Division 2 2024

[greatpoint]

Donegal must have missed five chances to win that game in the last 10 minutes

[yellowcard]

Too the surprise of nobody Donegal v Armagh finishes in a draw.

Both sides will be happy with that result, should guarantee promotion for both. Cavan will feel as if they are still in with an outside chance but we have them at home so I'd expect to win that.

[Westside]

Cavan beat Louth by a point in Ardee. After leading by 6 at one stage. Tight game, on a tight heavy field. Never saw such a poor reffing performance (hate talking about refs) but clear from early he was losing control of this match and it turned into farce at times. Huge brawl, off the ball hits and all sorts. 3 sent off. Happy to just get out of there with 2 points

A massive brawl with several strikes and headlocks with lads dragged to the ground dangerously.

Yet two of the red cards were for harmless tangles.

That said, James and Oisin only have themselves to blame. James in particular let the team down. We looked comfortable at that point.

[Westside]

Too the surprise of nobody Donegal v Armagh finishes in a draw.

Both sides will be happy with that result, should guarantee promotion for both. Cavan will feel as if they are still in with an outside chance but we have them at home so I'd expect to win that.

Has much changed from a Cavan point of view? We needed to beat Armagh to go up anyway, that hasn't changed.

[yellowcard]

Too the surprise of nobody Donegal v Armagh finishes in a draw.

Both sides will be happy with that result, should guarantee promotion for both. Cavan will feel as if they are still in with an outside chance but we have them at home so I'd expect to win that.

Has much changed from a Cavan point of view? We needed to beat Armagh to go up anyway, that hasn't changed.

It's still theoretically in Cavans hands if they win all their games. Providing we beat Cavan at home though we only need a draw from our 2 remaining matches to guarantee promotion.

[Westside]

Too the surprise of nobody Donegal v Armagh finishes in a draw.

Both sides will be happy with that result, should guarantee promotion for both. Cavan will feel as if they are still in with an outside chance but we have them at home so I'd expect to win that.

Has much changed from a Cavan point of view? We needed to beat Armagh to go up anyway, that hasn't changed.

It's still theoretically in Cavans hands if they win all their games. Providing we beat Cavan at home though we only need a draw from our 2 remaining matches to guarantee promotion.

I still don't see how the draw today should guarantee promotion for Armagh. If they lose to Cavan it was going to drastically reduce their chances of promotion. That was true regardless of their result today.

[tonto1888]

Donegal must have missed five chances to win that game in the last 10 minutes

We missed a fair few chances ourselves. Some score form rian

[trailer]

February All Ireland champions looked vulnerable enough today.

[statto]

February All Ireland champions looked vulnerable enough today.

Are Derry not division one?

[balladmaker]

Armagh missed enough to have wrapped it up with a couple of points to spare.  On the other hand, happy to get out with a draw following the penalty save.  Any two from Armagh, Donegal and Cavan to go up ... with Armagh v Cavan on March 16th having ever increasing relevance.  Two points also essential in Enniskillen next Saturday evening.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Donegal looked very poor today making a lot of basic mistakes.

Hard to make a full judgement on a Jimmy McGuinness side in the league though god knows what training thy are doing mid week.

[armaghniac]

Donegal looked very poor today making a lot of basic mistakes.

Hard to make a full judgement on a Jimmy McGuinness side in the league though god knows what training thy are doing mid week.

Both sides had some good play,and then made stupid mistakes having already done the hard work.
The latter can be reduced as the season goes on.

[thejuice]

Strong finish for Meath leaves us on 5 points and looking safe from the drop. A win against Cavan next weekend would be huge and if Cork are still floundering we could by on 9 points going into the final game against Donegal with it all to play for. But by no means are we favourite's to beat Cavan. 

[Dreadnought]

Cavan beat Louth by a point in Ardee. After leading by 6 at one stage. Tight game, on a tight heavy field. Never saw such a poor reffing performance (hate talking about refs) but clear from early he was losing control of this match and it turned into farce at times. Huge brawl, off the ball hits and all sorts. 3 sent off. Happy to just get out of there with 2 points

A massive brawl with several strikes and headlocks with lads dragged to the ground dangerously.

Yet two of the red cards were for harmless tangles.

That said, James and Oisin only have themselves to blame. James in particular let the team down. We looked comfortable at that point.

Slightly harsh possibly. Look, they shouldn't have reacted. But both lads were targeted all game, especially when they got cards. Ref lost control that way. Louth lads knew they could go after and look for a reaction and ref would do nothing. Only did something once they got that reaction. Like what on earth was the keeper doing up inside our 45 going at Brady when he was trying to leave the field?

They'll know themselves they shouldn't have reacted. We'll support them and move on with a win. We're learning more and more every game

[Westside]

Cavan beat Louth by a point in Ardee. After leading by 6 at one stage. Tight game, on a tight heavy field. Never saw such a poor reffing performance (hate talking about refs) but clear from early he was losing control of this match and it turned into farce at times. Huge brawl, off the ball hits and all sorts. 3 sent off. Happy to just get out of there with 2 points

A massive brawl with several strikes and headlocks with lads dragged to the ground dangerously.

Yet two of the red cards were for harmless tangles.

That said, James and Oisin only have themselves to blame. James in particular let the team down. We looked comfortable at that point.

Slightly harsh possibly. Look, they shouldn't have reacted. But both lads were targeted all game, especially when they got cards. Ref lost control that way. Louth lads knew they could go after and look for a reaction and ref would do nothing. Only did something once they got that reaction. Like what on earth was the keeper doing up inside our 45 going at Brady when he was trying to leave the field?

They'll know themselves they shouldn't have reacted. We'll support them and move on with a win. We're learning more and more every game

The linesmen are to blame too. James got a yellow for the reaction but the linesman clearly saw the Louth player cling to his leg on the ground and continually drag and push him off the ball in the few seconfs before he reacted, yet it went unpunished.

It's easy talking from the line, I appreciate that. But retaining composure off the ball and not giving the ref an easy decision to send you off should be a basic contribution to the team. And I'd say the same for Faulkner and Gunner last week.