Donegal GAA Discussion Thread

Good win for 20s tonight against Monaghan. Mac giolla bhride withdrawn before throw in which to me looks like he could be starting league final after mulreany went off with an injury in last minute against Monaghan the last day. Mark anthony mc ginley the only other keeper in squad which leaves mc Guinness with limited options which isn't ideal. Interestingly Mc Cole went off with a knock aswell and would be a huge loss if he's not there in full back line to tag Clifford

What's the latest on Thompson, O Baoill, Moore and Gallen? Would be a serious boost having them back in the squad, especially Thompson and O Baoill who are our main 2 point threats outside of Langan imo

Strong team, light bench.

MM lucky to get away with a yellow there.

Neil McGee must be the only man from Gaoth Dobhair that cant speak irish.

Red all day long

Not a bad day out.

Not bad at all.

Some game by young Campbell, especially on the job he was asked to do at short notice. Fair play to Glenties, They just seem to keep churning these young talents out.

Take the blinkers off lad, not the first time he's done it

I'm sure you were complaining as loudly when McHugh and Thompson were done in the final last year.

Do you remember the two of them having to leave the pitch injured or does your memory only work in one direction?

Some serious talent coming through and what has impressed me so much about them is how they have seamlessly fitted in.

Whatever they are feeding them in Glenties we should be feeding the same to every player in the county when you see two youngsters playing on the largest GAA stages as nerveless as if they were kicking a ball around their gardens with a few friends.

During the week I wondered to myself - I didn`t mention it to anyone other than the wife because I knew I would be laughed out of it after his sending off - if Jim was considering putting McMenamin on Clifford.

I have this thing about Clifford since we drew with them in Croke Park in 2019 in the group stages, that lovely footballer that he is, getting a bit roughed up by his marker puts his game off. McMenamin did it that day and he only scored a point. And that from a free as far as I remember ? Mc Colgan did much the same to him today.

It`ll be interesting seeing how his markers during the rest of the year go about attempting to handle him.

Donegal fan here and no dispute it shoulda been a red card. I was in lower Cusack and a Donegal lad behind me even said Murphy is getting the line.

On the replay-closed fist, contact with the head, swinging arm I just cant understand how an offical from 1 metre away failed to see it.

I noticed also the officials were off the pitch before the presentation and Shane O Donnell thanking them. I think they knew they hadnt a great game.

Agree with all this, I think it was important for ye that all ghosts from the All-Ireland final are now completely banished. The AI was a rough day for Donegal, the commentary was harsh on both players and management.

The two major talking points from the AI were Kerry winning the midfield battle, giving themselves a good platform for their lethal attack and the passive zonal defence that allowed Kerry pick them off at will.

Donegals changed midfield won that battle handsomely yesterday (when the match was a contest) and the defence that now tackles aggressively outside the arc worked well yesterday and throughout the league.

Donegal can now approach the championship with a lot of confidence that they have a game plan and system that can win the AI. Its a set back for Kerry, but not a disaster, they have plenty of time to set things right and it is probably a useful early warning that this championship is going to be a bit of a different beast to last years.

He very well might have been.

I was just wondering during the week if Jim might have considered him for the job based on how well he did on Clifford in Croke Park in 2019. A game that was way more competitive than yesterday turned out to be.