Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Brilliant result for Steelstown that was some midfield partnership they were up against , good start to the league for Derry as well

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I didn't believe hype about na gaeil. 4th best team in Tralee believing they had God given right to win . Couple players against balanced team throughout

[howlongref]

As poor a Down team as I can remember......

[quit yo jibbajabba]

In fairness Kilcoo had a match today....

[HiMucker]

That was some performance from our lads, especially after harshly being reduced to 14 early in the 2nd half. Fitness levels seem incredible. Still buzzing! Roll on next week. Great win for Derry as well

[restorepride]

Steelstown are the toast of Derry and Ulster. The maturity and spirit they showed after the very harsh sending off was outstanding. The days of playing against the ref as well should be long gone. Now for the biggest day ever in their short history and in Croke Park. It will be a very proud day for Brian Óg's family and the whole of the county but especially the Gaels of the city. They deserve all our support.

[tbrick18]

Brilliant Steelstown. Love to see them go all the way. Great for Derry football and great for the city.

[oakleaflad]

Echo the previous posts. Well done to Steelstown! Hope they can go all the way. Great for the city and for the county.

[oakleaflad]

Good win for Derry too although tougher tests will surely be ahead. It's encouraging that we've a settled team and can integrate the younger players. We're in a good place.

[LoughNeagh]

Decent win by Derry. Poor Down side missing Kilcoo players. Any updates on McKinless's injury?

[JoG2]

Decent win by Derry. Poor Down side missing Kilcoo players. Any updates on McKinless's injury?

Didn't look too good from where we were. Surprised he stayed on after tbh. Good in parts on Sat and has been said, good to have a settled team. McGrogan is in fine form atm. Plenty of speed all over. Tougher days ahead

[Rawhide]

Comfortably win, but the way we play has a ceiling. There is no kicking of the ball into the attack. That means keeping two players up front for that option. This is Tyrone football under Harte and it has had its day. Delighted to see us progressing again, but Gallagher has his limits.

[Wildweasel74]

Playing defensive will only get you so far, playing 15 Inside our own 45, I thought we were watching Kilcoo. Youneed to be keeping a few outlets in the other half of the field.

[toby47]

Gallagher is exactly what Derry needed when he came in & over the next year or 2. He will sort the culture, sort the crap, get a consistent panel, give game time to players who will play 10+ years of county football (Murray & Downey) & stop the revolving door.

The football he plays will always limit Derry, however people need to be realistic about Derry over the next couple of years. They shouldn't be winning Ulster titles & are probably a Divison 2 team at present, if Gallagher gets them to Division 1 in the next couple of years he's done some job. I think it'll be the next Derry manager who realistically should be looking at Ulsters etc.

Derry still lacking the forwards for me. McGuigan is the talisman but IMO he still gets kept fairly quiet a lot in county football (maybe because teams can double up on him because of the lack of threat elsewhere) Also physically small up front. Laughlin looks like a great talent & is motoring well however will take a couple of years to really get into his stride. Benny is a work horse but not a big scoring threat at county level, more of an industrious footballer for Derry. Niall Toner is a whippet but quite small, Paul Cassidy looks to have gone up a level but is also very slight. Niall Loughlin was quiet on Saturday, finished off a good team move and is a great option for frees. Derry are going to need to get at least 3 scoring forwards on to the pitch to start challenging bigger teams.  Lachlan could get there in a couple of years, as could Paul Cassidy potentially. Niall Loughlin also has the ability to step up and add more scores to his game.

Glass could do with a natural midfield partner aswell, and possibly a back up aswell if Glass gets injured. McFaul is brilliant, but not a natural midfielder at county level. Would be great to be able to utilise McFaul in the half forward line & the likes of McKinless, Tad, CD & other chipping in with the odd point from defence.

[restorepride]

Comfortably win, but the way we play has a ceiling. There is no kicking of the ball into the attack. That means keeping two players up front for that option. This is Tyrone football under Harte and it has had its day. Delighted to see us progressing again, but Gallagher has his limits.

Players have their limits too. Tyrone football under Harte won 3 All-Irelands. We were in Div 4. Gallagher is doing a great job with the talent he has. The players he has have a ceiling. How many class forwards do we have? Let us not fool ourselves. Doire can at least now game-manage a lead.  But if we are looking for open football, time to go back to Div 4.

[Wildweasel74]

Armagh played fairly open sat night.