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Replying To Eddie the Exile: "The antics along the sideline during the first semi final in Clones are something to behold. Officials doing a good job however. No way this will finish with 15 a side if Scotstown stretch the score." Watching it online was bewildering! The antics on the field! They thought they could get away with murder veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 748 - 08/10/2023 15:35:07 2507342 Link
Purposely didn't attend todays game in clones as I refuse to bring my son to a game involving corduff.. the county board should hang their heads in shame turning a blind eye to 1 incident after another…their antics are a disgrace and stain on the game and it's a almost Cult siege mentality within that club that is disgusting…again money can't buy class…also the sight of McCarron chasing a hollow club medal doesn't sit well with me either…so thankfully I didn't waste my sunday afternoon going to clones mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 570 - 08/10/2023 16:15:55 2507348 Link
Replying To mick2007: "Purposely didn't attend todays game in clones as I refuse to bring my son to a game involving corduff.. the county board should hang their heads in shame turning a blind eye to 1 incident after another…their antics are a disgrace and stain on the game and it's a almost Cult siege mentality within that club that is disgusting…again money can't buy class…also the sight of McCarron chasing a hollow club medal doesn't sit well with me either…so thankfully I didn't waste my sunday afternoon going to clones" At home is the place for you veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 748 - 08/10/2023 16:27:22 2507351 Link
Let the battle of north v south momaghan begin. Comfortable wins today for both teams, corduff really embarrassed themselves I must say and in the end class always wins. Inniskeen look impressive, shades of ballybay 2012 in how it is shaping up. Scotstown 11th final on the spin, inniskeens first in 33 years and we all know how dramatic that was. Will there be a dance in billy Brennans barn in two weeks or will mick Duffy go back to its more recidence along the breggan. Let the mind games begin 222 (UK) - Posts: 844 - 08/10/2023 19:44:34 2507407 Link
Inniskeen for the senior double? Who would of thought of that at the start of the year, Pet (Monaghan) - Posts: 24 - 08/10/2023 20:09:26 2507417 Link
He should get a 5 year ban disgraceful stamp Edd,South(EU) (Monaghan) - Posts: 60 - 08/10/2023 22:46:27 2507449 Link
Replying To Pet: "Inniskeen for the senior double? Who would of thought of that at the start of the year," Has it been done before in Monaghan? eirekeeper (Monaghan) - Posts: 121 - 09/10/2023 00:32:19 2507459 Link
In almost 40 years of attending great senior club championship games in Clones, I can't remember seeing one with as much going on as the first one in Clones yesterday. It was tough to know where to look at times. The side line was packed with mentors on both sides having a go at each other, every free there was men upended by the opposition. Officials done well to keep it under wraps and to keep control of it. A shameful stamp on Jack McCarron near the end was Corduff throwing in the towel. Fair play to them on a great year but I have to say yesterday their antics were disgraceful. Inniskeen like Scotstown seemed to be going through the motions yesterday. Makes for a north vs south final which could go any way. People will give Inniskeen little chance but that is exactly what they will want. They have been impressive all year and I think the 75 year wait will end in two weeks. Inniskeen by 2. Monaghansclown (Monaghan) - Posts: 189 - 09/10/2023 10:34:31 2507501 Link
Replying To Edd,South(EU): "He should get a 5 year ban disgraceful stamp" I wouldn't be one for hyperbole but I don't disagree with the above. If this was a video from an incident on the street he'd be looking at attempted manslaughter - that's not an exaggeration. He's stamped down on the back of another humans head, caught him full flush and followed through without any restraint. At best he's wearing moulded stud boots, most likely steel tipped. The only thing that saved Jack from serious bodily harm is that his head hit grass, which would have gave way somewhat to the force being applied. If this was a dry day, he could and most likely would be in serious danger of a skull fracture. He also showed absolutely no remorse for his actions, seeking further confrontation immediately with scotstowns substitute player, ripping his jersey. I'm no scotstown fan and have played adult football for 15 years, suffering all sorts of broken bones and injuries - but if that outrageous premeditated attack yesterday doesn't receive a severe further punishment, I'd be genuinely worried for what players think they'll get away with going forward. Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 199 - 09/10/2023 10:39:48 2507504 Link
Replying To Jjoniel79: "I wouldn't be one for hyperbole but I don't disagree with the above. If this was a video from an incident on the street he'd be looking at attempted manslaughter - that's not an exaggeration. He's stamped down on the back of another humans head, caught him full flush and followed through without any restraint. At best he's wearing moulded stud boots, most likely steel tipped. The only thing that saved Jack from serious bodily harm is that his head hit grass, which would have gave way somewhat to the force being applied. If this was a dry day, he could and most likely would be in serious danger of a skull fracture. He also showed absolutely no remorse for his actions, seeking further confrontation immediately with scotstowns substitute player, ripping his jersey. I'm no scotstown fan and have played adult football for 15 years, suffering all sorts of broken bones and injuries - but if that outrageous premeditated attack yesterday doesn't receive a severe further punishment, I'd be genuinely worried for what players think they'll get away with going forward." Totally agree. Disgraceful and extremely dangerous. Good to see Inniskeen advance. North v South Pole should be a cracker. MuineachanAbu (Monaghan) - Posts: 660 - 09/10/2023 11:51:04 2507531 Link
Replying To Jjoniel79: "I wouldn't be one for hyperbole but I don't disagree with the above. If this was a video from an incident on the street he'd be looking at attempted manslaughter - that's not an exaggeration. He's stamped down on the back of another humans head, caught him full flush and followed through without any restraint. At best he's wearing moulded stud boots, most likely steel tipped. The only thing that saved Jack from serious bodily harm is that his head hit grass, which would have gave way somewhat to the force being applied. If this was a dry day, he could and most likely would be in serious danger of a skull fracture. He also showed absolutely no remorse for his actions, seeking further confrontation immediately with scotstowns substitute player, ripping his jersey. I'm no scotstown fan and have played adult football for 15 years, suffering all sorts of broken bones and injuries - but if that outrageous premeditated attack yesterday doesn't receive a severe further punishment, I'd be genuinely worried for what players think they'll get away with going forward." Totally agree, Corduff should be ashamed, and to be fair I think a lot of there supporters were, but the reality is the Corduff Management know that the players have not got the footballing ability to win games so this is all they had to offer. Credit has to go to Scotstown for not getting overly involved in it and letting there footballing ability do the talking, could not have been easy, as I believe the verbal's on field were every bit as bad as the physical. Corduff simply have no filter. Looking forward to a good Final, as I think its fair to say the 2 current best teams are in it, and no matter who wins it I'm just glad it wont be Corduff . stefon (Monaghan) - Posts: 17 - 09/10/2023 12:35:23 2507545 Link
Replying To stefon: "Totally agree, Corduff should be ashamed, and to be fair I think a lot of there supporters were, but the reality is the Corduff Management know that the players have not got the footballing ability to win games so this is all they had to offer. Credit has to go to Scotstown for not getting overly involved in it and letting there footballing ability do the talking, could not have been easy, as I believe the verbal's on field were every bit as bad as the physical. Corduff simply have no filter. Looking forward to a good Final, as I think its fair to say the 2 current best teams are in it, and no matter who wins it I'm just glad it wont be Corduff ." Money sees monkey does… to witness any team being sent out to behave like that should leave a very very sour taste in the mouth of every genuine corduff supporter…money aside no 1 man should be holding his own club and there reputation to ransom… mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 570 - 09/10/2023 13:07:57 2507552 Link
Best 2 teams rightly in the final with Scotstown being the favourites. Inniskeen will not fear Scotstown in the slightest and the expected hype in the lead up considering their 33 year gap from being in a senior county final should make for a good build up. Injuries will be key over the next 2 weeks for both sides. MuineachanAbu (Monaghan) - Posts: 660 - 09/10/2023 13:26:04 2507557 Link
Replying To stefon: "Totally agree, Corduff should be ashamed, and to be fair I think a lot of there supporters were, but the reality is the Corduff Management know that the players have not got the footballing ability to win games so this is all they had to offer. Credit has to go to Scotstown for not getting overly involved in it and letting there footballing ability do the talking, could not have been easy, as I believe the verbal's on field were every bit as bad as the physical. Corduff simply have no filter. Looking forward to a good Final, as I think its fair to say the 2 current best teams are in it, and no matter who wins it I'm just glad it wont be Corduff ." Callan came on and I counted one hand pass as his contribution to the game. He immediately went into the face of Kieran Hughes when he came on to the pitch and was constantly at Kieran from that moment onwards, along with a couple of others who actually chased Kieran up the sideline at one stage to provioke a reaction, when none was originally forthcoming. Kieran was probably rightly taken off as it was going to be very hard to remain calm under this constant antagonising and they would not want him reacting and getting a ban for the final. Callan then started on Shane Carey, was at Ross McKenna and numerous others before the stamping incident. He is a disgrace to any team and it was disappointing to see young kids running up to him afterwards and patting him on the back etc. If he is a role model for any juvenile player, the club is in a dire state. He was far from alone and other than maybe Feral Hanratty, every Corduff player was employing the same filthy tactics. This is their tactic in every game, inc;luding last year's disgraceful displays during their run at the Ulster Intermediate and the club, not just individual players should be sanctioned. Kimberlite (Monaghan) - Posts: 37 - 09/10/2023 13:39:32 2507566 Link
After all the hype, bluster and cash thrown behind the Corduff team, the latest venture into management by Seamus ends in the failure we all knew was coming. Forget the talk of achievement reaching a semi, this was a failure, and an abject one at that. Nobody will care or remember who the semi final losers were in about 2 weeks time. Why did anyone believe it would be different? There is no real football pedigree in that Corduff panel. The starters were the definition of mediocre yesterday . Lads that failed with Intermediate teams starting in key positions will not cut it against Scotstown. The antics and petty violence were all a sideshow, but once it came up against a proper outfit it was lights out. Targeting of Kieran Hughes a disgrace, almost personal it seemed- he handled the situation with class. Why would he bother responding to that wolf pack? Contrast all that with the football Inniskeen played yesterday. It was great stuff at times. You'd be hoping for a classic final now. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1192 - 09/10/2023 15:50:52 2507598 Link
Replying To Jjoniel79: "I wouldn't be one for hyperbole but I don't disagree with the above. If this was a video from an incident on the street he'd be looking at attempted manslaughter - that's not an exaggeration. He's stamped down on the back of another humans head, caught him full flush and followed through without any restraint. At best he's wearing moulded stud boots, most likely steel tipped. The only thing that saved Jack from serious bodily harm is that his head hit grass, which would have gave way somewhat to the force being applied. If this was a dry day, he could and most likely would be in serious danger of a skull fracture. He also showed absolutely no remorse for his actions, seeking further confrontation immediately with scotstowns substitute player, ripping his jersey. I'm no scotstown fan and have played adult football for 15 years, suffering all sorts of broken bones and injuries - but if that outrageous premeditated attack yesterday doesn't receive a severe further punishment, I'd be genuinely worried for what players think they'll get away with going forward." Absolutely agree, Is there any precedent for the law getting involved with an incident that happened on a football pitch? That wasn't a footballing act or a result of physical play and roughness, that was a criminal act. Between him and that thug from kilkoo theres a worrying trend of players getting away with outright assault on the football pitch. I know the camera's are everywhere these days and its always been the way but surely now's the time to stamp it out when we actually have the technology. That yesterday could very easily have been a fatal strike, and even if he does get the book of law thrown at him that corduff lad can count himself very lucky he didnt seriously injure McCarron Mickod88 (Monaghan) - Posts: 49 - 09/10/2023 16:57:47 2507618 Link
Absolutely crazy scenes yesterday in Clones. All explained very clearly in earlier posts! It has to be admired how well disciplined Scotstown were throughout it all. Never once did they retaliate to the nonsense which corduff brought.D Hughes got a little entertainment out of Callan when he was lined. K Hughes in particular.. he was targeted big time and never acknowledged them. Very good to see and was brilliant to watch him back to his best. He played a massive part while he was on. Hard to judge how good Scotstown actually are going by yesterday playing against that effort of an opposition. Hard to know where Corduff will go now. Would be embarrassed if I was a genuine supporter from there. The second game definitely wasn't as exciting but it was football being played. Inniskeen were impressive. Their forwards are brilliant to watch, all very fast, direct and capable of scoring. Clontibret looked like they couldn't get going at all. Only player for them who performed was Hughes in midfield. He totally nullified the Louth player infact he did not catch one kickout at all. MP O Dowd added something for 10 minutes just. The rest of the yellow men looked sluggish and struggled to get going. A lot of wides and drop shorts which cost them in the end. Very good final to look forward to. Inniskeen will be well up for this and will bring massive support just like Scotstown. Hopefully lives up to the expectations and we see a good final. countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 289 - 09/10/2023 17:18:35 2507623 Link
So does all this mean Corduff can go back to being completely irrelevant again? Dread88 (Monaghan) - Posts: 2 - 09/10/2023 17:25:49 2507625 Link
Replying To Kimberlite: "Callan came on and I counted one hand pass as his contribution to the game. He immediately went into the face of Kieran Hughes when he came on to the pitch and was constantly at Kieran from that moment onwards, along with a couple of others who actually chased Kieran up the sideline at one stage to provioke a reaction, when none was originally forthcoming. Kieran was probably rightly taken off as it was going to be very hard to remain calm under this constant antagonising and they would not want him reacting and getting a ban for the final. Callan then started on Shane Carey, was at Ross McKenna and numerous others before the stamping incident. He is a disgrace to any team and it was disappointing to see young kids running up to him afterwards and patting him on the back etc. If he is a role model for any juvenile player, the club is in a dire state. He was far from alone and other than maybe Feral Hanratty, every Corduff player was employing the same filthy tactics. This is their tactic in every game, inc;luding last year's disgraceful displays during their run at the Ulster Intermediate and the club, not just individual players should be sanctioned." A team managed by ***, some of whom people on this forum were fanatical in support of as mentors of our county team. Thankfully on moral grounds I made a decision not to attend a county game over that 3 year period. I now feel fully vindicated. Hatchet men can only get a team so far and hopefully now the Corduff club members will decide that enough is enough and try to take back their club and restore it's image from the gutter that it now inhabits. Judging from messages I had from friends around the country today it will take a lot to change their opinion of what the Corduff club stands for. Money and ego will not suffice. Finally while not a fan of Scotstown and some of their carry on, one has to give their team and mentors great credit for how the carried themselves In the face of pure thuggery. Having said that I will be hoping for an Inniskeen win in the final. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan)** - Posts: 479 - 09/10/2023 20:04:55 2507645 Link
I know the Scotstown v Corduff clash on Sunday is getting all the air time for the wrong reasons . But on a positive note if anyone was in Inniskeen on Saturday night for the Blackhill v Drumhowan semi final they weren't disappointed . Two team went at it hammer and tongue , there were some savage hits in the first 15 minitues , credit to both teams who got on with it , No off the ball stuff , great batlles all over the pitch especailly between Donnolly and McElearney Hugh Byrne put in a serious shift. Should be a great final with Tyholland . latefortraining (Monaghan) - Posts: 127 - 10/10/2023 09:09:25 2507670 Link