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#1
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 25, 2024, 09:42:49 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on March 25, 2024, 09:11:33 PMConor McGrogan and Dan Higgins still there?
Cut as well I think.
#2
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 25, 2024, 06:12:34 PM
Quote from: tbrick18 on March 25, 2024, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: Rawhide on March 25, 2024, 01:50:37 PMBaker has done really well. He is athletic and understands our patterns of play and times his support runs excellently. Grt through the transition. His weakness is on the few one to ones that todays games allows,  he has been to easily gone bye, his tackling in one to one needs improvement. When all our defenders are fit I do not see him starting. I see McCloskey, McAvoy, McKaigue, McGrogan, McKindless & Doherty.

For me Baker has been the find of the season.
I think he's a starter and with a fully fit panel, McKaigue should be the one to drop out.
I'm going to predict that McKaigue will struggle most against the dubs. He won't have the pace and will resort to fouls.

From what I've seen of Gilmore, he's certainly an option. Murray was injured I think for periods last year and in the early stages this year, so I think he just needs a run. Has shown enough imo to be in with a shout.
Any updates on Oisin McWilliams?
Murphy and exciting prospect, I can see him as being a real potent impact sub.

Was Oisin cut from the panel last week? Long term injury that hasn't cleared up I think.
#3
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 25, 2024, 08:24:38 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on March 25, 2024, 08:21:16 AM
Quote from: theticklemister on March 25, 2024, 06:54:54 AMAnyone any ratings for players yesterday?

Obviously subjective but here goes;

Lynch 6
Baker 8.5
Chrissy 6.5
Mccluskey 7
Gilmore 9
Mckindless -
Conor Doherty 5
Glass 6.5
Rogers 7
Dec Cassidy 4.5
Paul Cassidy 7.5
Ethan 8.5
Shane 6
Murray 9
C Mcguckin 5
Mcfaul 7



Mcevoy 7
#4
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 25, 2024, 08:21:16 AM
Quote from: theticklemister on March 25, 2024, 06:54:54 AMAnyone any ratings for players yesterday?

Obviously subjective but here goes;

Lynch 6
Baker 8.5
Chrissy 6.5
Mccluskey 7
Gilmore 9
Mckindless -
Conor Doherty 5
Glass 6.5
Rogers 7
Dec Cassidy 4.5
Paul Cassidy 7.5
Ethan 8.5
Shane 6
Murray 9
C Mcguckin 5
Mcfaul 7

#5
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
March 22, 2024, 09:17:08 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on March 22, 2024, 08:57:11 PMI wait see the team before kickoff, can't see Derry field that, E Bradley Injured? D Higgins sorta dropped off after a decent showing against Armagh in the McKenna cup?I like to see a few lads from the Dublin game get a run out again, we need as many as possible exposed to this level of football for later in the year.


Kickoff?????  😧🫣🫣
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
March 22, 2024, 10:28:26 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on March 21, 2024, 11:31:26 AMSame oul story...hit the small Counties.

Wise up and get the blinkers off. He  changed his body posture to deliberately stamp on his opponent. Very lucky to only get a 2 match ban.
Take your oil and move on.
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
March 14, 2024, 03:05:07 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on March 14, 2024, 10:53:11 AMIf you're heading for Letterkenny after?

Foyle Rd / brandywell still your best bet. You won't have any issues heading for Letterkenny. They'll be minimal traffic heading out that road.
#8
Quote from: armaghniac on March 13, 2024, 06:36:52 PM
Quote from: LC on March 13, 2024, 06:10:21 PMhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68556099

Regardless of having the wear with wall to buy one of these sought after apartments at the time this seems very unfair.  Could not believe the legislative difference between here and the mainland, claims must be made within 6 years here whereas across the water it is 30 years.

Perhaps the people there thought they were already on the "mainland".

Wear with wall....???
#9
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 08, 2024, 06:35:22 PM
Quote from: toby47 on March 08, 2024, 03:04:33 PM
Quote from: Silver hill on March 08, 2024, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 07, 2024, 10:13:47 PMWhat do you regard as a sacrifice?

I'm interested to know what difference being married makes to this also.

Well, apologies , I'm was working on an old traditional assumption regarding being married with kids. Appreciate that plenty of men are in relationships and have kids and are not married. The general point is still the same though, if a player missed his kid's play. That would be a sacrifice imo.

Missing a kid's play. The only sacrifice in life.

Now you're being silly.
Of course it's not the only sacrifice in life. I was giving an example of what I would constitute as a 'sacrifice' when talking about someone's involvement in a intercounty panel.
Real life sacrifices are a parent donating an organ to save their kid.
Or a parent in Gaza going without food themselves to ensure their kids survive.
#10
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 08, 2024, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 07, 2024, 10:13:47 PMWhat do you regard as a sacrifice?

I'm interested to know what difference being married makes to this also.

Well, apologies , I'm was working on an old traditional assumption regarding being married with kids. Appreciate that plenty of men are in relationships and have kids and are not married. The general point is still the same though, if a player missed his kid's play. That would be a sacrifice imo.
#11
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 08, 2024, 02:34:19 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on March 07, 2024, 10:03:28 PMTravel. Career. Career a big one.

Travel is definitely something that suffers if you want to play county football for any sustained period.
It is  definitely something that is 'sacrificed'. Would agree with that.
#12
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 07, 2024, 09:55:22 PM
Quote from: JoG2 on March 07, 2024, 09:29:16 PM
Quote from: Silver hill on March 07, 2024, 09:06:53 PM
Quote from: Derryman forever on March 07, 2024, 03:16:14 PM
Quote from: OakLeaf on March 07, 2024, 02:28:57 PM
Quote from: shawshank on March 07, 2024, 01:22:46 PMIts interesting to read that one poster doesn't think our county players sacrifice anything to play county football.  :o 

The poster clearly hasn't played at a high level and has no idea of the sacrifice involved. It's not just the sacrifice, it's the stress of playing at that level and all of the public scrutiny that goes with it. Of course the lads are willing to make that sacrifice because they enjoy it, but it isn't easy by any stretch. On saying that, everybody is entitled to their opinion :)


Entitled to an opinion but facts are not subject to opinion


If you've the talent and you're invited to play county, it's a lifestyle choice, not a sacrifice.
99% are young and unmarried. You've decided to go and train at an elite level with similarly talented individuals, instead of what... playing golf with your mates, going out pinting, lying on the sofa on the PlayStation? Those are not sacrafices.

And that lifestyle choice doesn't include a lot of sacrifices?
If you're married there are some things that you might miss out on that would merit being called a sacrifice. Possibly a p1 nativity play if you we training and had a kid that age.
As I said earlier, very few are married. I can't think of anything that would qualify as a sacrifice for a single fella. Possibly a promotion at work because you don't do overtime because of training? Though to counterbalance that, county players do benefit from getting roles ahead of non county players because of profile and door opening opportunities specifically because they're county players.
#13
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 07, 2024, 09:06:53 PM
Quote from: Derryman forever on March 07, 2024, 03:16:14 PM
Quote from: OakLeaf on March 07, 2024, 02:28:57 PM
Quote from: shawshank on March 07, 2024, 01:22:46 PMIts interesting to read that one poster doesn't think our county players sacrifice anything to play county football.  :o 

The poster clearly hasn't played at a high level and has no idea of the sacrifice involved. It's not just the sacrifice, it's the stress of playing at that level and all of the public scrutiny that goes with it. Of course the lads are willing to make that sacrifice because they enjoy it, but it isn't easy by any stretch. On saying that, everybody is entitled to their opinion :)


Entitled to an opinion but facts are not subject to opinion


If you've the talent and you're invited to play county, it's a lifestyle choice, not a sacrifice.
99% are young and unmarried. You've decided to go and train at an elite level with similarly talented individuals, instead of what... playing golf with your mates, going out pinting, lying on the sofa on the PlayStation? Those are not sacrafices.
#14
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 06, 2024, 06:30:39 PM
Quote from: Brendan on March 06, 2024, 01:41:42 PMIsn't the stuff about the League/Championship structure more important than a team holiday? What is the actual reasons the clubs are angry about

Glenullin are annoyed because they won the last two intermediate championships but were omitted from senior due to the restructures.
Ballinderry and Coleraine; probably more to do with ego and arrogance about being a big club and too good for intermediate.
Same with Lavey and playing league 2.
#15
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling original
March 06, 2024, 08:41:34 AM
Quote from: JoG2 on March 06, 2024, 08:08:09 AM
Quote from: jmcgdoire on March 05, 2024, 11:43:39 PMCan anyone give some clarity on what happened at the meeting tonight? I hear a number of reps left furious but still cant figure out which clubs have been effected

It remains the same ie the decision made in Dec / Jan. 12 in senior champ / 14 in Div 1..?

Clubs arrived and were told that Croke Park had been consulted and a vote on the original vote had to be carried first with a 60% majority. Secret Vote was 25-21 against so that was the end of that. The county board block vote of 10-12 effectively means they can win any vote that they want.