Derry's Championship campaign brings to mind the old Chumbawamba one-hit wonder ‘Tubthumping’. You know the one: “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down..
.” Derry have been on the canvas three times already in this Championship, yet they remain standing. But lose again in Castlebar this evening and they’ll be p***ing the night away this time, to borrow another lyric from that ‘90s classic, with no more safety nets.
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I watched Derry’s win over Westmeath last Saturday and there is an argument to be made that it was their worst performance of the Championship, and that’s saying something. They were terrible and looked like a team completely devoid of any confidence. The fact they only scored 2-7 says it all really.
But they got .
