Critics won’t faze Donegal

Donegal manager Rory Gallagher insists that his side can take criticism on the chin in the wake of the Ulster SFC final loss to Tyrone.

Gallagher’s side were four points up in the provincial decider in the early stages of the second half at Clones before being undone 0-13 to 0-11 in a shot-shy performance. They will now take on Cork in the Round 4B All-Ireland qualifiers at Croke Park tomorrow, with the guarantee of a quarter-final against Dublin should they win.

“Stuff that is being said or written doesn’t take a flinch out of us,” Gallagher said yesterday. “Honestly, it doesn’t. We don’t get carried away when people say nice things about us and the same is true when they say not-so-nice things.