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You are talking balls!

Thanks for your valued input .Baile Eochaidh Man. Keep toeing the line sir. Youse boys are all brainwashed

Is Derry GAA in disarray?
I am not sure but I get a feeling this year that just too much seems disorganised, there is a lot more controversy around and that grassroots members are turning their backs on the association because of perceived corruption and general skulduggery.
Continuous reports of referees not showing up, fixtures postponed over and over, red cards rescinded etc. The CCC are almost Mafia Like.
Football continues to decline in quality and hurling is without a doubt under attack from board.
I liken the Derry GAA scene to the unfortunate economic scene in The Republic. The South lost the run of itself and have ended up forgetting about that which made it admired worldwide. The Derry Gaa have forgotten the basic values of the association and if we are not careful we could implode!

Dolans by 5 points

Na Piarsaigh by 4 points

Tight again- Ballinderry to scrape through

really tight one here-Steelstown by 2

Sean Dolans used to have a hurling team too

I agree with ha ha derry. The real hurling men in each club need to get their voice properly heard, we might stand a chance now that Mc Cloy has gone.

I dont think Anne Sands is involved with any club in Derry anymore, though I doubt if even her persuasive voice would be heard.

The guy who posted the comment about Armagh is bang on. The reason they are progressing is down largely to support from board. Derry have the hurlers but proper support structures are not in place within county and same degree of enthusiasim from board doesnt exist.

Latest example of disrespect for hurling is the farce/fiasco otherwise known as Derry Intermediate/Reserve/Junior C'ship-board not even sure what to call it anymore! I have seen all terms used on either Derry Website or press this year.
Only 2 fixtures have been played, Slaughtneil played q final approx 3 weeks ago - they had to arrange their own ref after appointed ref failed to show. This would never happen in football.Na Magha played their match 5-6 weeks ago and have heard nothing since.
The other fixtures have been fixed twice and cancelled twice not sure of reasons but-ome clubs are using football as excuse. Lads lets be realistic if you cant field in both codes why should everyone else suffer.
I heard that some of the remaining junior c'ship games this weekend might be off again because of football league games. Surely c'ship at any level come before league games

[These guys in Coleraine get away with murder in Derry now it appears that they are at the same craic in Ulster]

Sorry for launching into a thread for Armagh hurling but...

yeah Fear BnS, heard that coleraine play camlough on sat 2nd oct. is their football final on on the 3rd?

Thats right Mr T. They have football next day. If I was Camlough I would have stuck to my guns and asked to play game on original date which was 3rd. These guys in Coleraine get away with murder in Derry now it appears that they are at the same craic in Ulster

how so? how and when have our hurlers got off with murder?

and how in under f**k do you expect it to be reasonable to ask our hurling team to play an Ulster junior hurling championship in Armagh on the same day as our footballers play in a Derry senior football final in Celtic Park??

If you see that as anything other than a non-runner you are a complete loon.

And no, not one single footballer is gonna pick up a stick and play a hurling cship match the day before a derry football final either.

I would have thought that was not only reasonable but pretty f**king advisable  . 'Where else but derry' eh?

Other wee quirks to your lunacy - our nomination before playing a game... Derry has 2 lower tier clubs, Eoghan Rua and Na Magha. There are also 2 lower tier levels in GAA, intermediate and junior. So what do you know, each club gets nominated for Ulster before they play a cship match, same as last year, and the year before that, and the year before that....

'most have ulster county medals'... sean leo mcg and niall holly have ulster u21 medals. thats it.

'the mcgoldricks are not the clubs best hurlers'... more nonsense...

'They dont have much in reserve outside the guys that play football'... bang on the money, well done sir. this is true, we can struggle to field without them.

Oh Dear Whisky Steve-its true what they say whiskey makes you aggressive! If you are a dual club why couldnt they play same day??Why should everyone suffer because you are stretched? A true hurler would rather swing ash than watch the big ball any day
Nobody mentioned your hurlers getting away with murder or cant you read -probably not you are probably pissed on whiskey If each club gets nominated why werent Na Magha nominated at any level, its a small province and word travels fast. Maybe I have been misinformed on county medals but the other guys  are still good and at least another 2 have played for county at senior.
Young Rafferty and Holly better than Mc Goldricks I heard.

Lecale 2

Here is how I see it and why I think Na Magha have been well and truely shafted!

Donegal-Everyone goes into Senior Championship and winners go into Ulster Junior. Proper Board backing them all the way

Down- 3 grades within county, everyone knows the score at the beginning of the year, and everyone gets chance to progress to Ulster. Proper Board backing them all the way

Fermanagh-Senior C'ship winners go into Ulster Intermediate and losers go ino Ulster Junior. Proper Board backing them all the way, everyone getsa chance.

Antrim-3 grades within county, everyone knows the score at the beginning of the year, and everyone gets chance to progress to Ulster. Proper Board backing them all the way

Armagh-Bit complicated but basically they have 3 grades in Ulster and every club has a chance at some level to progress to Ulster at soem level. Proper Board backing them all the way

Cavan-Every club gets chance to compete for county c'ship and progress to Ulster Junior. Proper Board backing them all the way

Tyrone-Every club play in same round robin competition and winners of overall c'ship go into Ulster Intermediate, other clubs battle out to go into Ulster junior. This year N Colmcille couldnt go back into Ulster Junior but their county gave them chance to compete to go into Ulster Intermediate  through county round robin. Proper Board backing them all the way


Monaghan- Bit complicated again but evey club got to play in c'ship within their own county which could lead them into Ulster. Proper Board backing them all the way


Derry-Na Magha too weak for Derry senior c'ship  and and not eligible for junior because they won it last year, although they play in it this year again it leads them nowhere. This means that Na Magha have no c'ship that would lead them to Ulster because Derry never regraded them to intermediate nor told them situation until end of last week!! I think this is unique in Ulster
Derry Board is a shambles and doesnt care about hurling in county at all never mind about hurling in the city

yeah Fear BnS, heard that coleraine play camlough on sat 2nd oct. is their football final on on the 3rd?

Thats right Mr T. They have football next day. If I was Camlough I would have stuck to my guns and asked to play game on original date which was 3rd. These guys in Coleraine get away with murder in Derry now it appears that they are at the same craic in Ulster

Do u think the big guns will play or be rested for the football. - i'd imagine they would make some difference to their hurling team?

Two of the McGoldricks are committed hurlers with the club, a third can take it or leave it. The football club calls the shots though so they may be missing.

I dont know if they will play. That said the Mc Goldricks they are not the clubs best hurlers, although the best guys also play football, basically they have maybe 8 on football team who are on hurling team-most have Ulster medals for their county, if they play and I dont mean to be disrespectful Craobh Rua will get whipped badly. They dont have much in reserve outside the guys that play football-should have went for match on 3rd to be sure.

Great to see new club!
Stop and think what it must be like to hurl in Derry City (Na Magha)
You very rarely hear any complaints from these guys, they just get on with, although unless you live in the city you could not grasp how difficult it is to compete against soccer, yet Na Magha battle on and on and on-true Gaels.
They have only been provided 3 games this year at senior in league-JOKE
They p[layed c'ship 5 weeks ago and have heard nothing about semi-JOKE
They prepared for c'ship with the hope that if they were lucky and won through that they might get into Ulster. Wait for this. They were told LAST WEEK only that they cant go into Ulster because they won junior in Derry last year. Fair enough you might say but Derry Board never told them nor regraded them for Ulster. This means that they are the only club in Ulster that have not been given opportunity to play in competition that would lead them to Ulster-MASSIVE JOKE
How will hurling in county progress if these guys are kicked and kicked again.

yeah Fear BnS, heard that coleraine play camlough on sat 2nd oct. is their football final on on the 3rd?

Thats right Mr T. They have football next day. If I was Camlough I would have stuck to my guns and asked to play game on original date which was 3rd. These guys in Coleraine get away with murder in Derry now it appears that they are at the same craic in Ulster

Without a doubt Lynches have benefited from antrim. But not all Derry teams are as well set up as Lynches to travel weekly to Antrim.

Thank You Mac. I never blamed football community, i am a GAA man, I love to see both codes do well although I just happen to prefer hurling. Hurling doesnt get the support it deserves or needs in Derry-show me the evidence that it does and I will shut up. Lynches are flying underage and I admire them a lot but I think county board need to do more to get weaker clubs up to their level, a few new underage clubs would be a good thing too.