

Got what they deserved in the end.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13746 - 18/05/2014 17:40:26    1589364

Should have been well behind in the first half, but Down ended up throwing that away. Awful free to miss and I don't know what the Down fella was thinking tangling off the ball when the game was nearly over. It's crucial moments like these that win and lose games, and Down couldn't do it. Both teams will learn from that but Tyrone moreso I'd wager, and I'd expect them to win the replay.

patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 936 - 18/05/2014 17:40:35    1589365

That is why the Ulster Championship is the most exciting in the country by far. Tyrone got out of jail there but why didn't Benny Tierney start? Why is Mickey Harte still persisting with defenders like Tierney who was dreadful in the League?

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9724 - 18/05/2014 17:40:42    1589366

Down have blown their chance....Tyrone will win the replay

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11283 - 18/05/2014 17:41:20    1589367

I thought extra time was to be played for preliminary round games???

sneachta (None) - Posts: 414 - 18/05/2014 17:44:02    1589370

Down missed their chance.

Tyrone for 3/4s of the game where the better team.

When Tyrone scored their second goal they relaxed. Down caught them and took the lead, Should have seen it out but blew it.

They managed to grab a draw from the jaws of victory.

Cant see Tyrone losing second time out.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 18/05/2014 17:44:15    1589371