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I think that comment is uncalled for. What a lot of people don't realise is that the majority of that Glen team are based in Dublin and further a field. Bad enough driving to Donegal Town from Dublin and the likes never mind having to go into Glen. Those lads deserve credit for trekking up and down the N3 every year to aid their club. Glen have a great history and were one of the top dogs in the early 90s but more players were based around home then. They are one of the most isolated clubs in the country never mind the county and deserve great credit for keeping things going in there to a good standard against the odds. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 800 - 24/08/2022 16:55:32 2438590 Link 1 |
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So Brian McEniff said he heard only two candidates in the running for the Donegal job Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1112 - 25/08/2022 09:06:57 2438616 Link 0 |
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Jesus lads, there is some amount of perfect clubs in Donegal gauging by the amount of **** slinging goes on at other on here! beidhmeanseo (Donegal) - Posts: 137 - 25/08/2022 09:11:24 2438617 Link 0 |
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Does anybody think the current champions can be dethroned and if so by who and how ? eunans4ever (Donegal) - Posts: 1595 - 25/08/2022 15:44:01 2438686 Link 0 |
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I suppose the fact they won't have had a test may be an issue, that being said they got over the line last year and have that experience to call on now so it is less of an issue. They're a good bit ahead of the rest of the pack athletically so unless its a naomh conaill on a wet winters (!?) day it is difficult to see them getting caught if they have the heads right. If they met Kilcar you feel they would have the man markers to deal with Paddy and then I think overall they're probably ahead of Kilcar generally but that would be an interesting one. Samsforthehills (Donegal) - Posts: 1070 - 25/08/2022 16:32:05 2438693 Link 0 |
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I think Eunans will be difficult to topple. Glenties and Gweedore look to be gone back a bit. Kilcar might be the team to do it, but even then I think nearly everything would have to go right for them on the day. Any team is susceptible to a knock out blow on a given day if they're not "at it" so to speak. But I think Kavanagh has the Eunans lads well tuned in.
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9133 - 25/08/2022 16:40:01 2438697 Link 0 |
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Do I think St Eunans will be dethroned? No, my gut feeling is that last season was the start of a run for what is a relatively young side full of quality players all over the pitch. I suspect Eunans will be top of the heap for the next 4-5 years for sure. Can any of the others beat them? Yes Naomh Conaill and Kilcar would seem best placed to tackle them in terms of overall strength and experience, however on any given day the likes of St Michaels, Gaobh Dobhair and a couple of other teams could cause an upset. The key reason I think St Eunan's will like win it again is the squad depth and quality they possess all over the pitch, they have an ambundance of attacking and defensive players, they have energy, physicality and pace. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1112 - 26/08/2022 08:43:22 2438719 Link 0 |
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Whats happening about a new Manager for the Senior team does anyone know. Has anyone even been nominated by Clubs ? jacktheboy (Donegal) - Posts: 405 - 26/08/2022 18:55:54 2438773 Link 0 |
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More chance of finding out who killed Michael Collins!
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 27/08/2022 09:34:37 2438788 Link 1 |
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Kilcar would look best placed to dethrone them. Their younger players coming through over the last few years seem to have helped their defence and their main players are still are close of enough to their peak to keep them a real option. Naomh conaill is the other obvious team. Though think with Anthony Thompson and Leo mcloone being past their best hinders them. Leo mcloone pulled them over the line to win titles in the past but he won't be able to do that. They still have ciaran Thompson at a very high level and their average player and strength in depth is very good. I'm just not sure they are as good as they once were. None of those two teams have a keeper like patton who can ping the kickout and can catch teams out like bundoran last week. Teams won't be able to target his kickout the way say st eunans went after NC last year. They got the important goal and a number of points from putting pressure on the NC kickout. I would not underestimate this area when the championship gets to the business end. Maybe a question on St eunans. They had a bunch of very talented players from niall o'donnell age group (24) to kieran tobins age group (20). After that though their under age seems to have regressed. I don't think they've had any County minors for the last three years and don't think last years minors were in division 1 of the all county league and are bottom this year. It seems a bit of a pity with the population that letterkenny has. Is there a reason for this? Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 692 - 27/08/2022 09:52:01 2438789 Link 1 |
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For any county you'd like to see some form of succession planning. You'd like to see managers working at underage, understanding the players and the teams and then taking over in due course. The way mickey harte came through in tyrone, Jim mcguinness with the under 21s and then seniors. Declan Bonner at under 16 through to under 21 winning a two ulsters. SP barret has done this and is the last manager to win a minor ulster. He also did a very good job with one of the under 20 teams a few years ago. He was without 3 of his three best players in shane o'donnell, conor o'donnell (carn) and oisin gallen and got them to the ulster final. I also never head him complaining about it and that's a good characteristic to have. On the basis of this underage work he's surely entitled to go for it and be considered.
Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 692 - 27/08/2022 10:44:59 2438795 Link 0 |
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Dont believe the reports about who apparently are the candidates.MOR i very much doubt it it seems a stupid rule that a club nominates a person without his knowledge. neutral (None) - Posts: 358 - 27/08/2022 13:29:56 2438811 Link 0 |
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Reports are more believable when it came from Brian Mceniff who's well informed on what he hears.
Yondu (UK) - Posts: 845 - 27/08/2022 14:54:44 2438814 Link 0 |
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https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/jack-cooney-steps-down-as-westmeath-football-manager-to-take-up-role-with-the-gaa-41941364.html SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 584 - 27/08/2022 16:04:58 2438822 Link 0 |
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Problem with either Barrett or O'Rourke I don't think either represent a departure in the style of football required to compete at the business end of the championship totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 916 - 28/08/2022 17:32:27 2438923 Link 1 |
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Barrett has expierience with both county minor and under 20s and I would suspect he is the only one nominated by a club, he should be given the job now. jacktheboy (Donegal) - Posts: 405 - 29/08/2022 10:21:58 2438979 Link 0 |
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Well how do we see things after the latest round of championship action? Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9133 - 29/08/2022 12:00:23 2439000 Link 0 |
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Bonner should still be manager. Where's all these potential managers that people on here were on about. None of them interested.. only 2 nominations and with the silence it's pretty obvious that the two are not wanted..
rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2401 - 29/08/2022 12:07:19 2439002 Link 0 |
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I am sure Bonner is happy enough to have time away from it. He was down watching his sons play for his club last week and no doubt he enjoyed it. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 800 - 29/08/2022 12:31:03 2439011 Link 0 |
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Hi jacktheboy: He didn't inspire much confidence yesterday the way he had Sean Mac Cumhaills prepared down in Gweedore.
AudiMan (Donegal) - Posts: 648 - 29/08/2022 13:19:09 2439021 Link 3 |