Who dares mention provincial pain to Scotstown?

Since 2013, the Monaghan kingpins have annexed 10 county titles but are still trying to break their Ulster Championship hoodoo. The last thing they need is anyone questioning their intestinal fortitude

Scotstown's Mícheál McCarville under pressure from Kilcoo's Darryl Branagan in last year's Ulster Club SFC semi final at Box-IT Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

IT’S hard to imagine Scotstown’s pursuit of Ulster glory being compared to the late Lithuanian-American tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis but here we are.

As is his wont, Joe Brolly has used a run of weekly Gaelic Life columns to focus on one particular issue. In recent weeks, that has been to take aim at this particular batch of Scotstown players as they prepare for Saturday’s Ulster Club SFC decider against Kilcoo in Armagh.