Minor All Ireland Football Championship 2023

[Captain Obvious]

Yes Derry v good though look very average .. no fwd line

Lol yes very average beating all the best teams about!

He might want to go and look at the scores they've been racking up in the year to date rather than judge them on one match against the clear second best team.

0-12 of Derry's 1-13 score came from their forward line today and Ger Dillon 0-32,Conall Higgins 2-22,Eamon Young 3-15, John Boyle 0-21 and Oisin Doherty 1-12 was the scoring from their forwards in this Minor championship.  No forward line??

[imtommygunn]

Has mcguckian not scored? He's near the best of the lot?

[NotedObserver]

Yes Derry v good though look very average .. no fwd line

Lol yes very average beating all the best teams about!

He might want to go and look at the scores they've been racking up in the year to date rather than judge them on one match against the clear second best team.

0-12 of Derry's 1-13 score came from their forward line today and Ger Dillon 0-32,Conall Higgins 2-22,Eamon Young 3-15, John Boyle 0-21 and Oisin Doherty 1-12 was the scoring from their forwards in this Minor championship.  No forward line??

Did he mean Monaghan has no forward line?

[Captain Obvious]

Has mcguckian not scored? He's near the best of the lot?

Didn't score today, 3-5 he scored in this championship.

[BuzzCagney]

Congratulations to Derry

[Wildweasel74]

Best team to come out of Derry since their 1989 Team. Derry now had 4 fairly strong minor teams over the past 4yrs.

[tbrick18]

Best team to come out of Derry since their 1989 Team. Derry now had 4 fairly strong minor teams over the past 4yrs.

Yeah signs are good. Say on average 3 out of each team make the step up to senior County level, we should have plenty of talent coming through.

Brilliant win today.

[onefineday]

Superb Derry team; hope they progress to senior level. It's inevitable that life will take most of them away, so important to enjoy the achievement for it's own sake

Completely agree with that - there's a lot of talk about this grade being developmental etc, but logically, for a lot of these guys this is the pinnacle of their football careers, something they'll always remember and a great achievement in its own right.
That's another reason why I don't follow the logic of not playing these games as a curtain raiser to all Ireland final or semi, this is the only chance the majority of players on display today will ever have of playing in croker park before a big crowd. I've yet to come across anyone who supports the route we've gone with that, do how come in a democratic organisation, it remains? Do I just talk to the wrong people??

I'd suspect you do alright.
Most people have no problems with Minor Finals  in a Provincial ground.
At least 10,000 of those there today wouldn't get to see the game if it was on with the Senior Final.

Did I hear the RnaG commentator right saying it's the first time an AI football final was played in thec6 Cos?

Might try and set up a poll cos you're the first person I've come across who is in favour.

[onefineday]

Yes Derry v good though look very average .. no fwd line

Lol yes very average beating all the best teams about!

He might want to go and look at the scores they've been racking up in the year to date rather than judge them on one match against the clear second best team.

0-12 of Derry's 1-13 score came from their forward line today and Ger Dillon 0-32,Conall Higgins 2-22,Eamon Young 3-15, John Boyle 0-21 and Oisin Doherty 1-12 was the scoring from their forwards in this Minor championship.  No forward line??

Did he mean Monaghan has no forward line?

probably, looks like a typo in rereading it, left out the word Monaghan.

[Wildweasel74]

Didn't know the half bck Campbell was former Donegal player Paddy Campbell lad.

[Hoof Hearted]

Best team to come out of Derry since their 1989 Team. Derry now had 4 fairly strong minor teams over the past 4yrs.

3 outta that team started in 93 final, with Burnsy on the bench.
I think !

[Newbridge Exile]

Best team to come out of Derry since their 1989 Team. Derry now had 4 fairly strong minor teams over the past 4yrs.

3 outta that team started in 93 final, with Burnsy on the bench.
I think !

Think Declan Bateson was in the panel that year too hoof

[Wildweasel74]

Too many of that team didn't come through who were good enough for the County, John Mulholland should been starting Midfield after McGilligan went, Rory McEldowney went off to soccer, and Eunan O'Kane got injured. Skelly probably if he been at a senior club made it to.

[Estimator]

Best team to come out of Derry since their 1989 Team. Derry now had 4 fairly strong minor teams over the past 4yrs.

3 outta that team started in 93 final, with Burnsy on the bench.
I think !

Think Declan Bateson was in the panel that year too hoof

Coleman, Tohill and Heaney started
Burns came on as a sub
Diamond and Bateson were on the bench.

[reddgnhand]

Best team to come out of Derry since their 1989 Team. Derry now had 4 fairly strong minor teams over the past 4yrs.

3 outta that team started in 93 final, with Burnsy on the bench.
I think !

Think Declan Bateson was in the panel that year too hoof

Coleman, Tohill and Heaney started
Burns came on as a sub
Diamond and Bateson were on the bench.

How did that team get on in U21's? Think that age group is more important than minor.