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Replying To mick2007:  "In fairness to the blues they give it some rattle in the 2nd half lead by the currin man… silly shot selections ultimately cost them in the end…be big regrets in scotstown and Connollys tonight… if O' Connor is playing for dingle I would expect them to win the final comfortably…"
Dingle didn't win comfortably against Finbarrs of Cork and Ballyboden two sides that Brigids are as good as if not better. O'Connor will play and I expect highly competitive final decided on the finest of margins.

Hard luck to Scotstown after a memorable campaign.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 648 - 05/01/2026 01:38:58    2649818

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Replying To Gavlar:  "Fair play to scotstown on a hard earned Ulster title condolences on the defeat in cavan

But don't see how dingle go from scrapping by finbars and Boden to comfortably beating brigids

Don't worry 2023 hurt Brigids a lot, should have won that day but only for a Conor glass goal, they will be up for the kerry boys

Brigids did good job putting pressure on beggan it will be interesting if the seven division one teams were taking notes on how to stop your new rules nuclear weapon"
Yes i am sure in 7 games all 7 teams wont foul outside the arc.

monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 443 - 05/01/2026 09:25:33    2649828

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Dingle didn't win comfortably against Finbarrs of Cork and Ballyboden two sides that Brigids are as good as if not better. O'Connor will play and I expect highly competitive final decided on the finest of margins.

Hard luck to Scotstown after a memorable campaign."
Ballyboden were probably the best side in the competition as you would expect with a open transfer policy but somehow got caught against dingle..they give a footballing masterclass in the 1st half and if they even took one of their 3 goals chances in the 1st half they probably would have won at a canter…
All ifs and buts, proof will be in the pudden in 2 wks.. I just think dingle with the vast open spaces of croke park and their scoring power up front will win it…

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 634 - 05/01/2026 09:50:57    2649832

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Replying To veterngaa:  "Have a day off lad. You are the only one laughing at your own jokes"
Sounds like you need a day off to get over your sickness………

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 634 - 05/01/2026 09:51:51    2649834

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Replying To Gavlar:  "Fair play to scotstown on a hard earned Ulster title condolences on the defeat in cavan

But don't see how dingle go from scrapping by finbars and Boden to comfortably beating brigids

Don't worry 2023 hurt Brigids a lot, should have won that day but only for a Conor glass goal, they will be up for the kerry boys

Brigids did good job putting pressure on beggan it will be interesting if the seven division one teams were taking notes on how to stop your new rules nuclear weapon"
Rory is always going to be top class, even if he does look like he has wintered well..

The problem facing Monaghan is that the targets for his kickouts keep getting worse. At least with Scotstown he can put it on top of the Hughes brothers - doesn't have that luxury anymore with the county and I see this being a huge issue this year worse than last. If Rory can't go king then teams can press us short and we're in bother.

Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 253 - 05/01/2026 10:35:22    2649844

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Replying To mick2007:  "Ballyboden were probably the best side in the competition as you would expect with a open transfer policy but somehow got caught against dingle..they give a footballing masterclass in the 1st half and if they even took one of their 3 goals chances in the 1st half they probably would have won at a canter…
All ifs and buts, proof will be in the pudden in 2 wks.. I just think dingle with the vast open spaces of croke park and their scoring power up front will win it…"
Is Croke Park pitch any bigger than Breffni?

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 293 - 05/01/2026 12:00:25    2649856

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Replying To mick2007:  "Ballyboden were probably the best side in the competition as you would expect with a open transfer policy but somehow got caught against dingle..they give a footballing masterclass in the 1st half and if they even took one of their 3 goals chances in the 1st half they probably would have won at a canter…
All ifs and buts, proof will be in the pudden in 2 wks.. I just think dingle with the vast open spaces of croke park and their scoring power up front will win it…"
Dingle gave football masterclass in second half

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1138 - 05/01/2026 12:27:41    2649861

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Couldn't be prouder of our club after yesterday. Disappointing end to a magnificent year representing our county with distinction.

Brigids are one damn good team who will relish Croke Park as they have two key components: Youth and Pace. The very best of luck to them.

On the other hand it feels like its going to be a long league campaign for Monaghan, hopefully I'm wrong.

ConyersHill04 (Monaghan) - Posts: 30 - 05/01/2026 12:52:36    2649869

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Replying To mick2007:  "Ballyboden were probably the best side in the competition as you would expect with a open transfer policy but somehow got caught against dingle..they give a footballing masterclass in the 1st half and if they even took one of their 3 goals chances in the 1st half they probably would have won at a canter…
All ifs and buts, proof will be in the pudden in 2 wks.. I just think dingle with the vast open spaces of croke park and their scoring power up front will win it…"
It could also be argued that the big pitch in Croke Park will also suit St. Brigid's as they have some very fast and fit players and they counter attack at pace as part of their gameplan. It will be interesting to see who they put on Paul Geaney and it probably will be B. Stack, R. Fallon, P. Frost or S. Trundle.
This decision and it's knock-on consequences could decide the game. The big pitch should also allow B. Carroll to get more kickouts away than he achieved against Moycullen and Scotstown.

Fair play to Brian Stack for continuing to play on after that terrible fall from a height on to very hard ground yesterday. Shows why he is captain and leader with the Rossies. Hopefully he will be OK for the final as I guess he will be very sore this morning.

Fancy St Brigids myself but it should be a great game. ( Open & Sporting). Two great rural clubs and it will be a great achievement for whoever wins it.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 829 - 05/01/2026 13:20:14    2649877

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Replying To KingdomofBreifne:  "The arrogance! Wicklow have the same number of all Irelands as Monaghan. Reduced to lumping the ball into the square to your goalie. That's not exactly revolutionary or something Wicklow or anyone else will be jealous of."
And I witnessed the same all Irelands for monaghan as you did for cavan

McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 111 - 05/01/2026 18:43:11    2649948

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Replying To ConyersHill04:  "Couldn't be prouder of our club after yesterday. Disappointing end to a magnificent year representing our county with distinction.

Brigids are one damn good team who will relish Croke Park as they have two key components: Youth and Pace. The very best of luck to them.

On the other hand it feels like its going to be a long league campaign for Monaghan, hopefully I'm wrong."
We needed all our players playing well and fit. We needed McCarthy fit and unfortunately he wasn't fully fit or Mallon or McElwaine. Be stronger next year with them all fit and McCaffrey also … hopeful they push again next year

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 939 - 05/01/2026 19:03:15    2649952

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Replying To McGuirk1985@:  "And I witnessed the same all Irelands for monaghan as you did for cavan"
I never mentioned ours. You however belittled the opinions of the Wicklow poster because you think your own county is one of the big dogs.

KingdomofBreifne (Cavan) - Posts: 217 - 05/01/2026 21:17:54    2649972

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We had men from the Parishes on here a few weeks ago talking about Ulster opponents dirtying their togs. Well by God we saw some amount of togs dirtied in Breffni on Sunday when the big boys showed up. First thing going into an All Ireland semi final, you need to have a level of fitness comparable to the opposition. Secondy you need to have a hunger and bravery for the 60+ minutes on the field. The Parishes had neither. You also need to be as mistake free as possible. At least 1-6 of the Bridgets scores came from unforced errors. Lastly scores are not got or games won by playing football around the middle third of the field. In essence the Parishes have been doing the same thing all year. It was just about good enough in Monaghan, got them through Ulster with a lot of luck but was never going to be enough when the big boys showed up to play. In reality it was a four point hammering on Sunday.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 906 - 06/01/2026 13:13:04    2650034

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "It could also be argued that the big pitch in Croke Park will also suit St. Brigid's as they have some very fast and fit players and they counter attack at pace as part of their gameplan. It will be interesting to see who they put on Paul Geaney and it probably will be B. Stack, R. Fallon, P. Frost or S. Trundle.
This decision and it's knock-on consequences could decide the game. The big pitch should also allow B. Carroll to get more kickouts away than he achieved against Moycullen and Scotstown.

Fair play to Brian Stack for continuing to play on after that terrible fall from a height on to very hard ground yesterday. Shows why he is captain and leader with the Rossies. Hopefully he will be OK for the final as I guess he will be very sore this morning.

Fancy St Brigids myself but it should be a great game. ( Open & Sporting). Two great rural clubs and it will be a great achievement for whoever wins it."
Yes. Two best clubs in Ireland. It should be a cracker in Croke Park. Looking forward to it. Hopefully all will be ok with Brian Stack. That was the kind of bravery the Bridgets had in spades and the Scotstown boys were lacking. The Bridgets boys looked like a team that wanted to win an All Ureland and prepared to put their bodies on the line to do so. Hopefully they will be rewarded.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 906 - 06/01/2026 13:20:00    2650037

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "We had men from the Parishes on here a few weeks ago talking about Ulster opponents dirtying their togs. Well by God we saw some amount of togs dirtied in Breffni on Sunday when the big boys showed up. First thing going into an All Ireland semi final, you need to have a level of fitness comparable to the opposition. Secondy you need to have a hunger and bravery for the 60+ minutes on the field. The Parishes had neither. You also need to be as mistake free as possible. At least 1-6 of the Bridgets scores came from unforced errors. Lastly scores are not got or games won by playing football around the middle third of the field. In essence the Parishes have been doing the same thing all year. It was just about good enough in Monaghan, got them through Ulster with a lot of luck but was never going to be enough when the big boys showed up to play. In reality it was a four point hammering on Sunday."
Goodness gracious it only took you three weeks to pipe up.... To say Scotstown had no hunger or bravery is frankly laughable. Brigids are a brilliant team and are further down the road than the road than us in terms of youth and experience. Suppose as right, it was 'luck' that got us through that Kilcoo game that you predicted we'd lose by 5 points.

But hey....Happy New Year buddy, maybe when the systems clear from all the hooch you've been consuming, you can direct you're frustrations towards improving your own club, who knows? Maybe someday the good times will come/come back for your club.

Finally, I hope the Parishes keep doing the same as they did all last year, a Mick Duffy and Seamus McFerran are two nice guests to have locked away in Drumdesco.

ConyersHill04 (Monaghan) - Posts: 30 - 06/01/2026 14:09:54    2650043

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Replying To ConyersHill04:  "Couldn't be prouder of our club after yesterday. Disappointing end to a magnificent year representing our county with distinction.

Brigids are one damn good team who will relish Croke Park as they have two key components: Youth and Pace. The very best of luck to them.

On the other hand it feels like its going to be a long league campaign for Monaghan, hopefully I'm wrong."
only thing ill say is that monaghan will have the scotstown lads back before roscommon have their brigids lads back...and going back to last year which was a decent year - I remember not being convinced by any of the other quarter finalists (save for the eventual finalists)...armagh were hammered by kerry, dublin well beat by tyrone who lost to kerry...mayo werent even there and galway were beaten by meath who were hammered by donegal

Id worry about our first game against armagh but after that im only concerned about donegal and kerry - dont care how arrogant that sounds before any cavan men attack me lol

anyway im not too worried about division 1....focus needs to be minimum an ulster final this year

MalsBalls (Monaghan) - Posts: 252 - 06/01/2026 14:17:58    2650045

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "We had men from the Parishes on here a few weeks ago talking about Ulster opponents dirtying their togs. Well by God we saw some amount of togs dirtied in Breffni on Sunday when the big boys showed up. First thing going into an All Ireland semi final, you need to have a level of fitness comparable to the opposition. Secondy you need to have a hunger and bravery for the 60+ minutes on the field. The Parishes had neither. You also need to be as mistake free as possible. At least 1-6 of the Bridgets scores came from unforced errors. Lastly scores are not got or games won by playing football around the middle third of the field. In essence the Parishes have been doing the same thing all year. It was just about good enough in Monaghan, got them through Ulster with a lot of luck but was never going to be enough when the big boys showed up to play. In reality it was a four point hammering on Sunday."
That's why you are on hoganstand giving opinions all your life. As long as mick Duffy keeps coming home we will be happy enough. Not sure many would agree on the 4 point hammering with the chances missed but sure arnt opinions the same as backsides .. we all have one.

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 939 - 06/01/2026 14:46:46    2650050

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Hard luck Scotstown, as said previously had enough chances to win it but the half time deficit was never really overturned.

Out of interest, have many of the lads on display Sunday played and developed through their junior league/championship team? That's been going on a number of years now so it would be interesting to see. A lot of the younger players got the scores on Sunday (along with McCarron) so it looks like they are the team to beat for another few years at least.

sporto (Monaghan) - Posts: 191 - 06/01/2026 15:24:24    2650058

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Replying To KingdomofBreifne:  "I never mentioned ours. You however belittled the opinions of the Wicklow poster because you think your own county is one of the big dogs."
Im not on other forums giving it the big one like yourself

McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 111 - 06/01/2026 18:09:34    2650085

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "We had men from the Parishes on here a few weeks ago talking about Ulster opponents dirtying their togs. Well by God we saw some amount of togs dirtied in Breffni on Sunday when the big boys showed up. First thing going into an All Ireland semi final, you need to have a level of fitness comparable to the opposition. Secondy you need to have a hunger and bravery for the 60+ minutes on the field. The Parishes had neither. You also need to be as mistake free as possible. At least 1-6 of the Bridgets scores came from unforced errors. Lastly scores are not got or games won by playing football around the middle third of the field. In essence the Parishes have been doing the same thing all year. It was just about good enough in Monaghan, got them through Ulster with a lot of luck but was never going to be enough when the big boys showed up to play. In reality it was a four point hammering on Sunday."
Have to say this reads like the most dangerous type of fool, one that thinks he isn't. You're talking about the Ulster Champions here? They're the best team in Ulster this year who were beaten in an All Ireland semi final? Name another team from Monaghan that's bigger than Scotstown while you're raving on about big boys there?

Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 253 - 06/01/2026 20:30:53    2650101

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