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Oisin Gallen had been carrying ankle injuries since last year, from which he has had various setbacks. He has stepped up to the plate at times, we know he can do it at the top level, he just isn't getting a consistent run at it and his form has suffered. I thought Niall O'Donnell might finally step up, he has the potential to be on a different level, but for years now he seems to just lack the drive and hunger and rumour is that he won't be in the squad next season. Our starting inside forward line in 2025 should have been Niall O'Donnell, Oisin Gallen and Conor O'Donnell, with Murphy & McBrearty as bench options. But we were forced to rely on the old hands, we need younger players to step up and claim it, like Conor O'Donnell has done. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1512 - 31/10/2025 22:12:47 2642437 Link 0 |
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League provisional fixtures out, good draw for Donegal even if Four away, away fixtures ard the easier ones with top teams coming here jacktheboy (Donegal) - Posts: 514 - 01/11/2025 12:57:37 2642492 Link 0 |
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Ballybofey not available could have an impact, our record in Letterkenny isn't nearly as good as in Ballybofey
greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 752 - 02/11/2025 17:54:08 2642679 Link 0 |
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18 new players identified from the Club Championships. Paul O'Hare and Conor McGinty are two of them. Any other names? peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1375 - 02/11/2025 19:04:03 2642691 Link 0 |
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Yes it's good to hear that they're having a look at a lot of new players. Even if only one or two emerge as potential starters it should be beneficial.
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10113 - 03/11/2025 09:06:40 2642746 Link 0 |
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How are Naomh Columba and Naomh Conaill fixed for their respective provincial ties this weekend? Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10113 - 04/11/2025 14:23:46 2642993 Link 0 |
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I was shocked to see that Conor O'Donnell was kept scoreless in that game as he had been scoring for fun all year in club and county games. He must have been very well marshalled by Emyvale?
peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1375 - 04/11/2025 14:52:53 2643000 Link 0 |
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Yeah from the sounds of things Emyvale did a good job in curtailing his influence, although he was fouled for a number of frees. The decision at the end to award Emyvale a free was harsh enough by all accounts. Carndonagh had managed a good turnover deep in injury time with the scores level, but the ref punished a "thrown" pass as they began their counter attack out of defence. The Monaghan lad dispatached the free and that was that.
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10113 - 04/11/2025 16:47:07 2643025 Link 0 |
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Big game this weekend for the Glenties, hopefully they can push on. Whyme923 (Donegal) - Posts: 119 - 06/11/2025 14:20:43 2643279 Link 0 |
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This is a bit of a ridiculous comment. Gallen was 4th top scorer from play in the All Ireland SFC with 1-24. Very hard done by not to be nominated this year. Murphy scored 0-52, but 0-31 from placed balls, so 0-21 from play. Gallen hit those frees last year. If he hits say an additional 0-30 from placed balls and ends up on 1-54 all of a sudden he's second top scorer overall in the Championship and everyone sings his praises, football fans, journalists and pundits are incredibly blinkered sometimes. Conor O'Donnell hit 3-25 all from play which was excellent, hopefully he gets a deserved all star. Northwest90 (Donegal) - Posts: 18 - 07/11/2025 13:29:26 2643368 Link 2 |
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I think Gallen was carrying an injury, nothing new there for hard worked players these days, he done very well at times, hope he has a big year next year as we need to step it up another level to have a chance of landing the Holy Grail again.
Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3542 - 07/11/2025 13:49:32 2643373 Link 0 |
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Nothing ridiculous about it at all. If Gallen was reliable and could play a full season where he was consistent in every game, Murphy wouldn't need to be taking the frees.
greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 752 - 07/11/2025 15:31:55 2643393 Link 0 |