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Monaghan - 5 Like(s)
Is it true that Alan Dillon was the one that raised this with the Justice Department?
Farney (National) - 08/04/2021 15:07:41
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Championship 2017 - 4 Like(s)
Let.s just focus on Wexford!
Farney (Monaghan) - 04/07/2017 11:48:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Blueblood4life: "Shocking post!
Pure delusion, I just hope for Monaghan's sake you don't hold a position of substance at club or county level..
As for this "we almost beat Tyrone, the all Ireland champions" that can be said for 99% of ulster championship games over the past decade! If my granny had wheels she'd be a bike." Well the only shocking thing about my post last week was the derision it seemed to attract.. This team can show a raw display of power and skill on their day, and while we have bad days the team can pull together and give us amazing days like yesterday. Fair dues to the Management on yesterdays display, they got a lot of calls right.. McCarthy was outstanding and was only rivalled by Drew on the impact they had on the defence which was a brave call after the previous weeks display. To win that game without so many of the strongest players was sensational. I saw a team play for each other and put everything on the line. I would have questioned why a few of the older guys were still on the panel but you saw the impact they had when we lost so many starting players, This was a team united unlike what we have been told here by others.. There was some odd calls by the management team but hopefully they will have learned from some of the bad decisions they made. A Special mention has to go to Bomber Mohan, he scared the life out of Dublin, they had 2,3 and even 4 men mark him at one stage.. He was something special, I love his directness and will to take the ball on and go at Dublin. If we can get Sean Jones back on the pitch we will have a serious shot at Ulster this year, What staying in Division One does is that it shows that we can take on and beat any county in the country.. That's why we need to stay there and hopefully we can continue this, but who knows!! Thanks to the team for providing all the Monaghan Mammys the best present they could have had yesterday..
Farney (National) - 28/03/2022 13:27:27
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Malachy's Successor - 3 Like(s)
Replying To FootblockREF: "Donegal won Ulster after getting relegated with a new manager in 2018. So it seems you can turn it on for the Championship. That's those pesky facts getting in the way!
"Performance is everything" is a buzz phrase. Results are everything. We won 2 games out of 7 in last years league one against a team just back from the beach and one against a team who have proved time and again in last 5 years they they are not Div One standard. We survived due to the bigger inadequacies of others rather than any of our own virtues." So what Did Monaghan do in 2018?
Won 5 out of 7 matches in the league.. Should have beaten Mayo in one of the lost games only for a crazy refereeing decision, and were well beaten by Galway after getting a red card.. altogether a positive league performance and actually our best league performance in 32 years..
In the Championship.. we got caught out by a late goal by Fermanagh and gifted the Ulster title to Donegal.. which we would have beaten if we got to the final.. We then finished up with our best performance in the Championship in 34 years by narrowly losing to Tyrone in the semi-final..
2018 - So good in the league and good in the championship..
2019 - Last year as you say, we were poor in the League and we were also poor in the Championship.
Thanks for proving my point for me.
As a small county we need to be consistent and win against big boys, we need to prove that we are good enough and we do that by beating them and earning respect.. We are not Kerry who can experiment.. but in 2018 we proved that we can beat them in the league and dominate them in the super 8's You do not build for the future with your senior team, you do everything to win now or you may as well not compete at all...
Farney (Monaghan) - 20/09/2019 10:05:39
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Championship 2017 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Bernardo: "Well shelbourne at last malachy saw the light with jack.
Any smart remark now shelbourne" According to the stats.. It was a draw when Jack came on and we only took hold of the game when he came on at half time.. Apparently he swung the game for us!
Farney (Monaghan) - 29/07/2017 21:32:47
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Blueblood4life: "Hearing Vinny is having problem getting players out. Andrew woods has stated he won't play for him along with a Ryan McAnespie & Niall Kearns opting to go travelling instead.
Doesn't paint a picture of a happy camp." There is no instead! what "instead" ? their trip was in place long before Vinny was.. Stop with the Fake News stories.
Farney (National) - 16/12/2022 11:14:04
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Tyrone V Dublin - 3 Like(s)
The referee swung it for Dublin tonight!
Farney (National) - 21/07/2018 21:40:43
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TearsIn85: "Inniskeen is a much better venue than 'blayney for parking and atmosphere. They have a marginally better siopa and better lights for night time games. Better scoreboard and PA as well.
The only downside is that the roads are narrow and can jam up quickly for busy matches." I must say that I really like Inniskeen for a match.. While the roads are narrow.. there is a lot of them which means a fast exit once you get outside the ground. The Wheelchair access is the best I've seen at any ground bar none. The one thing that they do better than Clones, Scotstown and Blayney is that they have lots of volunteers so everything runs really well. Lots of people in the car park, lots in the shops, lots around the ground helping out.. The Inniskeen people should be really proud of how they run a match.
Farney (National) - 02/12/2022 13:03:04
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CCCC Uphold Hughes' Eight-Week Ban!! - 3 Like(s)
Darren Hughes has been banned for eight weeks.. and if I was his Manager I would tell him that if the same situation arose then he should do the exact same as he did.. He stood on the sideline and watched 3 feet in front of him a Monaghan player and a Fermanagh player wrestle on the ground and he did nothing but watch. But when a Second Fermanagh player came flying in and went straight into the Monaghan players back, he stepped in and pulled the players apart.. he protected his team mate and did not shoulder charge a player as a Manager recently did.. did not stick his hand into another players mouth or stand on his neck, did not stop play by grabbing a ball, did not face up to another player, did not push a referee or knock a notebook from a ref's hand, did not dive to the ground after getting his hair tousled. He protected a player from a cowardly act. Darren Hughes did the right thing as he often does.
Farney (National) - 20/06/2019 14:19:50
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Monaghan V Kerry - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "Its a fair point and comes down to opinion. To be fair to Galway they have played 3 divisin 1 teams in the championship this year already and beat them and thats after topping DIv 1 this year. I find the media patting them on the head and looking at them as upstarts a bit lacking in analysis, they are huge contenders for the title. Kerry were beaten by one of the best teams on Ireland on Sunday so im not surprised.
You will know more about Galway football then me, what i see against the real top sides is Galway averageing just below 15 points or just above. They are brilliant at imposing their game on others, my worry for Galway is they wont score enough to win the championship its the same thing that stopped Mayo and you are right about the really poor wides at the weekend they need to be going over to have a chance of an All Ireland that just my opinion and of course could be wrong. I would be curious on their average wides in games its something i noticed in games Vs Dublin.
I fancy Galway to make the final and have done since our game in Salt Hill.
The semis this year could be incredible, imagine Tyrone Vs Galway and Dublin Vs Kerry or vice versa." The semis this year could be incredible, imagine Tyrone Vs Galway and Donegal Vs Monaghan or vice versa.
Now that would be incredible...!!!
Farney (National) - 18/07/2018 14:11:12
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Tyrone Vs Monaghan Final - 3 Like(s)
That give me a good laugh.. a Tyrone supporter talking about another county's players buying frees.. anyone for a hair ruffle!!! and wasn't it a rugby tackle on McManus that brought in the black cars to stop cynical fouling,, fair is fair!!
Farney (National) - 20/07/2021 13:17:18
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Top Players From The League 2018 - 2 Like(s)
So I've only been to the Monaghan matches in the league so my top team would be as follows
1. Rory Beggan (Monaghan), Only one goal conceded, scored his frees and took on a new role as playmaker.
2. Colm Boyle(Mayo) No one really stood out in this position, adding in Boyle as he gave everything for Mayo, even if he was a bit headless at times.
3. Conor Boyle (Monaghan) Again only one goal conceded, has the speed and strength to have an outstanding season in this position.
4. Paul Murphy (Kerry) Drove his team on in all the games, he was everywhere.. Kerry could do with more like him.
5. Johnny Heaney (Galway) Great control of the ball, ran the length of the field with a Monaghan man on top of him and still found room to take a score.
6. Jonny Cooper (Dublin) Was his painful best,
7. Karl O'Connell (Monaghan) Unstoppable when he goes on a run and took some great long range scores
8. Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone) Beat Mayo on his own, slipped his marker with ease, got up the field and took his scores
9. Brian Fenton (Dublin), Mister reliable
10. Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin), Added goal and point scoring to his game,
11 Sean O'Shea, Kerry may have found their new Declan O'Sullivan
12. Niall Scully (Dublin ) Popped up in dangerous positions all during the league
13. Patrick McBrearty (Donegal) Donegal completely relied on him for scores and rarely let them down
14. Damian Comer (Galway), an inspiration and hard man to stop.
15. Lee Brennan (Tyrone ) Could be the missing link for Tyrone to do well in the Super eights this year.
Farney (National) - 04/04/2018 15:06:55
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Malachy's Successor - 2 Like(s)
Replying To FootblockREF: "I think the tactics have to fundamentally change. 3 Ulster Finals, 3 Quarter Finals, one semi final and 3 Super 8 games is 10 games. We scored 2 goals. Under Malachy we were dogged and hard to beat and very, very occasionally, brilliant. But the days of winning games in an arm wrestle are over. We need new, more attacking tactics and that is going to take a while to bed in. I've seen nothing in the club championship that would move the needle for the county. There is potential there but we need McCarthy and McCarron to step up and Banty needs to give O'Hanlon a fair shake, which he didn't get this year I wouldn't be surprised if we went down. Next year's Div 1 is for real. No Cavan or Roscommon scraping the barrell. I wouldn't see it as a bad thing. Championship is everything." Championship is not everything. You simply cannot just turn it on for the championship. Performance is everything.. Winners win, you should be winning all games.. Would Dublin\Kerry be happy to be playing in Division 2? Beating and playing against the top teams is what makes players\teams better..
Farney (Monaghan) - 19/09/2019 10:29:24
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Season Ticket at €120 - is it worth it? - 2 Like(s)
I just got my renewal email for the season ticket and it has gone up in price to €120.. The difference between this year and last year is the new super 8's and promise of a discounted ticket for these matches..
Each new year of the Season ticket, there has been an extra burden put on the purchaser. In the first year it was amazing and was like a Willy Wonka golden ticket... €75 for the best seats in the house and no pressure on attending all the matches.. Dublin and Mayo have seen 100% of the tickets getting bought as you have a great chance of getting an all-ireland ticket out of it.. while the rest of us schmucks travel the breadth of the country and can't pass the ticket to a brother\neighbour in case the stazi get wind of it and the ticket is revoked.
The seating generally got worse over the years but last year was the exception, in that the seating was improved over other years.. it can be maddening when the sunshine crew turn up and they are sitting in the middle of the stand while us diehards are out in the rain sitting by the corner flag.. listening to the radio to find out what is happening on the other side of the pitch..!
Maybe this year, for the €120 we might be in the provincial councils soft seats!! but I doubt it..
Could they not have left the pricing as it was until we see how these super 8's fair out? Can they not be a bit flexible on the amount of attendances that need to be recorded.. ? It's not the joy that it once was to give the ticket as a present.. it's now like your mother making you go to school even though you are sick , just so your family have a good attendance record!!
Just for one year... Can the GAA not do something positive for the people who buy these tickets and go to matches in the snow, wind and rain.. sometimes it is nice to know that you have a good deal or have the choice to sit at home with the rest of the sunshine supporters ?
Farney (National) - 25/10/2017 11:55:06
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Monaghan In The Qualifiers! - 2 Like(s)
Replying To .tribute: "I don't mean to stick the boot in. It was a great few years fo Monaghan. Just found it strange Monaghan doing better than Cavan for a few years. Not normal" You must be in your 90's if you think that is true?
Farney (Monaghan) - 24/06/2019 09:50:42
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Division 1 2017 - 2 Like(s)
How did David Moran not get a black card for the Donegal penalty? He knocked Mcbrearty to the ground when he was about to score a goal!
Farney (National) - 05/02/2017 16:32:27
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Division 1 2017 - 2 Like(s)
How did David Moran not get a black card for the Donegal penalty? He knocked Mcbrearty to the ground when he was about to score a goal!
Farney (National) - 05/02/2017 16:33:06
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Mickod88: "Club loyalty could cost us, boyle and lavelle had poor leagues and boyle was caught out badly quite often in last years championship. Hope I am wrong but there are definitely more dynamic and impactful players on the bench..." Sorry Mick, I can't agree with this one, I would have no love for Clontibret.. But Boyle carried the game to Armagh in the first game and was involved in our first 4 scores.. He is dynamic and breaks the line and is strong in keeping the ball and not losing it in the tackle. I'm glad to see him back on the team and we missed him in our last game against Tyrone. Lavelle has been returning from injury, so once match fit will be a strong member of the team.
Farney (National) - 15/04/2023 09:13:05
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Monaghan In The Qualifiers! - 2 Like(s)
Just to get back to the match at the weekend.. and away from Cavan Trolls... the main difference in the the 2 teams was the size and energy that Armagh brought to the game.. Monaghan were well and truly beaten at the weekend.. the Monaghan players need to go and enjoy the summer and question themselves if they still have the hunger to compete.. not so many years ago Monaghan played Armagh and Stefan Campbell was in the pocket of the Monaghan defenders, they ate him up and spat him out for fun... at the weekend, he was dancing around pulling off reverse blind passes with no pressure on him...it was galling to see.. but that's what happens.. it's the ups and downs of sport and life.. Niall Kearns was outstanding during the match, he is something else!!!.. we still have good players and we have 4 home matches in Division one next year.. it would be good if the County Board would get a new Manager in soon, so they get to go around and watch the matches in the county before next year starts. There is still the Minors and the U20's to watch at county and plenty of good club matches to attend.. enjoy the rest of they year and all the best to Malachy and his back room team for all the good times that they gave the people of County Monaghan..
Farney (Monaghan) - 25/06/2019 16:05:09
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This Needs To Stop!!! - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Donegalman: "If he had success as a manager would he complain?" I can't understand why RTE have him on the radio as a pundit.. he left a wake of destruction on all the counties he managed and always sees the negative.. I change station as soon as he comes on..
Farney (National) - 03/08/2018 16:18:07
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