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Doubt he wants to take a step backwards
Bernardo (Monaghan) - Posts: 618 - 24/02/2026 08:58:10 2658296 Link 0 |
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Maybe I could be wrong but just have the feeling the monaghan lads aren't all that excited by the mgmt team this year. GB is a good man but he sounds a bit resigned in interviews. I noticed he didn't do his usual post match one on Sunday id say the dressing room was shut for a good bit after the game not about the defeat but the manner of it total capitulation. Andy Moran seemed to be v popular with the players and hasn't really been replaced.
seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1952 - 24/02/2026 10:29:32 2658309 Link 1 |
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What I feel about this is that guys like Barry McBennett and Joel Wilson for example were starting to establish themselves, particularly McBennet, and now they are gone. I felt McBennet didn't get credit for how he performed in 2024 when he looked to me like he should have at least been given a first shot at a starting place on the team. I know no one is entitled to play but he seemed to be gone very quickly having done very well in some of the championship games that year. It feels like a number of talented players have been let slip by.
PolicemanFox (Monaghan) - Posts: 210 - 24/02/2026 12:09:11 2658333 Link 0 |
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Thoughts in those clubs in Dublin is that he has a shelf life and that he is pretty hands off but creates the structure and environment for success but maybe doesn't have the tools when it goes sideways to recovery unless he has a good number two. The loss of Andy Moran may be the catalyst for the same fate now with Monaghan MrPBoylan (Monaghan) - Posts: 303 - 24/02/2026 13:32:37 2658354 Link 0 |
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The talent isn't out there. If you list the absolute best players in the county regardless of their county status the two Hughes brothers, Beggan, Ward, Ryan Wylie are in the top 10 and all are over 30. Following that you can add McCarthy, O'Hanlon and Bannigan who are all near 30 - after that there's very little else worth talking about in comparison to the talent in Armagh, Donegal, Mayo, Kerry, etc.. Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 261 - 24/02/2026 14:17:30 2658362 Link 0 |
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U20s ? All ireland finalists 2 years ago what talent has armagh donegal coming through maybe derry and tyrone
Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 118 - 24/02/2026 18:32:59 2658436 Link 0 |