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Replying To 222:  "We had a decent team from say 2013 to 2019 in the small ball regularly competing with donegal sligo and tyrone whos stakes have risen dramatically in the past few years. That team broke up but secured a lory Meagher to its credit. It looks very bleak now alright, probably lowest ranked team on the island. Unfortunately the game is at dead at club level and young players aren't enticed to play. Who do you blame? Only so much that can be done."
The county board can only do so much it's up to any hurling people in the county to step up and not be found wanting

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 09/03/2025 21:28:42    2595632

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Replying To MrPBoylan:  "3rd division from what I can see"
They won the Ulster u20 hurling dev league where they played Cavan, Fermanagh and Leitrim. That's the 3rd level in Ulster U20 hurling league …

Cavan have 3 hurling clubs, 2 in Fermanagh and 3 in Leitrim ….

Many were quick to praise POC but what did he do for hurling?

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 734 - 09/03/2025 22:24:54    2595638

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Replying To veterngaa:  "They won the Ulster u20 hurling dev league where they played Cavan, Fermanagh and Leitrim. That's the 3rd level in Ulster U20 hurling league …

Cavan have 3 hurling clubs, 2 in Fermanagh and 3 in Leitrim ….

Many were quick to praise POC but what did he do for hurling?"
A scotstown man albeit a bar stooler like yourself should be in no position to criticise hurling within the county and POC…what is 1 of the biggest clubs in ulster contributing to the local hurling scene… exactly nothing….

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 567 - 10/03/2025 07:35:21    2595657

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Replying To farneygael3:  "The county board can only do so much it's up to any hurling people in the county to step up and not be found wanting"
The only positive thing the CB done for hurling was getting the current u20 manager involved with the development squads 4/5 years ago. Those 19/20year olds will be starting to feed through now. The disband brigade out in force as usual looking to bury hurling and Ulster hurling. My own county promoted to Division 1 yesterday and 6 of the 9 will be competing in the top 2 divisions next year. It has been a tough year so far for the Monaghan seniors they should have been one of the favourites to get promoted to division 3 but that's sport it's not all roses. You would be best served getting involved with a club than being a barstool pundit

BaileCrann (Down) - Posts: 66 - 10/03/2025 12:19:23    2595736

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Replying To mick2007:  "A scotstown man albeit a bar stooler like yourself should be in no position to criticise hurling within the county and POC…what is 1 of the biggest clubs in ulster contributing to the local hurling scene… exactly nothing…."
POC remit was to develop football and hurling so I think some criticism is warranted if you want to understand the core of the problem. Not sure how you expect a club with no history of hurling to magically start a hurling club with no hurling coaches etc

That comes from the county games managed, POC and long term strategic plan. It starts from
Schools, developing coaches etc

Not from your childish view … big club should be fielding a club for the sake of it. Would you stop the manure from your mouth

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 734 - 10/03/2025 18:10:17    2595831

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Replying To BaileCrann:  "The only positive thing the CB done for hurling was getting the current u20 manager involved with the development squads 4/5 years ago. Those 19/20year olds will be starting to feed through now. The disband brigade out in force as usual looking to bury hurling and Ulster hurling. My own county promoted to Division 1 yesterday and 6 of the 9 will be competing in the top 2 divisions next year. It has been a tough year so far for the Monaghan seniors they should have been one of the favourites to get promoted to division 3 but that's sport it's not all roses. You would be best served getting involved with a club than being a barstool pundit"
No bar stool talk here. The senior team is bottom of the lowest division possible so essentially the worst in Ireland. The club game is next to extinct. As mentioned on here the youth aren't uptaking hurling. Congratulations to the under 20s on there final win a lot rests on there shoulders it seems.

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 10/03/2025 20:45:20    2595858

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Like a man said nobody grows up wanting to be Gary Neville. And the vast majority of young lads in Monaghan don't want to grow up to be Monaghan hurlers.

latefortraining (Monaghan) - Posts: 127 - 10/03/2025 21:32:29    2595862

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Replying To veterngaa:  "POC remit was to develop football and hurling so I think some criticism is warranted if you want to understand the core of the problem. Not sure how you expect a club with no history of hurling to magically start a hurling club with no hurling coaches etc

That comes from the county games managed, POC and long term strategic plan. It starts from
Schools, developing coaches etc

Not from your childish view … big club should be fielding a club for the sake of it. Would you stop the manure from your mouth"
What a load of tripe coming from the "Manure Man" himself. There are more men from hurling counties living in the United Parishes than in any other part of the County. You need to get up of the stool and take a look around.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 450 - 11/03/2025 02:54:51    2595882

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Replying To latefortraining:  "Like a man said nobody grows up wanting to be Gary Neville. And the vast majority of young lads in Monaghan don't want to grow up to be Monaghan hurlers."
Well tbh, many people should.... v.successful footballer and on the back of that, one of the most successful businessmen in Manchester........

eirekeeper (Monaghan) - Posts: 119 - 11/03/2025 08:58:57    2595892

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Alot of people in the county would prefer for us to take the kilkenny approach to football, and thats a fact

222 (UK) - Posts: 837 - 11/03/2025 09:54:28    2595897

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Replying To 222:  "Alot of people in the county would prefer for us to take the kilkenny approach to football, and thats a fact"
Kilkenny football is good though they just have no appetite at county level for it. I think they have a structured senior/inter/junior championship at club level. I was looking at the Monaghan website to see what level of games are played and cant see too many juvenile games is it just blitzes? It needs to be grown at grassroots to have any chance. I see on website also there is a hurling officer, what is his remits and should it not be to develop the game

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 11/03/2025 12:27:48    2595923

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Replying To farneygael3:  "Kilkenny football is good though they just have no appetite at county level for it. I think they have a structured senior/inter/junior championship at club level. I was looking at the Monaghan website to see what level of games are played and cant see too many juvenile games is it just blitzes? It needs to be grown at grassroots to have any chance. I see on website also there is a hurling officer, what is his remits and should it not be to develop the game"
His remit comes from the Co.Board coaching committee and the Co Games Dev Manager - formerly POC.

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 734 - 12/03/2025 08:22:20    2596031

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Replying To veterngaa:  "His remit comes from the Co.Board coaching committee and the Co Games Dev Manager - formerly POC."
Maybe Macartan will have a strategic plan for hurling development in the County

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 12/03/2025 11:13:43    2596050

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Any word on fresh injuries or injured players coming back

Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 12/03/2025 11:29:13    2596053

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Replying To farneygael3:  "Maybe Macartan will have a strategic plan for hurling development in the County"
Maybe he will just strengthen the Parishes :-)

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 734 - 12/03/2025 11:32:14    2596054

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Replying To 222:  "Alot of people in the county would prefer for us to take the kilkenny approach to football, and thats a fact"
id hold my hands up and admit to this. monaghan is fortunate to have a dominant sport and be reasonably good at it...id prefer to see zero hurling in the county and witness us win a sam maguire in my lifetime rather than humour a small minority and push for progress here

MalsBalls (Monaghan) - Posts: 215 - 12/03/2025 12:45:51    2596070

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Replying To MalsBalls:  "id hold my hands up and admit to this. monaghan is fortunate to have a dominant sport and be reasonably good at it...id prefer to see zero hurling in the county and witness us win a sam maguire in my lifetime rather than humour a small minority and push for progress here"
I can't stand this narrow and hopeless viewpoint. It is the anthesis of the GAA ethos.

To push your point to the inevitable conclusion let us: close all the swimming pools, dig up the running tracks, ban the soccer clubs, dissolve the Monaghan rugby team (funnily located in the United Parishes), no more darts, no more pool/snooker and god help you if you wanted to play Basketball or tennis. You can't because if it isn't football, it's not worth the time of day.

MrPBoylan (Monaghan) - Posts: 233 - 12/03/2025 13:15:31    2596073

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Replying To MrPBoylan:  "I can't stand this narrow and hopeless viewpoint. It is the anthesis of the GAA ethos.

To push your point to the inevitable conclusion let us: close all the swimming pools, dig up the running tracks, ban the soccer clubs, dissolve the Monaghan rugby team (funnily located in the United Parishes), no more darts, no more pool/snooker and god help you if you wanted to play Basketball or tennis. You can't because if it isn't football, it's not worth the time of day."
thats not realistic, nor is what i said to be fair but you missed my point - i have no real grá for hurling and prefer football - simple as that

MalsBalls (Monaghan) - Posts: 215 - 12/03/2025 14:27:27    2596086

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Replying To MalsBalls:  "id hold my hands up and admit to this. monaghan is fortunate to have a dominant sport and be reasonably good at it...id prefer to see zero hurling in the county and witness us win a sam maguire in my lifetime rather than humour a small minority and push for progress here"
With the amount of hurling grants coming into the county to buy footballs the county NEEDS the hurling ;-)

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 12/03/2025 15:46:50    2596105

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Replying To MrPBoylan:  "I can't stand this narrow and hopeless viewpoint. It is the anthesis of the GAA ethos.

To push your point to the inevitable conclusion let us: close all the swimming pools, dig up the running tracks, ban the soccer clubs, dissolve the Monaghan rugby team (funnily located in the United Parishes), no more darts, no more pool/snooker and god help you if you wanted to play Basketball or tennis. You can't because if it isn't football, it's not worth the time of day."
You are away off man. Those other sports belong to altogether different organizations'. GAA football clubs don't promote those organization's' sports. If there are enough people who want hurling, then hurling will thrive just like running, swimming and rugby do.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 450 - 12/03/2025 19:07:03    2596134

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