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Replying To ConyersHill04: "Only disagreement I would have against O'Rourke is that Kieran Hughes should've either started/been on 10 mins earlier against Tyrone in 2018." I take it you didnt see many of the previous games in 2018 then. Hindsight is 20/20. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1085 - 04/06/2026 19:55:33 2677978 Link
Good luck to Buggy Joe and minor team tomorrow. Far from titles in this county that we can turn our nose up at lower division titles so everyone should be behind the boys farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 691 - 05/06/2026 08:09:42 2678030 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "I take it you didnt see many of the previous games in 2018 then. Hindsight is 20/20." For the bloke who deals in 'facts' you've assumed wrong again, was down in Fraher Field on that beautiful day for the First Qualifier. While frustrating at the best of times, the statement I use to describe Kieran Hughes is "Form is temporary, class is permanent". Malachy definitely got the best out of the players at his disposal and gave us many great days, the above is my only minor disagreement. It's an awful pity your envy and begrudgery can't see past that Mr. 'fact' man. ConyersHill04 (Monaghan) - Posts: 85 - 05/06/2026 09:42:26 2678044 Link
The form team in the county are back in action tonight, kileevan are a joy to watch at the minute and tonight should be no different Gaels1989 (Monaghan) - Posts: 67 - 05/06/2026 10:41:55 2678056 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "Good luck to Buggy Joe and minor team tomorrow. Far from titles in this county that we can turn our nose up at lower division titles so everyone should be behind the boys" Interestingly 3 ulster counties, Monaghan, Donegal and Down, in last 4 of Paul McGirr cup. It would be good for Monaghan to beat Louth tomorrow and have an all-ulster final. The gap between the tier 1 and tier 2 is not that great at all, Monaghan should never have let Donegal beat them in Ulster and Derry, ulster finalists, only got the better of Down by one point. It will be interesting to see how Tyrone and Derry get on in tier 1 quarters tomorrow too, so we can sort of measure the standard in Ulster against other provinces. SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 178 - 05/06/2026 11:17:20 2678071 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "Good luck to Buggy Joe and minor team tomorrow. Far from titles in this county that we can turn our nose up at lower division titles so everyone should be behind the boys" You must be a corduff man Monaghan_football (Monaghan) - Posts: 142 - 05/06/2026 13:02:25 2678123 Link
Blayney v Magheracloone - Magheracloone Clontibret v Cremartin - Clontibret Scotstown v truagh - Truagh Inniskeen v latton - Inniskeen Corduff v carrick - Corduff Intermediate Clones v doohamlet - Draw Harps v tyholland - Mon Harps Eire og v Emyvale - Emyvale Donaghmoyne v Aughnamullen - Donaghmoyne Ballybay Killanny - Killanny Junior Rockcorrry v Drumhowan - Drumhowan Oram v aghbog - Oram Seans v blackhill - Seans Currin v Killeavan - Killeevan Toome v scotstown - Toome mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 672 - 05/06/2026 14:20:38 2678156 Link
Replying To SouthMonMan: "Interestingly 3 ulster counties, Monaghan, Donegal and Down, in last 4 of Paul McGirr cup. It would be good for Monaghan to beat Louth tomorrow and have an all-ulster final. The gap between the tier 1 and tier 2 is not that great at all, Monaghan should never have let Donegal beat them in Ulster and Derry, ulster finalists, only got the better of Down by one point. It will be interesting to see how Tyrone and Derry get on in tier 1 quarters tomorrow too, so we can sort of measure the standard in Ulster against other provinces." Ulster football has been strong for a number of years at this grade. Tyrone will be strong favourites to beat Galway. Roscommon v Derry 50/50 contest. Looking over the results in Tier 2 Minor championship Preliminary Quarter-finals Sligo 0-19 Clare 3-11 Offaly 4-22 Armagh 3-19 Down 2-22 Mayo 5-8 Monaghan 2-12 Westmeath 0-17 Quarter finals Clare 1-10 Down 1-12 Louth 3-13 Cavan 2-8 Monaghan 2-17 Offaly 2-15 Dublin 0-17 Donegal 2-12 Down,Donegal and your own Monaghan all with competitive contest. That was a good win for Louth when you consider how close Cavan was to beating Tyrone. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 886 - 05/06/2026 14:32:31 2678159 Link
Replying To SouthMonMan: "Interestingly 3 ulster counties, Monaghan, Donegal and Down, in last 4 of Paul McGirr cup. It would be good for Monaghan to beat Louth tomorrow and have an all-ulster final. The gap between the tier 1 and tier 2 is not that great at all, Monaghan should never have let Donegal beat them in Ulster and Derry, ulster finalists, only got the better of Down by one point. It will be interesting to see how Tyrone and Derry get on in tier 1 quarters tomorrow too, so we can sort of measure the standard in Ulster against other provinces." I think these tiered underage competitions are a good thing as they allow young players get prolonged exposure to county football. I know a few Westmeath lads through work and according to them, 4 of their team that beat Monaghan on penalties in the U20 Tier 2 final last year featured in the Leinster final win. When you take that into context, the standard at will be decent in the later stages of the competition especially in the Tier 2. TheHunter (Monaghan) - Posts: 23 - 05/06/2026 14:54:41 2678164 Link
Replying To TheHunter: "I think these tiered underage competitions are a good thing as they allow young players get prolonged exposure to county football. I know a few Westmeath lads through work and according to them, 4 of their team that beat Monaghan on penalties in the U20 Tier 2 final last year featured in the Leinster final win. When you take that into context, the standard at will be decent in the later stages of the competition especially in the Tier 2." how many tier2 lads had we in with seniors this year farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 691 - 05/06/2026 15:55:10 2678185 Link