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Monaghan GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Best wishes and many thanks to Gabriel Bannigan for his time as Monaghan manager. It is easy to forget how bleak the situation looked when he took over from Vinny a couple of years ago. No takers at the time so it took a real Monaghan football man to step up.
Plenty of good days in the meantime. A great league campaign in 2025 capped with a really enjoyable spin to Croke Park, a decent win over Cavan in USFC '26 to end a horrible run of results there, then a miracle win v Derry and a brave showing in the Ulster Final. The wins v Roscommon and Westmeath were great days, as too was the Louth game in Newbridge last year. Not a bad highlight reel. On the flip side, the failure to make the right calls in the last 20 v Donegal in Clones last year, and two very disappointing quarter finals in HQ were hard to take. Especially against a quite beatable Louth. You could argue too that we left an Ulster title behind this year.
All told, the man has done the county some service indeed and we should be optimistic for the medium term. The players are there. Clean slate needed for a few big options too.
Big call ahead for the county board. It's hard to know where to go next, but very clear where not to turn. Avoid the 'back to the future' option, that's for certain.
Eddie the Exile (National) - 27/08/2026 22:34:43
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GAA Journalism - 1 Like(s)
Shane Rice Coaing is one of the best journalist in my opinions. He has coached great players in gaa such as Karl Gallagher, Sam Mulroy and many others. Hes also from the elite club of scostown so has a great insight to how they are so successful and is friends with key players such as Rory beggan so this gives him great insight to current set ups. Everything he writes for the Gaeliclife is always correct and many other journalists could learn off him. He does coach with Dublin clubs and PT so his knowledge is endless. Gentleman when meet him in person and is very popular on social media with young generation.
GAAFAN1234512345 (National) - 27/08/2026 16:41:50
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