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Tyrone 8/11, Donegal 6/4.

Donegal seem like value to me. Expecting a tight game but I fancy Donegal by a pt or two on account on having better forwards and Tyrone not having a reliable freetaker

For me this is one to avoid on the gambling front - overall things are way too tight between the two teams and I suspect it will be whoever performs slightly better on the day.

No shit Sherlock!!

We use sheep, very economical.

And it keeps the lads fit trying to catch one for a quickie

Ah no Avondhu, that would be more up the Rossies street. The big fear for sheep in Donegal is that they would be eaten raw without salt.

We use sheep, very economical.

Doengal league games went ahead at weekend but teams were forced to play without county men though a few fringe players played in games that were not deemed starred fixtures. Dont think tyrone clubs would put up with this nor should they as its outside 13 day rule. in fairness to mickey and tyrone this year they have adhered to rules alongside county committe. If all counties done same there would be less issues and a fairer playing field for all. Reflection of the clubs in donegal that its allowed to happen.

In Tyrone if even one fringe county player is eligible to play then everyone is eligible.  Everyone in the squad is treated equally that's perhaps why we have seen some fringe players leave the county setup in favour of the clubs.  I have to say that the club season has run very well to date with county men playing 7 out of the 8 games to date.  Club players seem happier as well that their not being messed about without football.

Club season running well in Donegal as well with county players playing in 7 out of 9 games to date. Club players getting plenty of games in the summer months which is only right.

Donegal were on camp in the Lough Erne resort for the weekend.Imagine if Mickey decided the same wee trip to Cartron House uproar would ensue.

Proper order too. Keep the money in Ulster.

Donegal players seem to be wrapped in cotton wool not turning out for their clubs this weekend.

Absolute joke, for all the shite Mickey gets regarding club games we, in Tyrone, are far from the worst. How many club games have Donegal players played in? In Tyrone I think we're on 7 out of 8 rounds were county players were playing. They played this weekend for sure.

Donegal players played in league games up until this weekend. 7 out of 9.

Unusual move for Donegal who usually only rest county players the week before but I think last weekend's scare with both Murphy & McGee coming off injured had a lot to do with it. Biggest game of the year for both counties & I can't blame them.

Feelings in the county are quite mixed at the moment. we are delighted with the new players who have integrated so well but the jusy is still very much out on Rory Gallagher who seems to have a way of rubbing people up the wrong way. To be without Leo McLoone & McNiallis s bad enough but to see a super young player like Stephen McBrearty opting out is worrying.

We are competitive, especially in Ulster, but the feeling would be that we have the players to push on to the next level but maybe not the management.

I am expecting a very tight cagey match with no more than a point or two in it one way or the other. Neither side looked great in their opening games but did enough to win comfortably.

They say that goals win games & if that's true then Donegal might have an edge but not if they use the tactics they used in last year's Ulster final.

What utter crap being talked here about top county footballers​ not being good.
In any walk of life if you are in top 20% you would been seen as good, top 10% probably very good, top 1% probably legends or the likes.
Our county footballers especially in the top counties like Donegal are definitely good footballers. Men who consistently make championship teams year after year are fine footballers.
Someone whose career ended at u14 or spent their life on sub bench belong at the other end of scale.
You do a great disservice to our players and the GAA.

The mere fact that someone plays inter-county football does not make them automatically good at football. Even if their team is succesful. There's plenty who have little discernable ability outside of fitness and strength.

In my opinion both McGee brothers weren't very good.

A lot of forwards would beg to differ. They just made it look easy, a sure sign of real class!!

I would hazard a guess that more than one poster on this thread has confused Eamonn with his brother Neil.

No complaints at all about today's defeat, we were outclassed everywhere & Dublin fully deserved their win.

5 games in 17 days may well have caught up with our lads in the end as they looked very lethargic & sluggish & Donegal's style of play demands high levels of energy otherwise it doesn't work & it didn't work today.

Fair dues as well to Galway in beating well fancied Kerry. I'd say there were good odds to be had on that double!!

Looking forward to tomorrows game against an unchanged Dublin team. No word on the Donegal team but I'm sure it will be more or less the same as the team that started the Ulster final.

The weather forecast is good which will suit two good footballing teams who put the emphasis on scoring to win games & I'm sure there will be a big crowd there as many neutrals will want to see this game as well.

The Magees jersey is aired, the sausages & bacon are in for the pre match fry up & God is in his heaven.

[Donegal u-21's and Donegal Senior play exactly the same style. Exactly the same. If you say different, its you who is embarrassing yourself and id suspect if you have seen them twice as you say you must be watching with your eyes closed. I've seen the u21's live twice, against Mayo and Cavan and just out of interest after all this ohhing and ahhing about this great attacking force I had a look at the Ulster Final. Guess what CK. No difference. It may as well be the same team that played against Mayo in Castlebar in the league. I have no idea how Donegal set up against Sligo but your claims about how fantastic they were against Derry are complete nonsense. It would seem you've finally converted to this type of football and thats grand but don't be dressing it up as something it isn't.]

Donegal u-21's and Donegal Senior play exactly the same style. Exactly the same. If you say different, its you who is embarrassing yourself and id suspect if you have seen them twice as you say you must be watching with your eyes closed. I've seen the u21's live twice, against Mayo and Cavan and just out of interest after all this ohhing and ahhing about this great attacking force I had a look at the Ulster Final. Guess what CK. No difference. It may as well be the same team that played against Mayo in Castlebar in the league.

I have no idea how Donegal set up against Sligo but your claims about how fantastic they were against Derry are complete nonsense. 

It would seem you've finally converted to this type of football and thats grand but don't be dressing it up as something it isn't.

You really are an amazing man. For someone who proclaims his distaste for any Donegal football team you sure seem to go out of your way to watch them a lot. Maybe you are a secret dung lover, the love that dare not breath it's name

I will take it as a compliment that the U21 team play the same style as the senior team who have been widely welcomed as a breath of fresh air in the league this year. I know it is all a matter of taste but comparing Donegal to Mayo in Div 1 this year I would much rather have watched freewheeling Donegal than the "dung" Mayo served up. Who will ever forget the horror of the Dublin game?

I suppose we should be grateful in a way that you are keeping the purists flag flying, longing for the day when man to man marking comes back, Blackthorn boots are worn by all true Gaels & the Archbishop throws the ball in before the game.

Dung lovers of the world unite!!!

I think the fact that you find it amazing that someone would actually attend a match in which Donegal are playing says it all but fret not I did not go out of my way to much and it most certainly wasn't to see the "free wheeling"  style of Donegal. Well maybe when I watched the ulster u21 final on youtube I was expecting some revolutionary form of attacking play which they'd developed in a week after the way some folk on here built it up. But no. It transpires that some people just see a scoreline and cant wait to get on the keyboard to proclaim that this is the new Donegal. 

You can take it as a compliment if you want when I said the u21 and seniors play the same style. It most certainly wasn't meant to be a criticism. It was more of an observation and a reply to that other eagit  who tells me I'm embarrassing myself by saying it. Of course they are going to play the same. Half the senior team is made up of u21's. The way some people have taken to this style, Donegal certainly wont be changing any time soon so of course they are going to be playing the same.

You seem to be amazed that someone would be actually critical of the way Donegal play. Like really. You've never heard it said before. You talk about "widely accepted as a breath of fresh air" and "free wheeling". What the hell are ye smoking up in the hills.
The way Donegal are playing at the moment is actually more defensive then 2012 when they got a lot of unfair criticism because of what they did to the Dubs the year before.

And back we go to a pop at Mayo to try and rubbish what I am saying. Its like a child. " My daddy is better then your daddy". If you want to pick a league match between Dublin and Mayo in March as some sort of justification for how Donegal play the game so be it, truck on, what ever it takes to convince yourself but it just gives me the impression that you haven't looked much at Mayo or Donegal this year

I think best leave it at that. You seem to be taking any criticism of Donegal's style of football from a Mayo man as a personal dig. This started with me describing Donegal's u21 style of play as "dung" after some people started using a scoreline to in some way justify the way they play the game. I'm in no way suggesting we should go back to man to man but I fear the way things are going if teams who play this style keep on been successful we  will just end up with a version of rugby without the egg as everyone else follows. A few simple rule changes could improve things but some people's blind loyalty to the county winning over how the game is played will always be an obstacle for any change

Ah no criost, I don't take what you say personally at all. I am just enjoying a bit of banter with a man who is well fit for it.

See you in Cavan tomorrow

[Donegal u-21's and Donegal Senior play exactly the same style. Exactly the same. If you say different, its you who is embarrassing yourself and id suspect if you have seen them twice as you say you must be watching with your eyes closed. I've seen the u21's live twice, against Mayo and Cavan and just out of interest after all this ohhing and ahhing about this great attacking force I had a look at the Ulster Final. Guess what CK. No difference. It may as well be the same team that played against Mayo in Castlebar in the league. I have no idea how Donegal set up against Sligo but your claims about how fantastic they were against Derry are complete nonsense. It would seem you've finally converted to this type of football and thats grand but don't be dressing it up as something it isn't.]

Donegal u-21's and Donegal Senior play exactly the same style. Exactly the same. If you say different, its you who is embarrassing yourself and id suspect if you have seen them twice as you say you must be watching with your eyes closed. I've seen the u21's live twice, against Mayo and Cavan and just out of interest after all this ohhing and ahhing about this great attacking force I had a look at the Ulster Final. Guess what CK. No difference. It may as well be the same team that played against Mayo in Castlebar in the league.

I have no idea how Donegal set up against Sligo but your claims about how fantastic they were against Derry are complete nonsense. 

It would seem you've finally converted to this type of football and thats grand but don't be dressing it up as something it isn't.

You really are an amazing man. For someone who proclaims his distaste for any Donegal football team you sure seem to go out of your way to watch them a lot. Maybe you are a secret dung lover, the love that dare not breath it's name

I will take it as a compliment that the U21 team play the same style as the senior team who have been widely welcomed as a breath of fresh air in the league this year. I know it is all a matter of taste but comparing Donegal to Mayo in Div 1 this year I would much rather have watched freewheeling Donegal than the "dung" Mayo served up. Who will ever forget the horror of the Dublin game?

I suppose we should be grateful in a way that you are keeping the purists flag flying, longing for the day when man to man marking comes back, Blackthorn boots are worn by all true Gaels & the Archbishop throws the ball in before the game.

Dung lovers of the world unite!!!