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Given these superior players you talk about from galway have done nothing more than monaghan in the last 10 yrs I find it laughable. its only now that with this new format that teams outside ulster are realising how hard it is to play hard games week in week out and how ulster teams have been shattered each year come business end and in the long run. Yous ran out of steam this year when yous had to play in a mini ulster championship, story of our lives up here mate, get used to it, Dubs got lucky this year they had an easy group, give it a few years and there will be no more superior teams.
monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 409 - 06/07/2023 15:49:06 2492703 Link 1 |
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I would not describe Monaghan's run this year as being frekish.! we are a consistent Div 1 team for christs sake.. as Dick said in the indo on Monday, Monaghan shuld be considered as under achievers, as since 2013, we should have more Ulster titles and we should have had more semi final appearences. I admit, we were lucky to escape with a win over Kildare and we gave Donegal too much space in the group game, but we threw away the game against Derry up in Derry and we should have beaten Armagh in normal time last week. Galway have nice footballers but showed against Armagh that they don't have the nerve in the heat of battle. I actually had Roscommon down as a better team then Galway and Mayo this year and was disappointed they didn't make a quarter final. I like this new championship format as given the amount of games, the better teams have enough chances to progress, I think that was the GAA's intention :) is it suprising we have no Connacght side in the semi finals now ? I think it is, seeing as we had 3 Connacht sides in Div 1 this year but the Connacth teams just didn't give the level of performance that was requried.. Lets be honest.. You can't put Galway and Mayo in the same pot as Dublin and Kerry :) Dublin and Kerry are continuing at a superior level... there's not a kick in the ball between the rest of Tyrone, Donegal, Derry, Armagh, Monaghan, Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Cork, Kildare, Westmeath.. SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 154 - 06/07/2023 16:08:22 2492705 Link 1 |
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Oh and I forgot to add.!! Remeber that we are a team in transition at the moment.. !!! :)
SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 154 - 06/07/2023 16:12:47 2492706 Link 1 |
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No one involved with the Dublin team will be taking Monaghan for granted. You may be certain of that. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3441 - 06/07/2023 16:27:26 2492710 Link 1 |
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I'm all for supporting the west but aside from last year, you cannot put Galway in the same bracket as the other three for consistent business end participants over the past 10 years. The freakish part is that it was this year that Monaghan got to a semi when they probably should have made one before this. As poster says below, Monaghan have been operating at a top level for a long time now. I think the Connacht teams peaked too soon and were a bit burned out by the end. definitely Mayo did, probably Roscommon and a certain degree with Galway. Galway have also been very unlucky with injuries. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1000 - 06/07/2023 16:43:29 2492716 Link 0 |
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Horrible reply from him. Apparently, Monaghan are one of the big boys now and don't need to show any respect to their neighbours.
Fontofwisdom (Cavan) - Posts: 128 - 06/07/2023 17:11:52 2492726 Link 1 |
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I agree with your last sentence, there isn't a kick of a ball between those teams you mention. Should of, would of could be said by many teams in certain games. The reality is Monaghan got the small breaks this season and deserve to be in an All Ireland semi final. Galway got those breaks last season and ended up in an All Ireland Final where they could of won it. They didn't get overwhelmed against one of the top two and just fell short after a great performance. Luck turned against Galway this year and there is no guarantee Monaghan will be able to fall the right side of the close games next season, with the similar standard of the teams you mentioned it is unlikely everything will fall for them again. It's why this is Monaghan's opportunity. Galway proved last season teams around their level can push on and compete for the All Ireland when they build momentum. The big question is can Monaghan compete when they get to the latter stages and be competitive in these games! We'll know next weekend. sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 06/07/2023 17:36:20 2492730 Link 0 |
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Yeah sorry
McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 87 - 06/07/2023 19:50:03 2492749 Link 0 |
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Nice video on Monaghan here, realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8729 - 06/07/2023 22:22:11 2492764 Link 0 |
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Just ignore that Cavanman
Shelbourne1 (Monaghan) - Posts: 406 - 06/07/2023 22:33:33 2492769 Link 1 |
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How much further do you think a team can go In Gaelic football terms? There only is the all ireland final ? Your comment might be appropriate after the first or second round of the provincial championship. We are in the last four and damn proud and maybe we can go to the last step ….
greysoil (Monaghan) - Posts: 965 - 06/07/2023 23:03:41 2492772 Link 1 |
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Dublin and Kerry are away out ahead of everyone else and both will win their semifinals by 7 to 10 points. The chasing pack has fallen further behind. Monaghan getting to an all ireland semifinal this year is equal in achievement to either Dublin or kerry winning this years sam maguire and they are getting every ounce of effort and committment out of each and every man on thier panel and it is a credit to them and i would be delighted to be proved wrong with above prediction. Coaches in Ulster need to wake up and move on from the negative defensive football they are playing and at least with kerry or Dublin it will be a victory for attacking skillful football that will attract both players and spectators to the game. breffnibluewhite (Cavan) - Posts: 484 - 06/07/2023 23:19:16 2492774 Link 1 |
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Did you actually just put Mayo and Galway in the same category as Kerry and Dublin? Nowhere near the same level. Best wishes to Monaghan in the semi, absolutely nobody gets to a semi final on luck, you get there from hard work skill and determination. A great traditional footballing county and would be great to see ye go all the way. Best of luck
Hurlingmad12 (Westmeath) - Posts: 27 - 06/07/2023 23:29:37 2492777 Link 0 |
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No one involved with the Dublin team will be taking Monaghan for granted. You may be certain of that. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 1661 - 06/07/2023 16:27:26 After beating Clare, Kildare and Armagh no team should be taking Monaghan for granted. RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 883 - 07/07/2023 09:27:55 2492787 Link 0 |
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You forgot tyrone
Dcgael (Monaghan) - Posts: 11 - 07/07/2023 09:39:02 2492788 Link 0 |
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And who have Kerry beaten, Cork, Louth and a tyrone team that we beat off their own field
monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 409 - 07/07/2023 09:51:06 2492791 Link 2 |
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you forgot about Tyrone and also our draw agianst Derry (which we should have won).. 2 Div 1 and 3 Div 2 teams this year in the championship.. pretty decent. we had no Div 3 or Div 4 teams in our group ;)
SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 154 - 07/07/2023 09:55:10 2492794 Link 0 |
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Well they won't be! Some counties - not claiming that Monaghan are one as they seem to just get on with things - like to create a picture of themselves as being disrespected. That may be the case regarding some pundits and even some supporters but the likes of Dublin and Kerry and Limerick don't go into games against anyone with that attitude. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3441 - 07/07/2023 10:28:10 2492813 Link 1 |
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Why has this turned into a bickering match. Lets look forward to next weekend. Look at the positives. countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 289 - 07/07/2023 11:13:56 2492839 Link 5 |
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Well they won't be! Some counties - not claiming that Monaghan are one as they seem to just get on with things - like to create a picture of themselves as being disrespected. That may be the case regarding some pundits and even some supporters but the likes of Dublin and Kerry and Limerick don't go into games against anyone with that attitude. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 1663 - 07/07/2023 10:28:10 Very true the Dubs will have to be very careful but i don't think that Monaghan will score enough to trouble the Dubs but if they can stop the Dublin ones from walking in 2 or 3 goals which they seem to do most games that will give them a fighting chance. RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 883 - 07/07/2023 11:21:42 2492844 Link 0 |