Donegal goalkeeper Mark Anthony McGinley wasn't too happy with the news of Rory Gallagher stepping down as Donegal manager on Monday night.
Fermanagh native Gallagher, who was appointed as the county's manager in 2014, to replace Jim McGuinness, notified his players of his decision on Monday night, prior to a meeting of the Donegal county committee.
Gallagher had been involved with the Donegal senior football side in 2012, as a selector, when they lifted the Sam Maguire.
McGuinness parted company with the men of the hills in October 2014, and Gallagher took the reigns.
At this stage Gallagher was given a three-year deal with the option of a fourth year available, and this deal was since extended last autumn, when he was given a new four-year deal.
The decision came on the back of a disappointing season for a youthful Donegal side, who were hammered by Tyrone in the Ulster decider, before a crushing and eventually telling loss to Galway in the qualifiers.
It was a youthful team, however, and Gallagher gave a chance to many Donegal youngsters during his tenure.
It wasn't like Gallagher's task was an easy one, with the experience of Eamonn McGee, Neil Gallagher, Anthony Thompson, Colm McFadden, Christy Toye, Rory Kavanagh and Odhran MacNaillais all leaving the panel at the start of the year.
The likes of nineteen-year-old Jason McGee, Kieran Thompson, Cian Mulligan, Eoghan Bán Gallagher and goalkeeper Mark Anthony McGinley were handed their debuts by the Fermanagh man.
These lads all impressed in the league, when Donegal defeated Mayo and Tyrone, and drew with Dublin, but their inexperience told in the Championship.
The latter of the bunch, Mark Anthony McGinley voiced his disappointment at Gallagher's parting from the county, and has lashed out at the "keyboard warriors and people who think football was invented in 2011."
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It has been claimed that the abuse levelled at Gallagher played a part in his decision, with Donegal legend Kevin Cassidy referencing the abuse as a part of Gallagher's decision, as did many more.
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It really is a sad state of affairs if that's the case, that a fickle modern world can force a man to step down from his job.
