Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[doh827]

Will the u20s match be streamed anywhere?

[outsiderlookingin]

McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

[oakleaflad]

McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

He didn't with the old rules but has been in games so far in the league. For the most part has done fairly well too.

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McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

He marked McElholm against Tyrone!

[lenny]

McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

He marked McElholm against Tyrone!

we

Really well also. The Louth result was hopefully a blip for us. Win against Cavan and hopefully Tyrone will do us a favour by beating Cork. Tyrone need the win to ensure they play in the Sam Maguire and not the tailteann cup. The last day will be very interesting as all teams bar offaly have something to play for.

[Ryan O]

McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

He marked McElholm against Tyrone!

we

Really well also. The Louth result was hopefully a blip for us. Win against Cavan and hopefully Tyrone will do us a favour by beating Cork. Tyrone need the win to ensure they play in the Sam Maguire and not the tailteann cup. The last day will be very interesting as all teams bar offaly have something to play for.

Tyrone gave Meath a fair rattle so I'm hopeful they'll get something there, although I think with Brennan leaving and Morgan not starting there's something going on there.

I thought Mc Kinless was good defender, improved at man marking but that we pop tackle in behind the elbow, himself and Niall Loughlin are as good as we have at that.

Its only a blip, Derry were two gears back from were they were against Offaly and Cork and still would have won the game had Mc Guigan scored that penalty. There keeper had a good day when on normal day we would have had 2/3 goals.

Louth have a system that works for them and they are on crest of a wave but its a tough watch, we know all about it. Don't tackle more than 5 yards outside the 2 point arch, slow attacks. That works in Ardee.

[Rawhide]

The performance against Louth was seriously poor. Our main players like Rodgers, Glass, McGuigan all below par, its like the easy games against Cork & Offaly left us soft. It was similar in style to the Meath game, passing the ball around the arc but no one really taking men on, no genuine direct hard running on a consistent bases.

[Wildweasel74]

Them men always get the blame, when the other players ever gonna step up and not hide behind them 3. Only N Loughlin was at the races. Long overdue other players take responsibility.  3 things turned the game. Glass made a mistake not to take the high ball clean. Management didnt do their homework on Mulroy, and the penalty was a bad miss. All that on a overall poor team performance. That pitch dead tight, tighter than Celtic park, had that game been at home i think we won handy enough.

[93-DY-SAM]

Them men always get the blame, when the other players ever gonna step up and not hide behind them 3. Only N Loughlin was at the races. Long overdue other players take responsibility.  3 things turned the game. Glass made a mistake not to take the high ball clean. Management didnt do their homework on Mulroy, and the penalty was a bad miss. All that on a overall poor team performance. That pitch dead tight, tighter than Celtic park, had that game been at home i think we won handy enough.

Was a very flat laboured performance. It was such a dip from our previous games you'd nearly think it was a game they didn't want to win. Otherwise it's worrying how our form can drop away so badly. Be tough to get promotion now especially as it is out of our hands. Division 2 next year is going to be as tough as it has ever been and there are no guarantees we'll get out of it next year if the cards don't fall our way this weekend.

[marty34]

Actually I don't think playing in Div. 2 is a big issue next year, if it pans out like that.

Good preparation in Div. 2 - good solid teams in it who can beat each other. Apart from Offaly obviously. But when you see a lot of decisions on who goes up and down coming down to the last game, over a few matches, then that's good.

I think the league is a really good competition. 

[statto]

Them men always get the blame, when the other players ever gonna step up and not hide behind them 3. Only N Loughlin was at the races. Long overdue other players take responsibility.  3 things turned the game. Glass made a mistake not to take the high ball clean. Management didnt do their homework on Mulroy, and the penalty was a bad miss. All that on a overall poor team performance. That pitch dead tight, tighter than Celtic park, had that game been at home i think we won handy enough.

I would expect that any intercounty manager coming up against Louth that one of the first things would be tasking someone to limit Mulroy's influence? I was surprised the amount of space he was given, though he did drop very deep at times.  Meenagh is an intelligent guy I am sure there was some type of plan just the players didn't execute it?

[marty34]

Them men always get the blame, when the other players ever gonna step up and not hide behind them 3. Only N Loughlin was at the races. Long overdue other players take responsibility.  3 things turned the game. Glass made a mistake not to take the high ball clean. Management didnt do their homework on Mulroy, and the penalty was a bad miss. All that on a overall poor team performance. That pitch dead tight, tighter than Celtic park, had that game been at home i think we won handy enough.

I would expect that any intercounty manager coming up against Louth that one of the first things would be tasking someone to limit Mulroy's influence? I was surprised the amount of space he was given, though he did drop very deep at times.  Meenagh is an intelligent guy I am sure there was some type of plan just the players didn't execute it?

Yeah, I agree. Poor by management and there's a good few of them.

There are some players in a team that must be man marked to curb the overall influence of their team. Mulroy is one of them.

[toby47]

Them men always get the blame, when the other players ever gonna step up and not hide behind them 3. Only N Loughlin was at the races. Long overdue other players take responsibility.  3 things turned the game. Glass made a mistake not to take the high ball clean. Management didnt do their homework on Mulroy, and the penalty was a bad miss. All that on a overall poor team performance. That pitch dead tight, tighter than Celtic park, had that game been at home i think we won handy enough.

I would expect that any intercounty manager coming up against Louth that one of the first things would be tasking someone to limit Mulroy's influence? I was surprised the amount of space he was given, though he did drop very deep at times.  Meenagh is an intelligent guy I am sure there was some type of plan just the players didn't execute it?

Yeah, I agree. Poor by management and there's a good few of them.

There are some players in a team that must be man marked to curb the overall influence of their team. Mulroy is one of them.

How do we know it's bad management? Maybe players didn't follow instructions or weren't able to do a good enough job?

Every time a player has a good game, it's blaming opposition management for not marking him. With the level of preparation in county football, it's idiotic to think that a team planned to let Sam Mulroy roam free.

McKinless, who is a top player, picked him up for large parts, got close to him for one of his points in the 2nd half but Mulroy threw him over before popping it over.

[CookieMonster]

McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

He marked McElholm against Tyrone!

we

Really well also. The Louth result was hopefully a blip for us. Win against Cavan and hopefully Tyrone will do us a favour by beating Cork. Tyrone need the win to ensure they play in the Sam Maguire and not the tailteann cup. The last day will be very interesting as all teams bar offaly have something to play for.

Tyrone gave Meath a fair rattle so I'm hopeful they'll get something there, although I think with Brennan leaving and Morgan not starting there's something going on there.

I thought Mc Kinless was good defender, improved at man marking but that we pop tackle in behind the elbow, himself and Niall Loughlin are as good as we have at that.

Its only a blip, Derry were two gears back from were they were against Offaly and Cork and still would have won the game had Mc Guigan scored that penalty. There keeper had a good day when on normal day we would have had 2/3 goals.

Louth have a system that works for them and they are on crest of a wave but its a tough watch, we know all about it. Don't tackle more than 5 yards outside the 2 point arch, slow attacks. That works in Ardee.

That tube Wooly is posting on Twitter saying there's trouble in the Tyrone camp. I think Cork will edge it.

[toby47]

McKinless marks nobody, has he ever? better when giving free run at it , breaking forward, cant defend

He marked McElholm against Tyrone!

we

Really well also. The Louth result was hopefully a blip for us. Win against Cavan and hopefully Tyrone will do us a favour by beating Cork. Tyrone need the win to ensure they play in the Sam Maguire and not the tailteann cup. The last day will be very interesting as all teams bar offaly have something to play for.

Tyrone gave Meath a fair rattle so I'm hopeful they'll get something there, although I think with Brennan leaving and Morgan not starting there's something going on there.

I thought Mc Kinless was good defender, improved at man marking but that we pop tackle in behind the elbow, himself and Niall Loughlin are as good as we have at that.

Its only a blip, Derry were two gears back from were they were against Offaly and Cork and still would have won the game had Mc Guigan scored that penalty. There keeper had a good day when on normal day we would have had 2/3 goals.

Louth have a system that works for them and they are on crest of a wave but its a tough watch, we know all about it. Don't tackle more than 5 yards outside the 2 point arch, slow attacks. That works in Ardee.

That tube Wooly is posting on Twitter saying there's trouble in the Tyrone camp. I think Cork will edge it.

I've grown to like Wooly. He asks questions in interviews and on podcasts with players that most of the mainstream media avoid. He asks the uncomfortable questions. He is who he is and doesn't try to change, and is comfortable knowing he's not going to be everyone's cup of tea.