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Derry V Donegal - 4 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "[quote=AfricanGael: "[quote=TheFlaker: "[quote=AfricanGael: "[quote=TheFlaker: "[quote=AfricanGael: "[quote=TheFlaker: "[quote=AfricanGael: "I hope after watching yesterdays game Flaker that you'll now understand that my assessment was in fact the correct one.
On reflection, maybe the only ones who underestimated Derry and Ulster football was yourself and regandgreen.
" You really don't get it. Donegal were poor but they won. Tyrone won handy. Derry have improved, they lost to an underperforming Donegal team. Let's see what happens next year. You are a tremendous fan of your own analysis. I look forward to reading your predictions for the rest of the games."]I'll tell you what I'm a fan of, people with balls who can admit when they get something wrong, they are the real men here, very few and far between though.
Read Paddy Power, he seems to be your man for predictions."]Your logic is a little flawed here. All week I argued with people saying there would be no shock in either game, and I said there was zero chance of a shock in the Tyrone game, zero chance. So is that not putting it out there and not sitting on the fence? As I said I look forward to your analysis and predictions or do you just waffle and tell people their analysis is wrong without actually predicting how the game will go?"]I did predict how the game would go, I said I believed Donegal would get over the line but wouldn't be surprised if they lost either, think it panned out that way.
I didn't even make a prediction for Tyrone v Cavan, not even worthy of a mention, you'd hardly expect brownie points for predicting Mayo would beat Leitrim would you. "]My point is there was no shock. You can talk about the good performance of Derry etc etc but there was no shock, end of story. Yet you are here saying I was proved wrong and hoped I was watching the game? Talking about the Mayo Leitrim game? Well you are just being childish again. Who talked about that pre game? Nobody."]You dismissed any prospect of Derry even having a chance, I think the game proved you wrong and I don't agree that it would have been a "shock" as you call it if Derry had won.
Sorry, but predicting Tyrone to beat Cavan isn't much above predicting that Mayo would beat Leitrim and that's why I wouldn't insult my own intelligence by even mentioning it.
So do you believe Donegal are good enough to win an All-Ireland playing at their best or not ?"]It wouldn't have been a shock. Ah lads comedy stuff."]What's the story with this same post recurring all the time.
Sure way to turn people of a forum.
Derryman2 (National) - 12/07/2021 20:39:09
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Derry V Donegal Ulster Final - 1 Like(s)
Just an observation here.
The Donegal team warmed up right close to where I was sitting.
I couldn't help but notice that almost all of their players are really big muscled strong athletic type figures . Really fine strong physical specimens, in truth probably more of the physique common in Rugby players. I am not being derogatory in any way, but my first thought was that Derry might just get swatted aside.
Derryman2 (National) - 30/05/2022 19:27:47
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When You See That Horrible Football (Over And Back ) Now Played People Will Soon Need To Be Payed To Go To A Game - 1 Like(s)
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/0321/1365522-no-easy-fix-to-games-ills-after-poor-league/
I have the greatest respect for Lee Keegan.
One of the greatest to never win an AI.
And this is not a criticism of his article but my thoughts on it.
Lee opens his article by lamenting the state of Gaelic Football , the packed defence and the lateral play to counteract it.
He then closes his article by praising Mickey Hartes Louth and their packed defence and the lateral game that has raised these minnows of the game to be contenders.
And that is where we are. Managers have figured a way to bring the game to a level where any group of bonded players singing of the same sheet can compete with the elite counties of the sport.
The game is in transition and people's expectation will change. This is the evolution of all things.
Even Aussie rules have changed. There is no longer space, even in those vast expanses, for the Gary Abletts Jason Dunstalls etc to chalk up their 100 goals per year.
Scoring 100 goals a year is now a rarity as compared to 15 year ago.
Derryman2 (National) - 23/03/2023 08:46:24
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