The 2015 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

Dirty Dingus McGee · 16-05-2015 9:52pm

Longford 0-16 Offaly 0-13

Dreadful first 15 minutes and last 15 minutes in the middle Offaly played well, we didn't take advantage of the wind enough in the first half.We nearly snatched a draw at the end but Longford's keeper made a brilliant save.

Longford came from 7 ppoints down with 15 minuites left to win the game and they also missed a penalty just before half time so Offaly can't have any complaints about the result Longford were deserving winners.

John Maloney was Offaly's best player tonight, he drove out of defence well and really gave us some impetus from those runs.The 2 Darby's played well also.

Niall McNamee was quiet (although he scored one brilliant point)and we should have played him at full forward and played lots of direct ball into him in the first half when we had the wind.

Offaly's obsession with running the ball cost us.For most of the game there was acres of space unoccupied and rarely did any of the players think of pulling off into the space and being available for a simple foot pass to get the team moving forward quickly.

Although the standard wasn't high at times (although there were some brilliant points kicked) pretty much what you'd expect from 2 Division 4 teams it was an exciting game of course this will be ignored by the media and we will be treated to more and more whinging about football by the likes of Spillane, Brolly and Martin Breheny if the televised game tomorrow happens to be poor.

Borders no.2 · 17-05-2015 12:43am

As a manager Pat Flanagan has a good league record but in the championship his record in the main isn't great. This is one Offaly had to win to back up their league run. They exited the Leinster championship narrowly to Longford last year, to lose on home soil this year will be hard to stomach. Longford have the dubious honour of being roadkill for Dublin but tonight is a significant win for them. Promotion from division 4 and a championship win away from home over one of their midland rivals, another win or two in the qualifiers and it'll have been a good year for them.

Steven81 · 17-05-2015 12:55am

Disaster first 15 but when they got going Offaly played well, they were 6 points up with 15 minutes left, it was a strong wind but i think hammering them 3 weeks ago didnt help the cause today, last win in the Leinster championship was 2007. When the Longford keeper kicks out the ball and Kavanagh can pick up the ball on the 45 and put it over tells you it all.

iDave · 17-05-2015 9:34am

Leitrim flew the kite of dropping down to junior last year. After Carlows result you'd wonder if their far behind them. Hammered by average Laois and conceded 7 goals to Meath last year.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 17-05-2015 10:03am

iDave wrote: »

Leitrim flew the kite of dropping down to junior last year. After Carlows result you'd wonder if their far behind them. Hammered by average Laois and conceded 7 goals to Meath last year.

They need to have different tiers to the championships like it is in hurling, then the problem would be solved.

Longford had a great win yesterday but it was a completely pointless win (apart from boosting morale) as they are going to get destroyed by Dublin in the quarter final.

If you have a couple of different tiers it gives all the teams something legitimate to aim for an you'll get less one sided games.

iDave · 17-05-2015 11:32am

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

They need to have different tiers to the championships like it is in hurling, then the problem would be solved.

Longford had a great win yesterday but it was a completely pointless win (apart from boosting morale) as they are going to get destroyed by Dublin in the quarter final.

If you have a couple of different tiers it gives all the teams something legitimate to aim for an you'll get less one sided games.

There's a man and his dog at lower tier hurling matches. And no county has ever used them to become competitive. I'd be worried about games promotion if we relegated teams to a lower competition. Some counties could potentially have zero involvement in the main championship in both codes. Imagine telling Wicklow next year your in the Christy Ring and Tommy Murphy but no actual All Ireland.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 17-05-2015 12:01pm

iDave wrote: »

There's a man and his dog at lower tier hurling matches. And no county has ever used them to become competitive. I'd be worried about games promotion if we relegated teams to a lower competition. Some counties could potentially have zero involvement in the main championship in both codes. Imagine telling Wicklow next year your in the Christy Ring and Tommy Murphy but no actual All Ireland.

I'd get rid of the league though and have one competition with 2/3 different tiers and play them out like the league with playoffs at the end and promotion and relegation.Season would be from Mid April onwards.

The reason there is nobody attending the lower tier hurling competitions is because there is no great interest in hurling in those counties and there never has been.There is a good interest in football in most counties.

Fans want to go to matches in the summer time and if you could guarantee fans competitive matches in the summer time with a chance of winning something and the GAA insisted that the media had to promote the lower tier competition then I think it would work and the attendances would be good.

Which is more appealing.Smaller counties being thrown in to play against big counties and continually get annihilated or looking forward to a match you have a genuine chance of winning.

I was looking forward to the match yesterday as I though it would be competitive I'd only be going to the match against Dublin (if Offaly won) out of loyalty which is not what you want as a fan.

fermanagh_man · 17-05-2015 12:21pm

Summer starts at 3.15 when that Sunday Games music hits

Hopefully it will be a good game, over the last few years Ulster Football has got slated for negative defensive football, just can't see it being any different today

Wouldn't be surprised if this goes to a replay

Euphoriasean · 17-05-2015 1:02pm

Is the Galway leitrim game not on tv?

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 1:04pm

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Is the Galway leitrim game not on tv?

No, Donegal-Tyrone only, I believe.

Euphoriasean · 17-05-2015 1:07pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

No, Donegal-Tyrone only, I believe.

Ah crap I was all set for a double header. Would have been nice to see how Galway are going before the semi.

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 2:58pm

Teams for today's televised clash:

Donegal | No. | Tyrone
Paul Durcan | 1 | Michael O'Neill
Paddy McGrath | 2 | Aidan McCrory
Neil McGee | 3 | Ronan McNamee
Eamonn McGee | 4 | Cathal McCarron
Ryan McHugh | 5 | Ronan McNabb
Karl Lacey | 6 | Justin McMahon
Frank McGlynn | 7 | Peter Harte
Neil Gallagher | 8 | Colm Cavanagh
Martin McElhinney | 9 | Padraig McNulty
Martin O'Reilly | 10 | Tiernan McCann
Odhrán MacNiallais | 11 | Matthew Donnelly
Christy Toye | 12 | Barry Tierney
Paddy McBrearty | 13 | Darren McCurry
Michael Murphy | 14 | Sean Cavanagh
Hugh McFadden | 15 | Connor McAliskey

Looks a very strong Donegal team, although no Colm McFadden, must be the first time in a long while he's not started. Hugh McFadden is named at number 15, his debut, I think. Tyrone team does look strong too, and they'll have been targeting this game but you'd feel Donegal have a little bit more about them.

I hope it's a good game anyway.

Stinicker · 17-05-2015 3:04pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

I hope it's a good game anyway.

I expect it to be pure vintage puke, the combined score will be less than 10 points at half time. Donegal to beat Tyrone at the game they invented and perfected, i.e. negative puke cynical football.

thinkstoomuch1 · 17-05-2015 3:08pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

Teams for today's televised clash:

Donegal | No. | Tyrone
Paul Durcan | 1 | Michael O'Neill
Paddy McGrath | 2 | Aidan McCrory
Neil McGee | 3 | Ronan McNamee
Eamonn McGee | 4 | Cathal McCarron
Ryan McHugh | 5 | Ronan McNabb
Karl Lacey | 6 | Justin McMahon
Frank McGlynn | 7 | Peter Harte
Neil Gallagher | 8 | Colm Cavanagh
Martin McElhinney | 9 | Padraig McNulty
Martin O'Reilly | 10 | Tiernan McCann
Odhrán MacNiallais | 11 | Matthew Donnelly
Christy Toye | 12 | Barry Tierney
Paddy McBrearty | 13 | Darren McCurry
Michael Murphy | 14 | Sean Cavanagh
Hugh McFadden | 15 | Connor McAliskey

Looks a very strong Donegal team, although no Colm McFadden, must be the first time in a long while he's not started. Hugh McFadden is named at number 15, his debut, I think. Tyrone team does look strong too, and they'll have been targeting this game but you'd feel Donegal have a little bit more about them.

I hope it's a good game anyway.

Donegal are very strong and justifiable favourites and you would expect them to win but I wouldn't rule out Tyrone with harte to produce a performance and certainly can win on their day

Borders no.2 · 17-05-2015 3:15pm

It will probably be a slugfest but would expect Donegal to come through. Tyrone have transitioned relatively well in the last few years and will probably get back to the quarter finals but are undoubtedly a step or two below the top teams at present.

keane2097 · 17-05-2015 3:18pm

Donegal to win IMO, the Harte voodoo is a more overstated element of football than blanket defences at this stage.

Poor_old_gill · 17-05-2015 3:33pm

Brolly peddling the idiotic line that Kerry were defensive in last years final again- I dont understand how telling your half back line to stay in position and not be sucked into idiotic positions is defensive.
It was pragmatic but not particularly defensive as there was no blanket defense- just players playing their positions

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 3:46pm

So Colm McFadden does start.

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 3:57pm

Rory Brennan and Cathal McShane replace Padraig McNulty and Tiernan McCann for Tyrone, with Colm McFadden replacing Hugh McFadden.

It appears that the new rules don't really stop dummy teams. At least the benches aren't completely different to what is named.

DDC1990 · 17-05-2015 3:57pm

Wow Tyrone lined up on the inside and Donegal didn't start a fist fight! Take note Armagh!

STB. · 17-05-2015 3:58pm

Not much between these.... could go either way.

Donegal are no 1/2 shots.

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 4:04pm

Looked like a black card offence, pretty much pulled him down as he was going past.

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 4:09pm

All Donegal so far, Tyrone look clueless.

nice_guy80 · 17-05-2015 4:10pm

Nice goal

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 4:10pm

Goal! Great movement by McCurry, well spotted by Harte. Lovely finish too.

CountyHurler · 17-05-2015 4:10pm

Great game so far... Some brilliant play and point scoring from Donegal, but now Tyrone have just got a goal... I thought that 0-4 to 1-0 was probably going to be the score at the end of the game..

Stoner · 17-05-2015 4:12pm

Great goal! The passing took all the Donegal defense out if it.

Poor_old_gill · 17-05-2015 4:12pm

The good old 2 yellows rule- Tyrone lad tries to wind up the Donegal lad who just defends himself.
Of all the idiotic rules in football- that is the most

ProudDUB · 17-05-2015 4:13pm

McQuillan not shy whipping out the notebook. Qu'elle surprise ! :rolleyes:

rossie1977 · 17-05-2015 4:14pm

half time in carrick and its galway 1-7 to leitrim 0-6

galway started really slowly again like in new york 2 weeks ago but looked to be well on their way to victory when comer scored a goal with 2 minutes left in the first half, however leitrim have responded with the last 3 scores of the half.

CountyHurler · 17-05-2015 4:14pm

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

The good old 2 yellows rule- Tyrone lad tries to wind up the Donegal lad who just defends himself.

Yeah I thought that was unfair as well.. Only the Tyrone man should have been booked, as he had been shoving McBrearty after he scored his first point.. Paddy McBrearty has to take some amount of crap all the same.. If he's not being bitten, he's being shoved around the place...

seanhynes · 17-05-2015 4:15pm

Did Shane Walsh get the goal for Galway,finding it hard to see any info and GAA slow to update their tweets

elefant · 17-05-2015 4:17pm

seanhynes wrote: »

Did Shane Walsh get the goal for Galway,finding it hard to see any info and GAA slow to update their tweets

Damien Comer

CountyHurler · 17-05-2015 4:17pm

Oh my god.. that has to be the most stupid refereeing decision I have ever seen...

nice_guy80 · 17-05-2015 4:18pm

That referee is clueless
The main thing any ref needs is common sense

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 4:18pm

That might technically be the rules but ffs

STB. · 17-05-2015 4:19pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

Oh my god.. that has to be the most stupid refereeing decision I have ever seen...

The post plays Karma.....

RTE need to get wind screen wipers on the cameras.

nice_guy80 · 17-05-2015 4:19pm

And the hitting off the ball has gone up a few notches

Euphoriasean · 17-05-2015 4:20pm

That hop ball was crazy.Ffs just play on. No Donegal man within 20 yards.

James74 · 17-05-2015 4:20pm

Lovely lift by Harte

CountyHurler · 17-05-2015 4:21pm

Video Alarm Detected .... lol...

Really impressed with Donegal.. They certainly couldnt be accused of playing negative football today.. Scored some really classy points..

James74 · 17-05-2015 4:22pm

Oh dear, I think Rte needed to throw a few tarps over their gear.

Say Your Number · 17-05-2015 4:22pm

He should have just applied common sense instead of going by the rulebook, didn't cost Tyrone anything though.

That was a lovely pick up off the ground.

SeaFields · 17-05-2015 4:22pm

Enjoyable game I must say. All the talk beforehand of blanket defences and the like but it is end to end and some lovely fast moving football at times.

ProudDUB · 17-05-2015 4:23pm

Weather probably playing havoc with the signal back to Montrose.

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 4:24pm

That's 3 missed frees for Tyrone so far, could be very very costly.

corny · 17-05-2015 4:24pm

Donegal are illegal in nearly every tackle. Some of them are called but most aren't.

CountyHurler · 17-05-2015 4:26pm

That was a soft free.. punch the ball clean out of Kavanagh's hand..

I'm not sure why Donegal keep fouling the Tyrone forwards.. On the evidence of the first 25 minutes they would be better off letting them shoot...

Euphoriasean · 17-05-2015 4:27pm

What is the insistence on hopping the ball on a wet pitch. There all at it.

Fireball07 · 17-05-2015 4:29pm

Tyrone did brilliantly there, but a soft enough free and a great counter-attack from Donegal.

The 2015 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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