Muineachán v Doire 19/20 July

[tbrick18]

Congratulations Monaghan...deserved the win today. Played the better football and played as a team.
Yous should make it to the quarters I think so good luck.

[peterquaife]

good luck to the Farney men, may the draw be good for yous...hit some sweet points today

PQ

[Maguire01]

Monaghan seems to be a hotbed of english clubs recruiting, is there a scouting link up in the area? Seem to lose a fair bit of local talent to soccer, and rugby to an extent.

Dick clerkin should try out for Rugby, never seen a man as good at kicking for touch.  Apparently Declan Kidney is looking him for cover for Ronan O'Gara for Autumn Tour.

Dick Clerkin, not kicking for touch, earlier today. 

Great result for Monaghan, and perfect for getting the season back on track. Another nice win would save any accusations of 2007 being a fluke. There are surely potentially easier games in round 2 than today's and with Finlay and McQuaid back, expectations will be high.

[johnpower]

The commentary on that TV3 is shocking bad !

You're very harsh on Joe Kernan.

I dont think it is that bad big Joe or Martin from Mayo .? Big Joes much better

[orangeman]

The commentary on that TV3 is shocking bad !

You're very harsh on Joe Kernan.

I dont think it is that bad big Joe or Martin from Mayo .? Big Joes much better

It's chronic - I don't know who is worse ! 

[Minder]

Tohill nailed it after the fermanagh match, some of the derry players are not as good as we are led to believe or as good as they think they are,the great pretenders. But hey blame the manager when you lose and applaud the players when you win . . . . . .

[J70]

You can lay that charge at any county, bar the select exceptions such as Kerry. Have a good league or string one or two decent wins together and the hype starts. Lose one and the backlash begins because everyone feels foolish or cheated after hyping you e.g Monaghan - they were the next big thing after last year. Then they lose to Fermanagh and people say it was all hype. Now they beat Derry and once again no one will want to draw them in the next round.

[Maguire01]

I do think (as do many others), that Derry have definitely under achieved in recent years. Maybe some of the players are as good as people think, but as a team, they haven't managed to nail it.

As for Monaghan, hopefully we are showing that 2007 was not a fluke (helped not just by today, but by some good league performances earlier in the year).  I wouldn't have been overtly confident before today's game, but i was pretty sure we'd give it a better performance than against Fermanagh (which was one of our worst performances in recent years, despite only losing by 4 points).
I'm not saying that Monaghan are as great as some people have said, and i wouldn't see us as AI contenders at this stage (and i'm still disappointed that we didn't go all the way in Ulster), but i'm hopeful that we have another couple of games left in us this year.

[southderryman]

Doherty would want to learn to keep his hands to himself. He was lucky.

doherty was singled out by dick clerkin. the constant physical abuse of the ball was quite frankly disgusting. no doubt doherty was targeted is our best player imo and banty seen how he re-acted to kavangh in ballybofey. but i agree he was lucky, could easily have walked for that.

[johnpower]

You can lay that charge at any county, bar the select exceptions such as Kerry. Have a good league or string one or two decent wins together and the hype starts. Lose one and the backlash begins because everyone feels foolish or cheated after hyping you e.g Monaghan - they were the next big thing after last year. Then they lose to Fermanagh and people say it was all hype. Now they beat Derry and once again no one will want to draw them in the next round.

Oh dont worry we do backlashes in Kerry too .

[Maguire01]

Doherty would want to learn to keep his hands to himself. He was lucky.

doherty was singled out by dick clerkin. the constant physical abuse of the ball was quite frankly disgusting. no doubt doherty was targeted is our best player imo and banty seen how he re-acted to kavangh in ballybofey. but i agree he was lucky, could easily have walked for that.

Yes, just like Galvin, Doherty's the poor victim.  

[Main Street]

I wasn't able to watch it live, just finshed looking at the  recording. My heart is still beating like a pneumatic drill.
Delighted for Monaghan of course, after such a run of 3 poor performances and plenty of obituaries being read out.
I wouldn't read too much about Monaghan's worth inbeating Derry on the day.
We were on the rack in the second half, Derry had the game dominated.

Credit to the whole team for a never say die last 10 minutes and out slugged Derry..
Special mentiont to the stalwart experienced players who needed to stand up and did, like Rory Woods, Clerkin and Lennon.

[jimbob123]

dont worry folks cuz dick clerkin will get the punch 2 the face and the broken nose e deserves! i only wish that wen doherty seemed 2 hit his neck 2day that e wuda hit him full suck on the face 2 shut the prat up! as 4 monaghan.. theyr a fluke! only 4 bad shootin 2day derry wuda won the game by 10 points 

[Maguire01]

I can see you being an invaluable contributer here. 

[Oriel Man]

Yea jimbob123, you're obviously a child..... can't write properly (text speak is against most forum rules), and throw childish tantrums.

As for Derry and Monaghan. Derry should have won at least 3 Ulster titles in the last 10 years. They have the players but obviously not the team spirit or tactical awareness.
Monaghan have a long way to go. It was good to see them wining some ball in midfield, but that dried up in the second half. Banty has to address this issue as a priority. I don't care if it's clean ball, breaking ball, or even short kicks to the half backs and playing from there.... we must improve on our current 10% to 20% possession from kickouts.

Donegal now... another tough game, but absolutely winnable. I'm hoping it will be shown on RTE as I won't be able to make it next weekend. TV3 have first choice and will probably show the Tyrone/Westmeath game... RTE have second choice, which should be Donegal/Monaghan.