Games weekend 11th/12th July

[placid casual]

You haven't told us anything we don't already know. Its standard Derry City behaviour. When people start talking about them looking like a team they wilt. Its the DNA of this club, It has been for a long long time. You just get used to it after a while.
Maybe Lynch is the manager to change that narrative. It's a topsy turvy league and things can change. If that shels team last year can win a league then this seasons derry team can certainly win one.

[Nesta99]

The FD team has won 7 of the last 10 playoff finals against PD opposition. Not saying I'd fancy this year's FD representative to beat Sligo/Waterford/Galway by any means, but it's certainly not a formality either, especially in a once off game on neutral turf.

I know the stats dont back up what I think historically so why im talking currently. There is the momentum element where a side potentially on the way down is losing and the promotion chaser has a winning habit, but Id be really surprised if the 1st division club could lay a glove on the premier side this season from what Ive seen. The quality of a winning Dundalk side hasnt needed to be paricularly good this season so far, a long way off a Sligo or Waterford. Id take a Waterford play-off as they just dont know how to win one without trawlig player registrations. But nah its automatic or nothing this year.

[Another Bohemia]

Maybe Lynch is the manager to change that narrative. It's a topsy turvy league and things can change. If that shels team last year can win a league then this seasons derry team can certainly win one.

I agree that Shels winning shows that it is a bit of an open league but that Shels team were all pulling in the same direction. If that's the case at Derry then no doubt they can mount a serious challenge this year but with the amount of ins and outs rumoured it's probably a bit difficult to all be pulling in the same direction, at least this year.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Know it’s only one game but Shams the week before looked a lot better then Derry and thought we were comfortable enough. Couple of scares but not the level of pressure Shams had us under. Going in 2 ahead at half time helped a lot mind.