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Jayz, ya musta been in some state last Saturday Ziggy

I bow to your superior local knowledge oakleaf, but surely the whole Conway/Kielt/Ballinderry affair wasnt good for team morale throughout. I think it
was evident in the Tyrone game. OK against Monaghan, Derry looked fantastic at times, but perhaps the PLAYERS felt they had a point to prove last
Saturday & the PLAYERS took it upon themselves to prove it. I'm just not convinced about Cassidy & his man management skills.

Derry have missed Enda this year. Surely there some players from Ballinderry who are better than some of them boys on the panel tonight. Them boys have been used to winning.

AND James Conway. Think it was a big mistake by Cassidy to play judge, jury & executioner a few weeks back. With the Ballinderry lads FULLY on board,
Derry might have been looking forward to tomorrow nights draw, and possibly another crack at Tyrone,

Good to have on the bench for the last 15 - 20 minutes. Thats my opinion anyway, class act.

[G O'Kane, F Doherty, M Lynch, and the two Bradleys.]

Dont agree about the spineless either  oakleaf, but theres  an awful amount of pressure on any new manager to take Derry to the
promised land this last few years. In your opinion has Cassidy done any better than Paddy Crozier, so far?

To be brutally honest about it. Some Derry supporters are deluded about the percieved ability of out footballers. At the minute Tyrone are the bench mark and the best way I can measure Derry against them is by looking at which of our players Mickey Harte would pick in his squad. I can only come up with the following G O'Kane, F Doherty, M Lynch, and the two Bradleys. Out of those only 2 would strengthen the Tyrone team. The players just are coming through. St Pats arent the force they where and the almost annual internal disputes dont help much. But the biggest problem is that in Derry the county team is secondary to the clubs.

Coming back to your question then I would have to say we are no further forward under Cassidy even if there are some encouraging signs there. It very hard for anyone man to change a mindset over night but its to early to say if in the long term Cassidy can manage that.

Would take big Enda as well!! The thing is with Mickey Harte, he may not have the 30 best players in Tyrone on the panel, but what he does have is the 30 best
workrate wise, and 30 who will stick rigidly to a system. I have my reservations about whether the two Bradleys would fit that bill. Fergal Doc certainly would I think.

Dunno why anyone should get offended, sure theyre only trying to do a job. Suppose you cant
please everyone

Nothing to do with the pundits J70, recent results were speaking for themselves. You were writing Donegal off yourself earlier in the
week

Great result though, congratulations & all the best for the rest of the Championship.

Dont agree about the spineless either  oakleaf, but theres  an awful amount of pressure on any new manager to take Derry to the
promised land this last few years. In your opinion has Cassidy done any better than Paddy Crozier, so far?

Jayz Omagh Gael, if yer only 25 why arent you away to Sallys or Main Street skulling pints instead of looking at a computer screen??

Kerry's season is seemingly mirroring Tyrone 08, scraping by and no more, one big performance and they could steamroll to croker on the third week of September. All this talk of Kerry in decline is a bit premature, beware the wounded animal

Agree 100%. Kerry are exactly where Jack O'C wants them at the minute. They have too many good footballers to become a bad team overnight. Theres
still a lot of football to be played yet before the 20th September.

Would Conor be in the "time to be doing something" Section? Mickey Ned? Hard to know. Limerick have done well so far this year, so who knows.

[clones on ulster day facing the saffrons]

Looking forward to this a lot now, should be a mighty days craic, never thought I'd be in clones on ulster day facing the saffrons! Against any other team i'd roar Antrim on but I feel the task is too big for them. Red hands to be ruthless...tyrone 2-14 Antrim 1-7

Antrim have won Ten Ulsters. to tyrones 11. its not as if your Cavan. but yes lately Tyrone are top dogs

Milltown, every dog has its day. We'll take and enjoy ours at the minute. I'm sure Antrims turn will come again, but hopefully
not tomorrow!

Has Ballinderrygate come back to haunt Derry?

How can Derry, who looked magnificient last week, and according to the Saturday Game analysts were "back in the All Ireland mix" get beaten by
a side who barely struggled past the football super powers of Carlow & Clare? It really defies logic

[heart]

something wrong at the heart of football in Derry.

Nail on the head!