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They are second division teams playing against senior championship teams so they shudnt be in the junior championship.As for the junior b didn't pettigo not win that a few years ago and nobody mentioned it. Junior b is not for reserve teams only. rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2197 - 13/08/2022 15:56:34 2437290 Link 0 |
For your knowledge moville have win the junior championship and there still back in junior. You would think a grass root supporter like you should know that..
rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2197 - 13/08/2022 18:29:46 2437299 Link 0 |
When did they win it last? Look that up Rory. Chances then were relegated back to Junior since. You need to brush up on your grassroots. Too much time focusing on the inter county game perhaps. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 683 - 13/08/2022 21:30:42 2437314 Link 0 |
Point is they win it and like letterkenny Gaels should not be in junior a. Lifford we're beaten in junior b final last year so they have as much a right to be in junior b championship.
rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2197 - 14/08/2022 09:40:21 2437319 Link 0 |
I'm not sure why people continue to get into spiteful posts on here (and it's not all one poster). Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 670 - 14/08/2022 10:37:27 2437322 Link 0 |
I'm not against the idea of Martin McHugh as manager, but I'm also not sold that he would have the energy and drive required to compete at the very top level, well not at this stage. Perhaps if he had the right management or coaching team along with him, but I genuinely feel Martin McHugh should have taken on the U16's or Minors before going for the Senior job. I heard that Malachy O'Rourke has had discussions with representatives of the County Board, he is interested in the job, however I didn't hear anything else to suggest any agreement had been reached. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1000 - 14/08/2022 14:36:04 2437351 Link 0 |
Mc Hugh gas nothing to prove in Donegal so why would he take the minor job. He's the best football brain in the county. He won us an Ulster against all the odds. Definitely the best Donegal man for the job 1000% improvement on the last Donegal man. Grab him with both hands Breffni1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 510 - 14/08/2022 15:52:07 2437361 Link 1 |
Best football brain in the county says who. What's his roll of honour as manager.
rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2197 - 14/08/2022 17:34:47 2437379 Link 0 |
Anyone who is wondering why the Donegal Senior team are at where they are at should have attended aodh ruadh v bundoran in the senior championship, dire stuff....low percentage, pedestrian risk averse football. In truth no different to what would have been on offer across most of the county this weekend. It was only when aodh ruadh injected some pace to their game in the second half did their dominance pay off. It was a very hard watch. totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 878 - 14/08/2022 18:33:58 2437390 Link 0 |
Rumours abound re Malachy o Rourke....his football will not be a departure from the last 8 years, expect more of the same. If that's the road we are going down we should have kept Bonner! totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 878 - 14/08/2022 18:50:31 2437394 Link 0 |
McHugh is still living off that fluke, a one point victory in which two of cavans scores(I was a the game btw!) Ray Cunningham at least a foot wide and Larry Reilly hopping the ball twice before lofting over stood. .... He's as lucky as a cut cat! He went on to win a sigerson cup with it Sligo with half the team drawn from the length and breadth of Ireland who hadn't seen the inside of the college! The last team he managed was kilcar....where they went in as favs to win the county final but had no plan to deal with Michael Murphy, he believes the gooch is a one trick pony and describes Rory Gallagher as a football genius!!......
totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 878 - 14/08/2022 19:01:52 2437397 Link 2 |
The easiest tactic in the world to do is go defensive and play this kind of football. It's been pretty endemic for the last few years. I'm not sure I'd have too much issue with it when you are clearly playing a better team but when you are relatively evenly matched like Bundoran and aodh ruadh then why not open it up. Also its not do or die today so no need to be so cautious. I suppose jamie brennan brennan not being available to bundoran is a big loss to them. In fairness looking at the scores and reading some reports matches were overall better than expected. Tom comack seemed quite impressed with nc vs glenswilly with the plenty long ball used. Mccumhaills vs st michael's also seemed like a good game. There was a good score in the killbegs vs glenfin match as well. So hopefully teams will open it up a bit but we'll see. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 670 - 14/08/2022 19:15:41 2437399 Link 0 |
I think you are forgetting the first few years of declan bonners reign. Donegal were very positive in the style of play. Even from his first league game against kerry in 18 you could see the change. In 18 and 19 they scored heavily (and conceded plenty too) but played decent football. Even in the covid year of 20 they played well up until the cavan match. Remember the trimming they gave armagh in the semi. Last year was tricky again with covid. This year things did seem to go stale. Rory Gallagher played his usual rory ball with derry this year and it was lapped up because they won ulster and were successful again. It's pure miserable to watch though. In saying that I wouldn't want to go back to rory ball and I'm not sure malachy o'rourke would do that. I'm not sure he's wedded to a style of play but more so has a practical approach. Before the real start of the blanket defence in 2011 he got fermanagh really close to winning their first ulster (without their best forward) in 2008 and then won two ulsters with monaghan. He had that monaghan team at some level in the 2013 ulster final. He comes across as simply being a very good manager and players seem to respect him a lot. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 670 - 14/08/2022 20:01:34 2437410 Link 0 |
How has the fast flowing flamboyant football been serving Leitrim lately?
peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 683 - 14/08/2022 21:32:35 2437433 Link 0 |
A few interesting results this weekend, not least the Glen men taking a point of the men from Glenties. I doubt anyone saw that coming given Glenswilly relegation in the league, but they always seem to lift it for Championship. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 683 - 15/08/2022 10:21:56 2437464 Link 0 |
A Donegal exile where work took me out of the county some 30 odd years ago ya clown.....
totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 878 - 15/08/2022 16:03:59 2437530 Link 5 |
I must must have missed the 'Hoganstand Poster Bio' feature
peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 683 - 15/08/2022 16:37:57 2437540 Link 0 |
You have to win it the previous year to move out of junior roryboy. Downing win it last yearhence are intermediate this year bit they can fall back in if they get relegated again this year. Just because moville won it a number of years ago doesn't mean they move out this year. Grassroots club ppl know this Rory. But we are getting you learnt little by little lol
marty234 (Donegal) - Posts: 158 - 15/08/2022 17:06:00 2437548 Link 1 |
A bit of respect lad to your fellow county people.
rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2197 - 15/08/2022 17:18:30 2437550 Link 0 |
I was at this match myself. Your right in saying it was a hard watch, desperate stuff altogether, reminded me of the county final a few years back between Naomh Conaill v kilcar. Aodh Ruadh played 15 men behind the ball from the start and were ultra defensive, Realtnamara played with at least two forwards up. I wouldn't agree with u about Aodh Ruadh injecting pace in to the game as the reason they pulled away instead it was 3 goalkeeping errors that coughed up 1-2 that put them on their way. This type of football is a scourge throughout the county and has been on the go since McGuinness introduced it back in 2011/2012. A trade off for winning Sam but club football is still suffering
crnm (Donegal) - Posts: 100 - 15/08/2022 19:19:12 2437565 Link 0 |