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I seen bad loosers in my time but you take the biscuit? Get over it. I was chatting to lots of Mayo supporters after Sunday's match and the banter was good. Move on, under new Management and with a few new additions, especially forwards you will be back strong next year. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 594 - 19/06/2025 12:32:53 2619203 Link 0 |
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Mol an Oige agus tiocfaidh siad, I have backed Donegal to pull this off. Scantermediate69 (Australia) - Posts: 6 - 19/06/2025 12:53:25 2619209 Link 0 |
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What goes around comes around.
greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 687 - 19/06/2025 13:04:44 2619214 Link 0 |
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That has to be Trolls, no way genuinely Armagh fans would be online b***hing/touting about Murphy being a little bit physical. There is a troll poster with a number of accounts on here, who for years has been pretending to be from Mayo or Antrim or Limerick and probably even Donegal etc depending on what pot they are stirring, and that particular poster was then on the Carlow forum discussing Carlow club matches, which gives a strong hint to where is actually from. I spotted the matching typing style, there was very small unique detail a poster used, searched around HS, noted that person must have had at least 5 or 6 accounts. I later called it out and the common feature soon was removed from all future posts, but it clearly is one person. Some of those accounts are prominent profiles, so sometimes we should ignore the listed County. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1394 - 19/06/2025 13:21:28 2619220 Link 0 |
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She's back!!! Well Galway fans are much nicer than you lot, so there! (Only joking by the way because I'm not twelve years old). Also, you know nothing about armagh fans, you don't play in the ulster championship and I don't think you've met them in the all ireland recently so you have no room to talk. Most armagh fans are grand, as are most Mayo fans and donegal fans. Funny that eh. There were some Mayo fans who acted appallingly after knocking us out of the championship in 2013 and 2019 in particular so you'll forgive us for having the last laugh on Sunday. It surely must be concerning that you were outnumbered massively on your own doorstep. Changed times for sure. Anyway, good luck next season, Mayo are still a very good side, just lacking a bit of consistency and ruthlessness at times.
WeGoAgain (Donegal) - Posts: 86 - 19/06/2025 13:25:58 2619224 Link 0 |
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Here lad will you cop on. Not even sure are you from Mayo but if you are get a grip. We lost to Cavan that's why we ended up where we are. I don't give a **** about Murphy at the final whistle or anything else. These things happen at club and county level. If we are beat fair and square which we were we need to suck it up. End of story.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8452 - 19/06/2025 13:43:23 2619234 Link 6 |
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I think all of the greats get different treatment from rival fans. Murphy has been immense since coming back as you say after 2 years away. I was listening to OTBAM on the way to work this morning and they actually spoke about him and the tactical element of how Donegal have performed this season so far. The question posed mainly centred around Murphy shouldering so much responsibility and as a result you're not seeing the same performance levels from others - Gallen is a case in point. All start forward, previous free taker and now with Murphy back he has been pretty underwhelming and definitely in the shadows. Everyone else from what I've seen have done well in first and bursts only i.e. O'Baoill. They posed the question of how management can get Murphy plus the 3 or 4 main men all hitting the heights together. I think Murphy is similar to Con for us. We were miles off it when he was injured and I'd wonder how Donegal would function without Murphy such is the key man dependency. I know for certain last weekend if he wasn't there then Mayo would have won the game no doubt. From your perspective you of course hope he stays injury free all season and see where it takes ye. That's the challenge now for McGuinness and I'm sure one he's well aware of but as the championship gets into the latter stages opposition are going to plan for Murphy and don't be surprised if some try to take him out early on. TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 278 - 19/06/2025 14:00:20 2619240 Link 3 |
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Does anyone know what the story is with Niall O'donnell? He won the ulster final for us and then hasn't been seen since. Is he injured? You would think he would be first sub on when our forwards are misfiring. High_and_wide (Donegal) - Posts: 85 - 19/06/2025 16:29:42 2619294 Link 1 |
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He's injured.
greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 687 - 19/06/2025 16:41:22 2619297 Link 0 |
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Ticketmaster now has tickets on general sale for the stand. Sections B,C,D,G,H Goldengreen (Donegal) - Posts: 13 - 19/06/2025 16:58:06 2619305 Link 0 |
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That news is doing nothing for my humour on how the season tickets work....
Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 871 - 19/06/2025 17:54:56 2619321 Link 2 |
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Which is a shame because he should be starting games now considering our other forwards have been hit or miss.
eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 171 - 19/06/2025 18:15:02 2619325 Link 0 |
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Gallagher and Bonner had Murphy in his prime and didn't utilize him or capitalize on having one of the greatest of all times. They wasted him by using him to play sideways balls. We are getting much more out of him now and when Jim was there last time. As for him bursting a gut for Mayos goal,what do you expect? He lost the ball which was the cause of it, of course you would expect him, or any other player for that matter to bust a gut and try and rectify their mistakes. You are being disrespectful to Louth as well, they are Leinster champions and have improved since we met them in the QFs last year. They have some terrific players. Yes, we are favourites, but if you start to look ahead it will cost you. Similar to 2020 when Bonner took his eye off Cavan in the Ulster final expecting it to be an easy win. You were probably looking ahead to the semi final against Dublin as well that time. But it cost us massively. Hopefully lessons learned from that about getting over confident. I don't think Jim would allow the players to think like that anyway. FootballGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 274 - 19/06/2025 19:18:15 2619331 Link 3 |
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Totally correct in the different way Murphy is being used now. I certainly wouldn't underestimate Louth. They beat a good Meath team in the Leinster final. If we are lucky enough to be in a strong position rest a few players but start with a full team. Anyway Jim won't underestimate a team like previous Management. He will have players well tuned in from the start. We have a favourable draw but we still have to give our opponents the respect they deserve. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 594 - 19/06/2025 21:25:07 2619347 Link 0 |
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No harm in being confident. I'm only giving my opinion. Just because you have a different opinion on certain things doesn't make you right. You sound like a manager of course we'll beat louth if it was an away game it might be different.
rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2639 - 19/06/2025 22:34:26 2619357 Link 0 |
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Sunday was certainly a sweet one to get over the line. Not only because it was Mayo and memories of 2013 and especially 2019 still fresh in the memory but it was a win in a championship match against one of the perceived big sides outside of Ulster which we haven't done much post Jim mark 1. Both teams defended very well. I was especially impressed by Jack Coyne and Brendan McCole who has now established himself as one of the country's number one defenders especially man marking. As alluded to by Curlew we had most of the ball, created the chances but not for the first time we were wasteful. None more so than with big goal chances. Keep them on the ground and into the corners. It's really something we should be working on as with the pace we have coming from the back we are making lots of chances. The draw now has opened up a little but nothing easy. Getting the home draw was crucial. Both Meath and especially Monaghan will fancy their chances if we overcome Louth (which we should at home). We really need a couple more players to come to form along with the ultra consistent Murphy and Shane O'Donnell. I'd be hopeful some might including Gallen and Daire who got a great score at the weekend. Hopefully Niall O'Donnell isn't far off. One thing which can potentially take us a long way is the character we've shown. Again last weekend when Mayo scored we fired right back at them. When important players were on the sidelines and Armagh with seemingly all the momentum we found a way in extra time. Even against Tyrone when not fully firing we managed to get ahead before the kick out malfunctions. This team is showing lots of mental toughness which was certainly a criticism since Jim's first reign. Big couple of weekends ahead and hopefully we'll be looking forward to 1 or 2 more after. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2874 - 19/06/2025 23:12:51 2619362 Link 0 |
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It would make you sick. Season Ticket holders in Sections A and H, and in the front few rows were you can't see a thing. And now Ticketmaster are selling better Stand tickets to those who may not have been at a game all year. And people wonder why genuine supporters have lost confidence in the Season Ticket.
SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 811 - 20/06/2025 00:03:07 2619369 Link 0 |
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I'm livid about it, it's really disgraceful
CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 212 - 20/06/2025 09:41:27 2619398 Link 0 |
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You should be going into a bookies and sticking ever cent you have on a Donegal win then so, easy money, right? We're favourites and should be winning, yes. But favourites don't always win. FootballGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 274 - 20/06/2025 10:39:22 2619410 Link 0 |
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Louth were decent in our league game last year and in the Championship game. This isn't going to be easy. I hope I'm wrong.
Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 144 - 20/06/2025 11:14:16 2619423 Link 0 |