Have Donegal been given the credit they deserve? David Walsh doesn't think so.
In the aftermath of Waterford's hurling league final win over Cork, Deise selector Dan Shanahan didn't take too kindly to the comparison with Donegal's footballers.
"Some people say we've gone Donegal," he remarked. "That's total bullshit, to be honest. Our lads are just working. If they see a fella in trouble, they'll go out and hunt and they'll block."
Despite one All-Ireland and three Ulster SFC successes in the space of four years, 33-year-old Walsh told The Examiner: "It doesn't surprise me in a way that people don't give Donegal the credit for what they have achieved.
"Still though I'd say, any player would like to win an All-Ireland and I'm sure Dan Shanahan would have loved to have won with Waterford as well.
"It's that typical thing where in 2012 Donegal were All-Ireland champions and went on to have a poor year in 2013. This happened through injury and players had given a lot to the cause for two years before that.
"All of a sudden, we were maybe wiped off and not considered one of the top teams in Ireland any more just because of one bad result against Mayo in the 2013 quarter-final [which the Connacht champions won 4-17 to 1-10]."
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