Quote from: Man Marker on July 06, 2010, 11:56:59 AMQuote from: EC Unique on July 06, 2010, 11:30:40 AMQuote from: ziggysego on July 06, 2010, 10:33:13 AMQuote from: longrunsthefox on July 06, 2010, 10:26:39 AMQuote from: EC Unique on July 06, 2010, 09:41:26 AMQuote from: Man Marker on July 06, 2010, 09:29:35 AM
I'm from the Moortown-Ballinderry-Arboe area, and its remarkable the difference in the club action in Derry compared to us involving the county players. The Derrys ones hardly miss a game, whilst our boys never play a club game in the summer
Tyrone's system is far from ideal and a better compromise needs to be worked out but I really don't think we need to look at Derry for the answer They are a joke.
They could argue Tyrone clubs are a joke as they have won a few All Irelands titles
and Ulsters down the years. Depends on which you see as priority. Success here is totally measured in Sam Maguires but would be good to see a club give the All Ireland senior title a lash.
Nothing would give me greater pleasure seeing the likes of Carrickmore, Dromore or Errigal make a serious push for an All-Ireland Club title. After the Junior and Intermediate title, it's long overdue for a Senior one.
As an Errigal man I would take 1 All-Ireland club over 100 Sams but there is no reason why both can't be done. Just need a bit more compromise between club and county. One of the hardest things about Errigal winning 2 Ulster titles was getting out of Tyrone. We beat Derry Champions both in 93(Lavey) and 02 (Ballinderry) so I think no Derry team would consider us a joke.
Just a quick point, the vibes that I get is that none of the Derry clubs who would see themselves as potential county champs would worry in the slightest about playing a Tyrone club.
Don't know where you get that from. Having watched a lot of Tyrone club football, I know trhat Dromore, Ardboe, Clonoe, Coalisland, Carrickmore, Omagh would all be capable of beating Ballinderry. The rest of the Derry clubs can speak for themselves.
By the way, which of three areas are you from? You cant be from Ballinderry, Moortown, Ardboe, they are all distinct places. Thats like saying you are from Bellaghy/Lavey/ Greenlough