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Replying To SurelyToGod: "Roarty has been excellent and I think he's a supreme talent for his age, but he's playing left wing half back. Peadar Mogan has been playing deeper than Roarty all year. McCole is the only player he's using who can defend high balls, tackle without fouling, and carry out of defence. To deal with varied attacking threat like Galway, Tyrone, and Kerry we need to play a McMeniman or Curran alongside McCole as genuine defensive support or else we will continue to leak goals. Instead Curran played for Dungloe this weekend, who've conceded 2 goals in last 7 matches." Dungloe are playing division 2. All players who didn't play or not in the sqaud played for their clubs. Whyme923 (Donegal) - Posts: 34 - 26/05/2025 09:46:51 2612619 Link
So many posts on here criticising the manager for some of the players he picked , just because we lost a game against a top team with a top manager. Jim sees them in training every night and knows who is going well and knows who is carrying knocks etc. But the biggest nonsense on here is posters trying to imply that counties like Cavan and Monaghan didn't try in the Ulster championship, saving themselves for the 'big boy stuff'. greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 648 - 26/05/2025 09:59:41 2612622 Link
Replying To Whyme923: "Dungloe are playing division 2. All players who didn't play or not in the sqaud played for their clubs." They also made the county final last year. What's your point? dgcrusader (Donegal) - Posts: 91 - 26/05/2025 11:08:09 2612666 Link
There's a big gap in division 1/2 league. That's what I'm saying. Whyme923 (Donegal) - Posts: 34 - 26/05/2025 11:49:22 2612688 Link
Replying To greenfan: "So many posts on here criticising the manager for some of the players he picked , just because we lost a game against a top team with a top manager. Jim sees them in training every night and knows who is going well and knows who is carrying knocks etc. But the biggest nonsense on here is posters trying to imply that counties like Cavan and Monaghan didn't try in the Ulster championship, saving themselves for the 'big boy stuff'." 100% As for Cavan, we shall see if they back up their win against Mayo next weekend. Monaghan beat Louth? Handy group and should easily make quarter finals. In the quarter finals we shall see can they back up their boasting........ Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 506 - 26/05/2025 12:16:22 2612699 Link
Replying To SouthOfTheGap: "Fair play Border Gael, an honest and balanced assessment, especially considering some of the tripe that has appeared here from outside contributors. My honest opinion is that we would've gotten over the line with Shaun Patton. But those are the fine margins in football matches these days." Maybe we would have got over the line with Shaun Patton's kick-outs, but it might have papered over what was generally a very mixed performance. Now in saying that, we still managed to take a 2 point lead with 7 minutes left and put up a 0-20 score to 2-12 at 63 minutes, but we then conceded 5 unanswered points late on and Tyrone right ran the clock down. Malachy O'Rourke is a great manager, he had Tyrone setup carefully after studying Donegal in great detail, so maybe that was a factor in impacting our attacks and exploiting our defence. Tyrone deserved the win from how they closed out the game. Its not over by a long shot, it just puts us under pressure to go get results on the road now, but maybe pressure is what is needed. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1353 - 26/05/2025 13:02:15 2612717 Link
Replying To Whyme923: "Dungloe are playing division 2. All players who didn't play or not in the sqaud played for their clubs." Seems Dungloe's county final appearance last year has been forgotten. Mark was excellent in that club final and the overall championship Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1424 - 26/05/2025 13:09:30 2612720 Link
Replying To greenfan: "So many posts on here criticising the manager for some of the players he picked , just because we lost a game against a top team with a top manager. Jim sees them in training every night and knows who is going well and knows who is carrying knocks etc. But the biggest nonsense on here is posters trying to imply that counties like Cavan and Monaghan didn't try in the Ulster championship, saving themselves for the 'big boy stuff'." Didn't see anybody from Cavan saying this. opa01 (Cavan) - Posts: 521 - 26/05/2025 13:50:30 2612737 Link
Replying To greenfan: "So many posts on here criticising the manager for some of the players he picked , just because we lost a game against a top team with a top manager. Jim sees them in training every night and knows who is going well and knows who is carrying knocks etc. But the biggest nonsense on here is posters trying to imply that counties like Cavan and Monaghan didn't try in the Ulster championship, saving themselves for the 'big boy stuff'." Spot on. Jimmy might have created boreball football but without him Donegal would be still listening to wee Daniel. brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 145 - 26/05/2025 14:17:43 2612764 Link
Replying To Whyme923: "There's a big gap in division 1/2 league. That's what I'm saying." Is there? Senior Champ runners up are Div 2, Gaeltacht Champions are Div 2. All Ireland Junior Champs Div 2. Dungloe have the best defensive record in the county this year so far, and alongside Mark Curran there's Aaron Ward and Karl Magee in the county squad. Instead of showing any faith in lads from Dungloe, Termon, Four Masters, Aodh Ruadh, who are doing the business consistently championship and league, we're bringing in players straight from the injury room or that have not shown any sort of form, club or county, in years. I suppose next year we'll say Division 2 is much stronger than Division 1 when Gaoth Dobhair and Kilcar swap with Dungloe and Aodh Ruadh. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 461 - 26/05/2025 14:32:11 2612767 Link
Replying To opa01: "Didn't see anybody from Cavan saying this." Me neither. There were some Donegal posters suggesting it for their own county before the final though. Funny what some people choose to believe. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12372 - 26/05/2025 15:12:46 2612784 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Spot on. Jimmy might have created boreball football but without him Donegal would be still listening to wee Daniel." We're still listening to Daniel. He's a legend, and a multi millionaire living in luxury. How many of the idiots like you who mock him can say the same. greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 648 - 26/05/2025 15:24:02 2612792 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Spot on. Jimmy might have created boreball football but without him Donegal would be still listening to wee Daniel." Boreball would be a good term for your juvenile dialogue. Get back to studying for the Junior Cert. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1424 - 26/05/2025 16:29:29 2612810 Link
Replying To dgcrusader: "They also made the county final last year. What's your point?" They fluked a final last year. Curran is never getting near the starting 15 this season. eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 148 - 26/05/2025 16:46:29 2612814 Link
Lol. Look on the bright side.When Mayo beat yous look at all the money yous will save brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 145 - 26/05/2025 16:49:23 2612818 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Spot on. Jimmy might have created boreball football but without him Donegal would be still listening to wee Daniel." It's amazing some of the comments that are approved considering how some topics are curated. This fella is just trolling and seemingly allowed to post whatever he wants. greatpoint (USA) - Posts: 447 - 26/05/2025 17:07:27 2612823 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Lol. Look on the bright side.When Mayo beat yous look at all the money yous will save" What is this? A Wicklow fan trying to mock Donegal football is like a paper boat mocking a battleship. Away and float off pal. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 344 - 26/05/2025 18:00:39 2612852 Link
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "They fluked a final last year. Curran is never getting near the starting 15 this season." They fluked nothing. They got to the final on merit. greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 648 - 26/05/2025 19:42:57 2612884 Link
Replying To greenfan: "They fluked nothing. They got to the final on merit." Aye. Let's see how they do this year. Until then, club football can take a backseat. Should only be worried about county for the next month or so. eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 148 - 27/05/2025 00:18:54 2612916 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Lol. Look on the bright side.When Mayo beat yous look at all the money yous will save" Good luck in the Tailteann Cup Saturday against Waterford...... Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 506 - 27/05/2025 09:23:23 2612943 Link