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#91

GAA Discussion / Re: Is the earlier Championshi...

Last post by statto - Today at 06:08:03 AM

Armagh club leagues round 13 is 26th July and round 14 (final round) is 2nd August. Championship will be towards end of August. What are club players doing from March until Tyrone are out apart from playing 5 league games?

I see they had some Jim Devlin cup competition running for seniors some slog for non county players to keep them interested without any meaningful games to do late in year.

#92

GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by onefineday - Today at 03:14:25 AM

The Athletic Grounds are a credit to Armagh compared to a lot of places imo. A decent stadium is well worth the money.

Agree to a point, athletic grounds is indeed a great venue. The problem is the plethora of oversized stadia, particularly munster. Every county should have one decent stadium in keeping with their needs.
What we don't need is pissing competitions by county chairmen based on who's stadium is biggest! Similarly, we don't need clubs trying to outdo one another and pouring funds into unnecessary capital projects, even if the funds have been shamed out of some poor tight hoor from ballyholland!

[They bate us out the gate 2 years ago in AI SF in CP when most of this team were playing.]

#93

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by onefineday - Today at 02:49:57 AM

No version of Derry has ever beaten Galway in championship, you can be sure that will be a factor on saturday.

Janey, even Armagh has beaten Galway.

Derry wans trying their hand at the cute hoorism here? Sure Derry were in the big three talk with Dublin and Kerry not just a few weeks ago.

I would be more confident going to Kerry or Dublin and getting a result than I am about saturday due to our previous with Galway.

Out of those 3 Galway would be the 1 to choose on the road.  This history v Galway will have no baring at all on Sat. I'd say at most 2 Derry players played in 2015 and will be involved on Sat. Pretty much all of them beat Galway in Salthill in March.

They bate us out the gate 2 years ago in AI SF in CP when most of this team were playing.

And a league result in March will have no bearing esp as Galway had so many out injured at that time.

PS I sincerely hope you are right.

This was much more defensive orientated Derry team in their 2nd year of development. The better team in the first half, beat by 5 after gifting Galway 6 points. Mayo v Donegal in 2013,now that was a team beat out the gate.

Again, playing Galway in Salthill, with this version of Derry will have much less a baring on this game than a potential injury crisis

Derry got a last minute goal to make the scoreboard respectable

Galway got a point tagged on at a half time in ridiculous fashion, granted, the rules didn't cover the scenario, but I'll never forget the look of confusion and disbelief on Glass's face as the point was added.
That a referee in a field sport would retrospectively make a change without resetting the clock to the point in time when the incident occurred is beyond belief imo. In hindsight, we were probably better off missing out on that all Ireland final, it might have done more harm than good!

#94

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 4 -...

Last post by Armagh18 - Today at 12:37:59 AM

Monaghan never easy bate, not too long ago they destroyed the Dubs in Croker. Seen how strong that Cavan team were against Tyrone.

Whats the story with Beggan seen he was turned down by an nfl club.

#95

GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by Armagh18 - Today at 12:36:28 AM

The Athletic Grounds are a credit to Armagh compared to a lot of places imo. A decent stadium is well worth the money.

#96

GAA Discussion / Re: Is the earlier Championshi...

Last post by Armagh18 - Today at 12:35:20 AM

Armagh club leagues round 13 is 26th July and round 14 (final round) is 2nd August. Championship will be towards end of August. What are club players doing from March until Tyrone are out apart from playing 5 league games?

#97

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by Wildweasel74 - Today at 12:32:47 AM

McDermott some player but only 18, Some men dropped earlier in the year and should been kept. Some other lads left. Bench weak enough compared to, if they had the pick of all players in the county who could commit.That weakness probably cost us down the line. Forbes played a game in the McKenna Cup.

#98

GAA Discussion / Re: Is the earlier Championshi...

Last post by Wildweasel74 - Today at 12:28:37 AM

Derry club league at Rd 6,by the time the championship over, Derry clubs will have played 10 league games.so it hardly be the club season is just starting, once the All-Ireland over.

#99

General discussion / Re: Name your three favourite ...

Last post by omagh_gael - Today at 12:08:28 AM

Their last song release also my favourite. Dave Ghrohl also says this was his top nirvana song.

https://youtu.be/qv96yJYhk3M?si=zR3dI1IMmXnpxZPX

#100

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 4 -...

Last post by Main Street - May 16, 2024, 11:31:16 PM

Hard to know what way it'll go. Monaghan have had a long rest as have we but they're on a bit of a downturn. We beat Louth in the league but if you compare the games against Dublin you'd put them ahead of us. Kerry clear winners of this group.

These 3 games will be the summation of O'Rourkes term. Now is the time to prove his worth, this is what we've been building towards. Now is the time to perform, to show what we're made of, no holding back, no more talk of building. This is it now. Let's see.

Monaghan on "a bit of a downturn" sounds not so bad  right now. Completely written off by your own mother, embedded in the long grass would be more accurate.
There's always hope though.