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Replying To s goldrick: "omg. are you serious. Have you seen any of Donegal's games this year ?. They stood toe-to-toe with Kerry,Mayo and Dublin. They are playing better football than they have been playing these past few years. They are more attack minded and break at pace. Paddy McBrearty is virtuallly unmarkable. Murphy is a powerhouse around the middle who mops up everything and starts all the attacks (he is also a dead-ball specialist. some of their "younger players" have improved no end. I honestly don't expect us to get within 10 points of them." How much did half teams of Kerry and Dublin beat them by? How many games did "powerhouse" Murphy play in the league? They had half a Mayo team beaten at home in a must win game and blew it. The only team they beat got relegated with them. They are a shadow of their former selves and hopefully Sunday will prove that. Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 09/05/2018 14:49:01 2097585 Link
Galligan, McKiernan and Mackey also out. Calf,hamstring and quad respectively. thegadfly (Cavan) - Posts: 290 - 09/05/2018 18:51:28 2097655 Link
Replying To thegadfly: "Galligan, McKiernan and Mackey also out. Calf,hamstring and quad respectively." That's nearly the whole team out now, It's unbelievable that we could lose so many. blueman1903 (Cavan) - Posts: 885 - 09/05/2018 19:01:04 2097658 Link
Replying To thegadfly: "Galligan, McKiernan and Mackey also out. Calf,hamstring and quad respectively." Lies doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 09/05/2018 19:48:32 2097663 Link
Replying To blueman1903: "That's nearly the whole team out now, It's unbelievable that we could lose so many." If you loose any more players it will be a really short year. mon07 (Monaghan) - Posts: 139 - 09/05/2018 21:49:59 2097690 Link
Sorry everyone, I was just having a bit of a laugh. The 3 players I mentioned are not injured to my knowledge. I guess I'm just tired of all this speculation and hearsay about injuries. I've heard (and I hope) that a lot of it is mind games. My sincere apologies again. thegadfly (Cavan) - Posts: 290 - 09/05/2018 22:37:42 2097706 Link
Replying To sidelineview: "We beat Donegal and Derry in 97 in clones then in 98 we lost to Down in the Semi after scraping past Fermanagh in Breffni and 99 and 00 were the hidings from Derry (at home) - less said about that the better then beat Down in casement in 2001 and 2004 but how good were Down back then so its back as far as that i'm afraid - anyway here's hoping on Sunday we improve that record." Not trying to be petty but in 98 we lost to Donegal in the semi who then lost to Derry in the final via a late brolly goal JamsieMac (Cavan) - Posts: 482 - 10/05/2018 03:23:28 2097737 Link
Replying To JamsieMac: "Not trying to be petty but in 98 we lost to Donegal in the semi who then lost to Derry in the final via a late brolly goal" Folks We lost to Armagh in 2004, to Tyrone in 2001, Ulster Final, I think we lost to Donegal in 2002, shortly after the hammering we took in the League Final, and Antrim in 2003. kildare blue (Cavan) - Posts: 578 - 10/05/2018 11:42:51 2097802 Link
Anyone in the know fit to hazard an educated guess at what team Mattie will start all injuries taken into account? Heard a strange rumour that James Farrelly may start in the full forward line? Never saw him playing outfield before but apparently does for Kingscourt the odd time and is being looked at as a wild card target man... Would definitely be a bold move! PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 10/05/2018 15:20:21 2097875 Link
The more I hear about the training Donegal are putting in I think they are going to win this pulling up. They paid no attention to April been a club month and have been pulling up tree's in training from a very close source. mon07 (Monaghan) - Posts: 139 - 10/05/2018 20:45:09 2097971 Link
Replying To PatTheDandy: "Anyone in the know fit to hazard an educated guess at what team Mattie will start all injuries taken into account? Heard a strange rumour that James Farrelly may start in the full forward line? Never saw him playing outfield before but apparently does for Kingscourt the odd time and is being looked at as a wild card target man... Would definitely be a bold move!" Ah come on now. If we do that we are as well to stat at home. fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 10/05/2018 22:50:10 2097990 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "omg. are you serious. Have you seen any of Donegal's games this year ?. They stood toe-to-toe with Kerry,Mayo and Dublin. They are playing better football than they have been playing these past few years. They are more attack minded and break at pace. Paddy McBrearty is virtuallly unmarkable. Murphy is a powerhouse around the middle who mops up everything and starts all the attacks (he is also a dead-ball specialist. some of their "younger players" have improved no end. I honestly don't expect us to get within 10 points of them." You'd hope we'll be a lot closer than 10 points but it is a bit of a worry that if we don't hit the ground running and if Donegal get their tails up early we could be in for a very difficult afternoon especially if it's a very inexperienced championship team. It's very hard to call without knowing the lineups. I'd be a big fan of this Donegal panel and I think if someone like Jim McGuinness was over them I wouldn't give us much of a chance. I'm not sure if Bonner is the right man to get the most out of them though and traditionally they don't always show up for championship either. The same can be said for us too but I was hoping we'd change that this year especially after our early league showing. But injuries have dampened my hopes a bit. But you never know. We'll go in positive mood and maybe some new championship blood might not be such a bad thing if we are to buck the trend. Good luck to all for Sunday. Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 10/05/2018 23:11:25 2097994 Link
Replying To mon07: "The more I hear about the training Donegal are putting in I think they are going to win this pulling up. They paid no attention to April been a club month and have been pulling up tree's in training from a very close source." How did ur close source get to see the Donegal training? fatkeeper (Dublin) - Posts: 316 - 10/05/2018 23:40:55 2098000 Link
Best of luck to Mattie and the Cavan team this Sunday. cavan97 (Cavan) - Posts: 369 - 11/05/2018 07:57:11 2098014 Link
Replying To fatkeeper: "How did ur close source get to see the Donegal training?" he was one of the security staff ;) theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 11/05/2018 09:24:54 2098031 Link
Any team news? IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 11/05/2018 13:11:27 2098664 Link
Replying To theweanling: "he was one of the security staff ;)" So where were they training? And when? Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 11/05/2018 13:52:36 2098786 Link
Replying To Inaroundehouse: "So where were they training? And when?" You must not have been listening to joe Brolly. blueman1903 (Cavan) - Posts: 885 - 11/05/2018 14:03:36 2098820 Link
Replying To blueman1903: "You must not have been listening to joe Brolly." He was talking about their weekend away training down the country. When Donegal train at home they switch it to various club grounds and also the beach so it's kinda impossible to know . Because they even switch training venues at short notice. And they have always done that even before McGuinness time Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 11/05/2018 14:44:12 2098944 Link
Replying To mon07: "The more I hear about the training Donegal are putting in I think they are going to win this pulling up. They paid no attention to April been a club month and have been pulling up tree's in training from a very close source." Pulling up trees? Surely this is a breach of some environmental law? Additionally I'd imagine it's a very dangerous activity for your back, there must be a few injuries going around as a result? ;) Cavan_Shambles (Cavan) - Posts: 575 - 11/05/2018 14:46:44 2098953 Link