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Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
February 25, 2018, 09:16:33 PM
Quote from: screenexile on February 25, 2018, 02:59:38 PM
500 odd at a double header in Celtic Park for the County team last week and at least a few thousand in Bellaghy for a school's match . . .

1. Matches in South Derry get bigger crowds
2. The County is crying out for a bit of success and we can get the crowds back

Fake news! Tyrone, Antrim and Derry represented in St Marys, plus the majority of the school pupils go for school spirit as the others in their class are going, teachers, class room assistants who have no interest in football probably dragged along and a high percentage would most probably never attend any other GAA game in the year no matter the county - case in point the exact same players play county minor and there wouldn't be 10% of that crowd at a minor game.
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Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
February 24, 2018, 08:15:44 AM
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/gaa-football/2222855/slaughtneil-defender-karl-mckaigue-insists-there-is-no-club-versus-county-divide-in-derry/

Best of luck to The Robbies today. Karl speaks the truth as does John Joe Kearney who spoke this week that the sooner the club all ireland is played out on one calendar year the better get rid of the myth of playing St Patricks Day finals. A two and a half month layoff does Slaughtneil no favours either. Chrissy even said himself he hasn't played a full league for Derry in four years, and with April designated for clubs the Slaughtneil boys are supposed to come in to the county set up a month before championship and all of a sudden its going to click for McErlain. Damian is swimming against the tide the GAA calendar is hindering small county like Derry, this year has been a right off before a ball was even kicked for Derry.
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Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
February 15, 2018, 01:08:31 PM
Quote from: toby47 on February 15, 2018, 12:43:52 PM
Anyone hear of anyone being called up to the panel?

I hear McErlean tried call up 2 more of the Slaughtneil contingent but both declined.

I'd drive up to Sean Leo's house in Portstewart with twelve dozen oakleaf roses beg him and his brother Colm (Colm is the closet thing in the county to a bull of an old fashioned 14 put the head down and go for goal take ball,man and all with him) to return. We need experience its all well and good McErlain blooding his troops from the past three minor teams but the situation we now find ourselves in we need players who will mentor these young players, seems to be a real gap in players in their late 20s seasoned county players. Sammy Bradley would be another player we need to add to the panel someone with noose and ball playing ability Sammy would add a little x Factor, he would stand out a mile in the current Derry panel as its seems we currently are only a a team of hard runners - i dont know where scores are coming from. From the first two league games we have been living off scraps from James Kielt free kicks. Every one used to laugh 'We'll never win nothing with the Bradley's' well at least the Bradleys could score five points from play, who can do that that now???