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Usual Monaghan Co Board efficiency there lads , are we at all surprised  This carry on with the €2 handling fee is just pure greed nothing more and nothing less , I actually met the Co Board treasurer and had this out with out with her after the Ulster Final , the answer i got was the lads will want a holiday and the training centre has to be paid for and plenty of other co boards do the same thing, well i got busy and asked a few lads around the country and to the best of my knowledge , and I am open to correction here , Monaghan is the only Co Board to have this practise.
Don't want to start whinging on what is sure to be a great weekend but Monaghan co board are up there with Ticketmaster etc etc when it comes to ripping the last € out of your pocket.

Rant over , let the games begin

Fear , I would reckon thatwhatever pub you go to in Co Mhuineachain  from Aclint bridge to Moy bridge you'll have no bother getting a seat

Where would you recommend watching the game in Blayney on Sunday BB, the Glencarn? Won't make it to Croke, but will be heading through the town about that time.

Don't bother with Blaney  Come to sunny Monaghan Town instead , Cosy bar , Glaslough street , 17 tv's , seats about 40 !!!
No food , no screaming brats and cheap pints!!!

Heard last night ticketmaster had another few thousand online , failing that I'd say if you turn up in blue and white on sunday you'll get sorted 

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=Dublin&day=3//

Middleing enough dya weather wise lads

[Strimmer is the one you missed tin tin = Dermot Mc Ardle,he went round Blaney one summer offering his services to all and sundry with his strimmer.]

Strimmer is the one you missed tin tin = Dermot Mc Ardle,he went round Blaney one summer offering his services to all and sundry with his strimmer.

    I can assure you that this isn't how he got his name.

I can see the team lining out as the Bandit suggested with JP dropping into full back to pick up Donaghy. Can't see Morgan starting and I suppose Hanners will be an impact sub as against Donegal. McManus to start in forwards with strimmer at Half back line.

Spent last week down in Kerry and thought that Kerry people are been very dismissive of Monaghan. Some concern that they haven't played for 6 weeks but they are happy its only Monaghan they are facing. Hope the players have the same attitude.

Kerry will be hard to beat and will need a 70 minute plus display from Monaghan. Cooper can do nothing for 50 minutes and then come alive to beat a team, which he done against Cork. Stopping supply will be a big factor in the game, as Kerry have so many dangerous players in attack. Monaghan need to have the free taker sorted, as we are missing too many frees in previous games. I'd let Woods hit them.

Looking forward to the game but think we'll come up a bit short.

I'll bow to your greater knowledge Bingo bus , but i got that nugget ( incorrect as it is ) from a former Monaghan Goalkeeper of recent vintage, he would have played for the team that lies between Truagh and Monaghan harps 

Anyway whats the story with the ref , anyone got any opinions on him?  I've never seen him before.

Jinxy = Stephen Gollogly , family nick name

Spindley = Eoin Lennon , don't know where the nickname came from.

Strimmer is the one you missed tin tin = Dermot Mc Ardle,he went round Blaney one summer offering his services to all and sundry with his strimmer.

Ray Mc Carron , what a sweet footballer that man was.
Gerry Mc Carville , A BEAR.
Fergus Caulfield , what a sweet ....elbow that man had 

The Subbies Father was talking to Co Sec last night , Monaghan asked for and got 20,000 tickets for Sun week. By all accounts the usual suspects that have'nt been to a Monaghan game since 85 or 88 are all going buck mad to get tickets for this one , I suppose the bigger the Farney Army is on the day the better.

I think that Monaghan will start with Flanagan at full back, with possibly JP Mone sitting in front of Donaghy.

The Monaghan half back line will play very very deep, and while some may say this will invite Kerry onto Monaghan, it will cut out clean ball into Gooch and Donaghy.

If they are in deep trouble after 10 mins I would expect Corey to be switched to full back. Could we see James Coyle at full back at some stage?

Would'nt be so sure of James @ full back, looking at him warming up on Sat before the game and he just did'nt look fit and has'nt played a lot of ball this summer.

The key to nullifying Donaghys threat is to stop the ball going into him, easier said than done i know but to my mind its a case of a war of attrition in mid field, flood it with bodies and hopefully Kerry will get caught in traffic.

Kerrys 3/4 line is the platform for them , if we can stall them and poss break down a few early moves it could be crucial.

A tandem job on Donaghy would be the obvious move but would surely leave us exposed elsewhere.

As Kerry Mike rightly said Banty, trappe and mcelkennon have a massive decision to  make re Vinny.

One option for the ff berth that has'nt been mentioned yet is big Benny Mc kenna , did all right against Down in mid field and whilst not the most mobile of lads he's got the frame and can catch the ball, decent distribution as well.

We do have options but its shaping up to be a classic case of a game been won on the line.

Any word of refs ? Pleeeeeeeeeeeesssssseeeeeee don't let Monaghan v Kerry have russell or bannon or even worse again fahy!!

A very good reading of the game there Mike, what did ye have with the spuds on sunday?

Bring it on!!!!!!!!!

Was talking to a few lads in Mcginns in Killclogher after the game the other night and broadly speaking everyone , Monaghan and Tyrone heads , said that Kerry were the team to get.

They have had thier now customary 6-7 week lay off, played a Cork team that were ran v close by Louth , played a waterford team that would , with the greatest respect to Waterford, be beaten by a well revved up club team from the higher reaches.

I said before the Tyrone game that to me the measure of this Monaghan team  would be how they coped if they fell behind by 3 - 4 , would they have the "moral courage" to use a dunphyism , to work hard and get back in there? They did and did it twice.

To have any hope against the kingdom they must not worry about the opposition and concentrate on thier own game, no sluggish starts , not rise to the inevitable verbals that the kerry lads will no doubt employ.

If they could also give galvin a few hefty slaps as well that would be great

Rathdrum , Co Wickila ,
ballymahon co longford,
kesh , co fermanagh,
Cookstown, tyrone,
keady,Armagh
Blaney (hi) Monaghan
Ardee , an lu ,
kells , trim , dunsaney, athboy etc etc meath.
Balbriggan , Co Dublin.
listowel co kerry.
Clonmel , carrick on suir total knackerville,
Atlone another total knackerville
granard co longford , longford itself.
gowna , mullahoran , belturbet , arva co caaaaavan.

Any news from the weekend from either camp?
Have sweeney and devenny spoke yet?