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Corduff's hammering today was some result for honest football men in the county.
Goes to show, money can't buy happiness. Young finegan the only corduff man to have any impact on the game, pity for Anthony Marron today, just couldn't make the same impact as previously…

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 109 - 04/10/2025 21:49:33    2638478

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Congratulations to magheracloone on a great victory today. Blayney will feel that without the black card of their goalkeeper last year they could've beat Magheracloone. Very hard to see how blayney wouldn't fancy their chances at going the whole way. No doubt fancy their chances next weekend against a very mediocre Carrick side who bet a beyond poor tyholland team. And will relish the chance of getting a rap at killanny or Donaghmoyne in the final.

Monaghangaaman3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 3 - 04/10/2025 22:00:16    2638480

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "That would mean changing minor managers every year, doesn't make an ounce of sense.

Both management teams have ex players on board, this is a massive improvement from the past number of years. Wishing them both every success."
Good players don't always make good managers or coaches. Hopefully these ex county players us their experience to help the young players.

Desman (Monaghan) - Posts: 38 - 04/10/2025 22:34:01    2638488

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Corduff's hammering today was some result for honest football men in the county.
Goes to show, money can't buy happiness. Young finegan the only corduff man to have any impact on the game, pity for Anthony Marron today, just couldn't make the same impact as previously…"
In fairness to marron as everyone knows, he's been the biggest single reason for corduffs "success" in recent Seasons so he could do nothing about yesterdays gulf in class…….

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 609 - 05/10/2025 09:17:51    2638500

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Normal service resumed .. 3 of Scotstown u20s best players on the pitch.. no McCarthy or o'toole.. Shane Carey or D Hughes didn't even score

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 842 - 05/10/2025 18:06:02    2638558

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Replying To mick2007:  "In fairness to marron as everyone knows, he's been the biggest single reason for corduffs "success" in recent Seasons so he could do nothing about yesterdays gulf in class……."
Moran, Finegan will struggle next year when Seamus retires after yesterday. Lads might head off to Saudi to recoup?

The corduff dream/delusion is dead..

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 109 - 05/10/2025 18:40:09    2638561

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Replying To veterngaa:  "Normal service resumed .. 3 of Scotstown u20s best players on the pitch.. no McCarthy or o'toole.. Shane Carey or D Hughes didn't even score"
Normal service resumed lol you do reliase scotstown probably have close to a 90/100 senior players to pick from across 5 senior teams plus a few outsiders so hardly doing anything that you wouldn't expect… come back on to comment on another glorious failure in ulster in a few weeks….

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 609 - 05/10/2025 19:09:36    2638568

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Replying To mick2007:  "Normal service resumed lol you do reliase scotstown probably have close to a 90/100 senior players to pick from across 5 senior teams plus a few outsiders so hardly doing anything that you wouldn't expect… come back on to comment on another glorious failure in ulster in a few weeks…."
Poor old mick, your very sore…
Missing 2 county starters and replacing them with 19year olds is quite the statement. If it was your own club I'm sure you'd be more than impressed.

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 109 - 05/10/2025 19:43:02    2638570

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Poor old mick, your very sore…
Missing 2 county starters and replacing them with 19year olds is quite the statement. If it was your own club I'm sure you'd be more than impressed."
Far from sore I'm just stating the obvious..in the next few weeks I'm hoping my own club will be joining the senior ranks for 2026…there dealing with an embarrassment of riches and good luck to them….just not let's over analysis the fact that they beat a Latton team down a few bodies themselves today…

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 609 - 05/10/2025 19:52:26    2638573

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Replying To mick2007:  "Far from sore I'm just stating the obvious..in the next few weeks I'm hoping my own club will be joining the senior ranks for 2026…there dealing with an embarrassment of riches and good luck to them….just not let's over analysis the fact that they beat a Latton team down a few bodies themselves today…"
Who were Latton missing?

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 109 - 05/10/2025 20:40:42    2638575

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Who were Latton missing?"
Don't think they were missing too many in the end. Was a lot of talk that they would be missing Ryan Duffy, McGorman, McCabe, Mulligan, Dempsey but these lads all started.

I couldn't see them missing too many yesterday being at the game. Just missing the experience and know how to beat a Scotstown team who gave Latton loads of chances especially in the first half. Second half Scotstown showed up and played some football and probably didn't get out of 3rd gear. Scotstown made mistakes and Latton didn't punish them in the first half.

The young lads has to be commended on their performances. Maguire, Mallon, Sherlock were all brilliant. I didn't keep track of their scores but they kicked a good few between them. Darren swept up a lot of ball in the half back line in the second half. McCarron kicked a few nice scores also but as an outsider watching on, I rather watch them young boys play and get the cheers from the crowd rather than an blow in.

Clontibret was in some condition yesterday after the weeks weather we have had. Again, can't praise their set up enough, always is top notch and loads of help and organization around the place.

Two big semi finals next week. Hard to pick who will make the final now.

countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 306 - 06/10/2025 08:32:06    2638604

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Replying To countymonaghan:  "Don't think they were missing too many in the end. Was a lot of talk that they would be missing Ryan Duffy, McGorman, McCabe, Mulligan, Dempsey but these lads all started.

I couldn't see them missing too many yesterday being at the game. Just missing the experience and know how to beat a Scotstown team who gave Latton loads of chances especially in the first half. Second half Scotstown showed up and played some football and probably didn't get out of 3rd gear. Scotstown made mistakes and Latton didn't punish them in the first half.

The young lads has to be commended on their performances. Maguire, Mallon, Sherlock were all brilliant. I didn't keep track of their scores but they kicked a good few between them. Darren swept up a lot of ball in the half back line in the second half. McCarron kicked a few nice scores also but as an outsider watching on, I rather watch them young boys play and get the cheers from the crowd rather than an blow in.

Clontibret was in some condition yesterday after the weeks weather we have had. Again, can't praise their set up enough, always is top notch and loads of help and organization around the place.

Two big semi finals next week. Hard to pick who will make the final now."
Couldn't agree more on the setup on clontibret and the young lads in Scotstown, all very impressive.

One thing I will say though is there's been some amount of players come through from minors to seniors in all clubs since Darren and Kieran Hughes made their senior debuts for Scotstown and for anyone watching yesterday you could see that they're still head and shoulders the best and most impactful footballers for Scotstown or indeed any club (outside of McManus).

Scotstown will stay on top of the pile for as long as those two boys keep running the show and based on yesterdays evidence they'll be about for another good few years yet.

Does beg the question though - for all the players coming through from clubs, development squads, schools, colleges, etc, why hasn't a player come through that can come close to the Hughes or McManus in the last 15 years? Before that we had the likes of the Freemans, McQuaid, Corey's, etc - but very little at that level since?

Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 233 - 06/10/2025 10:39:24    2638631

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Replying To countymonaghan:  "Don't think they were missing too many in the end. Was a lot of talk that they would be missing Ryan Duffy, McGorman, McCabe, Mulligan, Dempsey but these lads all started.

I couldn't see them missing too many yesterday being at the game. Just missing the experience and know how to beat a Scotstown team who gave Latton loads of chances especially in the first half. Second half Scotstown showed up and played some football and probably didn't get out of 3rd gear. Scotstown made mistakes and Latton didn't punish them in the first half.

The young lads has to be commended on their performances. Maguire, Mallon, Sherlock were all brilliant. I didn't keep track of their scores but they kicked a good few between them. Darren swept up a lot of ball in the half back line in the second half. McCarron kicked a few nice scores also but as an outsider watching on, I rather watch them young boys play and get the cheers from the crowd rather than an blow in.

Clontibret was in some condition yesterday after the weeks weather we have had. Again, can't praise their set up enough, always is top notch and loads of help and organization around the place.

Two big semi finals next week. Hard to pick who will make the final now."
That's the point I was making but Mick was too sore to even reply.

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 109 - 06/10/2025 12:32:58    2638648

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Replying To Jjoniel79:  "Couldn't agree more on the setup on clontibret and the young lads in Scotstown, all very impressive.

One thing I will say though is there's been some amount of players come through from minors to seniors in all clubs since Darren and Kieran Hughes made their senior debuts for Scotstown and for anyone watching yesterday you could see that they're still head and shoulders the best and most impactful footballers for Scotstown or indeed any club (outside of McManus).

Scotstown will stay on top of the pile for as long as those two boys keep running the show and based on yesterdays evidence they'll be about for another good few years yet.

Does beg the question though - for all the players coming through from clubs, development squads, schools, colleges, etc, why hasn't a player come through that can come close to the Hughes or McManus in the last 15 years? Before that we had the likes of the Freemans, McQuaid, Corey's, etc - but very little at that level since?"
I'd say that any of us on this forum can forget about seeing a player as good as Conor McManus play for Monaghan in our lifetimes. When you combine his physical attributes, mental attributes and his skill, you realise that there's a select few players to ever play the sport that have all 3 at the level he did.
It's definitely not beyond the realms of possibility that we can produce other players to replace those other guys you mentioned though. McManus and Beggan will never be replaced.

HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 263 - 06/10/2025 17:31:58    2638716

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Interesting weekend in the senior championship. Saturday was a humbling experience for Corduff in so far as they never got a look in, after all the hype etc from that corner of the parish. It was noticeable that there was not as much of the usual hot air from the sideline, and the fact it was fairly well refereed meant that footballing ability was the deciding factor in the game. That being the case Magheracloone were never getting beat considering the attitude they brought. I would say the fact the TV cameras were rolling played it's part too.

Scotstown blew Latton away in the second half, but I think Latton threw in the towel well before the end. Scotstown were not overly impressive in the first half but for some silly handling errors from Latton it could have been a lot closer at half time. However that second half was just the tonic the younger Scotstown lads needed going into a semi final

Both semi finals are hard to call, if Magheracloone can get back down to earth quickly and start like they did on Saturday, they could cause Inniskeen problems especially if Inniskeen have cobwebs from the long lay off, but Inniskeen were my choice for the title before it started so I fancy them to shade it in the end
Scotstown needed that game and performance last Sunday IMO as they looked vulnerable up to now, the younger lads performed well and kept the error count to a minimum which is ominous for the rest of the county going, I think they will shade it over a rusty Clontibret

The heart says Magheracloone and Clontibret but the head says Inniskeen and Scotstown for the final, but it could be a long evening

mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1082 - 06/10/2025 18:35:39    2638733

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "That's the point I was making but Mick was too sore to even reply."
Apologies I was told prior to the game that Latton were down a few bodies but that was incorrect…anyway, we will catch up on here in a few weeks when another tilt at an ulster title has ended in another glorious failure…

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 609 - 06/10/2025 20:02:13    2638742

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Replying To mick2007:  "Apologies I was told prior to the game that Latton were down a few bodies but that was incorrect…anyway, we will catch up on here in a few weeks when another tilt at an ulster title has ended in another glorious failure…"
Ya have to be in it, to win it Mick. A lot to be said for putting on the club colours when all others are dreaming of next year.

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 109 - 06/10/2025 21:55:18    2638756

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Ya have to be in it, to win it Mick. A lot to be said for putting on the club colours when all others are dreaming of next year."
Definitely agree and I am not a Scotstown supporter. Admirable how many times they have competed in Ulster over the last 10 years.. When you look what they were playing against it was very strong Ulster teams. The Slaughneils, Kilcoo, Glenn.

Really looking forward to the double header Sunday in Clones. a nice crisp dry day be nice to let all 4 teams go at it in decent conditions. Think there will be one upset out of the two games. Clontibret and Inniskeen have been sitting waiting a while now but I feel one of them can cause an upset.

Maghercloone is a very young team, plenty of runners and lively players which will take watching IMO. Inniskeen have more experience players but always seem to struggle come this time of the year. They need massive games from Woods, Jones, Hanratty and McNulty to get over the line I think. Maghercloone will not fear Inniskeen and will let the shackles off I think and go at it. Maghercloone are going in the right direction coming from Intermediate last year.

Scotstown have that youth and a great deal of experience but Clontibret now have this also. Clontibret were impressive throughout the championship with their young lads playing very well. They are a team that never seems to go too far away. They will need Lavelle, Carey, Hughes, Greenan, McDonnell all firing on all cylinders this weekend to bring the game to Scotstown. McManus will be McManus and he needs no motivation for this. I have noticed his hunger in recent games, lots of dictating and leadership on the field to younger lads which can only be a bonus.

Let the best two teams win and hopefully the referees aren't at the center of attention come next Sunday evening.

countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 306 - 07/10/2025 09:53:51    2638787

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Replying To Jjoniel79:  "Couldn't agree more on the setup on clontibret and the young lads in Scotstown, all very impressive.

One thing I will say though is there's been some amount of players come through from minors to seniors in all clubs since Darren and Kieran Hughes made their senior debuts for Scotstown and for anyone watching yesterday you could see that they're still head and shoulders the best and most impactful footballers for Scotstown or indeed any club (outside of McManus).

Scotstown will stay on top of the pile for as long as those two boys keep running the show and based on yesterdays evidence they'll be about for another good few years yet.

Does beg the question though - for all the players coming through from clubs, development squads, schools, colleges, etc, why hasn't a player come through that can come close to the Hughes or McManus in the last 15 years? Before that we had the likes of the Freemans, McQuaid, Corey's, etc - but very little at that level since?"
i think Dessie Ward is up there with the Hughes' in terms of drive, strength, skill and ability...injuries kept him out for the guts of 2 years and thats probably the only reason he's not a household name

I take your point though - since, say, 2010, we haven't had a big influx of players that we had especially for the 2013 season with walshe, wylie, hughes x2, oconnel, beggan and mcmanus but they bolstered up a team with corey, moen, freeman and lennon etc

I think today we have other stars that have trickled in moreso than an influx of players - mccarthy, bannigan, o'hanlon, mcanespie, mohan & ward

its different now too where back in 2010 - the mckenna cup and league was used to blood minors coming through but now you nearly need to get through an u20s before making a county squad unless you're david clifford

MalsBalls (Monaghan) - Posts: 240 - 07/10/2025 10:01:45    2638789

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Just my early opinions on Leagues and Championships/Relegation
Anyone else care to comment?
Senior: Scotstown
Relegation:Ballybay and Aughnamullen

Intermediate:Donaghmoyne C and Carrick L
Relegation: Toome and Drumhowan

Junior:Emyvale double, Eire Og promotion

I imagine there will be a lot of changes in management too across all divisions especially in Junior where I hear most managers are gone.
Did Toome management quit during the season?

Matchwatcher (Monaghan) - Posts: 9 - 07/10/2025 12:13:38    2638817

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