No road back for Farneymen

Seamus McEnaney's Monaghan footballers will find it hard to recover from the body blow of losing to Fermanagh in the first round in Ulster.
The Farneymen looked low in confidence today and even when they closed the gap to just one point with a breeze at their back they allowed Fermanagh to steam ahead to a clear cut victory.
The element of surprise enjoyed by McEnaney's side last year is gone, like so many others before them they are finding that other sides can see them coming.
The over reliance of Tommy Freeman was cruelly exposed as Fermanagh simply denied the Monaghan full forward line any space to operate in.
And Monaghan also looked nervous, unable to deal with the expectation which has grown around this side after almost beating Kerry last year.
Players were arguing with the referee and they got involved in a lot of off the ball physical nonsense.
I was not impressed by one period where Ryan Keenan was being pulled, shouldered, squared up to all accompanied by a lot of verbal.
Five minutes later Keenan won the ball which led to the second goal and for all the silly provocation he endured five minutes earlier his marker was left for dead!
I thought that Monaghan's goose was finally cooked when even Paul Finlay got involved in the appeals to the referee over a fairly straightforward decision.
Gary McQuaid's actions which earned him a sending off were pathetic, there's no place for this in Gaelic football, it was as stupid as it was unwarranted.
He shouldn't kick a ball in county football for the rest of the season.
It will be tough for the Farneymen to come back from this.
Ulster is now gone and confidence is rock bottom, they looked mentally tired and unless they get a handy one in the first round of the qualifiers they will find it hard to get their season back on track.