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Replying To greenfan: "That draw can't happen. Teams who lost in round 2a will be in the same pot" Its Meath, Monaghan and Dublin/Cavan isn't it? JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 197 - 13/06/2026 20:42:09 2679345 Link
Replying To greenfan: "That draw can't happen. Teams who lost in round 2a will be in the same pot" Would it be fairer to have 1 pot of 8 sides? All teams with 1 win and 1 loss should really be in 1pot surely? Although I understand it's a two pot draw, I don't really understand the justification for two pots. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4803 - 13/06/2026 20:47:41 2679348 Link
Replying To greenfan: "That draw can't happen. Teams who lost in round 2a will be in the same pot" Cannot meet Kerry. So it is Meath, Cork or Cavan/Dublin Jack L (None) - Posts: 3218 - 13/06/2026 21:01:40 2679357 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Arrogance never a nice trait. Try and stay humble" Yous wouldnt have won much this year without your Donegal man. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 13/06/2026 21:05:27 2679362 Link
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Yeah we won't be having a long summer!" Supporters like you are better at home... Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1007 - 13/06/2026 21:15:36 2679366 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "Yous wouldnt have won much this year without your Donegal man." Thats twice now Cork have beat yous in the last few championships.Jimmy not winning matches against Cork. brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 692 - 13/06/2026 21:36:31 2679374 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Supporters like you are better at home..." Yous might get us in the next round but where will we play? brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 692 - 13/06/2026 21:38:53 2679377 Link
Donegal peaking too soon and Kerry coming good at the right time. Donegal support very quiet now. Kerry playing B team all year. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 89 - 13/06/2026 21:50:01 2679381 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Yous might get us in the next round but where will we play?" Fair play. Good win over Antrim in fairness. Semi final of Tailteann no mean feat..... Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1007 - 13/06/2026 22:03:15 2679383 Link
Replying To Jack L: "Cannot meet Kerry. So it is Meath, Cork or Cavan/Dublin" Hi sir. What about Monaghan farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 704 - 13/06/2026 22:04:52 2679385 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Thats twice now Cork have beat yous in the last few championships.Jimmy not winning matches against Cork." Last game was a smash and grab with 3 goals. Didn't mean anything. This was purely donegal stopping playing after 45 minutes and Cork having a nothing to lose attitude. Fair play to them. Hopefully the boys turn it around this weekend coming now but hard to see it. eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 399 - 13/06/2026 22:05:16 2679386 Link
Replying To FootballGuy: ""Donegal could still win the all ireland but it will be in spite of the management, and not because of them." Are you for real? Donegal were nowhere near all ireland challengers before this management came in and in 2 years we reached a semi final and a final. This year is still too be decided too. And if Jim and the rest of the management walk away this summer, we won't be near any more all ireland finals. 2012, 2014, 2025 are the only All Ireland finals we have been in, in the last 33 years, can you figure out what was the common denominator in those 3 years were? Poor performance today, for sure. But we aren't out of it yet." We have different oppinions on it. Your right about the managers we had in the past not being up to it, but i believe the hype around mcguinness is way over the top. He is undoubtedly better than the previous mangers but he lacks in the tactical side of the game. No doubt most will not agree with that but thats my take on it. 2 years ago we played galway in the all ireland semi final and i believe we left it behind us, donegal did not kick one long ball into the gallen to run on to all day. He was voted the best full forward that year and got his all star and we refused to give him quick ball. That to me is crazy tactics. It cost us the game and prob the all ireland that year. Last year in the final we were still playing the old rules, too deep defensively, no kick passing and not going for 2 pointers. But in fairness kerry far the better team on the day. Today i think we only went for one two pointer, i could be wrong, langans kick at the end, prob cost us the game not trying it mire, becausevwe have tge players. Donegal refuse to kick quick ball in, so everything is running and hand passing. They are hobbling themselves doing this in my oppinion. You can either hand pass the ball or kick pass the ball in gaeluc football, and we refuse on the most part to kick it. So donegal need to be near on perfect every day with the running, hand passing game to win. If they are off it at all they will slip up, as in today. Its the equivalant of trying to win the world heavyweight title, using only your jab and keeping the other hand behind your back. Its crazy stuff. But listen we wont fall out over it!! Because at the minute im that annoyed with them i gave myself a headach!! Good luck to ya and i hope we're all celebrating next week. gaeltacht81 (Donegal) - Posts: 35 - 13/06/2026 22:06:09 2679388 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "Hi sir. What about Monaghan" Sorry you are right. Obviously Cork are through to QF. Ant play Kerry but Monaghan in Clones would be interesting Jack L (None) - Posts: 3218 - 13/06/2026 22:22:29 2679392 Link
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Last game was a smash and grab with 3 goals. Didn't mean anything. This was purely donegal stopping playing after 45 minutes and Cork having a nothing to lose attitude. Fair play to them. Hopefully the boys turn it around this weekend coming now but hard to see it." Love Donegal's humility Jack L (None) - Posts: 3218 - 13/06/2026 22:25:42 2679393 Link
Comhghairdeas to Cork they just wouldn't go away and some absolutely fantastic scores taken in that second half. Some of Sherlock's strikes would have been good from halfway! For us, 1-13 wouldn't be a great score in the old rules, it's never winning anything these days. I don't think we attempted a single 2 pointer all day until Langan's last minute attempt (which looked more like a lob in to the square to me). Just very very poor and to be so flat with so much time from the Kerry game is very worrying. I also found some of the subs very strange. And some of the starters I think looked completely off it and possibly shouldn't have started. On the positives I was glad to see Patton back and thought Ryan played very very well. Gallen was excellent first half but other than that hard to say any of them played as well as they can. There are some key men who haven't really shown much in championship so far to be honest. It's hard to lift it now for next week against teams bouncing with a win behind them. I don't like the look of any of the teams we can get to be honest. But these lads are much better than they showed today in that second half. Go out the next day and at least put our best foot forward and we'll see how it goes in knockout football. CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 340 - 13/06/2026 22:35:07 2679396 Link
Replying To Jack L: "Love Donegal's humility" What do you mean? Cork fans would tell you themselves the last game meant nothing and it was the goals that won them it. Deserved to win then deserved to win today. eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 399 - 13/06/2026 22:44:34 2679399 Link
Replying To hlynch12: "Donegal peaking too soon and Kerry coming good at the right time. Donegal support very quiet now. Kerry playing B team all year." I somewhat agree. Donegal delivered two devastating performances against Kerry in league final and first round proper both were peak performances especially the league final which was probably peaking too early. Beating a div 1 team and losing to a div 2 and div 3 team is not the proper order of things in championship. Revenge is a dish best served cold which Kerry are good at. Its the 3 games in a row now which will now really test Donegal and to be honest this new split season is outright redicioulous expecting teams to play 3 wks in a row and its a total contradiction to the idea of player welfare. I think Donegal have the mettle they've just one more bump in the road and they'll learn a lot from the two defeats..If they get to and over the quarter stage I think they'll take some stopping. Dothesimplethingswell (Sligo) - Posts: 72 - 13/06/2026 22:52:21 2679406 Link
Is it just me, or should Sherlocks last score been a one pointer instead of a two? KerrymanStuckInDonegal (Kerry) - Posts: 278 - 14/06/2026 00:13:47 2679425 Link
Replying To JimB1991: "Its Meath, Monaghan and Dublin/Cavan isn't it?" Correct WeGoAgain (Donegal) - Posts: 207 - 14/06/2026 00:29:33 2679426 Link
Replying To gaeltacht81: "We have different oppinions on it. Your right about the managers we had in the past not being up to it, but i believe the hype around mcguinness is way over the top. He is undoubtedly better than the previous mangers but he lacks in the tactical side of the game. No doubt most will not agree with that but thats my take on it. 2 years ago we played galway in the all ireland semi final and i believe we left it behind us, donegal did not kick one long ball into the gallen to run on to all day. He was voted the best full forward that year and got his all star and we refused to give him quick ball. That to me is crazy tactics. It cost us the game and prob the all ireland that year. Last year in the final we were still playing the old rules, too deep defensively, no kick passing and not going for 2 pointers. But in fairness kerry far the better team on the day. Today i think we only went for one two pointer, i could be wrong, langans kick at the end, prob cost us the game not trying it mire, becausevwe have tge players. Donegal refuse to kick quick ball in, so everything is running and hand passing. They are hobbling themselves doing this in my oppinion. You can either hand pass the ball or kick pass the ball in gaeluc football, and we refuse on the most part to kick it. So donegal need to be near on perfect every day with the running, hand passing game to win. If they are off it at all they will slip up, as in today. Its the equivalant of trying to win the world heavyweight title, using only your jab and keeping the other hand behind your back. Its crazy stuff. But listen we wont fall out over it!! Because at the minute im that annoyed with them i gave myself a headach!! Good luck to ya and i hope we're all celebrating next week." Dunno what game you were watching in 2024 but Gallen got plenty of ball and missed an easy free at a crucial time which I believe would have put us ahead. Donegal were a Tailteann cup level team for almost 20 yeats before he came in. After he left , we had some serious squads and ultimately failed year in year out. Who would you rather than Jim? eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 399 - 14/06/2026 03:12:15 2679430 Link