Donegal have cause - if not a case - to defy gauntlet as Monaghan fixture adds insult to injury

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness is disappointed over the scheduling of their game against Monaghan. File picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

In the opinion of Donegal, the Central Competitions Controls Committee’s (CCCC) decision to arrange their All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Monaghan on Saturday has added insult to injury.

Following on from arranging their neutral final round game against Mayo for King & Moffatt Hyde Park, that they are the only preliminary quarter-final winners with a six-day turnaround will underline manager Jim McGuinness’s claim that these things "only happen" to Donegal "because it’s us.”