Boom__Boom wrote: » You'd have to think they'd surely got his approval before they put his name forward. I had thought it was looking very much like Gallagher was going to get it unopposed with so many of the other likely candidates ruling themselves out. Does he have any links to Donegal or anything? Seems very much out of left-field. I wonder if he maybe heard Gallagher wasn't going for it and decided to be quick off the mark. The process by which inter-county managers get appointed in the GAA is possibly one of the most Irish things ever.
SM746 wrote: » Fanad Gaels have nominated Paddy Carr for the Donegal job. No idea yet if he interested. Paddy is a good manager but not sure if Donegal would fit him. Navan based so be huge commitment if he did somehow get it. Doubt he would be interested to be honest. Hard to look past Rory now if the media are to be believed.
SM746 wrote: » I actually rate him as a good manager. I do agree not what I would have expected or hoped for though.
Nidgeweasel wrote: » Fanad have nominated Paddy Carr for the vacant manager's role. Underwhelming. Frankly I'd have hoped for better. If this is the category were after we are in bother.
Nidgeweasel wrote: » Intermediate draw next week. Apparently there is a fixture to be fulfilled?
Nidgeweasel wrote: » My first thoughts are that it's an exciting draw and is setting up the last 8 very nicely. You would hope there will be one shock but it's hard to see where that will come from. Hard to look past the Glen v Naomh Conaill and Eunans v St Michaels. I'd like to see St Michaels win it but I don't think they will.
overshoot wrote: » That gave me a bigger laugh that it should have! Potentially a few great games in there... Then again I though yesterdays glen/michaels game would be good See Donegal updates saying mchugh got ypoty, havnt seen it anywhere else yet though.
Redsoxfan wrote: » Wow, Termon beat Gweedore. Anyone know who manages Gweedore? Teams through as group winners: Naomh Conaill Four Masters Dungloe Glenswilly Through as runners up: St Eunans Ardara Termon St Michaels
Redsoxfan wrote: » When there is a two way tie, head to head decides who goes through. As it was a three way tie, it was points difference and points scored. Kilcar lost out on scoring difference. Glenswilly 46/23 +23 Michaels 41/18 +23 Kilcar 44/23 +21 Colm McFadden missed a late free (may have been the last kick as far as I remember) that I guess would have put Michaels ahead of Glenswilly. As far was I know, it's 1 v 2 in the Quarter Finals (i.e group winners are seeded). Four Masters finished top of Group 2 ahead of Ardara and so they will be seeded as well. Eunans and Naomh Conaill are through, whoever wins today is seeded. A draw would do Eunans as they have a much better scoring difference. All to play for in Group 3 where all four teams have a shot to go through. Draw for Quarter Finals (next weekend) will be held after the Junior A Final.
2moreMinutes wrote: » Did Glenswilly only need to win by 2 and both them & St Michaels were through irrespective of what Kilcar done?
SM746 wrote: » What's the word up home about the new manager? Any rumours? Although the bookies have Rory clearly out in front at 2/9, 1/5ish I've heard nothing to say he wants the job.
Boom__Boom wrote: » I do think he went over the top in saying that he cost Donegal silverware but I do think there is some legitimacy in what he said, but he would probably have been better off letting someone else to say it. No manager is perfect, and I think the praise of McGuinness has gotten has gone a bit overboard - from some of the stuff you'd swear the reason he was off to Scotland was to get revenge for Fionn McCool. Any word on the new manager situation? Anyone actually declared an interest in the job or anything mad like that?
Eamonn Fitzmaurice has done a fantastic job since his appointment; he is without doubt a tactical genius and the best manager in the game by a country mile. When you compare him to Jim Gavin who really had one plan which was all out attack or to Jim McGuinness who had one plan of all out defence, Fitzmaurice is streets ahead. For every game in this year’s championship he changed tactics based on the opposition with such little time to do so between games.
