‘We can’t be so naïve’ – After Donegal implosion, Will Derry persist with the sweeper-keeper?

There was no post-match conversation with Harte. It was one of many areas where they fell short, including the full-court press with Lynch out of his goals. Jim McGuinness’s outfit spotted that chink and hammered it mercilessly.

Derry footballer Padraig McGrogan teamed up with Allianz Insurance to look ahead to his county’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Group stages campaign and what will be a busy summer of Gaelic football. Pic Credit: Dan Sheridan, Inpho.

Derry have had four weeks to reassess their defensive mechanisms after the Donegal ambush last month.

With another long kickout favouring outfit coming down the tracks, what does that mean for Odhran Lynch?