Peadar Morgan urges Donegal to limit two-point openings in Ulster SFC semi-final against Down after Monaghan scare
Jim McGuinness' men led the Farney 0-15 to 0-8 in their Ulster SFC quarter-final in Clones before the
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Peadar Mogan of Donegal during the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship preliminary round match against Derry
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Dessie Ward, Micheál Bannigan, Conor McCarthy and Jack McCarron all raised orange flags.
And Donegal were saved by the bell when the hooter sounded just when the Farney were about to take a line ball.
But All-Star Mogan delivered the goods again and scored four points in a 0-23 to 0-21 victory to set up a semi-final against Down this coming Sunday.
And the St Naul's man admits the one-week turnaround will be tough.
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But he knows stopping double scores will go a long way towards reaching another provincial final.
He said: 'It was Monaghan's first Championship game and it's their home crowd and venue.
'You're not going to expect anything else.
'But inter-county players are just so good at kicking the ball now that they're going to kick two-pointers. It's just about trying to limit them.
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'We were the same last year after the Derry game so we just have to recover and get the bodies right.
'I think it really is about just freshening the minds and bodies.
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'We'll have to be very much improved for next week because Down are a hugely athletic team, very similar to Monaghan.
'They've got huge legs, pace and they've got a couple of top players.'
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