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Replying To sleater:  "I'm sure Colm Shalvey would have stats on who was top scorers list and under 28 in IFC and SFC. I would make an educated guess that it would include the following:

SFC
Stephen Mooney
Aaron Mulligan
Max Maguire
Tommy Mallen
Sean Jones
Andrew Woods
Fergal Hanratty

IFC
Eddie Walsh
Max McGinnity
Liam McDonald

Bobby McCaul and Cian Conlon missed their respective championships with injury but you would suspect if fit would be on top scorers list.

Mallen, McGinnity and Maguire have time on their side. Mulligan - is there an issue between him and Bannigan? (Mulligan got barely any game time in his last season in the panel and Bannigan was a selector then). Jones is of the most naturally gifted players we have who's talent is matched by his inconsistency.

I'd also say Monaghan's style of attacking play has become so ponderous that it doesn't get the best out of a special talent like Mooney."
Not a midfielder among them, we haven't had a proper midfield pairing since the mid 80s, not once, that's the start and end to our limitations.

mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1090 - 17/03/2026 16:28:47    2661612

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Let's hope the u20s can bring some excitement to the county tomorrow evening.
A tough first outting against an AI winning team.
I'd take a performance and some attacking intent at this stage..

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 177 - 17/03/2026 22:26:48    2661635

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Let's be real, last season was false hope. Played poor opposition and when we did play Donegal we couldn't get over the line. Playing weaker opposition gave us confidence but had we been in division 1 last year it would have taken a similar trajectory as this year. How long is it since Monaghan have beaten a division 1 side? As far as I can remember it's Dublin in the first round of the National league in 2024.

Farneyfan1916 (Monaghan) - Posts: 18 - 18/03/2026 09:06:50    2661643

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Let's hope the u20s can bring some excitement to the county tomorrow evening.
A tough first outting against an AI winning team.
I'd take a performance and some attacking intent at this stage.."
Not seeing any team sheets online (mustn't do it for 20's). Anyone know what the line out might be going off challenges etc.
Monaghan fans crying out for a team to rally behind at the minute should be good support.

Deadballmerchant (Monaghan) - Posts: 44 - 18/03/2026 10:34:07    2661658

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "Get with the programme lad. Most clubs now have their own apps and it just about time the county had theirs too."
Ye most club apps are better than the county one. Have you even looked at it? Fixtures and results still just link you back to the website, hence the need to sort the website before they develop an app.

sporto (Monaghan) - Posts: 194 - 18/03/2026 10:43:29    2661659

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