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Replying To steelymonman: "Blayneys tradition meant they'd always be back." With Malone running the operation they'd always be back farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 614 - 14/04/2026 11:26:22 2666327 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "With Malone running the operation they'd always be back" The real "manager" from what I'm hearing? MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 198 - 14/04/2026 13:13:47 2666355 Link
Any thoughts on a starting 15? Almost no read on who is available although there is some talk now of McCarthy and Lavelle togging out. McCarville? Hard to see how they could drop straight into a championship lineup If they were ready to go it would look ok at: R Beggan D Treanor K Lavelle D Byrne A Carey L Kelly R O'Toole M McCarville K Gallagher C McCarthy D Ward M Bannigan D Garland A Woods S O'Hanlon Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1301 - 14/04/2026 15:15:18 2666402 Link
Mc carthy, lavelle, Dylan Byrne, Louis Kelly, Ryan McAnespie, Bobby McCaul and Gary Mohan are back in contention for this weekend. However, Michael Hamill will definitely miss the game. Emyvale clubman Hamill has a knee injury Bannigan described as "worse than a cruciate". He could return for the All-Ireland series but will miss the Ulster campaign. Article up yesterday. monaghanfootballfan (Monaghan) - Posts: 10 - 14/04/2026 16:34:42 2666418 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Any thoughts on a starting 15? Almost no read on who is available although there is some talk now of McCarthy and Lavelle togging out. McCarville? Hard to see how they could drop straight into a championship lineup If they were ready to go it would look ok at: R Beggan D Treanor K Lavelle D Byrne A Carey L Kelly R O'Toole M McCarville K Gallagher C McCarthy D Ward M Bannigan D Garland A Woods S O'Hanlon" Hard 1 to call, hopefully turning a corner beggan d mc elearney k lavelle r wylie r o toole d ward c mc carthy mc carville gallagher carey bannigan mc anespie garland woods o hanlon also think we have options depending on availability with gallagher at half forward/midfield/full forward. mohan in full forward. byrne, dowd, treanor can cover defence. can play louis kelly centre 1/2. options we didnt have in the league. our 1/2 forward and 1/2 back line is very interchangeable. Biggest concern is when was our last good performance in clones? Clare give us a good rattle last year there too. monaghanfootballfan (Monaghan) - Posts: 10 - 14/04/2026 17:10:59 2666426 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Any thoughts on a starting 15? Almost no read on who is available although there is some talk now of McCarthy and Lavelle togging out. McCarville? Hard to see how they could drop straight into a championship lineup If they were ready to go it would look ok at: R Beggan D Treanor K Lavelle D Byrne A Carey L Kelly R O'Toole M McCarville K Gallagher C McCarthy D Ward M Bannigan D Garland A Woods S O'Hanlon" Good to see someone with sense putting together a team. Ward at 6 leaves the defence like an open gate but he could definitely do a job at 11 - I'd even consider at 8. O'Toole as well is a disaster at the fullback line - gets the odd score but the backs are in complete disarray when he abandons ship looking for a score in championship games. I'd like to see woods drop out of the full forward line to add some beef around the middle. Hes a strong lad and can pick a great pass inside. Realistically though this weekend is going to be very tight and if we get a result we'll be made work dam hard for it. Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 269 - 14/04/2026 17:44:10 2666434 Link
Replying To steelymonman: "Blayneys tradition meant they'd always be back." Tradition combined with population. One of life's biggest mysteries how a club with that tradition and population have been a laughing stock for as long as they have been. Another new school in the town now aswell. Biggest underachievers in Monaghan. HB245 (Monaghan) - Posts: 293 - 14/04/2026 19:40:27 2666449 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Any thoughts on a starting 15? Almost no read on who is available although there is some talk now of McCarthy and Lavelle togging out. McCarville? Hard to see how they could drop straight into a championship lineup If they were ready to go it would look ok at: R Beggan D Treanor K Lavelle D Byrne A Carey L Kelly R O'Toole M McCarville K Gallagher C McCarthy D Ward M Bannigan D Garland A Woods S O'Hanlon" Is that a Cavan man's wishlist? ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 988 - 14/04/2026 21:15:01 2666456 Link