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Replying To peiledoir20: "To be fair I don't think it was the pressure that beat them in the seniors. They just came up against more battled hardened and experienced teams. They have a great record at minor and U21 level of late and I'd expect that to continue. And their time will come at senior level eventually and when it does they'll be hard to stop." How long will they get that excuse though? There will always be teams with more experienced players who have gone further in championship. How long does that crop of players go without getting success. They won't beat Naomh Conaill, Eunans, Gaoth dobhair or Glenswilly in the next 3 years and I'll safely say that. They lack physicality and it was badly exposed against St Michael's, they were schooled by Langan mcelhinney and McLaughlin. You can be great footballers at minor and u21 where there's lots of space and allowed to play football, senior is a whole other story Beolive92 (Donegal) - Posts: 12 - 30/10/2026 10:16:38 2698952 Link
Pleased to see Martin McHugh being added to the U20s ticket, always enjoy his views on radio commentary and I think he still offers a lot, not so sure about Frank McGlynn but time will tell Samforthehills26 (Donegal) - Posts: 29 - 30/10/2026 11:07:22 2698954 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Haha yeah I agree, My last post was more tongue-in-cheek to see if I could get a bit of craic going. The forum is really dead these days. Four Masters away to Gaoth Dobhair tomorrow. That will be a good test. Gaoth Dobhair under a wee bit of pressure after narrowly losing to Termon." I think it's the experienced and battle hardened players FM is missing. We were over at a game about 4 or 5 years ago and caught the second half of the reserves. Was talking to an older man who seemed to know all the players. He pointed out the Reserve bench for FM and said there was 6 good lads between 21 and 25 left as subs while there was a similar number of men in their late 30s, early 40s on the pitch. He said some of the subs had played senior football but they'll give up when they are being overlooked. When they came on they made a big difference. The shouting from the sideline in front of the "Silent Sidelines" signs in both games was also interesting and I'm not talking about constructive criticism. Is it these mid to late 20s players FM is missing that would give the experience along with the talented young lads? Newman21 (Donegal) - Posts: 67 - 30/10/2026 13:48:58 2698988 Link
Replying To Samforthehills26: "Pleased to see Martin McHugh being added to the U20s ticket, always enjoy his views on radio commentary and I think he still offers a lot, not so sure about Frank McGlynn but time will tell" time waits on no man. not sure what a 70 year old will bring farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 869 - 30/10/2026 14:01:11 2698989 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "time waits on no man. not sure what a 70 year old will bring" 70?? Dont think he's that Samforthehills26 (Donegal) - Posts: 29 - 30/10/2026 15:45:21 2699003 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "time waits on no man. not sure what a 70 year old will bring" 65. Amazing what Google can do these days. ballboy101 (Donegal) - Posts: 259 - 30/10/2026 19:46:57 2699035 Link
Replying To Newman21: "I think it's the experienced and battle hardened players FM is missing. We were over at a game about 4 or 5 years ago and caught the second half of the reserves. Was talking to an older man who seemed to know all the players. He pointed out the Reserve bench for FM and said there was 6 good lads between 21 and 25 left as subs while there was a similar number of men in their late 30s, early 40s on the pitch. He said some of the subs had played senior football but they'll give up when they are being overlooked. When they came on they made a big difference. The shouting from the sideline in front of the "Silent Sidelines" signs in both games was also interesting and I'm not talking about constructive criticism. Is it these mid to late 20s players FM is missing that would give the experience along with the talented young lads?" It could be what they are missing but are they of the standard required as you said it was reserve. Do they have any notable players that age bracket that are missing. I think the hype around them is very forced by some of the media. In my own opinion they are and won't be as good as the kilcar crop and look how many championships they won. They had 3 Mchugh's, 2 mcbreartys, 2 MccLeans and big mcginley. A much better team and talented bunch in my eyes than the masters lads will ever be. Are the lads in the county squad going to ever be as good as the kilcar players I named (I don't think so) All matter of opinion at the end of the day. Beolive92 (Donegal) - Posts: 12 - 30/10/2026 20:12:13 2699037 Link