Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[tonesfirstandlast]

Did anyone ever hear of anyone getting called upto the squad after Keenan and McFauls exits?

Not a word.

[restorepride]

Did anyone ever hear of anyone getting called upto the squad after Keenan and McFauls exits?

Not a word.

Was one of them not a Bellaghy minor last year?!

[restorepride]

Derry manager Damian McErlain plans to see out the remainder of their Allianz FL Division 3 campaign minus the services of the Slaughtneil contingent.

Nemo Rangers brought the curtain down on Slaughtneil's All-Ireland Club SFC adventure last Saturday but the Oak Leaf boss is prepared to let vice-captain Brendan Rogers and his five club-mates sit out the final three rounds of the league in a bid to have them fresh for the championship.

"We can't rush them back," he told The Belfast Telegraph.

"We want them coming back and being an addition for us. If you are forcing men back who are just after a long season like that - in fact, they are not after one long season, they are after two long seasons - and two years in a row of that, mentally and physically, there is going to be a toll on them.

"They need to normalise their lives a bit, for a few weeks anyway and see where that takes them. For us, it is more about them."

Damien speaks with fork-tongue! And they still lost.  4 introduced, 1 replaced injured. 1 victory in 5 Division 3 games.  Serious stuff.

[clawaddy]

Just in from Armagh and although Derry lost this was a much improved performance against a good Armagh side. Derry led by 2 at the interval and this was with Armagh scoring a fortunate goal after the ball had come off the post. Great to see the  Slaughneil players back.  It would be wrong to attribute the improved performance to their presence as none of them started and none of them were on during Derry's dominant first half period. Anyway predictions of dire outlook for Derry football are a bit premature as there was plenty to be positive about tonight

[greenlight]

Derry deserve to be in Division 4 after their showing this season.

Relegation from Div 1 = understandable
Relegation from Div 2 = questionable
Relegation from Div 3 = inexcusable

Until they have a coherent strategy at county level, they don't deserve our support.

[BackInTheGame]

Just in from Armagh and although Derry lost this was a much improved performance against a good Armagh side. Derry led by 2 at the interval and this was with Armagh scoring a fortunate goal after the ball had come off the post. Great to see the  Slaughneil players back.  It would be wrong to attribute the improved performance to their presence as none of them started and none of them were on during Derry's dominant first half period. Anyway predictions of dire outlook for Derry football are a bit premature as there was plenty to be positive about tonight

That's encouraging to hear. I was worried we'd get battered. Any players stand out?

[greenlight]

Just in from Armagh and although Derry lost this was a much improved performance against a good Armagh side. Derry led by 2 at the interval and this was with Armagh scoring a fortunate goal after the ball had come off the post. Great to see the  Slaughneil players back.  It would be wrong to attribute the improved performance to their presence as none of them started and none of them were on during Derry's dominant first half period. Anyway predictions of dire outlook for Derry football are a bit premature as there was plenty to be positive about tonight

You must be on the team bus home

[restorepride]

Just in from Armagh and although Derry lost this was a much improved performance against a good Armagh side. Derry led by 2 at the interval and this was with Armagh scoring a fortunate goal after the ball had come off the post. Great to see the  Slaughneil players back.  It would be wrong to attribute the improved performance to their presence as none of them started and none of them were on during Derry's dominant first half period. Anyway predictions of dire outlook for Derry football are a bit premature as there was plenty to be positive about tonight

What game were you at?  Armagh had 3 goal chances in the second half, all missed. Looks like you missed hem as well.

[clawaddy]

were you at the game restore?

[restorepride]

Yes. How many goal chances did you see Armagh miss in 2nd half?  They could have won by 10. Rodgers getting injured will not help much. 

[markl121]

Was in Armagh last night. Few points to take away. The Armagh fans are total mouths, they did some yapping at the referee. Derry kick outs are shocking, no one making themselves available, aside from Karl mckaigue making runs in the second half and getting ignored anyway. This resulted in long kick outs being kicked up the field where we weren't winning them most of the time. Surely that's something that could be coached into that team, to run looking the ball? I've seen gradual improvement in the forward play with the ball being played sooner as the league has progressed. Last night was a big improvement on the Longford game for example. Hopefully the slaughtneil lads get settled in for the last couple of games and give us some optimism for what looks like a Donegal game in the championship.  The team has a long way to go, but maybe it's the optimist in me that sees at least some positives.

[restorepride]

Was in Armagh last night. Few points to take away. The Armagh fans are total mouths, they did some yapping at the referee. Derry kick outs are shocking, no one making themselves available, aside from Karl mckaigue making runs in the second half and getting ignored anyway. This resulted in long kick outs being kicked up the field where we weren't winning them most of the time. Surely that's something that could be coached into that team, to run looking the ball? I've seen gradual improvement in the forward play with the ball being played sooner as the league has progressed. Last night was a big improvement on the Longford game for example. Hopefully the slaughtneil lads get settled in for the last couple of games and give us some optimism for what looks like a Donegal game in the championship.  The team has a long way to go, but maybe it's the optimist in me that sees at least some positives.

The long ball did reap some benefits in the first half with wind advantage but Ii think only two forwards scored from play, Lynch and Kielt. With regard to kick outs, you are spot on.

[lenny]

Was in Armagh last night. Few points to take away. The Armagh fans are total mouths, they did some yapping at the referee. Derry kick outs are shocking, no one making themselves available, aside from Karl mckaigue making runs in the second half and getting ignored anyway. This resulted in long kick outs being kicked up the field where we weren't winning them most of the time. Surely that's something that could be coached into that team, to run looking the ball? I've seen gradual improvement in the forward play with the ball being played sooner as the league has progressed. Last night was a big improvement on the Longford game for example. Hopefully the slaughtneil lads get settled in for the last couple of games and give us some optimism for what looks like a Donegal game in the championship.  The team has a long way to go, but maybe it's the optimist in me that sees at least some positives.

It was nice to see us being competitive at last and great to see the slaughtneil boys bringing a bit of quality and strength. We should win our last 2 games well now and build some confidence for the championship. The kickouts need to be worked on as we need to be winning a much higher percentage than Saturday night.

[toby47]

Slaughtneil have appointed Audi Kelly as manager. Left the Moy, I would imagine the Moy won't be happy, their league due to start in 19 days.

[tonesfirstandlast]

Lenny either you weren't at the match and making that up about Derry on Saturday night to your stupider than I though
This was dire. The only crack I had was sitting beside a young Slaughtneil boy who said it didn't matter about who was manager as Christy would manage and pick there team like he has did for the past four years