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Replying To countymonaghan:  "Credit to all club volunteers across the county who has been sorting tickets this last week/10 days.

A thankless job but someone has to do it. Between taking orders from members, dealing with a smaller allocation from county board, dealing with unhappy club members and then the tedious job of sitting putting each members tickets into envelopes. Maybe 150-200 envelopes to be filled and labeled.
And not to forget sitting now to collect the money for each order when they are being collected.

Might sound like a small job but I would say this last week has been tough on these people so massive thank you to whoever does it for your club.

BRING ON SUNDAY"
Absolutely super work from our committee too, handed a tough hand to deal with.

Build up really starting now, plenty of flags up good to see and hoping the lads can put in a big performance and see where it takes us.

A day to be savoured, not every day you get to see Monaghan in an Ulster final in Clones and if Casement does ever go ahead people might look back and say how privileged we were to be at one in Clones.

sporto (Monaghan) - Posts: 197 - 15/05/2026 10:46:39    2673121

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Replying To Eddie the Exile:  "Could be it be ruled that anyone who left the Derry game early, unless under extenuating circumstances, should not be given a ticket? Several men were well through Middletown and Keady by the time they heard Monaghan were still alive. Can't be having that."
Be good to see how many will be back in Clones in a fortnight regardless of the result.

ConyersHill04 (Monaghan) - Posts: 72 - 15/05/2026 11:21:30    2673129

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Replying To ConyersHill04:  "You could of drove a forty foot lorry up the centre of our defence. So no, we weren't 6-8 points a better team. Tyrone will inevitably go and win another All Ireland because they have several better players than us, AND they have a belief instilled within them from they are babies that they are good enough to go and win these competitions. We punch above our weight and produce magnificent, young footballers in smaller batches than counties like Tyrone."
You musnt have watched the game, we were all over them for the first 20 and we could have coasted to the win. Bate the same team at u17 level 3 years ago which might be the barometer if we have progressed or not. Aside from the Armagh win our only victories were over Antrim Fermanagh and Cavan who should be in a tier 3 comp. Losses to Donegal Derry and Tyrone

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 665 - 15/05/2026 12:06:12    2673137

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Replying To Eddie the Exile:  "Could be it be ruled that anyone who left the Derry game early, unless under extenuating circumstances, should not be given a ticket? Several men were well through Middletown and Keady by the time they heard Monaghan were still alive. Can't be having that."
Good point. Overheard one of the stewards commenting on how many Monaghan supporters left at halftime. What about a bit of respect for the effort the guys put in. Are the same ones complaining about ticket allocation going to be getting up and turning their backs on the team if things are going badly with 20 left...

moodoo (Monaghan) - Posts: 467 - 15/05/2026 12:25:32    2673142

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Experience probably will count for a lot Sunday, Armagh probably hold the aces there, not to many of our players have played in a full Clones surely? Beggan, R Wylie? Its also interesting, it has been well highlighted Armagh are chasing Ulster but a lot of our guys haven't' tasted any success in the province and probably wont get a better opportunity than Sunday. Will be interesting to see how we cope with that. Kickouts are huge, Roscommon really took Galway to the cleaners last week so Beggan will be a target for the Armagh men. Armagh cleaned Downs inform players in the SF by attacking every chance they got. You would be hoping at midfield we can win that battle to launch attacks. I think on squad depth, form, experience, Armagh should see it out. Its a game where I am nervous for, being a Monaghan supporter, some times we can be in these positions with a huge build up and we do not show up or often loose a close game. I really hope this team makes their own history Sunday.

222 (UK) - Posts: 928 - 15/05/2026 12:57:46    2673151

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Am i the only one thinking Armagh struggle with favourites tag. And it is so set up for them to finally win an Ulster title. All they have to do is show up they are going that well. We are in a fantastic place heading into Sunday.

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 665 - 15/05/2026 13:23:43    2673156

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