Derry's Paul Cassidy gives his verdict on the victory over Roscommon in Celtic Park that means the Oak Leafers will meet Dublin in Croke Park next weekend.
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00:00 A hell of a way to finish the league. Great result, second half finished very very strongly.
00:05 I think 1-11 in the last 20 minutes.
00:07 The first half we were a bit scrappy, turning the ball over and chasing men back.
00:12 It's not a good first half I have to say.
00:16 But a good team to out there at half time.
00:18 We came out, we were doing the simple things right.
00:21 And the scoreboard at the end showed that.
00:24 I mean there's a lot of people like me keep trying to downplay the importance of a league final
00:28 but you must be looking forward to a Crook Park date, you can't turn your nose up at that.
00:31 Why wouldn't you be looking forward to a league final in Crook Park, it's where you want to be playing.
00:35 Plus against the Dubs as well, so we're all looking forward to that next Sunday.
00:40 Was this a strange sort of a game because Ruskaman probably came in slightly more on the line than yourselves.
00:47 Definitely, he definitely had more on the line than we did.
00:50 But our ambition to win the game was far greater than trying to stay up in Division 1.
00:56 And now you've got Dublin, that's a hell of a date.
00:59 How important would it be to go into the All-Ireland Series having won that piece of silverware?
01:05 Going mad at the moment, going to the Donny Ball game would be class.
01:09 You want to be winning every game you go out to play.
01:13 We're looking forward to it and see how it goes.
01:15 And the squad's come on, there's another 4 or 5 changes a day Mickie was able to make.
01:19 Looks like there's an awful lot of competition for places.
01:22 We're stepping up there, there's a few boys rested there, like Buddy, Niall, the boys that got there.
01:27 The boys there that played in the day stepped up and didn't look out of place at all.
01:31 But that's good when you have that on your team.