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No man would have slept better in his bed last night than Lavey manager Gary Cushnehan.

A searing platter of humiliation kindly handed to Damian Cassidy, no doubt a settling of scores for his role in sending Lavey down a division.


As for the Lavey performance,  I have not seen them perform as well since their glory days.

Has a sleeping giant just been awakened?

["There's always a void"]

Everytime you read or hear Joe saying something controversial just remember that deep down inside Joe "There's always a void"

https://www.independent.ie/sport/a-walk-on-the-wild-side-paul-kimmage-meets-joe-brolly/29760681.html

Much like a teenager craving validation through 'Likes' on social media platforms, Joe thrives on being the center of attention.

Joe doesn't dislike his county, he doesn't dislike Glass or McKaigue.  He just picks something and says something that he knows will get a reaction from people which will give him that 'kick' he so desires.

In order to stand out and validate his sense of importance, he must go against the grain and embrace controversy.

This is very similar to other personalities such as Katie Hopkins, Piers Morgan, Ben Shapiro etc who simply jump on any bandwagon going past or magnify the slightest of topics just to stay in the media limelight.

Deep down Joe is a good person, a son, a brother, a father.... just like us all.

Maybe we should all collectively send Joe a big massive gaaboard hug and show his inner child that he is much loved in this big bad complex world 

[** Keyboard Warrior Alert ***]

Started off well. Then went overboard. Lets hope he comes back to us but i feel hes told us all he knows.

Or them/her/she/it

Or Drumard/Drumuck/Ballymacpeake/Mayogall/Lemnaroy.  OR!!  Knockloughrim?

"If a person shows you who they are ...believe them..."

I briefly scanned your posting history.
A negative condescending opinion on everything from singing voices, schools, referees, gaa....

** Keyboard Warrior Alert ***

#getalife #smalldickenergy

Me wild scared now. Ok, I believe all your posts. Sorry.

Attaboy 

Started off well. Then went overboard. Lets hope he comes back to us but i feel hes told us all he knows.

Or them/her/she/it

You're not so bad... I like you...

[** Keyboard Warrior Alert ***]

Started off well. Then went overboard. Lets hope he comes back to us but i feel hes told us all he knows.

Or them/her/she/it

Or Drumard/Drumuck/Ballymacpeake/Mayogall/Lemnaroy.  OR!!  Knockloughrim?

"If a person shows you who they are ...believe them..."

I briefly scanned your posting history.
A negative condescending opinion on everything from singing voices, schools, referees, gaa....

** Keyboard Warrior Alert ***

#getalife #smalldickenergy

[** NEWS JUST IN **]

** NEWS JUST IN **

Laveys Coaching and Games Committee has voted unanimously to immediately abandon the official Foundation Award and Level 1,2 & 3 coaching certification pathway.

Instead, going forward any potential senior or underage manager will be required to sit and pass the following exam:


Exam Title: "Surviving": Navigating Challenging Environments

Main Textbook:

• Title: "The Prince"
  Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
  Publisher: Penguin Classics
  Year: 2003
  ISBN: 978-0140449150
  

Recommended Reading:

• Title: "Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds"
  Author: David Goggins
  Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
  Year: 2018
  ISBN: 978-1544512280
  
• Title: "Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences"
  Author: Dr Penny Sartori
  Publisher: Watkins Publishing
  Year: 2014
  ISBN: 9781780285658
  





• 
  Title: "You Vs The World: Survival Strategies from the Wild to the Urban Jungle"
  Author: Bear Grylls
  Publisher: Adventure Books
  Year: 2020
  ISBN: 978-0123456789
  
• 
  Title: "Developing Psychological Resilience"
  Author: Dr. Jagadeesh
  Publisher: Notion Press
  Year: 2023
  ISBN: 979-8889751168
  
• Title: "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Everything Is F*cked, Unf*ck Yourself - 3 book collection set"
  Author: Mark Manson
  Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
  Year: 2019
  ISBN: 912379979X
  


• 
  Title: "The Dying Process: Understanding Signs, Symptoms & Changes At The End Of Life"
  Author: Katie Duncan
  Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
  Year: 2021
  ISBN: 1956947000
  

Exam Format:
The exam will consist of four sections, including multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and a critical analysis essay.
Candidates will be required to demonstrate their knowledge of the main textbook and apply concepts from the recommended reading books to real-world GAA scenarios.

Pass Rate: 80%
Managers who fail the exam are permitted to re-register for a one time 'resit' examination, but will be required to pay the appropriate fee at the time of registration.
Failing a resit will result in candidates having to wait a full GAA season before re attempting.

Examiners:
Professors Brennan, Downey & Hasson.

This is an unfortunate situation for all concernrd in Lavey. I'm led to believe however though im no expert that Seamus Downey had as big a part as any in the coup d'etat that brought down Michael Hasson.

If it is then its a case of karma.  If you live by the sword you die by the sword.
But I do not know if this is true.  Only those on the inner circle will know for sure.

The Downeys I feel have done a, stupid move. The lads drop off the county scene as they simply not be on the radar. How can you transfer to a team in Antrim when you don't live there. Had any sense should move down the road to greenlough. End of the day they decided to transfer, I say they be favour of the month down Lavey direction there, after getting relegated.

Here you go Weasel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff5FUoo2YZA&ab_channel=EnglishwithEmma%C2%B7engVid

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18 posts in and Yewillyewill in the early running for Poster of the Year. I wanna hear more from this guy

Did you just assume my gender?
I am offended.

[Seamus Downey]

I don't know the facts and to tell you the truth, I don't want to know. I am certainly not picking sides regardless of how the post looks. But this is what I do know, Lavey as a club will remain. Forget about the individuals involved from all fronts. Lavey, the club are the immovable and the only way this can be resolved is for all the people to put their pride to the one side for the greater good of Lavey. Once they get their heads around that, and perhaps time will be the only thing that allows for that realisation, will this get sorted. Everyone is a loser until that happens.

Well, you have decided to throw out a 'fact' that pins the blame solely on one single man.  This is shameful of you to do that.
Everyone living in South Derry knows the following so what I type here is spilling no secrets.


Laveys downfall has not been caused by one man, it has been caused by a power struggle between a small number of families all vying for control and status like something out of medieval Europe.

On one side you have the Downeys and on the other side you have the McGurks, propped up by their underling Mulholland.
The sad thing is that all men once stood shoulder to shoulder in Laveys glory days.

All have upcoming sons competing for places on the team which has no doubt fuelled envy and jealousy.

From speaking to people I know in Lavey last year’s antics have split friendships, torn apart families and left a dull grey cloud hanging over the current senior team.
It is sad for those involved and the pain is real.


And Laveys downfall did not start last year either. 
The dogs on the street know that within Lavey there are a small group of toxic players that have engineered the removal of at least 3 of their previous managers, all organised by their doting dads at the dinner table no doubt.

The following men all fell on their sword, all trying their best to bring their own club to the promised land:

Seamus Downey - Perceived betrayed by his assistant manager and supposed friend and then faced a player revolt that he believed was organised by that said friend. Disheartened, he took his sons and nephews away from a club he was instrumental in helping succeed on the pitch and off. His new club has just narrowly avoided relegation so there is nothing to sing about there.  I would say that with the passage of time he will regret making this move.  He may have had his faults, and a change was maybe needed, but there are better ways to remove a manager than what he believed to be a knife in the back.

Michael Hasson - A well-oiled operation similar to the CIA sponsored 1953 coup d'état that brought down the first, last and only democratically elected president of Iran ensured that he didn't get to complete a full season with the club he stood in goals for all his adult life.  Michael went onto win a championship with Moortown the following year.

John Brennan - Considered the Godfather of Derry football.  Has won more Championships than Tiger Woods has mistresses. An elite highly trained brigade of TikTok sponsored Gen-Z Call of Duty battle hardened players led a charge to remove the most decorated manager in the history of Derry football.  John went onto win a championship with Cargin the following year.


Has the penny dropped for you yet? Have you figured out the real problem?


The people I feel for are the good honest people of Lavey who next year will have to equip themselves with sat navs to navigate to unfamiliar clubs they have never encountered before.
And also, the current management, no doubt the vultures are circling and knives are getting sharpened as the blame game begins....

It is a challenging time for Lavey, but perhaps unity and resilience will pave the way for brighter days ahead.

[Because one man couldn't get to control a team]

it wasn't a glorified reserve team, they had at best 4 and maybe 5 players not playing. Apart from being relegated, you wonder how this helps the mending of relationships in Lavey. There are bound to be a significant number of folk in Lavey who are really pissed off at the outcome. This will only have exasperated it.  Because one man couldn't get to control a team his sons played and felt he was let down or embarrassed by people he knows well, he shafted the entire club. I don't see an easy fix unless the main protagonists swallows his/their pride for the greater good. And thats it at the end of the day, you can list the various complaints each have, but when you stand back this is what it boils down to

Because one man couldn't get to control a team
he shafted the entire club


You have clearly picked a side and don't know all the facts my friend.

And that's a wrap folks.  Lavey relegated.

As Estimator put it, the match was very entertaining.
Screen hell-bent on showcasing themselves as the worst team in Derry.
Lavey a glorified reserve team with half their players unfamiliar to anyone watching.
Screens only county player totally nullified by a dogged Ciaran Henry putting in a performance that reminded me of the late great Collie McGurk. 
Laveys Toner non existent most of the game apart from popping his head up to clinch a couple of scores at the end.

The referee made several calls that ultimately benefitted Screen and cost Lavey the match.

If my memory serves me right, this is the third time they have been relegated.  They will bounce back.

What coaching or managerial experience does Johnny mc Bride have?

Why does one ask?
Are you putting the feelers out for your next club manager?

Something like that.

I cannot say a bad word about him or have I heard a bad word. 
I played against him a long time ago. 
An old fashioned no nonsense hard as f**k player who will take no nonsense from this Gen-Z crowd coming through nowadays.
Good luck.

Not sure how this all fits but north Derry vocational schools players seems to be ignored largely, this may have changed recently. But I remember St Mary's Limavady playing and wining county championships every year under Micky Moran and those lads never got a look in for development squads, never mind minor squads. Whereas counterparts from the big clubs got the call up, I see the reasoning on both side. If they did make the cut it was generally as men to go in an break ball etc. North Derry players I suspect have a higher drop out rate, plenty of things at play here but ultimately playing Junior or bottom intermediate football is quite the commitment at times and you're never going to put on a county jersey.

There should be acceptance that the Derry Senior set up is basically 100% South Derry, its the elephant in the room.

The implementation of Kerry style model e.g. David Clifford aka East Kerry for North Derry could be something to consider. It may sound ridiculous but they basically need an All-Star North Derry entered into the Senior championship, how would they do, hard to know? But it may give confidence to North Derry, additional support into the club game, something for players to aspire to and show there skills against the best. Or they just continue to ignore the Elephant.

Problem with this, is if the best 15 north Derry players where put in a team (from what I've saw) it would have a few dungiven players, a few steelstown players and mostly alot of Coleraine players. These teams are all already playing senior football so would be ineligible

I don't believe these manufactured teams are the way to go, there are a few hurling teams around the north made up like this and I guarantee you have never heard of them as they have not made the breakthrough to win anything.

Derry Senior County team will always be strong if:
1. The South Derry teams are strong.
2. The South Derry teams continue to hate each other.

This is what we had in 93 and this is what we have today.....

And as yer man said, once you go by Dungiven the North Derry boys are too fond of the nite out...

What coaching or managerial experience does Johnny mc Bride have?

Why does one ask?
Are you putting the feelers out for your next club manager?