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Great win for the U 20s on Sunday. Serious questions though around the work of the disciplinary committees as to how players who were clearly guilty of the charge for which they were being considered ended up walking off free men - how did this happen?

This is happening more and more.  The GAA officialdom is poorly organised on so many levels. 

Armagh getting these lads off was totally wrong.

Referees are being made look like muppets.

Setting high goals is one thing, but having the people on the ground to actually put it in place must be severely lacking

Surely the leadership at Celtic Park, Owenbeg, Brian Smith, Club Derry, Brian McIvor or whoever on the big bucks who is responsible for this circus will need to circle the wagons before this once great county of ours is a laughing stock, even more that it actually is.

What would the great Eamon Coleman not think of it all.  The county that sacked their All-Ireland winning manager.

Does anybody actually know what Chris Collins and Brian McIvor's director of games directives are?

It looks like a lot of gnashing of teeth before this is all sorted.

I just look in at the Monaghans and Tipperarys of this world and wonder where we are going

Where are the endless supply of underage stars going to? Why are they not being harnessed?

Is there any chance that the powers that be would move the Wexford game to Bellaghy.

I was at the MacRory game and it was the brilliant spot for a game.  Surely the Celtic Park ship has sailed.

Why are the games not being played at Owenbeg. 

I take it you mean Paddy Campbell at U17 level.  A Donegal man and a Tyrone at the centre of our youth development is a strange angle.  What is the story there? Are they McIvor's appointments or was it something that the county board brought in.

Aye the school teams are going very well but I saw the St Mary's Magherafelt team listed somewhere and there are a lot of Creggan and Portglenone lads on it.  And lads from Tyrone, so maybe not a true reflection on the county.

Derry need a total shake from top of bottom.  What other county would get rid of their manager after winning the All-Ireland.  Eamon Coleman was the only man to ever unite all the factions for the greater good.

However way he was able to do it, it had boys pulling on the jersey that would go through a wall for the man beside him.

Until this type of person is appointed to the county board to pull all the bickering bullsh*tters together, Derry will never get any better.

where is this An Dun side picked from?

There seems to be an awful dropout rate at the minute.  Lot of U21 games conceded and there are not enough games at underage level.  For all the coaching, lads need more games if clubs are going to get families to buy in.

Think counties (not just Derry) need to really look at the structures and get more players involved.  reserve leagues are dying on their feet.

I see there is a Roe Valley team entered in the MacRory or McLarnon Cups.  A great idea.

The likes of Brian Smith and Brian McIver should be pushing more of this type of thing.

Who do Ballinascreen play in the first round of the Ulster minor championship?

It is always very hard to get all the games fitted in that need to be played.

U21 (U20 or whatever ye-ma-callit) needs to be played in tandem with the senior leagues to give players a chance to break into senior teams

Who won the Antrim U21 football championship or has it been finished up yet?

Saturday 1 July
5pm in Castlebar

Is it not the county board and backroom teams concern to smooth out logistics.  it's the managers job to focus on the game.

Mayo still had the winning of the game against Galway but Rochford doesn't seem to have found a settled 15 - with O'Shea in and out of the team.