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13th July 2023
12:49pm BST
“It’s a funny enough county, in the sense that there’s two or three radio stations, there must be four or five different papers, and in every one of them there is a GAA chat show, or a GAA column from an ex-footballer or something like that, and everybody was having an opinion on everything.
“I had never come across that, that’s not the way things are for example in county Derry. So you’re always saying to players to not to read too much to what’s being said in the media, or social media, but you can't guard them from everything.“At the end of the day, their families, their siblings, their friends are all reading this stuff and there probably was a lot of negativity towards the team, especially with all of the stuff going on in the background.” Even with all of the outside noise, and negativity being spread around the place, inside the camp it was a much happier environment than many would have perceived. “With that being said, I really enjoyed it, I think for Donegal moving forward - you take a look at the team that played Derry that night in Ballybofey, and compare that to the team that went out against Derry in the Ulster final last year, I think there was maybe nine or ten men unavailable for one reason or another. [caption id="attachment_290146" align="alignnone" width="640"]
A place in the All-Ireland Final officially up for grabs! Former Kerry football star, David Moran pictured today ahead of the 2023 GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final which takes place this Sunday in Croke Park.[/caption]
“I think if Donegal get their injuries cleared up, the likes of Odhran McFadden Ferry would be back, Michael Langan would be back, Paddy McBrearty would obviously be back from the hamstring injury.“Peadar Mogan would be back, the O’Donnells are in America, Ryan McHugh opted out for work reasons - I think if they get all of them boys back and when you look at the players that we brought through this year, the likes of Mark Curran, Rory O’Donnell, Oisin Gallen got a full year - I think Donegal football is in a very healthy position next year.
“But what they are going to do in terms of management next year, I don't know, I see the likes of Rory Kavanagh has already came out and said that he’s not interested, Martin Regan, the Glenties manager who has had a success over the years has said that he’s not interested.“I suppose it’s up to them over the next wee while to try and find a solution as to where they want to go but I thoroughly enjoyed the year and they’re great lads. “Obviously there is a lot of stuff going on in the background, and hopefully they do get their house in order.” Related links:
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