Donegal GAA Discussion Thread

ArnoldJRimmer · 17-09-2020 2:29pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

So, Ballybofey 1 November at 1.30pm for the big one.

No Ulster Final in Clones.

Its amazing that there are no floodlights in the premier ground in Ulster, I never thought about that before. Still though, with no crowds, they could play it anywhere

doc_17 · 19-09-2020 8:15am

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Its amazing that there are no floodlights in the premier ground in Ulster, I never thought about that before. Still though, with no crowds, they could play it anywhere

When flood lights were installed in the rest of the grounds in Ulster the plan to rebuild casement was being formulated. So in order to give it the best chance of success they have been ignoring Clones, making it less of an attractive option. They don’t even have ball stops.

Joe Don Dante · 21-09-2020 5:48pm

Game off, a kilcar player has tested positive for Covid, The chairman of Kilcar has confirmed it to the Donegal Democrat

Joe Don Dante · 21-09-2020 7:19pm

game back on, an absolutely crazy decision!

Redsoxfan · 21-09-2020 9:14pm

Game not being televised so I guess I'll stream, quality was decent the last day.

Can only assume it is a marginal Kilcar player if they aren't looking to postpone?

Joe Don Dante · 21-09-2020 11:29pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Game not being televised so I guess I'll stream, quality was decent the last day.

Can only assume it is a marginal Kilcar player if they aren't looking to postpone?

its not

Ceist_Beag · 22-09-2020 8:22am

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Game not being televised so I guess I'll stream, quality was decent the last day.

Can only assume it is a marginal Kilcar player if they aren't looking to postpone?

My initial thought was it was one of the lads in the county scene (i.e. the one who tested positive at the weekend)

Redsoxfan · 22-09-2020 10:19am

Ceist_Beag wrote: »

My initial thought was it was one of the lads in the county scene (i.e. the one who tested positive at the weekend)

Thought the County Finalists weren't joining up with the panel until after the Final?

Ceist_Beag · 22-09-2020 10:28am

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Thought the County Finalists weren't joining up with the panel until after the Final?

That's a good point, I may have been putting 2 and 2 together = 5 there!

Redsoxfan · 22-09-2020 10:30am

Joe Don Dante wrote: »

its not

I might have seen a surname. Not marginal. But possibly not on County panel. Anyway, can't be speculating unless it's been made public.

Redsoxfan · 22-09-2020 7:34pm

Games off.

Jizique · 22-09-2020 11:11pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Games off.

11pm sports tonight on RTÉ 1 radio said it is going ahead

Redsoxfan · 22-09-2020 11:12pm

Jizique wrote: »

11pm sports tonight on RTÉ 1 radio said it is going ahead

Fake news hiy.

Jizique · 22-09-2020 11:14pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Fake news hiy.

Thanks, will believe local press, not national

Redsoxfan · 24-09-2020 10:43pm

Kevin Cassidy having a right cut at 'the County' in his Gaelic Life column this week.

Reckons the Kilcar player picked up Covid-19 at a County get together he shouldn't have been at.

Ceist_Beag · 25-09-2020 8:51am

For the avoidance of any doubt, I just want to point out that I am not Kevin Cassidy!

downthemiddle · 25-09-2020 9:25am

Ceist_Beag wrote: »

For the avoidance of any doubt, I just want to point out that I am not Kevin Cassidy!

You don't generate enough noise to be Cass!!

Redsoxfan · 25-09-2020 9:46pm

Ceist_Beag wrote: »

For the avoidance of any doubt, I just want to point out that I am not Kevin Cassidy!

Glad to hear that.

Redsoxfan · 25-09-2020 9:48pm

Senior Relegation Play Off and Intermediate Final are being streamed (FOC I think) on Donegal GAA website this weekend.

Joe Don Dante · 25-09-2020 10:51pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Kevin Cassidy having a right cut at 'the County' in his Gaelic Life column this week.

Reckons the Kilcar player picked up Covid-19 at a County get together he shouldn't have been at.

correct

Redsoxfan · 26-09-2020 4:28pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Senior Relegation Play Off and Intermediate Final are being streamed (FOC I think) on Donegal GAA website this weekend.

No, it's 5 euro.

Redsoxfan · 26-09-2020 8:06pm

Aodh Ruadh win, bit of a surprise.

I'd say it was the same person tweeting from their account that tweets from Fermanagh GAA account.

doc_17 · 26-09-2020 8:55pm

The senior final should have gone ahead tomorrow.

Nidgeweasel · 01-10-2020 8:16pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Aodh Ruadh win, bit of a surprise.

Themselves and Cloughaneely have been the best teams for the past couple of years (both are better than St Nauls, for example) and nothing really between them anytime they played. I think both teams started at evens initially and then drifted.

Would expect both teams to to stay in senior. CCF ought to be winning next year. They're a very good outfit. It's quite a young AR side and when you go through their squad have a number of ex county 21's and minors, you would think they've potential to push on a bit which is good that mid section of teams in senior championship probably needs to be freshened up but the first go at senior will be tough. Opportunity for the like of Termon / Four Masters with strong minor teams also to push on in there also.

Dungloe gone not a surprise at all. Hanging on for a while now. Nobody will want to be playing them at their place in the championship next year anyway though, that's for sure. Hopefully they can recover.

Redsoxfan · 01-10-2020 10:21pm

Kilcar v Naomh Conaill moved to 11th at 3.00pm

At that time, seems like it will be streamed rather than on TV.

Unless it is the last County Final to be played.

Nidgeweasel · 06-10-2020 10:51am

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Kilcar v Naomh Conaill moved to 11th at 3.00pm

At that time, seems like it will be streamed rather than on TV.

Unless it is the last County Final to be played.

Of January at this rate...

Redsoxfan · 06-10-2020 9:52pm

Nidgeweasel wrote: »

Of January at this rate...

2022...

Slipperydodger · 10-10-2020 1:33pm

Ryan McHugh on the Covid crisis in Donegal & Winter football https://youtu.be/OeQOwzUNmrw

dog_pig · 11-10-2020 5:15pm

https://twitter.com/thomasniblock/status/1315312533574692865

Solomon Pleasant · 11-10-2020 5:34pm

dog_pig wrote: »

https://twitter.com/thomasniblock/status/1315312533574692865

Interesting to see this!

Anyone know what Jim is up to at the moment in general?

charlie14 · 11-10-2020 6:37pm

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Interesting to see this!

Anyone know what Jim is up to at the moment in general?

No idea what he is at nowadays, but not surprised to see him in Galway. Padraig Joyce and himself played together in Tralee and one of them I seem to remember was best man at the others wedding ?

Redsoxfan · 18-10-2020 2:39pm

No Paddy McBrearty or Michael Langan in the squad by the looks of it.

Conor McKenna named to start for the other side.

ArnoldJRimmer · 18-10-2020 2:46pm

This Mayo score puts a bit more pressure on us to get a win today. Pre throw in, we had two points and a far superior points difference, thats been wiped out in one half

Redsoxfan · 18-10-2020 2:47pm

If we don't win today we are going down.

Green&Red · 18-10-2020 2:54pm

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

This Mayo score puts a bit more pressure on us to get a win today. Pre throw in, we had two points and a far superior points difference, thats been wiped out in one half

Yer +18 still, we’re only getting to parity

charlie14 · 18-10-2020 2:56pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

If we don't win today we are going down.

If we don`t win today then I cannot see us winning the last one, so yeah we will be going down.
Tyrone are hardly going to do us any favours in Castleba,r and even if they did after today with what Mayo are racking up, score difference is gone anyway.

Redsoxfan · 18-10-2020 4:43pm

Didn't really make the most of that half. Throne there for the taking.

babybuilder · 18-10-2020 4:46pm

Ok first half. Great goal by mogan. Left three Tyrone players for dead. Puzzled by penalty decision. Some good scores by both sides. Hope we don't fade in second half.

ArnoldJRimmer · 18-10-2020 4:46pm

Agreed, they made a balls of that botched kick-out and the 3 on 2, and that looked like a very soft penalty too

charlie14 · 18-10-2020 4:48pm

Looked to be a very dodgy penalty.

charlie14 · 18-10-2020 4:53pm

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Agreed, they made a balls of that botched kick-out and the 3 on 2, and that looked like a very soft penalty too

With the table they way it is, you could question the thinking on putting a Mayo ref in charge .

babybuilder · 18-10-2020 5:02pm

charlie14 wrote: »

With the table they way it is, you could question the thinking on putting a Mayo ref in charge .

No sooner said and he hands Tyrone a point at the start of the second half. Then another one. B####ox.

babybuilder · 18-10-2020 5:06pm

Great goal, well done Jamie Brennan, didn't blast it. Good response.Burns lucky didn't get second yellow.

ArnoldJRimmer · 18-10-2020 5:25pm

charlie14 wrote: »

With the table they way it is, you could question the thinking on putting a Mayo ref in charge .

Wouldn't normally question a ref's neutrality, but this is getting beyond a joke at this stage

babybuilder · 18-10-2020 5:42pm

Good win. McKenna's some but if stuff

agfasfos · 18-10-2020 5:46pm

It was a must win, fair play to them. We were always on top & should have buried Tyrone earlier. We were by far the better team & the Ref didn't do us any favours, the penalty was soft.

charlie14 · 18-10-2020 5:54pm

Good all round performance. I don`t know what to make of young O`Donnell. Caught running into traffic a few times and put the support player under pressure a few times with poor passes when running into the same. I`ve been sore on Paul Brennan a few times in the past. Thought he had a good game today.

charlie14 · 18-10-2020 6:37pm

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Wouldn't normally question a ref's neutrality, but this is getting beyond a joke at this stage

I`m not a great one for conspiracy theories, and I`m not saying the two Tyrone lads did not deserve to go one of them should have been gone much earlier. But from how he refereed that game, sending them off when Donegal had the game in the bag would make me wonder. Mayo`s last game is v Tyrone and they need to win to stay up.

Mind you both Monaghan and Mayo winning their last games it would not exactly break my heart seeing Tyrone go down.

seligehgit · 18-10-2020 6:47pm

charlie14 wrote: »

I`m not a great one for conspiracy theories, and I`m not saying the two Tyrone lads did not deserve to go one of them should have been gone much earlier. But from how he refereed that game, sending them off when Donegal had the game in the bag would make me wonder. Mayo`s last game is v Tyrone and they need to win to stay up.

Mind you both Monaghan and Mayo winning their last games it would not exactly break my heart seeing Tyrone go down.

It was not great optics having a Mayo man in the middle for the game with what was potentially at stake today and next week.

Not that I would doubt Jerome Henry's ability as a referee to as always carry out his duties in an impartial manner.

Redsoxfan · 18-10-2020 10:08pm

Good to win and stay up. Would be nice to spend a few years in Division 1 again.

Some sloppy play, which wasn't surprising but needs to be sorted fairly sharpish.

Brilliant goal by Mogan.

McKenna is a potential problem but we have had a look at him now and need to figure out how to manage him. Where there is a will there is a way.

Throne and their crappy free taking. Always good to see.

Hard to see R Brennan avoiding a ban. I don't rate P Brennan at all.

Hopefully Paddy and Langan make it back.

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