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I think we should win now. Wind in 2nd half and a point up. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 26/05/2019 14:58:42 2187632 Link 0 |
Would you really take a game that's over after 5 minutes than a competitive game ??
waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/05/2019 15:19:00 2187640 Link 5 |
To answer your question yes. I can't watch this negative tripe thats been dished out by some teams. Dublin hammer most teams does that stop you watching them?
dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 26/05/2019 16:01:54 2187656 Link 0 |
Sort of what we expected. Fermanagh are hard to play against but are limited enough in an attacking sense. People will give out about Rory but at least he has them competitive. Let's be honest here, if it was an open game of football Donegal would have won, and maybe quite easily. As it was, Fermanagh were still in with a shout until right near the end. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9155 - 26/05/2019 16:41:35 2187667 Link 3 |
Absolutely. I won't watch Leinster football if Dublin are playing. Complete waste of an afternoon. Or a Kerry game in Munster for that matter. I think that you are totally correct about Ulster tripe too but at least you get a tense game.
Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 26/05/2019 16:43:08 2187669 Link 1 |
Just home from what was a brutal game of football. Glad we won but if I was a neutral I'd have switched off. I'm delighted that Fermanaghs tactics weren't successful as it only encourages other teams to play that way. Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 26/05/2019 16:51:50 2187673 Link 0 |
Catch a grip .. sidelines in Brewster in the same place as they always were.. and if you want to see spoiler football replay the antics of paddy McGrath .. embarrassed for the lad
KeshGFC (Fermanagh) - Posts: 334 - 26/05/2019 18:36:55 2187722 Link 1 |
God almighty, yet another in a depressingly long line of Dubs wittering on about how the game "should be played". There is no one perfect way to play the game, some are more entertaining than others granted, but that doesn't necessarily mean better. MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 26/05/2019 18:49:45 2187732 Link 0 |
Just back from the game and found the pattern entirely predictable. Fermanagh play the defensive aspect of that system well, but they do not have the forwards to counter attack with serious menace. They have the intensity in their tackling but ultimately they're predictable. Which is ultimately why Donegal under Rory Gallagher were hard to watch as a supporter; because they had zero variety. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 26/05/2019 18:53:23 2187735 Link 0 |
Im only asking the question. Each to their own. I suppose it all just depends, I think opinion may well vary depending on how you're watching the game For example, take last nights game between Dublin and Louth, from my perspective as a Dublin fan, when im watching Dublin, I want to see Dublin play as well as we possibly can, opposition and quality of the opposition is irrelevant. I do be looking at things with the blue tinted glasses. I want us to score as much as possible and concede as little as possible. But if you're a Louth man/woman sitting down watching Fermanagh v Donegal, you're probably thinking, jesus this is dire to watch, but god what i would've done to see us do a bit of that last night and have the Dubs sweat a bit and at least go into the final quarter with a little bit of "ya know what, you just never know". Its not entertaining but its not as demoralizing and disheartening if youre a Louth fan But as a neutral i totally understand why you'd turn that game off today and on the other end of the scale if Dublin were on the box last night i totally get why youd knock that off too. The game has always been about outscoring the opposition. That's how all team sports operate. If someone was smart enough and tactically astute enough/brave enough to try defensive systems decades ago the game would've changed back then too, it just so happens that its revolutionized in the last 10-15 years during this period. Fermanaghs aim, just like it was with Donegal in 2011, Dublin at times in 2011, Tyrone before that have always gone out with the mantra of, we want to win the game, we want to score more, and our best chance of winning the game is to be in the game, and the best way to be in the game is to try and concede as little as possible and make your opponents panic which will result in mental fragility, poor decision making, unforced errors, drain the confidence while building up your own confidence by seeing the result of your hard work. Is that entertaining for the neutral ? No. Its shite. But it gives teams the best launchpad to try and win a game against a team that's better than you. and to take it back to fans, You ask any fan of Mayo for example if they would take winning an all Ireland final v Dublin 1-06 v 0-07 in a dour game, over an entertaining 3-17 v 4-12 defeat, They would bite your hands off. Every one of them. Ask their players, they'll say the same. Ask louth today if they would rather play how they played last night and lose by 26, or play how Fermanagh did today and lose by 6, theyd take the latter every day. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/05/2019 19:07:18 2187742 Link 4 |
Donegal move on as expected but Fermanagh were no cakewalk - in fact they were really going well and gaining a lot of momentum until Jones missed a fairly easy free to make it a one point game. The miss seemed to knock Fermanagh confidence and give a boost to Donegal. I don't understand the posters who condemn Fermanagh for their defensive approach and yet find nothing wrong with Donegal adopting the same approach when the opposition had the ball. (Martin McHugh compared the first half to Rugby League with each team adopting the same tactics). neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 26/05/2019 19:22:25 2187747 Link 0 |
Where is Tomás Corrigan? A player Fermanagh could do with in the forwards FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2763 - 26/05/2019 19:39:44 2187756 Link 0 |
The antics of Paddy Mc Grath??:Your having a laugh! What about the antics of Ricey at his normal nonsense, the antics of Fermangh lads holding their heads when not hit at all. Slow cynical football. Rory Gallagher was shouting at Paddy Mc Grath to let him have it as he won't do anything with it. Glad Paddy took the game to Fermangh when needed. DLlegends (Donegal) - Posts: 503 - 26/05/2019 19:51:43 2187768 Link 1 |
He fouled and for a yellow card, fair enough. Think you guys could have had a red early on for a clear punch to the head on a player on the ground near the centre of the pitch. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 26/05/2019 20:29:30 2187789 Link 0 |
AHEM!!
waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/05/2019 20:36:59 2187791 Link 0 |
Excellent post Waynol
chancer (Donegal) - Posts: 14 - 26/05/2019 20:42:42 2187796 Link 1 |
I see that yet again we have people whinging about Fermanagh playing defensive. Steve (Fermanagh) - Posts: 293 - 26/05/2019 20:55:07 2187804 Link 2 |
There are a few honourable exceptions waynol!!!
MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 26/05/2019 21:14:56 2187823 Link 0 |
Exactly this! The same people complaining about Fermanagh today would be the same people running amuck on here if Fermanagh lay down and had their bellies tickled and Donegal ran out winning by 15-20 pts. Every single one of those Fermanagh players will feel better tonight about their defeat than Louth last night who tried to have a go and got absolutely butchered by Dublin last night. And the gas thing is, the vast majority of GAA fans on this island and abroad would be all for this type of football if it took them from bowing out in july to All Ireland contenders. The only ones who probably wouldn't are Dublin, Kerry and Mayo. As a Dublin fan, id take sealing five-in-a-row with a lousy 1-05 to 0-06 win against Kerry in September all day long. Everyone on here feels like they pay money and they should be entertained. It doesn't work like that im afraid. It never did. Its just short term bias. There has always been low scoring games and hammerings - just took a random year - 1974 as an example.. The provincials Connacht - Sligo beat Leitrim by 12, Galway beat Roscommon by 13. Leinster - Wicklow scored 0-02 and lost by 13 to Laois (there was only 11 scores in that game) Munster - Kerry beat Waterford by 29pts , Tipp scored 2-2 v Cork Ulster - Tyrone 0-08 v 1-09 Donegal The All Ireland final ended Dublin 0-14 to 1-06 The good days though!! waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/05/2019 21:30:35 2187840 Link 3 |
1 Dublin 1,345,402 1,459.2 Leinster 5.7% TheFerm (Fermanagh) - Posts: 3 - 26/05/2019 23:56:05 2187907 Link 0 |