Kerry legend Colm Gooch Cooper believes that Donegal’s players “let themselves down” after they were beaten by Roscommon in their Allianz Football League Division 1 clash yesterday.
Speaking on the Sunday Game, the former All-Ireland winner said he is expected a kick-back from Donegal players following a week which saw manager Paddy Carr quit.
But they were left licking their wounds when Roscommon ran out 0-21 to 0-9 winners, relegating Donegal to Division Two for the first time in seven seasons.
The former Kerry star put the blame for the defeat squarely on the shoulders of the players.
He said: “It’s been a real soap opera the last week in Donegal between academies, and managers leaving and players meetings and everything.
“I thought today that the Donegal players would galvanise themselves, ‘us versus the world’ type attitude, but no, they rolled over. Very, very disappointing.
“Whether you want to blame Paddy Carr or blame whoever you want, they players have to take a bit of accountability here as well and they didn’t put up any fight today. It’s really disappointing.
“The whole of Donegal seems to be in disarray and it’s very disappointing to see because they’re a proud county, they bring a lot to Gaelic Games but it’s a real mess up there.
“They need to get people in behind closed doors and get things sorted. They’re a proud county but it was a really disappointing performance by the players and they let themselves down.”
