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farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 276 - 29/06/2025 22:25:04 2622383 Link 2 |
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Certainly after the night in Ballybofey when Tyrone done a job on us. Meath should not be underestimated and they won't be with Jim involved. Meaty are very strong at midfield, got a real pocket dynamo in Morris and a brilliant young full back in Rafferty. Added to that you got another young player going places in Matthew Costello and proven experienced quality with the likes of Keoghan, Lavin and Bryan Menton. They'll bring lots of physicality and can fairly hit the two pointers. However Morris won't get the freedom he got today especially with McCole about and hopefully Patton is back near to his best not giving Meath the momentum they got off Gleeson today. Kerry were fantastic today and will be hard beat. However they'll really have earned it to get to the same levels they did today with Tyrone to come and a final in their eyesight.
panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2882 - 30/06/2025 00:07:23 2622431 Link 0 |
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I see john fogarty saying on twitter he believes tyrone vs kerry could be played on the Saturday. Would be surprised at that but will wait and see what is announced tomorrow
Donegal-lad27 (Donegal) - Posts: 17 - 30/06/2025 00:23:13 2622433 Link 0 |
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Every game is different, what teams have done all year will cout for nothing in semi finals. Tyrone look like a team of haven't produced a big performance yet. Many people will point to their win against us but I think they played reasonably well that night and deserved their win but I think it was a game that we were very poor in. I fancied kerry to win yesterday but not in the manner they did. The media being the victims of cute kerry talk in the build up to the game. Tyrone/Kerry could go either way. OROURKE likes to keep some of his best players in reserve for the second half it's the way he had always managed. Meath have had some serious results against 3 of the big guns. Unlike Monaghan Meath will not lack belief and have the tradition to back this up. Looking back at the Monaghan game the score we put up against the breeze was actually key to us winning the game as Monaghan struggled to find the range against it. However we can't be giving anyone a run like Monaghan got on is in a semi final if we want to win. I believe with the break now we will be ready for a semi final and hopefully we will get the job done. Great times to be a Donegal fan and huge respect to Jim, back room team and players fir giving Donegal people a county team to be proud of. totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1106 - 30/06/2025 09:03:29 2622479 Link 0 |
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Any idea what time it'll be released? Whyme923 (Donegal) - Posts: 38 - 30/06/2025 09:16:02 2622486 Link 0 |
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I see the tailteann cup final is in the Saturday..Tyrone haven't been bringing a crowd this year and the Kerry fans did their duty yesterday. From that point it would be a good pairing with the Tailteann final. The 12th is not good day to be travelling in the north with plenty roads and towns closed so that would have to be a factor too. Anyhow as you say we will wait and see. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 888 - 30/06/2025 09:22:06 2622488 Link 0 |
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Yeah Donegal had the wind at their back in the second half but really only for the last 20 mins. There was barely a puff of wind in the stadium before that. Monaghan collapsed after McAnespie went off. The shape was gone, poor movement. The signs were already there tho. 5 wides in the first half and they were really bad ones. 7 more in the second half but some of those were hit and hope. Bad shot selection, worse passing and left gaps at the back without outscoring the opposition. Donegal will comfortably beat Meath. I'd suggest by a margin of 8+ seanfinn (Monaghan) - Posts: 362 - 30/06/2025 09:58:21 2622503 Link 0 |
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The all the c''s committee are meeting at lunch time to confirm the dates and times so around the. Maybe 2pm.
Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 888 - 30/06/2025 10:04:23 2622510 Link 0 |
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Great to be still in the hunt,didn't look good at half time but by God we fairly got going in the second half. The monaghan collapse. Is hard to explain did they run of steam or were we that good. The answer is probably in between. But we can't afford a first half like that against the better teams. We are in a brilliant position now, if we were told at the start of the year that meath would stand between us and a place in the final we would be delighted. No disrespect to meath who are an up and coming team and have some outstanding players but we will have too much for them, i feel it's a year or two too soon for them. Should be some atmosphere two we'll supported teams and sure isn't it great to have meath back in the big time a fabulous gaa county. rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2643 - 30/06/2025 10:42:04 2622528 Link 0 |
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Yeah I'd agree with you there. A confident Meath team is a dangerous one, no matter where they are in their development. But I just have the feeling that Jim will have the lads laser-focused and nothing will be left to chance. I kpet waiting for Galway to kick on yesterday, and at one point it looked like they were going to do just that. But Meath's goal was a killer, and fair play to the Royals, once they got back ahead they didn't let it slip. So we will absolutely need to treat them with the respect they deserve. But with a two-week break, and a good chance for Jim to analyse Meath, I think we'll have enough. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9853 - 30/06/2025 10:59:55 2622548 Link 0 |
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My assessment of Saturday is that we were fortunate to come away with a win against Monaghan, had scored that goal chance at the Hill 16 end early in the 2nd half or if one of those 2 pointer efforts had gone over, there could have been a fatal momentum swing back to Monaghan and we would have been out. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1403 - 30/06/2025 11:05:11 2622551 Link 0 |
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To Johns credit, and whoever he knows on the inside, he is rarely wrong! Though regards the doubleheader, as a neutral, the Kerry Tyrone game wetts the appetite more than your game and could be a throw back to the noughties era, so should that not draw more of a crowd with the TC double billed with DonMea?
farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 276 - 30/06/2025 11:27:29 2622566 Link 0 |
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Conversely though we played into Monaghans's hands in first half too. And momentum could have swung our way a few times Had Eoghan Ban kept his shot low and we got the opening goal Had Ryan McHugh not been harshly called for overcarrying while being fouled - the pass he played when whistle blew had us in for a big goal chance Right at the end of first half Moore took the wrong option of sprinting into a space with three Monaghan defenders. We were 5 points down after Patton's indecision. All we had to do was keep it calm, recycle possession, wait for hooter and hit our own shot to nothing that might have had us 3 points down. instead we coughed it up and Monaghan did just that when Beggan hit his wonder score. Then 7 points down. A lot of ifs, buts and maybes... Al_Maguire (Donegal) - Posts: 299 - 30/06/2025 13:16:48 2622631 Link 0 |
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I agree also but I think there's one man that has to be right on form in the semi final and that's Shaun Patton, he isn't fully fit I don't think, vital we get our kickouts away because if Meath get on top winning our kickouts they will build up a head of steam and be hard to hold back. They are are young strong fit team with some great forwards well able to put any team to the sword, just look at the teams they have beaten already, they are a coming team hopefully we can stop them in their tracks this year but make no mistake I think Meath are back as a serious contender for Sam. Jim will have them well analysed no doubt, we just have to play from the start like we played that second half against Monaghan, I thought Monaghan ran out of steam strangely enough considering the easier prep they had. they seemed to panic and kick some very bad wides. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3308 - 30/06/2025 13:32:04 2622634 Link 0 |
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I would have similar enough thoughts on the if, buts and maybes. Murphy also missed a 45 and a free and ohanlon didn't even go for the goal. We got ourselves from 7 down to 8 up and from an overall point of view Donegal need to be better overall but at the same time were.nit fortunate to win. That giving the ball away in what should be the last play of the day has been a challenge all year for the team. Off the top of my head the last play against Derry in the league, The Ulster final, the mayo equaliser, louth last week before ht and then Sunday again. That you would imagine has to be a focus area. In Saturday you ceded the hail Mary shot to beggan and he's close to the last man you want to do that too. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 888 - 30/06/2025 14:00:05 2622649 Link 1 |
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Very true. Kickouts are a massive part of the game now. If you're not winning possession from your own, and not disrupting the opposition's, games can quickly get away from you. Kerry dismantled Rafferty's kickout yesterday, and if a Kerry team has lots of possession then you are definitely in bother because they have the players that will mercilessly punish you. That said, Armagh looked strangely passive yesterday. Seanie O'Shea kicked some loveky points but he was given plaenty of time to size them up. Sunday at 4pm is confirmed. I would ecourage as many people as possible to attend if they can. I know it's not easy with so many games this last while. But this is a brilliant opportunity to get to only our fourth ever final. This team deserces all the support we can give them. You can be sure Meath will bring a big gang so it's vital we do our bit too. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9853 - 30/06/2025 14:10:42 2622653 Link 1 |
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Id say Meath will give us our full of it, they have beaten Dublin, Kerry and Galway in Championship this year, that is no mistake or coincidence. When Galway got the 2nd goal yesterday, I was sure it was curtains for Meath, but they didn't flinch, they stuck to their system and continued and it was very effective. Monaghan rebuild is looking impressive, they have quality players all over the pitch and serious pace, they are a rising team to watch without a doubt. Kerry put in the most impressive performance of the weekend, It hard to see Tyrone being able to match them, Tyrone are maybe a year or so too early, but are building rightly. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1403 - 30/06/2025 14:57:37 2622664 Link 0 |
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Regarding Pattons kickouts when faced with a high press, I think if there are no options available at short or medium range, the safe option should be to send a boomer long down the field. If you lose it there, then the opposition have to work their way back up the pitch. When a short kick-out is taken during a high press, its a high risk game. I agree about playing into Monaghan's hand in that first half, its a bit worrying tbh. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1403 - 30/06/2025 15:02:40 2622666 Link 0 |
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Yeah Armagh were not Armagh, like we know all about them in recent years, usually they are throwing themselves about the place and taking lumps out of the opposition, but generally they did seem very passive yesterday apart from the odd altercation. In fairness its possible that Kerry made them look that way, thanks to relentless 2nd half performance which was on a different level.
Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1403 - 30/06/2025 15:14:52 2622672 Link 0 |
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Yeah I agree 100 per cent with that. The showing hesitation about it too. It's a great psychological boost for the opposition when he's taking forever. He's capable of booting it 70 yards. So just aim for our biggest midfielder or best breakers of ball and go with the 50 v 50 chance of us getting it, instead of trying to thread the eye of a needle. I think our problem last few games is more playing within ourselves in the first half. We are waiting to see what the opposition can bring, instead of just playing our game. Time to address that for semi final though. Al_Maguire (Donegal) - Posts: 299 - 30/06/2025 16:21:48 2622686 Link 0 |