THERE are three things certain here in this life – death, taxes and pundits getting predictions wrong. Over the last few weeks, it has been next to impossible to predict some of the championship games so great credit must go to the Football Review Committee because this is exactly what we have been looking for. […]
DONEGAL showed a killer instinct in their win over Mayo to knock the Westerners out of the All-Ireland series and earn a home preliminary round quarter-final and manager Jim McGuinness was delighted with his sides win. A late Fergal Boland scored looked to have secured a share of the spoils for Mayo, but, following the […]
By Ryan Ferry DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness says a potentially busy schedule ahead will not be a consideration as his team gear up for a big clash with Mayo on Sunday. A group opener defeat against Tyrone was costly and it means that they are not in pole position to top the group. A 19-point […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Ulster minor and u-21 winning goalkeeper Danny Rodgers has been named on the bench for Donegal this weekend with Shaun Patton listed as the the number one. The Ulster champions face a vital clash with Mayo in a bid to make it to the knock-out stages of the championship. Patton hasn’t […]
AFTER a few weeks of unbelievable action in the All-Ireland series, it all comes down to this weekend’s games. As I stated last week, I don’t think there is any real need to tweak what we have based on this year’s evidence, but we will see what next year brings. There are some massive clashes this […]
BY RYAN FERRY DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness says Cavan brought a ‘serious edge’ to their group opener with Mayo, and he expects his side to face more of the same on Sunday. Cavan were tipped by many pundits to finish bottom of Group One but their three-point victory over Mayo has made things interesting. And […]
By Niall Gartland HAVING excelled himself in Errigal Ciaran’s memorable run to the biggest day in club football with a series of eye-catching performances in the middle of the park, Ben McDonnell was duly drafted into the Tyrone Senior set-up by Malachy O’Rourke for his second crack at county football. Ben had been absent from […]
BEFORE I get stuck into this week’s action, I just want to touch on the structures around the championship, the fact that they are set to change next year. I understand in the past that perhaps things might not have worked out as we had hoped with a few dead rubbers here and there, but […]
By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has named the same team from the Ulster final for Saturday’s visit of Tyrone. The Ulster champions host the Red Hands in a repeat last year’s All-Ireland opener (Ballybofey, 7pm) There is a return of Eoghan Bán Gallagher after injury ruled the Killybegs man out since their league win over […]
BY RYAN FERRY OISÍN Gallen hopes Donegal will continue to employ a kicking game ahead of their All-Ireland group stage opener against Tyrone this Saturday. Gallen was named as the All Star full-forward last season and had a great year in the green and gold. However, you could have counted on one hand the number […]
