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ALL-IRELAND SFC FINAL
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10 2021
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D UP FOR GLORY
“You know what? It is
incredibly easy for all those
on the outside to assume
Tyrone were up to tricks,
up to badness, but it was
tough… it was really tough.
We might have had men out
on the field most nights [at
training] but the numbers…
some nights we didn’t even
have a team. And this is
where our
management and our
coaches have been fantastic,
because they had to strip it
right back again. You have
to train, you have to be
out on the pitch, we were
following protocols and
doing everything we were
asked to do.
“It’s easy for different ones
to say what they want to
say, but if they’d been in
our shoes the last couple
of weeks… it was difficult.
Everybody in our backroom
team is a credit for what
they did – they really did go
above and beyond to help
every player, every single
day, whether they were at
training or at home.
“But we had no doubts what
we were going to bring to
this game - it was just how
much of it we were going to
bring in the clutch moments,
what was going to happen
and who was going to come
out on top.
“I’d say if you break them
down we maybe came out
on top in more than they
did. A point game, I don’t
even know what the score
was. It was brilliant to
score three goals and keep
them goalless, obviously
considering what happened
in Killarney…”
Ah yes, Killarney. If innuendo
and scepticism over the
extent of Tyrone’s Covid
issues wasn’t enough to get
teeth grinding, this group
needed little reminding
of their mauling down in
Munster 11 weeks earlier.
Hit for six goals, beat out
the gate by 16, it was a
harrowing experience.
Goalkeeper Niall Morgan
described it as his most
embarrassing moment in a
Tyrone jersey. Few, if any, of
his team-mates could argue.
Y
ET by the end of the AllIreland semi-final, the
significance of that day
had taken on a different hue.
“Every team gets a kick
up the backside at some
point - luckily ours came
in the League and not the
Championship because there
were too many years it was
coming in the Championship
and then you were out, or
away down the back door
route, and that’s tough.
“So ours came at the right
time. It’s easy to say that
when we’re standing here
now. We might have changed
a few things up, but did
Kerry have any complacency
there? Absolutely not. Not
one bit. They came here to
win this game, they came to
fight right to the death and
they did that. Both teams
can go home proud of what
happened here.”
And to think that when the
dice was rolled a month
ago, when Tyrone called the
GAA’s bluff on their initial
one week postponement,
the Red Hand faced with
the possibility of exiting the
Championship without even
having a crack at going any
further.
Minutes earlier, and just a
stone’s throw from where
McGeary stands in the
bowels of Croke Park, joint
manager Brian Dooher told
members of the media that
some of the panel weren’t
happy with the potential
withdrawal.
Ultimately, though, it was
a risk that paid off – and
McGeary was never in any
doubt they would have their
day against the Kingdom.
“Honestly? People wanted
this game played. Whether it
was six days later or 60 days
later, they wanted it played.
Look at the occasion we had
here. Look at the joy it brings
and the exceptional game of
football full of scores, full of
roars. That’s what it’s exactly
about. Had the shoe been on
the other foot, we wouldn’t
have turned our noses up.
We wanted to play the game.
“Kerry came out with a
statement saying they
wanted to play the game.
“As much as people can cry
and dispute what was going
on in our camp, they wanted
the game played.
“Hopefully when the dust
settles they’ll look back and
say ‘jeez, that was a great
game, I’m glad that went
ahead when it did’.
“And Kerry will say the
same. Walking straight into
the final? No Kerry team
wants that. The same way
we wouldn’t. The GAA made
the right decision, and we’re
grateful for the decision they
did make.”
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As it turns out, none of the
pre-semi-final favourites
made the cut when it
mattered, the Dubs
eventually swept aside by
Mayo to secure their place in
tomorrow’s decider.
The reigning All-Ireland
champions will be back,
McGeary is certain of that,
with no guarantees that
the opportunity that awaits
the Red Hand and their
Connacht counterparts will
come again.
“Dublin had been under a lot
of scrutiny, they were under
a lot of pressure, people
saying that they don’t have
the team they had in the
past – that was nonsense.
And Mayo knew that was
nonsense.
“That game went to the
wire as well, Dublin were 30
seconds away from winning
it.
“It’s not the last you’ve
seen of Dublin – if you think
Dublin are down and out,
bigger fool you. They could
be back next year bigger and
better but in 2021 there’ll be
a new winner, and we can’t
wait to see who it is.”
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