William Of Orange
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Fair play to mayo coming up to fill in for the half time game .
McKenna Cup 2024
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PatMustard
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The train from Portadown is running a bit late.
Yeah I agree he has done well, good to see ohanlon back but think he has struggled on the running power of their half back line
Armagh_paul
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Derry had many chances on goal?
Not too serious
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Out of ideas when Derry pressed. Lack of ball winning midfielders a big issue. That said don’t expect too many from tonight’s line up to be getting significant minutes in the league
Yes Blaine Hughes saved 2 or 3 great chances and they hit the cross bar, I think I'm the ball we where okay but off the ball we seemed off the pace with tracking runners, and our plan for mcguigan didn't work, we had Higgins on him inside but he just ran out the field and seems like shields was following him, hard to read into as again wasn't a full strength team, crealy, conlon and Blaine Hughes did well, for me kierans and mcconville worked well with little ball but hard to judge
Diarmi
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You must have been watching a different game than me. He never caught a ball all night. He is not at the standard of a top county midfielder.
Maybe not around the middle but he done well I thought covering ground
Diarmi
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We were beaten in the Ulster final last year because of a lack of a kick out strategy which was also a serious issue the previous year. So far this year we have shown we still have learned nothing. No fault to Blaine tonight by the way, I thought he was excellent but he has to have something to aim for.
Armagh_paul
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I don't think kick-out strategies are going to be given away so to speak in the McKenna Cup - if there are strategies.
Diarmi
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They must be using that excuse this 3 years. I wonder when they will let us in on the big secret!!!
JoeH
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It's simply unbelievable how many observers sit in their utopian world and dream up their own version of the perfect game
I thought that, playing a Derry team that featured 9 or 10 first team players, we were adventurous, moving the ball forward quickly when it's the right option and generally played well
Yes there was mistakes but in what game isn't there.
Maybe instead of focusing on the negatives we look at the positives
I thought blaine was excellent, Sean conlon, Tomas McCormack, Ben, Cian, Oisin, Darragh, Ciaran higgins stood out.
Others tried hard
Derry are a good team - they've proved that over the past few years
It looks well for the national League
I thought that, playing a Derry team that featured 9 or 10 first team players, we were adventurous, moving the ball forward quickly when it's the right option and generally played well
Yes there was mistakes but in what game isn't there.
Maybe instead of focusing on the negatives we look at the positives
I thought blaine was excellent, Sean conlon, Tomas McCormack, Ben, Cian, Oisin, Darragh, Ciaran higgins stood out.
Others tried hard
Derry are a good team - they've proved that over the past few years
It looks well for the national League
William Of Orange
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You mean ‘Big Ben Crealy’ ….
William Of Orange
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Blaine’s an excellent shot stopper , I remember seeing him practicing in Croke park before a match and the saves he made was in a different league to Ethan , definitely an option when the dreaded penalties come around again if he can’t shift Rafferty starting .
William Of Orange
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Fair point but excluding today’s game it always puzzles me how quick the opposition can get their kick outs away versus us .