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Replying To Farney: "I don't think I've seen a team come apart mentally like that ever.. I counted 12 scoring chances in a row that fell apart. To top it all, starting the Kamikaze shooting with 10 minutes to go when there was loads of time.. Donegal scored 20 single points today and 3 doubles. if we would have dropped over a couple of single pointers in the 12 chances. we would have been in with a chance at the end.. so so infuriating." I thought Andy Moran speech on pitch in front of cameras and all spectators at half time wasn't a great look. There was 15 minutes to have that conversation in the coolness and confides of dressing room. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 719 - 28/06/2025 22:12:11 2621897 Link
Their goal was strange. Everyone just stopped and let him through. I had actually thought it was a free they way everyone just stopped. That might just be one of our worst defeats I can remember. 11 point swing at one stage farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 276 - 28/06/2025 22:17:42 2621901 Link
The group ye were in hardly helped in preperation for what you faced in the second half today. You are near top of the 2nd tier teams but there are no medals for that. RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 885 - 28/06/2025 22:18:27 2621902 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "McCurrin a great impact all right" You're some supporter! Despicable! For you to come on here and be the big lad, calling him McCurrin. Like what is your purpose ? We went, we tried hard, we lost! We love football in Monaghan! Yes, we are upset but you have a personal vendetta against a fella who drives up and down to training, tries his hardest, makes sacrifices and you are the big lad calling him McCurrin. Life is about much more than GAA and you think it's appropriate to come here and hide behind an anonymous name and make remarks about players... come on! dont run with the big dogs if you ... veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 790 - 28/06/2025 23:08:22 2621923 Link
I hear some much talk on this forum about malone he was this and he was that to be honest where was the communicated from mangerment team to the players to stop trying to work a goal and stop trying outrageous 2pts when there was still 15 mins left in the game surley it was easy message to get on to the pitch also I know Mcanisphe situation really sucked the life out of her attack but where two 38 year old men who between them both probably only played 20 mins of football this year & a half really going to bring energy at that point. Lavelle has struggled since he came back but both him and Mooney shud of being on the field for the last 20 to 25 mins for obvious reasons...Davy garland was not the answer yea he kick a pts in down game but it's probably only time he did anything he so unreliable in the big games. Mccarville shud of brought off earlier & as soon as Carey did what he did he shud of being off. Mcguisness put mcgee obaoill &mcbreaty on at the right time & we hesitant big call to taking oisin gallon off after scoring a great point but mcguisness is not afraid to make bold decisions like the perfect subs to use was lavelle kelly & mcnulty for that third quarter but we went with mcnulty from the start. AlanD (Monaghan) - Posts: 21 - 28/06/2025 23:12:28 2621924 Link
Replying To Farney: "I don't think I've seen a team come apart mentally like that ever.. I counted 12 scoring chances in a row that fell apart. To top it all, starting the Kamikaze shooting with 10 minutes to go when there was loads of time.. Donegal scored 20 single points today and 3 doubles. if we would have dropped over a couple of single pointers in the 12 chances. we would have been in with a chance at the end.. so so infuriating." I've seen many a capitulation over the last 40 years following Monaghan but today's was something i never witnessed before...That second half "performance" beat anything that I ever seen before. The players and management need to have a good look at themselves.... GB and his backroom team seemed to be paralysed in the second half and couldnt make the changes required.... HeadButter (Monaghan) - Posts: 318 - 28/06/2025 23:21:52 2621925 Link
Replying To Farney: "I don't think I've seen a team come apart mentally like that ever.. I counted 12 scoring chances in a row that fell apart. To top it all, starting the Kamikaze shooting with 10 minutes to go when there was loads of time.. Donegal scored 20 single points today and 3 doubles. if we would have dropped over a couple of single pointers in the 12 chances. we would have been in with a chance at the end.. so so infuriating." Strange to think in ulster gavin mcphilips did exceptionally well in clones against donegal in midfield when he came on & never played again like to think you had him on the bench today all 6ft 3 of him along with killian lavelle who was taken off last day & mad to prove a point i eould say...i hope the 2 dont walk after today because I'd say both of them are fumming. it's a strange one AlanD (Monaghan) - Posts: 21 - 28/06/2025 23:32:55 2621929 Link
Hard luck to monaghan, i thought we were bate at ht. Monaghan probably left a goal or two behind them in the first half and that would have been the winning of the game. Monaghans gameplan in the 2nd half didnt work at all. Kept going for 2 pointers against that wind when they should have worked it in and kept the score board ticking. But its easy to say that after the match. But that monaghan team is very good and a coming side. Next years ulster championship is gona be unreal gaeltacht81 (Donegal) - Posts: 24 - 28/06/2025 23:37:38 2621932 Link
Now that I've stopped wincing and had some time to reflect on the game here's my conclusion, up until today we hadn't really been road tested at the level required at this stage of the Championship. When Donegal applied the sustained pressure, that they knew from experience to apply, we capitulated. I'm not going to dwell too long on it, next year will be a different experience for the team, we'll be playing teams of a different calibre than we've met this year and we'll be all the better for it. Blackcardnot (USA) - Posts: 69 - 28/06/2025 23:55:08 2621937 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "I thought Andy Moran speech on pitch in front of cameras and all spectators at half time wasn't a great look. There was 15 minutes to have that conversation in the coolness and confides of dressing room." The gaffer sure farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 276 - 29/06/2025 00:02:19 2621940 Link
Replying To 222: "You watched a high profile team chasing Sam dismantle an OK sam Maguire team. Let's be honest. Better conditioning, more skillful and physically, they over powered us running the ball and kicking it. Stronger squad depth to. We were gassed at HT and 7 points in the new rules is nothing and the wind was significant. We have won one significant game in croke park since 1930. You cant be to hard on monaghan, you work with what you have got and we have done well this year but we are not near the level of donegal kerry armagh tyrone galway." Good night to you. The rested team "gassed at half time". If they were, it is a very sad commentary on their preparation and probably also on their ability. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2045 - 29/06/2025 00:39:13 2621944 Link
Dylan Byrne young player but is he a starter.. in today game how does he contributed to the team we seem to have make a hero out of him from league final where enda Smith played one over the top he read it and came out with the ball end up geting man of the match.. that all he done .. terrible defending 2day for goal terrible defending for the one that came off the post were he jump backways and fisted it... terrible defending in armagh for the goal...like he not a kickout option he terrible on the ball he never goes up the field to joint the play so with him on the field there always an opposite player fresh because he not good enough on the ball to joint the play...like I kno Damien freeman a selector but its abit obvious there is no way Dylan Byrne was better than even jason irwin last year irwin played corner back & than you have ronan boyle who is better than both of them even a shane hanratty like if you look at all the other corner back mogan, roarty, eoin murchan, tom o sullivan, niall devlin scored massive score against donegal and scored a massive score today in Dublin game same with the donegal corner backs always a kickout option and always making the long bursting runs up the field all very comfortable on the ball & fit to help on the scoreboard most games Dont think the game is suited for old school corner back like young Dylan Byrne even when we had kelly walshe or ryan wylie from 2013 all good defenders but all very comfortable on the ball & all chipped in on the scoreboard Going forward to 2026 back in division 1 that style of player will not cut it maybe more suited as a squad player AlanD (Monaghan) - Posts: 21 - 29/06/2025 08:53:21 2621960 Link
Replying To AlanD: "Strange to think in ulster gavin mcphilips did exceptionally well in clones against donegal in midfield when he came on & never played again like to think you had him on the bench today all 6ft 3 of him along with killian lavelle who was taken off last day & mad to prove a point i eould say...i hope the 2 dont walk after today because I'd say both of them are fumming. it's a strange one" Couldn't understand that either. Some really odd decisions in second half. seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1905 - 29/06/2025 10:15:08 2621977 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "Good night to you. The rested team "gassed at half time". If they were, it is a very sad commentary on their preparation and probably also on their ability." Physically and mentally we never got to the pitch of the game in the second 30 mins. Look at the shot selection and defending. We tired much quicker than they did. Donegal just over ran us. They basically had a practise game last week and there schedule was irrelevant to any preparation. Donegal are a very good team and there is no shame in loosing to them. 222 (UK) - Posts: 870 - 29/06/2025 10:41:18 2621983 Link
Replying To AlanD: "Dylan Byrne young player but is he a starter.. in today game how does he contributed to the team we seem to have make a hero out of him from league final where enda Smith played one over the top he read it and came out with the ball end up geting man of the match.. that all he done .. terrible defending 2day for goal terrible defending for the one that came off the post were he jump backways and fisted it... terrible defending in armagh for the goal...like he not a kickout option he terrible on the ball he never goes up the field to joint the play so with him on the field there always an opposite player fresh because he not good enough on the ball to joint the play...like I kno Damien freeman a selector but its abit obvious there is no way Dylan Byrne was better than even jason irwin last year irwin played corner back & than you have ronan boyle who is better than both of them even a shane hanratty like if you look at all the other corner back mogan, roarty, eoin murchan, tom o sullivan, niall devlin scored massive score against donegal and scored a massive score today in Dublin game same with the donegal corner backs always a kickout option and always making the long bursting runs up the field all very comfortable on the ball & fit to help on the scoreboard most games Dont think the game is suited for old school corner back like young Dylan Byrne even when we had kelly walshe or ryan wylie from 2013 all good defenders but all very comfortable on the ball & all chipped in on the scoreboard Going forward to 2026 back in division 1 that style of player will not cut it maybe more suited as a squad player" God, but you are all coming out of the woodwork now. Have you any wird other than "like" in your vocabulary. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 671 - 29/06/2025 11:15:05 2621996 Link
Replying To gaeltacht81: "Hard luck to monaghan, i thought we were bate at ht. Monaghan probably left a goal or two behind them in the first half and that would have been the winning of the game. Monaghans gameplan in the 2nd half didnt work at all. Kept going for 2 pointers against that wind when they should have worked it in and kept the score board ticking. But its easy to say that after the match. But that monaghan team is very good and a coming side. Next years ulster championship is gona be unreal" Would have to agree with you here fella. First of all best of luck going forward hope ye win it out now. In a good position now and Jim will feel he has his players where he wants them physically and mentally after yesterday's second half The first half, Donegal were there for the taking and we could easily have been 10 up at half time. However the first 5 minutes of the second half is where we lost it. Maybe the message at half time was keep doing what you're doing lads, this never works as rarely do the opposition come out and keep doing what THEY are doing. We should have been somewhat better prepared for the inevitable onslaught, grab a hold of it kill the momentum somehow and get a score somehow, inexperience both on and off the field You are also correct to reference the wind because it really picked up throughout the second half in the first match and died down again during the second half of the second match (for those watching at home) We went for 2 pointers that weren't on late on but I feel the harm was done by then as Donegal were well on top all over the field We have a lot to work on for next year, especially in defence and around the middle, but unlike our neighbours looking over the hedge we are more or less where we wanted to be at the start of 2025 mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1076 - 29/06/2025 11:22:33 2621998 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "God, but you are all coming out of the woodwork now. Have you any wird other than "like" in your vocabulary." Topping the meaningless group ( an easy one too ) and getting the extra rest really stood to Monaghan… ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 4198 - 29/06/2025 11:27:28 2622001 Link
Replying To offtheditch: "Ah well. Same old, Same old. Bless" Not the time to be slagging off neighbours after being over run in a disappointing second half following a first half that promised so much. We have both suffered big reversals this year ( you felt Donegal's ruthless power in Breffni) and know how it feels. Unfortunate injuries, missed opportunities, some wrong options and Donegal's mastery all went to deciding the outcome. Hard luck and huge respect to the Farney. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 621 - 29/06/2025 11:38:28 2622008 Link
The first half performance by Monaghan yesterday was as good as anything I've seen this year, even Aramagh. Some of the attacking play was brilliant and Donegal really struggled. Donegal were excellent in the second half and Monaghan seemed to run out of steam. Is it the case that Donegal are a bit further down the road in terms of fitness and conditioning? Monaghan have the potential to be a serious team if they can repeat the first half performance over the entire game. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1915 - 29/06/2025 11:39:46 2622012 Link
Replying To Curlew66: "Not the time to be slagging off neighbours after being over run in a disappointing second half following a first half that promised so much. We have both suffered big reversals this year ( you felt Donegal's ruthless power in Breffni) and know how it feels. Unfortunate injuries, missed opportunities, some wrong options and Donegal's mastery all went to deciding the outcome. Hard luck and huge respect to the Farney." When you give it you have to take it … simple as ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 4198 - 29/06/2025 11:43:36 2622017 Link