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Replying To farneygael3:  "Champagne our county champions don't begrudge them. Just because they are 8-10 points better, when at full strength, than those chasing them you shouldn't be bitter. Hard work got them to this level so it's up to the rest to simply get better and lay a glove on them!"
Hard work, lot of talent and huge numbers meant multiple titles.. a certain transfer 3 years ago ensured they stayed ahead of the pack, without that transfer they wouldn't have came out of the county never mind challenge for ulster over these last 3 years.. and before anyone jumps down my throat that's a truth and a sheer fact… aside from the fact that McCauge is a managerial genius performing miracles…..

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 623 - 08/12/2025 14:54:35    2647498

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Replying To mick2007:  "Hard work, lot of talent and huge numbers meant multiple titles.. a certain transfer 3 years ago ensured they stayed ahead of the pack, without that transfer they wouldn't have came out of the county never mind challenge for ulster over these last 3 years.. and before anyone jumps down my throat that's a truth and a sheer fact… aside from the fact that McCauge is a managerial genius performing miracles….."
Nothing to do with transfers. Donal Morgan is the key component this year and the boys of '89 will be emulated

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 473 - 08/12/2025 16:01:00    2647515

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Replying To HB245:  "I'd be thinking Scotstown by 3 or 4, depending on McCarthy's fitness. If he's fit to come on at HT, then they will win. Very few teams in the country have the size to match Scotstown around the middle third, and Kilcoo are not one of them."
every team kilcoo play have bigger men all over the field, that won't be winning or losing the game here.
Scotstown need to stop kilcoo running through them like last year.

Yourjoking (USA) - Posts: 763 - 08/12/2025 20:18:36    2647551

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Replying To HB245:  "I'd be thinking Scotstown by 3 or 4, depending on McCarthy's fitness. If he's fit to come on at HT, then they will win. Very few teams in the country have the size to match Scotstown around the middle third, and Kilcoo are not one of them."
Can't agree there based off the Newbridge game, everyone in the county should be hoping they do win as it reflects well on our competition but you'd have to be doubtfull. Take a look at the newbridge game how many times did Scotstown look poor when the newbridge attacker broke the first tackle for me that's the winning of the game for kilcoo along side the fact kilcoo has certain Monaghan men in their set up!

Clubman57 (Monaghan) - Posts: 21 - 09/12/2025 19:04:24    2647711

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Replying To Clubman57:  "Can't agree there based off the Newbridge game, everyone in the county should be hoping they do win as it reflects well on our competition but you'd have to be doubtfull. Take a look at the newbridge game how many times did Scotstown look poor when the newbridge attacker broke the first tackle for me that's the winning of the game for kilcoo along side the fact kilcoo has certain Monaghan men in their set up!"
Codders in their set up more like!

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 473 - 09/12/2025 21:00:01    2647724

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Replying To Clubman57:  "Can't agree there based off the Newbridge game, everyone in the county should be hoping they do win as it reflects well on our competition but you'd have to be doubtfull. Take a look at the newbridge game how many times did Scotstown look poor when the newbridge attacker broke the first tackle for me that's the winning of the game for kilcoo along side the fact kilcoo has certain Monaghan men in their set up!"
It may reflect well on our competition from the outside looking in alright. But sadly everything that this current Scotstown team achieve will have a major asterisk beside it due to the fact that they could never get over the line until they transferred in McCurrin from the smallest club in Monaghan.

HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 279 - 09/12/2025 21:14:31    2647727

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Replying To Clubman57:  "Can't agree there based off the Newbridge game, everyone in the county should be hoping they do win as it reflects well on our competition but you'd have to be doubtfull. Take a look at the newbridge game how many times did Scotstown look poor when the newbridge attacker broke the first tackle for me that's the winning of the game for kilcoo along side the fact kilcoo has certain Monaghan men in their set up!"
With the new rules that's every team now.. once you beat a man you have a chance to score ..

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 907 - 10/12/2025 08:11:41    2647748

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Replying To HB245:  "Why would it be great? They just won a Monaghan club championship while two starting county senior players (McCarthy and O'Toole) played about a combined 30 minutes of total championship minutes. The McCurrin transfer has completely killed the Monaghan senior club scene. Look at Inniskeen and Clontibret losing McNulty and McDonnell to emigration for the upcoming season, would that happen if they had a realistic chance of winning a championship? Most likely not.
When one club can field 5 adult teams and nobody else can field more than two (some can string together a 3rd team by making calls asking lads to tog out for day), then you are going to have exactly what we have - The least competitive senior championship in the country."
say what you want about the 5 adult teams...theres a spine in scotstown that is critical to their success...the same spine that anchored the county team over the last 10-15 years....

it would be great to see them lads, beggan, hughes, hughes, carey, mccarthy etc win something as huge as this

im personally sick of the yapping on this forum about the "united parishes" - keyboard warriors whinging is all it is...Truagh is a huge size too - why are they not competing? the town teams have plenty of people knocking about - why are they not competing?...of course there's a certain validity to the claims against scotstown but change the record please lads

MalsBalls (Monaghan) - Posts: 248 - 10/12/2025 09:32:53    2647755

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Replying To veterngaa:  "With the new rules that's every team now.. once you beat a man you have a chance to score .."
It's about not letting the scars of last year have an impact on the lads mentality. The new rules and addition of speed/youth counteracts this massively imo.

If we can withstand that elusive 10 minute golden spell Kilcoo bring at the beginning of the third quarter I believe these lads will be walking in the footsteps of legends.

The sooner throw in arrives the better, already been a number of sleepless nights.

ConyersHill04 (Monaghan) - Posts: 20 - 10/12/2025 10:25:43    2647767

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I see Cork have their 2026 championship draws done this week. Should we not be doing the same in this quiet period. At least once the new year comes in players and management know the landscape for the year. Is this too progressive for our County? Can't see any benefit holding till Summer to do them

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 473 - 10/12/2025 10:46:59    2647774

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