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Replying To greenfan:  "Yeah Rogers is a very good keeper, very comfortable with kick outs going short or long. Can go long to the opposition 45 , similar to Patton"
Rodgers a big physical unit who has some boot on him but he definitely isn't comfortable on short kickouts. I was in Donegal a bit this year and saw Dungloe twice and he was going very long straight down the middle nearly every time.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8442 - 13/06/2025 14:13:44    2617193

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Replying To rorysboys:  "I doubt if the players or management read this forum. Your paltry support in the first games show that the mayo fanbase doesn't believe. Hopefully we'll travel in big numbers surprised that it hasn't sold out already."
why wouldn't they read this forum ?

ModernMaharaja (Donegal) - Posts: 94 - 13/06/2025 17:39:16    2617253

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Replying To jacktheboy:  "Looks like an easy win for Donegal on all form guides."
can't see anything else to be brutally honest

ModernMaharaja (Donegal) - Posts: 94 - 13/06/2025 17:40:35    2617254

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Rodgers a big physical unit who has some boot on him but he definitely isn't comfortable on short kickouts. I was in Donegal a bit this year and saw Dungloe twice and he was going very long straight down the middle nearly every time."
Similar to Mulreany who's not comfortable on short ones either. Maybe going long is the best option, get it as far away from your own goals as possible. For that , Rogers is probably the better option.

greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 671 - 13/06/2025 18:19:44    2617261

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Replying To greenfan:  "Similar to Mulreany who's not comfortable on short ones either. Maybe going long is the best option, get it as far away from your own goals as possible. For that , Rogers is probably the better option."
Going long makes no sense as it would be a 50/50 ball and possession is King.

Donegalabroad (Donegal) - Posts: 3 - 14/06/2025 14:36:14    2617349

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Some win for Meath. They top now. So we can play them if we get to a quarter. And it's nice seeing Kerry lose the first real test they had in the group stage. The playing field is very level. Would love a Galway win over Armagh to completely shake the groups up.
We need to win tomorrow regardless. For momentum, pride etc etc.
Let's send Mayo home.

eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 161 - 14/06/2025 18:07:50    2617401

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Kerry's defeat changes everything.

I'd have been sad but not completely depressed if Mayo beat us and we finished 3rd.

Not anymore.

Suddenly actually finishing 2nd could be the best route to a semi final.

Topping group is unlikely but now it means you could draw Kerry, Galway, Dublin or Derry.

2nd means worst case scenario is we play 3rd team from group 4 in Ballybofey next week. We could get Cork or Louth(Can't see Clare beating Louth)

Then it's going to be a quarter final v Meath or Monaghan/Down.

That's a decent route.

Suddenly tomorrow has become a cannot lose game imo.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 367 - 14/06/2025 18:14:54    2617408

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Replying To shaggykev:  "Kerry's defeat changes everything.

I'd have been sad but not completely depressed if Mayo beat us and we finished 3rd.

Not anymore.

Suddenly actually finishing 2nd could be the best route to a semi final.

Topping group is unlikely but now it means you could draw Kerry, Galway, Dublin or Derry.

2nd means worst case scenario is we play 3rd team from group 4 in Ballybofey next week. We could get Cork or Louth(Can't see Clare beating Louth)

Then it's going to be a quarter final v Meath or Monaghan/Down.

That's a decent route.

Suddenly tomorrow has become a cannot lose game imo."
You have summed my own thoughts up on it perfectly.
I think the best case scenario is now for both ourselves & Tyrone to win, thereby ensuring we finish second in the group.

This Championship has been nuts. But good nuts!

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9805 - 14/06/2025 18:58:59    2617417

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Replying To shaggykev:  "Kerry's defeat changes everything.

I'd have been sad but not completely depressed if Mayo beat us and we finished 3rd.

Not anymore.

Suddenly actually finishing 2nd could be the best route to a semi final.

Topping group is unlikely but now it means you could draw Kerry, Galway, Dublin or Derry.

2nd means worst case scenario is we play 3rd team from group 4 in Ballybofey next week. We could get Cork or Louth(Can't see Clare beating Louth)

Then it's going to be a quarter final v Meath or Monaghan/Down.

That's a decent route.

Suddenly tomorrow has become a cannot lose game imo."
Just about to post something similar. The draw has opened up big time and the complexion of tomorrow now means a positive result is certainly in our best interests. A home game v a Cork or Louth with a potential quarter against Meath/Monaghan/Down looks a lot rosier than a potential trip to Killarney against a wounded Kerry. In relation to Rogers I can see the reasoning. Mayo like Tyrone have some big men and I suppose Jim sees making it 50/50 with a long ball a better option than the meltdown at the end against Tyrone. Hopefully Patton is good to go. Great to see a couple of the under twenties deservedly make the team of the year. Conor McCahill can consider himself unlucky not to make it. While Muldoon is clearly a fantastic talent he did show he's more development to do in the McRory cup final this year.

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2872 - 14/06/2025 18:59:04    2617418

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Replying To eddieSize5Balls:  "Some win for Meath. They top now. So we can play them if we get to a quarter. And it's nice seeing Kerry lose the first real test they had in the group stage. The playing field is very level. Would love a Galway win over Armagh to completely shake the groups up.
We need to win tomorrow regardless. For momentum, pride etc etc.
Let's send Mayo home."
Galway in huge trouble at half time

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 549 - 14/06/2025 19:10:52    2617426

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "Galway in huge trouble at half time"
It's a mad game. Armagh have looked good, but Galway missed two penalties, butchered another one 2 minutes into 2nd half, and now are after getting one. Momentum can be huge.

SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 803 - 14/06/2025 19:28:56    2617439

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Replying To SouthOfTheGap:  "It's a mad game. Armagh have looked good, but Galway missed two penalties, butchered another one 2 minutes into 2nd half, and now are after getting one. Momentum can be huge."
Great match. Big win for Galway

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 549 - 14/06/2025 20:10:15    2617450

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With every team now having been beaten at least once, this years All Ireland Champions could now be a team that has lost twice. Cork are still in it, with only having won one single game so far.

SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 803 - 14/06/2025 20:19:33    2617455

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Replying To Donegalabroad:  "Going long makes no sense as it would be a 50/50 ball and possession is King."
The kick outs are obviously more nuanced, the keeper has to play what he sees evolving in front of him.

Obviously the best option is the short kick out if it's on. Donegal do that corner back half switch on the loop But if the opposition put a full squeeze on man to man and if Murphy is doubled marked by the keeper. Then one of Patton torpedo's into the oppositions 45 is definitely a good option.

In the Ulster final Rafferty was behind Murphy for the majority of kick outs and when Armagh squeezed Donegal, Patton's short and mid range kicks were turning into 50:50s.

In one kick out in the 2nd half Patton launched a torpedo and it went went over Rafferty & Murphy on the 65 and I think Farah got it. But Suddenly you can have a 2v2 with no keeper if executed properly. Something Similar to the semi Vs Dublin in 2014.

The_viewer (Donegal) - Posts: 12 - 14/06/2025 23:18:14    2617572

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Replying To SouthOfTheGap:  "With every team now having been beaten at least once, this years All Ireland Champions could now be a team that has lost twice. Cork are still in it, with only having won one single game so far."
Such is the lunacy of this format.

SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 465 - 15/06/2025 09:22:00    2617613

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Replying To SurelyToGod:  "Such is the lunacy of this format."
When you see what coming third meant to Galway I think it is a great system and I am sorry to see it being replaced.Would yous rather have seen us packing our bags after the Tyrone game.

gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1173 - 15/06/2025 10:15:26    2617624

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Replying To SurelyToGod:  "Such is the lunacy of this format."
If Armagh had beaten Galway by 6 or more last night, Derry would have gone through after not having won a single league or championship game since June 2024.

I like the system though, lends itself to plenty of excitement as highlighted by yesterday's games.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1225 - 15/06/2025 10:44:28    2617639

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "If Armagh had beaten Galway by 6 or more last night, Derry would have gone through after not having won a single league or championship game since June 2024.

I like the system though, lends itself to plenty of excitement as highlighted by yesterday's games."
It also gives each team a home and away game which cannot be guaranteed with next year's format.

All in all, think its worth retaining.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 367 - 15/06/2025 11:04:10    2617651

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Replying To gunman:  "When you see what coming third meant to Galway I think it is a great system and I am sorry to see it being replaced.Would yous rather have seen us packing our bags after the Tyrone game."
When some genius puts 4 div1 sides Armagh Dublin Galway and Derry into one group, and no div1 side Monaghan Louth Clare Down into another, it's just as well that 3rd placed sides advance. Last season of it anyway, double eliminator operating next year.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4223 - 15/06/2025 11:24:11    2617665

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Replying To SurelyToGod:  "Such is the lunacy of this format."
The lunacy of the format was giving beaten provincial finalists a no2 seed in the draw, and to a lesser extent giving promoted div2 sides higher seedings in the draw than relegated div1 sides. These two factors delivered ludicrously lopsided groups in 2025. Not an issue going forward anyway.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4223 - 15/06/2025 11:32:10    2617670

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