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In less than 24 hours I've gone from extremely downbeat and disappointed to have lost our grasp on the Anglo celt to being upbeat, positive and raring to go for the qualifier draw next week. Sentimentality aside, this is 100% the best outcome if we're serious about giving the all ireland a good rattle. Tough ulsters did not serve us well in the previous couple of years when the final stages arrived. I'm confident the players will be ready to step it up in the next round and if we have to head to Killarney or Cork, so be it. Making a provincial final gives home advantage surely but im not sure that's even a massive advantage to us this year anyway given that our fortress is unavailable. Delighted to hear Langan should return fairly soon. And of course, massive congratulations to Down who were well worth their win after an excellent and meticulously planned performance. I hope they can repeat it next week. Oh and someone mentioned 2013... totally different kettle of fish there. They might have been burnt out and hungover from the AI win but there were other matters internal to the county going on then with club fixtures and what not.
Onwards!

WeGoAgain (Donegal) - Posts: 165 - 27/04/2026 15:45:45    2669289

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Replying To farneygael3:  "Its a fantastic week in Monaghan, Senior U20 and Minors all flying. Real positive feel in the County"
One this season is fairly flying for the Monaghan seniors!!

NORTHMEN (Donegal) - Posts: 35 - 27/04/2026 15:57:47    2669291

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Replying To farneygael3:  "Its a fantastic week in Monaghan, Senior U20 and Minors all flying. Real positive feel in the County"
Best of luck to your underage teams, genuinely mean that. The 20s should have enough for tyrone if tyrone don't find anotger way to grind it out. But saying monaghan seniors are flying is a bit of a stretch surely!!!

WeGoAgain (Donegal) - Posts: 165 - 27/04/2026 16:20:24    2669297

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Donegal will be fine this season. Said it weeks ago after seeing ye in league final. Ye couldn't repeat that intensity every match had to be a lull ye have got your lull and as a result play two less matches so should be fresh come all ireland first round. Id be suprised if donegal are not there or thereabouts winning whole thing by end of season.

seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1978 - 27/04/2026 16:28:10    2669303

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Langan is the key. If he is gone, I genuinely think our chance at Sam goes without him at full tilt.

Yes bring on the All Ireland and I hope Down go on and win Ulster. Would be criminal if they end up in Tailteann Cup.

For us. Kerry or Cork wouldn't be bad and I'd give us a squeak to beat Kerry in Killarney but I'd be pig sick if we beat them three times this season and then they came back and beat us in a final.

Least attractive tie imo would be away to Roscommon. I'd prefer Galway in Salthill. Chance of an ambush there.

Would rather avoid Ulster finalists. Leinster finalists would be ok.

Long wait til then so sit back and enjoy the next couple of weeks without any pressure for now.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 427 - 27/04/2026 18:43:28    2669340

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Replying To WeGoAgain:  "In less than 24 hours I've gone from extremely downbeat and disappointed to have lost our grasp on the Anglo celt to being upbeat, positive and raring to go for the qualifier draw next week. Sentimentality aside, this is 100% the best outcome if we're serious about giving the all ireland a good rattle. Tough ulsters did not serve us well in the previous couple of years when the final stages arrived. I'm confident the players will be ready to step it up in the next round and if we have to head to Killarney or Cork, so be it. Making a provincial final gives home advantage surely but im not sure that's even a massive advantage to us this year anyway given that our fortress is unavailable. Delighted to hear Langan should return fairly soon. And of course, massive congratulations to Down who were well worth their win after an excellent and meticulously planned performance. I hope they can repeat it next week. Oh and someone mentioned 2013... totally different kettle of fish there. They might have been burnt out and hungover from the AI win but there were other matters internal to the county going on then with club fixtures and what not.
Onwards!"
Fair play for the positivity. Was listening back to the Donegal gaa podcast and rightly or wrongly martin mchugh was immediately jumping to a positive view about using it as an opportunity to target the all ireland. Eamon mcgee was the same on otb and he's been pretty consistent in this view for a good while. He did acknowledge there is no way in earth mcGuinness wouldn't target Ulster as he puts such a value in it. Personally it will be disappointing not to walking up the hill at clones and experiencing the complete joy in winning Ulster.

Regardless though you have to see the positives and go with it. The draw will obviously be a major factor in things. We will be away after that and up to the quarters it looks like a toss for home advantage so we could be back in letterkenny yet......

In relation to down I guess they will just about know if they need to beat armagh to get into the race for sam before throw in but I hope they can get to the same levels again and get through to the final.

Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 1001 - 27/04/2026 18:44:31    2669341

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