Derry senior hurling manager Johnny McGarvey gives his verdict on league victory over Tyrone
Derry senior hurling manager Johnny McGarvey gives his verdict on his team's opening National League victory over Tyrone in Celtic Park.
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00:00 Johnny, you laid down the marker, the leg tile you were after. A wee bit of a sweat there in the second half, but you got there.
00:06 Aye, look, delighted with the win, you know, really am. Just really disappointed with the way we played the first probably 15 minutes of the second half.
00:14 You know, we just, everything we talked about at half time, we didn't do. You know, we didn't really control the ball. We lost the breaks.
00:20 And to be fair to them, if we fully expected them to pull it back, you know, it was probably 10 points to breeze.
00:25 And when they got 7 in a row, I think they got it to start a second half, maybe 6 in a row, we were under pressure.
00:30 Corey stepped up, massive goal for us, you know, made a wild difference. Just sort of turned the game, I suppose.
00:35 I felt at that stage then we controlled it until the red card, then the second red card. I mean, the game was over with the second red card.
00:41 But, look, over the moon to get a 1, like some difference between this time last year when we were beat out the gate here by Kerry.
00:48 So, happy to get off with a 1.
00:50 I mean, you can talk about the win, but sometimes when you're as far ahead as you were in the first half, it's a different game second half.
00:57 Aye, you know, we talked about it plenty at half time, but I mean, I don't think we underestimated it.
01:02 I mean, it's just the type of game that it was. I mean, when you had it, you had to make it.
01:07 And when you didn't, you know, you had to dig deep. And to be fair, we dug deep.
01:11 You know, that probably the first 15 minutes of the matches where we won it, you know, I think it went 12-1, maybe 13-1, something like that.
01:18 You know, and I felt at that stage we'd have to do something really, really stupid to mess it up.
01:23 You know, I thought 12-13 points was going to be what it had to be at half time.
01:28 And I think it was 12, you know, but no question about it, when it went to 7, 6, I think it maybe got to, maybe even 5, I'm not even sure.
01:36 But definitely the sweat was coming on then.
01:38 And as much as the first half, you put a big tally, but there was a couple of huge saves from Union as well.
01:43 Aye, aye, made two good saves, you know.
01:46 The penalty was a big one.
01:48 I think that would have brought it back to, I think it would have brought it back to 7 for 10 or something of that nature.
01:54 You know, all of a sudden it's a different game, but you need that, you know.
01:57 That's why he's in there, he's in there to keep the ball out of the net, clean sheet today, over the moon with that.
02:01 And a huge goal from Corey, but just when he's needed it, that really sort of turned the tide.
02:05 Aye, I mean, he's just a machine, you know. He's just up and down that pitch all day, worked really, really hard.
02:10 I thought he was brilliant.
02:12 Paddy Kelly, I thought what a game he had, especially in the first half.
02:16 We were getting caught a lot in one-on-ones and we really shouldn't have been, but Paddy, even the second half, we were under a wee bit of pressure.
02:21 He was brilliant. Jim Rury on his debut as well, first class.
02:24 You got the win, you were saying how crucial it was to make a good start. You got it and now you're building on it.
02:29 Aye, I mean, look, performances do matter.
02:31 You know, if you want to improve, the performances do matter.
02:35 We'll work on what we've done wrong, we'll continue to try and do what we've done right.
02:39 and roll out the letter of the day.
02:40 I think it is next Saturday.