DONEGAL minor manager Declan Bonner will rest the nine members of his squad who were in the MacLarnon Cup final tonight when his side opens their Ulster Minor Football League Group A campaign against Fermanagh in Convoy (throw-in 7.30pm).
Declan Bonner: Focussed Donegal can take step towards top flight return
Declan Bonner: Two points on Sunday wouldn’t make up for the Ulster final, but what it would do is give us a great kick in towards a return to Division 1 again…
Declan Bonner: Combining sports now not possible at the highest level
I once togged out for Finn Harps and Donegal on the one day – that wouldn’t be possible nowadays
Declan Bonner: Donegal’s jigsaw is coming together nicely
Still early days, but right now Jim McGuinness has a lethal concoction and the whole picture looks to be a strong one.
McKenna Cup has been encouraging for Donegal
THAT’S the McKenna Cup done and dusted for another year from a Donegal point of view. Two victories this week over Armagh and Queens University weren’t enough to seal a place in the semi-finals, but Jim McGuinness will still reflect on what has been an encouraging couple of weeks in action in the pre-season competition. […]
Forget results – McKenna Cup is all about laying strong foundations
Declan Bonner: I wouldn’t be overly worried at all about a defeat on the first Sunday in January – these are still extremely early days yet.
A year of challenges ahead
There is a huge year ahead in 2014 on the field after a disappointing 2013 in terms of results, but off the field there are many challenges.
Better balance and greater depth was difference for Ballinderry against Glenswilly
Declan Bonner: Glenswilly will not quite know what to have done with themselves this week.It will have been a strange feeling not being in the thick of it.
Glenswilly can reach the summit
Declan Bonner: The big reason I feel Glenswilly can and will win is that there is no better player in this county or country at the moment than Michael Murphy.