Kerry raise five green flags as Derry self destruct
Derry suffered a second successive Division 1 defeat after hitting the self-destruct button to concede two goals in the final 90 seconds of a thrilling league encounter against Kerry.
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Derry suffered a second successive Division 1 defeat after hitting the self-destruct button to concede two goals in the final 90 seconds of a thrilling league encounter against Kerry.
Tyrone got the Malachy O'Rourke era off to a winning start with an impressive Allianz Football League Division 2 win over Ulster rivals Derry at O’Neill's Healy Park, finishing strongly to see off their neighbours.
Before a ball was kicked in the 2024 Allianz Football League, pundits were talking up Derry. And while Mickey Harte's arrival as manager did prompt questions as to how the collective would fare, a narrow loss to Kerry in the previous year's race for Sam at the semi-final stage showed that the Ulster men were a genuine threat.
"League is league, but championship is championship". One of the many hackneyed lines trotted out each year in the GAA world, primarily by a side that has a middling-to-positive start to the year ahead of the championship, but looking to dial things down before the important business begins.
Naas have opted against appointing ex-Derry, Donegal and Fermanagh manager Rory Gallagher as a coach for the 2025 season.
Slaughtneil (Derry) 2-19 Portaferry (Down) 1-19
Brendan Rogers says Derry's senior players had no input into the choice of Mickey Harte's successor but admits that many of the squad have "a love" for former manager Rory Gallagher.
Brendan Rogers insists that the Derry footballers didn't lose faith in former manager Mickey Harte but he accepts that their early-season focus this year might have led to the subsequent disappointing championship campaign.