Seven-time Ulster Championship winner Paul McGrane believes that Monaghan will “don’t have any worry” going through Armagh in Sunday’s Ulster Senior Soccer ultimate.
Kieran McGeeney’s aspect are favourites to finish their 18-year wait to elevate the Anglo-Celt Cup given they’ve hit 100 factors of their three Ulster video games up to now, together with a thumping 28-point victory over Down within the semi-final.
However Monaghan have recovered from a poor league marketing campaign to succeed in the ultimate as they give the impression of being to win the county’s first Ulster title since 1988.
McGrane, who was the final Armagh captain to elevate the Anglo-Celt Cup in 2008, says that Monaghan’s expertise of beating Armagh within the All-Eire in 2023 and the Ulster SFC in 2021 will give them confidence at Clones.
“There is a Monaghan workforce coming which are Ulster membership champions, on their very own patch and the show of grit they confirmed in opposition to Derry and to do what they did with the sideline factors, they will relish enjoying Armagh,” he instructed BBC Sport NI.
“They will don’t have any worry enjoying them. The final two large video games they performed them; in Croke Park [shootout win], they got here out the suitable aspect of it and within the match in Pairc Esler [a thrilling 4-17 to 2-2 win].
“They will be going with starvation the identical that Armagh should recover from the road and get an Ulster title themselves.”
