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Well done Killanny some team, unfortunately Carrick thought they only had to turn up couldn't believe Killanny,s fitness in extra time and credit to inniskeen for holding the final everything top class as usual great atmosphere but everyone got in and out quickly I can't see why the senior final can't be played there, also congratulations on inniskeen winning the senior league after a very quick turn around losing the co final last week and playing league final 6 days later. Intermediate will be some crack next year Carrick Blayney blackhill and magheracloone Pet (Monaghan) - Posts: 24 - 30/10/2023 09:00:51 2510895 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Huge win after a truly dogged display from Killanny. They looked beaten a few times during the second half but Carrick never could break beyond a 2 point lead. Murray, Vernon and the Duffys lead the charge physically,with Walsh adding some big scores. Carrickmacross remain an enigma. They played very cautious football when the game was there for the taking. Lynch and Ohanlon were bullied out of the game by all means necessary from Killanny. When Carrick went direct they had Killanny in bother but poor decisions and loose passes repeatedly scuppered their attack. Cremartin, Killanny, Corduff and Aughnamullen all senior next year. Not sure if that's a sign of strength or weakness in the Monaghan club scene." It's mad considering if you talked to anyone from carrick a few years ago they thought they were going to win the senior champ … veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 745 - 30/10/2023 11:24:11 2510921 Link
Replying To Pet: "Well done Killanny some team, unfortunately Carrick thought they only had to turn up couldn't believe Killanny,s fitness in extra time and credit to inniskeen for holding the final everything top class as usual great atmosphere but everyone got in and out quickly I can't see why the senior final can't be played there, also congratulations on inniskeen winning the senior league after a very quick turn around losing the co final last week and playing league final 6 days later. Intermediate will be some crack next year Carrick Blayney blackhill and magheracloone" I thought yesterday showed exactly why finals should not be played in Inniskeen. Came hone saturated. If it in Clones,most are in the stand. Secondly there was a severe lack of Stewards there. Possibly as a result of the league win on Saturday. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 472 - 30/10/2023 17:56:34 2510958 Link
Carrick Emmets crumbled yesterday in the last 5 minutes of extra time. They don t seem to have the players to stand up in the big moments where killanny did. Just shows the wet day, the hungrier and more aggressive team wins and that was killanny MonGaa123 (Monaghan) - Posts: 22 - 30/10/2023 18:32:53 2510965 Link
Replying To MONAGHAN1985: "It's happened at the county board meeting in February or March, ask your club rep" No such decision was made I've been informed! They are making decisions in the coming weeks with a preference for staying at U17's due to the county being at U17 farneygossip (Monaghan) - Posts: 38 - 30/10/2023 18:44:19 2510966 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "Huge win after a truly dogged display from Killanny. They looked beaten a few times during the second half but Carrick never could break beyond a 2 point lead. Murray, Vernon and the Duffys lead the charge physically,with Walsh adding some big scores. Carrickmacross remain an enigma. They played very cautious football when the game was there for the taking. Lynch and Ohanlon were bullied out of the game by all means necessary from Killanny. When Carrick went direct they had Killanny in bother but poor decisions and loose passes repeatedly scuppered their attack. Cremartin, Killanny, Corduff and Aughnamullen all senior next year. Not sure if that's a sign of strength or weakness in the Monaghan club scene." Carrick are an enigma indeed!! Seems a lack of drive towards the GAA in the town and the pull of soccer a big pull! Intermediate will be some caldron next year with the potential for a big shock heading to Junior with such a competitive group of teams! Some local derbies to look forward too! Killanny are a seriously organised team and they have done the full circle from senior to junior and back to senior! Aughnamullen have some seriously talented young players and are holding there own in senior. Crematin are the new kids on the block with Eccles, Mooney and Kerr who deserve there place! Corduff are just the rotten apple in the pack! farneygossip (Monaghan) - Posts: 38 - 30/10/2023 18:54:14 2510971 Link
Replying To MONAGHAN1985: "Intermediate final on Sunday, should be a good game , Carrick massive favourites with the bookies and should get over the line by 5 or more points , 2 evenly matched teams but carrick have the more scoring power with the 2 o hanlons, lynch , conlon, carolan, and swinburne, Lynch the main man , all eyes on o hanolan but lynch makes them tick j conlon in midfield still moving brilliantly ( doing it a long time) Plenty of strong defenders , Cromwell, mc enaney , mc menamin , meehan and mc geown That's a lot of good players Killanny haven't as many scoring threats , Walsh the main scorer, but leegan has caused defenses a lot of trouble this year, he scored 1 goal and got taken down for the pen v harps, and k Collins, so if carrick keep them 3 in tow, they ll go a long way to winning it , connolly in midfield is moving well, and in defense they have plenty of experience, 2 duffys, berg , grimes , Vernon, leegan , all decent defenders , 1 interesting side note , 2 brothers togging out on different teams Jamie Guinan for carrick and ciaran Guinan for killanny That doesn't happen very often" Doohamlet man here. Just asking the question are you from carrick or have you watched them play much this year. The men you have mentioned are not men to stand up when needed as seen in inniskeen yesterday. They have great forwards without a doubt but do any of the forwards have a bit of mettle. Unfortunately the answer is no. MonGaa123 (Monaghan) - Posts: 22 - 30/10/2023 19:01:02 2510972 Link
Replying To Pet: "Well done Killanny some team, unfortunately Carrick thought they only had to turn up couldn't believe Killanny,s fitness in extra time and credit to inniskeen for holding the final everything top class as usual great atmosphere but everyone got in and out quickly I can't see why the senior final can't be played there, also congratulations on inniskeen winning the senior league after a very quick turn around losing the co final last week and playing league final 6 days later. Intermediate will be some crack next year Carrick Blayney blackhill and magheracloone" I agree clones is run down, but for some reason it tops Inniskeen, maybe its the nostalgia in me. Fair play killanny, intermiedate is difficult next year!! 222 (UK) - Posts: 844 - 30/10/2023 20:18:06 2510979 Link
Calling it now, Blayney to be relegated to Junior in 2024 Monaghan37 (Monaghan) - Posts: 54 - 31/10/2023 00:34:58 2510999 Link
"unfortunately Carrick thought they only had to turn up" I've heard that fallacy repeated quite a bit, and I'm really not sure where it comes from. It suited Killanny to big up Emmet's as out and out favourites, so likely there. The teams had very very tight games in league and championship, and the semi final displays of each were chalk and cheese, with Killanny being dynamic and creative, whereas Carrick were ponderous and lethargic. Combine that with some key injuries, and it's unlikely anyone in Carrick were taking anything for granted. On the day, Killanny by far deserved the win. They were hungrier (see narrative, above), and fitter. Carrick were again one dimensional and bereft of any creativity or leadership. It's almost like any individuality or initiative has been coached out of them. Some really excellent saves from Killanny GK made a real difference on the day. Congratulations to the Geraldines and their super rise from the depths of junior. And good luck to them in Ulster, which will be the real benchmark. They'll do well to keep with the pace of senior, and intermediate looks spicy next year. TearsIn85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 208 - 31/10/2023 09:15:49 2511005 Link
Replying To farneygossip: "Carrick are an enigma indeed!! Seems a lack of drive towards the GAA in the town and the pull of soccer a big pull! Intermediate will be some caldron next year with the potential for a big shock heading to Junior with such a competitive group of teams! Some local derbies to look forward too! Killanny are a seriously organised team and they have done the full circle from senior to junior and back to senior! Aughnamullen have some seriously talented young players and are holding there own in senior. Crematin are the new kids on the block with Eccles, Mooney and Kerr who deserve there place! Corduff are just the rotten apple in the pack!" Well done Killanny on Sunday, thrououhgly deserved their victory. They definetly were the hungrier team in the closing stages and into extra time, and showed much greater fight. Their defence were very dogged and gave little away. Carrick seemed to lack a scoring threat with balls being dropped short or poor wides. Killanny took Lynch out of it towards end of first half, did he get a broken nose ? but it seems to have went more or less unreported. I'd say even Corduff men at the match thought it was a dirty act. haha Anyway.. Intermediate should be more entertaining then Senior next year with some very good teams in competition with each other to return to senior status. You would have to see Magheraloone go back up once they get themselves organised again but hard to pick then from Blaney/Harps/Carrick/Truagh.. Corduff will be very happy with Cremartin and Killanny going up senior, they will see themselves beating either of those two and aughnamullen to retain senior status for another year. SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 154 - 31/10/2023 11:04:38 2511019 Link
Apart from scotstown, it's been a poor couple of years for north monaghan clubs, mid county and south has cleaned up 222 (UK) - Posts: 844 - 31/10/2023 11:58:21 2511032 Link
Replying To 222: "I agree clones is run down, but for some reason it tops Inniskeen, maybe its the nostalgia in me. Fair play killanny, intermiedate is difficult next year!!" Clones is located in the mid west of the county, with roads in and out of all directions. Inniskeen is in the Deep South east, with one entrance. Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 199 - 01/11/2023 08:44:43 2511124 Link
Replying To 222: "Apart from scotstown, it's been a poor couple of years for north monaghan clubs, mid county and south has cleaned up" Any truth that Ryan Mc Anespie will be wearing a Scotstown jersey next year? farneygossip (Monaghan) - Posts: 38 - 01/11/2023 10:52:52 2511149 Link
Replying To SouthMonMan: "Well done Killanny on Sunday, thrououhgly deserved their victory. They definetly were the hungrier team in the closing stages and into extra time, and showed much greater fight. Their defence were very dogged and gave little away. Carrick seemed to lack a scoring threat with balls being dropped short or poor wides. Killanny took Lynch out of it towards end of first half, did he get a broken nose ? but it seems to have went more or less unreported. I'd say even Corduff men at the match thought it was a dirty act. haha Anyway.. Intermediate should be more entertaining then Senior next year with some very good teams in competition with each other to return to senior status. You would have to see Magheraloone go back up once they get themselves organised again but hard to pick then from Blaney/Harps/Carrick/Truagh.. Corduff will be very happy with Cremartin and Killanny going up senior, they will see themselves beating either of those two and aughnamullen to retain senior status for another year." Glad to see someone has highlighted the incident that happened at the weekend. Where is the uproar this time around? Must only be Corduff that get called out for thta sort of behaviour. mongaa95 (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 01/11/2023 11:09:01 2511154 Link
Replying To mongaa95: "Glad to see someone has highlighted the incident that happened at the weekend. Where is the uproar this time around? Must only be Corduff that get called out for thta sort of behaviour." The difference is, that was one isolated incident. With Corduff it was a systemic style of play as they realised there footballing ability would not cut it alone. eirekeeper (Monaghan) - Posts: 119 - 01/11/2023 13:44:19 2511166 Link
Replying To farneygossip: "Any truth that Ryan Mc Anespie will be wearing a Scotstown jersey next year?" Yes he is trying but emyvale will not allow it Edd,South(EU) (Monaghan) - Posts: 60 - 01/11/2023 17:10:21 2511206 Link
Replying To eirekeeper: "The difference is, that was one isolated incident. With Corduff it was a systemic style of play as they realised there footballing ability would not cut it alone." Thats a ridiculous comment to be fair to you. farneygael (Monaghan) - Posts: 300 - 01/11/2023 18:40:41 2511216 Link
Replying To Edd,South(EU): "Yes he is trying but emyvale will not allow it" Is this going to become a normal thing to do now?? Totally disagree with players just deciding 'Awh sure I will move to XXXX and I might win something'. The only transfer within the county to date that I actually think is fair was Conor Forde moving from Scotstown to Emyvale. He was a county minor/u21 successful goalie but unfortunately was at the same club as probably one of the best keepers in Ireland. Forde is a brilliant keeper. He hadn't much of a choice. Wouldn't of been first choice keeper until Rory retired, Forde be in his 30s by then also. But as for players who are main players on their teams just upping ship and leaving is a bit of a farce. Hopefully Jack hasn't started a trend here. countymonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 289 - 02/11/2023 08:29:34 2511241 Link
Replying To countymonaghan: "Is this going to become a normal thing to do now?? Totally disagree with players just deciding 'Awh sure I will move to XXXX and I might win something'. The only transfer within the county to date that I actually think is fair was Conor Forde moving from Scotstown to Emyvale. He was a county minor/u21 successful goalie but unfortunately was at the same club as probably one of the best keepers in Ireland. Forde is a brilliant keeper. He hadn't much of a choice. Wouldn't of been first choice keeper until Rory retired, Forde be in his 30s by then also. But as for players who are main players on their teams just upping ship and leaving is a bit of a farce. Hopefully Jack hasn't started a trend here." But Jack had a right to move to Scotstown through parantege ( see Monaghan bylaw below)… Conor Forde didn't have a right to move to Emyvale. As for Ryan, his grandparents are Scotstown club members and his mother was born in Scotstown but never played for the club Monaghan's by-law 8.5 (b) states that "a member shall be regarded as having an "other relevant connection with a catchment area if it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the CCC that a strong family connection i.e. parents/guardians, exists between the player and the club with which the player wishes to become a member." I don't think it's a oh I want to move wherever I want to. Remember the O'Callaghans from Currin played for Corduff.., Bantya work of course. veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 745 - 02/11/2023 10:14:33 2511250 Link