Oak Leaf boss Cassidy slams ‘unfair’ championship system

DERRY manager Damian Cassidy has called for the GAA to show the courage to take on the provincial councils and tackle the current All-Ireland championship format.

The Oak Leafers kick off their Ulster championship campaign with a preliminary round encounter with Armagh at Celtic Park next Sunday, and if successful would then have to beat Monaghan and the winners of Cavan and Fermanagh in order to even reach the provincial final in July.

The fact that Armagh in 2005 are the only team in the past 65 years to win an Ulster title from the preliminary round highlights how difficult a task that is.