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Replying To brayballer: "Brilliant lol. I t should be Jimmys WHINING matches." Very original @brayballbag SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 851 - 21/07/2025 13:09:16 2626873 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I don't want to be going around in circles. Donegal were the only favourites to get through the quarter finals. All the other three favourites were knocked out. That second half against a fresh Monaghan opponent was some performance." It looks like you do want to be going around in circles. Once the ball is thrown in on Sunday it makes no difference who the favourites are. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8181 - 21/07/2025 13:17:10 2626876 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Brilliant lol. I t should be Jimmys WHINING matches." Pathetic Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 681 - 21/07/2025 13:26:57 2626880 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Brilliant lol. I t should be Jimmys WHINING matches." Are you performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year? You really should be with killer material like that. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9906 - 21/07/2025 13:37:03 2626882 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I don't want to be going around in circles. Donegal were the only favourites to get through the quarter finals. All the other three favourites were knocked out. That second half against a fresh Monaghan opponent was some performance." I agree that it was a brilliant 2nd half performance by Donegal against Monaghan, there was a bit of good fortune around it too, as had Monaghan hit one or two of those 2 pointer attempts in the 2nd half, momentum could have easily swung the other way and it would have been a different challenge. As it happened, they missed a load of chances and Donegal took the win. As for Armagh being favourites against Kerry, that was kinda based on form running into that game, as there were question marks over Kerry following the loss to Meath and nobody was really sure what the story was. Nobody could doubt the quality Kerry have all over the field, but there was a feeling that maybe they weren't gelling with the management team or something. They have since dispelled such thinking by crushing Armagh and beat Tyrone with relative ease. Kerry are on a different level to the teams that Donegal have played so far, so its reasonable to assume we won't be getting many opportunities to run at Kerry like we did against others, Kerry midfield will be a match for Donegal and David Clifford is unstoppable if Kerry can get quality ball into him, so Donegal will face a very different set of variables in this game in comparison to what they have faced in other games so far. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1423 - 21/07/2025 13:46:07 2626889 Link
Kerry coast through an easy Munster Championship as is usually the case, and that's a big factor in why they have so many All Ireland titles as everyone knows. Their focus all year is to peak at the All Ireland final series comes down to the crunch which is fair enough, they are in top form at exactly the right time. They destroyed Armagh and Tyrone, teams we struggled to beat and rem Tyrone beat us at home in the group stage. We had a gruelling Ulster Championship to come through, I'm hoping the way the Meath game was won with us pulling up in the 2nd half and the 2 week break now will have us rested and reset for what will be a massive task on Sunday. Kerry have also had the extra days rest, all these small margins count in such a tight contest, I see Diarmuid O'Connor is back training, if he's fit to start that's a big boost for them. Kerry have massive tradition and have been in 3 of the last 4 finals, it will be all new to the vast majority of our squad, it's been 11 years since we were in a final, all these things matter, how young lads handle the big occasion can have a big influence on performance. You'd have faith in any Jim McGuinness managed team to have their heads in the game and focus 100%, that's what I thought anyway prior to the 2014 final, I know the way Kerry played that day was a big factor in that loss but we did not play like ourselves that day at all and I still feel we left that All Ireland behind us, time to right that wrong. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3370 - 21/07/2025 14:48:46 2626914 Link
Hopefully a good quality final on Sunday for both sets of supporters and neutrals like myself to enjoy. A contest that goes down to wire and decided on fine margins. No reason why it shouldn't with two well organised teams who shouldn't be found wanting in fitness and conditioning and both have bench options to make a big impact. Good final also needed after less than great Preliminary and Quarter finals plus the one-sided semi-finals. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 546 - 21/07/2025 16:08:20 2626948 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Hopefully a good quality final on Sunday for both sets of supporters and neutrals like myself to enjoy. A contest that goes down to wire and decided on fine margins. No reason why it shouldn't with two well organised teams who shouldn't be found wanting in fitness and conditioning and both have bench options to make a big impact. Good final also needed after less than great Preliminary and Quarter finals plus the one-sided semi-finals." Has all the ingredients to be cracker. I would slightly side with Donegal - marginally. Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1745 - 21/07/2025 17:00:23 2626963 Link