Muineachán v Doire 19/20 July

[jodyb]

i presume gaagaa is on the wind up.

sorry kentucky im not and i dont believe im the only person to express this opinion (off the board)
lockhart was good in his day and did well in league final
sometimes i think hes more worried about preserving his reputation than trying to play in the hard matches
sorry but that how i and some others feel

You're entitled to your opinion gaagaa, but aside from his years of magnificant service to the Derry cause, his return to his proper position after the monaghan debacle last year  was a major part of getting our season back on track! Under a decent manager he would undoubtedly have won at least one Celtic cross and is deserving of same.
Family difficulties coupled with injury have kept him away for most of this year, when many of his vintage are retiring from the county scene. I fervently hope he gets to play championship football far Derry this year, cos the only reputations he thinks about are those of the forwards he puts in his pocket!

[the green man]

In all due respect to gaagaa, there is a perception that SM has been picking his games, this last few years. I don't say that I'm close to the Derry camp at all, but, the rumour went out in 06 at Omagh that he was fully fit, but declined to play. Maybe this is where gaagaa is coming from.

Knowing Sean from school days, I doubt that this was the case. In fact i would have to applaud him for playing so long. There's not many county players, playing past 30 in the modern game. I'll back SML to the hilt, all the way. His life is GAA, maybe gaagaa could pm me, and I tell him about the things he does, behind the scenes

[gaagaa]

Maybe this is where gaagaa is coming from.

I'll back SML to the hilt, all the way. His life is GAA, maybe gaagaa could pm me, and I tell him about the things he does, behind the scenes

dont get me wrong i have full admiration for what he achieved
,maybe i could have worded it more diplomatically GM but i was writing in context
of who was available to derry ant their current ability to play a part thisyear

[Real Talk]

Although over the years he has actually played less game that others he has been a tremendous servant to Derry.  He would also still have ambitions of playing for Ireland again in the Compromise Series (and of being Ireland'd most capped player) and that is one of the reasons he is generally availble for higher profile matchs.

[bannside]

SML still the best man to man marker Derry have. Was heading for another all star last year but for one bit of indecision whether to go first to the ball, or try to wrap up Alan Brogan when he got it, in last years QF.

This year a lot of injuries have hampered him this year, among them a major surgery to get a twisted finger fixed, the like of which I never saw the like of!

Now its a bad shoulder, and thats no surprise the way he goes about his tackling drills even in training.

[redcard]

Muineachán minors beat Doire this evening by 4 pts

[Maguire01]

5 points! We're in the Ulster Final after all! Some turn around from last year's semi-final in Casement.

Monaghan 1-14 1-9 Derry 

Monaghan will meet Tyrone in the Ulster MFC final on 20 July following their win over Derry at Omagh on Saturday.

Monaghan, with two points each from Kieran Hughes, Aaron McCarey and Christopher McGuinness, led by 0-8 to 0-6 at half-time.

They had stretched the advantage to four before Lee Moore netted penalty for Derry in the 45th minute.

Scores from Kieran Hughes saw Monaghan regain control, and a brilliant solo goal by Pete Dooney capped a fine win.

[Rois]

The goal that sealed it at the end was a fantastic effort, he carried it from around the far forty line right through.  

It was an exciting game for a neutral to watch.   It was even graced by the attendance of the Director General Paraic Duffy who was sitting behind me.

[Rois]

One gripe - it cost me £8 to get in!!!

[Rois]

There was a hurling match (no interest for me) and the minor match.  Neither counties were my own and I was going to keep my dad company, who got in free cause he was doing something for the Ulster Council. 

But then Omagh facilities are so good, it wasn't much of a hardship at least 

[tbrick18]

monaghan isnt the worst draw we could have got! aslong as we avoided meath, westmeath and tyrone i didnt really mind who we got as we have the team there after taking the defeat to fermanagh to get bak 2 winnin ways  as for monaghan... kevin mcguckin was the star performer against fermanagh in our defence and if he is on tommy freeman we wil b secure enough  paul finlay is a massive loss to monaghan which should give us a huge advantage in midfield and with doherty and conway ready to take advantage of his absence we should go to clones with 100% confidence to do the job! our forward line the last day could have beaten fermanagh if they hada taken ther scores but its easier sayin it in the stands than it is to do when yur on the pitch if we take the points when we can get them and stop freeman as much as possible we should go through to round 2 with a good win 

Are you serious? McGuckian let stood off his man for the entire match and then tried to shephard him out with the ball...a defender should be trying to get the ball first day and if that fails then shephard the forward out...he seems to be doing it all wrong IMO. Niall McCusker was by far our best player on the pitch against fermanagh, let alone best in defence.

[An Laoch]

paul finlay is a massive loss to monaghan

Is Finlay out?

Hoganstand says:

Apart from Raymond Ronaghan, who has a broken bone in his foot, McEnaney currently has no injury problems ahead of Saturday week's first round qualifier with the Oak Leafers after the Monaghan boss last week rubbished claims that star forward Tommy Freeman could miss the game with an ankle problem.

[bingobus]

paul finlay is a massive loss to monaghan

Is Finlay out?

Hoganstand says:

Apart from Raymond Ronaghan, who has a broken bone in his foot, McEnaney currently has no injury problems ahead of Saturday week's first round qualifier with the Oak Leafers after the Monaghan boss last week rubbished claims that star forward Tommy Freeman could miss the game with an ankle problem.

Finlay is suspended rather than injured. McQuaid also suspended.

[An Laoch]

good man bingobus

[Main Street]

The goal that sealed it at the end was a fantastic effort, he carried it from around the far forty line right through.  

It was an exciting game for a neutral to watch.

Strange times we live in, the BT had a lengthy enough report on the game.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/article3871511.ece

I had thought the reporter got carried away with the description of the goal,
"In the last minute, Pete Dooney ran all of 80 yards, beating four defenders in the process before crashing to the bottom right-hand corner of the Derry net for a goal that reflected Monaghan's classy performance on the day".