 So it's a big weekend off Ghillie Games action if you are from the Red Hand County of Toronto The miners of course looking into an All-Ireland final against Meath and the seniors playing Kerry in the Deferred All-Ireland senior Semi-final. It's a double header for those that will be heading up the road wearing the white and red One of them guys will be Mr. Paddy Hunter Local sporting journalist of course in the County of Toronto. Paddy, it's good to see you You too. I don't think I'll be wearing white and red though. I'm very neutral as you know Yeah, you are. Keep telling yourself that Paddy Listen, what's the feel around the County of Toronto this week because Doesn't happen very often when teams Counties get to send two teams up the road for a double header and crook park on the one day So I'm sure it's all very exciting on there It's funny because it's the second time we've had a double header this season Obviously the hurlers who were up in crook park for the weekend of the Ulster final They were in the Nicky Racker Cup final So that was a bit of a change that way, you know So that was interesting on its own but but no, this is this is special An All-Ireland minor final is brilliant to be in and obviously following on then with Tarone and Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-finals definitely very very good, but there's not an awful big bulls on You know, I was talking to that guy yesterday who sells flags of all things. He says he's loads of flags there There's no way the bulls. He was in May or a couple of weeks ago. He says it's coming down with flags coming down with I think people are maybe cautious going into this one. Yeah Well, wait to see how the day is going to pan out Tarone obviously this last couple of weeks They've been sitting in all the headlines, which I'm sure suits Kerry fine So with those party all based around COVID according to the joint managers this week Everybody all numbers are back and they're sort of going through pathways of returning It hasn't been fair to say the best of preparation for an All-Ireland semi-final party. Has it? Absolutely not. I was talking to a few players Then the day if you're in Tarone, you sort of know people in Nick You'd be talking to players even off the record, but they're all thinking certain levels of return It's going to be a problem. Not everybody's going to be a hundred percent But that is a fact from day one nobody's going to be a hundred percent foot going into this one border players who avoid it COVID some of the players were far were really badly hurt by COVID both Physically and mentally because it is a knock-on effect if you're running after coming out of COVID then you know Maybe take an extra breath. You think yourself. Oh, no is this long COVID? This is so there's a lot of problems that way But as opposed to the mentality of the midst of getting the group part talking to one player in particular yesterday And he was delighted to be playing in an All-Ireland semi-final And I think that the extra two weeks will have made a big impact to allow that But it was never going to be fair to allow them to go to play on the 21st or indeed the previous week It wouldn't have worked. She knows the reality of it And you wouldn't wish that on any team and carry to be fair being sportsmen as they are Wouldn't have wanted to go into an All-Ireland final without playing a game either So that's going to be a big scenario. I don't think it's going to play a big part in the outcome It's gonna be a better team in the day. Yeah and we won't actually know to see where Tarone are until the start of the game party because at this level under county football when you must several weeks of training Particularly when you come off the back of one in an All-Star final is going to have an impact Show us. There's no doubt about that. Ashane, you know, you can't stop a player You've seen players who have really picked up an ankle injury or a thigh injury or whatever In an All-Star final and trying to play the two or three weeks that are in an All-Ireland semi-final or a Qualifier or whatever it would be quarter-final and they're not a hundred percent But so imagine doubling that and having 20 players who were unavailable to do the full training sessions Under Virgil and Brian and the management team It's going to be very very difficult for them to hit the ground running and it won't maybe take 10-15 minutes For them to adjust as well to get back into the rhythm of a game and maybe that time it could be out of your reach So there's a worry. There's no doubt about that. But Tarone are going there They obviously shipped six goals in the next league game. I don't think that'll happen again And I think, you know, it's gonna be a closer game and some people expect and a lot of people go back to 2003 And that big performance in the All-Ireland semi-final. Tarone went there. Nobody gives them a chance either. So Tarone well used to be an underdog, Shashi. Is the people of Tarone given them a chance, Paddy? If you talk to football people, yeah, but the supporters are always, whoa, we're going to Crow Park It's a big day out. But the reality is, you know, what could happen? I think that's the worry, Ash, and you could, you know, you could be caught Very very easily on the day and suffer a bad beating Look like the old days at Northern teams went down to Crow Park. It was a case of getting there But even them days were different because you went to Crow Park, probably knowing you weren't going to one But you went to the days crack. It was a big occasion. It's not even like that anymore You know, you go the expectation you want to one the game Yeah, but we're in a stra- in strange times. We're still in the thick of a pandemic, Paddy And we've seen what happened last week. The big Dublin run coming to an end A winning result for Tarone. Might be a strange one. Might be seen as a strange one this weekend But it's still possible Still possible, surely. No doubt in my mind that Tarone have the players that have the ability And you just see that the next crop of players coming through with the miners and just how good that particular group of players are It's going to drive these orlads on talking to a couple of players this week They've said that that they're seeing the success of the miners and saying we're not going to be around forever But this next crop of players are coming through now and they are a damn good bunch Yeah, speaking of that damn good bunch as you put it Paddy They've been playing some spectacular football in the championship We've seen it against Donny Gaul in the final in Ulster and then we've seen it last week against a very very good Cork site This minor team, we won't know until the weekend on Saturday if they're going to be all Ireland champions or not But already they're talking up that this is one of the possibly the best minor teams that has been in Trone for quite a long time Paddy I would have to agree You had to you had to roll back a few months to see how difficult this was for Jared Donnelly Because he came in at a time when there was two minor teams Collie Holmes and his men are still to finish off 2020 and He was delayed in getting this full panel together because of that. Obviously there were players to come through So that was difficult for him But he got the players going he got a he worked very hard to get a good back room team Gary Hetherington Connor Gordonry Kieran Gurley among them Tommy Canavan players of that of quality Themselves who who have brought something completely different to the management table for him And they've worked really really hard But the difference in this minor team and all the minor teams do a very good bunch They're a very grounded bunch of individuals the pandemic has had an effect on them I'm sure as young men the bad party and they get a normal young lad But they've been very very grounded and you may have to talk to corn Mc Devlin The captain of the saint You only have to do that to see how how laid back they are and how positive they are Yeah, and what I noticed about them was patty that they didn't panic In that Ulster minor final against against stunning all and you mentioned one guy there young devlin Who who got the man of the match comes from as we all know a good breeding good stock So he does patty But he wasn't up until that final quarter when he was needed in the question He wasn't really in the game He kicked a lot of wide so he did from from freeze And then they didn't panic through on which I was very impressed with and another thing I was impressed with them by patty was the sheer physicality that they brought to the game And the conditioning of some of the players like my god that rory mcqueen guy in the middle of the field Is a fantastic foppler But the physique of the young man at that age Going into an Ulster minor final was was mind-blowing and you seen that just not just with mcqueen or devlin But a lot of other players as well how well they had matured physically And their s their strength and conditioning and obviously the hard work that they did on themselves In the pandemic before they were allowed back patty You can see now that that's That's taken them the mites that they need to get in all are in final Well, you look at the likes of the donald moore club with seven representatives in the squad says a lot of it donald moore's youth policy over the years And then you mentioned kore mcdavlin and connor owens two lads who got the goals against donnie gall That had been very quiet before that 10 minutes fell boom boom two goals at the game over And obviously last week against corp. They missed a lot Which you expect a manager after scoring 23 points in a lot of the semifinal to say that was brilliant or whatever immediately jared was saying We've problems there. We didn't finish them off the way we could have finished them off There's a ruthlessness about to roll and he wants to see that coming through as well I think we all do but there's special bunch even to talk to you know young rolling strain from my own club Oma there as well make a rapidly from kelly cloughard just named to nell robinson the goalkeeper They're very grounded and you often see a manager team there But there's always one to get the hair dyed or whatever not it mean you need the hair dyes now But you know there's a hair dyed there's a bit of you know flamboyance about them There's none of that with this group of players. They're all very very sensible when it comes to football and Maybe has to do with the pandemic. I don't know or maybe it's jared donley's management He's brought a similar style to eskram. It's a club level. He's a steers train club man He's been managing escrow this year. They topped the table through manager truth and all in final You know there's something about his management that works Yeah, he's a very grounded young man himself and there's something about the back room team that he has as well They're all winners still there potty And cornered ordinary here in girly. Yeah, there's just all right off the tongue But there's one man there. We you know lisa gary heatherington Very big mannered coach people don't talk a lot a lot about him But he's brought an awful lot to the table as well. Tommy canavan strength and conditioning coach and then you have loads of others behind the scenes a great strong physio team Who jared always talks about and we have to mention i'd be shot for not yet His daughter grace. He's always at every match. He's only wheat tout, but she's always she's always saying I said there How did daddy do daddy done good? You know, that's it, but he comes from a but she That his wife comes from a football family as well Former kerrick war player, you know, so there's a very strong J connection through the whole body of that group of players management and everything and it's coming to the four now Yeah, what about the opposition? What do you know about me for the weekend potty? What will they what will they take to the table in crook park? Well, the big double and obviously in the lester final the beat allows in a semi-final That was their two games only in lester and obviously they beat slago last week Eventually coming good in the latter stages and and pushing on because maybe five or six points in the end of it So they were strong And they are a strong side of one or two very good individuals. I think I don't know an awful lot about them But again, you can only look at look at from a true own perspective what they have and the quality they have I think they're unstoppable in terms of one and an all-erland And I don't you know people talked about cork in a big physical strong side And all of a sudden they were brushed aside the game was over by halftime So it's a big weekend for her own obviously the Gears are out on saturday as well Which is a very big disadvantage. I have to say that the lgfa and the j haven't worked together in terms of fixtures That's a big thing because you've Emma Brennan there who's obviously lee Brennan Ray Brown's sister Megan care who's Maddie Donnelly's girlfriend, you know, there's a lot of family connections in the both teams And families have to be split up and that's not a good thing and there's no force side on it last weekend For example, Torone Komogi side played Wicklow in the Nancy Marie cup semi-final In a scheme that game was at 530 Torone ladies were playing obviously at two o'clock game went the extra time for ground your referee and reagan fey Two big components of the heart inside or the Komogi side had to go and play Komogi as soon as that Game was over. So there's an awful lot of Not cross thinking being done here and it's a disappointment communication goes a long way party, doesn't it? It goes a long way actually, but it's a bit of common sense as well. I think that's a frustrating thing from so many people The lgfa had actually moved that game in Kenny Gath of all places to 1245 to allow Gears to get to Dublin Impossible, you know I don't know who thinks these things up, but it's you know, it's it's frustrating for the families And people who want to see the the men and the minors Yeah You want to see success from all the teams? Do the Komogi are out in Sunday at least there's a wee bit of common sense with that At the Komogi are out in Sunday against Mayo the minors are out in Sunday against Mayo So that's five Torone teams out in the one weekend and still room for club football in the county That's not a bad complaint when you weigh it up like that Patty that you got 500 county teams still in championship action in the last weekend in august Absolutely, and maybe we'll be seeing a mr. Bonerback with donny gall too. I believe is that correct? Well, there's talk of that at the moment patty. He's looking for another two-year term So he is but I don't know what he I don't know what he's got to do now with five Torone teams playing in the one weekend now patty, but I'm sure he'll be keen to keep an eye on those Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you all I'm sure you all you would feel that he owes to own one night At this stage patty, but let's just back to the seniors before we wrap up obviously the The two throne minors are seen as rage and hot favorites for their game Kerry will be seen as favorites then for the for the senior game given all that has gone on with Torone and kovat since since the Ulster final and the delay of this game and the lack of Preparation time available to Fergal Logan and and to Brian to her but don't rule out a shock Could be in the character don't really shock absolutely because You know the six goals that they conceded that day against Kerry in the nice league semi-final One of them was a free goal obviously the one that was chipped over nail Morgan's head them things should be happening So it'll be interest my phone's going in the background don't even know where it is actually today, you're We're not worried about that sure, but can we know a shock I think will be on the cards Okay, that's patty go on to that phone good to talk to you