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Replying To MonGaa123: "Monaghan are back!! What a display. If they want to push for the ulster championship they will need to draft in a few drumhowan lads. I don't know how 3 of them aren't on the scene at the minute. They cruised the junior championship last year." Only player deserving of playing county football in Junior last year is Conor Leonard who's been unlucky with injuries. Oisin gleeson aswell pushing towards that level deserves a chance imo gave Jason Irwin a roasting last year which resulted in Irwin's boxing experience being brought into the game FarneyView (Monaghan) - Posts: 4 - 30/03/2025 16:48:02 2599489 Link
Ah lads were going well lads bernardo hasn't been on here this weeks happy days Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 30/03/2025 18:37:25 2599513 Link
Replying To Blackcardnot: "Jesus Eddie, I'll take that level of mediocrity any day of the week. Well done us. Monaghan take a bow." Very enjoyable run out to be fair, the lads played some great football at times but have plenty to work on too. Still would like to see a settled no.6, the midfield partner for Mohan sorted, and more scores co.ing from Garland-Jones-Mooney. Great to have a trophy coming home at the end of the evening, but the low key celebrations were good to see. A far cry from the headless yahooing of a few years back Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1169 - 30/03/2025 18:59:36 2599523 Link
A great 2nd half last night. From a defensive point of view, possibly our best showing this year. Once Mohan got on top in midfield it gave our forwards the outlet they needed. It's hard to read too much into it. Roscommon were poor, as were Cavan, Louth, Meath, Westmeath and Cork when we beat them. But you can only beat whoever is in front of you. And one thing Gabriel Bannigan has brought to the team is a feel good factor. It's been a while since a Monaghan team has looked as comfortable on the ball as now. So the Championship should be interesting at the very least. SoNearYetSoFarney (Monaghan) - Posts: 56 - 30/03/2025 19:06:28 2599525 Link
Replying To FarneyView: "20s management were hit with a reality check last night. Management need to take a look at some of their choices and start playing players in their correct position. Callan should be playing 6 in that team with mcginnity starting in that inside forward line. Mulligan and McCaul proved their class and showed why they are on match day panels for their senior teams. Young mccaffrey did exceptional while still being u18. Monaghan defense seemed quite shaky and could be exploited if left exposed. Good players but they need to be positioned correctly!" I see the U20s thumped Cavan today in the replay farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 30/03/2025 19:32:11 2599536 Link
Replying To Farneyblueandwhite: "Ah lads were going well lads bernardo hasn't been on here this weeks happy days" Yeah he's keeping very quiet alright. Lost in thought somewhere in his native Cavan ! Shelbourne1 (Monaghan) - Posts: 396 - 30/03/2025 20:12:56 2599548 Link
Replying To Farneyblueandwhite: "The day that monaghan beat a Tyrone donegal kerry dublin mayo or Galway in a knockout championship match in croker is the day when we're going somewhere this is what's needed in monaghan not div 1 in the league we were there for 10 years and won nothing we need to get to that level and finally compete at the Real top table nobody will remember what league your come may June july" That's the acid test alright. League is league. 222 (UK) - Posts: 837 - 30/03/2025 20:22:49 2599550 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "I see the U20s thumped Cavan today in the replay" That was hurling the footballers are out Wednesday night against derry FarneyView (Monaghan) - Posts: 4 - 30/03/2025 20:40:36 2599553 Link
Replying To FarneyView: "That was hurling the footballers are out Wednesday night against derry" Thought it was knockout. Where is the Derry game farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 162 - 30/03/2025 21:54:30 2599567 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "Thought it was knockout. Where is the Derry game" Ah, like you are interested. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 450 - 30/03/2025 23:51:18 2599589 Link
Replying To Farneyblueandwhite: "The day that monaghan beat a Tyrone donegal kerry dublin mayo or Galway in a knockout championship match in croker is the day when we're going somewhere this is what's needed in monaghan not div 1 in the league we were there for 10 years and won nothing we need to get to that level and finally compete at the Real top table nobody will remember what league your come may June july" Is this the best back handed compliment you can come up with. This is a new Monaghan team that should be carrying no baggage from the past, unlike your good self. They've done little wrong to date and with a few defensive tweaks, and additions, McCaul, Lavelle etc. I think there is potentially an All Ireland in them down the line There is one thing for sure, come July no team from Div 3 or 4 will win Sam. Play regularly against the best to beat the best. Division 1 is the place for us, or any small county, if we have any aspirations for championship success IMO mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1063 - 31/03/2025 00:44:28 2599594 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "Thought it was knockout. Where is the Derry game" It's up in derry, it's group stage then goes into knockout FarneyView (Monaghan) - Posts: 4 - 31/03/2025 07:43:53 2599600 Link
Replying To mhunicean_abu: "Is this the best back handed compliment you can come up with. This is a new Monaghan team that should be carrying no baggage from the past, unlike your good self. They've done little wrong to date and with a few defensive tweaks, and additions, McCaul, Lavelle etc. I think there is potentially an All Ireland in them down the line There is one thing for sure, come July no team from Div 3 or 4 will win Sam. Play regularly against the best to beat the best. Division 1 is the place for us, or any small county, if we have any aspirations for championship success IMO" We played in div 1 from 15 to 24 Longford beat us 2016 fermanagh 2017 down 2018 cavan 19 cavan 20 derry 22 all division 2, 3 and 4 we need to change our mentality and forget about league football we're obsessed with it whether you like to accept the facts or not we need to get to an ulster final which is probably better than 10 years in div 1 imo Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 31/03/2025 10:02:35 2599614 Link
Christ there are some miserable *** on here. Nobody is suggesting that the win Saturday night is an indication that Monaghan are among the frontrunners for Sam, far from it. But at the end of the day it's a national final, and we don't win enough trophies in Monaghan to turn our nose up at that. The lads did it in impressive fashion and I was happy to see the subdued celebrations at FT, as this group know they can achieve more and that's what they're targeting. This group were in the top division for a decade and have bounced straight back, so this should have been the expectation really. But that will be a first trophy for the majority of the panel at this stage, who weren't there for Ulster in 2015. It was great to see young lads like Dylan Byrne show up for his first game in Croker, and put on a great performance and a win - winning is a habit so the more games we play and win there, it's better down the line. So lets be happy we won a game like that playing some lovely football, for a few days at least. They've a few weeks off until Donegal/Derry, and you can be sure they'll be ready for that with the league a memory. patk (Monaghan)** - Posts: 937 - 31/03/2025 11:55:03 2599659 Link
Replying To Farneyblueandwhite: "We played in div 1 from 15 to 24 Longford beat us 2016 fermanagh 2017 down 2018 cavan 19 cavan 20 derry 22 all division 2, 3 and 4 we need to change our mentality and forget about league football we're obsessed with it whether you like to accept the facts or not we need to get to an ulster final which is probably better than 10 years in div 1 imo" Is it not you who is obsessed with league football, you seem very put about by it. There are 2 routes to ultimate championship success, one through the Ulster Championship, the other through the league. The way the new format is, Ulster is no more a stepping stone than the league. It's value is not what it was, you think differently, that's fine. I believe being exposed to the best teams in the country on a regular basis has to have advantages, especially when it comes to the group stages of the championship Playing in Division 1 is not the reason we lost those matches you outlined, it was arrogance, some people difine it as not being able to carry the favourites tag, but it was arrogance, not respecting the opposition, happens against Cavan a lot. Also poor management on at least one occasion We'll have to agree to disagree, there's no reason in the world we can't strive to be successful in both league and championship mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1063 - 31/03/2025 12:13:52 2599665 Link
Replying To mhunicean_abu: "Is it not you who is obsessed with league football, you seem very put about by it. There are 2 routes to ultimate championship success, one through the Ulster Championship, the other through the league. The way the new format is, Ulster is no more a stepping stone than the league. It's value is not what it was, you think differently, that's fine. I believe being exposed to the best teams in the country on a regular basis has to have advantages, especially when it comes to the group stages of the championship Playing in Division 1 is not the reason we lost those matches you outlined, it was arrogance, some people difine it as not being able to carry the favourites tag, but it was arrogance, not respecting the opposition, happens against Cavan a lot. Also poor management on at least one occasion We'll have to agree to disagree, there's no reason in the world we can't strive to be successful in both league and championship" Have to agree with you 100%. Those 10 years in Div.1 were better than a clatter of Ulster titles. Playing against the top teams in the country on a regular basis not only makes our players better but exposes our younger players and Juveniles to the game at the highest level. Already we can see the results at Minor and Under 20 level. Teams that are comfortable against the Kerrys Mayos and Tyrones. Juveniles who now dream of wearing the Monaghan jersey and are working hard to get there. I said in 2023 and 2024 on this site that Monaghan football was in a very good place and was laughed at by some of the whingers on here. I am convinced in the not too distant future the "glass ceiling" will be broken through and an All Ireland win will be celebrated by our county at one level or another. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 450 - 31/03/2025 13:02:41 2599691 Link
Celebrating on a final day for staying in div 1 for years is not the stuff of a championship team we need to be more ruthless when it comes to championship and stop petting at teams we need hunger desire and more of a meaner streak to get where we need to go Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 31/03/2025 14:01:55 2599706 Link
Replying To Farneyblueandwhite: "Celebrating on a final day for staying in div 1 for years is not the stuff of a championship team we need to be more ruthless when it comes to championship and stop petting at teams we need hunger desire and more of a meaner streak to get where we need to go" And that is what you get playing regularly against the cut throat teams in Div. 1. Winning a championship in which some teams already don't give priority to and a competition which in a few years will not exist does not compare to the benefits of regular games against the Kerrys, Mayo and Dublins. Leave that other competition to the Cavans and their likes. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 450 - 31/03/2025 14:43:09 2599720 Link
I do believe this team and management can win an ulster championship and get to an all ireland but for me there has been to much emphasis on league football for too long you don't see Tyrone donegal armagh losing to div 2 or 3 teams in the white heat of championship football its a struggle every year to stay in div 1 for monaghan and we get picked off by lesser teams come summer we are not cranking it up come summer but I think we are in the process of changing that as there is some fine ballers in monaghan Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 31/03/2025 16:49:40 2599755 Link
Replying To Shelbourne1: "Nonsense. Against Derry we didn't have a single starter in forwards. Look at difference when Bannigan & Jack brought on !" Jack plays his best football before the ground hardens and then he fades again the better teams . Jack is very skillful but lacks pace. Great win yesterday . Hope we give Ulster our best go because its 10 years since the Anglo Celt cup resided in Monaghan. Bernardo (Monaghan) - Posts: 609 - 31/03/2025 16:52:51 2599756 Link