Derry Club Football & Hurling original

tonesfirstandlast · July 17, 2019, 03:40:58 PM

The Bellaghy boys on the U20s have a great word on Donnelly and Collins. They say they are the best they ever played under. Maybe they should get a chance to progress these boys. After all the won Ulster and and got to a second final.

toby47 · July 17, 2019, 04:29:18 PM

Quote from: tonesfirstandlast on July 17, 2019, 03:40:58 PM
The Bellaghy boys on the U20s have a great word on Donnelly and Collins. They say they are the best they ever played under. Maybe they should get a chance to progress these boys. After all the won Ulster and and got to a second final.

lol

Real Talk · July 17, 2019, 05:37:12 PM

Quote from: tonesfirstandlast on July 17, 2019, 03:40:58 PM
The Bellaghy boys on the U20s have a great word on Donnelly and Collins. They say they are the best they ever played under. Maybe they should get a chance to progress these boys. After all the won Ulster and and got to a second final.

And whatever/whoever caused all those injuries !!!!!!!!

braveheart · July 18, 2019, 10:17:25 AM

The first evening of league action for soooooo long. This needs to change. We had a predictable win. Draperstown started well but when we settled down we took control and looked comfortable. Artie's 4 lad probably the best on the pitch. On another note,Tiernan Walsh is a quality defender but didn't play for Derry u20s. More questions!

howlongref · July 18, 2019, 10:36:22 AM

Quote from: braveheart on July 18, 2019, 10:17:25 AM
The first evening of league action for soooooo long. This needs to change. We had a predictable win. Draperstown started well but when we settled down we took control and looked comfortable. Artie's 4 lad probably the best on the pitch. On another note,Tiernan Walsh is a quality defender but didn't play for Derry u20s. More questions!

Any thoughts, derry had 3/4 injured players on the field during final. Can someone explain why this happened, I feel sorry for the lads on bench, who never were going to get on. The glen and bellaghy 20s had a good night back with their clubs from what I hear. Can Mickey Donnelly survive the roller coaster crash??

toby47 · July 18, 2019, 01:24:41 PM

Former Monaghan boss Malachy O'Rourke is among the early front runners to succeed Damian McErlain as Derry's next senior football manager.

McErlain departed his post after two years in charge of the Oak Leafers, having also led the county's minor footballers to an Ulster title and All-Ireland final appearance in 2017.

Fermanagh native O'Rourke, who stood down from his Farney post a month ago, has been sounded out as an early contender for the vacancy, having steered Loup to a Derry SFC crown along with Ulster honours back in 2003.

Elsewhere, Damian Cassidy, Peter Doherty and Paul McIver could be other names for the county board to consider, with former midfielder Johnny McBride and the joint U20 management of Mickey Donnelly and Chris Collins also thought to be in the early frame.

Estimator · July 18, 2019, 04:50:25 PM

Quote from: toby47 on July 18, 2019, 01:24:41 PM
Former Monaghan boss Malachy O'Rourke is among the early front runners to succeed Damian McErlain as Derry's next senior football manager.

McErlain departed his post after two years in charge of the Oak Leafers, having also led the county's minor footballers to an Ulster title and All-Ireland final appearance in 2017.

Fermanagh native O'Rourke, who stood down from his Farney post a month ago, has been sounded out as an early contender for the vacancy, having steered Loup to a Derry SFC crown along with Ulster honours back in 2003.

Elsewhere, Damian Cassidy, Peter Doherty and Paul McIver could be other names for the county board to consider, with former midfielder Johnny McBride and the joint U20 management of Mickey Donnelly and Chris Collins also thought to be in the early frame.

I'd say those named towards the bottom end of that last paragraph will be the next Derry manager.

Wildweasel74 · July 18, 2019, 10:54:10 PM

On the money issue. We bck to why owenbeg was upgraded to county ground standard; when celtic park was available. This is where the money issues all started. Abit of a vanity project to be honest. Last time we won Ulster. Be it 22 yrs nxt yr it was an outside manager. I think an outside view is needed to pick the best players in the county and not blinkered views on some players ability. Like Heavron; and a few others at the time. There players in the county good enough like Neil McNicholl. Holly etc who should be playing; players like McKinless or O'Brien who good enough but need put in the proper effort to be what they should be as a county player. Maybe O'Rourke with Johnny McBride or someone should be looked at and go out and get 2/3 main sponsors not 1. I still rather; they pick the strongest 15 in the county and let young players progress into the team if they are good enough, not play them and try to made county footballers out them. Let them show it at club level first.. The Kearneys. McWilliams etc. And maybe within 3yrs Glass, Brown, and Tohill, back from Australia fully grown men giving the aerial power we lacking in so many positions.

Estimator · July 23, 2019, 09:24:51 AM

Donnelly the front runner for Derry job according to back page of the Irish News.

toby47 · July 23, 2019, 10:31:42 AM

I honestly feel Derry are on a road to nowhere

Keyser soze · July 23, 2019, 11:27:10 AM

A man that got beat by 13 points in his most recent championshp encounter is the front runner for the Sejnior job, you just could not make this shit up.

tonesfirstandlast · July 23, 2019, 11:40:45 AM

Donnelly for manager has to be a joke. He managed to get half the team injured.
Go and get the Cassidy brothers and it won't be long until we are back at headquarters

toby47 · July 23, 2019, 12:00:41 PM

Absolutely no ambition is that's the road Derry go down. Mickey Donnelly & Chris Collins.

We are as far behind as ever, and getting closer.

Mountain Gael · July 23, 2019, 01:51:01 PM

Is this April 1st. i just cannot take this to be true. we have a chance for really pushing on but if we miss the opportunity then we will pay the penalty for years to come. hope someone within the derry county board can show leadership and appoint the appropriate management team and backroom staff that can physically and mentally prepare our very good players to give our county the best chance of being successful.

Leaveherlong · July 23, 2019, 02:25:54 PM

In fairness to Donnelly this is just a speculative story, with no direct quotes or sources. He can't be held responsible for this type of lazy journalism. If you read the article again, it could easily have been written by one man sitting in his kitchen under pressure to come up with something to fill part of the back page. Though Mountain Gael makes an important point - those appointing the next Derry manager need to show some ambition. The County is desperately in need of some inspiration. Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.