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Wouldn't be surprised to see Chrissy in as the U20 manager to cut his teeth before he is inenvitably appointed senior manager in a year or two

Just listened to the Monday Club podcast - doesn't sound like he has any interest in taking any Derry (or Slaughtneil) teams.

It's very close to £2/litre for diesel on some forecourts today - the ones I passed on the way to work ranged from 189.9 to 197.9

Was sure that Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish Constitution were changed for the GFA and that reunification would require a referendum on both sides of the border.

Edit:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/irish-reunification
"In order for Irish reunification to take place, border polls must be held in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland"

It just highlights the fickle nature of the award - and the recency bias that dominates the All Stars.

Dylan Geaney was touted by some as a potential PoTY after the quarterfinal, now he isn't really in the running for a place in the All Star team - at least none that I have seen from the experts.

Also, if Clifford's 2pt effort at the end of the final went the right side of the post and Kerry went on to win the match - no one would be referencing O'Donoghue as PoTY - Clifford would be an absolute shoe in for the award.

Just looking back on previous awards, I'm assuming Bernard Brogan the only man to win it without getting to the final?

Darragh Beirne played in the Hogan Final against St Pats Maghera in 2025. Maghera hammered St Colman's 2-08 to 0-04. Beirne scored all 4pts for the losing team. A year later he scores 1-03 in an All-Ireland final. Unbelievable achievement.

Stephen Gollogly

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0723/1584549-former-monaghan-player-stephen-gollogly-dies/

[Colm Mc Fadden]

Big win for Kilrea in the relegation battle with Limavady, Faughanvale and  Screen all losing.

In the topic of coaches, Tally is defensive coach and is having big impact.
Mayo have top class forwards, Louth and Gavin Devlin have Ronan O Neill in there.

Even look at Wicklow and how their forwards play with Mc Convilles management/coaching.
Donegal - Colm Mc Fadden,
Kerry - Kieran Donaghy
Dublin - Dean Rock

We need a forwards coach if we are to have any hope. Benny Heron was good solid Derry servant but realistically how can he coach Mc Guigan, Murray, Doherty, Cassidy. Every one of them lads know they are better players than him added into the fact he has no previous coaching experience.

Before the pile on of "are you saying you can't coach if you've never played", absolutely not what I'm saying but you can't coach the players you played with.

Pretty sure that both McFadden and Rock are coaching players they played with.

[Getting turned over very easily in the tackle]

Doesn't look like Cork are used to playing against a side with this sort of intensity. Getting turned over very easily in the tackle. Cork keeper has had a few issues already.

Doesn't help when they are constantly carrying the ball into 2/3 Tyrone men.

Doesn't look like Cork are used to playing against a side with this sort of intensity. Getting turned over very easily in the tackle. Cork keeper has had a few issues already.

Derry are a better team than Louth, Mayo, Meath, Cork, Monaghan, Westmeath.

I really don't think we are.
One of those teams beat us twice this season
Two of those teams beat us once this season.
Three of those teams will be playing in a higher division than us next year.

Overall record Played 5: Won 1 Lost 4
No games against Mayo or Westmeath.

I'd suggest that if you picked a team of the season with those 6 counties along with Derry, you'd be hard pressed to include any more than a couple of Derry men.

So the narrative, this year, will be that it's better to be playing matches than sitting waiting in the quarter final.

Hurson telling all the subs coming on to take the gum shield out of their sock and back in their mouth.

Silly from Forker, absolutely no need for that shot.
Rafferty reminiscent of big Plunkett Donaghy

Surprised McElroy escaped a card there. Extremely reckless, just lucky he missed the Louth player.

Did Derry have a sub  Maor Uisce?

Who dished  out the water after his sending off? Maybe that's what contributed to their loss

It was the Meath Maor Uisce that got the line.