Donegal GAA Discussion Thread

They then beat Meath to win Leinster, and Meath topped their group beating Kerry on the way. From here on out it`s knockout football so every game is a bar of soap.

Happier to have them than Cork or Galway at this stage, but I would not underestimate Louth. They have a knack of scoring goals, and they have a bit more scoring power this year than last where if you managed Mulroy you took a lot of the sting out of them.

Is Roarty supposed to be picking up Burns? He seems to be playing as a free man and so is Burns and you'd have to say it's working out better for them so far. Really need to be better in front of goal second half if we're to win this.

I think it's fair to say we were a bit better in front of goal the second half! When we're on it we're really on it!

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My big concern is, we don't seem to be capable of a 70 minute performance. At times,we seem very good, and, we can get away with flat enough spells, like the 1st half today, but at some stage we're going to need to go toe to toe for 70 minutes with a better team than Louth.

Good to see Oisin getting the scores. I think he's been harshly judged this year, he's still capable of the form he showed last year but as a full forward, he's judged on scores.

And good to seen McGee play a half and Niall O'Donnell make an appearance. We need as deep a bench as possible heading to Croke Park.

Monaghan/Meath will fancy their chances. All things being equal, it's a good draw but we need to show up. The Ulster Championship match against Monaghan was a bit close for comfort at the end.

Looking at the highlights Gallen had a decent game. Apart from the 5 points a lot of ball went through him. His movement was better and he found more room out around the half-forward line. Roarty, Thompson Impressed and an excellent second half showing by sub McFadden.

I think I would prefer Meath rather than Monaghan. I don't think Meath would be able to cope with our running game as much as Monaghan who we struggled against in the Ulster. Our running game requires huge reserves of energy. I just hope we can manage this next weekend.

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I think this has a lot to do with safety and security of players after the game. Recent years have shown that the flash-points happen most frequently on the pitch or coming off the pitch at half time or full time. I don't know this for sure, but would guess that management wants players in the dressing room asap in an organised fashion after the whistle has gone. Injury, suspension and fines are all really big issues for clubs and teams.

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Morning Ireland Monday 23 June 2025 - Morning Ireland

Once McGuinness called out the fixtures committee not surprised with the game on Saturday. They have it in for him. Unfortunately there is a huge amount of bile and resentment being focused on Jim and the team from outside the county. The favourites tag is annoying them big time

Grossly unfair. All PQF winners could have been given 7 days but as it is only Galway and Dublin get 7. Kerry, the team who met no Division one sides in the Munster Championship or in the group stage get 8 and Donegal, the team who played 3 Division one sides in the Ulster Championship and two more in the group stage are given 6 days.

Some things the GAA can’t control like provincial imbalances and luck of All Ireland draw but when they sit down and look at it they should be doing better with what they can control and try to bring an element of fairness to it. Sunday evening prime time TV slot should not be put ahead of this for amateur players and especially with games week on week.

If they want to balance Tv scheduling flexibility and fairness there has got to be free weekends between games. As it is they have decided to shaft Donegal in this instance

I’m tired of the conspiracy theories and whinging already. Roll on Jones’s Rd

You could see from the way Jimmy sent all the replaced players to the dressing room before the full time whistle and everyone else got in their quickly once the whistle went, that all focus was immediately switched to this weekend. All the noise since will be irrelevant to them and will help keep the focus elsewhere so that they can get on with the preparations. All good as far as Jimmy is concerned.

The points raised about the unfairness are all valid but I'm sure the lads were already preparing for something like this and will be ready come Saturday. It's time to look forward to what will hopefully be a full house and two cracking games (or one cracking game and a handy win for us would be ok too!).

Just listened back & they definitely alluded to Meath v Donegal…….it was real amateur hour stuff, muttering in the backround…..should hold the draw on TV……..The Sunday Game ?