freddiek wrote: » great day for the GAA. A victory for honest amateurism over creeping professionalism. Well done to all Donegal people.
bennyl10 wrote: » Let them get defensive.. The arrogance was painful.. Donegal prove it all to be smoke and mirrors.. But now will the arrogant fans admit that they werent good enough.. Or will the excuses roll in
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Also hilarious to read the first couple of pages of this thread after that result
Peist2007 wrote: » What a collapse from Dublin. Completely outplayed and out-sussed
alchemist33 wrote: » The Dublin team and management seem a decent bunch alright but going by the thread yesterday, many Dublin fans thought they were already in the final. That sort of overconfidence can take hold in a county and affect players as much as they try to avoid it.
Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: » Its hard to see Dublin getting a score of much less than 20 points regardless of how defensive Donegal are and the way Donegal are playing this year I can't see them racking up that big a score. Donegal need to move Michael Murphy into the full forward line.Although he does a decent job out the field his lack of pace will be exposed.If they played with McBrearty ,Murphy and McFadden in an orthodox full forward line and used the long ball more often Donegal might have a chance as Dublins full back line hasn't really been fully tested yet and they are all good ball winners and could create a few goals which they are going to need to get. Donegal need to be more attacking in this match the overly defensive style is not going to be as effective as it is against other teams.The blanket defence was beaten by Dublin in 2011 when they started to run hard at Donegal and one thing Dublin are extremely good at these days is running hard. Donegal need to improve alot to have any sort of a chance. I think they will up their game but I'd still fancy Dublin to win by 8 or 9 points.If Donegal continue their current form Dublin could give them the sort of hiding they have dished out to the rest of their opponents this summer.
Hammer Archer wrote: » I hope Donegal give them a game and think they may be the first team to stay within 10 points of Dublin, but I'd be very surprised if there isn't more than 6 points in it at the end. I'd expect the final to be similarly handy for Dublin.
CountyHurler wrote: » Well I dont think anybody would have expected Dublin to miss the sort of chances they did in the second half... It was like the sort of collapse that used to happen to Dublin pre-Jim Gavin... like against Kerry, and the collapse against Mayo in 2006. I didnt think we would see that sort of collapse from this era of players..
Stinicker wrote: » Glory Donegal, defeated 16 men and used to long ball and went for goals. Great to see this team of cynics and their cocky supporters dumped. All I was hearing was how much Dublin would hammer Kerry by. A great day for football, Kerry V Donegal, two great counties of nice people, great supporters and better still great footballer who play the long ball in. Their was no Tyrone tactics by Donegal today and they played it just like Kerry, long ball in, mark man to man. Glory Donegal.
naughtb4 wrote: » Not sure they were, few breaking balls in it really. Goals change games Was an excellent game, higher standard than yesterday I thought
Nidgeweasel wrote: » Dublin, the greatest side to ever play football to win by 40 points after they unleash the bench (tm) Who by themselves would probably win the all Ireland.
Ralphdejones wrote: » It's going to be like shooting fish in a barrel
Lapin wrote: » Dublin County Board should send out for some decent silver polish and cloths because they're gonna be busy tarting up the Sam Maguire for the next year or two.
Mr. Incognito wrote: » dublin conceded 3 14 Not much science to figure out what happened there
Moneymaker wrote: » What arrogance? Muppets in the papers or on twitter? Not a single one of us going to the game today thought we'd win this easily. This is a quality Donegal team and they fully deserved their victory. They completely outplayed us. Stop talking ****.
Aspiring wrote: » Can't tell if you're being serious.
Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: » Great match and an unbelievable performance from Donegal. Dublin only have themselves to blame for this.Far too many bad misses, didn't show Donegal enough respect they should have tightened up early in the second half and calmed things for about for 10 minutes.Bernard Brogan went missing today.
