tirconaillabu (Donegal) - Posts: 86 - 12/10/2025 20:09:39    2639564

totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1164 - 12/10/2025 20:23:04    2639573

Two great games today, very enjoyable day out. I heard someone say there was 7k there, could well have been. Odonnel park is a great place to watch a match, if your in the stand ya have a fantastic view of the match. Fair play to glenties, back from the dead for the third time this year!!! Finbarr roarty, max campbell and malone has to be in the county panel this year. Its some spine of a donegal team for years to come. And the big number 8 in the middle of the field, mcginley i think, thats another man that has to get a shot in the league next year. Hes exactly what donegal need. Was there as a neutral but hard luck to Gdore, they seemed to lose a bit of belief with 10m to go, and they never came out at all in the first half of ET. I hear Errigel Ciaran got beat today in tyrone, so Ulster is wide open

gaeltacht81 (Donegal) - Posts: 27 - 12/10/2025 23:39:30    2639629

Hope NC do well in Ulster

highdropingball (Donegal) - Posts: 125 - 13/10/2025 01:06:24    2639636

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 758 - 13/10/2025 08:56:34    2639657

dgcrusader (Donegal) - Posts: 141 - 13/10/2025 09:21:23    2639662

Firstly, congratulations to Naomh Conaill. They keep being doubted but continue to prove everyone wrong. Gaoth Dobhair looked to be in total control at half time. But NC were like a team possessed in the second half. Even when they missed a few two pointer efforts, and a goal chance or two their heads didn't drop. They just kept going and going, and the equaliser at the end of normal time was a superb effort. I got the feeling that once they got ahead in ET that they wouldn't be denied, and so it proved.

Gaoth Dobhair will have many regrets. As bad as they were in the second half, they still had a couple of golden opportunities to to see it out. They looked a sure thing at half time but as others have found out to their cost, NC are never beaten until they're beaten. Gaoth Dobhair will be back again I'm sure. A lot of good young players coming through. But it will be a long winter stewing over this one I'd say.

Lastly a word on Finnbarr Roarty. He is a phenonmenal talent. For a player so young to deliver huge performances like he does is fantastic to see. He might need to brush up a wee bit on his interview technique though ;)
I have a feeling he'll be doing a lot more of them in the years to come.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10077 - 13/10/2025 09:26:53    2639664

Naomh Conaill are some team. Never beat. Roarty and Campbell are athletic freaks. Absolutely top class. Just a note from a neutral watching on television. The Gweedore manager and selector had a right pop at their own player who missed a chance at the end of normal time. He then didn't start extra time. It was very very poor form and you could see the interaction on camera.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8550 - 13/10/2025 10:09:15    2639679

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1370 - 13/10/2025 10:36:37    2639684

Remind me never to write NC off again lol. Another amazing comeback, they looked dead and buried at half time. Gweedore were excellent in the first half but never came out of the dressing room after half time. Gweedore have a good young side and can see them winning a county title in the next few years.

The most impressive part of the NC victory was that it was driven by the younger players - Roarty, Max Campbell & Shea Malone. Kieran Gallagher had another great game - would he be worth a look on the county setup? I remember him playing minor with Jason McGee and I'm guessing he would be around the 27 age bracket so definitely not too late. Got to mention Finbar Roarty, deserving of his man-of-the-match award, kept driving the team on. Some player for a 19 year old.

Best of luck to NC in Ulster. I honestly thought they wouldn't win the county title this year without Ciaran Thompson. They are starting games very slowly, if they can sort that out surely they are a match for any Ulster side.

Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1934 - 13/10/2025 10:44:55    2639686

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1491 - 13/10/2025 12:08:23    2639718

What a phenomenal group of lads that Glenties team are. Even more remarkable to do it this year without Ciaran Thompson. And without another county player in Jeaic MacCealbhui yesterday and Eoghan McGettigan for the last few games, granted McGettigan came on in the second half. You think they are gone, but they never are.

Kieran Gallagher absolutely deserves his chance with Donegal. Bonner tried to bring him into the squad 5 or 6 years ago but not sure what happened, I think he declined it at the time? Anyway, he has all the attributes to make his mark at County level.

Finbarr Roarty, exceptional again. 2 gems in Malone and Campbell. 3 old warriors and still class acts in Thompson, McDyre and McLoone. Thought Leo had a massive impact for Naomh Conaill when he came on. I'm sure I've said it here before, but to me, Brendy McDyre is possibly the best club footballer in Donegal for the last 20 years. He kicked some vital scores from play in the first half when they were struggling a bit that kept them just about within reach of Gaoth Dobhair. He kicked over a huge pressure score all the way back in 2005 that gave them a replay v Eunans and kick started the Naomh Conaill run. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago and his performance levels haven't dropped a bit. Class act.

Best of luck to them in Ulster, if they can get MacCealbhui and McGettigan back near 100%, they'll be hard stopped.

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 537 - 13/10/2025 12:58:47    2639733

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1491 - 13/10/2025 13:14:39    2639739