 What's your on looking forward to this all-star minor final this coming weekend and clone us against area Suppose what's it like and in the camp this week? How's these young men preparing for it? Now we're looking forward to knowing as was everybody's kind of well This was a bit of excitement now and as was maybe nerves and the build up now And this was the last week now leading up to there Maybe runs a wee bit slow everybody's waiting for just to get the game on yeah And Antrim and Monaghan were the two sides that you had to defeat to progress and I suppose two types of Games and one of the matches you had to come from behind against Antrim and the other game You were you had the game on at halftime, but but let Monaghan slip back and it I suppose there were two different games, but there were two distinctive different teams I suppose a lot of people would have thought that we were going up to beat Antrim up in Corrigan Park, but we always knew that was going to be a huge task for us because Antrim had already played in the league or in the championship and they were playing at home and They knew that they were up for the game, but we had a big task that day and we went up and we put up a good performance Particularly as was in the latter half of the second half and things didn't go for well first area in the game They're particularly the south the second half where we lost two men two of your best players like in Jason McGee and On McGee again, and I suppose we're five eleven minutes to go We're five points down, but the short great character and short great heart and they came back Yeah, I had to show character as well and the Monaghan match because Monaghan had us on the record one states early in the second half Well, it's funny because for the few games we played both that we played your own in the league final And we went behind and then Diane Menace like and we played As I said, we played Antrim there and we're five point down 11 minutes to go again against Monaghan at no time to ever believe that they're bother We just have great faith in them. Now, you know, they're great glass They're great hunger in them, and they've great belief in them Yeah, so it's supposed to say now how strong their character there is within this this group of players that I Yeah, well, I suppose It's like anything they have a lot of work done like you know And they know what they're doing know what they're about and it was last day against Monaghan It's a bit difficult like you're eight points up particularly a young lad like they think the game's over at halftime It's not as place to be expected to be We knew Monaghan are very good side We also knew Monaghan were going to come at us throw everything at us at some stage in the game And then started the second half they did that and the bit right up to us But the short little lad showed great belief and showed great character and came back and finished out well in the end Has conceding goals or worry for you? Nobody likes to concede goals We certainly don't like to concede goals and something we try to guard against and we were disappointed with a couple of goals That we did particularly the goals we scored or we conceded the last day against Monaghan But we like to score goals and we don't like to concede them Let's look at the the the advantages that the Dunnegall have had through the this this championship and Some of the key areas and in the parkways have been performing very very well The last day midfield was very impressive Jason and Cure have really stepped up to the pit That's Jason McGean and Cure and Gallagher and they've turned out to be a formidable force in them in the middle of the field Jason and Cure and they're two fabulous players They're great athletes, but to them have both very good hands now And they're they're I think last day they're Cure and give an exhibition of how you're feeling Jason as well as the feeling scored one two from play like it's massive like for any team to have that and It was the two lads the last day It's other lads other days that stand up like their tickets that are the main players and like they said mention Naila Donald and the previous day against Antrim score 2-5, you know was a fabulous contribution Aiden McGean has done it in the league final against Tarone and JD got us the draw against Monon in the league So there's players every day and there's players all over the park like everybody contributes hugely like it's not one or two Players they all play their part and they do that particularly well the last day And they're very much into the team effort. There's no selfishness about these players And like you can be a star forward for a county as a young man Like what Naila Donald is and he scored 2-5 the first day and he's got you back in it But he played very much a team role against Monahan in the second game He scored four points, but how his contribution was was vital so it was well I suppose that's one of the things that we have laid down right from the start that there's Immensely important that it is a team that no one individual is going to do it no matter How good he is and no one player will carry the team as a team effort as a team every day They go out and not only the players that the play that get a chance to play the 15 and the subs that come on But all the whole panel everybody has to contribute every night a train in and that's the only way it can be and for us to be successful That's the only way it will be and they have done that and they bought into it every single one of them So I suppose that's where we are where we are and another thing that that stood out particularly from very early on Sean and the game against Monahan was the half-backline I think the entire half-backline scored before I don't go before anybody else in the pitch had managed to get one Yeah, well, that's I suppose that that's part of the character of the team as well We encourage all the players to go forward and driving forward particularly from half-backline and particularly Yes was JD and Aiden have been very instrumental in doing that They're two very strong players and Oren as well going forward I think Oren has scored consistently nearly in most games going forward But they're the three very good players and as opposed to players that we looked at that may come in their ways They must also be very good. Yeah, let's talk about your opposition Derry. What's what do you know of them? They are the defending champions and they're going into this game like yourself There's what four or five players there from from last year in the squad which went on which were involved in an Ulster campaign But what do you know about them? How have they evolved over over the years? That's going to be the toughest challenge you're you're going to make today I would expect so it's an Ulster final So we're going to expect that or that Derry are going to be at their best now They are a very good side. We played them now and we beat them actually in Celtic Park on the league But that will count not for nothing and I've seen them playing three or four times now already This season I've seen them playing twice in the championship against Tyrone and against Armagh and they've been very very impressive They've a lot of very very good players and particularly the two men inside are very good They've said only from last year playing centre-back or sweeper they played sweeper against Armagh the last day excellent player I think they've made it 11 players still left from last year, which is immense And as you said they're going on as defending champions champions, so they're not going to give it up easy They're certainly not and I suppose having the experience of last year of being an Ulster and occasionally I guess won't really phase them up because when you're dealing with young men When you're dealing with young men and situations arise it can affect them in different ways So it can but with Derry being there and having experienced it and having those handful of players It's a situation you feel will not be phasing them Absolutely and as well as that there Derry have already played in the Champions you've been clonus Which is in front of a big crowd, which is also probably a help to them, but listen we're Hoping that when we get our players out in the field If the players are there and they're fit and they're not carrying any knocks and they're ready to go That the lads will give it a give it their best shot How do you deal with what's the occasion with what's the young boys? How are you going to keep them grounded now for these days going on dead? We like to keep it kind of relaxed and have the crack with the lads like you know But keep them focused they're really focused and that's important for us that we keep them really focused now between now and the weekend They're focused all year and what they're doing and They know what the job they want to do and they know what we have to achieve and they want to be champions and It's already been in the final but no good being in the final this minute Just moving away from the final looking at the group you have It's been fantastic to see the development of football at underage level in recent years in Donegal And yes, there would be a lot stemming off what we've seen from 2011 and 2012 the success that the senior team had But one thing we do note is then and we've seen it over the last couple of years that Football does have a bright future in the county when we see all these young players coming through the minor ranks Well absolutely like there is a huge amount of work going on at every level all over the county Like there's 40 clubs in the county and there's an awful lot of work going on at underage the work that's going on in schools And then the development squads the development squads are excellent from under 14 up One of the things there's both that was causing a difficulty for Donegal for minor teams pushing on was no under 17 competition But since the team Jim McWigan Competition was introduced. Donegal have bridged that gap because Donegal teams or schools Predominantly don't be playing in ulcer colleges football, but that with the Jim McWigan now in the under 17 competition now There's no break between under 16 and minor and that's why I think mainly the Development in the last number of years Donegal have been successful at minor level And I know there's a huge amount of work goes on with yourself and the back room team and the way Underage football training regimes and what has now become part of the standard that you have to go through It takes up a lot of time. Wasn't it sure? Yeah, absolutely But that's the commitment you give you know what it takes and you know what it's going to take And you have to be prepared to give that like you have to buy ended right away And you're when you're looking for everybody else to buy into what you're doing You have to be prepared to get the commitment and it is like it's immense like a we've been out three times a week Since the start of the year and as well as the lads would be doing There's dent the condition programs like three or four times a week as well like you know one That takes a huge amount of time particularly the lads than the minor lads that are doing that even certain That was a huge task for them, but thankfully they've come through it now It's through the exams they've been focusing on on football for the last month or so Do these young men understand how important it is to one and an Ulster title at minor level? Oh, they understand You know, it's it's been they understand for what about it's one of the things I suppose we look to reiterate with them right away like what it is to be a county minor footballer What it is to represent your your county and the pride and honor it is to do that and I think they will they know What this is what it is and finally Sean How beneficial will to be to begin under the all Ireland series as Ulster champions and a couple of weeks time. Well, that's the only way we want to be going today We're looking forward to that and we want to be going in as champions Obviously, if you're gonna challenge you playing cork if you want to run it up you meet and carry both are formal teams But you want to be meeting cork? Yeah, and Outside of the Solstice competition. Who do you see as the counties that would really really built out the moment? It's hard to know Call me have a very impressive team The one last week a bit almost scores against Mayo and we play Mayo a couple times in the chat and challenge matches this year They were a very good side and Galway beat them well at the weekend And I also know that carry we've done watch carry and cork both are very very good sides particularly carry our excellent side and An old leasing clear now Will be two formal routines in the denser as well. Yeah, listen Sean money Thanks for coming into the studio to talk to us today And all we can do is wish you the best look on the final this weekend to you and the lads and hopefully when we're talking next to Be Ulster champions. Thanks very much. I appreciate it. Thanks