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Replying To Ronan1989: "Losing Murphy and McGee was too much of an ask. Lots of players didnt show up, McMenamin and McFadden-Ferry are not up to standard really. Bonner has to go unfortunately. Dublin/Kerry/Mayo/Mongahan/Armagh would have beaten us by 10/15 points. Monagahan V Kerry will be a tight Semi:p" Ah here give your head a shake will ya. The team were right in it up until the Langan missed free and then the tanks were empty. I thought OMFF done ok today. Both himself and McMenamin have proved themselves to be more than up to it. The same cannot be said of McMenamin's body where no doubt injuries are hampering his progress. OMFF has had very little football which hasn't helped. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2857 - 18/07/2021 15:54:28 2361076 Link
Handy enough win for Tyrone, Donegal look a tired team, will management remain in place? sean og (Armagh) - Posts: 1072 - 18/07/2021 15:54:38 2361077 Link
Replying To Ronan1989: "Losing Neil McGee and Murphy was too much of an ask. McMenamin and McFadden-Ferry are not up to standard really. Dublin/Kerry/Mayo/Monagahan/Armagh would have demolished us by 10/15 scores Monaghan v Kerry will be a good match." The 10/15 scores, is that points or goals? Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2296 - 18/07/2021 15:55:05 2361078 Link
Missed penalty and red card huge turning points. Punishing conditions for 14 men chasing the game, nothing left to give in last 10 minutes. Tyrone good enough to take advantage and finished up emphatic winners. Looking forward to a great final, another 50:50 contest. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 605 - 18/07/2021 15:55:24 2361079 Link
A great win for Tyrone but a tough loss for Donegal. Very hard to play with 14 players under the blistering heat. Donegal fought hard and too many injuries. On Tyrone so many writing them off after the league but they are a proud county and showed it today. Murphy Big loss but hats of to Tyrone. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3918 - 18/07/2021 15:56:57 2361081 Link
Replying To joeteor: "Tyrone comfortable enough winners in the end. Another non performance from Bonners side in a big KO game. Must be time for a change." That wasn't a non performance. I get you're probably anti Bonner which is another argument but in saying a non performance you're letting those feelings cloud your opinion. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2857 - 18/07/2021 15:57:08 2361082 Link
Replying To essmac: "Funny how Tyrone only kicked on when they were reduced to 14 players. You often see that, how losing a man wakens a team up" Donegal we're out on their feet at that stage having played almost 40 minutes with 14 men. They were running on empty with nothing left to give. Tyrone beginning to look good again and can look forward to big days ahead . Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 605 - 18/07/2021 16:00:51 2361087 Link
Tyrone and Conor McKenna were an absolute revelation today. sam2008 (Tyrone) - Posts: 799 - 18/07/2021 16:01:04 2361089 Link
Close game until last few minutes. As a Tyrone fan, I was worried for most of the game. After another tight game in Ulster, can the anti provincial c'ship brigade kindly put a sock in it. Plenty of teams in Ulster want to win it, and want an Ulster championship a lot more than they'll ever want a grade 2 all Ireland. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 18/07/2021 16:01:19 2361090 Link
Congrats to Tyrone on getting to a Ulster final. It was just one of those days from a Donegal perspective from the poor penalty miss to the red card. I didn't think it was a penalty in any case and both cards were merited even if the second was a yellow not a black. I thought Donegal did show good character to stay in the game and I think it might've been a different result if we had our full quota. Of course there will be lots of discussion about the management who I would like to thank on their efforts and success in Ulster. I think it is probably time for a change. The next manager will really need to be able to tap into the minds of these players as there certainly is a softness there. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2857 - 18/07/2021 16:04:48 2361093 Link
Replying To Ronan1989: "Losing Murphy and McGee was too much of an ask. Lots of players didnt show up, McMenamin and McFadden-Ferry are not up to standard really. Bonner has to go unfortunately. Dublin/Kerry/Mayo/Mongahan/Armagh would have beaten us by 10/15 points. Monagahan V Kerry will be a tight Semi:p" Ronan1989s golden rule, never praise your opposition when your beat. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2296 - 18/07/2021 16:28:22 2361099 Link
Replying To Ronan1989: "Losing Murphy and McGee was too much of an ask. Lots of players didnt show up, McMenamin and McFadden-Ferry are not up to standard really. Bonner has to go unfortunately. Dublin/Kerry/Mayo/Mongahan/Armagh would have beaten us by 10/15 points. Monagahan V Kerry will be a tight Semi:p" Ronan1989s golden rule, never praise your opposition when your beat. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2296 - 18/07/2021 16:58:48 2361113 Link
The decision to play Murphy against a weak Down side was ultimately disastrous. It was sad to see this colossus, possibly the best player of the last decade, hobbling around only half-fit. Losing Magee was another huge blow to Donegal. Tyrone made hard work of it considering they had the extra man for such a long time. Final too close to call, but neither side are serious contenders for Sam, and an Ulster title is a reasonable aspiration befair (Down) - Posts: 238 - 18/07/2021 17:04:28 2361120 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "The 10/15 scores, is that points or goals?" It should have been 10 goals but Tyrone were shocking at finishing. Tyrone deserved the victory (albeit against a team with a player less and a player who is their talisman) but Monaghan with the emotion behind them and ability to score goals will have nothing to fear against this Tyrone team. I am just being honest. Ronan1989 (Donegal) - Posts: 81 - 18/07/2021 17:10:10 2361124 Link
Replying To sam2008: "Tyrone and Conor McKenna were an absolute revelation today." Well for all the talk about him, it's about time he won his first championship game! cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5249 - 18/07/2021 17:13:36 2361130 Link
Replying To essmac: "Funny how Tyrone only kicked on when they were reduced to 14 players. You often see that, how losing a man wakens a team up" Good win essmac, you have a point about Tyrone playing better with 14 men. They should cut down on the fouls though. MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 421 - 18/07/2021 17:13:51 2361131 Link
Replying To befair: "The decision to play Murphy against a weak Down side was ultimately disastrous. It was sad to see this colossus, possibly the best player of the last decade, hobbling around only half-fit. Losing Magee was another huge blow to Donegal. Tyrone made hard work of it considering they had the extra man for such a long time. Final too close to call, but neither side are serious contenders for Sam, and an Ulster title is a reasonable aspiration" Would agree with all of that. Murphy should have been bo where near the down game. They shouldn't have had to rely on him to beat down. If tyrone win ulster which will be very close then I would be very happy this year. No one bar maybe kerry will touch the dubs. TYE08 (Tyrone) - Posts: 93 - 18/07/2021 17:16:05 2361135 Link
Fantastic win for Tyrone. Hard luck Donegal. Tyrone better team. We bottled up Paddy McB and McHugh. Murphy wasnt playing well before red card. O'Donnell marked out of it as well. Tyrone's bench very strong. McKenna, McShane, Canavan not fit to start which I was concerned about. Didn't matter. McGeary excellent. Meyler I thought was excellent again. Bonnet gone I'd say. Another huge defeat for Donegal. Dare I say…….Jim McGuiness to come back?? The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2093 - 18/07/2021 17:26:23 2361146 Link
Well done Tyrone, better team overall as the game panned out. Losing Murphy and Mc Gee was huge and being reduced to 14 men in that heat was the lethal injection. Should be a good final. Monaghan have struggled more with Tyrone than Donegal in recent times so can't really call it. Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1677 - 18/07/2021 17:45:57 2361155 Link
Well done Tyrone. Very accurate and kicked brilliantly throughout. Smart fouling in the last 15 minutes. Should beat Monaghan for me. The penalty miss was huge for us. 5 points up and that's a different game. Clinical teams take those chances. Murphy shouldn't have started as clearly unfit. Some excellent performances for us and battled hard with 14 men for so long. Bonner a great servant but the soft centre remains, a step-up needed now in terms of management quality or progress will be difficult. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1416 - 18/07/2021 17:47:09 2361157 Link