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Replying To cavanman47: "Definitely a 1 sided 'rivalry' with one team having won 5 all irelands and the other not getting remotely close to winning any. What peaks Cavan's interest in the current battles between the sides is the fact that a far from vintage Cavan have now beaten Monaghan's greatest ever side 3 times on the bounce. Even at our worst, we're better than Monaghan." Okay and what does that prove? You were better on the day? Come back in July and talk. As many have discussed here, the games over a week. Monaghan are around long enough playing in the latter stages of the championship to move on. It seems the bonfires at still lit in Cavan.... veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 750 - 15/04/2024 23:55:43 2538217 Link
Replying To MrPBoylan: "Big win for Tyholland and massive 2pts to start them off. Could be huge. Blackhill short a good few I believe and Truagh probably wanted to make a good start so not as impressed there. Corduff with narrow loss and big win killanny and latton. Not as impressed with scotstown either seeing as they had all the county men playing." Truagh were short help too, namely their main man so it was a good result for them - but truth be told the standard of ball was atrocious. It was the kind of game that made me feel sorry for Vinny, no help coming from either of these clubs based on Sundays evidence. Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 199 - 16/04/2024 08:48:50 2538239 Link
Replying To MrPBoylan: "Big win for Tyholland and massive 2pts to start them off. Could be huge. Blackhill short a good few I believe and Truagh probably wanted to make a good start so not as impressed there. Corduff with narrow loss and big win killanny and latton. Not as impressed with scotstown either seeing as they had all the county men playing." Intermediate is going to be very hard to call this year. Very convincing win for Magheracloone over the harps and Thyholland with a good victory over Blaney. Very hard to predict who will go up senior this year.. could be any of Magheracloone, Truagh, Carrick, Blaney... looking forward to the championship later in the year. SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 155 - 16/04/2024 08:53:05 2538242 Link
I believe Kieran Duffy picked up an injury in club game at the weekend. This could put an end to the county players playing for their clubs now before Monaghans next game. It is literally just bad luck after bad luck for Vinny and Co. countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 289 - 16/04/2024 12:59:39 2538334 Link
Jesus, haven't been looking at forum in over a week and I come back and I thought I was on the Cavan forum. Lads stop with the infatuation with Monaghan, you've Tyrone on Sunday, time to move on Blackcardnot (USA) - Posts: 42 - 16/04/2024 19:53:14 2538413 Link
A good performance from the U20's tonight. The Mooney brothers were top class. Stephen Mooney showed with 10 pts just how good he will be. McCaul was unplayable in the first half, Armagh ended up having to triple mark him (at times) in the second half which did reduce his effectiveness but it opened up space for others to score such as Dara McKenna. Some very good defenders on this team. Carolan is so composed on the ball and was top class. Callan at CHB was excellent. Doogan-Burke was very good too. You'd hope some of these lads will continue to develop into top class senior players. Hughes and Carey while not natural midfielders have prodigious work rate. Hard to know if Hughes will concentrate on the hurling after he's done with U20 level. Hopefully McQuillan and Conlon will be back fit for the semi-final. sleater (Monaghan) - Posts: 178 - 17/04/2024 21:11:15 2538716 Link
Replying To PolicemanFox: "Not a good week for Monaghan football with the beating the U20s took tonight. Bit of a difference from last year. Maybe a bit of complacency has set in all round but things do not seem to be going well." We're you in Armagh last night. Monaghan football in a good place. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 483 - 18/04/2024 00:23:44 2538754 Link
Replying To sleater: "A good performance from the U20's tonight. The Mooney brothers were top class. Stephen Mooney showed with 10 pts just how good he will be. McCaul was unplayable in the first half, Armagh ended up having to triple mark him (at times) in the second half which did reduce his effectiveness but it opened up space for others to score such as Dara McKenna. Some very good defenders on this team. Carolan is so composed on the ball and was top class. Callan at CHB was excellent. Doogan-Burke was very good too. You'd hope some of these lads will continue to develop into top class senior players. Hughes and Carey while not natural midfielders have prodigious work rate. Hard to know if Hughes will concentrate on the hurling after he's done with U20 level. Hopefully McQuillan and Conlon will be back fit for the semi-final." So its Monaghan v Tyrone and Donegal v Derry now in semi finals... I presume Tryone are the team to beat in this years U20 championship, what are our chances ? by all accounts, we were unlucky against Derry and I believe Mooney was not playing in that game ? Would be a good to make it to the Ulster Final this year SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 155 - 18/04/2024 09:32:40 2538772 Link
Replying To SouthMonMan: "So its Monaghan v Tyrone and Donegal v Derry now in semi finals... I presume Tryone are the team to beat in this years U20 championship, what are our chances ? by all accounts, we were unlucky against Derry and I believe Mooney was not playing in that game ? Would be a good to make it to the Ulster Final this year" Are we 100% sure of the pairings according to the Hogan stand we are playing Donegal in Ballybofey see attached. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/79Y7T6dCHe48ih2z/ foreverfarney (Monaghan) - Posts: 5 - 18/04/2024 10:37:46 2538785 Link
Replying To SouthMonMan: "So its Monaghan v Tyrone and Donegal v Derry now in semi finals... I presume Tryone are the team to beat in this years U20 championship, what are our chances ? by all accounts, we were unlucky against Derry and I believe Mooney was not playing in that game ? Would be a good to make it to the Ulster Final this year" Tyrone are currently the bookies favourites for the all ireland u20 title. They are undoubtably a very good team with some terrific players especially McElholm who is a special talent. The thrashing they gave Monaghan last week will have no bearing whatsoever on next week's semi-final as Monaghan had a shadow team out and nothing to play for. Tyrone's U20 games against Down (they were lucky to get a draw) and Derry (won it with last kick of the game) are a more accurate reflection on their capabilities and standing. You'd also have to say both Derry and Down are good teams too. Actually Down now enter the new secondary U20 competition and will be hot favourities to win that out. Yes, Stephen Mooney didn't feature against Derry and he was a huge loss. The other things against Derry was that 3 players went off injured, 2 mid way through the first half and that was a major impact too. For Monaghan to beat Tyrone will need to be at their very best and have their best team available too. The latter I'm not sure as to whether if McQuillan and Conlon will be available. Both would be big additions to the Monaghan U20 team and certain starters. Tyrone will be favourites but Monaghan if they preform like last night against Armagh and have a full deck to pick from, then have every chance of progressing to the final. sleater (Monaghan) - Posts: 178 - 18/04/2024 10:55:02 2538792 Link
Replying To foreverfarney: "Are we 100% sure of the pairings according to the Hogan stand we are playing Donegal in Ballybofey see attached. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/79Y7T6dCHe48ih2z/" yes.. not sure about this. Monaghan GAA on twitter states that they play Tyrone in Healy Park next Wednesday in the semi final. Would prefer Donegal in the semi for sure. I think Hoganstand might be wrong though, Ulster GAA also have it as Tyrone v Monaghan. https://ulster.gaa.ie/fixtures-and-results/ SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 155 - 18/04/2024 11:43:49 2538809 Link
Very good win in Armagh last night, against a hulking lump of an Armagh u20 team. You'd rarely see a bigger outfit at this grade, and for the first 15 minutes or so it looked like Monaghan would be swatted away physically. Armagh had them pinned on kickouts, were winning all the long ball sent in on top of their backline, and were enjoying target practice with long range shots into the Crescent goals. 5 -2 on the scoreboard told the tale. However, to be fair to Monaghan players and management they worked the thing out well. Conceding kickouts and allowing the weakest 2 or 3 Armagh lads on the ball to carry was clever. Staying tight inside and allowing Armagh swing away at long range wides, and getting the ball moving by running from deep, all contributed to turning the tide. By the closing minutes of the first half Armagh were slowing down and struggling to stick with Monaghan's runners. That pattern was amplified in the second half, when Monaghan played very smart, held possession and made Armagh chase, and got great value off running from deep all through. Of course no point running all night with no end product, but that is where Mooney and McCaul stood up. Mooney in particular, every time he got on the ball the crowd learned to expect a score or a chance. 9 from frees but a lot of those were for last gasp goal-saver fouls by Armagh. At least 2 black cards missed on the night. His point from play underlined his inherent class. Further back, Doogan-Burke and Thomas Hughes were exceptional also, as was Mooney in goals. All told a good display, next week's challenge will be a different prospect. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1195 - 18/04/2024 12:45:19 2538833 Link
Monaghan to beat Tyrone. Monaghan WILL beat tyrone for want of a better word folks. monaghan12 (Monaghan) - Posts: 17 - 19/04/2024 19:30:01 2539111 Link
Would love if Monaghan played a game like donegal just have. We consider ourselves on par with these teams or close to it but never really play with that energy. 222 (UK) - Posts: 845 - 20/04/2024 20:03:24 2539317 Link
Replying To Neartheborder: "Laughing boys of Ulster. Taking a kicker back from US who's not fit to walk and can't save shots. Division 3 around the corner." Says the same fella …. Lynch is still tryna get back for the goals …. veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 750 - 21/04/2024 06:50:29 2539431 Link
Replying To 222: "Would love if Monaghan played a game like donegal just have. We consider ourselves on par with these teams or close to it but never really play with that energy." We have no pace up front. Mccarron and mcmanus are slow. Attacking at speed seems to be in vogue now in Ulster. Great to watch a team trying to attack at speed Bernardo (Monaghan) - Posts: 611 - 21/04/2024 21:27:50 2539628 Link
What a great weekends action, McGuinness provided a tactical masterclass once again to see off Derry. Can't believe Harte still persisted with letting Lynch out the pitch for opposition kick-out's after their first goal, McGuinness must have been astonished. It was obvious that Tyrone were very cautions about doing this against Cavan yesterday. Ulster final is shaping up like a repeat of the Divison 2 final with Armagh v Donegal. Tyrone seem to be rebuilding and should have been beaten at the end of normal time by Cavan yesterday, albeit a dodgy Black Card for Hampsey was the turning point in that game. I expect Donegal to have too much for Tyrone in just under a week. Armagh will easily see off Down. The pots for the Group stages should start to look clearer next week with Leinster and Ulster finalists decided. Monaghan will probably be in Pot 3 with Cavan and Meath already in Pot 4, so we could draw either in the group stages but thankfully, we should avoid Derry. Big week for U20's against Tyrone on Wednesday.. C'mon Monaghan.!! SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 155 - 22/04/2024 09:27:37 2539706 Link
Get your votes in for the best hogan stand monaghan form user folks. Nominees,,, Veterngaa - always a good man for some inside knowledge he has been a keen monaghan forum user for manys a day now. Mr Reliable some would say ORIELMAN85 - Again, an absolute stalwart of the monaghan forum he is a great fella for a dig and always there to back up his county. A real cult hero 'for want of a better word'. seanie08 For this fellas sheer never say die attitude he has to be the favourite. With 1800 posts, we will do very well to find any man to top him. Consistency is key. Last but not least we have... 'Sleater' Come the man come the hour, sleater has been posting on here since day 1. He loves to slate a fella but when he stays dry for a couple of days he has quite legitamite ball knowledge. monaghan12 (Monaghan) - Posts: 17 - 23/04/2024 18:21:07 2540232 Link
Replying To monaghan12: "Monaghan to beat Tyrone. Monaghan WILL beat tyrone for want of a better word folks." Let's all get out and support them in Omagh. They are a hardworking team with a few very talented lads. Will be a step up from previous games. Here's hoping and good luck to Paul and the team. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 483 - 24/04/2024 00:29:29 2540308 Link
Replying To monaghan12: "Get your votes in for the best hogan stand monaghan form user folks. Nominees,,, Veterngaa - always a good man for some inside knowledge he has been a keen monaghan forum user for manys a day now. Mr Reliable some would say ORIELMAN85 - Again, an absolute stalwart of the monaghan forum he is a great fella for a dig and always there to back up his county. A real cult hero 'for want of a better word'. seanie08 For this fellas sheer never say die attitude he has to be the favourite. With 1800 posts, we will do very well to find any man to top him. Consistency is key. Last but not least we have... 'Sleater' Come the man come the hour, sleater has been posting on here since day 1. He loves to slate a fella but when he stays dry for a couple of days he has quite legitamite ball knowledge." You forgot "Mr Currin" himself mick2007 veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 750 - 24/04/2024 08:44:05 2540332 Link