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Thanks for confirming my point, Belmullet to Roscommon town is 162km but Conor O'Donnell has to come from Carndonagh which is just the 250km, a 500km round trip. I've no problem with The Hyde, I've an issue he with unfairness of the travelling distances for Donegal fans. The Galway and Armagh match should have been located at The Hyde as it was the central location.
Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 124 - 05/06/2025 11:21:05 2615026 Link 0 |
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Ah God love him, how will he cope with the two hour journey. Surely he'll be staying with the team though so we can all rest easy. Conor O'Donnell and caolan mcgonagle will have nearer a four hour trek but likewise, I doubt they'll be heading down on Sunday morning, thankfully those covid times are behind us. The Hyde is an advantage to Mayo whether people wish to admit it or not. Its not their doing but they should lap it up, I certainly wouldn't be backwards about expressing my delight if it was going to be in Celtic Park. Now, maybe we could chat about the actual match.
WeGoAgain (Donegal) - Posts: 75 - 05/06/2025 11:25:18 2615028 Link 1 |
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I definitely was not shocked.When it comes to the treatment of Donegal people we never expect to get fair treatment.The only glimmer of hope I had was with the new improved Co Board.I don't know what input they have in to these decisions.2003 against Galway in Castlebar.Not much has changed.Regardless however we should win the game.
gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1167 - 05/06/2025 11:51:08 2615036 Link 1 |
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As was mentioned to you, Mayo played their last two group games last year in the Hyde. So the fact that Donegal played in Cavan last week, shouldn't be an issue, even though you keep repeating that it is. The venues for Donegal-Mayo and Galway-Armagh should have been swapped. It would have meant a closer travel distance on average for the respective teams. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2361 - 05/06/2025 12:05:46 2615043 Link 0 |
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I will say it again. Yes the Hyde is easier travel wise for most Mayo supporters. But Donegal stated there was no way it should be in Croke Park. It was never going to be in Cavan after Donegal just playing there. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8432 - 05/06/2025 12:36:28 2615049 Link 0 |
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What about people in North Inishowen and other parts who have a 3.5 hour drive to Dr Hyde, while Belmullet is 2 hours.
Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1365 - 05/06/2025 12:50:15 2615054 Link 0 |
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Mayo played Dublin in the Hyde last year as it was best neutral location . Then they played Derry the week after which wasn't in the Hyde. You are not even making sense comparing this year and last year. Had Mayo played Derry in the Hyde the game after already playing there you might have a point.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8432 - 05/06/2025 12:56:56 2615059 Link 0 |
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I think the GAA missed the Donegal commentary on why it shouldn't be Croke Park, it was to reduce distance to be travelled in order to encourage more Donegal fans to attend and save them some money on travel costs. But Dr Hyde doesn't address any of those, same issues, different location. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1365 - 05/06/2025 12:57:48 2615060 Link 1 |
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And McEniff and co used it in 2003 as a rallying call which worked in your favour. At the time Galway would have been ahead of Donegal (I appreciate the great Galway 98-01 team were on the slide) in terms of all ireland credentials. It might just work in your favour again given McGuinness thinks deeply on getting the extra %.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1977 - 05/06/2025 13:17:04 2615067 Link 0 |
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Mayo played Roscommon in the Hyde last year in Round 2 and then their final group game against Dublin in the Hyde also. Donegal played Cavan in round 2 this year in Breffni and you're saying they can't play their neutral round 3 game there because they played there already. Clearly it wasn't an issue last year and hasn't been mentioned by anyone as an issue this year, except yourself. It's literally the same scenario. I'm not sure why you're bringing the Derry game into it. That was knockout after the group stage and has nothing to do with it. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2361 - 05/06/2025 13:35:28 2615074 Link 1 |
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Mayo group stage games 2024: Home to Cavan @machale park Away to Roscommon @the Hyde Neutral to Dublin @the Hyde Why are you bringing up the Derry game? MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 463 - 05/06/2025 13:39:04 2615076 Link 1 |
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Mayo chose to not honour the home and away arrangement with Galway, hence the reason the game went to Limerick. Anyways we'll travel as always and not like your crowd who abandoned ship after the Connacht final with 6k at the home for the Cavan match and the 500 that travelled to Omagh. The Ballaghaderreen crew can get the local link to their county town on Fathers day to allow them have a pint.
Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 124 - 05/06/2025 14:05:48 2615091 Link 1 |
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Mayo played Roscommon in the Hyde as an away game. Dublin didn't have an issue or bring it up because of their own controversies surrounding their neutral games at Croke Park. That's why it's different.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8432 - 05/06/2025 14:21:07 2615100 Link 0 |
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Donegal played Cavan in Breffni as an away game. You're saying Breffni wasn't an option because Donegal played their away game there in round 2. That's factually not true, as we had the same scenario last year with Mayo and Hyde Park. There's literally no difference. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2361 - 05/06/2025 14:30:32 2615107 Link 5 |
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Be careful you'll have deluded Clare from the blog aka as S1234 and JimB1991 trying to explain that Ballaghaderreen is in Mayo, now it will be hard to decipher her post with poor spelling, dreadful grammer and the possibility she'll even quote herself by using inverted commas. She appears to have moved away from finishing sentences with Ha! The exclamation mark, however does make a good few appearances still.
GDL (Galway) - Posts: 822 - 05/06/2025 14:43:20 2615113 Link 2 |
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Ballaghaderreen GAA club was founded in 1885, in Ballaghaderreen Co Mayo and was affiliated to Mayo County board. In 1898 a local government act changed the county boundary putting Ballaghaderreen into Roscommon. The gaa club remains affiliated to Mayo and in fairness it always was a Mayo club. If there was a redrawing of the border between Leitrim and Donegal by just a few kilometres to bring Bundoran into Leitrim I doubt Bundoran gaa would move under Leitrim county board. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 923 - 05/06/2025 15:04:38 2615121 Link 0 |
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Home and away arrangements do not come into qualifier draws. Surely everyone knows how the qualifier draws work at this stage.
Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 265 - 05/06/2025 15:24:30 2615127 Link 0 |
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You're absolutely correct. There's been an awful lot of mental gymnastics from some quarters trying to justify this decision on venue. Clones is not in use and could have been used or other games could have been shuffled about to organize stewarding etc but the decision was made to let Donegal have the ***** end of the stick. The Hyde is not just convenient to Mayo supporters but is also a ground which the Mayo team is very familiar with having also used it as their home ground in the recent past. We'll just have to go with it and I'm sure the players won't give a damn one way or the other. It's a good playing surface and as long as we keep putting the ball over the bar I won't care too much in the end either
WeGoAgain (Donegal) - Posts: 75 - 05/06/2025 15:29:30 2615129 Link 0 |
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On the game last weekend against Cavan, it was very pleasing to see such a strong second half. I thought Cavan were very good in the first half and really put it up to us, they have some very talented players. Cavan lost the kickout battle in the second half and this gave Donegal the platform to push on. With the rule changes the kickout is everything, win the kickout and you are most likely going to get a shot away. Have to mention Shane O'Donnell, what a performance he put in. It was pleasing to see Conor O'Donnell and Oisin Gallen return to form. Also great to have Stephen McMenamin back, he must be very close to a starting berth. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1908 - 05/06/2025 15:33:11 2615131 Link 1 |
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You are not great on historical facts.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8432 - 05/06/2025 15:44:26 2615134 Link 1 |