Monaghan GAA thread

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 866 - 16/10/2026 19:52:23    2697591

Serious buzz around the north Monaghan area this weekend. Truagh with a serious belief (maybe over confidence) of toppling the neighbours.
Scotstown too much impact off the bench for me.

Monaghanmad123 (Monaghan) - Posts: 81 - 17/10/2026 11:23:19    2697613

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20844 - 17/10/2026 11:42:43    2697615

McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 173 - 17/10/2026 20:03:29    2697686

I think we will see the flaw of group stages in the Monaghan Championship today. Scotstown to run rampant, 8-10 point win.

MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 303 - 18/10/2026 10:05:00    2697709

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 866 - 18/10/2026 11:20:58    2697718

Another handy championship for scotstown

McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 173 - 18/10/2026 16:46:27    2697751

It bodes well for the county team when you see how close inniskeen came to scotstown in recent times, truagh looked like an average intermiedate team today. Mc Entee had them close. Is mick duffy getting a spin to connollys?

222 (UK) - Posts: 978 - 18/10/2026 17:00:54    2697754

McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 173 - 18/10/2026 17:01:34    2697755

Monaghanmad123 (Monaghan) - Posts: 81 - 18/10/2026 17:32:38    2697760

Great result for Aughnamullen minors against a usually very good Donaghmoyne team
Beggan knocking over 8 points to just keep himself entertained says it all about the senior final

Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1394 - 18/10/2026 17:43:34    2697763

Lads ye were right dodgy box let me down but had a feeling this was one to listen to on the radio not give clubber €20 for. Sounded like a training session for Scotstown especially the second half.

seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 2042 - 18/10/2026 18:51:49    2697779

Dmoyne didn't turn up today in minor final sean murt very good as was Phil mccaul ,that beggan fella is unreal 55 60 yards out just chipped it over like a 13 yard free, really a once in a lifetime watch ,a diamond

Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 253 - 18/10/2026 21:23:28    2697802

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 866 - 18/10/2026 22:39:15    2697815

Have we got the most uncompetitive championship in Ireland? Was in Clones today and the amount of neutrals leaving with 15 minutes to go was noticeable. Truagh supporters there hoping for a miracle. Terrible stuff when you see the scenes in other championships around the country.

Monaghansclown (Monaghan) - Posts: 206 - 18/10/2026 22:42:36    2697817

Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 253 - 19/10/2026 11:49:23    2697853

sporto (Monaghan) - Posts: 216 - 19/10/2026 12:05:49    2697857

Realistically who can topple the blues in years to come? Possibly blayney maybe clontibret after that it's slim pickings.

222 (UK) - Posts: 978 - 19/10/2026 12:11:56    2697859

Scotstown won that title in the semi final. In 21 Truagh got to the county final by beating 2 good teams in Ballybay and Clontibret, this year there are no good teams outside of Scotstown and Inniskeen so got there by default, they could just as easily have been relegated this year.

Sadly for the foreseeable Inniskeen are a bit light on help yet and one or two injuries or emigrations will take them back to the pack whereas Scotstown have the luxury of resting Jack and putting some of their top men on ice with 10 to go in a county final. Scotstown could easily have swapped 3 or 4 men from the bench with starters yesterday and still won the game comfortably, and that's without big gavin.

I do have a question for the masses - outside of their numbers; how/why is Scotstown so far ahead of the pack. Beggan, the Hughes brothers, McCarthy are once in a generation players - but now comes along Max Maguire, Tommy Mallon, McIlwaine who look every bit as impressive.

Their player retention from juveniles to senior ranks is striking, as is their ability to turn out exiting young talent. Plenty on here whinge about them having a team in junior but I think the proof is in the pudding - it's more truely competitive football for more players and the benifits are there for all to see so I think more if not all clubs should be fielding junior teams and another lower league set up - reserve football is dead and has been for 10 years or more.

Additionally their juvenile coaching teams struck me as interesting - you often see Hughes, Beggan, Mohan, Carey, etc involved with their youth teams and almost no teams have a mammy or daddy on the sideline. I think this is something all clubs need to implement - ban parents from managing their own and ruining the whole thing for all the other kids. My own club had an under 14 training session with 9 parents on the sideline and only 8 lads training, which I think tells you the story of where we're at.

The removal of parents from juvenile coaching structures and the pathway from underage to senior competitive football with the junior teams are the two things I can identify that Scotstown are doing better than everyone else. But that's just my assessment.

It can't just be down to their population, Truagh have just as big a parish and the town teams have even more numbers again - by the population logic, Dublin would still be winning annually and would never be beat. Kerry have less help than cork and are no better fed or bred but win far more due to their structures, systems, etc. I'd be interested in what others thoughts are.

Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 292 - 19/10/2026 12:27:51    2697861

mick2007 (Monaghan) - Posts: 708 - 19/10/2026 12:54:02    2697866