 This week on the GA preview we're looking ahead to matches involving Donegal, Tarone and Derry, Gary McDade, former Donegal under 20 manager, former senior selector and three-time winner of the Dr McGuire Cup the Donegal senior club championship joins us today. Gary a very good afternoon welcome to Highlands Sport once again. Good morning, thank you very much, delighted to be here. I suppose first of all Gary, Armagh and Tarone both allowed 400 fans plus under their games this weekend. Armagh hosting Donegal, Tarone hosting Monaghan. Is it an unfair advantage in your view? Yeah listen Ashene, if you're the home team you'd be absolutely delighted that you have the fans behind you this weekend. I mean the game was in the melting pot late on even though there's only 400 in there, they could make the difference. I mean it was a big you could see the teams and the premiership across the water last weekend were delighted as well, granted there was a lot more in the stadium but they're loved by your stadiums I suppose but you know if you're Donegal on home this weekend you'd be really really happy so you would that you had the fans behind you because and these games a lot of these games in Division I are going down to the wire so it could make a difference, it could have an influence and listen it's a way pro for Armagh this weekend, that's a mark a tick against Donegal. Donegal got ripped open last week considering four goals against Monaghan, they could have considered a lot more. Is it going to be something similar this week or are we going to expect Donegal started to fill those holes with the back Gary and particularly down the wings? Hi listen I would always look back at Ashene, you know league is league and championships are completely different game and teams don't want to be shown their hand totally at the moment so you know like I don't think you're going to see everything that they're going to be doing in championship but I think possibly you know they're definitely going to love to make sure they're not as maybe open at the back this weekend you might see Hugh McFadden or possibly Paddy Mogan drop under that area around 6 when they do it with the ball or around the top of the D to try and block some of those holes because they're not going to want to go out maybe and concede their amount of goals that they conceded last weekend again because they're going to want to build confidence again going forward and by to give yourself a chance to get into the game you know you can't you can't be conceding four goals because you're not going to want too many games conceding four goals. Like last week of course was Michael Morphe, he may not appear this week, he may not appear next week we might see him until the first round of the championship or quite possibly the second we just don't don't know at this stage how he is with with that hamstring entry but it took Donagall a while to to get under the the the workings of things without Michael last week. Yeah, did and like if you think back Oshing were actually on Gator nine points down at the time and as you said it took a while but what impressed me Oshing was the way that the lads stuck in and and really clawed their way back into the game and there was a great great resolve among the groups who was and among the players and no doubt that'll stick them and what I was really really happy was the way that the players stood up to be counted you know people are often saying in our county and outside our county Oshing they're often saying what will Donagall do without Michael Morphe or what will Donagall do without Michael Morphe when everybody retires you know I mean as you said it took a while to say that last week but you have to be delighted with a part of McBurney scored up and he had eight or nine points and ended up Oshing Gallon, Nile of Donal, I mean they all contributed on the scoreboard and contributed handsomely and we have to remember Nile and uh and then the likes of Oshing Gallon or Neum comes as well not that long out of 120s. Yeah we'll have to mention old McBellas too who was solid when he came in on the second half what did he be in line for a starting role this week, what did? I just thought a give us a real calm and influence Oshing when he came into the game and he just oozes that class so he does and uh nothing nothing nothing bothers him you know you couldn't get a rise out of him the opposition are wasting their time trying to get a rise up he takes everything in a stride and I think he brings a calmness to the whole situation and you know looking at the way players went off injured last week we seem to be carrying you know more than Michael injury wise uh the likes Owen Van and Hugh McFadden etc went off and Brynn McColl you know all seemed to be carrying Knox so you know I think we'll definitely see Owen McBellas game time this week whether or not he starts we'll just have to wait and see. Yeah we could see a handful of changes from the side which which lined out last week but what sort of game are you expecting then then Gary obviously Ciaran Donahue's in there looking after the forwards of off our map the last time we were at the athletic ground or the last time we played our man the championship turned out to be a comfortable one so far Donahue Gull the last time we were at the athletic grounds was a different story we lost of course to Kevin and the Ulster final but listen what sort of game do you think we're going to have what can we expect now at the athletic grounds on Saturday evening? Well probably looking at our match and you know I think they have a great new life and a great new energy about them maybe that maybe Ciaran Donahue's helped to bring themselves there's a freshness certainly about them and now they're playing a very a very demanding style like they never made me back Donahue Gull back in 2012 they they kick a bit of ball but not not the one kick amount the same but a ball that Donahue Gull kicked they're very much into the running game machine so they are and they run the ball hard coming from defense and I would say that's probably what affected them so bad injury wise last week because they were killing themselves getting out of defense and it's so like the last four defenders I think it was seven subs altogether they lost so they're going to be down then this weekend they're going to be going deep into their reserves as well and they're going to be definitely not coming with everyone available the same as Donahue Gull I think inside Osheen Rory Gruggen has really stepped up this year like he's had 11 points in the two games I mean he looks a threat on the side along with young O'Neill you have the two O'Neill's one in midfield Cain and Rean and one in Falkford and two lads I would know for a long time because it would have played McCrory against us here in the college they all went to some colards and Ures and quality footballers I mean you saw you probably saw the pass yourself last week that Rean had under the fall forward that got the goal against Turon like they're just typical Cross McLean players loving to kick the ball so they are so I think they have a very balanced mix they would bring a very great honesty to the game so they do they're nearly Osheen maybe you know I think maybe naive you know but there might be the right word to use but they're so innocent and they're you know they're not just maybe fully street wise at the minute so they're not but with Alex and McGeaney and and Donahue and there this and that will come and they have two points on the board already so I think they'll be absolutely absolutely delighted where they are that they're still going into the last game and have a chance to go for the semi-final of the league. Does Donahue Gull more street wise if you want to call it Gary do you expect Donahue Gull to one on Saturday? Donahue Gull are definitely a street wise team I mean you talked there about the cabin game Osheen last year probably Osheen this current group would have beaten every team that we've expected to beat in years gone by apart from that cabin game last year and I think they'll take huge learning from that and even last weekend Osheen learned massively from it I mean like it's the great stick for the management team to beat them this week now I mean conceding those four goals and making sure we sure we sure were up at the back and be more comfortable at the back and maybe not as open at the back so Donahue Gull are definitely a lot further down the track than the current Armagh team I think we're we have a nice blend there and we've we've very mobile players we're very physical players we're very agile players we just have a good strength and depth as well Well wouldn't be a big surprise if Armagh were to one on Saturday with you would it Gary the other side of that you know I think what goes on our favor Osheen on Saturday is probably the mountain injuries that Armagh picked up as well last weekend I think that could come back to bite them I mean I I was watching that game and then she's we're going off left right in center I think they nearly run out of subs and they heard McKinney complain during the week about the sub rule as well I think it was seven they used but I I I fancied on Osheen to won the game why because I think you'll see a reaction Osheen now doesn't laugh after last week you know after continuing that four goals the way the funnest the game Osheen they could not won the game last week you know the the funnest very strong one yeah let's go to the other match in division one north Tarone against Monaghan we've seen two sort of different Tarone sides we've seen the team that lost to Donahue Gull and then we've seen the team that that came out and beat Armagh Tarone now in a position where they know that if they take a result against Monaghan that they'll be through to to a semi-final but Monaghan will be buoyed by that fantastic performance against Donahue Gull particularly in the first half even though they will be disappointed that they didn't won the game how's this one going to go Gary um listen at all I think it'll be in the home straight Osheen before we before we know what way it's going to go the big thing probably Osheen that I really enjoyed last week from the Monaghan Gull game from a Monaghan point of view was Rory Beggin I just thought he brought a whole new facet to the game yes we're well aware of him coming out the field and we're well aware of what he can do as kickers but I thought the way he he came out the field Osheen continuously continuously so he did and offered that outlet I just thought no one has done it to that level that Rory Beggin has done it last week and you know what I'd nearly encourage Sean Patton in to come out the field on the far side which we did we let that we let him do it too much Gary is the other side of it but see when I was champion a couple of boys during the week and they said that to me as well but which way did they not go to Beggin and and and talk to him and say you've you have to think about then Beggin nearly wants the opposition to come to him because he can offload then if you leave your man your man's free then and your man will get up to field because everyone Osheen knows very much playing the man the man with a plus one at times and not even every time last week so they were Gary the monahan had 14 men in the pitch when he was doing it yeah which we have one extra exactly well that's a very good point so that's probably our plus one was Osheen so so you bring a very good point every definitely should have pushed up on him you know that when you think that because I think Osheen as well you know they had the 14 men when we could see the three goals in the first half you know we had an extra man at that stage as well so we had the black card at the time but I just think he's brought a new dimension to goalkeeper and after last week in and you know and Alex to Sean Patton you know Sean would up here at the college would have played in that field for us and and then was only when he got to senior keeper senior house in the college that he ended up going back into goals in so he did so like I think there's huge avenues for goalkeepers to really ushering this year in the championship to be a huge outlet like I was so impressed with the outlet that he created last week for for for Monah you know and you have Ham now against Nylen Morgan this weekend probably the two best added Osheen in the country so it could be a real exciting game of uh it'd be interesting to go back to your point will any team go to him or go to Morgan and take the ball off them because you know both mind teams are going to have to answer that question in the preparation this week yeah but Terrone will be in a good position playing at home as well they're going to have the home supporters there too just like just like Gariman it's probably taking a number of weeks for Terrone sort of debate on the things has it yeah and you know probably one man maybe who hasn't maybe said the word delight in there they were really looking forward to doing it was Connor McKenna you know like he's probably he's been quiet enough in the games that are probably expecting a lot more from him he's quiet enough last weekend as well but one player maybe that really stood up for Terrone last weekend and I was shocked so it was Darren McCurry you know at at center forward and suppose he played up the field Osheen last week he didn't do what he what he did maybe in the past to run running back and chasing back like like they always did he played basically as a center forward on the 45 was a huge outlet for them looked Osheen a lot leaner a lot trimmer look looked like a fellow who has performed the potential they showed years ago when he broke on to the same burst so he's done the prayer maybe that they that they didn't they never thought of maybe the public that they would have had back to that form and of course then Peter Hart has really stepped it up last weekend after a very poor show against Dummy Gall it was it was excellent last week I thought off the ball and on the ball and the way Osheen he went for the long goal that he banged on for about 20 meters out like they just showed you the ability he had like the power the keeper's never expecting on from non-distance yeah well who you gonna call the one that one then Gary I think you know Osheen well I love what Monon are doing I love the way that they're bringing all this youth through that they have so much youth and energy in their team and I think you know Terrone at home and normal just don't have a wee bit too much for the youth of Monon one of the game involving a Northwest County Derry Roy Gallar said going to the Ulster Champions Cavern Cavern have had a tricky start to the year Derry back to back ones looking to make it three this is a tie that very the Derry are very much capable of getting something out of on on the road on on Saturday afternoon Gary and continue and stay on course for promotion out of that division yeah listen who would ever thought Osheen the score lines that they're having up with the Monon I think they're possibly top scores across the the the four leagues at the Monod League I mean they absolutely walloped for Mana last week after walloping Longford the week before and we have to remember the first week for Mana be calving by a point so we did last week and a fantastic game that I actually managed to watch myself at the time and I never saw that result coming last weekend I mean from talking to people in Longford maybe they look after themselves during lockdown and they're a long way off the pace so they were and so therefore no one really expected that so that's obviously shows Osheen they're in super form at the Monod and I don't know what their number one supporter Job Raleigh what way he's going to react to this so he is at the Monod way with the with the amount of scores he's been very sore on them in years gone by yeah and that's the wrong course to get promotion but they need to get out of division three so they do they need to get out of there before the championship Gary if they have ambitions to win an Ulster Championship Bosch and you're a hundred percent right they need to get out of three they have they have to get into two and listen pose they have the advantage Osheen I've gone up to the marshes to watch Donegal and down and never underestimate that there you know that advantage of teams going in watching you having a free pass to see everything that you're doing you know and to prepare go away and prepare them and to try and not nullify your strengths and try and exploit any weakness you have so listen no no doubt uh Dairy are more than capable to to do that and listen they'll be lying in the long grass hopefully with them Donegal please go on okay listen Gary thanks for joining us today on our preview we appreciate it we'll talk to you soon good man Osheen all the best