Monaghan v Derry

[High Wide and Handsome]

Good to hear all the thoughts on Hanratty. I mind seein him burst onto the scene but lately he looks bit out of his depth. Hate saying that bout players so hopefully he can pull through and be a good county player. Well as long as he doesnt prove his worth on Saturday evening   

My dad described him harshly at Celtic Park, "The on Hanratty fella would run up his own ass if he could." Thought it was funny 

[SidelineKick]

Good to hear all the thoughts on Hanratty. I mind seein him burst onto the scene but lately he looks bit out of his depth. Hate saying that bout players so hopefully he can pull through and be a good county player. Well as long as he doesnt prove his worth on Saturday evening   

My dad described him harshly at Celtic Park, "The on Hanratty fella would run up his own ass if he could." Thought it was funny  

If you thought it was funny why would you not use a  face instead of a  face. I have told you about this before. If you want me to explain when to use each of the faces you can PM me.

[High Wide and Handsome]

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

One of the best parts of the derry-monaghan game in may was freeman and mcguckin's relentless battle. Both will be out for this, on what are very very harsh suspensions.

[GrandMasterFlash]

Good to hear all the thoughts on Hanratty. I mind seein him burst onto the scene but lately he looks bit out of his depth. Hate saying that bout players so hopefully he can pull through and be a good county player. Well as long as he doesnt prove his worth on Saturday evening   

My dad described him harshly at Celtic Park, "The on Hanratty fella would run up his own ass if he could." Thought it was funny  

If you thought it was funny why would you not use a  face instead of a  face. I have told you about this before. If you want me to explain when to use each of the faces you can PM me.

  Are you some kinda emoticon trainer SidelineKick? Are there any courses coming up in the Belfast area anytime soon as I'm not that confident with the use of them myself. I feel I may have incorrectly used one on a knitting forum once and feel I could do with some formal training before attempting the use of them again. 

[GrandMasterFlash]

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

One of the best parts of the derry-monaghan game in may was freeman and mcguckin's relentless battle. Both will be out for this, on what are very very harsh suspensions.

  Big miss surely, but reckon he'd be a bigger miss if Freeman was playing. Quality defender! Who'll take his place do ya reckon?

[SidelineKick]

Good to hear all the thoughts on Hanratty. I mind seein him burst onto the scene but lately he looks bit out of his depth. Hate saying that bout players so hopefully he can pull through and be a good county player. Well as long as he doesnt prove his worth on Saturday evening   

My dad described him harshly at Celtic Park, "The on Hanratty fella would run up his own ass if he could." Thought it was funny  

If you thought it was funny why would you not use a  face instead of a  face. I have told you about this before. If you want me to explain when to use each of the faces you can PM me.

  Are you some kinda emoticon trainer SidelineKick? Are there any courses coming up in the Belfast area anytime soon as I'm not that confident with the use of them myself. I feel I may have incorrectly used one on a knitting forum once and feel I could do with some formal training before attempting the use of them again. 

No no you have it down to a tee, just look, you used that "roll eyes" face extremely well.

If you look at HWAH's last posts he frequently uses different faces that have no connection to what he's saying.  It grinds my gears.  So much so that I might add it to that thread....things that make you go WTF?

Plus I am aware of who this geezer is, so please butt out of the "Derry emotion training" section of this thread

[Maguire01]

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

Big surprise that he wasn't successful. Given that there's a general consensus that the media has a big influence on these matters and that it was generally agreed that it was a harsh call, it's even more surprising.

[thebandit]

be very interesting to note derry team selection on saturday. There is no way Diver should be moved out of midfield after his performance against Tyrone. Re-jigging the shape of the team to accomodate Patsy could prove a hinderance. Dont get me wrong I think Patsy is a great player.
I hope Brian Mullan starts anyway. Cant be a place for Lynn or Brown IMO but could be brought in.

I think the ref will be VERY strict early on and umpires and linesmen will play a big role also after all the bad publicity about the game in Celtic Park. This may clean up the game as a spectacle, here's hoping.

With all the goings on in derry of late, i cant see a lot of supporters voting with their feet and travelling to Clones. Everyone was down after the Tyrone defeat and its manner but at the end of the day even if kerry were playing tyrone this weekend or any team in Ireland for that matter, tyrone would be favourites. I hope a bit of pride is restored in the jersey and derry put up a good fight and dont drop the heads at any stage. Has been all too common the past couple of years, in games where we have trailed by a slim enough margin, it feels like ten points behind. Dont want to see body language like that on the field!

Derry can still win, Im going for a hesitant two point win.

2 Carloads

[High Wide and Handsome]

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

One of the best parts of the derry-monaghan game in may was freeman and mcguckin's relentless battle. Both will be out for this, on what are very very harsh suspensions.

  Big miss surely, but reckon he'd be a bigger miss if Freeman was playing. Quality defender! Who'll take his place do ya reckon?

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

Big surprise that he wasn't successful. Given that there's a general consensus that the media has a big influence on these matters and that it was generally agreed that it was a harsh call, it's even more surprising.

its not good but want you going to do? the common sense approach in the gaa is definately been left behind.

good point he would be a bigger miss with tommy freeman being out but i really an strugglin to think who is going to fill his shoes. perhaps gerard o'kane will fall back but i hope not. i like his style when he is attacking. i really am stumped as to who is going to start unless im overlookin people. maybe mcbride from screen or joe keenan from magherafelt. dunno tho

any thoughts sideline dick?

[Maguire01]

It says on the BBC that Monaghan are unchanged. Does that mean unchanged as in the lineout announced before last week's game (i.e. with JP in for Lennon), or unchanged as per last Saturday's starting 15?

[High Wide and Handsome]

It says on the BBC that Monaghan are unchanged. Does that mean unchanged as in the lineout announced before last week's game (i.e. with JP in for Lennon), or unchanged as per last Saturday's starting 15?

Irish news says it the same team that started last week. Including the fella who was subbed before half time

[Schkite]

It says on the BBC that Monaghan are unchanged. Does that mean unchanged as in the lineout announced before last week's game (i.e. with JP in for Lennon), or unchanged as per last Saturday's starting 15?

It's the team that started, here it is off the Monaghan GAA website:

1. McBennett
2. Dessie Mone
3. Vinny Corey
4. Dermot McArdle
5. Damien Freeman
6. Gary McQuaid
7. Darren Hughes
8. Eoin Lennon
9. Dick Clerkin
10. Stephen Gollogly
11. Paul Finlay
12. Conor McManus
13. Mark Downey
14. Raymond Ronaghan
15. Rory Woods

But sure there's bound to be a change or two. I'd like to see Hanratty start ahead of Downey myself. Also think JP should be starting regardless, but the backs look well as a unit and especially with Damien MOTM last week I don't see it being split up.

[Will Hunting]

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

One of the best parts of the derry-monaghan game in may was freeman and mcguckin's relentless battle. Both will be out for this, on what are very very harsh suspensions.

  Big miss surely, but reckon he'd be a bigger miss if Freeman was playing. Quality defender! Who'll take his place do ya reckon?

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

Big surprise that he wasn't successful. Given that there's a general consensus that the media has a big influence on these matters and that it was generally agreed that it was a harsh call, it's even more surprising.

its not good but want you going to do? the common sense approach in the gaa is definately been left behind.

good point he would be a bigger miss with tommy freeman being out but i really an strugglin to think who is going to fill his shoes. perhaps gerard o'kane will fall back but i hope not. i like his style when he is attacking. i really am stumped as to who is going to start unless im overlookin people. maybe mcbride from screen or joe keenan from magherafelt. dunno tho

any thoughts sideline dick?

We coped without Lockhart the last day against mongahan, so it will probably be a similar defensive lineup - ie Lockhart in for McGuckin.

[JMohan]

It says on the BBC that Monaghan are unchanged. Does that mean unchanged as in the lineout announced before last week's game (i.e. with JP in for Lennon), or unchanged as per last Saturday's starting 15?

It's the team that started, here it is off the Monaghan GAA website:

1. McBennett
2. Dessie Mone
3. Vinny Corey
4. Dermot McArdle
5. Damien Freeman
6. Gary McQuaid
7. Darren Hughes
8. Eoin Lennon
9. Dick Clerkin
10. Stephen Gollogly
11. Paul Finlay
12. Conor McManus
13. Mark Downey
14. Raymond Ronaghan
15. Rory Woods

But sure there's bound to be a change or two. I'd like to see Hanratty start ahead of Downey myself. Also think JP should be starting regardless, but the backs look well as a unit and especially with Damien MOTM last week I don't see it being split up.

It will start like that ...
1. Damien will drop back as sweeper
2. McManus drop back into his spot
3. Woods will drop out further

[JMohan]

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

One of the best parts of the derry-monaghan game in may was freeman and mcguckin's relentless battle. Both will be out for this, on what are very very harsh suspensions.

  Big miss surely, but reckon he'd be a bigger miss if Freeman was playing. Quality defender! Who'll take his place do ya reckon?

McGuckin is out of the game. Disaster.

Big surprise that he wasn't successful. Given that there's a general consensus that the media has a big influence on these matters and that it was generally agreed that it was a harsh call, it's even more surprising.

its not good but want you going to do? the common sense approach in the gaa is definately been left behind.

good point he would be a bigger miss with tommy freeman being out but i really an strugglin to think who is going to fill his shoes. perhaps gerard o'kane will fall back but i hope not. i like his style when he is attacking. i really am stumped as to who is going to start unless im overlookin people. maybe mcbride from screen or joe keenan from magherafelt. dunno tho

any thoughts sideline dick?

We coped without Lockhart the last day against mongahan, so it will probably be a similar defensive lineup - ie Lockhart in for McGuckin.

Yes, and if Freeman would have been playing it would be just more or less swapping like for like in defensive style