Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

I see Damian Cass has been heading up a committee over the past few months on the development of football [didn't see any mention of hurling?] in the county and has made a number of recommendations, the main one for me being the introduction of 4 divisional sides into the senior championship, which I think is a great idea, though not without some downsides.

Other ideas include silent sidelines up to  U13 and 1 touch only up to U13.

Shocking that it has omitted hurling, McEvoy gone because they wont pay outside man too(despite line in the papers), tbh for me it looks like football has become embarrassment for them at inter county level and they are going to throw everything at it, hurlers and dual players will not even be an afterthought.

Divisional sides pointless.

Embarrassment for them.... who is 'them'? Are you not from Derry?
Divisional teams have worked in Kerry, why not in Derry? With a view that the junior players get a chance to play at a higher level? There will be the usual challenges of who manages, what jersey and refusing to join, but if they can rise above that and see the bigger picture, then surely it's a good development?

Them,county board.
Divisional sides would cause havoc with training, fixtures etc. No appetite, so much so that ive never heard a single club person mention it before

Who did your club nominate for officers on County Board last year?

Aye we have development officer position

[Red10]

I see Damian Cass has been heading up a committee over the past few months on the development of football [didn't see any mention of hurling?] in the county and has made a number of recommendations, the main one for me being the introduction of 4 divisional sides into the senior championship, which I think is a great idea, though not without some downsides.

Other ideas include silent sidelines up to  U13 and 1 touch only up to U13.

Shocking that it has omitted hurling, McEvoy gone because they wont pay outside man too(despite line in the papers), tbh for me it looks like football has become embarrassment for them at inter county level and they are going to throw everything at it, hurlers and dual players will not even be an afterthought.

Divisional sides pointless.

Fact is Derry is too small a county to make a reasonable cut at both codes at inter county level.  We can either continue to be mediocre at both or do what most counties our size do.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

I see Damian Cass has been heading up a committee over the past few months on the development of football [didn't see any mention of hurling?] in the county and has made a number of recommendations, the main one for me being the introduction of 4 divisional sides into the senior championship, which I think is a great idea, though not without some downsides.

Other ideas include silent sidelines up to  U13 and 1 touch only up to U13.

Shocking that it has omitted hurling, McEvoy gone because they wont pay outside man too(despite line in the papers), tbh for me it looks like football has become embarrassment for them at inter county level and they are going to throw everything at it, hurlers and dual players will not even be an afterthought.

Divisional sides pointless.

Fact is Derry is too small a county to make a reasonable cut at both codes at inter county level.  We can either continue to be mediocre at both or do what most counties our size do.

Lets ditch the football then, it would bore the knickers off a nun atm

[toby47]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

[Mikhailov]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

What happened?

Did he retire or a falling out?

Definitely was a good player who served Derry very well

[toby47]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

What happened?

Did he retire or a falling out?

Definitely was a good player who served Derry very well

Seems to have been a falling out with Gallagher. Disappointing news

[Silver hill]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

What happened?

Did he retire or a falling out?

Definitely was a good player who served Derry very well

Seems to have been a falling out with Gallagher. Disappointing news

Maybe he was simply omitted by Gallagher. This happens to all players eventually.  It's part of the evolution of any panel. Wouldn't be a fan of his playing style but Gallagher has been good at introducing younger players and seems to have eradicated the revolving door issue that was a real hindrance in previous squads.

[toby47]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

What happened?

Did he retire or a falling out?

Definitely was a good player who served Derry very well

Seems to have been a falling out with Gallagher. Disappointing news

Maybe he was simply omitted by Gallagher. This happens to all players eventually.  It's part of the evolution of any panel. Wouldn't be a fan of his playing style but Gallagher has been good at introducing younger players and seems to have eradicated the revolving door issue that was a real hindrance in previous squads.

Nope - there was a fall out.

He started centre forward just over 5 weeks ago vs Armagh in the championship. You don't go from being a main player to not making a 30-40 man training panel in the space of a month.

[Silver hill]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

What happened?

Did he retire or a falling out?

Definitely was a good player who served Derry very well

Seems to have been a falling out with Gallagher. Disappointing news

Maybe he was simply omitted by Gallagher. This happens to all players eventually.  It's part of the evolution of any panel. Wouldn't be a fan of his playing style but Gallagher has been good at introducing younger players and seems to have eradicated the revolving door issue that was a real hindrance in previous squads.

Nope - there was a fall out.

He started centre forward just over 5 weeks ago vs Armagh in the championship. You don't go from being a main player to not making a 30-40 man training panel in the space of a month.

You're probably right, Gallagher told Lynn he was no longer in his plans then they fell out. Is that how it went?

[toby47]

Enda Lynn is a big miss to the panel.

He was the longest serving member of the panel and still a key player.

What happened?

Did he retire or a falling out?

Definitely was a good player who served Derry very well

Seems to have been a falling out with Gallagher. Disappointing news

Maybe he was simply omitted by Gallagher. This happens to all players eventually.  It's part of the evolution of any panel. Wouldn't be a fan of his playing style but Gallagher has been good at introducing younger players and seems to have eradicated the revolving door issue that was a real hindrance in previous squads.

Nope - there was a fall out.

He started centre forward just over 5 weeks ago vs Armagh in the championship. You don't go from being a main player to not making a 30-40 man training panel in the space of a month.

You're probably right, Gallagher told Lynn he was no longer in his plans then they fell out. Is that how it went?

Apparently a fall out at training that escalated

[Derry Optimist]

With the outlook  for the resumption of Senior inter county training beginning to look bleaker by the minute, Derry management and players can be reasonably happy with their  progress after an improved performance in the Ulster Championship encounter against Armagh.

The high count rate of so many basic errors while in possession and some wayward shooting from bad positions were two of the main factors for that narrow defeat. However, with a greater level of determination and total focus on the task in hand throughout  a  whole game, these basic errors can readily be eliminated.

This should lead to  more consistent high quality  performances and hence better results. If management knows who their best eleven players are that means all the other panellists are fighting for four starting berths and  five possible substitutes being introduced during any given game. This keen level of competition for places can only raise standards provided all players remain fully fit and available.

Allowing for the fact that Ethan Doherty will be required for the U20 team at the start of the League campaign and that Karl McKaigue  will not be fully fit until April or May  and that Enda Lynn is no longer on the panel I would select the following team to begin the 2021 National League.

                                                       Odhran Lynch
Paul McNeill                                     Brendan Rogers                             Padraig McGrogan
Conor McCluskey                              Chris McKaigue                              Michael McEvoy
                                   Ciaran McFaul                    Conor Glass
Jack    Doherty                                  Emmett Bradley                            Padraig  Cassidy
Niall    Toner                                      Shane McGuigan                           Niall Loughlin

Substitues: Connlan Bradley Carlus McWilliams  Conor Doherty  Shea Downey Gavin O'Neill
                 Patrick Kearney   Benny Heron         Oisin  McWilliams   Danny Tallon
                 Ben McCarron      Paul Cassidy

[Derry Optimist]

Good to see that Derry Minors beat Armagh by two points in this afternoon's game at Celtic park on a score line of 1-7 to 0-8

[restorepride]

Yes, a good result.

[restorepride]

Kelvin Madden in with swatragh,will that be a good appointment ?

If he is anything to Kevin, it could be!! Seriously though, probably a sound enough appointment.  Swatragh, you would think, not that far away from mounting a serious championship challenge - with plenty of local encouragement, of course!

[toby47]

Kelvin Madden in with swatragh,will that be a good appointment ?

If he is anything to Kevin, it could be!! Seriously though, probably a sound enough appointment.  Swatragh, you would think, not that far away from mounting a serious championship challenge - with plenty of local encouragement, of course!

Swatragh have a fair few handy footballers at the minute. The 3 Kearney brothers, 2 McWilliams, McAtamney's however I feel they are very light on defenders. A strong front 8.