Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[Rawhide]

So due to calling you out as a hypocrite for criticising a poster who questioned Crozier, when you have done nothing but criticise every manager we have had the past twenty years, you think that you have hit a raw nerve. Only a narcist would think like that.

[restorepride]

Lads will many Derry support travel up to Newry on Saturday. Going by home attendances I doubt it. Looking forward to a good match Down by 5.

Any idea of attendance on Saturday vs Leitrim?

I would hazard a guess of 250?

I'd say 750 would be a more realistic figure.

On the high side for me but then if you added in both panels, na maoir and the journalists?!

200 at the Hurling on Sunday and it was a considerably bigger crowd on Saturday evening. I'll even say the crowd was bigger than 750 on Saturday and that's not including panels and workers.

How did you find out that there were 200 at hurling?

[tbrick18]

Went to the game, not much to say that hasn't been said. I thought Gallagher's post match comments on social media summed up our performance. I read Bannside wants to give the job to Gilligan who hasn't managed one team and has rode on the coat tail of Moran as a coach, playing a style that is literally cut and paste with Kilcoo, in the event that Gallagher who has been in 5 of the last 7 Ulster finals as an intercounty manager, doesn't cut it in Derry. Is there a light on there at all BS.
The single outstanding thing for me from Saturdays game apart was the fat that I can't recall us kicking the ball a short 25m or long 40m pass into or scoring zone, not one attempt at the 'mark' pass in the entire match. I genuinely couldn't get over it

If the mark or lack of it was the biggest problem Rawhide saw on Saturday night, it just goes to prove what we always thought. He hasn't a clue. The truth of the matter is that the county board and managers starting in 2008 has put the county in that big of a decline that Could be decades before we get out of it.
The only manager over the past 20 years that players and supporters bought into was Paddy Crozier

Not the case with supporters as I seem to remember plenty of complaints when he got the job and plenty of complaints about some of the decisions he made during matches which were perceived to have cost us games.
I certainly wouldn't have been his biggest fan (taking off Paul Murphy at half time vs Dublin in 07 sticks in the mind). I can't speak for the players though.

Typical Derry Supporter, he got Derry to a quarter final, he beat the all Ireland champions earlier on that year. How many has done that since.

And the players loved him but unfortunately that tight bond was ruined the next year.

If by "Typical Derry Supporter" you mean I'm not like you, I'll take that as a compliment.
He also oversaw a defeat by Fermanagh after beating all-Ireland champions.
For anything good he did, that team massively underachieved, in my opinion, due to poor management.
And are you sure all players loved him? I seem to remember some claims of nepotism during his tenure....

[Squareball71]

Lads will many Derry support travel up to Newry on Saturday. Going by home attendances I doubt it. Looking forward to a good match Down by 5.

Any idea of attendance on Saturday vs Leitrim?

I would hazard a guess of 250?

I'd say 750 would be a more realistic figure.

On the high side for me but then if you added in both panels, na maoir and the journalists?!

200 at the Hurling on Sunday and it was a considerably bigger crowd on Saturday evening. I'll even say the crowd was bigger than 750 on Saturday and that's not including panels and workers.

How did you find out that there were 200 at hurling?

I was there and I can count.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Lads will many Derry support travel up to Newry on Saturday. Going by home attendances I doubt it. Looking forward to a good match Down by 5.

Any idea of attendance on Saturday vs Leitrim?

I would hazard a guess of 250?

I'd say 750 would be a more realistic figure.

On the high side for me but then if you added in both panels, na maoir and the journalists?!

200 at the Hurling on Sunday and it was a considerably bigger crowd on Saturday evening. I'll even say the crowd was bigger than 750 on Saturday and that's not including panels and workers.

How did you find out that there were 200 at hurling?

I was there and I can count.

I was there too, hard to say Squareball, I thought maybe closer to 300-400. Usual stalwarts Na Magha, Lynches, Banagher and some Slaughtneil/Screen too. About 40-50 there from Down

[Smurfy123]

Alls not well in Derry? Will Gallagher be in a job on Saturday night? As poor as we are Derry seem shocking no wins this year. Any lads to come in that didn't play Saturday night? Hard to imagine a team with Rodgers and McKeigue being so poor

[JoG2]

Lads will many Derry support travel up to Newry on Saturday. Going by home attendances I doubt it. Looking forward to a good match Down by 5.

Any idea of attendance on Saturday vs Leitrim?

I would hazard a guess of 250?

I'd say 750 would be a more realistic figure.

On the high side for me but then if you added in both panels, na maoir and the journalists?!

200 at the Hurling on Sunday and it was a considerably bigger crowd on Saturday evening. I'll even say the crowd was bigger than 750 on Saturday and that's not including panels and workers.

How did you find out that there were 200 at hurling?

I was there and I can count.

I was there too, hard to say Squareball, I thought maybe closer to 300-400. Usual stalwarts Na Magha, Lynches, Banagher and some Slaughtneil/Screen too. About 40-50 there from Down

Took a pic looking onto the main stand during the hurling, 150 - 200 I'd say. Not much better on Sat evening tbh with Leitrim outnumbering us Derry men (maybe they didn't but they certainly made more noise)

Many heading down to Armagh's Pairc Esler on Sat? Won't be pretty with Down having 15 behind the ball continuously which is Derry's achille's heal. Need something out of this game. Need to serious a serious bit of heart which was severely lacking against Leitrim.

[Hoof Hearted]

Lads will many Derry support travel up to Newry on Saturday. Going by home attendances I doubt it. Looking forward to a good match Down by 5.

Any idea of attendance on Saturday vs Leitrim?

I would hazard a guess of 250?

I'd say 750 would be a more realistic figure.

On the high side for me but then if you added in both panels, na maoir and the journalists?!

200 at the Hurling on Sunday and it was a considerably bigger crowd on Saturday evening. I'll even say the crowd was bigger than 750 on Saturday and that's not including panels and workers.

How did you find out that there were 200 at hurling?

I was there and I can count.

I was there too, hard to say Squareball, I thought maybe closer to 300-400. Usual stalwarts Na Magha, Lynches, Banagher and some Slaughtneil/Screen too. About 40-50 there from Down

Took a pic looking onto the main stand during the hurling, 150 - 200 I'd say. Not much better on Sat evening tbh with Leitrim outnumbering us Derry men (maybe they didn't but they certainly made more noise)

Many heading down to Armagh's Pairc Esler on Sat? Won't be pretty with Down having 15 behind the ball continuously which is Derry's achille's heal. Need something out of this game. Need to serious a serious bit of heart which was severely lacking against Leitrim.

how do you get to here ?

[JoG2]

Head into Newry and follow the floodlights 

[Squareball71]

Head into Newry and follow the floodlights 

JoG2 Do i detect a bit of a Newry - Down/Armagh rivalry somewhere in the family tree? I have friends both from Newry that are married. She's Down and he's Armagh. A fierce rivalry in that city.

[JoG2]

Head into Newry and follow the floodlights 

JoG2 Do i detect a bit of a Newry - Down/Armagh rivalry somewhere in the family tree? I have friends both from Newry that are married. She's Down and he's Armagh. A fierce rivalry in that city.

Outlaws from Down, wife reared in Armagh, so a wee bit there. A couple of work colleagues from in and around Newry and they are hardcore! Planning to meet a few good Down folk down there, but somethings come up that may scupper our match day plans unfortunately.
Won't be more than a kick of a ball in it, esp if Tad makes it and S McG's hamstring clears fully to allow him to start

[restorepride]

Lads will many Derry support travel up to Newry on Saturday. Going by home attendances I doubt it. Looking forward to a good match Down by 5.

Any idea of attendance on Saturday vs Leitrim?

I would hazard a guess of 250?

I'd say 750 would be a more realistic figure.

On the high side for me but then if you added in both panels, na maoir and the journalists?!

200 at the Hurling on Sunday and it was a considerably bigger crowd on Saturday evening. I'll even say the crowd was bigger than 750 on Saturday and that's not including panels and workers.

How did you find out that there were 200 at hurling?

I was there and I can count.

Congratulations. Smart fella.

[toby47]

Tomorrows result could define the league campaign

[tbrick18]

Tomorrows result could define the league campaign

Sounds like Chrissy McKaigue is on the board....

If Derry win tomorrow they are back in the promotion hunt.
If Derry lose, they are in a relegation dogfight and will be in Tier 2 championship (not necessarily the end of the world for us in terms of development).
Any word of the team?

[JoG2]

Tomorrows result could define the league campaign

Sounds like Chrissy McKaigue is on the board....

If Derry win tomorrow they are back in the promotion hunt.
If Derry lose, they are in a relegation dogfight and will be in Tier 2 championship (not necessarily the end of the world for us in terms of development).
Any word of the team?

In other words, tomorrows result could define the league campaign 

The latest bogus team will probably be announced tomorrow afternoon