RE(2): Nice call on the Champs league Tremble mate
Sep 21, 11:17AM

Go for it i'll tear you a new one.

From SHANEBOY_FANTASY_WINS_2011_IRISH_DERBY on Sep 21, 10:57AM:
.....At least i am not a lieing fantastist loser like yourself..i will put a thread up between me and you and we can tip and see who is ahead at the end of the month..come on big man i guarantee you won't be in profit..i probably won't be you won't be either.....

From Rocketfingers on Sep 19, 01:31AM:
lol :D



.....there you go LIARfingers.....

rocket your a gas man.it was plain to be seen after the game all the donegal lads shaking hands with the mayo lads.jim mcguinness shock every one of their hands...a manly game played by men.no diving or trying to get their opponents carded.i seen a cup final the other nite shamrocks and some other non entity team..big crowd at it.id say there were more stewards manning the jacks in croker today than were at it.!!

Rocketfingers-you've single handledly destroyed this forum. Every Donegal man shook hands with their opposite number. Not the greatest game but stop picking holes in every single thing GAA. And we also noticed the hurling reference-that's just a soft cover up for when you get grief about the general bile you spout about GAA on here. As I said before what's wrong with enjoying all sport-no need for comparisons at every turn.

Kavvie the crowd that was at it does not make the game any better, shocking bad game. Donegal were bad sports, no matter what game you shake the other teams hands within a few seconds of it being over, Donegal had the cup and there still no sign of a handshake. That game was way to cynical and lots of diving in it to.

Gant there was no handshake unless they done 15 minutes after the final whistle which is a strange time to do it. I wanted Mayo to win it as i have lots of Donegal neighbours and they'll be hard to listen  to for a while. I thought the game was very poor too much cynical stuff and Irishro just because you're not a fan of hurling does not mean it's not a better game. The hurling final was a million times better than all that hand passing lark. Anyway if you enjoyed it fair play but no idea how you could. Actually both semi finals were better than the final.

And rightfully so it was a bad match, but i don't get offended or go so defensive when someone called it a poor match. I'm entitled to my opinion and i thought the fianl was very poor as did a lot of people are allowed to sneer at this match today.

Delighted for Donegal it shows hard work does pay off.......Thet will some homecoming tomorrow evening.........Real sports fans would never sneer to be fair.

Ah ya i was home watching it on my tv so just talking about the game. Anyway enough of that some of the real stuff is on now with MOTD2 now.

TBH I thought it was a poor spectacle and could not agree that the "occasion" was good for the game. In fact the only memorable event in the whole day for me was the first goal which was an example of how Football Should (and can be played)
I didn't bother watching the Sunday Game but I can't imagine the re-run of the game took any more than 10 minutes.

I actually thought the first half was very entertaining.

Donegal started like a train but I liked the way Mayo fought back in the game which some nicely-taken scores.

The best team certainly won. The Murphy goal was a screamer.

Great result for Donegal who played well . Everybody in Donegal will be celebrating  , rightly so .

Referee was not great , and some of the players on both sides must have come off the field shaking their heads about that .  Pity when you have been training and practising most of the year and they cant give you a decent referee .  Did not affect the result , just diminished the occasion .

Obvious from the first attack that Mayo had got it wrong in marking Murphy . No idea why they did not switch someone else onto him  pronto, as he is one of the Donegal dangermen on an individual basis .

Some of the Mayo forwards also lacked the physicality to withstand a decent challenge in the air or when trying to beat a man . Had lost their forward leader in the quarter final though , showed today ( but why not in the semi-final ? ) .

Disappointed overall with Mayo , thought they played much better in the rest of the campaign , but it raises questions about the standard of those they beat . Or maybe they just did a little "freezing "today . Those close to the team will know as against us "hurlers on the ditch " .

Expected a good game today , that it wasn't - as most seem to agree on here  , but you cant knock the winners on a day like today .

Unsure about that Rocketfingers .  The trouble about systems is that they evolve from the players at the managers disposal ( and sometimes like with  Maurice Fitz the managers ignore the individual players capabilities ).  If you have 15 short arses in your team you are not going to play catch and kick , and if you have really skilful footballers / forwards ( mainly) you are not going to play the basketball game .

Most of the really good teams have had some outstanding players who would have stood out in any generation .  The recent trend though has been to "sacrifice" the skilful footballers for the greater ( collective ) good . As regards individual skills , a lot of the current county players do not have basic footballing skills such as shooting , beating a man , hand to toeing  , high catching ability , tackling properly .  They all can run forever , and handpass , and have good upper body physiques  .  Unfortunately the hand passing / possession thing has become "system " football for some counties , partly because its relatively easy to do and you can train most players to do those things fairly competently .  And you become hard to beat ( and watch often  , like Donegal were LAST YEAR ) .

A lot of the counties and managers seem to have forgotten that if 4 men are tackling the one player ( bottled up as they say ) , 3 other players are unmarked . Trick is to get the ball to one of those unmarked men .  Quickly .

The best teams for me have always been those who can move the ball quickly , accurately , and create chances for their skilful forwards ( sometimes big "targetmen " are an integral part of that "system " to win possession and to lay off to a scorer ) .  Donegal did that fairly well today , Mayo did not , and had no target men up front .

And the good teams generally always scored goals . Crowds and team mates love to see the net bulge , like Murphys splendid one today , simple and beautiful .

their levels of fitness have to be incredible.fair dues to them.i would say that they have at least 3 "stars" for certain murphy mcfadden and lacey?they would get their place on any team in ireland.

Confirming guys that Donegal won't dominate anything. Too one dimensional and won in a bad year.

The curse for Mayo goes on. How many left to die from that 51 team ?

that thought struck me lustrumm but its not pc to ask!!

Karl Lacey is a great player by anyone's definition of the word.

If some of the Donegal players played for some of the "bigger" counties the media would be creaming themselves over them.

The continued lack of credit to the best team in the country is a little bizarre.

Donegal are All Ireland Champions and deservedly so,they beat the four best teams in the country,it's great to see Sam moving around.
The complaints about the standard of football are laughable when the complainants are watching scoreless draws without a murmur.

Fair play wildman.

I think it's an Ulster thing in my opinion.

Tyrone & Armagh never got the credit they deserved and even back in the early 90's i remember loads of criticism of an excellent Derry team.

There is merit in what you are saying although the language used detracts from the general points.