Kieran McGeeney claims Donegal have never got the credit they deserve because of the way Ulster football is portrayed in the southern media.

Speaking at the launch of next month's Asian Gaelic Games in Croke Park yesterday, the newly-installed Armagh manager quipped: "The amount of abuse that they get compared to other teams…

"I just think that happens because we have people in the media from certain areas so if someone plays well against them, that's puke football or bad football or unbelievable football. I can't see that.

"Donegal have been exceptional at what they have been doing over the last three or four years. As have Mayo and other teams. There are certain teams that just seem to get a bad rap. Any other country that would class bearers of death to football wouldn't be allowed on TV."

Insisting that the TV pundits such as Pat Spillane have helped shape the perception of counties like Donegal, 'Geezer' added: "Even the people (pundits) sitting around this table will still use the phraseology that they use. If they can be that influential…

"You look at the quality of football that they have, it's not just the system. (Michael) Murphy and (Colm) McFadden are quality players. (Paddy) McBrearty and Karl Lacey are quality players.

"People like me would have had a thing about it because our team (Armagh) would have been similar."

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