Jigger was the same wasnāt he?
You can hardly blame the ACL for him being a butty wee fucker if itās the lad Iām thinking of.
This tulipās father kicked for the Rossies didnāt he?
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Think OāConnor did his ACL three times or something by the age of 24.
Anyway itās not forwards Donegal lack now. Itās the other end where they are badly lacking.
I have now been informed that the Maths teacher in said school is the Glenties manager.
It was played last Sunday.
If youāre referring to the Co Final then itās because of Kilcar appealing thr decision. Iād say itāll end up at the DRA.
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Co Board reappointed Bonner without him having a team in place. He still has no S&C coach and no one wants to do it with him in charge seemingly.
Rumours are that Jason Magee, Odhran McFadden-Ferry and two other have withdrawn from the panel while Bonner is still over them.
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Surprised McGee has never really got a good run with Donegal.
No but maybe thatās something to do with Bonner as heās been there most of the time.
Co Board seems to be a bit of a shamble. I know theyāre making moves to sort out the commercial side of things but theyāre wasting a generation of footballers by having Rory Gallagher and then Bonner.
Gallagher is a good coach. Came in at the wrong time. Heās proved in Fermanagh and now Derry that.
Was far too negative when he was over Donegal. His entire philosophy seemed to be limiting the opposition to 12 or less and hoping that you manage to get a point or two more. Didnāt seem to allow the players to take any chances until they were 100% nailed on. Became a bit of a cunt in dressing room for a finish allegedly.
Donegal were in a bad position when he took over though. It was a poisoned chalice.
They had a squad full of key men in their 30s - McGee, Kavanagh, Toye, Lacey, McGlynn, McFadden, Gallagher etc and nothing ready made to replace them just a bunch of promising teenagers.
Bonner came it at the right time but has failed with a good emerging crop. I think itās fair to say Donegal have a better forward unit now than when they won an AI under McGuinness.
Absolutely but the tactics were absolutely shocking as well. I think he learned a lot during his time with Donegal.
Be very interesting to see if his philosophy on attacking has changed at all with Derry.
Iād say thatās fair enough but I donāt think any other manager would have done much else with Donegal in that time.
If Gallagher had came in when Bonner did Iād imagine heād have done really well.
Is there bad blood between Donegal Co Board and McGuinness? Surely they should be pulling out all the stops. Murphy may have one or two more years left at the top and surely itās worth giving it one final tilt.
Donegal seemed to have fallen back a little at underage in the past 3/4 years, they need to be consistently churning out good underage sides to be competing for AIs.
Jim wants to make it in soccer apparently and has his mind set on that.
Theyāll probably give Bonner another year and then hand the reins to someone unproven like Leacy or someone like that.
I could see Donegal falling by the wayside like the likes of Meath, Down, Galway, Cork and Armagh have if they donāt get their shit together soon.
A few good minor teams for 4/5 years back need to supplemented and I would say Monaghan, Tyrone and Derry have all been ahead of them recently. Armagh are motoring along nicely too, GAA thriving in North Armagh now so they should be able to sustain the momentum theyāre building.
Club Championship is going nicely and theyāve more young forwards and midfielders to call on than ever before.
Defence is a worry but that could be sorted out with coaching.
The Co Board, from what I can see, is a complete shambles. Took them years to sort out the Centre of Excellence. Still not done and every time some one from Donegal drives to Dublin they past two of the best in the country in Tyrone and Monaghan.
You reap what you sow.
Theyāve got good players but 5 years under a manager not up to the job can destroy careers for a lot of lads and take enthusiasm out of the panel and the county which can be very hard win back.
Bye, bye Bonner.
How many games have they won outside the Ulster championship in his tenure?