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Replying To gunman: "I was sad to hear of the passing of Ollie Horgan.Ollie was a real character and there are not too many of them around now in any of the sports.R.I.P." For sure. He was a great football man but was also a great personality. I was lucky enough to spend some time with him in a bar watching a World Cup match one summer. He was some craic! Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9998 - 30/08/2025 10:11:24 2634208 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "For sure. He was a great football man but was also a great personality. I was lucky enough to spend some time with him in a bar watching a World Cup match one summer. He was some craic!" I never met the man myself but his post match interviews were worth listening to. They definitely weren't full of the usual standard answers that managers come out with. gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1194 - 30/08/2025 12:11:05 2634217 Link
Replying To gunman: "I was sad to hear of the passing of Ollie Horgan.Ollie was a real character and there are not too many of them around now in any of the sports.R.I.P." Aye I was sad to hear that, I didn't realise he had cancer and that was the reason he stepped away from Galway, I always had great respect for him. I know some of the Harps fans were growing frustrated with him towards the end of his reign at Harps, but afterwards I think most of them realized what he was achieving was amazing considering the little or no support he had. My condolences to his family, he was a gentleman and unique character. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1461 - 04/09/2025 13:29:57 2634884 Link
Replying To rorysboys: "Hearing the same it's a big commitment when you get no time. Still no decision from paddy mc brearty. Hearing big hugh might be staying on. Mark Curran might feel that he'll not get much game time. Mc fadden ferry I'm Hearing won't be available but it's still only rumours." I heard Niall O'Donnell, Odhran McFadden Ferry and Stephen McMenamin might be out next season due to commitments, but I usually take these stories with caution, may be no foundation to them. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1461 - 04/09/2025 13:36:38 2634885 Link
Replying To Commodore: "I heard Niall O'Donnell, Odhran McFadden Ferry and Stephen McMenamin might be out next season due to commitments, but I usually take these stories with caution, may be no foundation to them." I heard about the first 2 but not about McMenamin. Niall's is to do with game time I believe. A shame really because I think he's a good player, one of our better subs leaving the panel. dgcrusader (Donegal) - Posts: 128 - 04/09/2025 14:38:30 2634895 Link
Replying To Commodore: "I heard Niall O'Donnell, Odhran McFadden Ferry and Stephen McMenamin might be out next season due to commitments, but I usually take these stories with caution, may be no foundation to them." One is heading back to Oz. I must be banned from mentioning a certain topic that happened last weekend Whyme923 (Donegal) - Posts: 82 - 04/09/2025 16:51:03 2634912 Link
Replying To Whyme923: "One is heading back to Oz. I must be banned from mentioning a certain topic that happened last weekend" In the senior championship game was it? peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1338 - 04/09/2025 17:27:40 2634917 Link
Replying To Whyme923: "One is heading back to Oz. I must be banned from mentioning a certain topic that happened last weekend" Give us a hint. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 505 - 04/09/2025 19:08:28 2634924 Link
Replying To dgcrusader: "I heard about the first 2 but not about McMenamin. Niall's is to do with game time I believe. A shame really because I think he's a good player, one of our better subs leaving the panel." I found it strange that McFadden Ferry didn't get more game time this year. He's supposed to be one of our best specialist man-markers, something that is needed more than ever in the new game. All year we heard how well he was going in training, yet he didn't get a game at all. Maybe I'm wrong, but the team was crying out for more man-markers, especially in the final greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 732 - 04/09/2025 20:58:11 2634931 Link
Replying To greenfan: "I found it strange that McFadden Ferry didn't get more game time this year. He's supposed to be one of our best specialist man-markers, something that is needed more than ever in the new game. All year we heard how well he was going in training, yet he didn't get a game at all. Maybe I'm wrong, but the team was crying out for more man-markers, especially in the final" Not convinced by that simply because I've seen him play a couple of hours total club and county in the last four years. Fair enough if he's been guaranteed minutes for coming home but there's lads that have won more matches than he's played minutes in four years. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 505 - 04/09/2025 21:51:17 2634938 Link
If McFadden Ferry had been had been put on Paudie Clifford or Gavin White even at halftime in final there could well have been a different result, both of them were let roam the field with the ball for full game a never a hand left on them, wouldn't happen in an under 12 game. jacktheboy (Donegal) - Posts: 501 - 04/09/2025 22:40:43 2634943 Link