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Donegal GAA Thread

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  • #842
    Timmyctc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    Swashbuckling display today. Anyone heading up to Clones? Think we'll be heading again. Are we rooting for Armagh or Monaghan? Armagh for me


  • #843
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    The unbeatable, have been beaten.

    Dún na nGall Abú!!

    edit.

    How come this thread is not more popular?


  • #844
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    The unbeatable, have been beaten.

    Dún na nGall Abú!!

    edit.

    How come this thread is not more popular?
    Ha ha well done Donegal....savage stuff


  • #845
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,820 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Yeeee haaaaawwwww :):):)


  • #846
    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


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  • #847
    RGM
    Registered Users Posts: 484 ✭✭RGM


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    How come this thread is not more popular?

    There's a Donegal thread on the GAA board.


  • #848
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,975 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Well done lads and Jim, unbelievable performance.
    honestly thought myself it was a big ask, but great to see the Dubs put in their place, cocky beyond words in the lead-up to this game.


  • #849
    K-9
    Registered Users Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    The unbeatable, have been beaten.

    Dún na nGall Abú!!

    edit.

    How come this thread is not more popular?

    Try http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057052488

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  • #850
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    As a proud Dub I have to say well done to Your lads, yis showed us how to play football there on Sunday.
    Kerry for lovely girls competitions, Donegal for Sam!


  • #851
    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    I gotta say i was offered a ticket for the semi and was sickened that it clashed with the picnic.

    That being said being surrounded by Dubs in jerseys at the picnic and having a weekend of abuse from all my friends and that the satisfaction of giving score updates to EVERYONE on Sunday was one of the greatest feelings ever!


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  • #852
    opiniated
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭opiniated


    The biggest satisfaction I got, (apart from us winning the game!) - was watching the young lad pick up over 2 grand on a bet he placed very early on in the season!

    He called it in 2012, and told me put money on Donegal winning Sam. (I didn't)
    He seems to have called it again this year, so far.

    I think I'll avoid putting any bets on, though!
    A: I've never placed a bet in my life!
    and B: He lost money last year :D


  • #853
    Timmyctc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    danniemcq wrote: »
    I gotta say i was offered a ticket for the semi and was sickened that it clashed with the picnic.

    That being said being surrounded by Dubs in jerseys at the picnic and having a weekend of abuse from all my friends and that the satisfaction of giving score updates to EVERYONE on Sunday was one of the greatest feelings ever!

    I was actually offered a ticket too. But I didnt really have the money. (Also didn't wanna jinx us as the only two games I went to last year were Monaghan and Mayo :P )


  • #854
    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Timmyctc wrote: »
    I was actually offered a ticket too. But I didnt really have the money. (Also didn't wanna jinx us as the only two games I went to last year were Monaghan and Mayo :P )

    Stay the f*ck away from the final or you will be banned and forced to play bad rats


  • #855
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Is there anywhere online where you can buy those little county jersey air fresheners for the car? I used to have one but someone threw it out.


  • #856
    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    Just a note for anybody travelling through Strabane on the way to Croke Park on Sunday. With immaculate timing, the bypass will be closed on Saturday and Sunday. Depending on what direction your are coming from, diversions will be in place either through Clady and over the hill there or through the town, up the back of Sion Mills to Victoria Bridge.


  • #857
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    RGM wrote: »
    There's a Donegal thread on the GAA board.

    But considering this is the Donegal Forum, its nice to have our own informal thread on it, the same as we have a Finn Harps thread, and the Sligo Forum has a Rovers thread.


  • #858
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,975 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Just back, and to say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

    Didn't think we could play that badly. Awful all over the pitch.
    And to think we were still the wide of a post away from a replay too, just shows that any sort of performance would have won that today.


  • #859
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,282 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Just back, and to say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

    Didn't think we could play that badly. Awful all over the pitch.
    And to think we were still the wide of a post away from a replay too, just shows that any sort of performance would have won that today.

    the way they ran through them to nearly score i was thinking whythey couldnt have tried that earlier in the game !

    ah well onto next year

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  • #860
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Whats the story with the photoshoped pictures of Carlton Banks (fresh prince) in a Donegal Top dotted around The Diamond in Donegal Town?


  • #861
    EunanMac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭EunanMac


    They didn't disgrace themselves this year, that's for sure.
    It was a great Season for Donegal, make no mistake.
    They just didn't seem to be able to muster the energy, drive, and intensity they had against Dublin. You can't afford to make any mistakes in front of Kerry. Not taking anything away from Kerry, they were cool, calm, and collected, but the two goals and two of the points Kerry scored were a direct result of complete Donegal bloopers. You might get away with that when playing lesser teams, but you cannot expect to turn over possession to the likes of Kerry and get away with it. On a positive note, Donegal's defence was very successful from preventing Kerry scoring points. Kerry scored very few points from play.
    Kerry also showed themselves again to be the masters of running down the clock.
    That Kerry team is very young, we'll be seeing a lot more of them.
    For next season, it's time Donegal put one or two lads out to pasture, and let a couple of new bloods in.
    That's if McGuiness stays, and the board listen to him, and the politics that usually ruins Donegal is kept out.


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  • #862
    buckfasterer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,198 ✭✭✭buckfasterer


    http://www.donegalnow.com/article/5766

    Jimmy stands down. Felt it coming but still a kick in the teeth. All the best


  • #863
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Don't know if there's any truth in it but my cousin told me that the board wanted rid of him. He said they were annoyed with how much money he was spending? Like I said, don't know if that's just idle gossip but seems quite a few people were expecting this. Shame.


  • #864
    buckfasterer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,198 ✭✭✭buckfasterer


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Don't know if there's any truth in it but my cousin told me that the board wanted rid of him. He said they were annoyed with how much money he was spending? Like I said, don't know if that's just idle gossip but seems quite a few people were expecting this. Shame.

    Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Back to the good old days we go if the board have their way. Wasn't that when they were getting the plaudits in 2012.


  • #865
    overshoot
    Registered Users Posts: 3,202 ✭✭✭overshoot


    il post here seen as i already see the odd wum putting their head into the gaa forum thread and il probably bite.
    so long jim & thanks for the memories, been a fantastic 5 years.
    theres been heartbreak, murphys penalty going sky high from the cross bar in breffini to mcfaddens near miss, but with it all has been more success than we have ever enjoyed. 3 ulsters, an AI title and another final, an u21 ulster and Ai final, is more than anyone could have dreamed of towards the end of the 00s

    Hopefully the one legacy left is belief going forward, more often than not, we have had good squads, just often lacked the belief to make the most of it. Im sure others will say ifs and buts regarding kerry but as far as im concerned we left nothing behind and can say everything was given over the last few years. Cant ask anymore. Enjoy some time with the family! Its well earned!


  • #866
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,975 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Couldn't agree more.

    Whatever they say about Jim, his style or tactics, he brought a lot of joy to the people of Donegal over the last 4 years, when there wasn't much else to cheer us up.

    He will always be a legend in the NW, and I think his legacy will continue in GAA for a long time, as I think he was revolutionary in his approach.

    Thanks for the memories Jim.


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