Meath v Laois

rpurfield

any laois people on here able to tell me how they think they will do on sunday??id be confident enough meath could win it all depends on the back line been a bit more sharp than the last day.will munnelly start??i heard he wouldnt

royaler83

rpurfield wrote: »

any laois people on here able to tell me how they think they will do on sunday??id be confident enough meath could win it all depends on the back line been a bit more sharp than the last day.will munnelly start??i heard he wouldnt

Hearing munnelly and Mj tierney amongst others are doubtful but don't be surprised if they start. Its good psychologically to talk up injuries, most teams do it.

Any word on crawford? Hopefully will be same as above

Stabshauptmann

A lot of talk of injuries, but they might heal come Sunday.

I was at the Meath - Offaly game, Im very worried for Laois to be honest. When they played in the League it was a close match, but I dont use the legaue to predict anything.

All stars Joe Higgins has retired, and Tom Kelly has broken a bone in his neck.
Brian McCormack, Beano McDonald (both won MFC 96&97) and Aidan Fennelly (MFC runner up 98 and nominated for all star in 2005) are all absent from this years pannel afaik.

I want to see what team is announced, but I dont think this is Laois' year. Most of the lads who played for Micko are gone. There are lots of talented young lads, and maybe great things will be seen from them in a few years time, but not this year.

rpurfield

royaler83 wrote: »

Hearing munnelly and Mj tierney amongst others are doubtful but don't be surprised if they start. Its good psychologically to talk up injuries, most teams do it.

Any word on crawford? Hopefully will be same as above

yeah i think hes going to be ok kevin reillys fit too thank god

Stevecw

royaler83 wrote: »

Hearing munnelly and Mj tierney amongst others are doubtful but don't be surprised if they start. Its good psychologically to talk up injuries, most teams do it.

Any word on crawford? Hopefully will be same as above

No Idea about Crawford, but Munnelly & MJ are grand for the game on Sunday.
Munnelly is struggling to get a start tho, he might get 6th forward slot or could very easily be left till 1st sub.

aidan24326

Meath should win this. Laois have gone backwards the last couple of years and Meath also have the advantage of a game under their belt. I'd rate Meath as pretty close to a banker for this one.

whacker4fun

aidan24326 wrote: »

Meath as pretty close to a banker for this one.

Jesus I hope your right, Id be sure enough that this will be a close test. Meaths full back line is really poor, last year it was just the full back but now we seem to be having problems with the complete line. A Lot of effort needed but think Meath will just about win!

aidan24326

whacker4fun wrote: »

Jesus I hope your right, Id be sure enough that this will be a close test. Meaths full back line is really poor, last year it was just the full back but now we seem to be having problems with the complete line. A Lot of effort needed but think Meath will just about win!

I thought Meath's forwards looked lively against Offaly (who admittedly aren't much good) and I can see them scoring enough to win this. You're right that the defence is shaky, but the Laois forward line are no world-beaters anyway. I don't rate this Laois team at all, and I think I'll be proved right on Sunday.

blackbelt

Can't see Meath losing this one unless Munnelly absolutely takes Moyles to the cleaners and Meath lose their discipline around the middle of the pitch i.e Mark Ward.Half back line for Meath looks good along with the forwards.

Think gameplan will be the difference too with Laois reverting to the handpass and shoot routine while Meath will use high fielding into the full foward line with Cormac McGuinness also pushing through as a 7th forward.

Royal Seahawk

blackbelt wrote: »

Can't see Meath losing this one unless Munnelly absolutely takes Moyles to the cleaners and Meath lose their discipline around the middle of the pitch i.e Mark Ward.Half back line for Meath looks good along with the forwards.

Think gameplan will be the difference too with Laois reverting to the handpass and shoot routine while Meath will use high fielding into the full foward line with Cormac McGuinness also pushing through as a 7th forward.

Moyles won't be on Munnelly, Munnelly is named corner forward so I'd imagine Chris O'Connor will be on him. Reilly should be back as full back and Moyles centre back.

rpurfield

im hearing reilly and mcguinness are fit for it so id be a lot more confident if they start.with all due respect to anthony moyles a full back is one thing he really isnt.

RocketRonnie

rpurfield wrote: »

im hearing reilly and mcguinness are fit for it so id be a lot more confident if they start.with all due respect to anthony moyles a full back is one thing he really isnt.

I'm fairly sure Kevin Reilly will be starting, he'll have his hands full with Donie Kingston but should be up to the task.... Cormac McGuinness will probably start on the bench!

I fancy Meath by 3/4 points.... Don't think it's gonna be as one-sided as a lot of people think...!!

Hammer Archer

Just got my ticket. In the feckin upper tier of the Cusack right next to the Hill. Last time I let my sister but my ticket :mad:
Hopefully we have too much for them but Laois have been a bit of a bogey side for us in the Championship recently.

reallyrose

By the time I got around to buying my ticket, the only ones I could get in the Cusack stand were right in the corner on the upper level. I hope I get a good view

I think it'll be a good match, I'm looking forward to it.

flahavaj

reallyrose wrote: »

By the time I got around to buying my ticket, the only ones I could get in the Cusack stand were right in the corner on the upper level. I hope I get a good view

I think it'll be a good match, I'm looking forward to it.

They're actually very good seats. Anything upper level gives you a great view really and seeing the game from a height allows you to see the tactics the teams are employing more easily.

reallyrose

flahavaj wrote: »

They're actually very good seats. Anything upper level gives you a great view really and seeing the game from a height allows you to see the tactics the teams are employing more easily.

Yeah? Great! I've never had one of those fancy tickets with a seat before.
Thanks!

aidan24326

flahavaj wrote: »

They're actually very good seats. Anything upper level gives you a great view really and seeing the game from a height allows you to see the tactics the teams are employing more easily.

Not necessarily. If you're in the front half of the upper deck you have a good view, the nearer the front the better. But if you're way back at the back (say row V or W or something like that) you're very high up and a long way from the pitch. You're much closer to the action and the atmosphere in the lower deck, and that's pretty much where I always go these days.

But upper deck towards the front is pretty good too.

rpurfield

RocketRonnie wrote: »

I'm fairly sure Kevin Reilly will be starting, he'll have his hands full with Donie Kingston but should be up to the task.... Cormac McGuinness will probably start on the bench!

I fancy Meath by 3/4 points.... Don't think it's gonna be as one-sided as a lot of people think...!!

Meath (SFC v Laois) - Paddy O'Rourke, Chris O'Connor, Kevin Reilly, Eoghan Harrington, Michael Burke, Anthony Moyles, Caomhin King, Nigel Crawford, Mark Ward, Seamus Kenny, Joe Sheridan, Graham Reilly, Cian Ward, Shane O'Rourke, Stephen Bray.

Royal Seahawk

rpurfield wrote: »

Meath (SFC v Laois) - Paddy O'Rourke, Chris O'Connor, Kevin Reilly, Eoghan Harrington, Michael Burke, Anthony Moyles, Caomhin King, Nigel Crawford, Mark Ward, Seamus Kenny, Joe Sheridan, Graham Reilly, Cian Ward, Shane O'Rourke, Stephen Bray.

Strong enough team, if M Ward doesn't do the business then O'Brien will seriously have to consider bringing on Meade. Can see P Byrne being brought on as well if the game is in the balance in the 2nd half. I'm happy with the team overall.

royaler83

Great to see moyles back at CHB where he does his best work. Team looks alot more balanced now.

Really don't know what to expect from Laois, some tasty forwards so i'd imagine they will test our defence and see are they as bad as they looked against offaly!

sos33

mj tierney dropped ,clancy on the bench,four portlaoise players starting who went to a club all ireland semi this year,team looks well balanced ,meath go in as favourties and rightly so but laois could have a say yet,but depends on which laois team turns up

rpurfield

royaler83 wrote: »

Great to see moyles back at CHB where he does his best work. Team looks alot more balanced now.

Really don't know what to expect from Laois, some tasty forwards so i'd imagine they will test our defence and see are they as bad as they looked against offaly!

yeah i think moyles is a better half back myself hes a good eye for a pass and seems to do well around breaking ball.pretty happy with that team.nice bench too though a little weighted to the forwards

Redsunset

We are about to un-Laois hell upon meath.:D

So we'll see what happens after that.

liogairmhordain

Meath 4 points up at half time

Icaras

into extra tme 1-10 each

carefulnow100

any live commentary on radio or online?

Siog-Alainn

carefulnow100 wrote: »

any live commentary on radio or online?

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/mediaplayer.html

machiavellianme

Laois terribly unlucky to only get a draw. Woeful blunder to let it slip there at the end

Radharc na Sleibhte

Ref got the draw he was playing for. How many soft frees did Laois get once Meath got the goal???

Meath can count themselves lucky. Should've strolled it in normal time, but could just as easily have lost it in the end.

Browney7

Fair play to Laois for coming back after letting in that soft goal. they really bailed out their goalie in fairness to them.

paddylonglegs

Goalie got completely bailed out, I'd say he would have been walking back to Portlaoise if Laois hadn't put that fight back and get the three last points. Best performance from Laois was first 5 mins of match and last 3 mins of Extra time.

Not a bad performance from Meath forwards but frustratingly struggled to receive it from Midfield. If Meath can sort this out then they will take Laois.

rpurfield

MikeySligo wrote: »

Ref got the draw he was playing for. How many soft frees did Laois get once Meath got the goal???

Meath can count themselves lucky. Should've strolled it in normal time, but could just as easily have lost it in the end.

thank god ya said that i though i was looking at it thru biased eyes.didnt think we deserved to lose it we kicked four or five balls into the keepers hands in the first half from scoring positions just hope crawfords fit for next week we were outta it a lot in midfield

Wingman2010

I was delighted that Laois didn't lose. The goalie didn't deserve that. The corner back O'Leary looks a great player.. Dempsey has big decisions to make next week. Do Clancy, Tierney and O'Loughlin start?

Hammer Archer

I can't remember seeing Meath dominate a match so much and not win it. This is the problem with us. When all our forwards don't click, we're in big trouble. Once Graham Reilly, who had an outstanding day, went off we seemed to lose it. The Laois goal was shocking for everyone concerned and should have been saved by O' Rourke.
I was also perplexed by some of the refereeing decisions. All the Laois men had to do was fall on the ground and they were given a free. The funniest part was at a throw up in the second half when the ref actually threw the ball over the two players contesting it into the waiting arms of a Laois man. Add to that, the fact that Joe's effort near the end of normal time seemed to be over and was given wide made it such a frustrating day.
Hopefully the weather will be better next week and we finish the job.

Royal Seahawk

Hammer Archer wrote: »

I can't remember seeing Meath dominate a match so much and not win it. This is the problem with us. When all our forwards don't click, we're in big trouble. Once Graham Reilly, who had an outstanding day, went off we seemed to lose it. The Laois goal was shocking for everyone concerned and should have been saved by O' Rourke.
I was also perplexed by some of the refereeing decisions. All the Laois men had to do was fall on the ground and they were given a free. The funniest part was at a throw up in the second half when the ref actually threw the ball over the two players contesting it into the waiting arms of a Laois man. Add to that, the fact that Joe's effort near the end of normal time seemed to be over and was given wide made it such a frustrating day.
Hopefully the weather will be better next week and we finish the job.

Cannot agree more. But hey, let Laois have their day in the sun, to be honest I'm not worried about the replay. I'm not saying Meath are going to win the All-Ireland or anything but a full Meath team will destoy whatever Laois have to offer next weekend.














Trust me;)

Stabshauptmann

MikeySligo wrote: »

Ref got the draw he was playing for. How many soft frees did Laois get once Meath got the goal???

After the goal Laois scored 3 points to level it again; only one of these was from a free.

TBH, I'm amazed at the discipline of the Laois team. There was quite a bit of off the ball boxing, and late follow through tackles that have nothing to do with the ball, which Laois players historically snap at. These lads didnt, they just played on.

Even when down by big margins, and with time running out, they didnt go for goals. Again, discipline.

Ironically, the only discipline I could fault was with the experienced players. Laois had a chance to finish it in both normal time and extra time; Clancy and Tierney missing points you'd have expected them to slot over.

Hammer Archer wrote:

The Laois goal was shocking for everyone concerned and should have been saved by O' Rourke.

I have the Sunday Game recorded if you need it; the Laois goal was an amazing play. Perhaps you're thinking of the two uber-soft Meath goals?


In the first half Laois shot as many wides as points. For the rest of the game their shots were on target; Meath didnt throw it away, Laois got their game together. I know Meath will hopefully have Crawford back at mid field for the replay, so that will make things tough. Im not sure how fit Clancy was yesterday; he didnt seem to move once. And Kingdston, who had a great day, was completely knackered before full time and was walking about aimlessly as balls whizzed by him.

It should be an enjoyable replay.

Hammer Archer

Stabshauptmann wrote: »

I have the Sunday Game recorded if you need it; the Laois goal was an amazing play. Perhaps you're thinking of the two uber-soft Meath goals?

I agree it was a good run but it was greatly aided by a shocking attempt at a tackle by Mark Ward (surprise surprise). I was right behind the effort on the day and it went pretty much straight over O Rourke's head.
Soft Meath goals? Granted the second goal was a howler by the keeper but Meath's first goal was thanks to great work by Joe Sheridan in fielding the ball under pressure and getting it into Graham Reilly. And it was a fantastic finish by Reilly himself so I don't know what goal you saw.

rpurfield

laois may only have got one of the three points off a free but at least one came from a soft free back up the pitch out of scoring range.the ref was just so bloody inconsistant it was frustrating the ref in the dublin game was far better

royaler83

rpurfield wrote: »

laois may only have got one of the three points off a free but at least one came from a soft free back up the pitch out of scoring range.the ref was just so bloody inconsistant it was frustrating the ref in the dublin game was far better

Correct on all counts, he gave an unbelievably handy free around the middle after Meath got the second goal which led to a score.

Laois showed some real character to come from behind twice all the same. That will give them serious confidence the next day.

Is it on tv does anyone know?

Mental_Legend

Not sure about TV, but does anyone know if it's going to be all ticket for O' Connor Park or can we pay in at the stadium?

Atomic Pineapple

Its on late enough! I'd imagine you'll be able to pay in at the gates, there is no way it'll be a sell out.

Anyone reckon it would be worth staying the night in Tullamore? Would there be a bit of craic after the game?

Hammer Archer

Rumour has it that Crawford may be out for the season with his back injury. He's definitely out for the replay anyway.

Stabshauptmann

When you think about it though, Meath Vs Offaly was a double header (longford v louth) and still the turnout was around 10k (personally I thought there was more, but thats what they announced). This is a stand alone, so I dont expect it to sell out.

O'Connor park is approx 20k capacity. Only one side though is seating iirc, and Id say that will get full enough.

whacker4fun

rpurfield wrote: »

laois may only have got one of the three points off a free but at least one came from a soft free back up the pitch out of scoring range.the ref was just so bloody inconsistent it was frustrating the ref in the Dublin game was far better

I thought I was the only one to notice the indifferent refereeing decisions, Not just in the meath match but in the dubs game, he gave dublin a few very handy frees to draw them level when they really needed it!

Publicdiservice

I think the reason Meath conceded frees was because every time they tackled they fouled. If anything the referee wasn't tough enough.
Having said that laois were lucky to get the draw in normal time, mainly because they started with the wrong team. Provided selection is right Saturday, and knowing the selectors no guarantee it will be, Laois should win.

Stabshauptmann

I thought the selection was right. Clancy simply wasnt fit.

Dermo

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Add to that, the fact that Joe's effort near the end of normal time seemed to be over and was given wide made it such a frustrating day.

I was watching this online at the time. It went exactly over the top of the left post. If the post was any higher it would have hit it and come back out. I'm not sure but I don't think that counts as a point, it has to be within the posts.

Some fantastic playing by Meath and as much as I thought the ref was playing for a draw they did have chances to win it. I thought it was a good game in the end anyway, hopefully we can put it away on Saturday

On an unrelated note, the online commentary was atrocious! I was tempted to write an email to rte to complain. For most of the game whenever Michael Burke had the ball the commentator called him Anthony Moyles! And Caoimhin King was called Caoimhe for the whole game. At first I was laughing but then it got seriously annoying.

rpurfield

Publicdiservice wrote: »

I think the reason Meath conceded frees was because every time they tackled they fouled. If anything the referee wasn't tough enough.
Having said that laois were lucky to get the draw in normal time, mainly because they started with the wrong team. Provided selection is right Saturday, and knowing the selectors no guarantee it will be, Laois should win.

seriously though im not saying meath didnt foul but when ya look at some of the tackles that went in on both sides laios got the easier frees.im normally easy enough going on referees being an x ref myself but he was very very inconsistent.he blew one of our defenders for sliding in on a ball rightly so but less than ten minutes later shane o rourkes marker slides in on him from behind and he waves it away!it wouldve been a yellow card in soccer!!!then he spent all game waving his hands for the advantage rule yet on the one occassion for both teams an advantage was actually there he blew it back for the free kick and that was on us and laois now

whacker4fun

Meath team is rumored ot be the same as the last day!

Mental_Legend

whacker4fun wrote: »

Meath team is rumored ot be the same as the last day!

Confirmed

http://www.hoganstand.com/meath/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=130668

Hammer Archer

Mental_Legend wrote: »

Confirmed

http://www.hoganstand.com/meath/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=130668

Arghhh! Mark Ward again :mad: