Iām thinking a point a man myself
Mickey Harte to cement his legacy as the greatest GAA manager of all time.
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Iād ate that
Whats gone wrong with Watty Grahams? Glass heading for Oz rip the heart out of the place?
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Playing a blanket defence against Dublin hasnāt worked since 2014. No one has rattled them in that period like Mayo have. Not a single fuck did Mayo give about Dublinās reputation. They just drove at them relentlessly with fast, athletic players who could play a bit too. Tyrone have plenty of players of that type and they had some success in the second half in Omagh v Dublin when they went for broke.
The Dublin defence is not as good as it was either. Philly is in decline, Murchan is a good man marker out the field but is a liability too close to his own goal as he is so short. Cian O Sullivan is unlikely to be 100% fit. John Small is liable to get sent off at anytime. Tyroneās best chance in my opinion is to play an attacking game but I canāt see Harte having the balls to go for it. He will set up defensively and hope to be still in touch with 15 minutes to go and have a cut then. I think Dublin may be too far ahead at that stage.
That sounds about right.Id love to see Tyrone do a mayo and go at dublin but Harte will probably be too cautious and the game will be over before they even realize it.
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I think this Dublin team will go down as the greatest of all time but I think they are vulnerable on Sunday. Their full back line are coughing up plenty of goal chances and will be guarded by Cian O Sullivan who may not be fully match fit after coming back from hamstring injury. They have 2 very workmanlike wing forwards in Howard and Scully but I dont think either will trouble scoreboard operators too much. In fact they will probably be wing backs for much of the game tracking McCann and Harte with McCaffrey and Smal counterattacking. Who knows in a one off game. Tyrone performances most notably against Donegal in Ballybofey and Monaghan have been patchy in intensity but by design. They are happy to play a high pressing game but are aware enough that they canāt sustain that for a full 70, then they rotate to sitting deep and set up traps and win huge amounts of turnover possession. Dublin cant really do anything obvious to neutralise Cavanaghs impact. They will rely on the usual bursts from half back and feeding Kilkenny who will then orchestrate things around him. Ciaran Kilkenny averaged 50 touches per game last year until Keegan bested him in the final giving a performance for the ages in a game Mayo should have won. If Tyrone can find someone to sacrifice himself for the team and limit Kilkenny they have every chance because unlike last year Dublin dont have that extra star quality in Diarmuid Connolly to bail them out.
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Small will be sent to snuff Harte out again surely. Dublin negated Kavanagh last year by playing with serious width and attacking from outside>in rather than in straight lines down the middle. That said Tyrone will hardly be as passive again and stand off the runners like they did last year.
Is it churlish to point out that for all Dublinās dominance and Tyroneās total systems failure in last yearās semi-final, Tyrone were still within six points of Dublin with eight minutes left?
It sounds simple, but bringing the necessary aggression is the most important thing above all for Tyrone, more so than whatever game plan they choose to utilise.
How many teams other than Mayo have actually done that?
Tyrone didnāt last year, thatās for sure.
So if theyād stopped the game with eight minutes to go tyrone would have lost by six. Mmmnnnn. Interesting.
Iād hope Meyler is fit enough to start. McGeary is better coming off the bench and vice versa with Meyler. He hasnāt been able to get much training in that time but heās considered the fittest player on that Tyrone team so hopefully heās good to go.
I hope the rest helps Tyrone, by the time the semi final had concluded, Tyrone had played 8 games in 10 weeks and had to put a lot in to some of those games. Weāve had a few lads carrying niggles into games so the three break has been a blessing to Tyrone.
Howard workmanlike?
Howard is sheer class
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Agreed. Scully oh the other hand is a carbon copy of Gavin which in itself is an awful insult I realise.
Average age of the Tyrone starting side is 25 so plenty more left in this side to build on. Thereās a nice balance to the current side, plenty of lads adding to the team year on year so I think weāll win an All Ireland shortly, if not this year.
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Did your mate get sorted?