 Welcome welcome one and all to the DL debate. Thanks so much for tuning in now on Highland radio or back via the podcast I'll just switch my phones off here. They're clicking away As we get into the show as they say this is your weekly round up here if you're listening live on Highland welcome We're back via the podcast later on the show. We're going to hear from Maureen O'Donnell. She was covering Termin's defeat to Errigal Cairne yesterday in the first round of the Ulster Championship She was going to give us a lowdown in the game where a certain Canavan lady hit 3-8 out of 3-11. It's in the blood I'll tell you what that was a some performance Stephen Castee here I don't know if we ever hit 3-8 in this time. You'll maybe update us and that he's in studio Former championship winner is going to give us his take on yesterday's County final jungle day is coming along on zoom and Ryan ferry of the dirty go news The man of knowledge himself is going to give us his opinions. Now, Neve Connell. They're in seventh heaven I don't know if anyone's listening now. They're probably out partying around Glentys and Fountain and good luck to them Listen very very well deserved victory big victory yesterday up on our site We have interviews from Martin Regan man on my teeth and the Donald Captain Alton Daughty may even get to play him later. We'll see how the show goes But I'm the reason I'm saying that's a possibility is I'm fascinated to get the opinions of the lads here before we get into that That's just from the weekend there. We had a couple of final ones in the junior a final Robert Emmits And ours of defeats to their neighbors in convoy 1-8 to 12 points Well, well don't listen Mary's I'm pedigal senior C champions beating McCulls by a single point as well tight games Indeed in the junior final we've had an objection by Maville To 16 players being on the pitch. We're going to touch on that later on the show. I'll talk to Ryan myself and Ryan Ferry, of course We're at that game just before we get into it lads At a week off from a man called Elvis Kieran Keevney was asked about you cast from your former New York days Of course a big backer of mine with the charity ball coming up and Kieran's a great man in your corner for that alum of of course, you know Kieran Brogan Terry McNuff, you know, you've Kieran a Donald back in a sub that a hidden cannon Alan Foley and in the back room team friends if I would leave anybody out They all my cabinets come on cast you obviously help out with your cocktail experience But yeah, listen Kieran was just on he was asking for you and of course good memories from New York Yeah, good lad Kieran. That was a good boy. Good footballer. They've been all about football too. Yeah He's our tough tough number 11 old style You know what's good was having a risk on a man playing for us out there For Dunningall when I played out there with Dunningall in New York. He was our number 11 Yeah, great player good footballer now and then when we come back within New York squad in 99 to play in the corner championship Kieran myself on the squad. So a good fella. Yeah, you tell me said hello Yeah, yeah, we'll listen be listening in Kieran That's that's a shout out to you always listening in New York Great to see if people listen all over the world Stephen Because it was double double hit yesterday the club was going up in both finals We'd have to say of course congratulations to a row a row of course of there They're a couple of interviews from the lads bring Gillespie their manager there up on the site as well and your bro Kevin his last day in the green and white and he almost pulled off a goal at the end that we chance Steven and listen good or we're going in his favorites the game, but it got the day after a bad start Yeah, you know what Kevin when he's in this career. He'll always offer you something But you know what Brendan? It's probably anyone that asked me about the games this week I really fancied their chances in the reserves very good reserve squad. I think they froze a bit They couldn't hold the ball. They were you know, they would have been dispossessed quite easily It was strange really strange because a lot of there's a lot of a lot of those boys have good experience And I would say three or four of them should have been the senior squad So it's really I think that was a hard one to take and a bad start. I think we have two teams in the final I think if you won the first one it gets a bit of a lift, you know, it does lift the crowd It lifts, you know, the senior boys coming out they get the high five off the large They get to talk up not talk with the meet each other and you know the vibe is there There's we bit of a buzz going but it's a bad start. It was a very very bad day Yeah, there's great color up there around me mentioning that there, you know the Dave or blessed by the day You know you look at the day me wherever he was giving me a match I was one more than the second half that goal in the points straight after it That was a difference ultimately in the end Yeah, it was a it was a cracking goal to be fair to him He played really well and I think I think he got a man-of-match in the game and well deserved And yeah in fairness to Eirua, you know, I happened to be passing by the by the Donegal GA Center on Friday Friday night and I seen a I seen Eirua out training and there was a lot of bodies there and You know, they did very very well because you know as Steven was saying you would have fancied Guido War with some of the names they had in their team sheet But you know Eirua have put in a lot of work with their second team And you know, there's definitely some of those players, you know that were showed great pace and You know dynamic play and I would say they might have made too long before some of them make the step up Yeah, that that was the thing that suppose that what Brian was saying the manager after Brian Gillespie on about The the progression of the team, you know, Eirua are in a club in the way up Certainly around you you look at their performances in senior You know, they're trying to get things right if one with the wonder reserve. So that's some fair play to them again I'd say there's big party down in Shantown there cast listen one or lose the good old boys I always have a butter crack. I met a few of them after now, but Cassian would say Latin We always still have to have a you know We have to always have a look at things and in a in that type of manner But certainly from the get-go yesterday. Yes, it really looked like you to perform secure polished They've connel team causing all sorts of problem problems from your lads. I'm right from the start You know the the the lead had opened up the way they attacked your cake out in that There was a real fear that you know, this isn't going to be our day They they do the homework very well Brendan and you could tell they worked on it I think they really pressured young diary Roberts and They pushed up and they just choked we do really from the off I think when the one the one they throw on and Thompson drives at that you seen that there's something different about them I definitely think there was something different about them the different plan You know usually we're always joking about it. There's a blanket defense. They sit in they didn't sit in yesterday But I think Brendan there was a massive difference in the fitness of both teams I think did you see the warm-up? You see the intensity they call warmed up. I just knew right away. I said, I said there's something not right here I just felt it also the fitness and the conditioning They're a different level to me. I have to say it and guess where where is that coming from you? You look at you. You're just a few years off your last title You know the famous all-star and of course the final of the trilogy the following year, you know, that's 2019 So in that time, I know personnel and different things and there's been immigration But I mean what you're talking about is different you're on about fitness and strength in that Is that just the continuity of Neve Connell or what's happened to Gerard that they haven't kept pace with it? If you look at the team there with Michael who's going to London now Michael was giving a good hand here with Mervyn He had that the following year, you know the trilogy and then it changes the management changes a lot of players go It's a bit of a joke now at the minute What's the immigration in Glenys? How far did they go? Is it my cool part and back because they don't seem to leave, you know And there's a lot of our good old boys. I had a bit of a what we call it. I'll kind of summer siesta There's five or six in my way for seven weeks. I don't know if you know that. Yeah And we Gary McFadden away Karen Gillespie, Neil Freel, big players Just wanted a bit of a break joy about a life unless and that's good And you know one guy said to me a few weeks ago I told him a story what I heard about Glenys and the preparation and he said they can't have any fun in their life Stephen I said guys their fun is going up those steps and they're back at it year after year and wanting That's their fun to be you know It's okay going to pubs and going away for weekends and the waiver a couple of weeks in the summer. Yeah, life's good You want to go up the steps? You have to put it right this very interest We've talked about this before the balance between you know put young boys enjoying their life and the way this season Set up that you can go away now and I know it was about bugbear It's in unions this year the players on the way main main went away and You look at save you look at it If you look at everything this cast is saying they're versus Neve Kong a lot of teams of players away None of their players well, I know young McGilligan went away. He picked up an injury. There was one other player way But he was back early Right, so, you know, there's there's that buying as well on top of everything else that Means that when you get the crunch times this season, you have a very formidable force that's all been in the you know From from one third time training again and bonded together. Yeah, like and you know that I asked Rowland Magnulus about that and the at the press conference and the lead-up Britain and he Admitted that it was chaos in June and July, you know with so many players away And you know not easy to keep the show on the road and in fairness, you know You know, they did well in the championship to get as far as they did You know, like, you know, that men dropping in and out, you know Kane Mulligan was away Darrell Buell was away and then he came back and they seem to gather a bit of momentum But you know and like I agree with both of you You know, it's about trying to find that life balance about, you know, really pushing with your sport and maybe saying a bit of The world and you know doing things that you want to do But I suppose the reality is that when when we do or have chaos on the training field in June and July I bet you need Connell didn't have it like, you know, and they were You know, they were really driving it and even, you know, you look at like I think they I think of the 20 players that they've Connell use yesterday ten of them are in their 30s, you know But their conditioning is excellent and you know, they're really putting in a big push and you know Like, you know, you mentioned some units few fellas went away again It's about striking the right balance and that's not saying that if everybody stays at home You're gonna win championships. It's not like that And you know, they've Connell point out that the big Karen Gallagher is away And you know, he was super county minor and was a big part of that team and he's a player that did leave But at the minute they've got a real good culture and they've caught a new connell and you have to really earn A starting place in that team like the youngest player in that starting team for a new connell yesterday was Oren Daugherty Who's 23, you know, like that's you know Nobody nobody younger than that is able to break in, you know, it shows again at an inter-county level You nearly break any earlier than you want to leave Connell team. So, yeah, yeah interesting points and For from that, I suppose that four big teams, but we had a few years ago Which anything you'd have thought in any given day could beat each other It really looks like now and people talk about it too. If you look at this season really they've connell are a good step I had everybody I mean, that's that's be honest about it in terms of how they've taken teams apart And even though the only beat unions bet a couple of points cast they've been by far the most, you know Sleek outfit and we talk about tactics and continuity and now everything, you know They look as if they're getting better and better, which is a real danger. That's why I said you Steven around where good or are you know You know, you look at good or performance yesterday in terms of leave connell and everything was right about them every line was right, you know eleven scores and and how they sat and broke and how they pushed up in your Cakeouts and it was real like a complete performance, but that's what we've seen in the last number of games from them Well to be honest to me I think the last couple of games have started bad or they've had little spells will have maybe fallen at the game It clicked very seldom that happens to be there clicks everything clicks and from I think 110 six forward score 110 When we see that again, I can't even all your forward score and they contribute 110 Phenomenal and listen, it's out of the hard work they do. It's how they work for each other That's how they bring the effort The way I think the team that won three in a row the units team probably the best team I'd seen has gone now Let's leave colt teams the best club team I've seen But listen, I think it's a different football now guess the tactics now I Think I think you have to nearly park and it's the same with county football and you have the before the blanket Defense and the fitness levels which we've just touched on there You have football before that and then you've after now even think that football was still in that phase If you look at it now, you everybody's playing their own version of it But key to that there is the tactics the fitness strength the setup everything has to be in the road It's getting more and more like you'd see a county team and that's if you look at the economy They're very much like a county team in terms of all those things that I mentioned Yeah, and all and there's one other element of that and that is football intelligence And they have that an abundance like you're looking at, you know, John O'Malley and Brendan MacDyre, you know They're not lightning quick corner forwards, but they very very rarely pick the wrong pass Look at the look at the ball inside from Brendan MacDyre at Ethan O'Donnell for the Charlie McGinnis goal like you know just opens the whole thing up and there's so many players like that Anthony Thompson Kieran Thompson Ethan O'Donnell the Doherty's Jack McKelvie's very like their decision-making, you know when to shoot when to lay it off to the man and in the better position Went to press in on somebody to set a trap like there was was it one of the kick outs early on went to she and ferry and Like he was under huge pressure like and they just really seized in on it and like like that They've so much going for them and they don't have you have a man marker Not in Dory when he's as good as you'd see, you know You're looking at twice now. I mean Dara O'Donnell was going on. It's probably good oars me and player The last day was Nell O'Donnell and you just look at Alton and he is ready for them type of challenges You know when you have all these guys as you can say he can do this job He can do that job he can do that job and then in the collective then when they get it As you say the composure on the ball is it's a very very difficult thing to unlock, you know Yeah, and like Alton Dory is a great story, you know like he missed he got injured in the 2021 county final And you know probably in a probably in a different club, you know They maybe would have been rushing them back and in fairness, you know And they've caught on the way came on against Karrigan last year in Ulster, you know But they gave him his time so that he could recover, you know as well as he can and like you look at him Like how often does it take players a couple of seasons to get back to their best and he he is at his He is right at it at the minute. He's super fit. He's in great shape And like as you say, you know, he's blocking off players, you know He's putting the Nile Donalds and the Darrow bales onto their weaker foot at all times and you know They have those man markers. They've got the quick transitional players and you know, they're not missing much in front up front Yeah, indeed, and I think jungle they has joined us Johnny you there Yeah, I mean, no, I was busy listening to you extolling the virtues of new colonel So I was quite happy to let you guys talk. Yeah. Yeah We were doing all the praise and anyway, John, and I'm sure you want to join in and congratulate the boys in that. Oh Yeah, listen, it was another amazing achievement this one I would say is particularly special because You know as Cas alluded earlier on, you know, we beat three of the big four us being the fourth of the big four So, you know, we left one behind us and I believe, you know That's the way the club feels against St. Euron's a couple of years ago when we did the same thing We did a good kill car good or and then came up short against the good units performance on the day So I think it was important that, you know, they laid down that marker and You know beat the so-called big three to clean the title, but it was a very polished accomplished performance You know, I felt in a way and I don't mean to be in any way cons and good or because I know they're very proud club But it's a it's a young side a lot of young players coming through the under 21's and You know and the word of Mike Tyson everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face and I think from a football perspective you can train all you want, but you don't know how intense Dave Connell are until you actually face them on a championship day and particularly a final day and then The way they came out of the gates left you toward chasing Probably altered their entire game plan and we all know and we've all played games where it just gets away from you And a couple of crucial moments where you know, Dave Connell were flying kicking wonderful scores and Then you know went down the far end maybe dropped the ball wide kicked a free wide everything they needed to go right didn't Which is unfortunate for them and then on the other side of the equation, you know, I some of the best scores I've seen in McEul Park, you know, we're hit on Sunday And that's what I was hoping for and I said it there on Friday night or on last Monday night Was that I was hoping Dave Connell were gonna come out and go at this and as I said to you before I think they're a very open to this point and now what'll happen is that the pendulum swing the other way and there'll be platitudes everywhere, but I Think that they're a very underrated Football team and Ryan again mentioned it their football intelligence Everyone from goalkeeper when the goalkeeper ran 70 yards at one stage McGraw which always caused me causing me great Anxiety but no bother to him right up the corner forward right on to the guys that come on Or all superb ball players comfortable on the ball are able to work within the system But then play off the cuff when it when it's called for and then backed up that with with immense Physicality speed and power and it was it was the best new con performance. I've probably seen since the good or trilogy I Think they really came out and they really went at it and unfortunately, you know things didn't go right for good or on the day And John I have to ask you, you know cast mention if we could up the steps is where the joys at I was watching them bouncing about in the trailer there and Glennie's main straight There's a lot happening there as well casting me tell you John I want to take you up on something there and it's a it's a big thing and we've talked about this so often right about Tactics right about negative blanket defense right now. Here's where I'm coming from that I'm I'm interviewing the boys after game yesterday, and it was quite, you know Enthusied by it because of how they went after the game now, and that's what I'm getting that and people might think oh Because the neutrals will be coming to me about how the game has played and this and that I'm much more afraid of that leave carnal team if I'm speaking from a unit's perspective Didn't the one that played St. Unans because I'll give you a scenario now They've gone completely bossed that game if she and I don't let her put that ball properly high in the box So we're gonna fist it humans could have stole that game from a game leave carnal completely Bossed so my thought is that that's why for years I was thinking that element to be seen yesterday I think they've called can basically do that to anybody now and open on the austere's difference You're going to protect but John do you not think if they played pretty much and all right We keep talking about patterns kick-out, but do you not think they could have played a lot like they played against you do or They could have done that the children's Yeah, listen they played a lot like that this year They were much more open and out there this year like if you look at the car performance again It was they really pushed on they went at it. Well, some units are unique Conundrum in the sense that pattern is such a valuable weapon But like I would flip it around a bit now in the sense that is it is it so is it's very much that a glinty These are dictating that negative type strategy against in units or is it the very fact that you sent you into a certain extent or dictating it as well In the sense that they're keeping the ball rotating the ball and it's kind of six of one half a dozen the other and Ultimately what has happened in the last couple years new column have done it better But I'm you know, I don't know I'm hoping that this game and this season will dispel this you know attitude of new column Just play this blanket defense and don't anything else and again. I said it last Monday You know, they use their defense as a launching pad and then they go at it and they're their transitional play and You know speed of transition plays exceptional. So, you know, if other teams will come out and play Neve Connell are more than willing to come out and play now as it's shown And the other thing is if you look at the you know, this in St. Union's a roux game In the quarterfinal and Dave Connell, I can assure you weren't involved in any way shape or form and that was dire stuff So I think maybe sometimes we overreact the put in and say well leave Connell and they dictate this and dictate that new Connell have proven that they will play what's in front of them and Gidore were always we're never going to play the way that St. Union's we're going to play And just like Kilkar don't necessarily play that way either So it's an interesting one But I do think that they've proven that whatever's in front of them whatever style it plays in front of them They have enough intelligence and enough Quality in the team that they're able to adapt and you know, as I said before the system overshadows the quality of player That's available in the Connell right now There's any one of those six or seven of those players are county players and in any club if you have that level of depth And you have a wave of young lads coming through there and you've seen someone coming on yesterday Young Caleb McGill came on and kicked a wonderful score. So, you know Regan has adapted. He's changed He you know, they adapt and move the goalposts every year and that makes them a difficult proposition to play against and Long may continue. Yeah, indeed John, you're right And we have to say again Martin Regan absolutely phenomenal stuff He's put in such a time there and leave Connell and as I said at the start there in 7th heaven 7 final row 7 championship 1 and indeed they'll be having a great night down Around glinty's and from time we're going to take up some more talking points in the game include Including of course, Steve Collins for a and the Ulster now against Gowna the Kevin champions. 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This is a trip not to be missed book now by calling country music tours on 0 7 4 9 1 1 9 9 5 5 or Email info at country music tours.ie will see you in sunny Saloon The DL debate with sister Sarah's letter Kenny serving food You'll love till 9 p.m. Daily in Sarah's kitchen and there's free admission entertainment every weekend Welcome back boys. We're going live Joe Dex is here producing as ever command Joe keep us right We're warbling way in the background boys having a good old DL debate We should just be recording all this and we'll we'll put it out later sometimes you get the better stuff Affair lads. I was just mentioning there They've currently are representing Donny Galkin in the Ulster and Ryan good luck to whoever's going to take this team on I'm sure they're going to boys look in that video and probably looking at previous videos I'll be saying this is going to be some tests. There's up in cabin They're back-to-back champions posted a huge score themselves against Kingscourt yesterday and but you'll think Ryan You know we talk about some of the the giant teams that are in Ulster Of course, they can't be looking past this game But certainly Ryan for any side that have come up against an Ulster. They're ready. They're gonna. They're gonna be hard to beat Yeah, they are now Scotts town are gonna say think the same and cross McLean are gonna think the same and kill cool you like in fairness You know to do to make an impact in the provincial club You have to be a well-seasoned team and you have to have some ups and downs in the Ulster club championship and they've kind of had all that, you know, so Like that, you know Gauna as you say the steamroll to the title yesterday but there were six two down at a stage in the game and you know They turned it around in the first half and I think one of their county players Connor Brady went off injured and After about 14 minutes, it'll be interesting to see Where's he where he's at like knowing they've got a couple of very good forwards like Connor Madden Kian Madden, Austin Pearson would have all played for Kevin now The other hand a lot people would have said that Kevin hadn't got great forwards at county level So, you know, we'll leave Connell be fit for them Like I think it's a good tie and you know, we'll be you know If the win that it's the dairy or tarot and champions both those finals are on this weekend Probably clear favorites and both of those finals and Wadi Graham's and Eric O'Karen, but it might play out like that You don't you don't know but I Think, you know, this Neve Connell team now will be really really targeting Ulster I think they'll think they're well-primed for it It's not going to be easy to win it because if you said a lot of quality teams But they'll be disappointed how they got on last year against Karrigan and in Corrigan Park Just gave them the left behind them. No doubt about that and you know a couple of weeks now I'll enjoy themselves for the next couple of days then Next to that Karrigan game a game where they didn't maybe put the game completely to bed with that attack of the element Like around that's that's now I'm what I'm praising they've come because I think they're they're a serious serious force going forward If they really go after teams, is that something in that game that you'll learn from that that if they're in a position They'll put going away Yeah, like you said, it was a last minute go, wasn't it? They took a texture time last year for Karrigan like so there is always that threat now The one thing I would say is maybe Karrigan Park is maybe a little bit different to some of the other County grounds You know, there's not the same kind of vast space that definitely you'll get in Breffney Park I'm saying that presuming and dangerous to presume things that that the game will be in Breffney Park In three weeks timed. I'm not sure about that. But if it is I think it'll suit Neve Connell like they went up four years ago played Castle Rahan up there and won quite comfortably So I I would be I would be tapping them to make the Ulster Sammy final anyway Yeah, some tight teams in their case. You know, you mentioned cross McLean I've checked the iron Karrigan come back to what we talked about at the startless show that he read the riot act of crossboys because From his time he was talking about the commitment that was just totally here and boys were on my way this weekend away And he was like boys, that's not happening. You know either we're all in or we're not in your room for he's going in the Ulster And we're talking about football from times gone past cast good or you know, up in that time You're on a bit be Michael Boylan that not set up properly. That's the difference now And you've gone large, you know, the red they'll be ready for any challenge. I love the homework done Have a funny feeling to be and I know none of them like this Martin Regan, especially I think they've been aiming for this I think that hurt last year. What's the game on television? They left it behind twice wine extra time They went up and then they sat back and let Karrigan hold the ball and it was a I think it was a kind of hail Mary Outside the boot was it from the full back was it corner back and I landed a great score to get penalties and then That's a pure lottery to be I honestly think the plan for this I think they're planning and I think the way they're at the contender game now I think they've adapted to this and I think they're thinking now Let's go in. We'll have to use the blanket against the coup If they get through and breath me what's I think they will honestly think they do I don't know much about God. I'm going all the way lost a family. Well to be that's one that we've got hanging over them They can't you know, I know them seven finals. There's one we've gotten to have to come up and take that, you know There's not many people alive. You don't have that over now. Yeah, it's 1975 up with the use John John your thoughts on the on your club gun in the Ulster. I Think John we've lost he there. Maybe he's headed for Glendice Listen, good luck to him. I think we just lost John there listen always good to chat to John and and cast just just on that there You know the way sides is set up now and and some of the teams is an Ulster They've experienced and that's what I you know You look at different sides going in then you need to give that kind of continuity, you know But they've calling now seven fans in a row. They left a game behind them there last year They've been the Ulster final they've been there a couple of times, you know And those players as Ryan means and they're all still there So it's not as if you've addressed them at anything the situation now and that things that's a white strong element to have to say right We have we have resolution in us that no matter what happens is well our team what pitch what ground, you know We we were able to deal with us. I think they're an ideal team to have a crack at it. I suppose when you look at them Maybe you can talk at the other teams and around Ulster Yeah, they're going to prepare prepare. Well, you're looking at what he claims is one of the big players Kalkoo very very very very top-class side to Kalkoo actually We're down with us doing a bit of work down in the door and looking for better info that time the glen he's thinking Yeah, I don't need to get too much office, but I'm Listen, I think this is our chance this year. This is their big year. There's no point saying they'll go back next year I think this is their big crack at it. Let's see how it goes. I think they've got a good one I know it's a way for it down in Brefney. I heard Regan saying that they'll try and make it a home match They'll bring a big support which they always do. I think they're going to give us a real rattler this year It'd be interesting to see how they go on now. Yeah, but as you mentioned man There's some serious power houses out there that would have even more experience again You're talking about all air and champions and sides like that in there So listen, whatever happens at every game. I think I'll be a ding dong But you have to come through, you know the tightest of tight games against the best teams in the province It's not the same that they can't do but I think of all the teams looking at it, Ryan They're by far the best equipped in the county to do that. Yeah Like it's a fantastic competition because if you know everybody's going in as county champions Everybody's on a high everybody's thinking they're invincible, you know, and we're gonna find that eight out of nine teams aren't you know, so like, you know as we talked about it As opposed to leave Connell have had a tough route, you know The plays in units in the group the play against Willie in the group, you know, then they had Kilkar and the Sunions again and the Guidoers Oh, you know, they've conquered all around them and done he go all and the big thing now is is keeping everybody fit like I Think it back to that need Thompson that play or went off injured against Kargan last year, you know If they can keep everybody fit and on the pitch, you know, they have great trust in their players You look look at the players that didn't even get on yesterday Dermot Malloy, you know, Daniel Godet was a county on a 20 player this year Marty Boyle You know those fellas will all be pushing as well. They'll all want to play and Ulster, you know They've got their floodlights up now You know the players themselves were played a key role in that and fundraising for driving it on behind the scenes You know, so, you know the floodlights were for preparing for Ulster Club championships And I expect them to give it a good go One their time football cast that's that's the thing, you know, everything changes There's a energy and that experience you come back to is as Ryan was saying there now You know everything's you you're thinking that this has been lined up for this that they've actually been preparing to have an assault on Ulster because I suppose cash me think about it now, you know so many finals now and so much success recently like the next step And I said that necessary to Martin Regan and in the guys yesterday, you know The next step for this team is an Ulster title. It has to be TV I mean seven finals. He said the one seven now got a seventh You can keep coming back to the well, and I think he's lucky I heard him saying that most managers go chasing players and asking players not to go away Regans as they just keep coming back time after time. He doesn't chase them. They want it. They're driven What more do you want than an Ulster? You've got players like that in a squad that they've got and I think they're gonna give it a really go I think they're in a great position. They're really well conditioned. They're well coached to be very well coached Like watching their back. I heard I read today in the paper and they're gonna go and use them I think it was AJ saying Got a hand at the back room team. They're really hard as ready for this They covered every single base and they prepare us so well for whoever we're playing against I think there's an honestly the next best thing a county team. They're gonna give it a real crack That's it and someone who did give it a crack there and come up short as Maville around the junior championship We've seen them objection launch me self myself for covering the game Ryan and whenever we see things, I guess, you know, I was thinking you look at what the Ross have put on They won this title and you think right you get across a line and then the objection coming on Not taking any way from evolved rules or rules, but that always gives you a bit of a feeling in the pad to your stomach You know a technicality, you know a player was on the pitch for a certain amount of time There was an injury, you know, so there's an objection and Ryan It'll be with the CCC in terms of what's the next move, but the objection is in yeah the objection is in and as you say it It's not the way, you know anything would want to play out and You know, we were we were at the game. We were commenting on the game, you know great comedy by the way be yourself I must say, you know there was confusion over a substitution a man was injured You know Listen, it's hard to say too much on it, you know was there was there 16 men on the pitch was there 15 men? There was a lot of confusion at the time Now the man that was injured Didn't get involved in the play. Yeah, and there's you know, there's different people are saying about Time periods and that you know, and there's people that have wrong information on that Yeah, so, you know the CCC hopefully will be able to tidy it up cleared up It's right when we seen him with kill McClellan and Glenn last year. There was eventually there was a replay I actually weren't it and then Glenn pulled out of that because of that type of thing Ryan I don't think that but you know technicalities are very strange ones unless it is a massive bearing and we see obviously from the calcare They've gone up healthy shootout a few years ago. There's a fine handed down So listen, we may as we seen that we'll leave that in the hands of other people to decide for now lads That was a brilliant roundup. Thank you so much, Stephen Cass Ryan fairing of course jungle day there for your input lads will check this as the season goes on and Say we wish they've gone all the best in Ulster. We're going to speak the mind of Donald after this break The DL debate with sister Sarah's letter Kenny serving food You'll love till 9 p.m. Daily in Sarah's kitchen and there's free admission entertainment every weekend Oh This is an emergency appeal from UNICEF for children affected by the crisis in Gaza Right now hundreds of thousands of children are in extreme danger They need medical supplies shelter and clean water UNICEF is on the ground in Gaza. Please donate now as UNICEF dot ie. Thank you The DL debate with sister Sarah's letter Kenny serving food You'll love till 9 p.m. Daily in Sarah's kitchen and there's free admission entertainment every weekend Yes, welcome back now we turn our attention to the ladies Ulster championship I'm delighted to say I'm joined by more in the Donald mine. How are you this evening? That's bad. How are you getting on? Yeah, listen your term lady and Yesterday more things didn't go well in the first round of Ulster Europe covering the game I heard you just on the way and mo because I had to get up Kenny early so I heard heard the first updates on that But listen, it was a game never luck the term never looked like they could one No, they actually didn't Well, truth be told he didn't really especially after this first, you know, the first quarter was over again It was all a regular caring after that, you know It's really disappointing as opposed to the girders themselves, you know, they're really good contenders You know talk about a team that have contended Ulster over the last 10 years like 13 years, you know, they've been really really good I suppose you could say that was their eighth appearance yesterday in Ulster hard to believe they have two Ulster titles You know, they've been runners up five times And of course then they went out of the the quarterfinals yesterday and that disappointing manner You know What can you say it's it is disappointing from a term point of view and from my own point of view watching it But they just never seem to get into it Brendan at any stage, you know Yeah, and listen, we have to obviously mention canavan, you know, as soon as I've seen the name a text in the beginning It's like who's what word is she coming? So that's that Tommy the current area will care and men's captain would be she be a niece of Peter Her performances to be Moses. What one of the best you've seen Listen, how would I sum it up? I suppose in terms of the overall team performance They had a really good team performance all round now. She obviously had 38 so she would come off as a player that you know was phenomenal yesterday. She's actually very consistent free-taker Very cool and calm and collected in front of goal You know an excellent leader on the field and as she says like she's the niece of, you know, legendary Peter canavan Where do you go for the air footballers in her blood? She also he also in another niece there Claire canavan the captain and she was playing at half back As well and on your heart who is Peter canavan starter was actually on the line She should have been playing she was playing in the 2015 game against termin and the austere quarter final that and the austere semifinal that year But she had injured herself five weeks previous brand and she was out with an acl injury So, you know, they had lost a big player as well But like back to Maria canavan her performance like you have to look at the scores Like they got 3 11 termin got 2 4 yesterday 38 of the 3 11 came from that one player But of course 3 6 were from spot keeks brand and if you get what i'm saying Yeah, two other points were from from were from play from Two other as one's one a substitute and one the corner forward as well. So, you know Was it was the discipline in the tackle mode? Exactly the biggest thing then Exactly like, you know, but termin were under severe pressure and defence because Erichal Cairn were pressing forward on the whole time pressing on their kick outs and attacking like and very fast as well So, you know, you end up when you have a markswoman like that And when you have a consistent free-taker like that, you try to maybe minimise the damage in front of all You look then at the scores termin got termin got Six scores yesterday six scores in target whereas Erichal Cairn had 14 scores on target Brendan You know Erichal Cairn scored two two from play Termin one one from play, but like both when you weigh it up two scores each from play So it was a funny game like whilst there was nine points and Termin were nine points adrift in the first half and they ended up 10 points adrift in the second half There was one stage Like the score line didn't really reflect what was going on out in the field if you get what i'm saying And there was one stage in the game and this was really the turning point I think for Erichal Cairn is that Cairn McGarvey got a penalty I suppose which will level things up at that stage one three apiece And you know it sailed or one one two apiece and it sailed over the bar and at that stage then it was a slippery slope for Termin You know They of course had two girls in the Sunburn in the first half one on the 20th minute and then one on the 27th minute That didn't help things and you know they were done nine points down But you would have thought Termin could have come out maybe in the second half and maybe improved on that but It seemed to just go from bad to worse for them yesterday and you know not Not a reflection on the team at all Brendan to be honest with you They're really good containers really good team and Ulster, but I'm sure they'll just be very disappointed themselves But in saying that Erichal Cairn were phenomenally good yesterday as well Like you know look at their pass inability their skills their attacking play They were well proud for the game and again. They had home advantage Brendan. So that's always a big thing as well Yeah, the Sunburns well your views on them were they just a part of what you're saying It just wasn't going to be Termin's day yesterday And that was what did you feel on on on the as the warden of those Sunburns? Certainly, you know that gives a massive boost to the to the opposition Absolutely does like and uh myself and Adrienne McGilligan and Kevin McGilligan the two Termin managers after I did a piece a reaction piece with them after and What they were saying is that they found they were a little bit naive going on against Ulster Referring and stuff that you can get away with the hell of a lot more maybe in Donegal. Is that a good thing? Is it a bad thing? You know, um, maybe we get away with too much in this county, but I've seen it before with lines people um empires and referees and Ulster They're very tight and they don't tend to live a lot away the the lines people are there and they're watching Really really um watching the play closely and they're watching every other player as well And one one of our Sunburns came from the lines woman pulling the referee out to the sideline for a chat and it was after that You know, um, it was Anna Geller who I felt was harshly sunburned at that stage for apparently sort of consistently fouling, you know, but And and then Jody McFadden's as well. I think it was harsh to be honest with me. Um And like the third Sunburn then came on the in the second half Brendan and again like referees maybe not tolerating any back chat and stuff like that and You know, like and the boys would have said like As you say, they don't get away with enough But then they felt, you know, that their players would be pulled as much and it was happening there They're going to carry in cares were pulling and and challenging our girls as much but nothing seemed to be, you know, to But then I looked sort of I'm saying this from a really neutral point of view. That's what was going on the field Um in every game you're going to have that but when you have a game where there's three sunburns and five penalties, you know Um I don't know the referee, you know, probably just maybe wasn't on his game yesterday as well So there was a few controversial decisions as well. So that's the way it goes. That's football for you, Brendan You know on any given day you go out It's hard to know how he's going to go But you know, you really do have to be disciplined as players when you go into Ulster football Because you won't get away with very much at all And no listen It's not as if terminate a learning process or is this a new East team Do you feel it's building because you you're on about the so many Ulster final And the two champions that you won in the other finals as well You know, there's time terminator going on embossed teams I guess is there a change a small bit in termin or are other teams in Ulster up in their game? Do you see a club level? Well, to be honest with you I was thinking about this like Yesterday done on one the reigning champions, you know who won 20 21 is it back the back provincial titles? and Monaghan there They were beat by entrance money glass So, I mean talk about a year to want to want a quarter final for term and to progress into Ulster When you see the the likes of done a mowing on out, but you know back to that like You can't fault. I don't think it's it's a case that term and you know Just terminate a bad day to be to be truthful There's still a wealth of experience when you look they have five county players to x county players rushing the rushing frail And Shannon McLaughlin they have Evelyn Evelyn McGinley, Emer Geller, Nicole McLaughlin, Joni McFadden And Kira McGarvey as county players so a wealth of experience started throughout the teams And a lot of great miners coming into the mix there as well So I can't put it down to the fact that they're they're not a good team or maybe a not a team of the past They're they're a different team certainly and football is changing in that way But and like to get out of our own county You know you have to give credit where credit to Glenn fun and mobile have been phenomenal teams in our own county over over the last number of years And I have felt determined or Glenn fun or anyone going on to Ulster from Donegal have a real good shot at Ulster Because I feel that some of the rest of the teams don't have the caliber of footballs that we have in Donegal Or we've we have had in Donegal You know we have lost the like save on and the likes of you know Karen don't know what's going to happen Karen this year whether she'll play or not Geraldine Glothlin has gone, you know So we're losing players. We're losing those and more experienced players But we're also looking to a new generation of footballers coming up and football will change But no, I don't think I could say that it's down to the fact that You know, maybe there's a lack or there's a different team or it's a less experienced team From a term of perspective I think it just was overall a bad day and things just didn't go the way they they were And Eregal Cairn were really really up for it on the day. They've only won one provincial title before back in 2007 They have a couple of minor titles onto their belt now and you know, they're going very very well as a team Uh, they have a lot of bite and a lot of hunger, you know So I think that's kind of more of the way it is what happened yesterday friend Yeah, yeah, listen a lot of things happening at Eregal there as I see their their men look like they're gonna want to Another title as well a lot of good things happening the club Oh, we suppose on top of that as well, you know, during all as an overview You know you mentioned those teams that have dominated there seems to be a few sides in the way up now, you know Particularly likes if what's happening out in the loans and you don't seem to be getting a bit better Like it's boating a bit better in terms of maybe a spread of teams that are starting to come in there from that real dominate in time of of Especially terminus and glen van Yeah You hit the nail in the head there like there is a bigger spread of teams now than there was a number of years ago Where you see one team reaching the top and staying at the top for a long time and it may have looked like that Over the last number of years, you know where you've ended up with glen van And and probably terminus and championship finals But they have had I guess the the luck of the green and with In terms of the caliber of players that they've had over the number of years But yeah, you talked about don't know come on to the forefront, you know, they're in a junior They're in a junior championship quarterfinal next weekend against coal island And you know I really would put my money on don't know for one in that they won the junior junior championship here in dunigaw With a great victory over dinings You know, they're the guards have won the under 14 The under 16 and just just there recently the minor championships as well here So, you know talk about a team that's going from strength to strength, which can only strengthen dunigaw fumble And as a whole in terms of the dunigaw ladies at the minute So we'll be looking to teams like those teams and they may be playing in a junior level now at the minute But they're working their way up the board and to intermediate and you know senior eventually and those are the type of players We're going to be looking for in the next number of years In terms of the dunigaw team. So it's really really positive nae vorra. Unfortunately bowed out of the intermediate championship to anterms to naevi by just two points as well Brendon so I mean talk about a team that's very very close as well And you know nae vorra has been a team that we talked about a lot recently as well. So it's really be positive Great to see mo and always good to finish on a positive note. And of course you might coach the dunigaw team in the future Just bring us on bring all that knowledge through mo We'd love to see it. Listen mo whatever you can make more time for me. Maybe Because I don't know where I'm going to get the time Oh, there you go. Time is always there to me. Listen mo thank you very much for wrapping things up there as ever for us this evening Top top top top star Talk soon. Talk soon. Thank you. Thank you. That's more on the down there fair player That's us out of time this evening folks. I want to thank everybody for tuning in joe dex for producing as ever head of sport Oshine Kelly and of course my guests this evening Ryan fairy of the dunigaw news former championship winner steven castley And john gilday we now are going to look to austere campaigns for the men's teams right across the board We're going to look to see how they're going We'll keep an eye on them and keep updating me as the week goes on stay tuned Of course for the excellent monday night sessions the two lads are coming in get the tunes on me and joe I'll put the feed up now and get a wee cup of tea joe is that all right for you The thumbs up I'll speak to you soon next week