GAA: MAC BELIEVES DONEGAL CAN SHOCK DUBLIN.Byline: Orla BANNON BRIAN McEniff Brian McEniff is a Gaelic football managers in Ulster and Ireland. His success culminated in 1992 when he led his native Donegal team to glory at Croke Park in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Dublin. thinks dark horses Donegal can pull off another surprise win over Dublin. The Bundoran man was in charge when Donegal stunned the Dubs to win the All-Ireland ten years ago and he's hoping for a similar result on Monday when the teams clash for the first time since that '92 final. Tommy Lyons' first game as Dublin boss was a league clash against the north-west outfit earlier this year but McEniff believes Donegal are an unknown quantity to the city boys which could prove a distinct advantage. "When the teams met in the '92 final both sets of players were very familiar with each other and their styles of play," he said. "We'd met regularly in the league since '88 and all the talk afterwards about Dublin complacency going into the All-Ireland final is nonsense. "We'd crossed swords on many occasions and there was never more than a kick of a ball between us. "They'd beaten us in the league quarter-final up at Breffni Park Breffni Park known for sponsorship reasons as the Kingspan Breffni Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Cavan, Ireland. It is the home of the Cavan Gaelic football team. The ground has an overall capacity of about 32,000 with a 6,000 seated capacity. earlier that year with two late goals but the Dublin lads always knew they would have a tough battle with us. "On the day we played very well and they couldn't cope with our football. "There's a whole different set of players on both sides now and these current players know very little about each other. "They have met in the league the last two years but whereas Dublin knew a lot about Meath and Kildare, they know very little about Donegal." The former Ireland boss feels Monday's quarter final is going to be a high-scoring affair as he remains unconvinced about both fullback lines. And although some Donegal folk were cursing their luck in drawing the 'home team' in the last eight, McEniff is happy. "I'm very pleased we are where we are We are where we are is a Scottish idiom for pretending to accept the status quo, and to imply that previous events should be forgotten. It is based on the fact that it is impossible to turn back the clock. . This is a perfect opportunity for us to see how far we've come "How Far We've Come" is the lead single from Matchbox Twenty's retrospective collection, Exile on Mainstream, which was released on October 2, 2007. The music video premiered on VH1's Top 20 Countdown on September 1, 2007. in the last 18 months because Dublin are a team I felt could go the whole way. "They are a young side like us who have no fear. As a spectator I like the way they play with a certain amount of flamboyancy - they're prepared to go at teams and make mistakes. "At the end of the day it will come down to the two inside forward lines and whoever scores the most will win. "Losing our captain Mark Crossan has been a huge loss but our fullback line did well to shackle shackle a bar 2.5 ft long with an iron loop at either end, used in restraint of large pigs. A chain is threaded through the loops and around the lower hindlimbs of the pig. When the chain is pulled the pig is stretched and is cast with the limbs held wide apart. the Meath forwards although they'll have to improve again against the Dublin forwards." CAPTION(S): SHOCK TROOPS: Ex- Donegal boss Brian McEniff; OUT: Mark Crossan |
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