Declan Bonner has insisted that the appeal made to the Disputes Resolution Authority on behalf of both himself and his former Donegal joint-managerial candidate, Charlie Mulgrew, has been issued to try and iron out the problems of the managerial selection process in the county. On Monday night John Joe Doherty was confirmed as Donegal's new senior football manager, but Bonner has explained that there are no plots to try and threaten the Naomh Mhuire clubman's new position. "We have an application made to the DRA to get the selection process thrown out," said Bonner. "An awful lot of things don't add up." "This has nothing to do with a personality clash with any of the candidates. It's to do with the county selection committee and the way the whole thing was handled. We believe the process was totally flawed from the start. "We're not taking an appeal to get John Joe out of the position. I'm not interested in becoming the next team manager - but I am interested in getting the process sorted out, for the sake of Donegal football, as this has been an absolute shambles from the outset." Bonner believes that the Tir Chonaill County has now become "the laughing stock of the country" over the shambolic process to appoint Brian McIver's replacemet and admits that a lot of relationships in the county have been tested. "An awful lot of relationships have been strained over this and it's down to the three main officers of the Board. "I asked them to step down on Monday night and my club put a proposal through the correct channels and procedures, but they still didn't put it on the agenda. "We are the laughing stock of the country over this. It's an absolute disgrace the way we've been treated, the way we John Joe has been treated, and the way candidates have been treated." Tweet

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