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A superb performance by the lads. The display of point taking in the first half was as good as you'll see. It was fantastic that they dug in and had to fight to protect their win as well. I've never subscribed to the idea that we don't have talented players. Fit and properly coached we can give anyone a game. No matter what happens from here they're restored a bit of pride. Tyrone aren't exactly firing on all cylinders but they'll be tough to beat as always. It should be a great atmosphere and hopefully our lads can up the ante another wee bit. Looking forward to it! Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9730 - 19/06/2023 13:29:57 2487315 Link
What a pleasure coming on this forum with something positive to post. I thought that was our best display this year so far, especially in the first half. What a turnaround since the Down game, we are far more positive in our play, not as much of the lateral stuff. Oisin Gallen and Conor O'Donnell are the playing terrific stuff. The defence was really good with Brendan McCole outstanding again. It was nice to see Jamie Brennan having his best game in years, playing half forward might suit him. The players are really giving it everything and we can ask for no more. Aidan O'Rourke and Paddy Bradley deserve credit for turning things around. Any news on our injured players? Paddy McBrearty looks very rusty but that has to be expected, hopefully another week will help him. Will Jason McGee be available this weekend? I assume Langan and Mogan are out for the season. Tyrone are a very difficult team to figure out at the minute. On paper, they have as good a squad of players as any team in the country but just can't seem to get any consistency. I thought they played well against Armagh but didn't look good against Westmeath. It should be a great game. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1905 - 19/06/2023 13:34:15 2487321 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Enjoyable game on Saturday and a deserved win for Donegal; no complaints on the result from Monaghan. Monaghan's defence was wide-open all night, and took heavy punishment from Donegal players hitting from 30-40m out, especially in the first half. Monaghan left themselves too much to do and to be honest didn't realistically look like getting the result. The draw this morning makes me glad we didn't! What was the Donegal view of the refereeing? I though it was all over the place myself, became a bit of a lottery for both teams. An unintended consequence of more games has been more high level referees needed. They don't exist unfortunately." Though the refererring was very inconsistent. He was harsh on Gallen for overy-carrying a couple of times first half but then he gave us a couple of handy frees in the second. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9730 - 19/06/2023 13:47:49 2487332 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Though the refererring was very inconsistent. He was harsh on Gallen for overy-carrying a couple of times first half but then he gave us a couple of handy frees in the second." Great performance on Saturday evening. Best for a few years. Referee gave Monaghan a mark that should not have stood and does anyone know what that free from about 30m was for when the umpire put his hand up in the 2nd half??? Otherwise he was a bit inconsistent Linden92 (Donegal) - Posts: 5 - 19/06/2023 15:03:14 2487385 Link
A great result against Monaghan. It was one of those nights when everything went over and things fell for us nicely. Can we back it up against Tyrone? I live in hope as Tyrone are not firing but I expect it to be a bridge too far given the shambles of a year we've had. I would echo a previous poster to say that whilst we are all delighted with a welcome win against Monaghan the carnage created this year cannot be forgotten or swept under the carpet. By the end of this summer we need to see big changes in Donegal GAA! PeterQ92 (Donegal) - Posts: 154 - 19/06/2023 15:34:11 2487416 Link
Replying To Linden92: "Great performance on Saturday evening. Best for a few years. Referee gave Monaghan a mark that should not have stood and does anyone know what that free from about 30m was for when the umpire put his hand up in the 2nd half??? Otherwise he was a bit inconsistent" think that was a 45 initially and then he moved it in because of dissent from our players. Ref was definitely inconsistent, very harsh on Donegal initially but then seemed to swing the other way and we seemed to get frees easier at times. greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 622 - 19/06/2023 15:35:00 2487419 Link
Replying To TheRock2121: "Wouldn't say our defence was outstanding but we didn't concede any clear cut goal scoring chances." Eoin Ban was back to his best. Mc Colgan & Docherty improving with each match. Brendan was Mom. Mc menamin briliant as well. Caolan faded late in the 2nd half after a solid 1st half. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 462 - 19/06/2023 17:46:28 2487550 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Eoin Ban was back to his best. Mc Colgan & Docherty improving with each match. Brendan was Mom. Mc menamin briliant as well. Caolan faded late in the 2nd half after a solid 1st half." I agree with all that. We still shipped 17 points. An improvement on Derry for sure. Just a bit worried about it still. I'm happy with Mc Cole, Odhran Doherty, Mc Colgan, Ban and Mc Menamin in defence. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1208 - 19/06/2023 22:07:34 2487640 Link
Replying To eunans4ever: "Does anyone know if J Mc Kelvey was thrown off the panel for playing for glenties/Fintown the day after the Derry game??" I take it you mean Naomh Conaill or is your constant reference to some historical division/ amalgamation an attempt at being offensive to a small town club who refuse to bow to your obvious advantages. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 604 - 19/06/2023 23:34:37 2487652 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Eoin Ban was back to his best. Mc Colgan & Docherty improving with each match. Brendan was Mom. Mc menamin briliant as well. Caolan faded late in the 2nd half after a solid 1st half." We still conceded 17 points against an average team. We were quite open for spells which a good team would take advantage of. Anyway hope to see a huge following in ballybofey this week. Brilliant to see Mc Cole and Jamie Brennan playing well last week. Two players who a lot of posters said wernt good enough a few years ago.. really looking forward to Saturday Tyrone are hit and miss on there day they'll be hard to beat but there not firing on all cylinders so it gaves me a bit of hope.. rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2604 - 20/06/2023 09:33:02 2487667 Link
Replying To rorysboys: "We still conceded 17 points against an average team. We were quite open for spells which a good team would take advantage of. Anyway hope to see a huge following in ballybofey this week. Brilliant to see Mc Cole and Jamie Brennan playing well last week. Two players who a lot of posters said wernt good enough a few years ago.. really looking forward to Saturday Tyrone are hit and miss on there day they'll be hard to beat but there not firing on all cylinders so it gaves me a bit of hope.." Let's be positive we have every chance of beating Tyrone with our confidence high and no pressure for a big performance. A 50 / 50 game imo So what of we conceded 17 points we scored more, look what Tyrone conceded against a worse team than Monaghan! letterkennyGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 168 - 20/06/2023 13:04:01 2487790 Link
If we manage to beat Tyrone in Ballybofey, we are facing either Dublin, Kerry, Derry or Armagh in the QF. While we are not at full strength, with our performances in recent games, we wouldn't fear any of those teams, we would know we are facing a major challenge though. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1332 - 20/06/2023 13:40:19 2487811 Link
One thing we've been very poor at this year is creating goal opportunities. By my count we've only scored three goals all year in the NFL and Championship combined. - one against Galway in the league - one against Down in Ulster Championship - one against Derry in AI Group That's three goals in 11 matches. I think we'll be doing well to kick 0-19 again against Tyrone. So we'll need a goal or possibly two. Can we do it though is the question. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9730 - 20/06/2023 13:42:54 2487812 Link
Great result against monaghan, and a gutsy performance too along with some intensity in the performance, not a fan of Bradley or orourke but they have somehow managed to turn things around, no mean feat from where we were 8 weeks ago. Looking forward to Tyrone coming to town whonare struggling to find their mojo, no doubt the sight of a green and gold Jersey will bring the best of them, should be a cracking game.. totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1045 - 20/06/2023 14:03:02 2487825 Link
Replying To letterkennyGuy: "Let's be positive we have every chance of beating Tyrone with our confidence high and no pressure for a big performance. A 50 / 50 game imo So what of we conceded 17 points we scored more, look what Tyrone conceded against a worse team than Monaghan!" Believe me the 17 points conceded does worry me. From being at the game it was very open. Not your real Monaghan v Donegal game. Who will Mc Cole pick up I think he'll pick up Mc curry. Who picks up canavan that's my worry. It looks like probably Mc Colgan which will be a big ask for the lad. Will Tyrone pressurise pattons kick outs or will donegal go after Morgan's kick outs.. it's going to be intriguing. Hopefully we'll do it but if I'm honest I think it could be a step too far. rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2604 - 20/06/2023 14:44:32 2487848 Link
Replying To rorysboys: "Believe me the 17 points conceded does worry me. From being at the game it was very open. Not your real Monaghan v Donegal game. Who will Mc Cole pick up I think he'll pick up Mc curry. Who picks up canavan that's my worry. It looks like probably Mc Colgan which will be a big ask for the lad. Will Tyrone pressurise pattons kick outs or will donegal go after Morgan's kick outs.. it's going to be intriguing. Hopefully we'll do it but if I'm honest I think it could be a step too far." I would out McMenamin on Canavan. He likes to get in opposition faces, to put it kindly. If we had him man-marked, plus another screening type player we might just curtail his influence. I would be confident enough McCole could do a job on McCurry. Then again is McCurry fit? No sign of him against Westmeath the other day. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9730 - 20/06/2023 15:22:59 2487868 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "I would out McMenamin on Canavan. He likes to get in opposition faces, to put it kindly. If we had him man-marked, plus another screening type player we might just curtail his influence. I would be confident enough McCole could do a job on McCurry. Then again is McCurry fit? No sign of him against Westmeath the other day." Maybe Mc menamin on canavan but I don't know. I don't think canavan would suit him. He's very difficult to keep tabs on. I know mark Curran is an option. If we can keep him and Mc curry quiet it'll go a long way towards us winning the game.easier said than done but. Tyrone have to worry about gallen Thompson o donnell and Daire o baoill too. There matchups will be interesting too. Mc namee always picks up Mc brearty . But I feel Mac namee is coming to the end of his Tyrone career. If Mc brearty doesn't start he'll probably pick up gallen which I think will be to our advantage.. rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2604 - 20/06/2023 16:24:02 2487885 Link
Yeah I know what you mean. I think maybe start McMenamin on Canavan, and when he is inevitably booked, move him on to someone else!! Isn't it great though that we've somehow found ourselves in the position we're in? A home draw against Tyrone for a chance to reach the quarter finals. Now Tyrone will no way be easy, but I think we definitely have a good chance. Hopefully we can put two good back-to-back performances together. Not the easiest thing to do with the short turnaround and in this very warm weather though. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9730 - 20/06/2023 16:51:42 2487894 Link
Sorry to put a downer on things here but can't see us getting near then unfortunately..if we had Ryan Mc Hugh, Padar Mogan and Micheal Langan we would have a chance. The O Donnell lads also. Our bench isn't strong. Their bench is. That's the winning of the game. Hope I'm wrong. We would need to win all our kick outs and do a job on their ones to have any chance. Not that I think are greats by any stretch of the imagination, I just think we have too many losses to cope with. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1208 - 20/06/2023 17:12:24 2487901 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Yeah I know what you mean. I think maybe start McMenamin on Canavan, and when he is inevitably booked, move him on to someone else!! Isn't it great though that we've somehow found ourselves in the position we're in? A home draw against Tyrone for a chance to reach the quarter finals. Now Tyrone will no way be easy, but I think we definitely have a good chance. Hopefully we can put two good back-to-back performances together. Not the easiest thing to do with the short turnaround and in this very warm weather though." Agree with what you say but I would change back to back performances to 3 performances... letterkennyGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 168 - 20/06/2023 17:24:41 2487907 Link