19/07/2015 14:51:43
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County: Antrim
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These Republic of Ireland teams are killing football.

Oh your back , just great .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 19/07/2015 15:02:15    1755712

Amazing it just seems to have occured to Donegal that you have to score to win a match , maybe to late ,

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 19/07/2015 15:04:32    1755713

Donegal look to be back to 2013 version-look very leggy..Monaghan going about their business well..so far!

blacknamber (Kerry) - Posts: 267 - 19/07/2015 15:09:34    1755716

I had to come back Damo. The place was missing my class, intelligence and knowledge.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 19/07/2015 15:17:23    1755718

Monaghan working very hard that is bout the only positive. Like watching a tip around on the beach

MartinGerard (Longford) - Posts: 275 - 19/07/2015 15:17:58    1755719

Donegal in big trouble.
Clueless and toothless.
Goals or nothing now and don't look like the have it in them.

SLLY (Dublin) - Posts: 463 - 19/07/2015 15:20:54    1755720

Poor stuff all round but Monaghan worthy of their lead, hope they can hang on.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 19/07/2015 15:22:52    1755722

Monaghan will bottle this.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 19/07/2015 15:26:30    1755724

Brilliant stuff from Monaghan. Class.

Still, As bad as Donegal where, they hit 16 wides.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 19/07/2015 15:36:15    1755726

Donegal look like they dont want to score, Donegal, Mayo and Dublin now on the same side of the draw.

Traleenative (Kerry) - Posts: 44 - 19/07/2015 15:37:23    1755728

Very frustrating game to lose. We kicked an unbelievable amount of wides. Well done to Monaghan though.

The timekeeping once again leaves a lot to be desired. There was one minute signalled at the end of the first half. Michael Murphy gave the ball away on Monaghan's 45 with 36.15 on the clock. Coldrick let Monaghan go up and kick a score. In the 2nd half Rory Beggan received treatment for a full 2 minutes. There was also another Monaghan man received treatment for a full minute near the end of normal time. Only 3 minutes were added and over a minute of that was taken up after Clerkin went down.

benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1422 - 19/07/2015 15:45:13    1755732

ya Donegal hit a lot of wides,but most of them from silly positions.Monaghan did well and deserved the win,but I was disappointed with Donegal today and they are very one dimensional.Murphy is wasted out the field.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 19/07/2015 15:49:13    1755733

Have to admit its a deserved victory for Monaghan. Donegal appeared not to have a plan B. No variation to their game plan. Kicking let them down. Gutted

Kirkintilloch (Donegal) - Posts: 43 - 19/07/2015 15:53:36    1755735

I completely agree ben the time keeping by officiating is a joke. Time and time again we are seeing not enough time added on and then the time that is allowed is been eaten up by cynicism without the time getting added on. Again there was no consistency with time allowed on the end of the min. Donegal cannot claim to be too hard done by there as that was class A sloppiness from Murphy similar to Christy Toye given away a sitter by poor play.

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2782 - 19/07/2015 15:56:57    1755738

Well done to Monaghan and hard luck to Donegal. Terrible wides from Donegal. They should have equalised at the end. Definitely thought that there should have been at least 4 to five mins added at the end. Time to take the timekeeping away from the referee.

lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 2991 - 19/07/2015 15:57:33    1755742

Good win for Monaghan. They didn't score for the last 20 minutes however, and almost let Donegal back into the game.

thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1751 - 19/07/2015 16:09:25    1755749

Good win for Monaghan. One worry, they didn't score for the last 20 minutes, almost let Donegal snatch a draw. Monaghan should have won by 4-5 points based on their overall display.

thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1751 - 19/07/2015 16:14:00    1755752

The timekeeping once again leaves a lot to be desired
Time keeping is a constant problem in the GAA, but generally the only ones that bring it up are the losing team that needed that extra time so it's dismissed as sour grapes. Until the countdown clock is introduced this is going to continue.
As for the game itself, well done to Monaghan, unfortunately for Donegal they are no better than anyone else against the blanket..

AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 19/07/2015 16:20:56    1755756

4 or 5 points? What second half were you watching. They did not score as there was only one team in it.

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2782 - 19/07/2015 16:22:18    1755757

Absolutely kicked that game away, but what is most disappointing is how Donegal didn't push on as they should when it was a one point game. Went back to slow and ponderous play when they should have been throwing the kitchen sink at Monaghan. Did exactly the same in AI final last year. Anyway, well done Monaghan, hopefully see youse in Croker later in the summer

petejoeduff (Donegal) - Posts: 329 - 19/07/2015 16:23:35    1755759