Tyrone need to take Kilkenny out of it early by whatever means necessary to win this.Dublin are very beatable without him I think.
McCaffrey is more important than any other Dublin player I feel. Dublin started off like a house on fire last year against Mayo but completely lost their way when he went off early on.
Manion, McCaffery and Rock nearly as important now.
Rock has been very good overall and general play has improved. His free taking is top notch.
Manions turn overs are huge and he is hard to track. He could replace CK I feel if needed.
And McCaffery runs are unreal. Allied to James McCarthy. They end up creating goals or frees for Rock so much
if Tyrone want to mix it, Dublin will break them in two, they can play it anyway you like
Dublin obviously suffered last year with Keegan taking Kilkenny out of the game. Thereās no way The Process havenāt thought of that and come up with second and third options. Fenton does it. McCarthy does it and Kilkenny goes and sits as a half back for a while to pull lads out of position. The big problem for Tyrone is that Dublin will poke at every single part of the defence and pull it around like it hasnāt been before (well since last yearā¦). Every single one of them will have to be on their game. They need to be like brainwashed drones in their focus. Wait a minuteā¦
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Be interesting to see if Dublin put Murch on Tyroneās runners again. Canāt see why they wouldnāt. Would be some achievement given he started his first game in the Super 8s.
Tyrone might plan to isolate him as a kickout receiver after what happened against Galway a couple of times
Heās well suited, it would also be interesting to see if Tyrone try to target this if he does start and tell Sludden to move inside.
Murchan is tiny for an intercounty player and an evident weak link if he can be isolated in the full back line. Burke, who is a small guy himself really caused him all sorts of bother the last day out.
I think the likely match ups will be:
Small on Harte
McCarthy on Donnelly
Murchan on Sludden
Meyler (if fit) on McCaffrey
Hampsey on Kilkenny
Colm Cavanagh will likely play as a sweeper which means we may be lacking someone for Fenton. Mickey might opt to get McShane to do a job here. McShane is a frustrating player but heās very honest and heās a guy who is never lacking in effort and extremely mobile, I think he could be perfect for doing a dog role of sacrificing himself out the field.
We need Harte, Sludden and Donnelly to be getting the best of those duels in the final. I think one positive for Tyrone is they really did put it up to Dublin the last day despite Harte, Sludden and Donnelly being effectively curtailed by Dublin as well as Colm Cavanagh being off colour . The contrast would be McNamee did a very very good job on Kilkenny inside along with Meyler and he didnāt really have much effect against Tyrone in that game.
Iād like for us to hold Bradley, Brennan and McGeary in reserve. I think Bradley will start though, he was very dangerous when he came on against Dublin in Omagh and caused Cooper a lot of bother.
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As a matter of interest, and a genuine question not a nit picking argument starter, would the Belfast Telegraph be popular in Tyrone?
No.
Would it have more Unionist leanings in its news coverage as well, not to the extent of the Newsletter obviously but in general?
It would have an orange slant. Sister paper of the Indo these days I believe.
Has been owned by INM since 2001 anyhow.
Worst and least exciting build up I can ever remember
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You canāt polish a turd
Im thinking of giving away my tickets tbh
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Joe McMahon has gone up in my estimation after reading those articles
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Knock me over with a feather. Pretend IRA Italian @Cicero_Dandi is a Belfast Telegraph reader.
This will be the easiest All Ireland final to get a ticket for:
- Lack of a large support for the opposition (unlike Mayo) hoovering up tickets all over the country
- Dublin expected by almost all to win so lack of competitive game in store for neutral
- Game expected to be dour with Tyrone packing defence and Dublin playing safe keep ball so boring for neutral
- Even a lot of Dublin supporters I spoke too are blasƩ about whether they go or not and are not actively looking for tickets.
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