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Where does one start ? We lost a game we should have won. End of story. Knoxboya (Monaghan) - Posts: 391 - 28/06/2026 16:03:06 2682437 Link
Replying To veterngaa: "As Jose Mourinho once said "if I speak I am in big trouble" Beaten by a poor side." Poor side yous are no world beatersbetter team won with 14 all game Lolou37 (Louth) - Posts: 36 - 28/06/2026 16:14:41 2682441 Link
Replying To Knoxboya: "Where does one start ? We lost a game we should have won. End of story." Should of won best team won fair and square Lolou37 (Louth) - Posts: 36 - 28/06/2026 16:15:19 2682443 Link
Replying To veterngaa: "As Jose Mourinho once said "if I speak I am in big trouble" Beaten by a poor side." Poor side doesn't win All-Ireland Quarter-final with 14 men for 64 minutes by 3 points. Poor side doesn't beat Dublin and Armagh either. Jose when he spoke rarely gave any respect to his opponent try to be less like him and give the credit where it due to Louth for their deserved win. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 4018 - 28/06/2026 16:24:04 2682448 Link
Replying To Knoxboya: "Where does one start ? We lost a game we should have won. End of story." Louth had a wee bit too much I feel today. Jack L (None) - Posts: 3233 - 28/06/2026 16:38:10 2682454 Link
Replying To KingdomofBreifne: "They never will either. Great stuff Louth. Good luck in the semi. You're a team on the up." Nobody asked your opinion McGuirk1985@ (Monaghan) - Posts: 147 - 28/06/2026 16:43:14 2682456 Link
Replying To veterngaa: "As Jose Mourinho once said "if I speak I am in big trouble" Beaten by a poor side." Not good enough. Simple as. Louth a far better team with only 14. Yes beggan was a loss but the game was lost up front. Not mobile enough. Monaghan famed for energy at the end but it was louth that had it in spades ponger (Cavan) - Posts: 607 - 28/06/2026 17:03:12 2682466 Link
Firstly congratulations to Louth. In truth they were the better side all game showed great heart and energy losing a man so early and good luck to them. I hope they make the final. On to us yes we could won if we'd managed last 5 mins better but think the summer caught up with us with injuries games played today. Apart from.sesmic loss of beggan Karl Gallagher not playing was huge as hes a superb athlete who suits croke park. We have been v unlucky this season with injuries to key men . These lads owe monaghan nothing and got every last drop out of themselves making quarter finals but in reality with beggan out and an already patched up midfield we weren't going to realistically go much further. The goals kudos to o hanlon and extra man kept us in the game. Truth is we are v limited in midfield but having one of the best keepers in country negated that disadvantage and without him today was inevitable. seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 2017 - 28/06/2026 17:08:28 2682468 Link
What would they have done to us with 15…. Louth must get a lot of credit tbf, were excellent on KO's. MonaghanMan44life (Monaghan) - Posts: 219 - 28/06/2026 17:18:08 2682469 Link
Croke Park always gets the better of monaghan and our big players. Louth deserved that and were the better team. They ran us off the pitch and were clinical. Could not believe the size and power, the difference in the two teams was staggering. Really evident today. It was a good championship post the league but we just havent the pedigree to make the break when it comes to the really important part of the championship. We always crumble. Well done louth. 222 (UK) - Posts: 948 - 28/06/2026 17:48:59 2682485 Link
Replying To 222: "Croke Park always gets the better of monaghan and our big players. Louth deserved that and were the better team. They ran us off the pitch and were clinical. Could not believe the size and power, the difference in the two teams was staggering. Really evident today. It was a good championship post the league but we just havent the pedigree to make the break when it comes to the really important part of the championship. We always crumble. Well done louth." Louth were far better team Dara McDonnell has all star in his pocket monaghan are Morgan notin special Lolou37 (Louth) - Posts: 36 - 28/06/2026 18:03:54 2682500 Link
Replying To 222: "Croke Park always gets the better of monaghan and our big players. Louth deserved that and were the better team. They ran us off the pitch and were clinical. Could not believe the size and power, the difference in the two teams was staggering. Really evident today. It was a good championship post the league but we just havent the pedigree to make the break when it comes to the really important part of the championship. We always crumble. Well done louth." I think there is truth in that. You can't fault the lads spirit but reality is you need the big men for croke park. We had Gary mohan fully fit in 2023 kicking 4 pts from play when we made semi final. We needed him today but he hasn't been fit since. We needed Bobby mccaul but the young man has had zero luck with injuries. Anyone who read his interview in recent days would appreciate how hard his gaa journey has been. Can we develop and entice likes of mcphilips etc back next year as all needed. Monaghan are a proud outfit who never lie down but you find your level in croke park and given the resources we have had this year that level was a quarter final no disgrace in that. seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 2017 - 28/06/2026 18:13:18 2682510 Link
Half way through the first half i had that sinking feeling. That same feeling when monaghan were ponderous against Fermanagh in 2018. Small things had me feeling that way. Example, a ball in to Bannigan in first half, uncontested hopped of his chest, Bannigan's goal attempt, McCarville's kick pass that went out for a line ball, McGorman's wild attempts for points, the ball hopping of Byrne coming out of defence. It all pointed at a team not collectively switched on. Teams prepare for eventualities but it looked like Monaghan didn't have a plan if they had an actual man. Congrats to Louth, they fought and worked like trojans. Monaghan's injury situation robbed us of 4 midfield options (Kelly, Mohan, McCaul, Gallagher and that showed against a physically bigger Louth middle third. Won't blame young Mooney, who in time will be a top class keeper. A tough assignment for him ,but movement in front of him was not great today. Only 60% of own kickouts won and 50% shot conversion. Hard to win a game when possession is lower and shooting was off. After a terrible league, monaghan gave us some fantastic excitement this summer. sleater (Monaghan) - Posts: 207 - 28/06/2026 18:17:27 2682516 Link
Gutted, a change similar to that in casement yrs ago, a bonded team changed at the last minute. Very strange how this could happen stoneygrey (Monaghan) - Posts: 255 - 28/06/2026 18:18:34 2682518 Link
Gabriel on the radio saying if we had Rory we would have won. No, we had 15 v 14 for 92% of the game and lost by 3. farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 732 - 28/06/2026 18:22:08 2682522 Link