What way do you think it will go? I'd fancy Tyrone after their performance today ...

tyronelegend (Tyrone) - Posts: 270 - 22/01/2012 18:34:48    1097907

It will depend on what teams both put out on the night tyrone hasnt been tested yet so we might turn up and give you a test.

93vintageyear (Derry) - Posts: 301 - 22/01/2012 19:35:55    1097965

Makes for a fascinating final all the same, pleased for the young Red Hands, its all good experience and as the saying goes, every journey starts with a single step.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 22/01/2012 19:42:44    1097975

Derry...

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 22/01/2012 19:49:42    1097991

Here's hoping that a callow Tyrone team gain all the experience they want and more besides next Saturday! Derry are looking solid and workmanlike so far without pulling up any trees and I don't think Tyrone beating a Fermanagh team who collapsed in the second half tells us an awful lot either. I would expect the final to be a good deal faster-paced and harder hitting than the two games we saw today.

doiregael2 (Derry) - Posts: 337 - 22/01/2012 21:33:23    1098113

head says tyrone and heart says derry to close to call,should be great game and tight one too

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 22/01/2012 21:58:59    1098141

Kind of sensing a little bit of denialon here by the posters from Donegal and Dublin. Perhaps both want to think Tyrone as a force are dead and buried when the reality is so very much different!

cacsmckilly (Tyrone) - Posts: 1294 - 23/01/2012 09:58:54    1098194

Flip a coin on this one I'd say

gigoer (Wexford) - Posts: 1998 - 23/01/2012 10:05:05    1098199

Some very bitter posters on here haha. Take a look in the mirror before you high horse.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12494 - 23/01/2012 10:27:01    1098217

If it is as good a game as last years final then it will be worth the waiting for. Best thing to come out of it for both teams is more competitive action prior to the league campaign.

kingpuck71 (Derry) - Posts: 691 - 23/01/2012 11:21:28    1098254

i'd say there's a fair chance things will get very hot and heavy as they usually do in tyrone derry games..of course the tv cameras will be there, and the nation will be wringing it's hands as usual about northern football...i do know one thing it will be full blooded, and nothing left on the pitch from both sets of players..the only thing is both teams will be looking at suspensions for key players in the aftermatch after the ballyhoo again about northern football

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 23/01/2012 11:37:11    1098276

mayotyroneman... please take the chip off your shoulder.. focus on the prospect of a decent game

kingpuck71 (Derry) - Posts: 691 - 23/01/2012 11:45:02    1098286

Based on yesterdays performances you would have to go for Derry, they put in a serious workrate for 70 minutes against Down and should have won by more. It will be a different Tyrone team for the final, Harte will return to the tried and tested players like Penrose, O'Neill, McMahon - a lot of the young guns will make way for that.

EnolaGay (Tyrone) - Posts: 653 - 23/01/2012 12:07:40    1098315

kingpuck..cast your mind back to the past 2 years....then lets wait and see!

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 23/01/2012 12:52:21    1098364

Should be good preparation for the opening league games,will depend on the lineups but going on yesterday's outings i would fancy Derry to win.

orange and blue (Tyrone) - Posts: 1080 - 23/01/2012 13:23:45    1098390

TG4 have confirmed they are showing this one on Saturday night, coverage starts at 7.15PM

Should be a tasty match, both sides still missing some big names (i.e Sean Cavanagh, Conor Gormley for Tyrone & Eoin Bradley, Enda Muldoon for Derry).
Derry beat Tyrone twice last year yet I fancy Tyrone to win this one with a bit to spare. The Tyrone rebuilding process is well underway with several new comers catching the eye. Tyrone look to have considerably more quality across their panel to deal with a few absentee's, whilst their fitness levels are significantly more superior than they were in 2010 & 2011 at this time of year. Harte et al obviously tiring of playing catch up on the fitness stakes, as the season progresses.

The newer talent on the Derry panel seems to be of a more industrious player, as opposed to naturally gifted footballers. Derry will attempt to crowd out everything in their own 45 and play a counter attacking game, so much will depend on the opening exchanges. If Tyrone go ahead it will force Derry out, yet if Derry get their noses in front it will be a dire dogged affair where Derry could well come out victorious.

Tyrone likely to win by a margin of 3 to 5 points.
Tempers Guaranteed to fray.

Wonder who the referee will be, he could play a big role in this one.

redhandmacca (Tyrone) - Posts: 240 - 23/01/2012 13:31:45    1098396

look at the red hands they beat fermanagh twice and antrim and they think they will win sam again lol ;)

brolly_4_pres (Derry) - Posts: 356 - 23/01/2012 13:33:08    1098400

Are there rumours going around that Derry are now playing Donegal type football? If ye can't beat em, join em type of thing. I hope this is not true because we dont need another Donegal, please no!

cacsmckilly (Tyrone) - Posts: 1294 - 23/01/2012 15:03:19    1098516

cacsmckilly - i would honestly say its more like the Tyrone style. Brennan still wants to put up high scores, just conceed a bit less in the process I feel!

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 23/01/2012 15:12:40    1098528

cacs, a couple of quotes from Brennan on the main page should reassure you we wont be another Donegal, im in agreeance with you (funilly enough) that thats the last thing I want to see happen.

"But I'm here for the good of the game and the good of the team. I'm a GAA man." ""My job is to put a team out to entertain very good GAA supporters."

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 23/01/2012 15:20:02    1098541