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Replying To veterngaa:  "Kilcoo beat a team who drank for a week and then a team who Scotstown beat by more last year. Not to mention scraping over the line in down a few times. A lot of people predicting on nostalgia…. People forget this Kilcoo team have filled the togs in Ulster finals .. they have won only 2 from their 6 finals. Loss on Sunday and it's 2 from 7.

They are talked about as this unbeatable machine"
When you get 2 ulsters and an all Ireland title in the bag, then maybe you'll be in a position to accuse a team like kilcoo with all home grown talent of "filling the togs"………

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 626 - 12/12/2025 07:07:32    2648050

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Replying To veterngaa:  "Kilcoo beat a team who drank for a week and then a team who Scotstown beat by more last year. Not to mention scraping over the line in down a few times. A lot of people predicting on nostalgia…. People forget this Kilcoo team have filled the togs in Ulster finals .. they have won only 2 from their 6 finals. Loss on Sunday and it's 2 from 7.

They are talked about as this unbeatable machine"
Says a supporter of a team who have filled their togs in their last 3 final appearances. 2 from 6 looks a lot better than 0 from 3.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 886 - 12/12/2025 11:40:47    2648073

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Replying To mick2007:  "When you get 2 ulsters and an all Ireland title in the bag, then maybe you'll be in a position to accuse a team like kilcoo with all home grown talent of "filling the togs"………"
The point stands. They are glorified as this team that has won all around them when in reality they have massively under achieved on the Ulster circuit. When they lose on Saturday it will be 3 in a row lost.

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 915 - 12/12/2025 11:42:08    2648075

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Replying To veterngaa:  "The point stands. They are glorified as this team that has won all around them when in reality they have massively under achieved on the Ulster circuit. When they lose on Saturday it will be 3 in a row lost."
It will be 4 in a row lost.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 886 - 12/12/2025 14:34:07    2648120

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Replying To veterngaa:  "The point stands. They are glorified as this team that has won all around them when in reality they have massively under achieved on the Ulster circuit. When they lose on Saturday it will be 3 in a row lost."
Personally, I'll never be able to see a place as small as Kilcoo as being under achievers due to 'only' winning two Ulster clubs and an all Ireland. They are the ultimate over achievers.
Underachievement would be if a club had say, 4 villages combined, the most registered players in Ulster in 2023, and also transferred in an intercounty player from a club 20 minutes down the road, and still not having an Ulster medal.

HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 282 - 12/12/2025 20:11:32    2648164

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Sleep well as tomorrow we celebrate

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 480 - 12/12/2025 22:01:36    2648171

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Replying To HB245:  "Personally, I'll never be able to see a place as small as Kilcoo as being under achievers due to 'only' winning two Ulster clubs and an all Ireland. They are the ultimate over achievers.
Underachievement would be if a club had say, 4 villages combined, the most registered players in Ulster in 2023, and also transferred in an intercounty player from a club 20 minutes down the road, and still not having an Ulster medal."
So if they had a bigger population they would be underachieving?

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 915 - 13/12/2025 08:18:43    2648179

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Replying To Clubman57:  "Look at how Scotstown set up, in their defence they get their man to man jobs then you have an arc of men defending with one man at times behind them. When the arc is broken they will be in trouble especially with kilcoo and their pace. A lot of slandering because of the mc currin transfer, from a small club myself this isn't what our game is about but at the same time if Scotstown get the job done nobody can disagree that this will be a huge achievement. Clubs around the county dream of being in this situation and to blood in the amount of young lads they have is phenomenal. Clubs around the county don't blood in 3 or 4 excellent young players in 3 or four years never mind doing it all this year like Scotstown have."
"Clubs around the county don't blood in 3 or 4 excellent young players in 3 or 4 years never mind doing it all this year like Scotstown"…
You're forgetting the small fact that Scotstown have 40+ lads at every age group. Of course they're going to stumble across 3 or 4 lads that can be bed into the senior team each year based purely on the law of averages when you have that many players at each age group.

HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 282 - 13/12/2025 14:01:52    2648209

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How did not Scotstown see that out. Terrible game managment and a man up. Maybe they'll nick in ET

222 (UK) - Posts: 893 - 13/12/2025 19:49:57    2648246

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Replying To 222:  "How did not Scotstown see that out. Terrible game managment and a man up. Maybe they'll nick in ET"
Looking very good for them at half-time in extra time. Surely they can see it out from here.

Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1047 - 13/12/2025 20:15:27    2648249

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As I've said during the Monaghan championship, Scotstown will be in Croke Park this year.

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 480 - 13/12/2025 20:31:53    2648251

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I think it will quite for a while on here!!!! Champions!!!

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 915 - 13/12/2025 20:33:58    2648252

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The transfer in didn't even score over 80minutes and still Ulste Champions!! How sick are those posters tonight??????

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 480 - 13/12/2025 20:34:28    2648253

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There'll not be a cow milked in scotstown/ tedavnet/ ballinode/ knockatallon/ currin in the morning

Cm1 (Monaghan) - Posts: 6 - 13/12/2025 20:46:21    2648256

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Replying To 222:  "How did not Scotstown see that out. Terrible game managment and a man up. Maybe they'll nick in ET"
Rory. Most influential footballer in Monaghan, ever. Enjoy him. There will not be his like again.

Matchwatcher (Monaghan) - Posts: 24 - 13/12/2025 20:48:22    2648257

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Hell of a win for Scotstown. Congrats.

And Beggan scores 11 out of Scotstown's 19pts.
Wow.

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4750 - 13/12/2025 20:55:31    2648262

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Replying To farneygael3:  "As I've said during the Monaghan championship, Scotstown will be in Croke Park this year."
Another big hurdle to jump next with St Brigids and that match will likely be played in Longford or Mullingar?

Fully deserved to win tonight, hard to believe it's taken Scotstown as long to win Ulster with so many Monaghan seasoned campaigners in their ranks.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 635 - 13/12/2025 20:56:58    2648263

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Replying To Matchwatcher:  "Rory. Most influential footballer in Monaghan, ever. Enjoy him. There will not be his like again."
Can't disagree with you there.
They may hard work of it but some win. Well done scotstown fully deserved after many years. Enjoy the celebrations.

222 (UK) - Posts: 893 - 13/12/2025 21:01:24    2648265

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Well done scotstown fully deserved

McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 106 - 13/12/2025 21:02:11    2648266

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Replying To farneygael3:  "As I've said during the Monaghan championship, Scotstown will be in Croke Park this year."
Well done to Scotstown in winning an Ulster title today after several near misses. They now have to beat St Brigid's to get to Croke Park. Fancy St. Brigid's myself as they will be more direct than Kilcoo were today but will need to substantually improve their kickout strategy and win more possession at midfield.
Should be an interesting game between two contrasting styles of play with different game plans. Will the game be played on the 3rd or 4th of January and where is the likely location (Mullingar, Longford, Cavan, Croke Park)?

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 824 - 13/12/2025 21:03:19    2648267

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