Monaghan V Offaly 25.06.11

[Bingo]

No Thread on this  sums up the interest in it.

Monaghan by a few points - say 3. Monaghan just don't seem to be a team at the minute that puts up big scores without also conceding a big score.

Dessie will be a miss and if Corey still out then we are very short on players to fill No. 3 and No. 6 - if only we hade 2 or 3 Darren Hughes. We also need to get a few scores from the half forward line - Chrissy McGuinness to start and Finlay to drop out to the 40.

No very little about Offaly but if reports are to be believed football is at a low ebb and a number of players have departed the squad - wounded animal with nothing to lose or a squad that don't give a dam?

[Denn Forever]

So who won? 

Offaly by 2 I'd say.

[Bingo]

It was a draw, replay is tomorrow at same venue 

[donelli]

Monaghan team:
1 Mark Keogh
2 Conor Galligan
3 Kieran Duffy
4 Donal Morgan
5 Owen Duffy
6 Darren Hughes
7  Niall McAdam
8 Owen Lennon
9 Dick Clerkin
10 Mark Downey
11 Bernard O'Brien
12 Daniel McKenna
13  Christopher McGuinness
14  Paul Finlay
15 Conor McManus
16 Rory Beggan
17  Dermot Malone
18 David Hughes
19 Vincent Corey
20 Brendan McKenna
21 Ciarán Hanratty
22  Ciaran Hughes
23  Mark McNally
24  James Turley
25  Drew Wylie
26 Cormac Brady

[AZOffaly]

I put up a bit of a spiel about it on my blog.

http://shane-sportsramblings.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-gaa-weekend-ahoy.html

[Main Street]

Here's the RTE highlights from Offaly v Wexford game, looks a nice pitch at Tullamore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT9D2El-418
The umpires are a bit spaced out, admiring the scenery or the flight of the wayward penalty shot? hard to tell which.

Monaghan win is on the cards, not a certainty though.

[Main Street]

I put up a bit of a spiel about it on my blog.

http://shane-sportsramblings.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-gaa-weekend-ahoy.html

from that blog "Monaghan are big"

What are you on about? The Monaghan team are full of midget sized footballers. I know fear does things to a man's perception but we are probably one of the most vertically challenged teams in Ireland.

[AZOffaly]

I put up a bit of a spiel about it on my blog.

http://shane-sportsramblings.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-gaa-weekend-ahoy.html

from that blog "Monaghan are big"

What are you on about? The Monaghan team are full of midget sized footballers. I know fear does things to a man's perception but we are probably one of the most vertically challenged teams in Ireland.

Dick Clerkin? But I meant big and strong in the physical sense, not in inches off the ground

[Offalylad]

AZ, a bit optimistic with your Offaly v Monaghan prediction!

[AZOffaly]

AZ, a bit optimistic with your Offaly v Monaghan prediction!

Very much so. But sure where there's life there's hope.

[Bingo]

I put up a bit of a spiel about it on my blog.

http://shane-sportsramblings.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-gaa-weekend-ahoy.html

from that blog "Monaghan are big"

What are you on about? The Monaghan team are full of midget sized footballers. I know fear does things to a man's perception but we are probably one of the most vertically challenged teams in Ireland.

Was going to comment on that myself! We must be one of the smallest teams in the country. Dick isn't even tall, well built but not tall by any stretch of the imagination. We're not even as strong as we were.

[thebandit]

Surprised malone isn't starting..... don't think Corey is fit

[Denn Forever]

AZ, a bit optimistic with your Offaly v Monaghan prediction!

Its his blog so he can dream a while.

Don't see Gallogly in that team list.  Did he get some retrosective justice after the Tyrone game?

[Bingo]

Surprised malone isn't starting..... don't think Corey is fit

He seemed to think he was starting based on training games, maybe Eamon will change the team before the off but didn't think he was into that.

[fearglasmor]

Surprised malone isn't starting..... don't think Corey is fit

Yeah..  Roy would be a big addition to this Offaly team.  No Hopers....................but