Dublin v Donegal Sunday 31 August AI semifinal Mod Warning Posts #392 #541

Lissavane

EunanMac wrote: »

Only when it suited

Haughey was from Mayo whether it suited him or not. Like any balanced person whose parents came from different counties and moved around the country, he had diverse county loyalties. He was an Irishman and a 32 county one, in line with the GAA ideal.

LMK

Great game, until today Dubs hadn't to go the well all year, it proved beyond them to solve the problems encountered, when none seemed to exist up to this, butthey went down really trying and never became ill-disciplined a really good sign of a Team.
Micheal Murphy is one of the best footballers I've ever seen, never goes missing and seems never to take the wrong option either.
Some Final in store.

Jake Rugby Walrus666

mickeyk wrote: »

They will gobble up high balls into Donaghy all day, not sure if i'd even start him, he has earned his place though.

Donaghys won't be smiling and laughing before full time that's for sure. Donegal will certainly look to crowd Donaghy and O'Donoghue.
Donegal cleaned up in midfield today and Kerry dominated Mayo there so it's going to be intriguing. Fitzmaurice has set Kerry up tactically very well so far. The final will be a bitterly close fought battle. Donegal have a huge level of fitness but the surprise card is gone now and they're now past the game they prepared for all year.

blowitupref

Well done to Donegal didn't let their heads drop when going through the sticky patch in the opening 15-20 minutes and then took the game to Dublin and powered past them to win pulling up. The Dubs with the talent there and coming through will be back to win more All Irelands however Donegal are true inspiration to any inter-county player/team in Ireland of what can be achieved with hard work and believing in themselves.

bohsboy

Fair play to Joe mc Quillan, had a great game and took no crap compared to that debacle last night by Reilly. Early yellow showed who was boss.

dog_pig

bohsboy wrote: »

Fair play to Joe mc Quillan, had a great game and took no crap compared to that debacle last night by Reilly. Early yellow showed who was boss.

Quite a few questionable decisions went Dublin's way in the last 20 mins.

keps

Taken from the stand -Donegal's first goal

FrKurtFahrt

naughtb4 wrote: »

Someone mentioned 33 to 1, hope they went for it!

My young fella did...surprisingly, I haven't heard of him since 6 o'clock.

Stinicker

dog_pig wrote: »

Quite a few questionable decisions went Dublin's way in the last 20 mins.

He did everything to hand it to Dublin but fair play to Donegal they were always in control. McQuillan was worse than O'Reilly and McQuillan has a track record of being in favour of Dublin.

bohsboy

dog_pig wrote: »

Quite a few questionable decisions went Dublin's way in the last 20 mins.

no, credit where its due, in the current climate of pig farmers invading the pitch, its important to praise a ref who put in a solid 70 minutes.

bohsboy

Stinicker wrote: »

He did everything to hand it to Dublin but fair play to Donegal they were always in control. McQuillan was worse than O'Reilly and McQuillan has a track record of being in favour of Dublin.

Mental.

omega man

Stinicker wrote: »

He did everything to hand it to Dublin but fair play to Donegal they were always in control. McQuillan was worse than O'Reilly and McQuillan has a track record of being in favour of Dublin.

What a load of rubbish. Donegal won by playing great football and all Dublin supporters will acknowledge that. Isn't Dublin losing enough for you without this ref tripe. Pathetic.

keeponhurling

bohsboy wrote: »

no, credit where its due, in the current climate of pig farmers invading the pitch, its important to praise a ref who put in a solid 70 minutes.

And he correctly gave McGee a black card for a body check

Many would have bottled it, and it might have swung things back Dublin's way

CountyHurler

Ref was okay... Though he probably should have sent off McCarthy in the first minute, and Murphy in the second half ... The serious problem for referees is lack of consistency... They seem to cherry pick which incidents for which they want to apply the black card rule...

intellectual dosser

I couldnt get over how gracious the Dublin supporters were after the game today. I'd say 10 shook my hand and wished us the best for the final. A taxi driver (wearing a Dublin jersey) was stopped alongside us at lights, he rolled down his window to congratulate us.

Never seen anything like that. EVER.

Fair play to Dublin.

Paranoid Mandroid

intellectual dosser wrote: »

I couldnt get over how gracious the Dublin supporters were after the game today. I'd say 10 shook my hand and wished us the best for the final. A taxi driver (wearing a Dublin jersey) was stopped alongside us at lights, he rolled down his window to congratulate us.

Never seen anything like that. EVER.

Fair play to Dublin.

Cause you deserve it. Well done Donegal, awesome performance. Would love a final to look forward to but there ya go. All the best.

yop

intellectual dosser wrote: »

I couldnt get over how gracious the Dublin supporters were after the game today. I'd say 10 shook my hand and wished us the best for the final. A taxi driver (wearing a Dublin jersey) was stopped alongside us at lights, he rolled down his window to congratulate us.

Never seen anything like that. EVER.

Fair play to Dublin.

ABSOLUTELY, we experienced the same in 2012, I was genuinely shocked at how many came up after, remember its the media that pains a public picture, behind it all, 99% of them are genuine people who love their team as much as the rest of us love ours.

Incredible game, never saw that coming, the odds on Donegal V Kerry wud have been nuts.

Can't call it, but I think with Gooch able for a possible appearance that the cute lads from Kerry could win it.

Fabulous advert for our game.

CountyHurler

Mark McHugh seems like a nice guy, but he shouldnt be on the panel tonight... And his brother on the team.. They should have had a Dub to give some sort of balance at least...

yop

CountyHurler wrote: »

Mark McHugh seems like a nice guy, but he shouldnt be on the panel tonight... And his brother on the team.. They should have had a Dub to give some sort of balance at least...

So you would take a Donegal man off the panel as its not balanced, but then put a Dublin lad in.. for balance..... the computer says no!!

corny

CountyHurler wrote: »

Mark McHugh seems like a nice guy, but he shouldnt be on the panel tonight... And his brother on the team.. They should have had a Dub to give some sort of balance at least...

I don't know. He gave a very fair assessment of the game despite his allegiance.

thelad95

Did he switch hands? It's a technical foul if he did.

corny

Can anyone think why Michael Murphy had a problem with Dermot Connolly? Do they have history? Twice he went in looking to hurt him.

bohsboy

True, nasty punch to the stomach in the second half. Should have saw red.

intellectual dosser

thelad95 wrote: »

Did he switch hands? It's a technical foul if he did.

Switching hands is more throwing the ball from one hand to the other. Might need to see it again but McFadden had his left hand on it, then both hands, then his right hand.

EunanMac

bohsboy wrote: »

True, nasty punch to the stomach in the second half. Should have saw red.

This was already discussed in thread, it was not a punch as the replay proved.

bohsboy

EunanMac wrote: »

This was already discussed in thread, it was not a punch as the replay proved.

The replay confirmed it was a punch in my opinion. I'm not trawling through thirty odd pages to see if it's already been mentioned.

EunanMac

bohsboy wrote: »

The replay confirmed it was a punch in my opinion. I'm not trawling through thirty odd pages to see if it's already been mentioned.

It was well discussed, and as the replay proved his forearm connected not his fist.
So try again.
Dublin were beat fair and square.

downthemiddle

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

I'm not bitter
I just don't like their fans, their manger or their style

But I will give them credit for 2012, and I have said that before here, they played far more expansive football than in 2011 or since.

Their fans go around like they are the greatest thing since the Kerry golden years, they need to be reminded that they have less All Ireland than Mayo, Tipp, Wexford, Kildare etc etc.

Their manager has and unbelievable ego, and has already alienated at least two fine footballers, and god only know how many younger promising guys who we will never find out about because they did not do things Jimmy's way.
He has never missed an importunity to try and play pathetic mind games in the media, and if it's not him that's doing it's one of his lackeys.

And their style of football is pure anti-football. They will never thrill the neutral the way Mayo and Kerry did last week.
The 2011 SF should be used as a CIA torture technique.

As I said I would like them to win so that Mayo or Kerry could beat seven colours of s**te out of them on the biggest stage, but if I am watching it on Sunday I will be cheering Dublin all the way, cos the sight of them just sickens me.

This post needs to be revisited.

The team, players and mentors, have given great joy to the people of Donegal over the last four years. The play with passion, courage, honesty, commitment and belief. They are fine ambassadors for our county and they carry themselves with great dignity off the pitch.
They are fortunate to be led by an exceptional individual. Jim McGuinness is a man of vision with the courage of his convictions. He has transformed the fortunes of this team and has brought a whole new tactical dimension to the game of gaelic football. They were written off last year after the drubbing Mayo gave them. This year. with a fully fit team, they have shown their true ability.
Whatever happens in the next three weeks the people of Donegal will always be grateful for the journey they have brought us on.

NIMAN

Fantastic spectacle today, well done to Jim and the lads, never seen that result coming, especially after the 1st 10mins.

Although I think most Dubs were gracious, still too many little digs at Donegal about their style. Its light years away from where they were in 2011, they attack as much as anyone these days.

Darragh Maloney said today at one point, after Donegal has scored their 2nd goal, something along the lines of "Donegal are not here to entertain but to win". As if they were playing like they did in '11. I'm sure most people found them entertaining to watch today.

There will be more of it over the next few days too, as the Dublincentric media try to understand how their Galactico's were beaten. They won't analyse it correctly and say that they were outclassed, but instead we will hear plenty more talk of defences and puke football.

Tom Joad

Stop the goading and baiting and keep it civil. Cards and Bans will be handed out if it continues.