Roarty 'playing Like A Seasoned Veteran' - Mcmanus

Former Monaghan guardant Conor McManus said that 19-year-old Donegal defender Finbarr Roarty is "playing for illustration a seasoned veteran".

The teen is enjoying an awesome first twelvemonth pinch Jim McGuinness' elder panel, helping them to nan Ulster title and again excelling successful their All-Ireland semi-final thrashing of Meath.

He has firmly established himself arsenic a starter and McManus praised nan corner-back's expertise to slot successful seamlessly since his debut successful April.

"They tried to get him into nan sheet past year, but he was excessively young, and he's travel successful and is playing for illustration a man who has been location for 8 aliases 9 years," McManus told nan GAA Social podcast.

"He's playing for illustration a seasoned veteran, his beingness shape, his power and expertise connected nan ball, he's excellent. He is simply a monolithic summation who has deed nan crushed running.

"That is nan spot of Donegal their squad and their panel. They had 12 different scorers against Meath and you person truthful galore things to effort fastener down to extremity them."

Donegal will look Kerry successful nan All-Ireland last aft nan Kingdom dispatched Tyrone successful Saturday's different semi-final.

Armagh All-Ireland victor Oisin McConville believes nan Red Hands request to create squad extent to situation for honours aft suffering a 1-20 to 0-17 past 4 defeat.

"They person to find 1 aliases 2 players but location is simply a excavation of talent there. The floor plan of nan subordinate they're bringing successful is important too," McConville said.

"They person deadly forwards successful Ruairi and Daragh Canavan, Darren McCurry and Eoin McElholm, but if you play nan 4 of those are immoderate of them really trim retired for nan mediate eight? They're very aforesaid same and nan nonstop shot is little of an option.

"You can't play them each astatine nan aforesaid time, truthful you request to find immoderate much power. You comparison Tyrone's squad to what Donegal have, they person difficult moving and legs."