Donegal name All-Ireland Final 15 for Tyrone game on Sunday

Donegal (Ulster SFC v Tyrone): Paul Durcan; Paddy McGrath, Neil McGee, Eamon McGee; Anthony Thompson, Karl Lacey, Frank McGlynn; Neil Gallagher, Rory Kavanagh; Mark McHugh, Leo McLoone, Ryan Bradley; Patrick McBrearty, Michael Murphy, Colm McFadden.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 23/05/2013 18:53:46    1390026

Beatable enough team and I think Tyrone are the team to prove it. Looking forward to what will hopefully be a good game.

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1779 - 23/05/2013 19:11:19    1390041

amazing what the team has achieved considering the amount of ordinary players in the team , only Murphy , McFadden and Lacey really stand out and even Murphys game is clearly crippled by the rigid structures that he must play within , I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if he is held scoreless on Sunday like he was for the majority of the games hes played for Donegal over the last 2 years , fact

Murlo111 (Dublin) - Posts: 192 - 23/05/2013 19:36:35    1390054

Donegal to win by 5.

hound (Meath) - Posts: 234 - 23/05/2013 19:52:43    1390065

Murlo111
County: Dublin
Posts: 18

1390054 amazing what the team has achieved considering the amount of ordinary players in the team , only Murphy , McFadden and Lacey really stand out and even Murphys game is clearly crippled by the rigid structures that he must play within , I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if he is held scoreless on Sunday like he was for the majority of the games hes played for Donegal over the last 2 years , fact

Dont think theres any facts in those comments.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 23/05/2013 20:15:33    1390079

tyrone will be in a good place now for this after agreat league campaign and with Donegal miserable performance the confidence must be low been dumped into div 2 id say this will be a great game but tyrone to prevail for this tyrone by 3+...

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 23/05/2013 20:20:49    1390085

Murlo, have you been on the merlot? Murphy scoreless, can't see it happening, especially with joe mcquillan as ref

jonno (Kildare) - Posts: 261 - 23/05/2013 20:27:19    1390094

I agree with Murlo re Donegal having a lot of ordinary players but they have found a way to success and must be commended for what they have done. I do believe Tyrone will turn them over on Sunday though..interesting start to the championship!

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1779 - 23/05/2013 20:31:16    1390101

I wonder if those people claiming that Donegal have ordinary players actually watch Gaelic Football? Or do they simply make lazy comments just to be heard.

Paul Durcan-outstanding All Star Goalkeeper

Neil McGee-Double All Star Full Back

Eamon McGee-Versatile man marker or half back

Karl Lacey-4 All Stars...

Frank McGlynn-excellent defender who scored massive points in major games last year

Neil Gallagher-Midfield exhibition versus a huge Cork team in the AI Semi

Mark McHugh-wonderful reader of the game

Anthony Thompson-super half back

Colm McFadden-top scorer in Ireland in 2012

Michael Murphy-enough said...

I could go on, Paddy McGrath, Rory Kavanagh, Patrick McBrearty etc

As good as any team in the country and full of brilliant players.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1478 - 23/05/2013 21:20:59    1390148

Abroad, Donegal had a lot of the players you mentioned above were members of the team humbled by Armagh in the Qualifiers in 2010. The majority of players back then were classed as average but when Jim came in he turned it all around and worked with what he had...and what a job he done.

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1779 - 23/05/2013 21:43:42    1390174

Also abroad, self praise (Donegal senior football team) is no praise.

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1779 - 23/05/2013 21:49:18    1390181

tyrone team

morgan, pj quinn, c clarke, c mccarron,
justin mcmahon, joe mcmahon, c gormley,
s cavanagh, c cavanagh
mark dionnelly, p harte, matthew donnelly
m penrose, s oneill, c mcaliskey

rahillyman (Tyrone) - Posts: 314 - 23/05/2013 21:54:46    1390186

It's not self praise, I'm praising the abilities of the players, not myself. They deserve praise.

Ordinary players and teams don't win All Irelands, ordinary players get ordinary results.

Jim has helped these players unleash the potential and brilliance they exhibited last year.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1478 - 23/05/2013 21:57:32    1390190

Who's reffing it on Sunday? I hope he isn't whistle happy BUT does crack down on cynical fouls.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9840 - 23/05/2013 22:00:04    1390195

It's not self praise, I'm praising the abilities of the players, not myself. They deserve praise.

Ordinary players and teams don't win All Irelands, ordinary players get ordinary results.

Jim has helped these players unleash the potential and brilliance they exhibited last year.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1478 - 23/05/2013 22:01:03    1390197

Jim has helped an ordinary panel achieve excellent results. The manager is the key to Donegal.

geoff (Tyrone) - Posts: 377 - 24/05/2013 09:42:57    1390235

geoff
County: Tyrone
Posts: 219

1390235
Jim has helped an ordinary panel achieve excellent results. The manager is the key to Donegal.

While I might quibble with the word "ordinary" I would agree that JMcG is key to what Donegal are all about. Truth be told the same could be said about Tyrone who only began to achieve when Harte took over.
A lot of conversation here tends to focus on players but to me this game will be won on the sideline, in the heads of the two best managers in the game today. When we talk about teams & squads I think we should include the managers in the conversation as they have more influence on what happens than anyone.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 24/05/2013 09:48:12    1390241

All done & dusted. The Dali Llama predicts a Donegal win on Sunday!!!

http://gaeliclife.com/2013/05/the-dalai-llama-predicts-donegal-tyrone/

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 24/05/2013 10:08:23    1390271

"Beatable enough team and I think Tyrone are the team to prove it. Looking forward to what will hopefully be a good game."

Maybe so but nobody beat them last year anyway!

supporter (Donegal) - Posts: 205 - 24/05/2013 10:14:18    1390275

The only player I seen mark Murphy well last year was Dan Gordan who marked him out of the Ulster Final. Granted Down are no great shakes at the minute, I felt that was the day Donegal showed they had the capacity to go on to win the AI. I can't believe anyone is questioning the the ability of their team. They were by far the best team in Ireland last year and have the potential to go on and be by far the best team again this year.

MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 24/05/2013 11:21:19    1390342