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Having being widely informed that Donegal don't lose finals having only being in 2 until today did they bottle it? Being within a kick or two of a team having played woefully after conceding an early goal and another from a mistake everything would point to Donegals lack of mental strength and that in fact they bottled it.Hopefully they will be back. peile (Mayo) - Posts: 180 - 21/09/2014 17:54:43 1654559 Link 0 |
Now now peile a Mayo person shouldn't really be accusing others of bottling big games. No I wouldn't say Donegal bottled it, the Dublin match showed they have plenty of fight and mental strength. This result didn't really surprise me, I wondered would Donegal lift themselves to the same psychological level as they did against Dublin and today showed they didn't. They just looked off from the start and that happens in sport. Maybe in their own minds they thought that beating Dublin was THE big one for them and today they just looked flat and when it mattered they couldn't raise themselves at all. The best team won today. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9696 - 21/09/2014 18:14:22 1654576 Link 0 |
Same as yourselves last year we played our final in the semi... we were so flat and not at ourselves for the final today. HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 21/09/2014 18:31:54 1654602 Link 0 |
Agree with UM 100% here. A ridiculous thread for a Mayoman to start. Aido69 (Dublin) - Posts: 381 - 21/09/2014 18:38:09 1654609 Link 0 |
Donegal didn't Bottle it. but maybe the Dublin game took more out of them physically and mentally, than most of us thought. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3723 - 21/09/2014 18:45:23 1654622 Link 0 |
A mayo man and a thread about bottle lmao OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1762 - 21/09/2014 18:47:32 1654626 Link 0 |
Donegal didn't bottle it. Donegal have very average players who by shere luck got a manager with a system that has thrown so many a team. Let's be honest they had the worst players to ever win a all ire. But they did it by been totally focussed on the system , kerry today played donegal at their own game and even if they only played it at 40 percent the better footballers would win through. It makes me laugh looking at our pages when someone says meath should copy the style and fools saying that it would have to be trained from u14 up , well eamonn fitz did it in 3 weeks. So that puts that one to bed. Donegal didn't bottle it , they just got found out. So much for the mighty ulster. foreverroyal (Meath) - Posts: 349 - 21/09/2014 18:59:44 1654646 Link 0 |
'Bottling-it' is a phrase that should be confined to the bin. They were one inch from equalising at the end. Had that ball went in, we would be talking about their amazing 'mental strength' and possibly how Kerry were the 'bottlers'. However, the ball hit the post instead of the net and now some people are saying they are mentally weak. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 21/09/2014 19:03:51 1654650 Link 0 |
no...still an all Ireland there,we one finally push needed...if Mayo/Dublin there today they would have one but thats irrelevant, Donegal for Sam 2015 grellans89 (Galway) - Posts: 257 - 21/09/2014 19:08:28 1654655 Link 0 |
My thoughts are with the mystery punter who lumped €121k on Donegal. OffalyBigBall (Offaly) - Posts: 625 - 21/09/2014 19:15:23 1654671 Link 0 |
OhtobeARossie Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 21/09/2014 19:20:17 1654678 Link 0 |
Well as a Mayo man I suppose you would be an expert on the topic Ronan1989 (Donegal) - Posts: 81 - 21/09/2014 19:23:07 1654684 Link 0 |
Good man peile! Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 21/09/2014 19:25:41 1654686 Link 0 |
They should have won that game today. No doubt about but they left an All-Ireland behind them today. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 21/09/2014 19:30:55 1654700 Link 0 |
Bennybunny excellent post, the margins are fine, that said donegal will put this down as the one they let go, they are a better team than the one they showed today and they know it. brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 21/09/2014 19:38:42 1654716 Link 0 |
Peile .........in fairness you walked yourself into this!! Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 21/09/2014 19:39:14 1654718 Link 0 |
Mayhole always find positives out of nearly winning nothing milet OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1762 - 21/09/2014 19:40:47 1654722 Link 0 |
Dry Ur eyes mate miler another one thrown away OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1762 - 21/09/2014 19:44:17 1654730 Link 0 |
Dry Ur eyes mate miler another one thrown away OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1762 - 21/09/2014 19:44:17 1654731 Link 0 |
Not sure you need to go down this road to explain the result of this game. In any game there can only be one winner and just because it's the outsider of the two you can't claim the favourite bottled it. Former_Poster (Meath) - Posts: 394 - 21/09/2014 19:48:22 1654735 Link 0 |