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Let's  not start this sh**t* again. 99.9% of GAA people in Derry couldn't care less.

Drones, you annoy my happiness.

I appreciate that its an opinion, but sometimes they're better kept to yourself.

99.9% of people on this board think you're a tool.
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If that's the case, therre are a lot of tools around Bellaghy for I haven't heard one yet who supports Hurling in derry!

More bad news from Derry!

McGrellis fumes at Derry fixture pile-up
21 May 2008


Derry minor hurling manager Danny McGrellis is fuming with the Ulster GAA Council as he looks likely to be without three key players if his side defeat Donegal this weekend in the Ulster MHC, for a meeting with Antrim on June 1.



Darryl McDermott, Mark McCormick and Benny Herron will all line-out for the Derry minor football team in Ballybofey on June 1, which has forced McGrellis to call for his side's game to be rescheduled.

The former county star seethed about the issue, stating: "It wouldn't happen to any other county.

"In what other county in Ireland are the senior hurlers and footballers and minor hurlers and footballers asked to play on the same say at a different venue?" he asked.

The Banagher clubman insists that if his side get past Donegal at the weekend, they will need the entire contingent to put it up to provincial championship Antrim.

"It would be hard enough for us to beat Antrim, but it will be even harder without those three players. It's like asking the county footballers to do without Barry Gillis, Fergal Doherty and Paddy Bradley."

However it looks unlikely as the Ulster Council refuses to budge on the issue and chairman Danny Murphy says the date, fixed late last year, must stand.

"The game was originally scheduled last November, and Antrim could not concede to the request to change the date, so the original date has to stand," said Murphy.

Let's  not start this sh**t* again. 99.9% of GAA people in Derry couldn't care less.

what about this for a twist in the dooher story- heard this evenin that dooher and mickey harte rang the young fella who was allegedly kicked by dooher, ciaran gervin from derrylaughan and a county minor, and pleaded with him to help clear doohers card by saying the kick was accidental. For the 'greater good'. If this is true then what kind of lesson is this for our future footballers and a shocking amount of pressure to put on a 17 year old lad

If this is true, Harte should be suspended. You wouldn't get this happening in Derry.

I see that in the Derry did well in their game aginst Down. . Pity the managers didn't stay away. . I don't a polo shirt would make much difference to that team

Completely agree with youlads and as Pull Hard says, the powers that be at the top end of the GAA dont want to know or address this situation , in spite of a supposed active campaign to put more resources into and improve hurling in weaker counties - head-in-the sand approach is scandalous and saddening.

go and do the work yourselves and stop looking for handouts from the footballers. Pay your own way.

Don't give me that crap about Michael Cusack and the GAA. Here in Derry, you follow Gaelic football and a few hurling. The hurlers should be able to stand on their own feet. Why should 5% get the same amount as 95%- Parity? BTW, if croke park sent  some of that money to the clubs where the work is done and not all spent on county players and the county board.

Please tell me your on the wind up

I am not any wine up and I'll tell you more, the majority of the county think the same but dont want to say because they are "gaa" men. And for Big Danny playing hurling, he wouldn't know the difference of a hurling stick from a longtail shuvel

Tonesfirstandlast I'm assuming you made your "football rejects" comment to try and sitr things up as it is so pathetic it is unbeleivable. I think you will find that all the evidence suggests that good hurlers generally make good footballers due to their eye for the ball etc but the reverse is certainly not true.

The GAA was founded in 1884 to support the revival of hurling and ensure the promotion of our national game, Micheal Cusack and others would be turning in their graves at the attitude of the Derry CB and they have the nerve to call themselves GAA people or indeed Gaels for that matter.

Don't give me that crap about Michael Cusack and the GAA. Here in Derry, you follow Gaelic football and a few hurling. The hurlers should be able to stand on their own feet. Why should 5% get the same amount as 95%- Parity? BTW, if croke park sent  some of that money to the clubs where the work is done and not all spent on county players and the county board.

Boys, do you not understand, nobody cares about hurling in Derry, Seamus McCloy, county board, clubs, nobody. Why, because its not popular in Derry, just as road bowls isn't popular in Derry. The only ones who play hurling in Derry are football rejects and to suggest that they get parity of esteem with county footballers is is crazy. Hurling will never be a force in Derry.

If the hurlers wuold fecking get on with the training and coaching and stop yheir fecking whinging, we might get on a bit at hurling. The truth is, the coaches are useless, there is no discipline in their teams. Surely not having polo shirts has n othing to do with 5 and six turning up at training. Get a grip and get on with it.

The amount referees get paid and the freebies that the suits of the county, provincial and National boards pick up.

On the Subject of Damian Cassidy we had him with us for a season. He was excellent. Very cocky and a great man for disicipline. This year we had Paddy Mc Guigan. He got more from the players than Cass as he was able to relate to them better. Paddy was also excellent. We are very happy with him we hope to have have for some time. Both men are more than capable of doing well with any Senior team.

I think you have hit the nail on the head snappiered. Damien is confident and is a stricy disciplinarian but doesn';t relte well with the players. Think if he loosened up a bit, he could be a future Derry manager but a bit to go yet,