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An Ulster title 4 All Ireland quarter finals and a well contested All Ireland semi final. Derry have a bit to go yet to match that. You'll know all about struggling in Division One next year. Best of luck in the final next week. Monaghan won it in 2014.
Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 26/03/2023 15:58:02 2466721 Link 6 |
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Well done Monaghan! nicko94 (Mayo) - Posts: 68 - 26/03/2023 16:02:02 2466722 Link 2 |
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Significant additional funding as a result of div.1 status which gets poured into the clubs and county facilities. Good to see the green eyed monsters coming out though after today
Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 143 - 26/03/2023 16:09:59 2466727 Link 3 |
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Well done to the players, they dug deep. Super job. Still think management are poor. Their team selections for other games was debatable and got us into this dog fight no doubt I'll get slatted for been negative against them but don't care. Monaghanfan123 (Monaghan) - Posts: 58 - 26/03/2023 16:10:43 2466728 Link 0 |
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Always remember the real pressure comes in year 2/3/4 when the surprise is gone, where the real teams step up and play at the top table, lets see how much pressure are in your tyres after a few years of spitting on your hands.
monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 378 - 26/03/2023 16:14:52 2466730 Link 0 |
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If today proved anything, it's that form is temporary, but class is permanent. It's likely Mansys last ever league game, and keeping us up is a fitting legacy. Thanks Conor! moodoo (Monaghan) - Posts: 441 - 26/03/2023 16:22:41 2466734 Link 7 |
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Great outcome. Knoxboya (Monaghan) - Posts: 357 - 26/03/2023 16:44:05 2466750 Link 1 |
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13 posts and a new Derry jersey. Let's see how it goes for your lads next year.
P.Mckenna (Louth) - Posts: 105 - 26/03/2023 16:45:39 2466753 Link 2 |
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Ah the boys with 14 lads inside the 45 with ur lunatic of a manager spitting in his hands
prideof85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 851 - 26/03/2023 16:55:42 2466759 Link 4 |
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Such a massive result for a side in transition. On balance better to blood new players in div 1. You go to div 2 and div 3 and the B championship is on horizon. May still come in a few years but this buys mgmt time to build a team. That team this year missing fair few regulars who are in prime kearns ryan mc woods so confidence newer players will take from today is huge. seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1799 - 26/03/2023 16:58:52 2466763 Link 0 |
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Great win for monaghan dug deep when the chips were down, old heads were crucial today. Conor mc manus darren hughes karl o connell unbelievable servants for us over the years. Sad day when they hang up the boots. McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 71 - 26/03/2023 17:01:37 2466767 Link 1 |
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Well thankfully you're not the manager.
Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 143 - 26/03/2023 17:04:02 2466771 Link 0 |
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I must admit I thought relegation was a certainty this morning, but what a result. Well done Vinny and Co but there is some serious work to do for championship. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1057 - 26/03/2023 18:57:31 2466856 Link 3 |
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Well done Monaghan. True survivors! CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3674 - 26/03/2023 20:11:41 2466891 Link 2 |
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What more can you say about Mansy, one of the very best forwards of his era and one who would have succeeded in any era or team. Barely featured all league, comes in for his first start today in a must win game - and he racks up 1-7 with 5 from play. It'll be a sad day when he hangs them up patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 936 - 26/03/2023 20:12:48 2466892 Link 3 |
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Great post- What a day for the county. Would of thought we would be relegated yesterday morning but here we are sitting pretty for another year. Good to see the team out enjoying themselves last night. Well deserved beers and I am sure they will be back in training tomorrow night. One thing has to be admired about Monaghan is the grit and fight in them year after year when push comes to shove. Yes it wasn't a great league campaign but look at the amount of new faces we have got jerseys onto. Young lads making their mark, older men getting deserved rest and on the final day of the league producing your best display with a mixtures of youth and experience. VC got the backing of his boys today and mainly his club man Conor McManus. What a performance!! Probably his most stand out display in a few years. He appeared against Tyrone kicking 4 points in the second half and then yesterday kicking 1-7. Aged 35 and still pulling out a performance like that against Padraig O Hara is impressive. His finger to the crowd after netting the penalty reels in the years of all those clutch moments when he won games for us. That win yesterday meant a lot to him and he would bend over backwards for VC I am sure. He deserves every bit of credit going for what he has done, and this goes for Darren Hughes, Karl O Connell, Beggan, Wylie also. Hughes and Wylie were like men possessed yesterday. Brilliant. It is a pity this game was not live or available in full to watch again. Lets get back to business and look forward to Tyrone with an inch in their step after that gritty performance yesterday. countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 273 - 27/03/2023 08:46:06 2466967 Link 3 |
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Totally agreed on McManus, like Corey himself said "when you need a man, he is the man". To think there were some complete idiots on this thread saying that him and the other old heads needed to be pushed off the panel boggles the mind. These good men stood their ground and flexed their muscles around the Christmas to make sure a proper manager was put in place and they've backed him and trusted in his plan since. The old heads steadied the ship as the league progressed and provided that bit of extra quality that'll allow the younger lads to continue to cut their teeth at the top table next year. By the time the likes of McManus and O'Connell step away the likes of O'Toole, Irwin, Jones, Gallagher, McPhillips, Bannigan and Mohan will hopefully be comfortable enough to carry on the torch. As for the history books, no matter how we done it or what detractors will say - Monaghan will have spent a decade at the top table in football and for a small county who've been written off time and again, that is some achievement for ALL the players and the managers. One man that I do fear cannot be replaced and deserves singling out above others is Darren Hughes. He's almost single handedly been the replacement for likes of Drew, Corey, JP Mone, Dick and Lennon. Wherever there's been a job to do for Monaghan over the last 10 years, Hughes was the man sent to do it and he done it manfully - be it rain, sun, sleet or snow. At full back, 6 or around the Middle he's always been able to grab a game by the scruff of the neck and drive the whole team on. There is no doubt in my mind that we would have beat Armagh in Blayney at the start of the league if he was available that day - he's the bedrock that all of Monaghan's success in the league and in ulster over the last 10 years has been built on. There are a lot of boys with medals in their pockets and awards on their shelves that should be quietly thanking Hughes for all his work in helping them get there. Mickod88 (Monaghan) - Posts: 49 - 27/03/2023 15:19:54 2467110 Link 7 |
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Your stay in division 1 will be brief that's for sure
McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 71 - 27/03/2023 18:50:35 2467169 Link 0 |
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Derry men making themselves as popular as ever. That one Ulster title has really went to their head. Wally (Tyrone) - Posts: 912 - 27/03/2023 21:10:10 2467195 Link 0 |
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So with the league finished up for the year and division one status secured let's look forward to the first round of the championship against Tyrone. countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 273 - 28/03/2023 09:36:40 2467225 Link 0 |