Nine years Conor McManus has spent in the Monaghan shirt, on but one occasion was he overlooked.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has allayed fears the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment project could be in difficulty.

Dick Clerkin has been knocking about Monaghan’s senior panel for 16 years and the veteran midfielder has little doubt that Conor McManus is the best player he has soldiered with in all that time.

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Enda McNulty is understandably wary of the Monaghan threat this evening. If history has taught him anything, it is to never underestimate the white and blue shirt.

Sean Hehir wore out two things in the run-up to his Dublin Marathon victory — his shoes and his mammy.

He was so extreme, and the insult he directed at Cavanagh was so over the top the rest of the panel felt obliged to restore some balance to the discussion.

All-Ireland quarter-final weekends are big ones for the referees as well as the teams involved as it’s usually from this quartet that the final official is selected.

In one corner of the tunnel was Dick Clerkin holding court with a gaggle of journalists.

Sunday, July 21 is a date that will live long in the memories of Monaghan supporters but for players and management it was Wednesday, July 10 where the plan to beat Donegal came together.

Monaghan 0-13 Donegal 0-07

Paul Finlay and Dermot Malone have been added to the Monaghan attack for their Ulster SFC final showdown with defending champions Donegal in Clones on Sunday (throw-in 4pm).

Antrim 0-6 Monaghan 0-11

They got so much right.

Monaghan forward Tommy Freeman will miss the remainder of their Allianz Football League campaign after fracturing his jaw during their latest victory over Wicklow.

Monaghan top Division 3 of the Allianz Football League, while there were wins also for Meath, Roscommon and Fermanagh today.

Monaghan 1-12 Sligo 0-07

Cavan 1-10 Monaghan 0-5

Sligo, Meath, Fermanagh and Cavan all claimed wins in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League over the weekend.

Eamonn McEneaney has announced his intention to resign as Monaghan senior football manager following their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Laois.

Laois 2-12 Monaghan 0-12

I knew John Diamond because he came to our house to play 45.

Referee Michael Duffy has admitted he was wrong to allow Monaghan take a quick free which led to their goal in Sunday’s Ulster semi-final against Down.

Yesterday was my first time in this year’s championship watching a game from home.

James McCartan joked that he had a taxi ordered and the engine was running.

Did Monaghan blow it, or were Down just too good in the second half? Eamonn McEneaney reckoned he knew the answer.

Down 1-14 Monaghan 1-13

Aidan Carr has vivid enough memories of 1994 and the role his father played in Down’s last All-Ireland success.

Following their heavy defeat by All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in the Allianz Hurling League final, Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made six changes to the starting 15 for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Tipperary.

The game needed a dramatic intervention from somebody and Tommy Freeman was the man to provide it.

Sipping from his water bottle, Tommy Freeman took a big gulp and surveyed the scene he missed so badly last year — Clones on a hot summer day, Monaghan people cheering louder with every point.

Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9

Eamonn McEneaney has revealed he is tempted to throw Tommy Freeman into battle at Clones tomorrow.

Three of Monaghan's most influential players will be missing from their starting line-up when they play Antrim in Clones on Sunday (throw-in 3.30pm).

A miserable afternoon for Monaghan at Healy Park ended with the news that Westmeath had beaten Derry to condemn the Farney men to Division Three next season.

Tyrone 1-16 Monaghan 1-6

Westmeath 1-19 Monaghan 2-11

Monaghan 2-24 Louth 1-15

Derry 0-14 Monaghan 0-8, Celtic Park

PHILIP JORDAN’S u-turn on his decision to quit could transform Tyrone’s season, according to his half-back partner Conor Gormley.

NO Banty, no Freemans. No hope?

THE GAA should be doing more to keep its players in Ireland, according to two Ulster greats.

TOMMY FREEMAN will miss most of Monaghan’s championship campaign.