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Replying To 222:  "I agree to disagree. Every county has been hurt by injuries to date. Making a qf given our resources is a decent but I just find given we are always competing, it's frustrating when we don't break the glass ceiling. Last year and today, we crumbled. Beggan was a loss today but they had 14. It's hard to put your finger on it, I want us to push on but maybe your right we need everyone fit to get there. I do feel size wise and power, louth were superior. It's been a good year but we lost 3 games that was there for the taking regardless of injuries. thanks to the lads for all their hard work but a familiar ending."
Not really louth mayo and dublin all avoiding injuries and kerry are back to full strength suggests why they are the 4 semi finalists so all counties are not losing players to injury whereas monaghan lost 4 midfielders through injury plus Darren Hughes to retirement

Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 175 - 28/06/2026 19:36:57    2682591

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Replying To 222:  "I agree to disagree. Every county has been hurt by injuries to date. Making a qf given our resources is a decent but I just find given we are always competing, it's frustrating when we don't break the glass ceiling. Last year and today, we crumbled. Beggan was a loss today but they had 14. It's hard to put your finger on it, I want us to push on but maybe your right we need everyone fit to get there. I do feel size wise and power, louth were superior. It's been a good year but we lost 3 games that was there for the taking regardless of injuries. thanks to the lads for all their hard work but a familiar ending."
With the game as it is under the current rules, you're immediately under pressure if you don't have power and athleticism around the middle, big men who can win ball and drive the game on. Beggan is so good that he'll often mask any deficiencies in that area, but then you'll always be under bother from the opposition kickout still.

But I do think that with a full pick that we actually have a number of options in that area now, they had mostly just fallen off by this point. Hopefully we can have everyone available and committing for next year, and hope to get back to this stage and have another go. I think we have the personnel if all available, it's the tactics that have let us down imo. Despite not being good today and all the lads missing, we were still ahead down the stretch and ultimately didn't get over the line. That's down to coaching imo

patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 961 - 28/06/2026 19:37:32    2682592

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Replying To seanie08:  "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."
We would be rightly stocked for midfield options and middle third ball winners if we could have McCarville, Gallagher, Mohan, Kelly, McCaul and McPhillips all in the mix. With the current rules, it's important to have that kind of presence in the middle third and we were sorely lacking there today - especially evident without the experience of Beggan.

It's a crushing defeat today, but I think our older players still have a decent bit of football in them (no lads hanging on in their late 30s like has often been the case), and we have alot of young talent coming through. Hope we can regroup later in the year and plan a right crack at 2027

patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 961 - 28/06/2026 19:42:58    2682595

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Replying To Farneyarmy2013:  "Fair play to Jamie Mooney today. An absolutely massive ask for a young man at 20 years of age. We won 60% of our own kickouts today. In the Galway game they won less even with giants out the pitch.

We have become used to Beggan threading the needle landing it on boys chests. Put 80% of other keepers in for Monaghan today exact same result as we don't have anyone to win high ball in the middle apart from Mc carville.

Jamie can hold is head high. Be better days in a Monaghan jersey for him."
I think the question has to be asked , why was young Mooney in goals for today , Managment made a big call ,and it back fired , Mulligan has been number 2 all year and when his chance came to be no1 it wasn't given to him , and if the Managment didn't think he was cable of replacing Beggan why has he been no 2 all year,Monaghan look way of the boil today ,could this decision not to play Mulligan have caused a rift

rw (Monaghan) - Posts: 10 - 28/06/2026 20:03:19    2682606

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