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06 Sept 2025

Aidan O'Rourke non-committal on his future with Donegal after heavy defeat

After a difficult week on and off the pitch, Donegal supporters were looking for a response from their team but it was more of the same as they were dished out a 12-point drubbing by Roscommon

Aidan O'Rourke non-committal on his future with Donegal after heavy defeat

Aidan O'Rourke and Donegal were easily beaten in Hyde Park by Roscommon.

Donegal went down heavily to Roscommon in the final league game and they could well be looking for a new management team.

Speaking immediately after the 0-21 to 0-9 defeat Aidan O'Rourke (who took over the reins along with Paddy Bradley after Paddy  Carr stepped away), was non-committal about the future.

"It was a difficult week," said Aidan O'Rourke, who felt that there was something missing in the second half. "We missed a lot of chances in the first half and left chances behind, we just ran out of road in the second half.

"We felt frustrated at half-time; we thought we should have been in a better position. I felt we had played some decent football. But it has been a pattern through the league that we haven't played well in second half".

The Armagh man was non-committal about the future. "After Paddy (Carr) stepped away on Wednesday, we had a conversation with Fergus  McGee (chairman) we undertook to take the boys for today. What happens from here is a different conversation". 

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