Hopefully Brian Kennedy can come in and make a big impact for Tyrone next year.
Youâve given me a reason, that I can believe in, that will help Tyrone be the best they can.
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Riiiight.
The game was over at HT Sid, Tyrone folded like a deck chair.
Yes, weak side of the draw. Tyrone didnât have to face either Kerry or Mayo the two sides that have pushed Dublin closest over their 4 in a row run. Tyrone didnât have to face Galway, the 2nd best side this year. Tyroneâs closest rivals in that Super 8 group thing was a Donegal side, who had lost one of their top players Paddy McBrearty. Tyrone were well beaten in Omagh by Dublin, even if they out a bit of respectability on scoreboard last few minutes when Dublin took the foot off the pedal. Final was embarrassing. Most one sided since 2007. Tyrone folded like snowflakes first sign of adversity they faced conceding penalty.
Mayo didnât qualify for the Super 8s, mate. Therefore itâs rather strange to complain that Tyrone didnât have to face them.
Neither Kerry or Galway were good enough to win their Super 8 group, Kerry werenât even good enough to qualify.
Monaghan did win that group, are the only team to beat Dublin in 2018 and Tyrone beat them in the tougher semi-final.
I also seem to remember you saying that Donegal were a better team than Tyrone. Tyrone destroyed them in the crunch Super 8 game in Ballybofey, a venue where no team had won for eight years.
Tyroneâs position as the second best team in the country this year is unarguable.
Wrong!
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The bitterest of defeats*, that one.
It proved that Dublinâs third team arenât the third best team in the country after all.
*For Ewan.
Considering you feel that Monaghan beating Dublin in a group stage league game is relevant, itâs surprising you omitted in that narrative to point out that Galway beat Tyrone in the league by 4 points.
Well clearly you think Monaghan are a better team than Dublin, which is why itâs so surprising that you were talking about the âweak half of the drawâ.
Monaghan are no great shakes. They could only score 0-10 in losing to Fermanagh. Tyrone couldnât have hand picked a better semi final opponent than Monaghan.
It was a much poorer championship with Mayo and Kerry bowing out early. After all those great Dublin v Mayo and Dublin v Kerry tussles of recent years, Tyrone not up to it.
Dublin and Kerry have failed to beat Dublin under Jim Gavin in Championship, like Tyrone.
Jim Gavin canât bate himself 
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Tyrone appear to be a very limited team and Mickey Harte is doing a very good job
Dublin have failed to beat Dublin under Jim Gavin? Go and have a lie down, youâve lost the little bit you had left.
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The man needs to get out and get some fresh air.
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Edit: Wrong thread.
To be fair to Mickey Harte , at very best , 3 of the current Tyrone squad might make the 2003 to 2008 teams .
Itâs hard to argue they werenât really. Finished top of the league, won their province and along with Dublin were the only side qualified from the super 8s after 2 games. Dublin beat them in the league final and All-Ireland semi, only other game they lost all year was against Monaghan where they spent the 70 minutes trying to conserve energy.