Ulster Championship 2025

[imtommygunn]

Surprised to see Jack mccarron starting for Monaghan. I thought he was being used, well, as an impact sub. I could be wrong here but I didn't think dessie ward was a defender.

Also how many county teams wouldn't have Oisin gallen starting.

Quigley would have been well suited to the new game too.

[Main Street]

I wouldn't bet on that being Monaghan's starting team, I would've thought McAnespie (a named sub) is a starter.
It's all academic as this is a monumental Donegal team, full of football legends with jaws of granite, graced with the speed of Cú Chulainn and have the returned messiah at their helm, all versus a team riddled with some hyperactive midgets and a few oul' lads.

I see Goldrick is the ref and it was he who brilliantly reffed the last great Monaghan Donegal duel, the 2013 Ulster final. Donegal had emerged from their defensive mode for that game and were well beaten. They soon slunk back into their defensive ways and greatly contributed to the truly awful Ulster finals of 2014 and 2015 (under Gallagher).

That's all well in the past and for Monaghan on Sunday I suppose a victory of sorts would be losing by less than 5 points but there's always hope for better.

[thebigfullforward]

Are you allowed to go back to your keeper of you're in the box? Seems to be what the Fermanagh ones are protesting there. Bad mistake from the ref if that's the case

[Nanderson]

Are you allowed to go back to your keeper of you're in the box? Seems to be what the Fermanagh ones are protesting there. Bad mistake from the ref if that's the case

Yes referee was wrong

[Milltown Row2]

The keeper can collect the ball from a defender inside the big square.

[Champion The Wonder Horse]

Ref was correct.

a player may only pass the ball back to his goalkeeper if they are both inside the large rectangle of their own goal and the ball was played into the large rectangle by an opposing player

[DuffleKing]

The keeper can collect the ball from a defender inside the big square.

Only if the ball is won in the square initially

[Blowitupref]

Decent game so far in wet conditions.  20 mins gone Fermanagh 0-5 Down 0-8.   Five. points in a row for Down.  Some save and then a block to prevent a Down goal there.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

That's a very poor call on the black card.

[Milltown Row2]

The keeper can collect the ball from a defender inside the big square.

Only if the ball is won in the square initially

Yes

[Champion The Wonder Horse]

That's a very poor call on the black card.

Shocker.

Could also argue it was correct.

[Blowitupref]

Half time Fermanagh 0-8 Down 0-11

[BigGreenField]

Has Brewster park been sown with a crop of earlies looks like a very heavy pitch.

[Wildweasel74]

No way that Down man 4m away there.

[thebigfullforward]

Christ I'd be raging if I was a Fermanagh supporter. Take the point for once. That's about 5 times they've went for goal