What they said ... the weekend in quotes

"My overriding concern is always and only the safety of the players on the field, and in that particular case, my sole aim was to protect Karl Lacey."

Donegal doctor Kevin Moran gave his side of the story and also revealed he has received an apology from Armagh midfielder Aaron Findon who pushed him to the ground.

"He (the doctor) was fine afterwards. There was nothing really in it. We're not even going to talk about it. I don't know why it's being talked about. It's a non-issue as far as I'm concerned."

Donegal won't be pursuing the matter according to county chairman Sean Dunnion.

"I would suggest that Croke Park regulates the media from here on in because, I know you have a job to do and that's to be respected. I'm not being disrespectful for the sake of it, I'm being disrespectful at this time to people who disrespect us."

Paul Grimley broke his vow of silence and wants the GAA to regulate the media.

"Kieran wanted to get a message on to (Kevin) Dyas and I was just marking him. After it we were laughing - I said to him (Dyas), 'That message better have been important with all the hassle it caused'."

Full-back Eamon McGee laughed about his verbal spat with Orchard County coach Kieran McGeeney.

"It would be just sheer, absolute devastation when you lose a game like that, and that's what Limerick are experiencing. We didn't want to experience that."

The fear of losing is what drives Brian Cody and his battle-hardened warriors on.

"You'd have to credit huge effort on both sides. From our point of view, we gave it everything. We needed a couple of things to go our way. We needed one or two balls to go over the bar at the end to get something out of it."

Cody's Limerick counterpart TJ Ryan couldn't have asked for any more from his players.

"A lot of teams in Ulster would count us a fairly physical team but there today they looked a step up from that."

Dublin's physicality impressed Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke.

"They know they're in a very privileged position to represent Dublin and with that comes a responsibility to try and get a performance."

Jim Gavin revealed it is the Dublin players that set the agenda

"Obviously we have a huge amount to improve on. We'll go back now, look at that and go into the next game."

Despite their runaway 17-point success, Footballer of the Year Michael Darragh Macauley reckons Dublin have work to do ahead of their last four clash against Donegal.

"It's a funny feeling in the dressing-room. We know the level we can play at and we didn't come anywhere near that today."

There were mixed emotions for Donegal selector Damien Diver following their narrow escape against Armagh. Tweet

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