Replying To SurelyToGod:  "Too much priority given to academy/development squad progression into county setup and not enough to identifying high performance among 21-25 age group at club level. Very few players get a look in after leaving the dev squads even if they're performing at high level for their clubs or colleges. Some players peak later than others and it's ignored. If they do get a call they are just a body to improve training for the playing squad.

Take Bernard Brogan, Brian Fenton, Paul Murphy, Kieran Donaghy, Frank McGlynn, Neil Gallagher, Michael Fitzsimmons, Damien Comer just to rattle off a few. There's numerous examples of players being introduced to county setups in their 20s on back of club performances and then winning multiple All Stars and All Irelands.

We've basically closed that door in Donegal. Are we meant to believe that the Donegal Academy system is working so well that those 21-25 yos with potential don't exist in the wild?"