By Michael McMullan SUNDAY in Celtic Park isn’t exactly the last chance saloon but it’s not far off it for Derry. Paddy Tally said as much after Saturday’s defeat to Armagh. Their season of fits and starts has failed to lay all of the pieces of a puzzle on any one day. Ironically Galway are […]
JUST when the GAA seems to have got a few things right, they might just go and undo it all again. When these new group stages came in last year there was commentary around needless games, about how it’s set up for the stronger sides and will lead to some dead rubbers and too many […]
With the race for Sam Maguire now firmly underway, Shaun Casey looks at those counties who have a real chance of going all the way to the final and claiming the top prize… Kerry THERE’S not much to separate the top sides at the moment and realistically, we won’t really know where Kerry are at […]
By Michael McMullan MALACHY O’Rourke has made one change from the team that started their Donegal win ahead of their meeting with Mayo this weekend. Peter Teague, who started every game before Ballybofey, came on to play an important role as Tyrone turned the game on Donegal’s last three kick-outs. The Dromore man comes in […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness has named his squad ahead of Sunday’s game with Cavan (Kingspan Breffni, 2pm). The Ulster champions will be looking to bounce back after losing their All-Ireland opener at the hands of Tyrone last weekend. Shaun Patton missed that game but is named in the number one jersey. Advertisement […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is a stronger look to the Cavan panel Raymond Galligan has named for Sunday’s visit of Donegal Kingspan Breffni (2pm). The Breffni County were winners over Mayo on the opening week and welcome back James Smith and Gearóid McKiernan to the squad with Paddy Lynch and Killian Clarke also listed. Lynch […]
By Michael McMullan PADDY Tally has named the Derry team for Sunday’s visit of Galway to Celtic Park (2pm). It’s an unchanged starting 15, but there is a return to the squad for goalkeeper Odhrán Lynch who has been missing since tearing a quad against Mayo. Lachlan Murray, man of the match in the league […]
By Niall Gartland HAVING excelled himself in Errigal Ciaran’s memorable run to the biggest day in club football with a series of eye-catching performances in the middle of the park, Ben McDonnell was duly drafted into the Tyrone Senior set-up by Malachy O’Rourke for his second crack at county football. Ben had been absent from […]
BEFORE I get stuck into this week’s action, I just want to touch on the structures around the championship, the fact that they are set to change next year. I understand in the past that perhaps things might not have worked out as we had hoped with a few dead rubbers here and there, but […]
By Shaun Casey NO one inside the Armagh changing room has ever played Dublin in the championship but that will change this weekend for Tiernan Kelly and co as the Orchard County travel to Croke Park for a top of the table clash. Both teams kickstarted their All-Ireland campaigns with opening round victories. Dublin saw […]
