If Monaghan (v Kildare) and Armagh (v Meath) get through Round 4B, along with Donegal on the B side, there could be a decent possibility of an Ulster finalist. There will however be the small matter of getting past the Dubs.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7824 - 20/07/2014 21:33:02    1622417

Yeah most probably blanket defence will get 2 trys at the dubs be interesting on a dirty wet windy day but on a dry day you would imagine dubs have enough players who can score from 40 plus yards and when they go 3 or 4 up you have to habe a go
Will be very interesting.
Will admit if they get by monaghan/armagh then donegal and beat mayo kerry cork in final no one can say they won a handy one and they didn't beat all systems.

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 20/07/2014 21:52:12    1622451

Going to be a battle between champagne football and the blanket defence.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7824 - 21/07/2014 21:11:05    1623502

Yes ;)

benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1422 - 02/09/2014 17:17:13    1647053

Great to be there again, I have got to say it is a brilliant time to be a donegal gaa supporter. the rest of ulster will probably take a lot from this good run of ours, but the hard part is to actually put it into practice. That takes unbelievable commitment. I think that most teams have it, but they dont have the know how.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 02/09/2014 18:48:21    1647110

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Great to be there again, I have got to say it is a brilliant time to be a donegal gaa supporter. the rest of ulster will probably take a lot from this good run of ours, but the hard part is to actually put it into practice. That takes unbelievable commitment. I think that most teams have it, but they dont have the know how.

I suspect there is stern defensive rebuilding work being done in Tyrone as we speak, and I also suspect the likes of Armagh, Monaghan and Derry will be looking at what Donegal achieved in beating Dublin and be thinking "Sure we only lost by a score or 3 points to them boys".

That could Indeed be a very powerful motivation if Donegal now manage to win another All Ireland, as we remember the belief Donegal took from Down winning the 1991 All Ireland, which in turn Donegal passed on to Derry after the 1992 final. When you see a team you ran close or had a fierce battle which you narrowly lost, It makes you start thinking your not that far away.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 02/09/2014 19:16:17    1647127

Well lads, I did enjoy the Ulster final. I have also been balanced and fair I think. I started a thread on the Ulster sides that got knocked out in the qualifiers. Some thought I was intent on knocking Ulster. Not at all. As seen above, I did say there was a good possibility of an Ulster finalist.

29/08/2014 18:40:05
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If Donegal's players can play at the level required for the system they'll adopt, they could well pull off a shock. Capital correctly favourites but I'll go against the grain and say Donegal will win.

I was happy enough for the capital hype to be built up. I have respect for what they have achieved but this year they were not really tested. I just felt everything was setup that if a team was ahead of them by a margin, they could see it out. In fairness we tried it last year and did not succeed. It was an awesome display by Donegal.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7824 - 02/09/2014 20:55:57    1647189