Quote from: sam03/05 on May 31, 2026, 07:23:34 AMSome of the comments about Paul are out of order and should be removed. 3 years the haters have had to wait as that's the last time the man lost a knockout game. This year he had a team that mostly played in the minor B competition(and lost) and managed to bring them to the final and win Ulster , beating a very fancied Donegal team and the minor AI champions Derry and runners up Armagh along the way. All this was done with probably his best players Concannon & McCullagh missing most of the season. They played brilliantly in the first 25 mins too, with some superb football, but ultimately lost the midfield battle and the loss of Colton was a big blow as well.
No this team at minor lost on penalties to monaghan, who then went to the all ireland final. Think they lost conor oneill to injury that game too. So they weren't a bad team, lost by the kick of a ball to a good team.
Next years 20s team was the team that lost to eventual all ireland winners derry in minor, not sure how they will fare but with the all ireland minor team behind them, with the likes of colton and mcdermott hopefully will be there or there abouts.
But for anyone to criticise devlin after losing an AI final, especially after everything he's done is an absolute fool. If it were up to me Devlin would be the next senior manager, fantastic resume. A big part of the job is picking the right coaching team as well and he seems to have always done that well.