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Here's a thought... maybe somebody should have bothered marking Diarmuid Murtagh? Bannigan was brilliant. McCarthy, McPhillips. Defence had gaping holes in it though. We were lucky to still be in it at the end given how many goal chances Roscommon were throwing away. Could have done with a few more of those 2pt efforts going over in the first half as well. I think the game was a good example of how weighed the new rules are towards 2pters. The two goals in the first half were absolutely class but only counted the same as three floated points in on the wind. Don't think it should be like that (4pt goals were a great idea), but given that that's the rules as they stand you have to be nailing the 2pters if you want to win. MunnionOfMunnionHill (Monaghan) - Posts: 7 - 17/02/2025 00:35:00 2591474 Link
Replying To Shelbourne1: "Agreed a good battle and well done Roscommon. Considering we had only 1 definite starter in attack, with 2 debutants, I thought we were a threat all game and defended well against a very experienced & talented Roscommon forward line. We will definitely have a much stronger panel by the end of this league. Promotion is not a priority. We seem to have a high number of players out at present and this so early in the season. I hope this isn't a continuation of the medical/fitness issues that affected us so badly last year." Excuses Shellbourne - we played well in spells but were beaten by the better team. History never looks at the injury list - no excuses Bernardo (Monaghan) - Posts: 607 - 17/02/2025 08:55:31 2591496 Link
Replying To Bernardo: "Excuses Shellbourne - we played well in spells but were beaten by the better team. History never looks at the injury list - no excuses" Hyde Park is the windiest County ground in the country.. Roscommon getting the wind in the second half meant that Monaghan needed a serious lead at half time and it didn't happen. It's not the first time we have gone there with a decent lead at half time only to lose the game. Monaghan missed McAnespie and Hamil for winning the dirty ball in midfield when the pressure came on with the Roscommon press. Losing 3 points to players crossing the midfield line is the new version of kicking the ball into the goalkeepers hands, it's unforgivable. The performance was good otherwise.. Looking forward to Cork next Sunday and if the crowd sees a third man cross the midfield , I hope everyone is out of their seats letting the referee know. Farney (Monaghan) - Posts: 810 - 17/02/2025 09:48:07 2591511 Link
Replying To Farney: "Hyde Park is the windiest County ground in the country.. Roscommon getting the wind in the second half meant that Monaghan needed a serious lead at half time and it didn't happen. It's not the first time we have gone there with a decent lead at half time only to lose the game. Monaghan missed McAnespie and Hamil for winning the dirty ball in midfield when the pressure came on with the Roscommon press. Losing 3 points to players crossing the midfield line is the new version of kicking the ball into the goalkeepers hands, it's unforgivable. The performance was good otherwise.. Looking forward to Cork next Sunday and if the crowd sees a third man cross the midfield , I hope everyone is out of their seats letting the referee know." Never been to Salthill i take it? Some strange calls from the ref yesterday, Anyone any idea what the penalty was for? Must have forgot his black cards too. sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1198 - 17/02/2025 10:30:42 2591529 Link
Replying To sourmilk93: "Never been to Salthill i take it? Some strange calls from the ref yesterday, Anyone any idea what the penalty was for? Must have forgot his black cards too." Yea shocking for both teams to be fair the penalty was for a pull of the shoulder it was a soft penalty to say the least but the ref had a poor day blowing for silly things and not blowing for thing rite in front of him Lad79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 58 - 17/02/2025 11:43:08 2591542 Link
Roscommon deserved the win yesterday, it was commandable peformance from a very inexperienced monaghan team. We do look light and small though in many departments. I wouldnt say it's a given these two get promoted (well monaghan anyway), big game next Sunday, a win for cork opens the whole thing up. Is it Inniskeen next Sunday? 222 (UK) - Posts: 822 - 17/02/2025 14:58:42 2591599 Link
Replying To sourmilk93: "Never been to Salthill i take it? Some strange calls from the ref yesterday, Anyone any idea what the penalty was for? Must have forgot his black cards too." Ha, I've been to Salthill many times.. There is plenty of wind there but I reckon Hyde Park with a strong wind has a massive influence on the game.. It was a soft penalty alright.. and the ref did not have a good game.. Farney (Monaghan) - Posts: 810 - 17/02/2025 20:05:55 2591660 Link
Replying To sourmilk93: "Never been to Salthill i take it? Some strange calls from the ref yesterday, Anyone any idea what the penalty was for? Must have forgot his black cards too." No complaints from Monaghan on the result overall. They did cough up 5 points by breaking the 3-up rule which is far too much of a 'head start' to give a team like Roscommon. D Murtagh will obviously take the plaudits but I thought Keith Doyle did a lot of the work in the middle- he outlasted the Monaghan midfield. Penalty was a joke of a decision, also Ryan Wylie getting done for 5 steps after turning over Donie Smith who took 10! Some very odd decisions like this. The linesman under the stand in the first half gave every single ball to the home side, while a black card for Michael McCarville would have been been justified. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1150 - 17/02/2025 21:10:14 2591671 Link
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "No complaints from Monaghan on the result overall. They did cough up 5 points by breaking the 3-up rule which is far too much of a 'head start' to give a team like Roscommon. D Murtagh will obviously take the plaudits but I thought Keith Doyle did a lot of the work in the middle- he outlasted the Monaghan midfield. Penalty was a joke of a decision, also Ryan Wylie getting done for 5 steps after turning over Donie Smith who took 10! Some very odd decisions like this. The linesman under the stand in the first half gave every single ball to the home side, while a black card for Michael McCarville would have been been justified." Cant argue with that, Very good honest assessment. Best of luck for the rest of year and hopefully both teams can go straight back up. sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1198 - 18/02/2025 10:35:53 2591736 Link
Replying To Bernardo: "Excuses Shellbourne - we played well in spells but were beaten by the better team. History never looks at the injury list - no excuses" The Cavan man is back Shelbourne1 (Monaghan) - Posts: 375 - 20/02/2025 20:03:13 2592165 Link
Replying To Shelbourne1: "The Cavan man is back" Hello my Fermanagh friend, point out anything I said about Monaghan gaa that was wrong. Monaghan are now in transition with the loss of Conor McManus ( irreplaceable )and my prediction for Monaghan this year is 1. A 1/3 chance of getting promoted back up to Division 1, getting (at best) to an Ulster semi final and making the last 8 of the All Ireland series. It is now ten years since Monaghan won Ulster and it's hard not to feel that Monaghan left about two Ulster titles slip behind them. Hopefully the rebuilding starts to take shape this year. Hopefully the slow build up to attack that Monaghan takes will be transformed by the new rules and fast attacking football Bernardo (Monaghan) - Posts: 607 - 21/02/2025 05:30:56 2592200 Link
Expect monaghan to bounce back to winning ways on Saturday and westmeath to beat cavan who were lucky to beat louth last weekend Farneyblueandwhite (Monaghan) - Posts: 1 - 21/02/2025 08:07:49 2592210 Link
Think Saturday will be a very tricky game. Cork can't afford to loose another game as they still have to play roscommon. Good test for this monaghan team. Expect a gael force win, so it could be a game of two halfs. 222 (UK) - Posts: 822 - 21/02/2025 13:08:37 2592268 Link
Replying To Bernardo: "Hello my Fermanagh friend, point out anything I said about Monaghan gaa that was wrong. Monaghan are now in transition with the loss of Conor McManus ( irreplaceable )and my prediction for Monaghan this year is 1. A 1/3 chance of getting promoted back up to Division 1, getting (at best) to an Ulster semi final and making the last 8 of the All Ireland series. It is now ten years since Monaghan won Ulster and it's hard not to feel that Monaghan left about two Ulster titles slip behind them. Hopefully the rebuilding starts to take shape this year. Hopefully the slow build up to attack that Monaghan takes will be transformed by the new rules and fast attacking football" Well said by a true Cavan man. Enjoy your game in Mullingar lol Shelbourne1 (Monaghan) - Posts: 375 - 21/02/2025 14:16:25 2592286 Link
Replying To 222: "Think Saturday will be a very tricky game. Cork can't afford to loose another game as they still have to play roscommon. Good test for this monaghan team. Expect a gael force win, so it could be a game of two halfs." We need some of our top players back. Disaster that game brought forward to Sat. Booked ticket & can't go now. All our home games should be in Clones. Shelbourne1 (Monaghan) - Posts: 375 - 21/02/2025 14:19:43 2592287 Link
Replying To Shelbourne1: "We need some of our top players back. Disaster that game brought forward to Sat. Booked ticket & can't go now. All our home games should be in Clones." I'm in the same boat. Half two is a terrible time on a Saturday. Why. It go later? What about people working? MrPBoylan (Monaghan) - Posts: 223 - 21/02/2025 16:32:27 2592313 Link
Replying To 222: "Think Saturday will be a very tricky game. Cork can't afford to loose another game as they still have to play roscommon. Good test for this monaghan team. Expect a gael force win, so it could be a game of two halfs." More than tricky, it could be extremely tough. Cork have the size and running power to cause Monaghan major problems. Always have. They are a strange outfit in many ways, they could bury a decent team one week and lose to a poor team the next. You just never know. They also have no fear or respect for Monaghan, and why would they? Discipline on the new rules critical for Monaghan, can't be giving 4 or 5 cheap points away. Monaghan have to get scores on the board early and have the Cork lads thinking about the bus home well before the end. If its tight late on I think they will have the legs on Monaghan.q Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1150 - 21/02/2025 16:40:13 2592315 Link
Replying To Shelbourne1: "We need some of our top players back. Disaster that game brought forward to Sat. Booked ticket & can't go now. All our home games should be in Clones." What has playing in Clones got to do with the expected bad weather. foreverfarney (Monaghan) - Posts: 5 - 21/02/2025 17:01:01 2592316 Link
Why are inniskeen getting games? farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 115 - 21/02/2025 19:30:47 2592330 Link
Monaghan have had a few leagues where we got the jump on teams in the first few games as we had more work done and then form went for rest of league when other sides caught up. Saturday will tell a lot in this regard and where we are Going in this division up or down. Still confident well be fine but be tough. Agree with others desperate time to reschedule it to was looking forward to going Sunday can't now. seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1857 - 21/02/2025 20:41:28 2592343 Link