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I think we will beat Donegal next Saturday quite easily. We experimented during league and things didnt go our way against Donegal. Peader Healy is putting his own stamp and along with additions of Alan Cadogan and Aidan Walsh I think we are coming into form at the right time. In fairness Donegal key players are over the hill and i expect us to be win by 6-8 points. This not arrogance. I just think Cork football season will start now. Mullerm (Cork) - Posts: 87 - 26/07/2016 07:20:15 1890112 Link
Replying To Mullerm: "I think we will beat Donegal next Saturday quite easily. We experimented during league and things didnt go our way against Donegal. Peader Healy is putting his own stamp and along with additions of Alan Cadogan and Aidan Walsh I think we are coming into form at the right time. In fairness Donegal key players are over the hill and i expect us to be win by 6-8 points. This not arrogance. I just think Cork football season will start now." You could well be right in fairness but does sound a bit arrogant! Having said that, Ulster teams haven't turned up in the qualifiers and Tyrone are also hugely over hyped this year. Cork themselves have been poor though but i think should shade it tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 26/07/2016 10:30:14 1890189 Link
You can't be trust Cork to be honest. This game is a clash between one of the most mentally weak sides in the Championship of recent years against one of the mentally toughest. I see only one winner here. Donegal will be like an anaconda with Cork, first they'll squeeze the life out of them and then consume them easily. JamesH (Mayo) - Posts: 465 - 26/07/2016 11:01:32 1890215 Link
And then in typical Cork style, fall on their arses a week later at the hands of Tyrone or Dublin. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/07/2016 11:03:16 1890218 Link
Donegal should beat Cork. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 26/07/2016 11:03:24 1890219 Link
I think Cork will win but certainly not by a big margin, Tipp have shown they are a very decent side and Cork have slowly building momentum and blooding some very good young players like Sean Powter who I think should start even though he's only 19 KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 26/07/2016 11:05:37 1890222 Link
Replying To Mullerm: "I think we will beat Donegal next Saturday quite easily. We experimented during league and things didnt go our way against Donegal. Peader Healy is putting his own stamp and along with additions of Alan Cadogan and Aidan Walsh I think we are coming into form at the right time. In fairness Donegal key players are over the hill and i expect us to be win by 6-8 points. This not arrogance. I just think Cork football season will start now." Awful shame that Michael Murphy, Odhran MacNiallais and Ryan McHugh are over the hill already. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12120 - 26/07/2016 11:07:01 1890223 Link
There at least one good game in us. Mullerm (Cork) - Posts: 87 - 26/07/2016 11:09:57 1890225 Link
I fancy Donegal I must say. But a win in this one is as far as either team will go this year I'm afraid. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 26/07/2016 11:10:29 1890226 Link
I just don't think Cork have the game plan to overcome a very well organised Donegal system. Cork look suspect to runners coming through the middle of their defence and there is no one better at this than Donegal. Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 26/07/2016 11:40:59 1890256 Link
Replying To Breffni39: "Awful shame that Michael Murphy, Odhran MacNiallais and Ryan McHugh are over the hill already." Christ aye, if men are over the hill and them not even in their mid twenties then I despair. Time for the knacker's yard for me then so! Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9136 - 26/07/2016 11:53:13 1890271 Link
Donegal are struggling in certain areas and don't seem to have any impact from the bench which is a worry but still expect them to beat Cork, and hope they do after reading that opening post! TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7896 - 26/07/2016 11:56:57 1890276 Link
I can see cork Winning this game, they have momentum and a serious bunch of players as good if not better than Donegal. It'l come down to the managers I don't know what peadar Healy has up his sleeve but Gallagher is extremely negitive and when his team are on top in games don't tend to put them away , If cork are within a point or two coming in to the last 10 mins I think they'll win it. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 26/07/2016 12:10:29 1890288 Link
Replying To Mullerm: "I think we will beat Donegal next Saturday quite easily. We experimented during league and things didnt go our way against Donegal. Peader Healy is putting his own stamp and along with additions of Alan Cadogan and Aidan Walsh I think we are coming into form at the right time. In fairness Donegal key players are over the hill and i expect us to be win by 6-8 points. This not arrogance. I just think Cork football season will start now." Key players like Murphy, McBrearty, MacNiallis and Ryan McHugh are over the hill??? Two 22 year olds, a 23 year old and a 26 year old?? Heard it all now! CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 26/07/2016 12:12:17 1890290 Link
Replying To CroiGorm: "Key players like Murphy, McBrearty, MacNiallis and Ryan McHugh are over the hill??? Two 22 year olds, a 23 year old and a 26 year old?? Heard it all now!" Supposedly Murphy's hips are gone and if that is true then Gallagher should play him on the edge of the square but he'l probably play him out around the middle. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 26/07/2016 12:29:02 1890308 Link
Nothing wrong in believing in your team and that they can win.... Why bother otherwise, but I do take issue with the fact that you think you will win easy, 6-8 points, good god, get yourself down to the bookies as you will make some serious bucks on that if really believe it.... If you do beat us, then I guarantee you will not win by more than 2 points, this is a wounded Donegal team that will put their lives on the line to get out of this game... Whether or not that will be enough then only time will tell.. For what's is worth, I feel we will frustrate and suffocate cork over the first 40 minutes and then cork will open up allowing us to hit them on the counter, Donegal for me by 3-4 ben1977 (Donegal) - Posts: 364 - 26/07/2016 14:09:28 1890397 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Supposedly Murphy's hips are gone and if that is true then Gallagher should play him on the edge of the square but he'l probably play him out around the middle." Which would make him injured, not 'over the hill'! CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 26/07/2016 14:22:25 1890409 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Donegal are struggling in certain areas and don't seem to have any impact from the bench which is a worry but still expect them to beat Cork, and hope they do after reading that opening post!" We do have a good bench but the manager is too thick headed to use them, this is the RG show don't you know. Donegal by 3-4 points in spite of RG. TirChonaillabu2 (Donegal) - Posts: 344 - 26/07/2016 14:29:10 1890415 Link
Replying To CroiGorm: "Which would make him injured, not 'over the hill'!" He's after 8 years of carrying Donegal on his back and now he's practically crippled. You got to remember he is a massive frame of a man as well unfortunatly we may never see the best of him again. Gallagher needs to wrap him in cottonwool and leave him self and mcbrearty inside around the square. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 26/07/2016 15:13:56 1890451 Link
Replying To Breffni39: "Awful shame that Michael Murphy, Odhran MacNiallais and Ryan McHugh are over the hill already." Well you are actually right about Murphy despite your sarcasm. He has done literally nothing out of note for a fair while now. I don't buy into this out of position craic either. His movement around the pitch is poor for an intercounty footballer tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 26/07/2016 15:21:33 1890452 Link