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Replying To Lockjaw:  ""what we've always craved" ?
Ya. We're that obsessed alright. I've been unable to sleep over the head of it.

Parnell Park would have been an intereresting choice of venue alright, but it's hardly Galatasary's old Ali Sami Yen stadium we're talking about here. It wouldn't matter if ye wanted to play it out on Lambay Island. We'd just have to get on with it.
I'm sure a lot will be made about Ger Brennan v Jim McGuinness too...the Dubs will use that as a motivational tactic nothing surer, and right they are.

It's Championship KO from here boys - time for all the pub-talk to stop and the real talking to get done on the pitch.
May the best team win."
I think the Parnell talk was Ger causing a bit of mischief and while I agree it would have stood us a better opportunity to win the game I don't feel it was ever going to be a runner.

There is more than enough motivation for Ger to get a tune out of our lads and McGuinness will be turning over every stone this week to get your lads back on track so it will make for fascinating viewing. The bookies have it at -3 which is probably about right. I think we would need almost everything to go right and Donegal would need to be a bit off it like last weekend. I'm not sure we have the ability to go to the well down the stretch with the game there for the taking. I hope I am proven wrong and part of me thinks that a crunch knockout game like this against a top side just might light a fire specifically in the lads who have multiple all irelands. If it doesn't and we bow out then so be it. If we don't get a decent start then I fear we will be picked off and Donegal could run out pretty comfortable winners.

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 352 - 16/06/2026 10:41:24    2680108

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