Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[ck]

So how is the Derry Championship going? A foregone conclusion with Glen cruising through to Ulster?

[onefineday]

You'd just hope the players were consulted in advance and were enthusiastic about this appointment, if not it might prove to be the most disastrous managerial switch since wee Eamon was moved on.
Given the position we're in with a young highly motivated squad and a few years of successful underage teams hopefully starting to come through, this appointment was always going to be pivotal. From a player's point of view, I can't see how the prospect of going to play for Mickey could be in any way appealing. The backroom team will have to be highly innovative to make up for the man at the helm.
Hopefully I'll be eating my words in 9 months time, but I can't understand this appointment and think it'll end in tears, let's hope it doesn't completely derail our chances with this group of players.

Are u serious, he is one of the best managers of all time ffs. There isn't a team he has taken that has not done well. Derry won't be regressing any time soon.

Time moves on, Mickey obviously didn't. His tyrone team underachieved for the last decade and tyronies were delighted to get rid of him in the end, and it produced instantaneous results.
Yes, he got results in Louth, but you could argue they were low hanging fruit, a few very good players up front, get them organised and progress up the leagues. Their style was exposed ruthlessly by both Kerry and Dublin this year though.
Hopefully I'm wrong but I've no positive view in this move at all.

[onefineday]

You'd just hope the players were consulted in advance and were enthusiastic about this appointment, if not it might prove to be the most disastrous managerial switch since wee Eamon was moved on.
Given the position we're in with a young highly motivated squad and a few years of successful underage teams hopefully starting to come through, this appointment was always going to be pivotal. From a player's point of view, I can't see how the prospect of going to play for Mickey could be in any way appealing. The backroom team will have to be highly innovative to make up for the man at the helm.
Hopefully I'll be eating my words in 9 months time, but I can't understand this appointment and think it'll end in tears, let's hope it doesn't completely derail our chances with this group of players.

Are u serious, he is one of the best managers of all time ffs. There isn't a team he has taken that has not done well. Derry won't be regressing any time soon.

I agree.

I cannot think of a better man for the job. Outside of Jim Gavin .

There are some buck eejits around Derry if they dont see what Harte will bring... for him to go to Derry is a massive vote of confidence that the county can finally see above the long grass and are now finished with all the self loathing and begrudgery that has dogged them for generations. I for one will be excited for you folks.     

Why don't you c***ts take him back if he's so good...

Best post I've read in a good while.   

Brilliant SE, couldn't have put it any better myself!!!!

[tbrick18]

I noticed someone on the Tyrone thread saying Meenagh's name is supposedly in the mix for a backroom role in Tyrone.
Would MH not try to keep him onboard with Derry?

[5times5times]

https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2023/10/01/news/conleith_gilligan_joins_armagh_backroom_team-3661066/

Suprised this hasnt been mentioned yet.. What do Derry folk think of the news?

I know he was very well thought of during his time with Kilcoo..

[bannside]

Never heard anything but top notch feedback re Deeds. Was always going to make the step up from exceptional player to exceptional coach/manager.

[Keyser soze]

Never heard anything but top notch feedback re Deeds. Was always going to make the step up from exceptional player to exceptional coach/manager.

Deets

[JoG2]

Never heard anything but top notch feedback re Deeds. Was always going to make the step up from exceptional player to exceptional coach/manager.

Deets

Always had a deet tooth! 
Will do well, top bloke

[NormPeterson]

Do you remember the haunting moment Gilligan kicked possession away before Galway's goal near the end of the 2001 semi final?

[Wildweasel74]

Got too many bad memories rewatched Derry v Donegal 2006 other nite and Derry v Monaghan 2007, last night. Christ we were poor, the players they had then, probably better than now, and we only got a league title to show for it. Tactics was non-existant, with always 5/6 different players always injured each year. What Mickey Harte had done with that team if he been over it at thd time. !!

[shawshank]

Got too many bad memories rewatched Derry v Donegal 2006 other nite and Derry v Monaghan 2007, last night. Christ we were poor, the players they had then, probably better than now, and we only got a league title to show for it. Tactics was non-existant, with always 5/6 different players always injured each year. What Mickey Harte had done with that team if he been over it at thd time. !!

These players we had at the time were so good they couldn't put back to two wins together in the ulster championship over how many years.  Yes I agree a highly talented bunch      The kicker line was, and I nearly pissed myself laughing when you when you came with the 'probably better then now'       feck me how daft can you you be. A group of players who couldn't put one 'back to back win' in Ulster verses a team double Ulster winning team who missed qualifying for the All Ireland final this year by hair.      Have you tried stand up comedy yet?

[Goals_Will_Come]

Mickey Harte, Gavin Devlin, Ronan O'Neill, Paul McFlynn, Enda Muldoon, Ronan Gallgher and Matt Godfrey (S&C)

[tbrick18]

Got too many bad memories rewatched Derry v Donegal 2006 other nite and Derry v Monaghan 2007, last night. Christ we were poor, the players they had then, probably better than now, and we only got a league title to show for it. Tactics was non-existant, with always 5/6 different players always injured each year. What Mickey Harte had done with that team if he been over it at thd time. !!

Out of interest, where can you see those games?

We definitely lost a generation of footballers who had the potential to win honours due to poor management appointments and a county board that seemed to hinder rather than help. We had players who could compete with anyone at that time. We just didnt have the structure or management capability to mould a team out of the players.

But I dont think I'd agree that they were better than todays players.

[Wildweasel74]

Got a hundred+ Derry games on VHS from 1991 - 2012, I see there is a unit on amazon you can get now, which plays the game on vhs, and you can record it straight onto a disc or hard drive. So I intend to upload to YouTube longterm.

[Wildweasel74]

Seen Derry since 1987, I think I seen enough players in Derry to see what the good ones were, Where the current team before RG came on board or do you forget, I don't,The biggest problem back then is Derry went for in house managers, who didn't really cut the grain before or after outside the county, outside of M Moran. Think maybe if we had Muldoon, Lynch, Bradleys up front now we be in a stronger position.