Derry Club Football & Hurling original

toby47 · January 19, 2024, 10:44:35 PM

A few visitors to Dungiven's underage presentation tonight

God14 · January 22, 2024, 11:14:06 AM

You'd think Slaughtneil would have either posted Glen a good luck message, or congratulatins message on their facebook account. But nothing, nada! LOL

toby47 · January 22, 2024, 12:33:24 PM

Quote from: God14 on January 22, 2024, 11:14:06 AMYou'd think Slaughtneil would have either posted Glen a good luck message, or congratulatins message on their facebook account. But nothing, nada! LOL

They tweeted a good luck message?

tbrick18 · January 22, 2024, 03:25:20 PM

Huge congratulations to Glen - its great to see them get over the line.
Didn't have their best game yesterday, but at the same time St. Brid's couldn't put them away so credit where it's due.
Mal O'Rourke is taken them on to that extra level required for AI success, but the players are obviously the main component in the success.
Enjoy the celebrations!

I'd say Harte is feeling content with his lot. I'm sure he'll pull in the a few more lads from Glen into the county panel to complement McFaul, Glass and Doherty. Dougan is bound to be on the radar. Emmet Bradley too and maybe Talon and Jack Doherty.
Derry are in a strong position now, that bit of experience, some exceptional footballers, club AI champions, double Ulster Champs, strong few years at minors too. Lets hope we can take advantage and finally get back to an AI final now that we have a wealth of players who know how to win big games in croker.

markl121 · January 22, 2024, 06:14:33 PM

Emmett bradley is officially back for Derry. Good stuff

Wildweasel74 · January 22, 2024, 08:27:17 PM

Is Jack Doherty back? I felt Gallagher never give him much of a chance.

tbrick18 · January 23, 2024, 09:25:59 AM

Quote from: markl121 on January 22, 2024, 06:14:33 PMEmmett bradley is officially back for Derry. Good stuff

Good news indeed! He can bolster midfield and/or the forward line.
I read something yesterday about Dougan from Glen not wanting to play county football, as he goes travelling for most of the year.
I think he'd have been an asset for Derry, but good luck to him - life's for living.

imtommygunn · January 23, 2024, 09:46:25 AM

There's an article about Dougan and his job in Irish examiner or times or something today. It sounds like he travels a lot with his work. I couldn't read it as it's behind a paywall.

Red10 · January 23, 2024, 11:10:08 AM

Quote from: imtommygunn on January 23, 2024, 09:46:25 AMThere's an article about Dougan and his job in Irish examiner or times or something today. It sounds like he travels a lot with his work. I couldn't read it as it's behind a paywall.

Cahair and the Irish News online have it as well yesterday about him only coming back in July and traveling and working for a few months. Also a few of the other lads being away and only coming back about then. It shows that O'Rourke has trust in lads to keep in half decent shape and come back and do the hard yards when it really matters. Warnock in another Irish news interview last week said that they are not being run into the ground early on in the year. By the time the important time in the season comes round a lot of lads just want it all to be over to get a break is is his view on training. Probably a good few clubs have lads flogged at this time of the year thinking that's what they need to do to compete with Glen in September/October time.

Estimator · January 23, 2024, 11:30:39 AM

The Irish News have the story about Dougan and Flanagan travelling and not playing league football.

Mal put up the Glen team from their first championship game against Dungiven on 9th August. Think that 11 who started that game, featured against St. Brigids (9 starters and 2 off the bench). Also starting that first game were Danny McDermott and Jack Doherty who would surely have been in the first 15 for the AI, had they been fit.

quit yo jibbajabba · January 23, 2024, 11:32:53 AM

Quote from: imtommygunn on January 23, 2024, 09:46:25 AMThere's an article about Dougan and his job in Irish examiner or times or something today. It sounds like he travels a lot with his work. I couldn't read it as it's behind a paywall.

Out of choice rather than necessity Tommy. Heads to Bali Phillipines etc does few hours on laptop bitta cross training etc. Seems to have it well sussed fair play to him. I was able to read this one for a change lol. Bloody paywalls..

imtommygunn · January 23, 2024, 11:36:19 AM

Yeah - fair play to him. Life more important than football.

tbrick18 · January 23, 2024, 11:39:06 AM

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 23, 2024, 11:32:53 AM
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 23, 2024, 09:46:25 AMThere's an article about Dougan and his job in Irish examiner or times or something today. It sounds like he travels a lot with his work. I couldn't read it as it's behind a paywall.

Out of choice rather than necessity Tommy. Heads to Bali Phillipines etc does few hours on laptop bitta cross training etc. Seems to have it well sussed fair play to him. I was able to read this one for a change lol. Bloody paywalls..

The lad is living the dream. Fair play to him.

Kerry v Derry is a hell of a way to begin the Div1 campaign.
Kerry will be without a few first teamers and generally they can be beat this time of year. Derry will want to get early points on the board to get Div1 status assured for next year and I think will see this as a game they win. I hope the Glen lads get a bit of time off, as much as I'd like to see them playing. Hopefully a long season ahead when a Div1 opener against Kerry will fade into insignificance.
I'd expect a similar side to the one that started the Mckenna cup final to be named, maybe with a few positional changes.

shamrocker12 · January 23, 2024, 08:30:27 PM

Many heading down to tralee Saturday? Massive boost with both Clifford's out albeit we will be without the Glen contingent following their well derserved win. Really looking forward to the year ahead. Will be a massive result to start the year by taking 2 points away from kerry. Then our neighbours the following week. Great to be back at the top table. I have a sneaky feeling it could be another long summer

Mikhailov · January 23, 2024, 10:21:45 PM

Quote from: Red10 on January 23, 2024, 11:10:08 AM
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 23, 2024, 09:46:25 AMThere's an article about Dougan and his job in Irish examiner or times or something today. It sounds like he travels a lot with his work. I couldn't read it as it's behind a paywall.

Cahair and the Irish News online have it as well yesterday about him only coming back in July and traveling and working for a few months. Also a few of the other lads being away and only coming back about then. It shows that O'Rourke has trust in lads to keep in half decent shape and come back and do the hard yards when it really matters. Warnock in another Irish news interview last week said that they are not being run into the ground early on in the year. By the time the important time in the season comes round a lot of lads just want it all to be over to get a break is is his view on training. Probably a good few clubs have lads flogged at this time of the year thinking that's what they need to do to compete with Glen in September/October time.

Not every team can afford to take it easy until mid season and then up the ante. The quality of Glen players allows them to do that plus they have done the hard yards in previous seasons playing right up to Xmas time when every other club in Derry was finished few months earlier and as a result a high fitness level is in the bank.

If you can't match the Glen quality of player then the obvious other way to narrow the gap is fitness and that's why some clubs feel that is their best way of closing the gap.

As long as the Derry championship stays in the format it is then Glen will most likely win. They can pace themselves through that system and come good when it matters.

Only challengers realistically are Magherafelt & Slaughtneil.