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Thought Galway looked very sharp yesterday. MOTM for me was Gareth Bradshaw. Outstanding performance. Wish we had one like him!

Is the T Flynn named at midfield Tomas Flynn?

Highly unlikely the Derry team will be publicised before Sunday! 

Some score to win it!

[Meehan career could be over31 January 2012]

Just seen this article.

Not nice to hear about such a talented players career in jeopardy.

It will make Derry's task this Sunday a little easier without him.

Meehan career could be over
31 January 2012

Galway's Michael MeehanAn ankle injury could put an end to Micheal Meehan's Galway career.

The brilliant 27-year-old forward has been dogged by injuries in recent seasons and new Galway boss Alan Mulholland disclosed the full extent of the battle he is currently facing, revealing in the Irish Examiner today that Meehan might not pull on the maroon shirt again:

"There's no better chance of him playing in 2013 than there is in 2012.

"He's got an injury that is what it is at the moment now. Further surgery has been analysed in the US and in England but further surgery isn't going to help him.

"It's a management thing. It's a cartilage issue in his ankle. It's a degenerative thing that can't be replaced.

"He's in a Paul McGrath type situation where he has to manage his injury though maybe a comparison with Paul McGrath isn't quite fair.

"Basically he trains whenever his body allows him to train. So whether he can get sharp and fit with that type of regime we don't know."

I would not be discouraged in any way after that. The game can be dismissed.

We started extremely well and the new defensive system was effective. The sending off along with countless soft free's given to Tyrone handed them the initiative .

I would credit all our players for not losing the heads and becoming indisciplined.

Easily the most inept refereeing performance i've witnessed at county level!

Surely when you see the standard of referee's at present, there's justification for paying them. That way inteliigent football people may then offer their services. At present it takes a clown with no wit to do it!

Thanks for all the info lads! Reckon a PT may be the way forward. Don't know Mickey C but should be able to get his contact details from someone...

Yeah i mean running long distance...can swim but not great at it.

Tried the spinning too and think its good. Guess i just want someone to list a program for me to follow incorporating them all....

My aim is to get back playing football with my club....my fitness level is very low at the moment so need to do some serious work over the coming 6 weeks

Hi all,

Appreciate there are other threads covering this issue but was hoping someone with specialist knowledge could help.

Have had problems with tendonitis in the knee's so long distance running can be troublesome.

I'm wondering if someone could provide a detailed program for increasing fitness level that doesn't include longer distance work.

I was thinking of doing this session twice a week along with a swimming session. Again any advice or routine to follow would be great.

look forward to any responses

Back to the Athletic Grounds i would assume

Does anyone know when final is scheduled for? Next Sunday?

McKenna Cup semi final at The Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Derry 0-11 Down 0-09
If John Brennan's aim was to get the maximum amount of competitive games before the start of the league, then he has succeeded. Five points from Man-of-the-Match Conleith Gilligan, alongside an impressive first start of the year for Paddy Bradley, ensured Derry remained unbeaten in 2012.
Playing into a strong breeze in what was an uneventful first half, Derry opened the scoring through Paddy Bradley who then combined with Gilligan for the latter to score Derry's second point. Aidan Carr then brought Down back into the game with two frees to leave the sides tied on 0-02 each after 20mins.
Down then started to make the most of the wind at their backs to push two points ahead, one of which was from the well advanced full-back, Dan Gordon. The switch of Cailean O'Boyle had an immediate effect after the big Lavey man claimed a terrific catch to set Mark Lynch off on a run goal-ward. Lynch fed Bradley who again was fouled. The breeze proved no obstacle to Paddy as he duely converted to leave just one between them at half time. Derry 0-03 Down 0-04.
In the second half, Derry played some composed football. Quick to get numbers back to defend and quick to work the ball from defence, Brennan's boys levelled after 38mins thanks to a massive effort from 50m by Mark Lynch. With Forester providing strong running and the inside line of O'Boyle, Bradley and Gilligan tormenting their opponents, Derry worked the ball around the Down sweeper to go 0-06 to 0-04 up thanks to points from Gilligan (1 from play, 1 free).
Another clean catch from O'Boyle on the '50′, and a quick one-two with Sean Leo McGoldrick presented O'Boyle with the chance to put Derry three up, a chance he took with style. Again it was left to Down's top scorer, Aidan Carr, to bring Down back into the game. The Clonduff man hit two frees to put just a single point between the sides with 56mins gone.
Derry responded through Gilligan from a free after O'Boyle proved too much of a handful for his marker. With Derry looking composed they played some intricate patterns of play resulting in Gerard O'Kane firing over his first point of the game to stretch his sides lead to three. Bradley continued to pose major problems for Down and the pressure told when the Glenullin pointed from a free after being fouled. Derry led by four with 7 mins to play.
Time after time Down's threat of Coulter and co were thwarted by some excellent defending in numbers with the full back line of Dillon, Morrow and McCallion looking strong and being bolstered by retreating players.
Frustration boiled over for Down as Kallum King received a straight red card for a kicking offence. Down would score two points to keep Oak Leaf fans anxious to the finish. However, the game ended shortly after with 3 minutes of additional time played out to see Derry advance to a second McKenna Cup final in two years.
So far, so good...
D Devlin, B McCallion, L Morrow, R Dillon, SL McGoldrick, G O'Kane (0-01), C McKaigue, J McCamley, J Diver, B McGoldrick, M Lynch (0-01), N Forester, P Bradley (0-03), C O'Boyle (0-01), C Gilligan (0-05).
Subs: Conway for McCamley, K O'Neill for J Diver, E McGuckin for M Lynch

Will Our Girl Salley stay tho DH?

Massive gamble in the last at Kempton on Nacho Libre!  33s into 9/2!

Was also given 2.50 Southwell Chac Du Cadran.