Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[ClubScene13]

yes the two losers go down. Both games will be tight.

They can decide to play Senior Cship next year if they want though??

Jesus I really hope this is not the case. Would be absolutely farcical for this to happen again. Seems a bit of a mess how you're in October and people are still asking questions about what's going on with promotion / relegation

[statto]

What way do you Derry folk expect the semi finals of senior championship to pan out?  Are Sneil any closer to Glen this year?

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Doubt it but you never know.

Was sayin to a boy hard to believe a team with mckaigue Rogers and mcguigan and a decent supporting cast going into a semi as underdogs

[Wildweasel74]

You look at the cast on the other side.!

[Wildweasel74]

Glen to win, other game alot harder to call, Newbridge looked good this year but got a cleaning by Kilrea in the group stages, and we see where they matched up against Glen.

[Rawhide]

The championship kicked off proper at the weekend following the qualifying groups. V interesting that Ballinascreen and Bellaghy both took Sneil and Magherafelt to the wire. Newbridge and Lavey was also close. Glen won at a canter. In my view Ballinascreen, Bellaghy, Newbridge have closed the gap on Sneil and Magherafelt. Wouldn't be surprised if The Bridge bt Magherafelt. Glen still well ahead of them all

[Honeybadger]

Doubt it but you never know.

Was sayin to a boy hard to believe a team with mckaigue Rogers and mcguigan and a decent supporting cast going into a semi as underdogs

From what I've seen of them this year, those 3 have been the supporting cast to the others.
That being said, Don't rule out Slaughtneil on Sunday!

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Yeah fair enough. 2 quite probable all stars there. Shows the strength of Glen but anyway. Let the games begin! 🙂

[Honeybadger]

Yeah fair enough. 2 quite probable all stars there. Shows the strength of Glen but anyway. Let the games begin! 🙂

Arguably Slaughtneil have a better team on paper? Glen better on the pitch.

Is it fair to say that both teams haven't been playing their best football this year?

Watched a fair bit of both and they don't seem to be quite at the level of performance they have been in previous years.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Shadow boxing until now I'd say 🙂

[Wildweasel74]

Slaughtneil well of the pace. Glen only started to improve tail end of the league, still think they too strong for Slaughtneil, but I though it be a plus if McFaul was upfront not in defence.

[toby47]

What are Derry going to do to get the league structures in order? Teams refusing to play the relegation play off this weekend for the 2nd year in a row. Where do they go from here?

[smort]

This is embarrassing for both the clubs and county board

Why won't the clubs take their relegation? How are the laws and byelaws so flimsy to let this happen?

I dont know about other counties but I've never heard of this happening before

[GTP]

What are Derry going to do to get the league structures in order? Teams refusing to play the relegation play off this weekend for the 2nd year in a row. Where do they go from here?

Which teams are refusing to play the relegation play off? It did seem this year that the structure of the senior championship was pretty clear with two teams relegated to Intermediate. You would think if a team doesn't turn up they would lose the game and be relegated. Better off playing, maybe winning and if you lose try and find a loophole.
Although the best solution would be the rules are set properly, clearly communicated by the county board and clubs adhere to them.

[Estimator]

What are Derry going to do to get the league structures in order? Teams refusing to play the relegation play off this weekend for the 2nd year in a row. Where do they go from here?

Which teams are refusing to play the relegation play off? It did seem this year that the structure of the senior championship was pretty clear with two teams relegated to Intermediate. You would think if a team doesn't turn up they would lose the game and be relegated. Better off playing, maybe winning and if you lose try and find a loophole.
Although the best solution would be the rules are set properly, clearly communicated by the county board and clubs adhere to them.

After last years relegation fallout I was  under the impression that the county board had closed all loopholes etc regarding the relegation process for this year, so that the clubs couldn't decline the process.