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F@ck that yappy Kildare commentary. I said we'd struggle without Glass, glad to be proven wrong. Great composure and another solid performance.

Jesus Christ lads. Down to 12 for a spell there. We'll seriously struggle without Glass.

Agreed with this - against strong teams who typically have a number of 6"2" plus men on the middle 8 we will need Glass Rodgers Higgins in a midfield CHF combination.

We have a strong team listed for tomorrow. Hopefully we can put 2 performances together.

What height is Higgins?

It'll be a tough match today. We're capable of beating Kildare if we're on it but consistency hasn't always been our forte. Another win would do wonders for their confidence.

There was a business networking thing at Owenbeg recently, assuming the sponsorship thing came from that. Handy money for a bit of signage, they'd be foolish not to.

That was a badly needed win. Hard to beat a Saturday evening in the city under the lights. Some very good individual performances. Clinker of a goal from Glass, reminiscent of his AI Final goal for Glen. If I'd any criticisms it would be that maybe we were a bit hasty in going for goal when points were the better option but that said it was nice to see that bite and hunger back in our attack. Any updates on young McEvoy?

Absolutely it was needed. It was the first time in so long that I felt the team were confident in their own skin, and could cope with a set back during the second half and respond positively and not doubt themselves. That was a major step forward.

100%

The last couple of years have been demoralising and there's no way it can't have affected the players. Plenty still to do but that was an encouraging performance and a confidence booster for them. Great to see them playing with purpose. I was worried when Murray was black carded too, thought Tyrone would punish us but it maybe came at a convenient enough time just before the break so they had a chance to work out how to manage it.

That was a badly needed win. Hard to beat a Saturday evening in the city under the lights. Some very good individual performances. Clinker of a goal from Glass, reminiscent of his AI Final goal for Glen. If I'd any criticisms it would be that maybe we were a bit hasty in going for goal when points were the better option but that said it was nice to see that bite and hunger back in our attack. Any updates on young McEvoy?

It's a rock and a hard place now for Derry.  The will they/ won't they regarding Gallagher is just making it harder- the longer the process,  the more difficult and unappealing it becomes, the more the scrutiny is magnified,  and the shadow of Gallagher will be hanging over the whole time.
It just seems bizarre, given the player resources which would be far ahead of the vast majority of counties.

Am I right in thinking he hasn't been prosecuted or convicted of anything?

Has full custody (as I understand it) of his children.....rare as hen's teeth that a man gets that.

Yet we have all-stars with serious violent convictions playing away and winning awards.

Let him manage away, the noise will die down in days

I think he only has full custody because his ex wife has a drinking problem brought on by what he put her through.
No idea if it's true but I trust my source who said he was a victim of abuse in the past. Not that that excuses anything he's allegedly done but it would explain a few things.

County Board stance on Gallagher hasn't changed according to the BBC. The circus continues.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvgkn1e29neo.amp

No youre right, no Ulster players did speak out etc.
The point is, shouldnt they?

If I was a current Derry player who was staying selectively mute on my thoughts whether or not i would like Rory back, i wouldnt be able to look his ex-wife in the eye. Id be ashamed.

I have no doubt these lads will condemn RG privately to there wives and girlfriends and pretend they stand with all women. If you stand with all women? Speak up.

I don't want to say too much and I'm not excusing anything RG has (allegedly) done but I have it on very good authority that the cycle of abuse is a factor here. Still wouldn't want him in charge of Derry.

This is just getting painful now

CB couldn't make a bigger balls of it if they tried. Managed to make a laughing stock of a team that were a whisker away from their first AI Final in a generation. Lack of action has made it a media circus with only themselves to blame. Absolutely no reason that Muldoon couldn't have been ratified weeks ago and a line drawn under the Gallagher saga once and for all.

Enda has been about the panel for a while and I'm sure has learned a lot, but it would big a huge step up to be the man in charge.
Has he ever managed a club team?
There'd be no doubting his commitment or anything like that, and if true he could turn out to be class....but it is also a risk.

As for Meenagh, he was offered the role post RG and declined. He's a teacher and didn't want to leave his job for a manager job, couldn't blame him for that.
Would have been my choice from the start when RG went.

Yeah managed banagher in 2018 and won the championship with them, think mullahoran beat them in ulster. Shortly after that he was appointed in Rory Gallaghers back room team. No doubting his credentials at all. A genius on the pitch and no doubt with the right structure around him the players would respond to him. Backroom team would be key. Pity the Co. Board wouldn't be doing all in their power to get meenagh back and an offer to Conelth gilligan. Surely to god he'd be tempted if the right structure was there.

so are we expecting Enda to be confirmed then or is this just rumours?

Enda has been about the panel for a while and I'm sure has learned a lot, but it would big a huge step up to be the man in charge.
Has he ever managed a club team?
There'd be no doubting his commitment or anything like that, and if true he could turn out to be class....but it is also a risk.

As for Meenagh, he was offered the role post RG and declined. He's a teacher and didn't want to leave his job for a manager job, couldn't blame him for that.
Would have been my choice from the start when RG went.

Yeah managed banagher in 2018 and won the championship with them, think mullahoran beat them in ulster. Shortly after that he was appointed in Rory Gallaghers back room team. No doubting his credentials at all. A genius on the pitch and no doubt with the right structure around him the players would respond to him. Backroom team would be key. Pity the Co. Board wouldn't be doing all in their power to get meenagh back and an offer to Conelth gilligan. Surely to god he'd be tempted if the right structure was there.

so are we expecting Enda to be confirmed then or is this just rumours?

I believe it's just a rumour..but who knows at this stage? One of the strangest managerial sagas ever GAA circles. A team who has been knocking on door of potential All ireland finals for 2 to 3 years, division 1 national league champions and here we are on the 6th November managerless and seemingly no interested parties to manage one of the top teams in the country. Duffys circus

Is that due to the culture associated with Derry?  When you look at the success at schools and underage they have massively underachieved since they won the AI in 93. 

Gallagher was the first manager since Eamon Coleman(RIP) who appeared to manage upwards as in had the players and county board eating out of his hand.  Previous issues from players from different clubs not pulling together seemed to be parked up. 

Without knowing the ins and outs of what went on on the team trip away what they offered up after that was way off what they hand produced in the last couple of years.  I genuinely thought they were the team to beat last year and that league final would have gave them that extra belief. 

If you took the Derry team on paper and with the additional underage success in recent years it does seem a bit baffling why no one wants to touch the job as a 3/4 year project. 

Agreed. It should be an attractive job, I think the "poisoned chalice" notion comes from certain players having an affiliation with RG. Brendan Rogers spoke about him in fairly glowing terms in that recent podcast he done. I guess other managers feel like they'd struggle to build up a similar rapport when so many of the players still want Gallagher.