Players want split season to stay and no extension of inter-county season: Parsons
GPA Chief Executive Tom Parsons says that “expanding the season with increased playing demands is not a solution” as he revealed that 85 per cent of players continue to support the split season.
Cahair O’Kane: Derry’s All-Ireland dream might not survive if they stick with Mickey Harte
A lot of the stuff thrown at Harte in recent weeks has been below the belt. Personal and unnecessary. But the statistics bear the truth that Derry have fallen off the face of a cliff this summer, particularly in attack.
Kerry ratings: Brian Ó Beaglaoich and Paul Murphy give flat Kerry their punch
Brian Ó Beaglaoich has grown from not getting his place into one of Kerry’s key men. Ran the game for them, adding real value at the times when they were struggling for ideas to break Derry down. 8
Derry’s regression visible as they fail to capitalise on Kerry’s coldness
A KISS from the post, a Paul Cassidy equaliser and 50 minutes after the alarm went off, Croke Park rubs its eyes and peers through the blinds.
Kerry’s rapid A-Z football so hard to stop
LAST year’s All-Ireland final did not get nearly enough credit.
Fighting off fears: Joe Diver opens up on his ongoing recovery from alcoholism and addiction
When Joe Diver found his inter-county career unexpectedly cut short at the age of 30, the structure in his life fell apart. The former Derry and Bellaghy midfielder fell into a spiral of alcoholism and addiction to anti-depressants. He will be 11 years sober in August. He tells his story to Cahair O’Kane...
We had the right men on the field to take control: Rogers
ASSERTING control that stopped them getting dragged into a “chaotic” game with Mayo and getting key men back on the pitch have breathed life back into Derry’s season, says Brendan Rogers.
Mickey Harte: “I’d rather be thinking about recovering than thinking goodbye until January”
FACING into an All-Ireland quarter-final against one of Dublin, Kerry or Donegal, you didn’t imagine for one second that Mickey Harte would be complaining.
When all else fails, Derry simply stand up and fight off Mayo’s six-day old dream
WHEN all else fails, you fight.You just stand and you fight.
Back to the walls: Damian McErlain on the ups and down of life and management
THREE miles out the road from Glenullin club lie the ruins of the Errigal Old Church.
‘Freak’ O’Connell not ruled out of Monaghan’s trip to Galway
JUST about anyone else would be ruled out of Monaghan’s trip to Galway with the injury he has, but Karl O’Connell is not to be given up on says his manager Vinny Corey.
Cahair O’Kane: Full houses in smaller venues help paint football in a better light
If the All-Ireland quarter-finals are right for Croke Park then put them there. But if they aren’t, then make the call and take them somewhere else for their own good. It is a sport in need of some positivity. Nothing will lend it quicker than the impact of a full house.
Players going back to their clubs has helped settle Monaghan’s summer
WHEN you haven’t won a game for 141 days, you’d be forgiven for not being all that bothered about how much you win by.
Monaghan’s transition struggling to take shape but they still have enough for Meath
MONAGHAN are a bit like a vintage car. Successive management teams going right back to Seamus McEnaney’s first term have treated it with great care, love and affection.
The men behind the men: Coaching is a very different game to management
When Brian Kidd finally made the decision to stand on his own two feet as a manager at the beginning of Manchester United’s treble-winning season in 1999, it left Alex Ferguson floundering.