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Galway V Donegal - 8 Like(s)
Replying To fairplay4ever: "Its an awful hike -nearly 3 hrs from Tuam if traffic light .Will make the call Saturday pm when we see what the weather is like but its looking unlikely.Still tired after Tralee" Now you know how Donegal people feel about having to trek up and down to Galway for Hospital appointments,many from much further than Letterkenny.
gunman (Galway) - 07/02/2020 12:29:26
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Ulster Final Donegal V Cavan - 6 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Not having a pop. But that's a very odd thing to say, southern media ? I presume u not talking about Munster. Do you really view yourself as part of northern ire ?? Again not having a pop. I just never seen someone from Donegal Monaghan or Cavan refer to the media as southern. Dublin or d4 yeah." You might think we are different from our fellow Ulster men in the six counties but we are not.
gunman (National) - 16/11/2020 15:45:47
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Does The GAA Have Too Many MEANINGLESS Matches? - 6 Like(s)
I don't get the point about the league not being meaningful. With the 8 team divisions there is a fine line between being promoted and relegated.Nearly every match is important.
gunman (National) - 26/05/2020 15:25:42
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Should The Rebel Flag Be Banned At Cork Matches? - 6 Like(s)
I was thinking of getting a Norwich jersey for Donegal games but I am having second thoughts because Delia Smith is associated with them and some of her recipes are not great.
gunman (National) - 13/06/2020 14:18:24
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GAA Should Campaign For A United Ireland. - 5 Like(s)
How could they not support a united Ireland.
gunman (National) - 07/03/2019 17:02:41
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All Ireland Final - Who You Shouting For? - 5 Like(s)
Replying To Hoofhearted: "Kerry.
For the good of football and because Kerry have always played proper football, even when the Ulster teams introduced this blanket defence, pulling and dragging and generally negative football, Kerry still kick passed the ball, played attacking football and are always a pleasure to watch. Dublin's main strength is their athleticism and obvious advantages in S&C, they are not as naturally gifted as the likes of Kerry or Mayo. The Kingdom are a team developed on the playing field, not in the gym. And I still remember how dirty and cynical the Dubs were in the 70's and 80's so it has to be Kerry for me.
Come on the Kingdom !" The way Kerry played in the 2014 Final was far from proper football,their tackling was bordering on assault.They are very good at propaganda about how clean they play their football and I think that's what puts a lot of people against them.Obviously Kerry have produced many great teams and great footballers over the years but please don't spout this stuff about proper football.The reality is that they will employ whatever tactics they think necessary for results.
gunman (National) - 29/08/2019 12:34:18
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Donegal GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Niall O'Donnell and Conor O'Donnell would make a serious difference to our forward line.I think Niall would work great with Fara,he has that ability to pick out a good pass.As regards Brennan being at the end of his career.He is only 28
gunman (National) - 05/02/2024 17:13:13
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Championship 2020 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To thelowball: "The idea that county teams would have all in heavin A and B matches the week of a final,makes no sense.Don't know if Bonner,McGuinness or the top managers of the present go down this road. Surely the heavy lifting would have been done by the final week.If a manager doesn't know his players, it's a problem. The final week should be fine tuning, shooting drills, game plan and game management, all of which Donegal fell down on against Cavan." My own opinion is that the training was geared for the Dublin match and the Cavan game was not going to interupt that.The fine tuning and drills would have happened before the Dublin game.I am only surmising that they took that understandable gamble which would have left them in top shape for the S/F.Nothing less than that would have been any good for Dublin.If that was their approach I wouldn't blame them.
gunman (Donegal) - 15/12/2020 17:44:33
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Martin McGuinness RIP - 4 Like(s)
Really sad to wake up to the news this morning.Martin is going to be very hard to replace.A proud Derry man and proud of his Innnishowen roots.R.I.P.
gunman (National) - 21/03/2017 16:24:50
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Donegal GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To The keeper: "Our chairman should remain quiet and get his facts correct. We were not aiming criticism at the young or old players. I firmly believe and always have believed we have a great bunch of players.
We were questioning the management and there tactics, and whether he is the right man to bring us to the next level.
But our chairman knows this and was just deflecting attention away from his buddy, our manager.
And not once have i seen any criticism towards any player on social media. There was plenty about our tactics and where we are going.
Its a pity our chairman was not as vocal when the position of manager was available. We may have got more candidates for the job." The only people in the Donegal set up that I see criticised on the forum are Bonner and Ryan McHugh and lately the Chairman seems to be joining those two.I don't know anything about the football politics in the county but I wonder is it significant that those three are in the firing line.
gunman (National) - 04/03/2022 12:27:16
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Kerry V Galway - 4 Like(s)
I must say it amuses me that people in the GAA who spend a lot of their time running down soccer then get tremendously exited when a player executes a basic soccer skill in a GAA match.The media commentators get very exited too I might add.Nice goal and the intelligent thing to do instead of going down to pick it up and getting crowded out.But imagine a player trying that and it not coming off,they would get some slagging.They would be saying afraid to go down on the ball.
gunman (National) - 17/05/2021 16:17:57
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The Donegal/Armagh Row - 4 Like(s)
Replying To ardmhacha: "Again, very disappointing to see the Donegal voices here pointing all blame for the schemozzle directly at the big bad northerners. Both teams were equally to blame for what happened and we can agree to disagree on who started it.
The game itself is effectively over now unfortunately and Armagh fans are very disappointed at the lack of discipline from those who got involved on our end. I'd imagine McGeeney and his team would feel the same and we shouldn't have been drawn into a row (and I do believe our forwards / key players were drawn in but that doesn't excuse getting involved) especially after what happened in the Tyrone game.
I would still expect the lads we draft in to give it a good go in a couple of weeks then regroup for a good charge at the back door with a full hand." We are much more "NORTHERN" than you are.
gunman (National) - 06/04/2022 11:19:42
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All Ireland Championship 2020 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "Its probably not a full strength team Donegal will send down anyway and most likely are going to lose, would the team not think of the expenses Accommodation will cost the poor Donegal County Board in these Financially difficult times!
Nothing wrong with getting up early in the morning, have a big fry and enjoy the lovely sinerary as they drive to Kerry..." We don't need to travel 5 hours to enjoy lovely scenery.
gunman (National) - 22/10/2020 11:51:11
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Who Goes Down - Donegal Or Mayo? - 3 Like(s)
Did you see the video of McLoughlins point ,13 clear steps ,unbelievable.
gunman (National) - 26/03/2018 20:23:49
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Jim Mcguinness To Galway - 3 Like(s)
Replying To gilly1910: "Personally I don't think this is a good move, as McGuinness would be a very negative coach whereas Joyce would be the exact opposite. So for this to work, McGuinness can't have anything to do with tactics, and instead use him for the mental side of things which he would be brilliant at. Anything more will only end up in Galway reverting back to their awful tactics under Kevin Walsh." All this talk about Joyce and all out attacking football is a bit of a myth.I watched them in Letterkenny against Donegal and they were just about as defensive a team as I've seen lately.They were using the fast counter attack a fair bit.Maybe this is not the first time Padraic has been consulting his old mate.
gunman (National) - 12/10/2020 20:51:39
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Mayo V Galway - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Breezy: "Cant wait to host You in the wonderful city of Limerick Kathy. Irelands 3rd biggest and in my view most beautiful city.
Just to warn You though I know You love bitter but You wont find it in any of the lovely Limerick pubs" 5th biggest.
gunman (National) - 01/07/2019 21:03:36
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GAA At Anfield - 3 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Jesus we better all support Everton so....I understand the historical origins of both clubs but thankfully most people don't give a crap what religion you are....clubs are international nodays with worldwide support." If that was the case loads of people here would be supporting Rangers.Maybe some do now with their beloved Stevie G at the helm.You can't just blot out history.
gunman (National) - 09/12/2019 15:00:59
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Derry v Armagh - 2023 Ulster SFC Final - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "I have no great love for either team or their bandwagon fans but I think I'd rather see Armagh beat them. It could easily turn into a boxing match again with Armagh involved though.
Tough day ahead for the ref, no matter what though you still gotta love Ulster football." The Armagh fans will always be there but it wouldn't take much for the Derry fans to disappear again.
gunman (National) - 11/05/2023 16:56:34
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Was Joey Barton Correct When He Said Woman Should Not Discuss Mens Sport - 3 Like(s)
Arrigo Sacchi the great AC Milan manager said "I didn't know that to become a jockey you had to be a horse first".He was responding to questions about his qualifications because he never played professional football.Boy did he prove them wrong.
gunman (National) - 13/12/2023 16:12:00
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Londonderry - will they ever learn? - 3 Like(s)
The fact of the matter is that anybody saying Londonderry is making a political point.I can't imagine a unionist farmer living outside the city saying I'm going in to Londonderry for paper.As I say it is only used to make a point.
gunman (National) - 30/01/2018 17:37:47
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