If Monaghan are to shatter their own glass ceiling and reach an All-Ireland final, it has long been argued they need other players to ease the scoring burden on star attacker Conor McManus.
It may be relatively early in the 2022 Championship, but there are encouraging signs that Seamus McEnaney’s men have made genuine progress in that regard.
They posted 0-23 in last Saturday’s 10-point victory over Down in Clones with 11 different players getting on the scoresheet to set up a provincial semi-final meeting with Derry in the Athletic Grounds on Sunday, May 15.
