Mickey Harte’s team don’t seem to have a Plan B or ability for players to effect tactical change on the pitch when it’s needed
Conor Glass and his Derry team persisted with the same goalkeeper tactic even after it was clearly costing his side goals against Donegal at Celtic Park last week. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
This being the age of instant information and analysis, the absolute worst thing you can be now isn’t too open or too defensive, it’s too predictable. Too rigid. Too one-dimensional.
Now there’s potentially something cleansing about being beaten in the manner of Derry last week. Like a colonic irrigation. Maybe not the most pleasant sensation while it’s happening, but ultimately it does you good.
