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This is a mentally tough group of players that know how to close it out

Talk of splitting Dublin shows a defeatist attitude

'Against the Dubs you have to be switched on from the first whistle to last and it's draining'

'If you allow Dublin cheap possession they'll kill you'

'What Tyrone were doing this year clearly didn't work against the top teams'

Fans want Mickey to stay, but need a change in style

Sam Maguire looks a long way away at the moment

The aftershocks of this defeat could be felt for years

Owen Mulligan scores his wonder goal against Dublin in 2005

Dublin & Tyrone - A history

I don't think the Dublin 2017 model is as good as the 2015 version

Tyrone will have to score more goals than Dublin to win

'I don't remember seeing Aidan O'Shea lose a single throw-in or hop-ball this summer'

Aidan O'Shea can set the tone for Mayo from minute one

'I have heard more Armagh voices the past few days than I have in the previous five years - and it's great'

Armagh were in Division 3, Tyrone are top three

'Heavy defeats can leave scars on young players'

Donegal left it too long to bring in new players

'Sean would hop into the car with his big smiley face, a can of Coke and a couple of Mars bars'

Cavanagh doesn't eat Mars bars before training any more

We were told 'beat Down and you'll keep them down for five or ten years'

'I don't think I was ever so mad leaving a field.'

'There seems to be a huge resistance towards bringing in a second tier and frankly it leaves me mystified.'

We have senior, inter & junior at club, why not county?

'If you do something wrong you have to accept the consequences.'

It's time for people to learn to take their medicine

'If we look at the example set by rugby, the GAA sets a very low bar'

Match officials shouldn't have to put up with abuse

'I was only tested three times in my ten years playing with Tyrone'

There should be far more drugs testing in the GAA

'When I first started with Tyrone, back in 2002, we trained once-a-week collectively up until April'

Ratio of training to games in GAA is unsustainable

'I always went for the Championship haircut the day before the game, always to the same barber'

Time for the Championship haircut - just no highlights

Ian McKinley has been called into the Italy squad

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'There is more emphasis on the player as an athlete now and that's something we see in every sport'

People complain but Gaelic football is as good as ever

'Under-21 is the best indicator of what young footballers are capable of going on to achieve'

'I wasn't good enough to make minor and U21 teams'

'Because they lost he's not a leader, he couldn't get his team over the line, but this is a case of history rewritten.'

Pundits have a duty to get it right, but not all do

'They might have regained their composure, but they let us all see what it meant to them.'

Kerry celebrations showed how much Dubs win meant

'Dublin are a serious team but they are as cynical as anyone out there'

Fitzmaurice has started the mind games with Dublin

'Roscommon are getting a fair bit of stick off the public that seeps into the players' mindset.'

Last-chance saloon for counties looking for a kickstart

'His game was always built around skill, using his football brain and a bit of genius'

Colm Cooper's the greatest I've seen

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