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Comhghairdeas Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin! A brilliant achievement. Enjoy the well deserved celebrations! Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9521 - 23/11/2024 18:44:27 2580865 Link
Delighted for NP. Putting Donegal on the map. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1194 - 23/11/2024 20:00:03 2580887 Link
Comhghairdeas Naomh Pádraig, a great day for Donegal junior football. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3041 - 23/11/2024 20:15:46 2580889 Link
Why is it certain clubs supporters boo wen opposition teams miss shots ? I really can't get my head around it Am not naming clubs but at least 6/7 clubs are so bad for it and it's actually sad Gaaforall92 (Donegal) - Posts: 2 - 24/11/2024 00:25:10 2580929 Link
Congratulations Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin. A brilliant achievement for a club that have done serious good work at underage over the last 10 years. I saw them twice in the league this year and was very impressed. Took a few scalps vs senior championship teams in Division 2 in what is a really young team too. Looking at yesterday's team, there's probably about 10 of them who were under 21 last year and out of the starting team, there's maybe only one lad over 25 (Joe mccauley). They've put huge trust in those young lads the last few years and it's fantastic to see them getting their rewards from it now. Can see them being really competitive at Intermediate next year. HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 522 - 24/11/2024 12:22:57 2580970 Link
Replying To Gaaforall92: "Why is it certain clubs supporters boo wen opposition teams miss shots ? I really can't get my head around it Am not naming clubs but at least 6/7 clubs are so bad for it and it's actually sad" Seems to be a mixture of sad adults who seem to be into the sledging mindset and then younger groups who are watching too many TikToks of soccer chanting in the PL. Thankfully it's a minority but it's not nice to see in our games. Especially at club level. In a crowd of 80K in Croker it's somewhat understandable but in a quiet town in Donegal with a crowd of a few hundred people it's sad stuff. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1386 - 24/11/2024 12:27:16 2580972 Link
Replying To Gaaforall92: "Why is it certain clubs supporters boo wen opposition teams miss shots ? I really can't get my head around it Am not naming clubs but at least 6/7 clubs are so bad for it and it's actually sad" It crept into the game, I think they first fans I heard at it were the Mayo fans and a lot of sets of fans do it now, I hate to hear it, it's childish nonsense. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3041 - 24/11/2024 13:38:30 2580985 Link
Replying To Donegal_abroad: "Seems to be a mixture of sad adults who seem to be into the sledging mindset and then younger groups who are watching too many TikToks of soccer chanting in the PL. Thankfully it's a minority but it's not nice to see in our games. Especially at club level. In a crowd of 80K in Croker it's somewhat understandable but in a quiet town in Donegal with a crowd of a few hundred people it's sad stuff." It's usually cheeky wee kids, and decent kids can get caught up in it if clear directions from adults is lacking. A word from stewards usually sorts it out, as does confiscating any noise-making devices they may have. And a note to the clubs that repeat offences at future games will see fines being levied. points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet (Tyrone) - Posts: 281 - 24/11/2024 14:17:49 2580996 Link
Dominant win for Four Masters against Naomh Conaill, expect them to go on and win it but Glenswilly won't be easy beat. Some serious serious talent about Donegal Town and I don't think it'll be long before they're right up there at senior level. NPadraigAbu (Donegal) - Posts: 85 - 24/11/2024 17:58:27 2581041 Link
I see the winners of the U21 C Cup had 10 subs on Friday night. My understanding is that this competition was changed to 13 a side so that the smaller clubs could field in it. It wasn't for clubs like the winners with more than sufficient numbers to drop down to win a handy cup and parade it around the parish like an All Ireland. We need to have a serious look at the grading of clubs in underage competitions in this county. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1042 - 25/11/2024 13:13:02 2581164 Link
Replying To NPadraigAbu: "Dominant win for Four Masters against Naomh Conaill, expect them to go on and win it but Glenswilly won't be easy beat. Some serious serious talent about Donegal Town and I don't think it'll be long before they're right up there at senior level." I was just thinking about this over the weekend. This crop remind me of the Bundoran underage team of 10-15 years winning all at underage but never quite made it to senior. Although I do think this FM underage setup is better and will definitely go on to win a at least one county. \ The real question is could we see Lacey leaving kilcoo and coming home to manage? Could be a massive stepping stone to take the Donegal job in 5-6 years time naomh_conaill_4 (Donegal) - Posts: 497 - 25/11/2024 14:17:45 2581181 Link
Replying To greenfan: "Naomh Padraig Muff.. Ulster champions. Check out the speech from their captain after the game, he wrote a poem for their team mate Evan Craig who died earlier this year. They're an example of everything that's good about the GAA." Very emotional speech, fair play to the whole squad and management. Naomh Padraig have done amazing this year and without their top 2 players being fully fit (McColgan and Lynch) they got the goals that won them the game, fair play. dats_rite (Australia) - Posts: 13 - 25/11/2024 14:26:37 2581183 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "I see the winners of the U21 C Cup had 10 subs on Friday night. My understanding is that this competition was changed to 13 a side so that the smaller clubs could field in it. It wasn't for clubs like the winners with more than sufficient numbers to drop down to win a handy cup and parade it around the parish like an All Ireland. We need to have a serious look at the grading of clubs in underage competitions in this county." I know one club who wanted to play in the C competition but we're never given the chance. They were just placed in the B competition and then in one of their games they only had 13 players available and had to concede the game, while some of the teams in the C competition had benches loaded with subs greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 582 - 25/11/2024 14:42:52 2581186 Link
Replying To greenfan: "I know one club who wanted to play in the C competition but we're never given the chance. They were just placed in the B competition and then in one of their games they only had 13 players available and had to concede the game, while some of the teams in the C competition had benches loaded with subs" Think I know who you're talking about? A middle of the road intermediate club if I'm correct. And then you had two senior clubs in the C final the other night. No logic to it. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1042 - 25/11/2024 16:04:16 2581199 Link
Replying To naomh_conaill_4: "I was just thinking about this over the weekend. This crop remind me of the Bundoran underage team of 10-15 years winning all at underage but never quite made it to senior. Although I do think this FM underage setup is better and will definitely go on to win a at least one county. \ The real question is could we see Lacey leaving kilcoo and coming home to manage? Could be a massive stepping stone to take the Donegal job in 5-6 years time" Could be a very tempting proposition for him but I wonder is it too soon considering how well his Kilcoo team are going, perhaps in 2-3 years? If he still lectures in ATU it could make his life a whole lot easier. NPadraigAbu (Donegal) - Posts: 85 - 25/11/2024 18:04:19 2581224 Link
Replying To NPadraigAbu: "Could be a very tempting proposition for him but I wonder is it too soon considering how well his Kilcoo team are going, perhaps in 2-3 years? If he still lectures in ATU it could make his life a whole lot easier." The only difference between them is that one would pay and the other wouldn't. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1042 - 27/11/2024 15:08:49 2581485 Link
Replying To NPadraigAbu: "Could be a very tempting proposition for him but I wonder is it too soon considering how well his Kilcoo team are going, perhaps in 2-3 years? If he still lectures in ATU it could make his life a whole lot easier." Bundoran?? Don't remember them winning an u21, minor or u16 title in my lifetime never mind the last 20.years!! totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 995 - 27/11/2024 20:46:53 2581517 Link
Replying To totalrecall: "Bundoran?? Don't remember them winning an u21, minor or u16 title in my lifetime never mind the last 20.years!!" The best Bundoran ever played was U21B, and I'd say that was 20 years ago, if not slightly more. They might have an odd Divisional title, but no more than that. SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 707 - 28/11/2024 02:06:50 2581536 Link
Replying To naomh_conaill_4: "I was just thinking about this over the weekend. This crop remind me of the Bundoran underage team of 10-15 years winning all at underage but never quite made it to senior. Although I do think this FM underage setup is better and will definitely go on to win a at least one county. \ The real question is could we see Lacey leaving kilcoo and coming home to manage? Could be a massive stepping stone to take the Donegal job in 5-6 years time" I think you are refering to the Bundoran team around 04-2011, i dont think they won any county leagues or championships. St Eunans and Milford contested most of the league and champ finals from 12s to minor. if not all bar minor. Bundoran cleaned up in the south but didnt make much of an impression in the silverware at all county level beidhmeanseo (Donegal) - Posts: 138 - 28/11/2024 16:34:15 2581620 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "I see the winners of the U21 C Cup had 10 subs on Friday night. My understanding is that this competition was changed to 13 a side so that the smaller clubs could field in it. It wasn't for clubs like the winners with more than sufficient numbers to drop down to win a handy cup and parade it around the parish like an All Ireland. We need to have a serious look at the grading of clubs in underage competitions in this county." Your spot on. The C competition was changed to a cup competition to allow the smaller clubs to be able to field in the competition. But what happened was a number of clubs my own included weren't able to take part. On the other hand a number of senior clubs went into this cup to win a handy trophy at the expense of the smaller clubs. One division 1 club had at least 18 players but would only tog 15 on match day so as they could play 13 a side to give their star forward space inside to run riot. This player is on the fringes of the county senior team. Shame on that club and shame on the CCC for allowing the senior clubs ruin this competition for the clubs it was intended for. Whateveryourhavingyourself (Donegal) - Posts: 57 - 28/11/2024 17:27:12 2581626 Link