Farney men show their mettle

A SIMPLY astonishing scoreline and one made all the more so given the fact that few in the crowd of 11,675 would have given tuppence for Monaghan’s chances at ten past two yesterday afternoon.

By then, Seamus McEnaney’s side had conceded four points, three of them to Steven McDonnell, who seemed determined to win the game on his own by way of repayment for his troubles against the same opposition last year.

Watching those balls fly over his crossbar was not Monaghan’s regular goalkeeper Shane Duffy. Nor was it his deputy Sean Gorman.