Losing the Slaughtneil players over the last couple of years may account for us being in Division 4.....that aside, you could say the same thing about Down, Armagh, Laois, Meath, Cork..... and so on. We should be looking to the likes of Tyrone, Mayo etc to see what they have done differently. I think Club Derry and the development of youth has been a big plus for us and we will be back challenging at a higher level in 4-5 years.
We need to be smarter tactically. Was at the Waterford game a couple of weeks ago.....if we cannot find a way of breaking down 13 man defences we are going to struggle come championship time again. Waterford pushed forward when we went two men down......that was why we won the game in the end. Maybe this will improve. I'd be amazed if management were not aware that this is an area that we need to work on. I think our defence has improved and definitely our kick outs too.
We need to be smarter tactically. Was at the Waterford game a couple of weeks ago.....if we cannot find a way of breaking down 13 man defences we are going to struggle come championship time again. Waterford pushed forward when we went two men down......that was why we won the game in the end. Maybe this will improve. I'd be amazed if management were not aware that this is an area that we need to work on. I think our defence has improved and definitely our kick outs too.