Nidgeweasel wrote: » Pappa will not play in the Championship if he is based in Qatar. By the sounds of it he's weighing up if he can come back. He has nothing left to prove and owes us nothing. My god what a boost it would be though.
babybuilder wrote: » All-Ireland final 2014
Stoner wrote: » That's a fair point. I think the argument is bigger than Donegal and Dublin. Mayos attitude to the league has been questioned too. It is IMO a competition to target, the alternative is to have a silver bullet to fire once later on in the year. I remember winning the league in the early 1990s under Paddy Cullen it was a great feeling. I remember Donegal and Dublin playing in a high stake league final back around the too possibly 93. They were good days, I'd rather they were back and to be honest anyone who was at the games in early 1990s and yesterday from both our counties would likely agree.
harpsman wrote: » Redmond and Barr gettin sent off- Barr for a Cantona style lunge iirc,
Stoner wrote: » Let's be honest , Kilkenny have to show up against Dublin and Galway in the hurling. Ulster is strong, etc but the likes of Cavan and Monaghan, Fermanagh, Down, Derry have yet to demonstrate that they can produce outside of beating Donegal or Tyrone to any significant degree. Monaghan melt against Kerry and Dublin imo. With the greatest respect to those teams and I sure they are capable of making up ground, but Mayo, Kerry, Dublin and the cork team of three years ago were really only worried about meeting Donegal or Tyrone. It's tough to get out of yes full of all Ireland winning teams , imo no.
harpsman wrote: » Remember those league finals, coming back to draw the first day, Redmond and Barr gettin sent off- Barr for a Cantona style lunge iirc, then Tommy Carr off for a crazy kick in the first minute of the replay, Dublin going 8-0 up with Paul Clarke kicking everything and eventually Dublin holding on for a 10-06 win. Fantastic atmosphere at those games, and Donegal had won every game at that satge. On the other hand we beat Mayo in the league final in 2007 but then had a bad chambionship and at the end the year was considered a disaster. But I agree with you that its hard to understand a team kinda holding back in a league semi final in Croke Park when they dont have another game for 2 months. I always thought that playing competitive matches was the best practice you can get, but clearly the management, and the previous manager(and things seemed to work out ok for him in the championship) dont agree.
Bonniedog wrote: » Keith ??? Ah, you must have him confused with someone else
Nidgeweasel wrote: » We only went to the replay I think. My abiding memory of the national leagues in the 90's is driving back from Dublin listening to the old man and uncles bitch about Derry for 4/5 hours.
harpsman wrote: » I know-a cool customer like him-I think Ciaran Whelan was on the tv that night saying "Keiths not that kind of player":P Believe hes a good manager now, in both codes? I used to enjoy his newspaper column, thought he was one of the best analysts.
Nidgeweasel wrote: » What about it?
babybuilder wrote: » Short kick out and Kerry goal.
Bonniedog wrote: » Keith is gas man. Ended up playing with the Garda along with his brother Johnny who was even madder fker! That the Barrs ended up with the Garda is one of more interesting and bizarre episodes in Dub GAA My favourite Keith moment was when he kicked the Kildare dressing room door down at half time in a Leinster final. There was no one other side anxious to come out
Stoner wrote: » didn't work out well for Tom Harris.
babybuilder wrote: All-Ireland final 2014
Redsoxfan wrote: » If you are talking about that mistake, then I don't feel he has to come back to prove anything. Whether he feels differently himself is his business, but Papa wasn't the only one below par that day.
charlie14 wrote: » Didn`t Johnny get himself and his club in a spot of bother for selling All Ireland tickets to touts? Mad pair of b****rds the pair of them.
Redsoxfan wrote: If you are talking about that mistake, then I don't feel he has to come back to prove anything. Whether he feels differently himself is his business, but Papa wasn't the only one below par that day.
Nidgeweasel wrote: » Nobody is suggesting Donegal lost on purpose or threw the game. What people are rightly saying is it's blatantly obvious the current (and previous as it happens) regime doesn't give two hoots about the league.They had a semi final yesterday and didn't train last week.
Green Tae wrote: » Just concering that last point; if I was a Donegal supporter and I had travelled all the way to Croke Park to watch my team take on the All-Ireland champions then I would be absolutely furious. It's an insult to fans and GAA people across the county. I doubt Dublin skipped training for the week. I certainly wouldn't be spending any more money on that team if that was the policy adopted by management. It's disrespectful - end of story.
babybuilder wrote: I would be interested to know of any objective analysis or comment made by any Donegal commentators or journalists recently. A little bit more anger and criticisms from fans could possibly get a good response from the team and could improve their chances in the summer.
2moreMinutes wrote: » I'm also not sure that sports reports detailing the anger or frustration of fans will help performances. No matter what anyone might think of specific players or whether they should be near the squad, I seriously doubt that they're not putting in the effort. The main difference between now and pre-Jim is that there is a pride in the county jersey now that was previously missing. I'm afraid at this stage for a number of them that the mind is more than willing but the body is just no longer capable of performing at the level required, especially in how we play. This is probably a reason to show frustration at management over the last 5/6 years for not blooding enough new players but certainly not at the current squad.
Ceist_Beag wrote: » As I said before, I think league semi finals are a joke anyway and Donegal should never have been in with a chance of winning the league this year - they didn't deserve it.
Ceist_Beag wrote: » +1 Anyone who thought that Donegal would take the league semi final seriously simply hasn't been paying attention this past few years. You might not agree with it, and clearly some don't, but the management team have the right to make the priorities as they see fit and I personally don't have a problem with it. As I said before, I think league semi finals are a joke anyway and Donegal should never have been in with a chance of winning the league this year - they didn't deserve it.
