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The word behind the scenes was Hyde or Croker. I posted it here a couple of weeks ago. Debate the finer details if you want.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8434 - 06/06/2025 12:57:36 2615315 Link 1 |
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Name the times I was wrong with my information about what was going on in Donegal?
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8434 - 06/06/2025 13:11:37 2615318 Link 0 |
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wonder will any discussion about what might happen at the chosen venue break out at any stage or are you all just gonna go round and round sniping at one another? CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 201 - 06/06/2025 14:07:16 2615336 Link 0 |
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Here is a fact, you appear to have an opinion on everything. You have nearly eight and half thousand posts. Have you have you no life outside of this forum? I bet your on the Mayo blog forum too, probably another few thousand posts.
Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 127 - 06/06/2025 14:10:03 2615337 Link 2 |
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Donegal favourites and rightly so. Depends if Mayo can raise the level again. But Donegal are well warned.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8434 - 06/06/2025 14:42:54 2615342 Link 0 |
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Word is that Caolán McGonagle is out for the rest of the season, and if rumours are to be believed, Jason McGee is finished completely and won't make a comeback from his injury. I'm also told that apart from his ankle woes that Shaun Patton requires shoulder surgery, but I'm sure that'll wait till the off season. Haven't heard anything about Niall O'Donnells injury, hopefully it's not too bad. But the good news is that it appears that other injuries are clearing up, and the likes of Eoghan Ban has two good games under his belt. And both Peadar Mogan and Caolán McColgan got the full 70 against Cavan without showing any ill effects. I feel if we have a first half performance against Mayo like the 2nd half performance against Cavan, then I can't see us being held. SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 798 - 06/06/2025 14:48:22 2615344 Link 0 |
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The finer detail is you said Cavan was non-runner from the start as Donegal had already played there. You repeated it again as if it was fact. There's no debating it, it's there in black and white. The actual fact is, that wasn't a factor at all and there is no such restriction. You should have realised that given you were at both Mayo games last year. The issue isn't the venue here, but you were caught out making something up and won't acknowledge it despite it being literally spelled out to you. It says a lot about a person's credibility. Word behind the scenes or anything else has nothing to do with it. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2364 - 06/06/2025 15:45:02 2615364 Link 3 |
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Ok I was wrong? Will that make it stop? Also ignore my whole Dublin point. No problem. Jesus.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8434 - 06/06/2025 16:23:38 2615378 Link 0 |
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yes the word I'm hearing on Jason is really not good, you never know what can happen of course but think best to leave him to his rehab and hopefully I'm eating my words sooner than later McGonagle is a very big loss for the season if that is the case. I think that Eoghan Bán being back will be a huge help particularly against Mayo but I think the centre of our defence has been exposed quite a few times without McGonagle so I would be very worried going forward without him. CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 201 - 06/06/2025 18:00:06 2615402 Link 0 |
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Personally feel we have more fires to put out than they do if we really click like the last day. I feel if we can negate O'Donoghue, Paddy Durcan and maybe Shea, it goes a long way to beating Mayo. Easier said than done of course. If we can continue the spread of scorers, we have a good shot at it. It's vital that the likes of Conor O'Donnell, Shane O'Donnell and others contribute as they did against Cavan, very talented players. We can't be too reliant on Murphy and Langan or we become easier to cancel out. That all round threat is why we won Ulster, why we beat a very good Armagh team and if we bring that on Sunday week, I do fancy us by 3-6 points. If we are down the levels like the Tyrone game, we will lose.
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1432 - 06/06/2025 20:29:57 2615420 Link 0 |
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I hope it's not true about Jason, would be such a loss for himself and the county in he's finished, Anyway it is what it is as they say nowadays and we'll give it our best shot, hopefully we get the job done in Roscommon without picking up any injuries. Mayo have a big goal threat, the high ball into O'Shea and the runs through us without the power of McGonagle there to stop them will need to be managed well. I think we have the shooters to do enough damage if they are on form, we can't afford another off day like we had against Tyrone. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3220 - 06/06/2025 22:06:57 2615428 Link 0 |
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You were always on the money to be fair.
panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2870 - 06/06/2025 22:59:45 2615436 Link 0 |
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That's a good first step. It was like pulling teeth, but I'll give dues. Fair play. I've no idea what the Dublin point is. I wasn't in that conversation. My point was that Galway-Armagh should be in the Hyde and Donegal-Mayo in Cavan. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2364 - 06/06/2025 23:38:23 2615440 Link 1 |
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I suppose apart from the Tyrone match donegal have had a good overall scoring threat and as you say you need that to continue for mayo. In old money donegal scored 3.25 last week. The only 2 pointer was Murphys first score. I guess when the two point is really on you go for it but it's not something to force either and overall think teams are better playing what's in front of them. The wind last week was a help in the first half but its diagonal nature knocked a few cavan efforts offline. I believe galway were a bit of a victim of forcing the 2 pointers too much last week. Notwithstanding some of thd injuries I thonk the team needs this break. From the start of the league (in Feb for donegal) I reckon they've played 13 of 18 weekends with 7 of away matches probably requiring overnight stays it heightens the asks even more. Compared to years ago its gone to a different level altogether. Anyhow hopefully they've gathered some oxygen into the lungs and rested the limbs and will be all set for next week. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 854 - 07/06/2025 11:09:14 2615463 Link 0 |
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One of the prerequisites for the neutral games is I've been told a team can't play their neutral game in a venue they have just played in. So that ruled out Cavan because Donegal played there last week. Don't be shooting the messenger but that's what I've been told.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11623 - 07/06/2025 12:47:06 2615481 Link 0 |
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I hate to go back to this, bust I've a small query on that statement? Mayo played Roscommon and Dublin in The Hyde last year. Please send us the reference for that change this year. I heard and I was chatting someone don't count. We need the exact reference as I believe it doesn't exist.
Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 127 - 07/06/2025 14:05:58 2615494 Link 0 |
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Please send us the historical facts on Ballagh and what happened when the boundaries were redrawn. And what you heard or was chatting to someone doesn't count.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8434 - 07/06/2025 15:15:45 2615507 Link 0 |
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Sure I'll play along and give you the facts. Ballaghaderreen was once upon a time, part of County Mayo. It became a Roscommon town under the Local Government Act of 1898. There are two versions of the reasons behind this, one being, that the Mayo local authority of the time owed a sum of money to its Roscommon counterpart and basically just handed over the town so that the people who lived there could pay off the debt through their rates. The second account holds the local MP of the time felt the rates charged by the Mayo local authority were too high, certainly in comparison to those paid to the Roscommon authority and so he had the boundary redrawn to place the town in Co. Roscommon. Take your pick! Ballaghaderreen is in Co. Roscommon by nearly 5 miles and in fact Ballaghaderreen GAA underage players compete for Co. Roscommon in the Community games. Ballaghaderreen is in Roscommon. Perhaps Yew can bail you out with regards to a neutral venue decision, but I doubt it. Now, back to the game as I don't think you can dispute what you should have learned in School. Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 127 - 07/06/2025 15:52:03 2615531 Link 0 |
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It wasn't from an t-uasal Flaker that you heard it was it? It wasn't a prerequisite last year as Mayo played their neutral game against the Dubs in the Hyde after playing Roscommon there in the previous round.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2364 - 07/06/2025 16:02:36 2615536 Link 0 |