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Replying To donegaldouble: "Reports are that Jim is getting 8 weeks, Roarty is getting 2 weeks and we lose the points" Yea what would you expect from the Ulster council. I moaned about them before but was told rules are rules. So probably we can have no complaints . Not fair on young roarty . The Tyrone Armagh game is very important now rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2538 - 08/01/2024 18:19:02 2519099 Link
Replying To rorysboys: "Yea what would you expect from the Ulster council. I moaned about them before but was told rules are rules. So probably we can have no complaints . Not fair on young roarty . The Tyrone Armagh game is very important now" Banning roarty for 2 weeks is a token gesture, won't impact anything. Very strange rule.. Armagh don't get the points for the game because they didn't appeal . Everyone is complaining about the rule, but the reality is our county board and/or management have made a big mistake here by not understanding the rules. greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 551 - 08/01/2024 18:33:07 2519101 Link
There is probably a loophole here that Mcguinness will expose on appeal. Just to have made a point of pointing it out! TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8068 - 08/01/2024 18:58:32 2519111 Link
You'd think now some genius would have checked the rules before playing Roarty in all fairness, the 8 week sideline ban on Jim is significant, I can see it being reduced on appeal,hopefully. you need the manager on the line, big league games on the way. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2947 - 08/01/2024 19:00:47 2519112 Link
Agree we could be light in midfield if an injury happens. Cant see Hugh playing much this year. Mc gee carries a lot of knocks. If anything happened Ciaran, Langan and Mc Goinnlgle we could be in trouble. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1185 - 08/01/2024 19:07:50 2519113 Link
The punishment is a bit harsh imo for first offense.Ive seen players get more lenient punishment for alot worse.A one game ban and forfeiture of the game would have been ample punishment. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3840 - 08/01/2024 19:08:32 2519114 Link
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "You'd think now some genius would have checked the rules before playing Roarty in all fairness, the 8 week sideline ban on Jim is significant, I can see it being reduced on appeal,hopefully. you need the manager on the line, big league games on the way." Agree. Especially when trying to introduce new game plans etc. It needs shaping and communication with players from Jim as the game goes on. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1185 - 08/01/2024 19:25:08 2519116 Link
Roarty for President.... That's the only one other thing he's not allowed do. An 8 week ban for Jim is an absolute joke. I've no doubt it will be appealed as far as it can possibly go. SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 680 - 08/01/2024 19:58:19 2519120 Link
I think Donegal should do what Armagh done this year an only field an u21 team next year in the Mckenna Cup. Make it known as well before the games and watches the attendence dwindle. Treat it like the Micky Mouse compitition it is. The pocket is the only place the Gaa care. Such a severe punishment. Even if the appeal and get it down to 4 weeks that's still way to extreme. FootballGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 253 - 08/01/2024 20:13:38 2519124 Link
Replying To CiarraiMick: "The punishment is a bit harsh imo for first offense.Ive seen players get more lenient punishment for alot worse.A one game ban and forfeiture of the game would have been ample punishment." Agreed. Bit OTT having a few layers of punishment considering the amount of bad behaviour that gets ignored by the powers that be. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1379 - 08/01/2024 20:17:53 2519125 Link
Correct decision in my opinion, a 17 year old lad who hasn't even played senior club yet, putting him in against grown men who are physically superior. Why is this lad even on the panel? Have donegal got no other players who are willing to play and let the lad play senior club first and then come in? iAt end of the day the rules are there for player welfare purposes and Jim is on charge and weather it was him or county board who didn't know the rules, he broke them monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 394 - 08/01/2024 20:45:21 2519128 Link
Replying To CiarraiMick: "The punishment is a bit harsh imo for first offense.Ive seen players get more lenient punishment for alot worse.A one game ban and forfeiture of the game would have been ample punishment." Harsh is a bloody understatement, where were the GAA rules for the 2023 all ireland club final? totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 983 - 08/01/2024 21:21:50 2519132 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "There is probably a loophole here that Mcguinness will expose on appeal. Just to have made a point of pointing it out!" A joke ..... let's hammer Donegal and mcguinness we're not kilmacud crokes, so the rules apply to us however Mickey mouse they are. A bunch of over officious tanks in the ulster council, defenders of the faith....meanwhile banned manager's blatantly flaunt the ban by coaching club teams totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 983 - 08/01/2024 21:33:31 2519135 Link
Replying To CiarraiMick: "The punishment is a bit harsh imo for first offense.Ive seen players get more lenient punishment for alot worse.A one game ban and forfeiture of the game would have been ample punishment." I'm sure there's bound to be a precedent where there was a lesser punishment handed out. Or the fact that the rule was made for League and Championship and not McKenna Cup. So it's an arbitrary punishment for a competition that's not actually of equivalent importance etc. Al_Maguire (Donegal) - Posts: 257 - 08/01/2024 22:25:25 2519137 Link
Replying To monaghanmad: "Correct decision in my opinion, a 17 year old lad who hasn't even played senior club yet, putting him in against grown men who are physically superior. Why is this lad even on the panel? Have donegal got no other players who are willing to play and let the lad play senior club first and then come in? iAt end of the day the rules are there for player welfare purposes and Jim is on charge and weather it was him or county board who didn't know the rules, he broke them" A 17 year old lad playing against an Armagh U20 team. Armagh Seniors played a challenge against Dublin the same evening. Armagh should have received a punishment for the stroke they pulled that night too. KerrymanStuckInDonegal (Kerry) - Posts: 269 - 08/01/2024 22:51:33 2519139 Link
Replying To KerrymanStuckInDonegal: "A 17 year old lad playing against an Armagh U20 team. Armagh Seniors played a challenge against Dublin the same evening. Armagh should have received a punishment for the stroke they pulled that night too." What Rule in the TO did Armagh break? Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1817 - 08/01/2024 23:05:36 2519142 Link
The GAA don't like usas a county. Simple as. Afraid Mc Guinness coming back will be bad for the game as they won't get their yearly Dublin v Kerry All Ireland final just incase he did manage something special with us again . TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1185 - 08/01/2024 23:25:13 2519143 Link
What has the Co Secretary to say in all this. ? She/He fills out the team sheet, and then signs it before giving it to the referee. Why is it then the manager that gets hauled over the coals. Its an obvious breech of the rules and should be penalized but 8 weeks ? In the old days you could get suspended for 8 weeks and you might just miss one game. I'm assuming on appeal it will be halved and even though Jim isn't supposed to be next or near any team training it will take a brave man to go up to the hills to check it out. Just when you think Ulster football couldn't get any more competitive this crops up to give Donegal another angle. It's still the first week of January, London have beaten Mayo, New York hurlers beat Galway, both games yesterday should have been called off, this is going to be one hell of a year. Let the games begin but you better hold on tight because it's going to be a bumpy ride. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1870 - 09/01/2024 00:15:48 2519148 Link
Replying To KerrymanStuckInDonegal: "A 17 year old lad playing against an Armagh U20 team. Armagh Seniors played a challenge against Dublin the same evening. Armagh should have received a punishment for the stroke they pulled that night too." Agreed, it's hard not to see Armagh's decision to field an underage team as disrespectful to the competition and yet no punishment. The GAA's disciplinary process and some of their decisions are in the words of Roy Orbison " a mystery to me". BeardedBorderGael (Donegal) - Posts: 44 - 09/01/2024 00:21:07 2519149 Link
Replying To greenfan: "Jason McGee, Michael Langan, caolan mcgonigle, Ciaran Thompson, Rory O'Donnell..." Yes I like the Rory O Donnell shout and fully agree I'm more so saying the McKenna cup is the place to try out boys in the Neil Gallagher Mould like Campbell and O Donnell just for if we are struggling to get a hold on long Kickouts sometimes Patton won't get it away short Jimsam12 (Donegal) - Posts: 16 - 09/01/2024 00:27:35 2519151 Link