 The DL debate with sister Sarah's letter Kenny serving food. You'll love till 9 p.m. Daily in Sarah's kitchen And there's free admission entertainment every weekend Welcome to the deal debate we are live from the majestic sentence of sister Sarah's here in letter Kenny Hello to all how are you doing this evening? We have a very relaxed panel here Kevin fury producing as ever Brenna Gokai wants to talk about the well there in the rain, but Brenna we're going to keep to the small ball How you in a small ball in the big ball? Yeah, it would be too great in the small ball now Brenna, but I'm very impressed with you holding this in sister Sarah's tonight We should do this every Monday night. I'll come in every Monday night. Yeah. Yeah, listen you look at home there The food's been out for being well looked after as ever We'll get the panel now in a minute as I was saying those three hurling titles up for grabs at the weekend senior title Going to Satanta Current dollar one in intermediate and the junior title going to send units up on the highland radio calm site We have videos pictures and interviews including one from Gary McGitting We'll hear shortly Gary is a former manager and member of the back room team a happy man after yesterday's victory You also have joint player manager Kevin Campbell up there man the match Stephen McBride the fallback units manager unit on was up there as well all up on highland radio Dot com now last weekend after bank holiday It meant that I didn't get a chance to congratulate our minor ladies on one in the all-air length Football title weld on them what a brilliant season our outgoing manager Maxi Kern talks about being able to compete at under eight Something we haven't been doing but the girders have certainly done that this season and of course often fast track street and the senior team So a great way to get ready for playing senior football being all-airland champions Also, don't he go all under 16s one the Bokranic up shield at the weekend. I think you were down at that round You might give us a wee word in that in a minute We'll switch we'll talk about the senior championship shortly We're also going to introduce one of the most experienced officials in the game She must McGonagall is here not for a normal guard a slot Are he's here to keep the pace with everybody and give us his word on the referee in the county and where he sees Thing of course things will get very busy with all these championship games on will discuss the seniors the the senior management of Donnie gall as well come on the equation will then switch to our attention to the intermediate and junior championship Or barry mehan will be joining Ryan up on the panel to give us their views But as I mentioned at the top weld on the satanta yesterday after the match, I caught up with a very happy Gary big get again It's absolutely fantastic brim We'll work hard all years not unless and the boys deserve to be honest But you still had a senior cell first and you don't put up a massive fight like and so it was well deserved But but hard earned at the same time, you know, you've powered through this championship I get on beaten and they've beaten unions and in the very first out in the championship You've been set in at home for it coming in today here as big favorites And and you you didn't let the side down it was a game I suppose units hung in took a while to get going No, it was four each after 17 minutes, you know, it didn't really get the championship spark But it was goals once those goals started to go in for you It only looked like it was going one way. That's it look we have a massive score score and threat there and goals Like so, you know what once them boys got the couple of goals that sort of thought about a daylight between us But not the technical goals at it, you know two years ago here unions bet is in the final and that was probably Get two goals that day like and that was really different so look we have the holders on there We know it wasn't really working the first half of the conditions weren't great there Like it was showers and the ball slipped and everywhere, you know And so it wasn't much clean ball one and but we knew if we keep getting the ball on eventually one will stick Like am I got the goals out of it, you know, yeah, and then that period you hit one one But then after that you had four wades and one drop short units came back India then It was it was maybe the penalty at halftime then was was a massive blow and a massive boost to use putting you in Two six to two six to seven up at halftime. It was a good cushion And even though I'd say you wouldn't mean happy with your because we get the first goal I think I'd put us I think it was level we get a goal to put us three up But I from from memory. I think unions get the next two scores, you know So that that brought it back the goals only really worth the point is anything So that's that's something we would chat about all the time and I'm working that that Doesn't work great like but not the penalty camera by the time But at the same time, you know Wasn't a penalty or my mom's cleaning and gold for a goal anyway So so now the goal came a good time just for a half time, you know It gives you a great lift going on like so and in that second I've got a bit feisty It was two at the 11 there was a goal and that the game was in the melting pot at that And it was the first year to Rory Campbell goals. He stepped up and that was a huge Doppel's Rory's a class act like in last year We probably Rory maybe out around mudfield and on half four line you and sometimes he wasn't getting on on Rory's out one the top Forwards in the county team like so it's why we need to get on the ball, you know as many times we cancel It worked well having Jerry Gilmore on side this year, you know to them and two great targets And I love thank God that they got a couple of goals out of it And they give us that breathing space over them. It was typical corner forward play The first one ducking inside his man the next one coming around his man Just that burst of pace and then the composure to finish closer to finish it But you know like like any good cornerback should be like the unions man We're hanging off them every day, you know, they weren't making it easy for them like couple of unions a couple of good Markers on their Sean Halby and Brian Hulford and them boys know they're all good hurlers and they've all played County Hurlin So it was never going to be just a matter of turning up and scoring goals Like they had to work hard for them and to be fairly Rory and Jerry They might must want or we get this was effort one or two, but they'll keep going and going and you know We had every faith that they'd eventually get one or two like you know, so and of course the brilliance of Campbell and Gilmore But it was man the match Steven McBride, of course he took the he took that So until you know Stevie's in all her class act playing County Hurlin and you know every ball I don't know how you do so the times there's times you think you're behind the man He's just seems to get a wee stuck in and turn it over. He lost count of many balls in the middle of the day But we've probably very unusual that a that a full back gets gets man the match in County final But look that meant he's he's the best player in the field and we were right in solid at the back So we'll take that all day, you know, I think I just finally it's a huge break No, I think so we said it could be 12 weeks to your Ulster campaign. It's another season basically I was asking there we haven't well I certainly haven't looked at dates, but I know last year it was the something like the fifth of November the first round Ulster would 14 weeks last year. I think I think the finals two weeks later this year than it was last year So I would imagine we've sort of 12 weeks around that, you know, and that's so you've played in Ulsters yourself, right? That's no preparation like we we cried about it last year club put on a complaint It's no no matter. I would tell you the same thing of unions had a one-day, you know It's no it's no good because we we're gonna have to take a month off now Because a lot of ways or a lot of ways we 10 or 11 there in the county panel They got one week off after they're beating a record final and we've played nine weeks in a row Yeah, that's tough going for anybody with a lot of legal injuries and stuff So it's not good because we left to give them a month or six weeks off and then when we come back It's like a preseason all over again, you know, just just on it I just I thought the way the season and last year was one off in terms of they couldn't pull the seasons together But surely now every county must be ahead of the curve in terms of their championships are getting up They're getting ready for also time. I don't know if it's a case They just want to get the get the hurling out of the way before the football championship starts next week I know sometimes hurlers are seen to be crying about the new career me We're always the worst off on it like but it's not good enough. There's no reason why they couldn't maybe play Two or three weeks of football and then one of hurling or I know it is hard in for clubs We're in a lucky position. We don't really have many dual players, but you know for the likes of Yunan's and Burton It's was even Karen McCool's name. They all have dual players That's probably hard if you're trying to play two championship games in a weekend I don't know what the answer it is, but it definitely looks at it's not it's not good enough the way it is now Yeah, but for tonight area your champions you go to join either. I think we'll go for a pint or two here now Very plenty. Thank you Yeah, thanks so much Gary McGeagan-Mildon. This is time to gain care just on that What the guy was saying there Ryan? Welcome to the show. We've done. We got news ace reporter Ryan fairy I've ever just had to do see a half dead before around 12 weeks, you know, it's like another season, right? It really is like you know and I know Santa did well and also last year and maybe kind of defied that but you know How how you keep on players motivated for you know three months without a game now It's It's and you know, it's very hard to run the fixtures. I know that and you know, there's also to say that This is in summertime. Usually there's good weather and that's the time to play in it but You know, I think somebody was saying there maybe in being Gary that that's your own final It's four weeks before they're out in Ulster. And that's just That just makes more sense in my head. Anyway, yeah, yeah That's unfair if you want to give them the best chance in Ulster. That's the hurling looking ahead now We've got the michael murphy senior football intermediate and junior championships come up the kicking off Throwing in kicking off. What's the soccer tags there kicking kicking off or throwing on definitely throwing in glenn funner plans at michael's On friday night then and saturday with unions knolls mulford don't know killie biggs Neve connell We have then on sunday the meeting of four masters a rear glenn swilly ardra Gidore mccow's calcare cloney linear good or mccow's it's going to be the live game from highland radio. It's 4 30 In good or it's an association with highland motors mountaintop Letter kenny brennacle coin leading into the championship We had a league final there. Was it any preparation or or There's been a lot of talking about this league final pre championship Or how much can we read anything into the league going into this championship? Listen, you can look at it both way You can look at it a couple of different ways you had the two probably best teams in the county in the league final as a transpire St. Juniors and knave connell knave connell coming out in top will feel they want to keep on top of the You know their biggest rival So i'm sure they'll take a lot out of that taking unions out in the league final For st. Juniors, obviously both teams are short a lot of players of what their championship teams will become later on When they're likely to meet again kind of thing But i wouldn't i wouldn't take too much out of the league But it is a chance to blood players and you look at the like a you know St. Juniors blood and the likes and young nola donnell and these guys and an only if connell mark mcdevill It got a lot of game time John francis boil got game time likes a dagl day and these lads So both teams can take positives out of it and martin reagan rory cavana will be looking to add an extra string to their bow For when they do probably meet later down the line again So whilst you can dismiss it and say it doesn't matter I think it does matter and i know you know that we won a few league medals back in our day if you remember that far back brennan and You know While it's not to be all in it you had the blonde hair then i had the blonde hair then that's still kind of blonde But like You know There's only two competition you can win in dunning all senior football Senior championship and senior league so i think i don't like to devalue the league Yeah, and i think it is important so it is but in the context of what's going to happen later in the year You probably got the two best teams competing in it last year's county finalists And you know tight game same kind of stuff coming up again kind of thing so I suppose the question for both sets of management Can they come up with something a little bit different to try and stretch the opposition when they do meet further down the line And they have their big guns back the yanks to be back from america, you know, there's a few And they've connel boys about slight injuries and that kind of thing you would expect later on the year That will be much changed sides probably four or five additions to both sides. So whilst it doesn't give you What's going to happen later on the year it is important kind of thing and bus In the in the in the larger scheme of things now Yeah, it's like a pre-season right now. Listen, I don't want to get negative now And you've heard me beat the drum so often about dunning all football and the way we're playing it But listen very poor crowd about if I are two best teams It should have been like it almost a little bit of a showpiece pre championship To maybe get a bit of interest going now. We're trying to promote the game here But let's be honest if the two teams are going to sit full 15 inside the 45 or inside the 40 at times How do we you know sell this game? How do we sell this championship around and Brennan's right blood and players and all that's okay But while the tactics are so regressive, you know, and that's our best Suppose the best two teams around I do Because the whole county's talking about this league final and how it was played, you know, what's your feeling on? The whole county's talking about Brennan, but by all accounts TG Carr might be showing them in the championship in two weeks in the whole country could be talking See, I'd be a bit afraid of that round because I want to I want the best of dirty gold Don't really show your skills that they come out and play when I hear a game coming on I'm always thinking because there was a number a few years back There was a few games going a few more stinkers and a few of them are okay You just want a bit of a game. So the people's looking and going that's the best two teams in dirty gold It's not that they haven't got the best two players. It's just a style a style of play. Yeah, like I was I was reading on twitter. I think it was westport and castle bar and the male league final Played out a thrilling match, you know And they don't care too much about league titles down a male wiler But the teams were having a cut at it And I think probably there was the opportunity to maybe let it go even more like the big thing was the shawm pattern wasn't playing and you know So newtons are going to be a completely different team when shawm patterns playing And they've connell are going to set up completely different You know or that have to be more wary When shawm pattern is playing just because of the what he can do with his kick out So when he wasn't there, you know, was it going to be a different type of game anyway? Yeah, the incisive players I suppose that unions would have maybe opened up Outside of the corner of Donald outside of out of him coming in and maybe you know The players that maybe would have opened up leave connell But because in the first half, for example, it was four or two 75 percent I would say position was worth your dunes You can't just sat and just waited just waited to fall into a trap But I like that right i'm thinking to myself, you know Why not go out and just have a go because you're leaving the team guests and thinking would they play like that in the championship I kind of thought like what was to lose and as you said, Brenny still liked the one at league title for me It was always if you won the championship the league title maybe counted then if we wanted on and so on Wasn't that big of a deal? Well, listen, that's just the way I would have thought it But so it was a chance maybe for players to go at it a bit But what we've seen was the complete another worst of counter attack football Yeah, like it was it was pure fair now and I know You know the likes of significance, you know, obviously they were missing Donald and she and a Donald pork me get again wasn't there and care more Who I've been very impressed with in the games I seen and he's got pace and maybe he's the kind of person that could Could break through those lines and you know Okay, so units have a huge panel, but maybe you know, they still are dependent on certain players and that too You know, it is, you know, it was it was shadow boxing really like and You know the the concern now that we have is that you know These two teams are going to meet again in two weeks time, you know We can safely say now that they're not going to be in the bottom four So they're going to be getting through the knockout stages So, you know, are we going to see more shadow boxing again and glinties in two weeks time? Yeah, it remains to be seen. We hope not. Maybe they'll throw the gloves off Around we we can live and hope and listen We're talking about this top four top four It looks like that's split a bit now in terms of Unions and leave calls seem pretty tight in terms of being championship favorites, you know The Calcaretac don't have that good or Glenn Swilly, you know, we're talking with a league. They've had a good league They seem to be coming with something they push new colonel right to the pillar car in the Donald Park last year in the championship You know, you have a few teams coming after me where Rua Glenn fan coming up You know, is that still how it seems to you, Brenna look at or if a lot of issues Rory McDady's down there. It's a lot of problems with players immigrating and losing players to the squad Which in Unions and in Calcare and leave colonel aren't Yeah, listen, definitely, you know, and we can only base your I suppose your analysis on what you know And based on what we know, they're the two teams that are dominant this last Long number of years and particularly this last 12 18 months. They're the two teams that have been coming out on top Ghidor have, you know Ghidor are the type of team that if they can get on a run they can create problems for any team and we know that We've experienced that ourselves down through the years You also look at kill car like there's so much quality within that kill car setup And you know, Calcare will be looking at it. They've won championship won them with all the quality that they have You take them accused the McBride is the dart is there's so much talent throughout their squad That you would expect a push from them to I think the way the championship is structured this year may give Rise to maybe some better surprise where you could get a st Junans nape colonel quarter final or a st Junans Ghidor or nape colonel kill car And I think that'll add a bit of spice to the championship as it goes on But based on the watch you know You'd have to fancy that they're the two top teams for the reason that they've been performing at a better level than other teams And that's not what's done and what we've got you were you were discussing with ryan there the style of football and all that kind of thing And of course we'd like to see it open up a bit because it is getting very predictable and you know, but Going back to you know, the teams I think glen swilly and you mentioned them there You know glen swilly are a team that the longer they stay in the championship The more of the difficult opposition they're going to be for any team They'll get a bit of confidence up and that's what you're kind of hoping for that some team will come through The other side of the draw with on a good road of form getting into a county semi final getting into a county final and in a good position mentally that they'll be able to put it up to these teams because They've they've just been come so dominant Over the last number of years like is it is it 2018-19 that you don't want it You know and it's 2016. So it's only outside outside which is a long time really, you know for for a championship upset You know it is yeah, and based on what we know It's it's hard to envisage any change in that scenario this year Yeah, and brand just mentioned there the championship change obviously the top four, you know, you're two home two away They go out a mug in the quarter final fifth place 12th 68 11th the four team Etc. Etc. So the four teams join the four teams that come through that pre quarter final Is brand said no seeding in right is that an attempt? By the county by the fixtures committee to try and put life on the championship And is that down to what they're saying? Is it tactically or is a wee bit of everything in terms of trying to inject that but a life in it because it's been very I suppose You know the formula has been the same the same the same this now pots as you said you could have a massive Quarter final game and two of the heavy hitters going out and then maybe someone Getting the experience of getting under something like a semi-final which which could bring the team on. Yeah, like like I I think I think it's a very welcome change to be honest because I just think we've had the top four and I know some michaels were were in the semi-final maybe two years ago But you know, you're just looking at that top four and people don't like them being called the top four But it's so hard to get past it and I think for teams that are out training this week for the club championship You've got to have that that hope and that belief that god of if something Something falls for us here. The draw opens up a wee bit We can have a cracking championship here. You know what? I think you've got to have that that prospect for teams and hopefully it will now the other side of that is you know Maybe there's some of the top teams would be thinking well if we finished in the top four Should you know should we not have a bit of seeding and that's fair enough And those that also altered their thinking say possibly in round four of the group phase, you know Are they thinking? Well, maybe we're all right having another game You know, maybe somebody's injured and we wouldn't mind getting them a getting them a week game next week To be fairly sure if they finish fit their sixth that they're going to take on a team Lower down the ranking now Of course the counter argument to that is that all these games are coming week on week So maybe the maybe the break in between is is the real prize here. Yeah, yeah indeed And Brenna just on the on the other side's good in there. Obviously don't know Make a welcome return second chance of asking To win the intermediate there you have four masters on the rise unbelievable work being done that on the reds there, you know Certainly these teams coming up and there may be New challenges. I really seem to be getting better season on season So that type of side that we need to break through and be able to compete Maybe on the there's certain clubs we weren't expecting from a few years ago. We've certainly got their housing order Yeah, you know, you look at four masters and they're they're having a huge success at underage level And I know from the home involved with the minors and you know, they've had some fantastic players coming through Connor McGahill scored the winning goal yesterday Ryan was at the crown of cup final And so obviously they have some really good talent coming through But the same can be said about a ru or two and you know, they've had some good players over the last number of years and You know, they haven't been a feature really, you know in senior football for a long time So it is important that that area does make a rebound and that the likes of four masters ballish And they were strong teams going back in the day kind of thing And you know that they come with a bounce you're looking at done low too, you know and have some really really good talent They are going to have a big game against Milford and that's going to be you know That's that then kind of games can define your season Ryan alluded to there, you know The you know teams that getting a bounce early and getting a bit of confidence going early in the season kind of thing And suddenly you get on a run and there's a bit of buzz about the club and things are going your way so, you know I don't think the likes of four masters are going to be ready to threaten the top-notch teams as of yet But they're certainly going the right way about it building up through their underage system And and then you look at Ghidor McCool's the game on Sunday, you know The thing with Ghidor is you just don't know sometimes what you're going to get with that kind of thing But when they're when they're clicking they're dangerous animals So they are they're capable as mentioned before have taken any team down McCool's had made progress over the last few years I suppose that you know the Farah who's you know on form Probably the top four in the county at the minute. So, you know, there's some interesting interesting games there Yeah, we'll just be joined by Seamus McGonigal. Seamus how's about this right you're ref in the next game You say the three forwards if you come out past The halfway line, I'm going to give you a red card. You have to stay in there That'll solve the problem. You have to keep three players up the pitch If it was even inside the half would nearly do me as a starting point I really think Seamus you see a lot of football out there Your referee will get on that now in a minute It looks as if I'm done. I go all terms that the only thing is going to stop this now Is a real change which we can't really implement themselves in this There's a way of doing that But listen that looks like the only thing's going to going to stop this at the minute unless somebody starts to play About a curve in football and they just open up and play, you know, what what would you feel in the minute? I think there was a comment there for a number of years. There are 14 men back. That's gone Now it's 15 men back. You get you know, you get 29 players in the one half of the field And I'm not the league final. I was out of there a couple of weeks ago And it was a it was a bad advertisement for football in Donegal to say the least and it's purely down the tactics Like the football and talent that was in the field that day was was as good as you'll see in any two club teams in the country But just the tactics just didn't make sense to me at all Unions are two points in the first half of the strong wind behind them. Yeah Yeah Listen, it was we just hope for for better things than championship I suppose mainly we want like a championship type game, you know, which we just don't see enough because Everything's playing the percentage and it's recycled the ball and it's don't engage Which means the game gets gets done down and it's a pity just just on the referee and See if you think it's going to be all hands here If we when all this championship comes on and we stretch the very limit as our People's covering multiple games and the fact that different times and they're going from one to the next Is that the way it is with the referee in there? I was speaking to Frankie already earlier and there's something between 45 and 50 officials out this weekend Now that's what it what it takes to cover it And yeah, some people would be double job and a such all right But that's the way it is and it's good and all referees look forward to the championship The same as players and management teams do We're all out there getting ready for it and everybody's jockeying for position See what games they'll get over or going or whatever. That's it's They're actually exciting so it's what we all look forward to, you know And this I spoke to you about about golf and all that and final and what we're seeing is And we actually see it in the in the soccer across the water is refs are looking to Cut the nonsense out, you know, and it was creeping in their game a lot We players buying fouls and it says if you have to really earn a foul now Now some people say particularly with James McCarthy in the final a yellow should have come out earlier And you know, there's probably that balance in that but will the club football be the same? Will it be its best try and let the game play? Is that something the refs? Listen, you just come together and use use is that kind of what comes down to use of a preseason Look at how you want to implement the rules leading under this championship Just say first of all that goffin nexon dollar and final There is question marks over the fouls james mccarvey Didn't it in the second half but goff wasn't completely on top of this game He did let it go. He refereed it the way we want to see games refereed Like everyone across the board wants to see that But it's just not possible really He's he's in the top of his game at the moment and got away with it Even though it could have got out of control a few times in that second half Now as regards club refereeing Nobody comes to us and say I'll let the game flow and in fact the opposite The opposite is the case because you know the great thing about common sense This is in ref and everyone's got their own version of common sense So what we have and especially I did a bit of refereeing children You have to emphasize the rules and it might be what people want to hear and say Oh, the referees are going to let it go and it's going to be great crack the championship this year But no, you have to you have to ref the rules and it's And that's just the way it has to be and you can't do it any other way So I don't think we can use goff's example in the all iron and think that you want to see that No, I yeah, yeah, I get that and the shams are on the way back I was just delighted to hear you talking about that actually And you seem fairly happy about it too Oh, yeah Personally, I must say I'm delighted to see them come back because it's important to spread the They're up around the county and Balochan is a long tradition of GA And it's great to see them. They're competitive again. I don't think they're going to be winning county titles But but they're certainly competitive and Any team that beats every way this year will have a good day's worked on. Yeah, there you go Brendan, I want to ask you pick can you pick me a winner for this championship? Who's your head telling you outside of your heart? I mean The head is probably telling me saying Junans and that me saying Feel harsh on knave connell who have been getting the better of unions recently But I just think that st. Junans should have Like they should be ravenous for victory this year. So they should be And after the disappointment the last year Which was very disappointing losing out to knave connell in the final They underperformed on the day and I think a lot of their key players will know that they didn't perform on the day so I think that the If they can get themselves right now, you know It's going to be difficult to integrate the boys back into the team when he coming back from america this weekend You know along with the fact that I'm sure there'll be some celebrations and all that kind of thing But there are quality footballers that understand the way that rory wants them to play the game So I think and you know st. Junans are justifiably favorites closely followed by knave connell and I do appreciate that that's hard and knave connell But I just feel that unions if they can add a string to the bow if they can go out Like I don't I think unions have so much pace and The quality is going forwards if they can get a tune out of them guys I think they have to go in deservedly favors into the championship, you know Yeah, where do you set them up one right? Of course, the jason mcgee of the horse of a game yesterday the donals Or they've been joined themselves at the minute loving up the whole yeah, I watched it last night Yeah, jason mcgee was unbelievable like he was he was fantastic kicking 45s and points and vital goals Yeah, like I would think to me the big one is now donal, you know Like hasn't played a lot of football over the last 12 months Is he going to be able to get get back up to that that level where he where he's at his best because If he can get there, you know, I think st. Unans are going to be going to be hardest up like that I think their desire Is going to be huge and I think They could probably handle maybe injuries Better than most as long as probably they don't lose pattern because He at his level, you know, he's by a mile the best goalkeeper in the county like in my opinion Yeah, certainly. Oh my god, I can pick it up a bad end. Just won't we have to note the big Low jim on up with you in the spot. We just hope the shams do well Hey, because you have to stay neutral in all this as am I at the minute I'm not saying nothing. Kevin's going to give us an ad break after that barry means going to join the panel We're going to talk intermediate and junior championship. 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We have neve breed determine the colomba fan of gills burt bunkrana red hues Neve warra again on the sunday. We have Downings versus bandone mallin and there are kenny gills So, you know a lot a lot of quality and never you keep talking about the senior championship I'm looking that intermediate. Can you can you pick anything out from that? Uh teams or looks like there's there's potential in almost every one of them. Do you want this title? Yeah, bren, I suppose when you look at it, you see you see mallin playing the vision one this year and you know Accounting for themselves very very well and the vision one and um Downings playing the vision one and again accounting for themselves very very well. And you know, so they're going to Real good base going into the intermediate championship, you know They come up against good strong teams throughout the league so that there's going to you know prepare them very well for And again, we can cross both of them and they're both very very well organized mallin particularly You know, we're very impressed with them the day we put them down there Um, does it there's a league matter a bit more to them right in terms of being ready? I mean fit and have everybody out because otherwise they're going to be in trouble. So I think it does and I think you know A good league campaign as a catalyst for a good championship campaign Especially at intermediate in jr. Because I suppose you can't even build up that bit of momentum Like a promotion is good for you there like I suppose and glen the fact that they went from You know division two up in the division one now that there's going to stand stand good to them You know after supposed to semi-final last year So and they've been knocking on the door for a number of years. So they're very much in in the hat here as well Um, so those three and then supposed to termin everybody's talked about terminus last number of years Um, that really really good minor team, you know, I suppose they're waiting for them to step up But it's not just a it's not a straightforward step up. It'll take a bit of time But again, they were semi-final last year So you would expect them to be knocking on the door again this year And supposed to fact then the question you'll ask with bundlorn, you know coming down from senior championship last year What's in the stomach for them to come straight back up again? So they're probably the five top teams straight away. You'd be looking at intermediate championship I'm supposed to I would say any one of those could want it. Good luck to you Yeah, that makes it interesting. We're all about the format and obviously, you know Lex and eve colomba, you know, didn't really perform in the final last year I was looking background There's been some really poor scorn and some of them intermediate finals in the last few years as well We keep maybe bashing the senior a bit even though it's interesting There seems to be more of a level playing field There was quite a bit of defensive game following in that as well And I think just once a team sets deep, you know, uh, particularly a club level You know, you don't have as many shooters that you would maybe at the county game Everybody can score in the county game and it's faster And I think that's why we found the rhythm at the county game which makes it somewhat listen Not all good games are our great other but there is that extra bit of excitement in it That the difference is from the club But do you see that going right down the different formats intermediate and junior as well around? Yeah, I think you probably do like that intermediate final Last year, you know, was a poor enough spectacle. All right And I think the semifinal termin and don't know if the member in our draw Wasn't a great game either and I don't know if Barry wants to bring it up But Glenn probably did play reasonably well in the semifinal against fan of the last year Got a couple of goals, but like like you say, you know I think they only got four points last year and they've lost a couple of forward since that Like Ryan Gillespie and Christopher Cook Burner are not in the mix this year, you know So have they got the have they got the firepower to get over the line? I'm not so sure Yeah, and you mentioned young players. I was interested in going to town You know the work that they're doing you mentioned term and coming through the big talk about the academy here And that do you need a good base to bring in players? You know, you talk about even there's a stat about all Ireland's one and minor teams that there might be three Four players come through and that's from an all Ireland team So so really at underage you need a good senior base, you know If you have a good underage team then players can seem to go missing Over time before they make the they make the jump. Yeah, I think One team probably isn't enough, you know, you probably need three or four good teams And suppose from the union's perspective, that's where we're lucky kind of from about 2008 on There's a lot of teams not one in minor championships, but competing in minor finals Consistently throughout those years at the same time. They'll come up against grantees a lot of the time You know, so look at the two teams at the top there So what you're looking at you want to get one or two teams of those players through see and if you get them close together That's probably what those teams especially at intermediate level are looking for and suppose with term and they've had a couple of You know good minor teams now So they're probably looking for those to step up along with the likes here your Darren McAden your Andy McCormick's and the likes of those now So like they have they have there's good young players there, you know If they're and you know something you mentioned there about going forwards, you know, they have going forwards downings of scorn forwards and Johnny McRoddy and Larkin Connors, Paddy McAlee. So that's three good scorn forwards They have you know, so that there counts for a lot of intermediate championship But if a team has a couple of forwards that can keep the scoreboard ticking it's going to it's going to really benefit them Yeah, and right in that experience we've been doing that's one of 2015 You've been up around senior they've held their own At times as well as that term in 2012 As by has been saying they're a good crop the young players come through they've held their own at senior Is that experience going to count a lot Against the other sides in there that haven't been playing at that level for the last couple years? Well, like it should and I suppose the way about that intermediate is Usually you need a little bit of hurt. You need a kind of A sad story or two along to kind of You're thinking about Milford now in this here Well, they had one as well now, you know, but like you know Like that Glen frustration last year and and and Terriman had frustration last year You know, you very rarely do you see the team that goes straight down or that goes down come straight back up and Like that's the task for for Bondoren and you know Like that, you know, Bondoren have lost Michael McEnuff and you know, you know I'll just give it a wee plug here now. We're the Donegal news has a a championship supplement next next weekend We're chatting to all the managers the recurring theme is is Most teams are three or four players down and I think that the team Immigration it's a well to emigration and boys transfer into clubs down the country and things like that, you know And I think the teams that possibly haven't lost that many Are are going to be maybe You know on stronger ground going into this and you know, that could be that could be crucial Like and I'm thinking about the likes of Downends and that, you know, they seem to have a a good steady team and like it's interesting You know, you're talking there a bit underage sides You know, Downends are probably The opposite to that and that, you know, it's it's quite often a struggle at underage level I think they want to maybe a minor division two title when larkin corner and Kevin Doherty and those boys were were minor but other than that it can be a struggle But you know, they're always able to the turn out the forwards like, you know, the Patty McElwee and and johnny McGrady and and boys like that. So like Those teams I feel that, you know, have have kept the bulk of last year's panel and maybe added one or two I think they'll be in a strong position and you know, have born doran Have born doran been able to do that You know, the other big question for them is paul brennan. You know, he's played very little By all accounts. He's struggling with his ankle. So, you know, we might not see a huge amount of him in the championship Yeah, yeah, interesting and barry listen, you've been there one the championship obviously now, you know, St You know from a lot of work you've done Stabilized to go on the senior you're competing does that give you a bit of a supposed pleasure to see that and as well as that There's a certain teams in there by where Intermediates, you know, there's a chance to one the championship You know, you can fight it out and try and keep your way in the senior and try and make a mark Put a senior championship Maybe as you know, or or even to make a final seems like a two-bigger jump Is this a great chance for you to do one of competition and it's kind of maybe where the club is at in terms of You know competing because it can be difficulty senior particularly when we talk about Some of the strength of the squads that's up there now That's always where you want to aim for and where you want to be But quite often for these sides now You've been in the championship you're preparing as you knew back in that season this and we can win this Championship but there must be an extra excitement to that for some of these sides in this year Ah definitely and supposedly Graham mentioned that the hurt thing Um, I suppose when you look back at the teams that have come through the intermediate championships in the last number of years You don't know they were beating the final the year before You're Claude Hanely who lost two finals you knew who were knocking on the door for a number of years You said no as you lost to Mulford in the final like you know, so they all experienced that hurt But I think I or sorry the thing I like about the intermediate championship is that when you get through it You're well conditioned for the senior championship because nothing's one easy in the intermediate championship You have to earn your stripes, you know and all those teams that have come up in the last number of years Have been able to stay up in the senior championship And suppose even remember chatting the pattern we got last year at the end of the year and he was talking about You know that relegation playoff and it was between st. Nalls and one lower and how do you think it would go? I said well, I think st. Nalls will stay up because I know what they actually did to get up there And you know when you put in that effort to get up you don't want to go straight back down again You know And suppose in that there's what it does for any team that comes through the intermediate championship It gives them a great step and stone to actually stay in the senior championship And suppose to start to build from there and suppose from st. Nalls point of view They're up there. They stayed up there and they leave on the same That's what Dunlow will be looking to do this year And suppose whatever team comes through the intermediate championship They will be well prepared for a senior championship then when they go up And just that buzz of the club going up like that right does that like change everything around the attitude of the aspirations You know what I just suppose you're trying to reach that bike higher But just what you mentioned with on the range and the structure everything must come behind that There must be this constant you need to probably each season have one two three players that are coming in They asked you know try and get a place in that senior team Yeah, and suppose like for any team that wants any championship it gives an absolute kick around the club So they get a knock on from that there It doesn't matter if it's a senior championship an intermediate or a junior You know and suppose all the young boys and girls around the club want to be part of that there then So then they're going to buy into whatever their coaches are looking to do it on their age level You know and suppose when you look at the teams that have won those intermediate championships They've brought in a couple of young fellas with them every year And you know that's that's what they need to do and suppose Ryan mentioned, you know the likes of downings You know downings won a junior championship Straight away they're talking now about one an intermediate championship and they're holding their own In senior league, you know, so they've made that step up Then as Ryan said they might be struggling around their age to put out, you know to won championships But they bring it they've won, you know, maybe one good big team You know bring that team through and build upon it with another one or two every year You know and suppose that there's what clubs need to be doing and I think not many clubs bring through Massive teams every single year. It's always maybe two or three that they bring through to senior level Yes, yes need and right i'm going to ask you to put your neck on the line then It's a difficult proposition, but where you see this title going this season You can even you can pick a finalist pair and how's that? I'll not put you in the line for one team I hope you're not to ask me what are other downings or terms on it now I suppose the one thing I haven't seen a huge amount of this year is malin and you know I suppose I seen them last year and I was very impressed and then they had a real struggle in the championship And it was kind of hard to get your head around it and know that injuries You know, I probably do think and I know Keelah McDade's in as the new term and manager now You know, they were flying earlier on the year And Bobby McGerey can go injured and Ray McFadden went away to America and they kind of lost their flow But you know, they're both back now and I think I think term and our team and maybe we'll build up a bit of momentum here And they're my tip to go all the way Term and your tip right just on that you've you spoke with the all the managers Around going into the championship. Have you spoken to them on yet right across the I haven't just myself right spreading the load But that's a big job. I'm looking forward to this one. But was there anything else I'd say the demigration been the issue What what would he say in terms of their their look into the championship and how you felt about the football the minute? I suppose The big the big thing really brand was just the gap Going and going into it like sometimes having played for five weeks No other teams have played two weeks ago, but there's a lot of teams having played for five weeks And you know from if you're putting on your club managers hat now You're telling your players don't be going away and haul these during the league and don't be going away during the championship So when are they going to be going away and they've been going away and haul these the last couple of weeks And you know, I'm just talking to managers You know a lot of them saying it hasn't even been any point in organizing challenge games because you haven't had everybody You know, you're maybe five or six players down so Like like that that seems to be a talking point is just how do you bridge that gap? And then the other side of that is there fell as way in america You know and some of them aren't due back for a week or two yet They're going to miss their club championship, you know the start of it And that might be enough for some teams to knock them off their stride like so It's it's really tricky to get that get that right, but there's probably a tweak needed somewhere. Yeah, and and barry I know that she dunans had a certain Time frame you kind of said the lads you might take a holiday now. He's the right time which which was sensible But this this season what's supposed to suit the club now It doesn't look like it is around kind of the styles of games people being away people being in america Or or is there no way of actually getting it completely right? You're just going to have to work with it I don't think you're ever going to get it completely right Listen First for most it's a pastime, you know it is and You know a lot of these young fellas having itched to scratch and you know They're 21 22 and it's their opportunity to go to america or it's their opportunity to go on a boys holiday And you can't take that away from them, you know I think suppose the important thing is that from a club perspective that clubs Kind of try to manage their load as best they can and try and create a bit of time for For the lads to go and do that there championship is the main thing You know so everybody's probably looking Even from your own point of view when it was managing teams I was always trying to get lads to get away in their holiday Early july End of june early july go on your holiday take a week or two That means you're sure the players will get the players will get that organized And then come back and get ready for championship. The last thing you want them is heading away now in the first couple of weeks in August That's when you don't want them heading away heading away in july would have been great Advice this year, I'll tell you what Get out quite good order certain people had booked a house down there for a chapter for month of july. I was like great That's Ireland off the there's a big X across that never come back here again But yeah that way of mind the two things I suppose and we're seeing it a lot actually but you know if we even look at Say local soccer here Probably there certainly is a different attitude towards the younger generation around training You know, it's something that they get like you know, we demand it You know, you're all I know you're not kind of scenario and you can kind of get that It seems like I hear a lot of stuff from from other codes where it's kind of like if I train a train If I don't I don't so it's one thing at least that that there still is that kind of buzz within the squad in terms of I think too like a lot of these young lads coming up now A lot of them spend a lot of time in the gym They spend a lot of time training they look after themselves You know, so you should be allowed to go and enjoy themselves too You know, I'm supposing you have to you have to give them that opportunity as well because you're not going to get the best out of them Come championship if you have them there from supposed january right through to october without a break You know, I think when it happened, you know So you suppose you have to look at the the bigger picture and you have to try and get them Mentally prepared for championship as well. And there's nothing like we mentally prepared after a couple of weeks in the sun Well, you're talking to some man that's the Brennan go coin. Obviously still in the gym. Look at him He's uh, first now in that jumper, right? Right listen, right give me his top tips there. What what do you think about the where this cup's going to end up? I think I think it's between if they can avoid each other between malin and downings Malin and I think so. I yeah Just have a Are malin like the intermediate version of gents welly in terms of you know, when you play them There's going to be a battle there. You know, and they're and they're very very well organized and they have good players Like in the feldara's the two needles you've josh conlon like go keeper daniel malarkey's good player Like they're they're they've a good they've a good team Then and they're very very well organized and I think you know last year probably That game against downings where they were caught in the hop at the end and then you know Their season fell away in the championship nothing happened for them. I think downings I think are coming back with this, you know They got misting in the tail down and down in st. Michael's last year with a lake goal You know one supposed they they thought they were going to be over the line there I think they had aspirations of one on them through media championship And I think you know just I think the two of them are going to be hard beat good man I'm right down the accumulator here getting ready and the junior championship now you know rassa need uh, neve padrick moff or us are playing caron donna movill we have Unin see are in there as well neve calm kill and st. Mary's Convoy again the rassa of course the big adrian swing saga cited We would have seen that one governor. He's the same age as me. Maybe I could play it I would say I don't know who's managing. Is it is it palm of governor or Peter McGeehan's managing sunyons junior team? You know, there's a 14 years even even a 24 years I like you know, I might have to throw the left foot at it. That's the only thing I would would do me would do me damage obviously Caron donna losing last year's final. We see quite a bit there around, you know Previous year teams coming back. We've seen it a lot as you were saying right and that that tough tough story Giving you that extra bit of grind and bit of drive who you fancy for the for the junior Yeah, like it's it's an interesting moment because usually there's there's a team that really stands out And I like from my looking at it. I don't see who that team is this year You know, like they're Kenny gales last season who everybody really thought if they can if they can keep their Their house in order here. They're going to want it and they did, you know Like Caron donna were beating last year in the final did well But you know, there were definitely a talk at one stage this season The Ryan Kelly was going to miss the whole campaign and like he was such an important player for them you know Ney Podrick ish Kakeen or Muff as some people want to call them, you know Like they had that big one in the playoff, you know, and that's going to be a huge lift for them And, you know, Drew McKinney who was county minor captain a couple of years ago He's back from a cruise ship, you know stars might just be aligning there and you know, they're also You know, you can't rip them out, you know the Declan boners in Managing them and you know, he'll be doing everything to pull it together. Yeah, we have a minute left I'm going to leave that to you. Mr. Barry me and who do you fancy for this junior championship? I think with the big hitters that they have probably in our ass And I'm supposed to listen they went close in the division three league final against the knowledge, you know They weren't they weren't totally thrown out of the water, you know, so I think maybe no rassa there brim Yeah, no rassa very well wrapped up Barry. I want to thank everybody brand cool coin She must x we're gonna go very me and Ryan ferry. Thanks very much lads for your input this evening Kevin fury for producing as ever we look forward to this championship all out attack possibly we might get dog game We'll see listen will keep an eye on things and guys you'll keep us updated as the champion goes on. 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