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I understand the amount of clubs titles won and it'd be the natural step up but is McCague at that intercounty level? no fault of theirs but lets not forget who he won them with, not exactly a masterstroke.

Deadballmerchant (Monaghan) - Posts: 50 - 12/08/2026 17:25:51    2689614

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "He can play for Truagh."
Truaghs bound to be punished as they seem to be completely unaware of who's actually eligible for their junior team as we seen last weekend

Farneyman2 (Monaghan) - Posts: 9 - 12/08/2026 22:21:05    2689635

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Replying To Deadballmerchant:  "I understand the amount of clubs titles won and it'd be the natural step up but is McCague at that intercounty level? no fault of theirs but lets not forget who he won them with, not exactly a masterstroke."
Was over the under 20s with Malone a few years ago also

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 779 - 13/08/2026 10:16:23    2689654

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Predictions for this weeks championship games
Senior
Latton vs Carrick= tight affair Carrick with something to prove leaning towards Latton
Corduff vs iniskeen= corduff impressive vs Cremartin last day out in the relegation final but iniskeen too strong
Blaney vs magheracloone= magheracloone hard done by last week by clontibret brilliant comeback Blaney just not good enough Truagh could've beaten them by 10 if they took their chances. Has the faughs any men to return to this team?
Cremartin vs Truagh= Truagh here for me Cremartin another team who has it all to play for to try and stay up but they just aren't good enough relying too much on Stephen

Intermediate
Doohamlet vs emyvale = emyvale too strong done well to stay with ballybay last week Doohamlet lucky there's only 1 team to go down this year
Ballybay vs Monaghan harps = harps just not clinical enough to beat an outfit like Ballybay in my opinion Ballybay comfortably enough 4+
Aughnamullen vs clones= clones with a good win last week vs tyholland can't see it being strong enough for aughnamullen though they would need to find another gear aughnamullen for me
Tyholland vs Killanny= Killanny with their main focus of the year completed already will they be hungry enough to keep it pushing through the championship?? I THINK SO double on the cards for this team tyholland no chance

Junior
Currin vs Truagh Cs = my own club easily by 10 points
Killeevan vs blackhill = although last time they faced was a rather tight affair blackhill have improved much since then if the Truagh dilemma passes and Truagh keep the points Killeevan will play no more knockout football this year blackhill by 5
Oram vs Sean's= this is going to be a game to tune into with a lot on the line both teams with a point to prove after a disappointing league, Oram with plenty of men back and Sean's may be looking to achieve the same championship form of 2025 can't call this one DRAW
Aghabog emmets vs Rockcorry = aghabog comfortably don't know what's going on with rock at the moment can anyone expand on this?
Scotstown vs toome= toome for me although scotstown may put up a brave fight here providing Wilson is available toome will win this if not could be scotstowns to lose

Mccurrin69 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 25 - 13/08/2026 10:51:22    2689662

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Replying To Farneyman2:  "Truaghs bound to be punished as they seem to be completely unaware of who's actually eligible for their junior team as we seen last weekend"
Pretty simple. Anyone who didn't play senior champ last year,
Co players and 21s

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 1098 - 13/08/2026 11:13:13    2689671

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Replying To farneygael3:  "Was over the under 20s with Malone a few years ago also"
Main coach under Banty for 3-4 years also?

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 244 - 13/08/2026 13:26:21    2689707

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Replying To 222:  "Shocked if GB has been given the exit door, he has navigated the past two seasons fairly well."
Agreed and think he is a decent manager given the rotten luck he has had with players out unavailable. However theres something not quite right with the camp given the mess they were in for louth match and lads stepping away a lot sooner than used to be the case in monaghan from county football in recent times.

seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 2027 - 13/08/2026 15:24:13    2689726

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Replying To MonaghanMan44life:  "Main coach under Banty for 3-4 years also?"
Just on that stint as the main man over the u20s. They were heavy favourites to beat Cavan in a quarter final and lost 1-11 to 0-03. 14 of the lads that played that day have went on to be involved with the Monaghan senior setup since. 1-11 to 0-03.
As for the club medals with Scotstown, you could leave the Scotstown players to manage the team themselves and they'd have no fewer medals over the past 10+ years.

HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 305 - 13/08/2026 16:22:07    2689735

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Replying To farneygael3:  "Was over the under 20s with Malone a few years ago also"
Yes, and take a look at how that team done for the year. One of the more embarrassing u20 campaigns we've had, and that was a seriously good team.

HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 305 - 13/08/2026 16:23:37    2689736

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