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Unbelievable.

Cruising in 3rd gear and should have been out of site and then Cork hit us and we had no answer and nerves went

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 471 - 13/06/2026 16:51:13    2679266

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Replying To Scenicparish:  "The Wicklow people are very interested in Donegal. Good luck in the Tailteann Cup..."
Arrogance never a nice trait. Try and stay humble

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2669 - 13/06/2026 17:05:21    2679271

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Replying To shaggykev:  "Unbelievable.

Cruising in 3rd gear and should have been out of site and then Cork hit us and we had no answer and nerves went"
Hard to process that one. Don't really know what to do with performance

benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1451 - 13/06/2026 17:10:07    2679275

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Replying To shaggykev:  "Unbelievable.

Cruising in 3rd gear and should have been out of site and then Cork hit us and we had no answer and nerves went"
Yeah we won't be having a long summer!

eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 390 - 13/06/2026 17:15:26    2679277

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Replying To shaggykev:  "Unbelievable.

Cruising in 3rd gear and should have been out of site and then Cork hit us and we had no answer and nerves went"
Got what we deserved. We're not good enough to go out and play in 3rd gear, lack of respect for the opposition, arrogance, whatever you want to call it. You have to earn the right to win football matches, Donegal were poor today. Says a lot when the only player willing to take a shot in the last couple mins was a young lad who'd just come on.

greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 776 - 13/06/2026 17:25:36    2679280

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Oh dear

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 703 - 13/06/2026 18:09:08    2679288

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Replying To eddieSize5Balls:  "Yeah we won't be having a long summer!"
Would'nt right them off yet.
One issue which keeps reocurring is a seeming inability to consistently win breaks around the middle off either our kickout or the oppositions. If we don't get a short kockout away or McGee, Murphy, Langan don't catch it clean we invariably lose the breaks. It was a massive issue last years All Ireland, we seemed to have rectified it in the league, but in the 3 championship games to date its resurfaced. Our efficiency up front, solid defence and the way the second half went papered over that being a major issue for 20 mins of the first half against Kerry.

JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 195 - 13/06/2026 18:56:36    2679307

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Replying To greenfan:  "Got what we deserved. We're not good enough to go out and play in 3rd gear, lack of respect for the opposition, arrogance, whatever you want to call it. You have to earn the right to win football matches, Donegal were poor today. Says a lot when the only player willing to take a shot in the last couple mins was a young lad who'd just come on."
We usually play poor when everyone fancies us. Plenty of games over the last 10-15 years where everyone expects a routine win and we somehow lose. If we get Monaghan now…could be goodnight to us. I worry Jim will step away this summer. Worried about it before the game and worry more now.

eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 390 - 13/06/2026 19:03:12    2679310

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Replying To greenfan:  "Got what we deserved. We're not good enough to go out and play in 3rd gear, lack of respect for the opposition, arrogance, whatever you want to call it. You have to earn the right to win football matches, Donegal were poor today. Says a lot when the only player willing to take a shot in the last couple mins was a young lad who'd just come on."
Under the new rules and competition, if you are 5-10% off it, you will struggle to win against any of the top 14 .

A 5 point lead is nothing in todays game. In his previous term, 5 points for a Jim McGuinness team was basically game over.

That's going to hurt but no time to mourn. Need to go the hard way now and probably beat Dublin/Monaghan next week and then probably Galway or Armagh.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 471 - 13/06/2026 19:05:11    2679312

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Replying To greenfan:  "Got what we deserved. We're not good enough to go out and play in 3rd gear, lack of respect for the opposition, arrogance, whatever you want to call it. You have to earn the right to win football matches, Donegal were poor today. Says a lot when the only player willing to take a shot in the last couple mins was a young lad who'd just come on."
It is impossible I believe for any manager in gaa to prevent players from believing that they will win no matter how they play. 1-13 at home is a poor score even with the old rules. Also Cork are a team that can pop up and take any opposition while seemingly not having the form to do so. Could be looking at a repeat of last year in Castlebar if we do not overcome Tyrone tomorrow.

martinjoe (Mayo) - Posts: 592 - 13/06/2026 19:08:03    2679313

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