Derry faced with a dilemma against Galway, do they stick or twist?

Derry faced with a dilemma against Galway, do they stick or twist?Since then, they’ve played 62 matches in league and championship without ever posting back-to-back defeats. For a sense of how rare that is, consider the records of every other Sam Maguire team. Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Tyrone, Monaghan and Roscommon all lost back-to-back games in this year’s league alone. Kerry lost last year’s All-Ireland final and the first game of the 2024 league – at home to Derry, as it happens.

Does any of this matter? Externally, there must be a good chance it does. While an early exit from Ulster needn’t dent their broader All-Ireland ambitions, if it’s followed up by a defeat to the second good team they meet it will make those ambitions seem pretty fanciful. All that goodwill within the county that buoyed them through the league could be frittered away.

Even if the Donegal fiasco hadn’t happened, it must be in Lynch’s mind that the last time Derry played Galway in championship – the 2022 All-Ireland semi-final – Damien Comer was able to score into an open goal after Lynch had been caught out the field. “That’s something we have to learn from. We can’t be so naive. It was clear early doors that it wasn’t working, we didn’t adapt.”

The interesting thing about both games is what came next. In 2019, Tyrone drew Longford in the qualifiers. They were heavy favourites and the result was never going to be in doubt. Nonetheless, no sooner had the game started than they withdrew all 15 players to their own 45. Reversion to type was swift and unyielding. That approach brought them all the way to the All-Ireland semi-final.

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