What they said ... the weekend in quotes

November 02, 2015

Ballyboden St Enda's Darragh Nelson and Daithi Murphy of St Vincent's exchange words.
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"At this point, I am not interested in commenting on the inaccuracies in the book while involved with the Donegal senior team. I am comfortable in the knowledge that Donegal County Board officers are aware of the true circumstances of my departure."

Rory Gallagher added he is 'disappointed' that Jim McGuinness has chosen to comment on the break-up of the 2012 All-Ireland winning management team in his autobiography.

"Michael McCann was bitten on the neck and that's why the fisty-cuffs started out there and they had another player who came in and struck."

Crossmaglen's victory over Cargin was overshadowed by bite allegations made by the Antrim side's manager John Brennan after the final whistle.

"I would have thought that John would have been magnanimous in defeat and just take it on the chin, there were a lot of incidents we could all talk about."

Crossmaglen joint-manager John McEntee dismissed Brennan's claim.

"Vincent's have a habit of burying teams in the first 20 minutes so we knew we had to get out of the blocks early."

Andy McEntee and Ballyboden St Enda's upset the odds against three-in-a-row chasing St Vincent's in the Dublin SFC final.

"We haven't got a test like that in Wexford in a while. We played a county final just last week and it's hard on lads psychologically to get back at it straight after that."

Oulart The Ballagh manager Frank Flannery breathed a sigh of relief after they scraped over Clough-Ballacolla in the Leinster Club SHC quarter-final.

"Lee (Cleere) was struck off the ball and their player probably should've walked. I said it to the linesman and he said 'Yeah I saw it but we're not wired up'. He put his flag up but the referee didn't see it and the goal was allowed. You can't legislate for that really."

The losing side's manager Kevin Martin wasn't happy that Oulart The Ballagh's opening goal was allowed to stand.

"Today we played as poorly as we have all year."

Clonmel Commercials manager Charlie McGeever will demand an improved showing from his troops when they take on St Joseph's Milltown Malbay in the Munster Club SFC semi-final

"Dublin, in my opinion, are operating like a Premier League team in the UK; that's the level they are operating at. That's my opinion."

The gulf between the top gaelic football counties and the rest is widening according to Jim McGuinness.


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