THE DONEGAL panel will go through two more training sessions – on Tuesday and Thursday – with all players coming through the rigors of last week’s training camps unscathed.
Selector Maxi Curran says all the players are fit for selection at this stage, pointing out that the training camps were of huge benefit to Jim McGuinness, assistant Rory Gallagher and the squad.
Funding for the training camps has come from a Players Fund. Most clubs are asking those lucky enough to get a ticket for the All-Ireland Final on Sunday to purchase a €5 raffle ticket as well, with proceeds going to the fund.
“Everyone is fine and at the minute it looks like we will have a full deck to choose from, which would be great as it would be a massive disappointment for anyone to miss it at this late stage,” said Curran.
“We were in Carlton House in Maynooth for two days, an excellent facility used by the likes of the Irish soccer team and the Irish rugby team, and even Real Madrid.
“We were then in the Johnstown House Hotel, in Enfield, Meath, which is another top-class facility and one that we have been using as a base for our games in Dublin of late.
“It’s good to continue with familiarity at this stage in the game and that makes things easier. From a training perspective, both are what we are after, with pitches and hydro facilities.
“Training four successive days isn’t something the lads would be overly familiar with but they seemed happy with the professional approach as we had a productive few days away from the hype at home.”
Donegal has been officially given 14,500 tickets; but with every fan scouring the country for more tickets, it is hoped that up to 25,000 inside Croker will be behind Donegal.
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