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Who is on that Lavey management team, I think its Shay Murrin who is in the stand.

Black haired fella and another a bit older lad with grey hair on the sideline?

Heard some absolute rubbish about the ref working for Conor Doherty being shouted and resulting in that 13 yard free.

Also whole load of watch pointing at the end of the first half after Lavey got turned over, I presume the argument was injury time should only be allowed if we are attacking.
The same at the end of full time where they felt more time should have been allowed for them to score another two pointer? Despite time being up.

Grey haired man looked very like Paddy Campbell from Donegal/Steelstown

Yes it is Paddy Campbell. Think Shay Murnin is manager according to derry gaels podcast, though id never heard of him, where is he from?

Killybegs

Power Rankings after Rd 1 of SFC
1. M'Felt
2. Newbridge
3. Glen
4. S'Neil
5. Lavey
6. Bellaghy
7. Steelstown
8. Glenullin
9. Ballinderry
10. Kilrea
11. Dungiven
12. Screen
13. Loup
14. Swatragh
15. Banagher
16. F'Vale

I still haven't seen which matches are gonna be shown on Derry website

Only 2 games from the full weekend being streamed. I take it this is due to them beong scared of poor attendances?

If that's the case, why play all the games at owenbeg? I thought one of the big drivers there was broadcast facilities etc. If that's not a factor, it would be nice to spread a few games around the county like in the old days - might help with attendances too.

Agreed but heard on Derry Gaels clubs were asked if they wanted to host the Slaughtneil Banagher game last weekend and all turned it down, so it ended up in Celtic Park. No doubt first 2 rounds should be around the clubs

Lots of clubs have underage hurling but going nowhere realistically, the push back in some already established Dual clubs is unreal

Why?

Football heads are stupid. Hurling will bring then young lads on something shocking. A different set of skills but ties into football.


Look at the amount of duel clubs who are going well and it's only helping them.

could not disagree more with this, the level of laziness that hurling brings to youth football is unbearable.
It might bring slightly more short distance speed but absolutely no endurance running.

What a bizarre post. Not the first and most certainly not the last

Yes but in fairness the majority of your comments on here are just that some ones opinion is wrong or just "tripe" while offering nothing in return.

Tell me why its bizarre, tell us your experience of why its different.

Mine is hurling doesn't benefit football, completely different skill set. People watch 4 top hurling games a year and rave about the speed.

Realistically, Slaughtneil and maybe Dungiven every club in Derry is operating at Junior level, and even at that probably wouldn't win Ulster junior club title.
Bar couple handy individuals show me the dual club success stories outside of Slaughtneil.

You said hurling brings "laziness" to youth football, a totally baseless swipe at hurling & then you made up something about hurling bringing short distance speed but no endurance running lol.
I have been involved in the S&C world for over 20 years so I would love to know where you come up with these hilarious comments

I don't base what I say on stats and opinions that I read somewhere, I base it on what I see. Kids that play hurling at low standard run alot less that kids of the same age that play football alot of the time at a higher standard. Football skills haven't improved because of hurling

The vast majority in Ulster teams play at a low level, take 3 or 4 Antrim clubs + Slaughtneil and Portaferry out of that and include the rest.
This notion that hurling is a lightning quick game is solely based on 4 or 5 Munster Championship games a season.

Don't try and argue that children playing low level hurling in Derry are better footballers because of it, absolute rubbish talk.

You stated "football heads are stupid"  and you come back accusing me of sweeping statements.lol.

I have no gripe with hurling, if thats your thing push on, but Ulster hurling people need to get chip of their shoulder with Ulster Football about developing the game and building it.

Football people are busy enough trying to improve their own game without having to do hurling people's job for them.

As for your strange S&C comment, whats the relevance? Is there a GAA hotspot somewhere else where the data is available to prove opinions as facts?

I did not say that. My "strange" S&C comment was to ask where you come to these groundbreaking revelations but it's the equivalent of talking to a flat earther... as for the rest of your spiel, you view hurling through a lens of how it can help football not giving children the opportunity to play the oldest sport on this island. As for the low level nonsense I have no idea what your point is, most clubs in the country play football at a "low level" should the just pack it in?

Lots of clubs have underage hurling but going nowhere realistically, the push back in some already established Dual clubs is unreal

Why?

Football heads are stupid. Hurling will bring then young lads on something shocking. A different set of skills but ties into football.


Look at the amount of duel clubs who are going well and it's only helping them.

could not disagree more with this, the level of laziness that hurling brings to youth football is unbearable.
It might bring slightly more short distance speed but absolutely no endurance running.

What a bizarre post. Not the first and most certainly not the last

Yes but in fairness the majority of your comments on here are just that some ones opinion is wrong or just "tripe" while offering nothing in return.

Tell me why its bizarre, tell us your experience of why its different.

Mine is hurling doesn't benefit football, completely different skill set. People watch 4 top hurling games a year and rave about the speed.

Realistically, Slaughtneil and maybe Dungiven every club in Derry is operating at Junior level, and even at that probably wouldn't win Ulster junior club title.
Bar couple handy individuals show me the dual club success stories outside of Slaughtneil.

You said hurling brings "laziness" to youth football, a totally baseless swipe at hurling & then you made up something about hurling bringing short distance speed but no endurance running lol.
I have been involved in the S&C world for over 20 years so I would love to know where you come up with these hilarious comments

Lots of clubs have underage hurling but going nowhere realistically, the push back in some already established Dual clubs is unreal

Why?

Football heads are stupid. Hurling will bring then young lads on something shocking. A different set of skills but ties into football.


Look at the amount of duel clubs who are going well and it's only helping them.

could not disagree more with this, the level of laziness that hurling brings to youth football is unbearable.
It might bring slightly more short distance speed but absolutely no endurance running.

What a bizarre post. Not the first and most certainly not the last

The problem with Derry club hurling is 4 are only really senior team club level. With 2 intermediate and 2 Junior. Derry senior hurling do quite well on them numbers. If the there hurling men in various fball clubs. Derry should be aroibd 16 Hurling clubs. Need a number of Antrim people living in Derry to help, but it needs derry clubs to buy in. Thats how St Finbarrs came about.

2 of the 4 championship games ended in a combined 77 point defeat for 2 clubs. How about we try and increase the levels of these clubs. Coleraine named 17 players for their game & you're worried about creating another 8 clubs? We should be making sure we still have 8 clubs in 5 years not 16.

Junior is the biggest victim in this as the Derry Gaels keep pointing out, 7 league games and a handful of Pre Season tournament if theyre lucky since Ardmore and Moneymore have been conceding fixtures, then into championship.

Bring the reserves into the All county leagues and let them work their way up if theyre good enough is my shout

Only 3 games conceded in the Junior League, Ardmore conceded 2 & Magilligan 1 going by the Derry website.

On the reserves, the strong reserve teams M'Felt, Slaughtneil, Newbridge & Bellaghy would hammer every Junior team & would be competitive against most of the Intermediate teams so not sure if that would benefit anyone but them clubs

B'Derry -3
Glen -10
Steelstown -3
Lavey -6
Newbridge -10
Sirs -2
Glenullin -1
M'Felt -1

Banagher bound to be sick of the sight of Glen at this stage...

Fair play to Johnny McGarvey getting to the 2nd tier of hurling without possibly 10 players who could start is some going

Theres an elephant in the room that we insist on building a team around, he wore 11 today. 

He's not our leader, Doherty and Mc Guigan go missing when the pressure really goes on.
Mentally soft and easy to get at.

What a ridiculous comment, McGuigan won an Ulster final on his own

Looked at a few photos from game last night.

Says 7,000 were there in Celtic Park. What is Mc Bride Stadium normal capacity? Does it usuall be sold out?

Another thing. As soccer pitch is smaller, the goals are moved out beyond where GAA goalie kicks it from so pitch should be grand.

Saw people in the main stand - down at scoreboard end, they were actually about 20m behind the goal line. I'd be annoyed if I got a ticket for there. View must have been brutal.

Plus if soccer players were training on a cow field all year, should their touch therefore not be far better when playing on an excellent surface?

Brandywell holds 7,000 now after redevelopment last year. 18,000 at all LOI fixtures last night, unbelievable some think soccer is the biggest sport in the country

Strong team, cannot see McEvoy playing at midfield, but I also cannot see anyone from 2 to 8 who can go into the forward line to bring Glass back from centre half forward.
Does anyone know when we last won a championship match at fortress Celtic Park? (Maybe the name change will find us getting better results)

Down 2015? Although we played qualifiers in Owenbeg up until Gallagher

Gallagher certainly not holding back on McErlain