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I could only see the fixtures and results. Knew tables were there but couldn't seem to bring them up.

Division 1 here
https://derrygaa.ie/fixtures/?countyBoardID=7&compGroupID=115865&leagueTable=y

yes, they've copied the league tables they already have on the site

Tyrone put out league team of the week!!! Live tweeted a u14 final recently. Armagh streaming live league games...

I've no idea if it's a one person show but it needs to be a joint effort by all club PRO's

Does anybody actually want live tweeting of an U14 final? Surely to god anybody interested would be at the game. They could obviously do more but the effort for that doesn't match the return.

For what it's worth, my team for Donegal would be:

McKinless /

Baker / Rogers / Bradley
McEvoy / McGrogan / McGurk

Glass / C Doherty

E Doherty / McFaul / P Cassidy
Murray / McGuigan / Loughlin

Niall Toner unlucky to miss out, but a great option off the bench - where he has played some of his best football. 

[How long outta a broken hand. 6 weeks?]

How long outta a broken hand. 6 weeks? The way we shipping goals u need Rodgers at full bck, who i worry going to be off the pace after a ankle injury, anyway. So who goes to Midfield. Probably should be Higgins but he's only played a couple of games. McFaul the other option been out injured ages.

You'd imagine 6-8 weeks with no complications. As much as more injuries aren't ideal, Tohill's injury is not a disaster by any means.
What's McFaul's injury? When did he last play? Will he be available vs Donegal?
Will Rodgers be OK to play vs Donegal?
Lynch is ages away apparently? Any update on the severity of his injury?
What's Lachlan Murrays injury?
Paudi McGrogan still not up to full tilt, could be a bit away from that as with ACL injuries.
Cormac Murphy has made the last couple of benches, but hasn't got many minutes.
McCluskey got another operation last week, season over.
McKinless ACL season over.
Donnacha Gilmore, confirmed season over?

Would love to see a senior panel named for the championship, the same was the u20 panel was named.

All of this and we'll still have people blaming Paddy Tally if/when it doesn't go as we'd like.

https://x.com/gaelic_life/status/1904307127524401271?s=46&t=aYPdMIWTWcvVcMF74de4YQ

Feck me the injuries keep on coming.

You boys are a laugh majority say Tohill not up to it and as soon as he's injured it's a big deal.

No one on the board picks the Derry team so our opinion is just that. P Tally has consistently picked Tohill as a starter and has now lost him as an option. The comment was factual that the injuries keep coming no one has yet to make it into a big deal. Any injury to any player in any county which causes them to miss a championship match or matches is surely something that can be commented on.

Fair play GTP, poster looking a cheap thrill

statto is one of the worst posters on this thread. Like most (all?) Armagh fans, best ignored.

[and Hurling]

This thread is called Football and Hurling

Would be remiss of us not to mention the massive win from the hurlers this weekend. Serious progress throughout the league. Hopeful for the Christy Ring this year. Johnny McGarvey doing a great job imho

[(inj)]

Derry: Odhran Lynch (inj); Conor McCluskey (inj), Chrissy McKaigue (ret), Diarmuid Baker; Conor Doherty (0-01), Eoin McEvoy (2-02), Pádraig McGrogan; Conor Glass (0-02, 1 '45'), Brendan Rogers (inj) (0-01); Ethan Doherty (0-01), Ciaran McFaul (inj) Paul Cassidy; Niall Loughlin (0-02), Shane McGuigan (1-04, 1-00 pen, 0-02f), Lachlan Murray (inj)(0-03, 1m).

Subs: Gareth McKinless (inj) for McGrogan (ht), Niall Toner (0-02) for McKinless (52), Cormac Murphy for Loughlin (66), Donncha Gilmore (inj) for P Cassidy (70), Emmett Bradley (ret)for Murray (77), Declan Cassidy for McKaigue (81), Eunan Mulholland for C Doherty (88).

That's the squad that played against Dublin in last years League Final. By my count: 7 out injured now (3 of which won't be seen in Derry colours again this season); 2 are now retired from county duty; And add in that Murphy, McGrogan and Laughlin have been out with long term injuries.

Eunan mulholland doesnt seem to be on the panel this year either. As well as last years sub keeper Ryan Scullion.

Realistically Tally like Harte will be judged at the end of the season. The difference in their seasons could depend on not getting another hammering by donegal.

Was chatting to somebody here in Sydney recently who said Scullion was planning on travelling this year & declared himself unavailable.

Eunan left the squad, as well as Conleth McGuckin.

For the Ulster final 2023, they had 52 men listed on their panel. We were at 29.

Mayo were good at that too in the last decade.

Lost players but had guys in development squads behind ready to step in.

I'd imagine it takes an insane amount of money to maintain & is probably not sustainable in the long run. Mayo have had issues with the Revenue and we seen what happened Kildare when McGeeney left. I'd imagine the same will happen in Armagh & presumably Donegal after their saviour walks away (again).

We have 2 All Ireland winning minor teams progressing through U20's. The year above them got to an AI semi final. The players are there. We've had the Minor player of the year 2 years running. We'll be a force to be reckoned with in a few years.

Shea Downey left because he wasn't being given a look in. Baffling when you see a few of the players being used with no size nor power.

The harsh reality is that at no point has he proved he has the mentality or ability to be considered county standard.

Leaving the squad after two games after doing the pre-season shows he doesn't have the commitment needed to operate at the highest level. His club situation isn't helping either unfortunately. A shame really.

The subs today and against Kerry badly weakened us. It is very worrying that with 10 minutes to go and being miles ahead we could not close out either game. Game management to see a game out is woeful. Need some leadership from the senior players.

Those 'weak' players on the bench are all Ireland minor winners. They're also young players who've shown quality with their clubs.

They'll have learnt a lot from today & this campaign. They'll also have learnt from the reaction of them getting game time and how they've weakened the team. Division 2 is the place to blood these players. We have arguably the greatest bunch of players we've ever had in our U20 panel - 2 All Ireland minor wins and a AI semi final team.

I fear for them coming through with some of the 'fans' we have.

Some of the comments on the Facebook page are ridiculous. Some people have lost the run of themselves completely.

Personally team I would go with.

                 Lynch
        Bradley, McEvoy, P Mc Grogan
          CD ,  Mc Faul, CMc Grogan/Cassidy
              Glass, Rogers
        Ethan,  Loughlin,  Paul Cass
         Toner,   Mc Guigan,   Murray

Couple lads there obviously only coming back to full fitness but long term and with no McKinless I think we need someone who organises middle if that defence along with giving Rogers more freedom.
Niall Loughlin will work his heart out in CHF with Murphy, Jody Mc D, Baker subs that are capable of doing a job. Anton tohill to full forward when needed towards end of any game has potential to change tactics.

Shall we just call the team South Derry from now on? 😃

We already call them that

I wonder why 3 or 4 different managers with the last 3 being outsiders still haven't found this talent thats hiding in North Derry?

Why has the Derry SFC championship only been won 3 times in 35 years by North Derry clubs 2 of which were by Dungiven.

Is that directly linked to talent availablity?

Nonsense.

Derry's best player in the last 25 years was from Glenullin. Their most exciting/skillful player in that time was his brother. Their most consistent player was from Banagher. His club mate holds the record for most appearances for the Ireland compromise rules team.
Not to mention Gerard O'Kane, Barry McGoldrick or Sean Leo McGoldrick.

The current panel boasts 4 players from Derry city - all who have played NFL this season already, not token additions. All from Steelstown. How many clubs in south derry can say that?

If you took every player from Kilrea, Swatragh, Loup, Ballinascreen and Castledawson (all south Derry Div.1 clubs), I'd wager it was many years before they've had 4 players between them represent Derry in the NFL. Why can those clubs not produce players, given all the obvious advantages they have? Why are they not pulling their weight?

Personally team I would go with.

                 Lynch
        Bradley, McEvoy, P Mc Grogan
          CD ,  Mc Faul, CMc Grogan/Cassidy
              Glass, Rogers
        Ethan,  Loughlin,  Paul Cass
         Toner,   Mc Guigan,   Murray

Couple lads there obviously only coming back to full fitness but long term and with no McKinless I think we need someone who organises middle if that defence along with giving Rogers more freedom.
Niall Loughlin will work his heart out in CHF with Murphy, Jody Mc D, Baker subs that are capable of doing a job. Anton tohill to full forward when needed towards end of any game has potential to change tactics.

Shall we just call the team South Derry from now on? 😃

Lachlan Murray has just turned 22 according to the Irish news last week. That's still young in my book.

A few of the lads from the 2022/23/24 minor teams could probably do a job for the senior team, but success at that level should (and is) their main priority. We shouldn't be throwing them in too early, especially given the tendency to write somebody off after a few bad performances.

All being well, these lads won't be available until the championship (the real one), so they'll miss the league and Ulster campaign - but that's ok in my book. They are arguably the most talented group of players we've ever had. They deserve to be nurtured correctly - we'll still have football to play next year & the year after..

Whats the problems with the odd comment about players that arent going well, the papers love to give a full rating every game come championship time and that can be a proper rinsing

Bit of a difference in an article being written in a paper and some fella who wouldn't know if she's pumped or stuffed going on to an anonymous forum and saying x player is useless. Always going to be a tough year when you're missing the 4 best defenders in the county but thought last night was the outlier of the 4 games, we could easily have won the first 3. Plenty of teams get a trimming from the Dubs in croker all about bouncing back and getting a couple of results under the belt going into championship

Don't think anyone said any player was useless, as for newspaper articles are they not just one persons opinion so whats the difference?

The problem only in arises when individuals take any comment as a personal attack, Nobody has any doubts that our Derry players off the pitch are honest decent lads but when you pay to attend matches up and down the country you are surely entitled to an opinion on what you see. If you can't have an opinion on it whats the point really.

Lads, we're not speaking here in a vacuum - players read this board. Given the last 2 all Ireland winners came from Div.2, we can conclude that league status has little impact on chances of an All Ireland win.. So relegation isn't the end of the world.

The reaction on here after negative results or lads having a bad game is simply ridiculous. We can all have an opinion, but when it comes to new players or new management, we really don't give them any time to settle.

I'm often struck by McKaigues speech in Clones in 2022 - embarrassingly, he had to tell the Derry public to stick with the team. I've never heard a captain say that, ever. I would be in no doubt he's talking about some of the head cases on here.

Some experts on here, most of whom don't appear to have made it to the game last night, so your insight into where it is all going wrong is very interesting. 

Wildweasel you are definitely the biggest expert of them all