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Hard to gauge where we are at

Players looked very very rusty basic mistakes cost us dearly, 3 balls were kicked in and dropped possession, 3v3 breach, would say that was as bad as any of the losses we had last year, and goal was very fortunate

Then in saying that id say Meath wont play much better and we only lost by 3 including the self inflicted breach

We really need to cut out the sloppiness and get up for this game on Saturday night

We just need a win to get the ball rolling and there would be no better way than beating our neighbours on Saturday night

Lets all get behind the team and kickstart our season

realistically we still have top class players and not getting promoted should be seen as a failure, we really shouldn't be getting beat on Saturday

We will need to run up the score tonight as top of the table will be whoever beats antrim by more and we probably want more games than just 1 before the league starts

anyone been up the glenshane recently, wonder what its like for the game going ahead tomorrow

Very strong Donegal team for tomorrow, I think 12 played in the all Ireland final and Roarty on the bench

Sad to hear mcfaul has retired, would like to see it officially announced to get proper praise, he has played consistently for Derry since his debut in 2012, Same as Emmet Bradley didn't get the proper plaudits he deserved when he retired, these lads played in D4 when times weren't good a stuck it out, leaving when Derry football is seriously healthy

A Derry legend

Any word of any notable names who did/didn't go to tenerife?

We have our two toughest games to begin with possibly without Shand and Rogers

Promotion though should be non negotiable , we need to remember that 2 years ago we were beating everyone at ease in D1. We need to get that confidence back and if we have  no injuries we could be in for a long summer

Brilliant draw about time we got a bit of luck with the draw having played donegal or tyrone 10 times in the last 14 years

Now that the season of hell is over us and we are getting injuries back and the right man and the helm its time we started looking at ourselves like contenders for big honours

Ulster final and promotion should be non negotiable targets this year

Any word of new faces or players gone from panel now we close to mckenna cup?

Anyone have a list of next years panel?

Good 15 but i think Rogers and Glass has to be the consistent MF pair with big Dan perhaps at whf, rogers still the best all round mf in the country imo, the difference it made against dublin when he came out was unreal, had he played the whole game there wed probably have won

New jersey is class, very similar to 2022/23, similar jersey sinilar managemenr, hopefully a good omen for the year ahead

Them lads have been knocking about for a couple years and just havent made much of an impact, there should be a good conveyor belt of young forward coming through now

Great first game to get, meath will also be chasing promotion and we need to hit the ground running and getting another game with new rules in croke park a bonus