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Replying To brayballer:  "Donegal have plenty of mouthpieces themselves Lockjaw.Donegal are as innocent as you think"
I'm not excusing Donegal. You don't win things with 15 choir boys. I'm sure nearly every single team in the country has a few players who do a lot of chatting on the pitch.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9759 - 12/05/2025 13:39:23    2608827

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Replying To greenfan:  "Another poster from a county with nothing to play for coming out of the woodwork . Jeez, the Tailteann cup must be really boring this year since you're all so interested in Donegal."
My county dont play in the tailtean cup.I might live in Wicklow but IM not from there.My county are a bit more successful than yours too by a country mile.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 69 - 12/05/2025 13:42:07    2608828

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When donegal played monaghan in clones after the final whistle a donegal supporter was running past and into the monaghan players faces reeling them up and goading them luckily enough our lads kept there cool but think supporters could be banned from entering the field if this continues

Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 66 - 12/05/2025 13:49:19    2608833

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Replying To brayballer:  "Donegal have plenty of mouthpieces themselves Lockjaw.Donegal are as innocent as you think"
Jesus we're popular today lads what?

Even the county without a provincial title are wading in.

Did you get the day off school brayballer(really south Dublin)?

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1198 - 12/05/2025 13:54:17    2608837

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Replying To Dualstar22:  "And what would you say about the 2 donegal supporters with flares in their hands in the middle of a crowded pitch. Identify them and ban them also!"
I'd be happy to refuse to every supporter taking a flare to a game. Not sure anyone on here is condoning flares?

Al_Maguire (Donegal) - Posts: 260 - 12/05/2025 14:00:48    2608843

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Replying To brayballer:  "My county dont play in the tailtean cup.I might live in Wicklow but IM not from there.My county are a bit more successful than yours too by a country mile."
Do you not have school today.

greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 633 - 12/05/2025 14:05:42    2608847

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Replying To S1234:  "Obviously but you can still look the better team towards the end of the game even if you fall short .

Armagh only lost by a point for God sake . You can look like a better team even if you loose by a small margin . Donegal rely on michael Murphy to much.
Where as Armagh don't have to rely on one guy also when they have Rian o Neill back fully fit they are a much better team then Donegal."
They had him last year and we bet them in the Ulster final. Honestly, before you comment, at least check out the facts. We have played them 6 times in 2 seasons across the competitions and have won 5, drawn one. And they are a 'much better team.' Okay…

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1409 - 12/05/2025 14:23:18    2608853

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Replying To sam2024:  "What a brilliant game on Saturday - fair play to Donegal, a class team. Wishing you well for the rest of season and what an occasion it would be if we crossed swords at a later date. We both have very tricky groups to navigate in the meantime starting with huge first round games.
On the other stuff - it's been going on for years but now it's all caught on camera phones etc. The goading was wrong (heard rumours about what that player was shouting), the response from our players was definitely wrong an inexcusable. The garage stuff, again wrong, but I've been seeing that stuff for a lifetime here and there - not unique to any particular county just drink-in wit-out stuff. I'd say there's a few vids from yesterday's Leinster final doing the rounds but they won't see the light of day.
Let's focus on the good stuff and let authorities etc deal with any misdemeanors."
Great to hear from a proper supporter. I was in the company with a group of Armagh supporters and the craic wad good. So little between both teams. The match could have gone either way. It's a pity the incident at the end happened but as you said with mobile phones nowadays nothing goes unnoticed. I hope we meet again in Croke Park in the later stages of the All Ireland.

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 486 - 12/05/2025 14:31:50    2608858

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Replying To brayballer:  "I will admit Murphy is a great player but he uses a closed fist most of the time when tackling and gets a free pass from refs."
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a closed fist tackle a yellow card? How many times has Michael gotten a "free pass" for that - he was booked against both Derry and Monaghan for it? and the Monaghan one was soft as anything, player went down like he was shot and I'm doubtful it was even a closed fist.

He's been on the edge this year and they even spoke about that before the game on RTE's coverage I've seen since watching it back, because Joanna Cantwell made a joke about Forker lasting the full game and Peter Canavan said Murphy would be the one that could get the line the way the first three games went.

He did nothing against Armagh that would warrant anything more than a free that I can recall.

fans love building a narrative about him now, he attracts a lot of attention and some of the vitriol from opposition fans I find baffling. he is and always has been a terrible tackler. but the way some go on about him you'd swear he was gouging eyes, stamping on ankles and punching at every opportunity.

CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 173 - 12/05/2025 14:36:21    2608862

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Replying To sam2024:  "What a brilliant game on Saturday - fair play to Donegal, a class team. Wishing you well for the rest of season and what an occasion it would be if we crossed swords at a later date. We both have very tricky groups to navigate in the meantime starting with huge first round games.
On the other stuff - it's been going on for years but now it's all caught on camera phones etc. The goading was wrong (heard rumours about what that player was shouting), the response from our players was definitely wrong an inexcusable. The garage stuff, again wrong, but I've been seeing that stuff for a lifetime here and there - not unique to any particular county just drink-in wit-out stuff. I'd say there's a few vids from yesterday's Leinster final doing the rounds but they won't see the light of day.
Let's focus on the good stuff and let authorities etc deal with any misdemeanors."
maith thú, agree on all counts. I don't see Armagh having difficulty in that group even though Derry and Dublin are very tricky matches. Galway will be a toss-up but I expect Armagh to beat both Derry and Dublin.

CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 173 - 12/05/2025 14:37:06    2608863

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "This is it. Armagh ones losing the run of themselves at a bit of goading is the height of irony. McQuillan was giving Patton plenty at one stage after he scored a point. Then Forker pointing his finger at McGuinness after the game. He's the worst culprit of the lot when it comes to giving it the big one.

Huge congratulations to the Donegal players and management. I honestly thought the momentum was with Armagh going into extra time. Fair play to Niall O'Donnell. He isn't getting as much action as he'd probably like, but he was coolness personified in extra time.

I'm hoping that we didn't pick up any injuries and that it was just cramp which forced a lot of men off. An exciting All Ireland series now awaits!"
Congrats to Donegal, back to back Ulster champs is some achievement. Murphy showed why he is the best player of our generation.

Armagh showed their true colours after the whistle blew, they're a disgrace. Have to laugh at the posts here saying the Donegal lad was goading him - as if the Armagh lads don't do this! Butter wouldn't melt

These incidents (plural) will be ignored as long as there is an Armagh man acting as president - in reality there should be 6 month bans being handed out to stamp this out once and for all.

tribesman123 (Galway) - Posts: 38 - 12/05/2025 14:37:21    2608864

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Replying To ballboy101:  "Anyone who is saying that O McFF deserved to have 7 players jump on him because of how he celebrated needs to have a look at themselves. Should he have done it? No, but it was in the heat of the moment and to be physically assaulted for it is OTT but not surprising, given Armagh's record. That incident could have been very serious as very young children were on the pitch and things turned very nasty.

With regards to the shop, unbelievably disappointed as a Donegal fan to see that carry-on. It has no place in the GAA. We are all Gaels enjoying our national sport and win, lose or draw, we move on. Have never witnessed that before at a game and needs to be nipped in the bud ASAP with bans etc as it will ruin the family atmosphere of GAA games. Wr do not want a soccer style atmosphere at our games.

In relation to the match, up there with the best I've seen. Niall deserves huge credit for his composure in ET. Not easy to come in and lead like that. Donegal were hugely disadvantaged by the fact that McGee and Doherty, two of our subs were taken off again, as it left us with less fresh players on the pitch. But we found a way, which is a sign of a winning team and here's hoping that this continues. Armagh v Donegal final written all over it!"
If you do what O McFF did then you have to put your big boy pants on and take what is potentially coming to you. I don't condone the fact he got hopped on but I'm not surprised either. The seconds after the final whistle of a huge game like that are extremely raw in terms of emotions on both sides. Armagh would have been sick at not getting over the line and to have a fairly easy target in front of them acting the clown was a handy fella to lash out at. O McFF put himself in that position, nobody else.

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 236 - 12/05/2025 14:56:11    2608880

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Replying To Farneyblueandwhite:  "When donegal played monaghan in clones after the final whistle a donegal supporter was running past and into the monaghan players faces reeling them up and goading them luckily enough our lads kept there cool but think supporters could be banned from entering the field if this continues"
I think the vast majority of Donegal fans will agree that such behaviour is not welcome and doesn't represent us as a County. There will always be some young (Or not so young) idiots from all Counties who do or say daft stuff that is offensive or to stir a reaction. Perhaps a lot of them don't have the same memories of constantly losing Ulster finals for many years, its a horrible place to be and I certainly wouldn't seek to rub that in to any other set of fans.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1340 - 12/05/2025 15:39:06    2608896

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Replying To Farneyblueandwhite:  "When donegal played monaghan in clones after the final whistle a donegal supporter was running past and into the monaghan players faces reeling them up and goading them luckily enough our lads kept there cool but think supporters could be banned from entering the field if this continues"
I'm not sure why any grown man would be running on the pitch like that anyway, kids I get but come its a game of football, what age are you lol, I went on the last day after all had calmed down and the players had made their way up the steps just to get a closer look but running on and getting in players faces is just bizarre to me.

joeteor (Donegal) - Posts: 229 - 12/05/2025 15:39:44    2608897

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Replying To TrueBlue35:  "If you do what O McFF did then you have to put your big boy pants on and take what is potentially coming to you. I don't condone the fact he got hopped on but I'm not surprised either. The seconds after the final whistle of a huge game like that are extremely raw in terms of emotions on both sides. Armagh would have been sick at not getting over the line and to have a fairly easy target in front of them acting the clown was a handy fella to lash out at. O McFF put himself in that position, nobody else."
While not condoning what Odhrán did or might have said, he's a tough cookie and well able to handle himself.

I have a feeling that the GAA will let this incident slide. After all, as others have mentioned, it was hardly Armagh's first rodeo in this sense.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9759 - 12/05/2025 16:11:02    2608916

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Replying To TrueBlue35:  "If you do what O McFF did then you have to put your big boy pants on and take what is potentially coming to you. I don't condone the fact he got hopped on but I'm not surprised either. The seconds after the final whistle of a huge game like that are extremely raw in terms of emotions on both sides. Armagh would have been sick at not getting over the line and to have a fairly easy target in front of them acting the clown was a handy fella to lash out at. O McFF put himself in that position, nobody else."
I think there needs to a rule that that the instigator must receive the same or more punishment ( not less) than the retaliater and the CCC have powers to implement this on post match video evidence. This would cut out a lot of the goading and shithousery that goes on.

Tirchonailabu56 (Donegal) - Posts: 35 - 12/05/2025 17:02:33    2608934

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Replying To TrueBlue35:  "If you do what O McFF did then you have to put your big boy pants on and take what is potentially coming to you. I don't condone the fact he got hopped on but I'm not surprised either. The seconds after the final whistle of a huge game like that are extremely raw in terms of emotions on both sides. Armagh would have been sick at not getting over the line and to have a fairly easy target in front of them acting the clown was a handy fella to lash out at. O McFF put himself in that position, nobody else."
Why not name the Armagh player too? He was been bigged up big time before the match with his big return to the panel on Saturday afternoon.

Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 105 - 12/05/2025 17:09:22    2608939

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