There's at least 2 players who are not in the squad for reasons people close to it know. That has come back to haunt Jim now. Last years final was the big chance for this group. Some will step away.
Replying To Scenicparish: "Absolutely diabolical post from a so called Donegal supporter. Your attacks on Hugh and Thomson are rediculas. Hugh has been a great servant for Donegal for over 10 years and always given his best. He hadn't one his better days yesterday but not many players had. As for Thompson, he has been a great player for Donegal especially for the past 3 or 4 years and his 2 pointers from his sweet left foot has been sorely missed this year. He has just battled back from an ACL injury and put in a lot of hard graft to be back playing early. By the way what way has Murphy played since he has come back to warrant so much on line abuse?"
As a matter of interest,how many 2 pointers did Ciaran get in last years championship Have you got the stats.I remember him getting one against Monaghan in Clones last year.Was there more.
By the way as posters know I have always talked positively about Jim McGuinness and wish he managed Mayo at some point in the past 15 years. So not having a pop but he definitely needs to change a couple of things going forward.
Replying To TheFlaker: "There's at least 2 players who are not in the squad for reasons people close to it know. That has come back to haunt Jim now. Last years final was the big chance for this group. Some will step away."
Replying To gunman: "As a matter of interest,how many 2 pointers did Ciaran get in last years championship Have you got the stats.I remember him getting one against Monaghan in Clones last year.Was there more."
Replying To gunman: "As a matter of interest,how many 2 pointers did Ciaran get in last years championship Have you got the stats.I remember him getting one against Monaghan in Clones last year.Was there more."
He got 2 pointers v armagh in final and also Monaghan in Croker, and possibly others I cant recall now.
Replying To gunman: "As a matter of interest,how many 2 pointers did Ciaran get in last years championship Have you got the stats.I remember him getting one against Monaghan in Clones last year.Was there more."
https://www.finalwhistle.ie/gaelic/player/ciaran-thompson/ . According to this he got 7 two-pointers in 2025. 2 in the league, 3 in ulster and 2 in the all-ireland series.
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Most posts in here are about the abuse Murphy and McGuinness are getting instead of thr actual game or plan for 2027. Murphy has been asking for trouble especially how he's played since she's came back. Jim has some to complain about even after we win games. If you're in the public eye, deal with it.
Regarding the actual game and squad. How can Jim and anyone in here say we gassed out because we're playing games back to back? We played what 11 championship games last year mostly back to back and we looked fine until the final. Such a lazy excuse. We looked poor against down when we were fresh enough and now we can safely say we only battered Kerry in Killarney due to the red card and then likely not taking it seriously. If we played them on Sunday we would have lost by 15+.
Hugh will likely retire but small odds, we need to move on from him. Ryan will give it another go I think but he's 33 I believe or at least will be come next season. Murphy can come back at 37/38 if he wants but he's should only be a sub. Thompson was a big miss sure but he's also 32 I believe. After doing his ACL, how much use will he be?
We need to get Niall OD back and tbh he has a chance to start considering how hit or miss Gallen and COD can be.
Langan and McGee were both phenomenal this year I thought. They deserved so much better from everyone else.
I just don't know who's going to fill up the bench to help in 2027. We don't have the players in the county. It's in midfield and forward line that needs way better options of the bench. Defence will always sort itself. I know we have a small bunch of young attackers from Aodh Rua and Four Masters coming through but they didn't get much time this year, are they truly the future? Max and Shay had good first years but they need to bulk up.
as people have said time and time again we really need a left foot free taker. Do we have any options around the county?
For goals , we need Patton. His kickouts are aimed to players whereas Gavin is just hit and hope. About 3 times in a row yesterday he aimed for his left hand side and it went out of play or safely into the hands of a dub. Not to mention his poor kickout changed the game. But fair enough, most keepers make mistakes in the new game.He's better to have on if we are a team that get a lot of frees like say a Monaghan but the way we play we don't get scoreable frees as often as I'd like.
I'd like to believe we can win it next year but unless we strengthen our bench and the inconsistent forwards cop on, We won't. However if Jim is back then I'll believe he believes we have a chance at least.
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After doing his ACL what use will he be. That's a line from the above post and I think it says a lot about the poster. Absolutely despicable way to talk about a player. Paul Clancy agreed 49 died leaving a wife and family. A small bit of perspective maybe?