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Replying To Shelbourne1:  "You must be joking. 4 minor teams in Ulster finals. Won 2 of them. Then when we lost a final on penalties we reach All Ireland final the same year. We shouldn't be in the B competition ........a disaster of a season & last year not much better !"
The begrudgers are out. Roll on the semi final with our future senior manager & Dermot Malone as trainer in 2027. Watch this space

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 202 - 03/05/2025 17:23:16    2606466

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Replying To Shelbourne1:  "You must be joking. 4 minor teams in Ulster finals. Won 2 of them. Then when we lost a final on penalties we reach All Ireland final the same year. We shouldn't be in the B competition ........a disaster of a season & last year not much better !"
Exactly.
The amount of serial losers in here happy to be competing in a Tier 2 comp when there is enough quality in the team push for tier 1 all Irelands says it all.
Tier 2 is for the Fermanaghs/Antrims etc. it's a waste of time for players of that level.
Glad to see the management has found their level though.

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 44 - 03/05/2025 18:44:20    2606481

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Exactly.
The amount of serial losers in here happy to be competing in a Tier 2 comp when there is enough quality in the team push for tier 1 all Irelands says it all.
Tier 2 is for the Fermanaghs/Antrims etc. it's a waste of time for players of that level.
Glad to see the management has found their level though."
But Players are being developed now after years of ignoring it. Minors also had an impressive win today. MONAGHAN ABU

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 202 - 03/05/2025 20:38:14    2606505

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Exactly.
The amount of serial losers in here happy to be competing in a Tier 2 comp when there is enough quality in the team push for tier 1 all Irelands says it all.
Tier 2 is for the Fermanaghs/Antrims etc. it's a waste of time for players of that level.
Glad to see the management has found their level though."
But Players are being developed now after years of ignoring it. Minors also had an impressive win today. MONAGHAN ABU

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 202 - 03/05/2025 20:50:36    2606511

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Replying To Eddie the Exile:  "2008 dumped by Fermanagh
2011 Humbled by Offaly
2012 caught by Down and Laois
2016 shocked by Longford
2017 shocked again by Down
2018 shocked by Fermanagh
2019 beaten by Cavan
2020 blew it against Cavan
2024 well bet by Cavan

Of all teams I don't think Monaghan have any reason to be talking about a straightforward draw. History says we have no capacity to deliver when expected to."
Think this team is a lot more humble than those sides who on their day were right up there. Only problem was they couldn't get themselves up for the supposed easier games. Can you imagine Tyrone or Donegal of that time losing to down and fermanagh in consecutive semi finals. The group we have now are more focused. The stint in div 2 did them no harm. The leinster final and how it turns out will have a major bearing on this group. Think if louth win it given the history it will be huge and they will find it difficult to come back down to earth for a local Derby with monaghan. Meath if they back beating the dubs up with leinster title would be a much tougher proposition. Heading along Sunday regardless to croke Park as massive game and should be great occasion.

seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1882 - 06/05/2025 10:09:19    2607016

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All of the games listed by Exile were really that much of a shock? If you look at league position as a mark of how good a team is then 2011, 2016, 2017 & 2020 were shocks. The others not so much. See in bold below...

2008: Fermanagh 1st in Div 3 - Mon 3rd in Div 2
2011: Offaly 4th in Div3 - Mon relegated Div 1
2012: Down and Laois. Down 3rd in Div 1 and Laois relegated from Div 1 - Mon relegated from Div 2 to Div 3
2016: Longford 4th in Div 3 - Mon 6th in Div 1
2017: Down 6th in Div 2 - Mon 4th in Div 1
2018: Fermanagh 2nd in Div 2 - Mon 3rd in Div 1
2019: Cavan 8th in Div 1 - Mon 6th in Div 1
2020: Cavan 7th in Div 2 - Mon 6th in Div 1
2024: Cavan 3rd in Div 2 - Mon 8th in Div 1

2008 Fermanagh on the rise with Malachy
2012 lost to two Div 1 teams. Down in AI final in 2011.
2018 Fermanagh going well under RG (now of Corduff)
2019 Cavan on the rise with Mickey Graham and Martin Corey. Made 2019 USFC final.
2020 Cavan win USFC after making final in 2019.
2024 Monaghan on slide and Cavan going well under Galligan. Roles reversed a little in 2025.

MrPBoylan (Monaghan) - Posts: 234 - 07/05/2025 10:34:23    2607290

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