'If you allow Dublin cheap possession they'll kill you' Tyrone's 2011 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Dublin is burned into my memory - for me, defeats always were. GAA • 12 Sep 17
Fans want Mickey to stay, but need a change in style I think the vast majority of Tyrone football supporters back the decision to extend Mickey Harte's term as manager, though I'd say the fact that ... GAA • 06 Sep 17
The aftershocks of this defeat could be felt for years Tyrone's All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin on Sunday had an end-of-an-era feeling about it. GAA • 28 Aug 17
Dublin & Tyrone - A history Dublin and Tyrone have long enjoyed a spiky relationship, dating right back to the day of their first Championship meeting in the 1984 All-Ireland semi-final. GAA • 27 Aug 17
Tyrone will have to score more goals than Dublin to win At the start of the year when anyone asked me how would Tyrone do this summer I said that they'd be beaten in an All-Ireland ... GAA • 23 Aug 17
Aidan O'Shea can set the tone for Mayo from minute one The very first seconds of Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Mayo are going to be vital and fascinating to watch. GAA • 15 Aug 17
Armagh were in Division 3, Tyrone are top three Our football columnist Philip Jordan recalls his experience of the Tyrone-Armagh rivalry and looks ahead to the neighbours renewing battle at Croke Park on Saturday. GAA • 01 Aug 17
Donegal left it too long to bring in new players As I was coming towards the end of my time with Tyrone, Mickey Harte was coming in for a bit of criticism for not bringing ... GAA • 25 Jul 17
Cavanagh doesn't eat Mars bars before training any more Sean Cavanagh is a few years younger than me but because he was such a talent we made our debut the same season. That was ... GAA • 18 Jul 17
'I don't think I was ever so mad leaving a field.' I remember before we played Down in the Ulster Under-21 Championship in 2001 Mickey Harte told us that we had to beat this team to ... GAA • 12 Jul 17
We have senior, inter & junior at club, why not county? The Sunday Game was obviously anticipating what was going to happen in the Dublin-Westmeath match at the weekend because they were advertising their discussion on ... GAA • 27 Jun 17
It's time for people to learn to take their medicine There is a culture in the GAA of people refusing to take their punishment, regardless of what they've done. We have to change that. GAA • 15 Jun 17
Match officials shouldn't have to put up with abuse Saturday's incident between Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly and linesman Ciaran Branagan highlighted a wider problem that afflicts Gaelic Games. GAA • 06 Jun 17
There should be far more drugs testing in the GAA I am 100 per cent in favour of drugs testing in the GAA and in my opinion there isn't enough testing being carried out in ... GAA • 04 Jun 17
Ratio of training to games in GAA is unsustainable The ratio of training to matches in Gaelic games is so far out of whack it's almost impossible to believe - if the GAA don't ... GAA • 18 May 17
Time for the Championship haircut - just no highlights This was the time of year that I probably looked forward to most as a footballer; the two weeks before the start of the Championship ... GAA • 10 May 17
Recap: Your Morning Sports Updates Ian McKinley called into the Italian squad, Donegal's Paddy McBrearty looking forward to the Ulster Championship, Conlan's eye Belfast blockbuster and Philip Jordan on the ... Other sport • 03 May 17
People complain but Gaelic football is as good as ever Philip Jordan has no truck with the notion that standard of inter-county football has never been lower and that modern players don't even have the ... GAA • 03 May 17
'I wasn't good enough to make minor and U21 teams' Tyrone won All-Ireland Under-21 football titles 2000 and 2001 and those teams formed the backbone of the sides that went on to win Sam Maguire ... GAA • 02 May 17
Pundits have a duty to get it right, but not all do We live in a world now where the reaction to every performance seems to be over-the-top and analysts are trying to get themselves noticed. GAA • 19 Apr 17
Kerry celebrations showed how much Dubs win meant It was interesting to see the Kerry players immediately after the final whistle in the League final on Sunday. GAA • 02 May 17
Fitzmaurice has started the mind games with Dublin I was delighted to hear Eamonn Fitzmaurice come out and push back a little bit against Dublin in his media conference on Tuesday. GAA • 05 Apr 17
Last-chance saloon for counties looking for a kickstart Sunday is the last chance for a lot of counties to build up a little bit of momentum coming into the Championship - and momentum ... GAA • 30 Mar 17
Colm Cooper's the greatest I've seen I have an admission to make and it might not go down too well in my home county - I think Colm Cooper is the ... GAA • 02 May 17
GAA have to do much more to promote League games There are two huge games in the context of Division 1 on Saturday night and Philip Jordan feels that the GAA aren't doing near enough ... GAA • 15 Mar 17
