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    Club Fixtures

    With U19s on a Friday and senior ladies fixtures on a Saturday evening, all relying on the same referees and fields, it’s not as simple as it sounds. Add hurling and the camogs and you can see why no one wants to be fixtures secretary for long. First step: agree a combined fixtures committee...
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    League 2021

    There is a generation of players that have been raised with a blanket defence and a sweeper or even two. This has made its way through all tiers of the sport including our underage teams. These players never had to learn the skills required to mark your man, one on one, and win the personal...
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    League 2021

    Agree with a lot of what’s been said. Can’t blame Blaine alone for the kick out issues in the last quarter. It looked like Donegal pushed up on the kick out covering the wide men standing on each side of the 21, forcing him to go looking further out field. The issue was that once he did...
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    League 2021

    Possibly, but in that case why name him in the 26? I assumed he was there as the fall back option with his experience if we needed it. Yesterday we needed that experience in the 2nd half as injuries left us with a totally inexperienced makeshift defensive unit.
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    League 2021

    Disappointed in so many ways today. That Tyrone team won’t win anything but they still beat us. The missed penalty was huge but I’d like another look at the square ball as I thought they got that call wrong. In saying that it seems like the rules change weekly so who knows what the square ball...
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    League 2021

    A cynical foul inside the 21 yard line or the ‘D’ which is judged to prevent a goal scoring opportunity shall result in a penalty to the attacking team and 10 minute sin bin for the offending player
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    League 2021

    Hard to see referees at club level getting this right if the inter county refs are getting it wrong. Definitely a penalty under the new rules. We’re the better team and need to push on. Aiden needs to watch himself though.
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    Ulster Senior Football Championship 2020

    I told you, I’ve never hired a tux. Serial winners buy them. (A man from cross taught me that)
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    Ulster Senior Football Championship 2020

    I don’t think anyone has said Donaghy would have won us the game. That’s not the point. The point is if Donaghy was fit and available is he a better option than some of the lads that started. I would argue that he is. Which begs the question why has our manager not played him? We conceded...
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    Ulster Senior Football Championship 2020

    Just on the point about whether or not Donaghy was fit. I posted it as I heard it from a source who would know but I accept that my information could be classed as second hand. Gar confirming Donaghy’s fitness would not be classed as second hand, or even opinion for that matter. If he says it...
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    Ulster Senior Football Championship 2020

    Personally I don’t buy the ‘Donegal are simply to good for us’ argument. Yes they are better team as are Dublin and Tyrone etc... but that doesn’t mean we should simply write of defeats like today and give the management team a get out of jail free card. The management team are supposed to take...
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    Ulster Senior Football Championship 2020

    Still no idea why Donaghy was unused since county football restarted last month. I’m told he was fit and training well. I’d understand it if we had a great young defensive unit but we don’t.
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    Ulster Senior Football Championship 2020

    Donegal don’t want to come into the North.
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    2020 league

    4 Ulster teams in the top 8, Croke Park and RTE won’t like that. Some great games to look forward to in division 1 next year. To be honest I am delighted that Tyrone and Monaghan stayed up, hopefully both will be coming to the Athletic Grounds in 2021. Away trips to Dublin and Galway would be...
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    2020 league

    A return to division 1 has been achieved and all fans should welcome that, really looking forward to next year already. My belief that we should have, and could have, returned to the top table sooner does not detract from my joy that we are there now. Well done lads.
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    2020 league

    Regarding McGeeney’s future, who knows how much longer he’ll be in post, probably as long as he wants. But you can quote me on this in the future, when he eventually leaves Armagh there is not a division 1 or 2 county in the country that will take him.
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    2020 league

    I think our panel is good enough, they just never hit their full potential for 70 minutes, ever. I know where I place the blame for that.
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    2020 league

    If you think it’s the ref who cost us this game you are deluded.
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    2020 league

    And he’s not a defender!
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    2020 league

    Donaghy must be injured again, if ever we needed a level head and a bit of experience organising that defence it’s now. Surely even McGeeney can see that.
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