Replying To Donegal_abroad:  "We won Division Two that year, beating you three times in one season. We beat you again this year at a canter. Armagh will be alongside us in division one next year and hopefully they can go one better than Meath and win a game. Now there, away you go!"

Replying To royaldunne:  "Our showing against Westmeath is looking better than anyone thought during the week. Shows just how competitive Leinster teams COULD be if we hadn't dubs in province"

Replying To Donegal_abroad:  "Don't worry South of the Gap, reasonable comments are now moderated here by one person who is on the attack at all times. No fair-minded comments are allowed anymore, you'll get told how little you know by the all-seeing sage."

Replying To StockholmGael:  "Can the mods/admins ban Rorysboys? Relentless troll."

Replying To totalrecall:  "I am a frequent visitor to Mayo as I have family living there, never have an issue with mayo people who I always find welcoming, the entertainment before the game was great, great atmosphere, until the match started. The vitriolic shouts to Michael Murphy and other Donegal players was disgusting, booing of players taking frees also has no place in the GAA. There are a section of idiots who go to Donegal games and call themselves fans who also engage in this, but I never witnessed anything like last night. Not disputing result we were very poor and deserved nothing from the game, nobody likes a sore loser, but a sore winner is worse. The triumphalism at the end and horrible comments that many of us had to endure leaving the ground was disgusting. As a neutral I always liked to see mayo do well, very sour taste in the mouth after yesterday."

Replying To rorysboys:  "Good to hear two good men. Let's get behind them"

Replying To Lockjaw:  "That doesn't make much sense man. I can't go to the game this weekend because I have to be in Galway for a family function. But you can rest assured that I will be slipping away to watch the game somewhere, even if it means I am in the doghouse for it!"

Replying To JoeSoap:  "Thanks to Declan for all he has given to Donegal football over the years. Things had gotten stale and it was time to go, but I hope he knows that Donegal people appreciate everything he has given and the 2 Ulster titles were savoured by myself hugely after the Rory years. That draw against Kerry in 2019 was one of my most enjoyable days out supporting Donegal ever, it was a thrilling match and Declan had a huge part in that. I said I couldn't be ***** with this forum any more and the same reasons apply but I just can't stand some of the stuff being said. Murphy's goal in 2012 defined the whole game, so therefore Murphy was the main or only reason we won it... the goal doesn't happen without the 2012 footballer of the year and one of our other best ever players, Karl Lacey. We haven't won or contested an All-Ireland since 2014 because of Dublin even though we've had Murphy in his prime (the main and only reason we won in 2012 apparently) as well as a good mix of youth and the 2012 side, and it's only because of Dublin and not because of management... even though since 2014 we've met Dublin exactly once in a knock-out championship game, 2016. How are Dublin to blame for us not reaching an All-Ireland semi-final other than that year? We also played them in the 2018 Super 8s but we had Tyrone at home to get to a semi-final that year. Finally, it seems to me that the one poster going on and on and on and on and on and on would only be delighted for the next manager to fail in the same way as Declan did in the end because he could crow on here about the players not being good enough, it seems to me there'd be more pleasure taken from that than there would from the potential new manager making strides in year one and getting us to an All-Ireland semi. That may be harsh or unfair but to be honest that's how it has come across at this stage. There is a toxic atmosphere on this board and one poster consistently attacking everyone, posters that have not been against Bonner from day one, posters that supported Declan all the way through his tenure, posters that have come up with interesting posts and analysis and ideas about how we set up and posters that have been more than fair all through the last 5 or 6 years. What some don't seem to understand is not the losing, it's the manner of it. I was very very proud of Donegal against Tyrone last year, in all the circumstances and with the game stacked against us, they fought tooth and nail until the heat really took its toll on our 14 men and Tyrone pulled away in the final stages. But jesus I walked away thinking we've the seeds of a great team here if we get a clear run. Fast forward to this year and the manner of both the Ulster final defeat and the 2nd half against Armagh was just so disappointing. And the signs had been there all year even though "it's only the league" was trotted out, that game in Killarney was one of the worst I have ever seen from a Donegal senior side and I have been following Donegal for a long long time. The last thing you want is to walk away from a game thinking "we didn't really go for that". Some times players underperform, sometimes there's a moment of madness that changes the game, sometimes you're just unlucky, sometimes management gets it completely wrong and sometimes a game takes on a life of its own and you just have to watch it play out. We're all only human at the end of the day. But if I see the same mistakes being repeated game to game, the problem goes deeper than the usual "on the day" type stuff. We can disagree about what that problem is but I just can't fathom anyone who has followed Donegal over Declan's tenure thinking for example that Galway are so far ahead of us, and that thinking we could also reach an All-Ireland final with our current crop of players in a different set up is some sort of mad thinking. Galway are a really good team that have had a clear run this year but in a knock out championship game I think we'd give them a great run and who knows how the game would turn out. And they made the final and by god they nearly won it. Armagh were penalties away from a semi-final vs. Derry, a team we beat out the gate earlier in championship. Derry we brought to extra time and I felt we really had them in the 2nd half but didn't kick on. All these teams competing in the All-Ireland series and yet we don't have the man markers and therefore we're crazy to believe we should perform better than we did this year. I've heard Oisín McConville a few times saying that this year there will be a good 8 or 9 teams looking at the championship thinking "We have a real shot next year". He hasn't named teams but I've no doubt Donegal are one of them. There is no stand out side any more, Kerry are possibly about to kick on but I still think you can get at them. Tyrone, Donegal, Monaghan, Armagh, Derry, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon will all be thinking they are not far away and could take Dublin or Kerry on their day. Kildare I think will have huge huge regrets about how the championship shook out in the end for them. All of these teams have flaws, every single one of them, and pretending that Donegal having some flaws is an automatic reason we can't compete for Sam? That's lunacy to me. People seem to forget a time that flawed teams won All-Irelands. Dublin are not the force they were under Gavin and I don't think we'll see their like again, not for a long time. Tyrone last year were flawed. Kerry this year are flawed. Kerry in 2014 were flawed. We were flawed in 2012! That's normal, no team is perfect and no team at the minute is perfect, not least Donegal. But can we be good enough in other areas to compete with these other flawed teams at the top table? Absolutely."

Replying To TheHermit:  "€30 and no concessions - is that not a bit greedy now for a ticket price?"

Replying To thelowball:  "@rory,who are u the bald eagle. Long time since u seen or heard a cuckoo! Yes Jim Gavin, the American way is always the biggest and the best! Go on Rory me boy, why don't u tell us what Gavin and Bonner have in common, in the grand scheme of management. Maybe Rockford could tell Bonner sit down and have a seat at home. Rockford a definite upgrade."

Replying To The keeper:  "Hard luck to naomh conail, left it all out on the field. Missed A Thomson and brendan mcdyer. Two experienced men, and with ultan Doherty only back for his first game this year (did exceptionally well when introduced), and gallagher just back. And then mcgettigan not playing at all this year, we were stretching the panel and it finally caught up with us. But as a proud naomh conail man, i couldn't fault any player. Congratulations to the victorious team, great committed team who never threw in the towel. And i have to say there supporters were brilliant and very friendly. My only complaint was the referee."

Replying To rorysboys:  "Stop talking about Mc Guinness. Your like a broken record at this stage. You still didn't say who you wanted as manager. Is Mc Shea the new god of Donegal football. I don't buy that paper, too many pundits living in the past. Hopefully bonner will get the three years,"

Replying To rorysboys:  "Your in the wrong place lad if you want the real Donegal supporters to talk gaa. I'm a keyboard warrior what does that make you, go to the dictionary and get the right meaning of the word. Have a nice day. Don't really want you either responding to my posts, you don't fall into the category sorry."