Good start to the game with 9 scores, many from long distance, in 12 minutes

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 12/04/2015 14:13:24    1713253

Game has an air of an exhibition about it, no tension.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 12/04/2015 14:30:26    1713262

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Game has an air of an exhibition about it, no tension.


But it's how football should be played according to some! ;)

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5024 - 12/04/2015 14:43:51    1713268

Good first half, with some very good kicking from both sides.

Cork have 7 men on the scoresheet, while Donegal have 6 men on the scoresheet. Some good high fetching from Donegal, particularly Impressive from McElhinney in the absence of Neil Gallagher.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 12/04/2015 14:52:54    1713270

Refreshing to see the game played as intended after some of the tripe served up by Dublin, Tyrone, Derry _ Mcfadden and Mcbrearty s scores things of beauty

ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 12/04/2015 14:57:33    1713273

Great game of hand passing and lads running around like headless chickens , God can we not do something about this rubbish I'm sick of it. 4 forwards in one half at all times and 3 handpasses max please change the rules.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 12/04/2015 14:59:51    1713275

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Great game of hand passing and lads running around like headless chickens , God can we not do something about this rubbish I'm sick of it. 4 forwards in one half at all times and 3 handpasses max please change the rules.

Haha clondalkin, good man yourself.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 12/04/2015 15:09:41    1713276

ClondalkinDub solution - everyone stays in their 1/15 of pitch - kick only - I think subbuteo already tried this

ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 12/04/2015 15:13:43    1713280

I hope Brendan kealy is watching ken O'hallorans performance and taking notes on what real shot stopping looks like. And how to deal with the high ball.
Great game so far lots of great score by both teams.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 12/04/2015 15:21:16    1713282

Soooooo, no one is allowed to tackle any more, right? Revolutionary yes but it will take some getting used to though!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 12/04/2015 15:23:48    1713283

Enjoyable game with no real championship tempo some great scoring but end of the day it's only a league match that will be forgotten come June as will every league encounter.

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 12/04/2015 15:28:36    1713285

Enjoyable game, but I hope Donegal tighten up at the back come championship time!!

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 12/04/2015 15:30:33    1713286

Not sure about Murph's new Wild Man from Borneo look.

Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 12/04/2015 15:33:21    1713288

He looks like hes been on the lash since the Tyrone game

joeteor (Donegal) - Posts: 218 - 12/04/2015 15:40:04    1713290

Sam will be heading for either Dublin or Cork in 2015, wasn't champ pace but Cork showed how to beat the blanket defence, attendance is poor, why wasn't the game played in Salthill, Castlebar or Dr Hyde Park. If the attendance doesn't vastly improve for Dublin v Monaghan opening up Croke Park for games involving poor county attendance teams is a mistake and a double header in a Connacht or midland venue would be better, also why was a Sligo ref over a neighbouring county Donegal v Cork, should have been Eddie Kinsella or David Coldrick

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 12/04/2015 15:41:33    1713291

Far better 2nd half, decent good tempered and a fairly even game of football.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 12/04/2015 15:44:04    1713292

We got 19 scores and lost - so much for Plan B - come champo time we will go back to making opposition score less than us rather than us scoring more than them !

ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 12/04/2015 15:45:47    1713293

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1713291 Sam will be heading for either Dublin or Cork in 2015, wasn't champ pace but Cork showed how to beat the blanket defence, attendance is poor, why wasn't the game played in Salthill, Castlebar or Dr Hyde Park. If the attendance doesn't vastly improve for Dublin v Monaghan opening up Croke Park for games involving poor county attendance teams is a mistake and a double header in a Connacht or midland venue would be better, also why was a Sligo ref over a neighbouring county Donegal v Cork, should have been Eddie Kinsella or David Coldrick

Sligo isn't a neighbour of Donegal......Leitrim is between them!!.

Dunno about Sam, I reckon it's between Dublin, Mayo, Kerry, Donegal and then possibly Cork.

I would say Donegal learned a lot more from today than Cork. If my team scored 4 goals, conceded no goals, and still only won by 4 points, I would be a little concerned. Especially against a team like Donegal, who are more than capable of tightening up at the back during late summer.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 12/04/2015 15:56:50    1713295

Great game to watch, I think neither team showed all today, it was more about getting a run going. Nice scores from play. I think Cork handpassed the ball twice as much as we did today, but there will be little said about this later tonight no doubt.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 12/04/2015 16:01:33    1713298

Ah now Leitrim is sandwiched between them 5 or so miles

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 12/04/2015 16:04:27    1713299