They’re irrelevant as the strength of one club does not mean the club level in the county is at a high level.
You can quote a former Derry captain on that.
It’s a myth that Derry club football is one of the strongest around simply because of how the clubs perform on the provincial stage.
Of course, Slaughtneil are streaks ahead of everyone at the minute but they are out on
their own in Derry to the point where it might have a negative effect on club football in the county.
Yes. I’m explaining to how your question is both loaded and irrelevant in demonstrating the current state of club football in both counties.
Tyrone’s championship is ultra competitive, yielding 7 different winners in 8 years. Derry’s in a procession. And when you fall back the different grades you can see the strength of club football in Tyrone.
The All Ireland intermediate champions Moy won 4 games to win Tyrone last year. They win by 2, 3, 13 and 1 point respectively. Slaughtneil won by 6, 4, 7 and 10 points. The toughest games they got in Ulster were against Kilcoo and Omagh who they beat by 2 points.
Omagh won the Tyrone Championship final by 2 points, they won their semi final by 1 point. The Tyrone Championship is a competition, the Derry Championship is a procession.
15 Ulster Club Championships by 7 different clubs from Derry and 3 All Ireland wins for 3 different Derry clubs a testament to the strength of club football in Derry. Billy Bullshit from Bologna still blustering and trying to move goalposts long after conclusively losing the argument.
Living in the past? Slaughtneil have won 4 Derry Championships, the first of those 5 was in 2004, the 2nd in 2014. When an exceptional group of players comes along at the same time, either at club or inter-county level, they invariably win a few back to back and often by big margins. Slaughtneil’s 4 in a row in Derry has translated into 3 out of 4 Ulster titles.
Comparisons to Crossmaglen dominance in Armagh not a relevant comparable. Armagh championship for a lot of its existence a monopoly. Crossmaglen have won 43 county titles in Armagh.
Slaughtneil have won 4 Derry titles in a row, they’ve won the last two Derry finals by double digit figures. That reads very badly for Derry club football as former Derry captain Gerard O’Kane agrees. There was a time when club football in Derry was strong, like their county side that time has gone.