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Meath GAA discussion thread

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    #7802
    rpurfield
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭rpurfield


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122077798#Comment_122077798

    A nice away trip and a good team in Navan would be great. And hopefully the neutral venue game not in Croker!



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    #7803
    Xander10
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Xander10


    Nice performance from the U20s



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    #7804
    rrs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭rrs


    Was Sean Emmanuel involved with the U20s this year? He looked decent on the Minor winning team in 21



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    #7805
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,398 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Excellent performance, second half particularly. Éamonn Armstrong was incredible throughout. He has some engine on him, up and down the pitch for 60+ minutes and chipping in with 1-3 from half back. Jamie Murphy was equally excellent. His last point with the outside of the right boot was pure class.

    Great that the successful minor team has carried the form through to the next level. Too often we've fallen flat at u20/21 level after excelling at minor level.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122078956#Comment_122078956

    On the bench. rpurfield can probably confirm but I think he's still U20 next year as well.



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    #7806
    rrs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭rrs


    Armstrong had a brilliant game and probaly one of the youngest players on the field. Minor last year.



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    #7807
    rpurfield
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭rpurfield


    Hammer I'm pretty sure Sean is in his last year of U20, he was over age when 20s moved to 19s in the county last year. Great display last night, obviously biased but Jamie Murphy is a talent. He slotted right in with our first team last year as one of the better players, great to see him perform on the big stage like that. Eamonn Armstrong is unreal too, I reffed him at minor and 19s last year and thought he was good but I honestly think he's gone up a level too. He has an incredible engine on him.



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    #7808
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,398 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Kerry, Louth & Monaghan (assuming no shocks in the Munster and Leinster finals).

    Outside chance at second and a great chance of at least getting third.



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    #7809
    enricoh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,868 ✭✭✭enricoh


    Never thought I'd see the day we get a decent draw. Our penance for 2010 must be over!



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    #7810
    CrabRevolution
    Registered Users Posts: 2,821 ✭✭✭CrabRevolution


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122084799#Comment_122084799

    From 2013 to 2018, every time we could draw Tyrone, we did. Our run in 2019 was pleasant enough though; Offaly, Carlow, Laois in Leinster, before the inevitable hammering from Dublin, but then drawing Clare in the qualifiers.

    A good draw for Meath this time. It's amusing seeing people trying to straddle two stools of simultaneously claiming Louth will be heavy favourites against us, but they're are also confident that we can compete with Kerry.



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    #7811
    rpurfield
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭rpurfield


    Yeah its a decent draw, I wonder will Louth now nominate somewhere else as the home venue or will we get two games in Navan. I'm a little bit disappointed we didn't get an away with a bit of decent travel though.



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    #7812
    Cavan_King
    Registered Users Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭Cavan_King


    Anyone hear any reports of a challenge between Meath & Cavan the other evening? I’m hearing Meath won but it was a heavily biased Meath man told me that!!



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    #7813
    enricoh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,868 ✭✭✭enricoh


    How the f@#k did we manage to lose that? Hard to believe the misses at the end there.



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    #7814
    snowgal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭snowgal


    heartbreaking for the u20s at the weekend, but we had so so many chances to draw and even win…hopefully we'll see a good crop of them coming through in the next few years…. anyone know when the dates and times will be announced for our games? I presume Louth will go with Iniskeen pitch? wonder will there be a struggle for tickets. Im looking at the gaa 3 for €50 offer at the mo..



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    #7815
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,398 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    U20s game was infuriating. But like at times with the seniors, we went too long at times between scores.

    The ladies game was extremely disappointing. I thought that we'd put it up to Dublin given the number of changes compared to the previous week but we've evidently fallen far back in the pecking order.

    Weird choice to play the Louth game in Inniskeen but it is Louth's choice I suppose. I'd say it'll likely be a sell out. Never been to Inniskeen but if it's anything like Scotstown where Monaghan used to play at times, the traffic is going to be an absolute disaster.



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    #7816
    dobman88
    Registered Users Posts: 6,463 ✭✭✭dobman88


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137476#Comment_122137476

    Having gone to Kerry league games in Inniskeen, the stewards are top class. They divert you away from the village and have parking along the road near the pitch, operating a 1 way system, (bar the odd gobsh!te) and then after you just go through the village.

    Its a great system that works well when the alternative would be complete chaos.

    Happy to see Kerry playing in Navan too. Will be great having our away game on up the road.



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    #7817
    enricoh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,868 ✭✭✭enricoh


    After seeing Kerry run through Monaghan next week could be best watched behind the couch. Will O'Rourke stay in for the third year ye reckon? Will it make any odds?!



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    #7818
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,398 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    I'm beyond caring anymore.



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    #7819
    RoyalCelt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,601 ✭✭✭RoyalCelt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122183470#Comment_122183470

    It doesn't matter. You could put pep guardiola in charge of Meath. As long as we're competing in Leinster against Dublin you'll never get a group of young lads to stick around or give it their all.

    Any young lad coming through now was 4 when we last beat them and you'd have to be at least 27 to remember 2001. We're finished unless they take Dublin out of Leinster and let the province recover.

    I have to say I'm happy for Louth. At least they've something worth celebrating beating us.

    Just be thankful we enjoyed the good old day's before the GAA grovelled at Dublin's feet.



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    #7820
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,398 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Despite the result, massive respect to Matthew Costello who played yesterday despite his father passing away earlier in the morning.



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    #7821
    rpurfield
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭rpurfield


    I was in two minds about heading up as I knew it would be hassle for tickets etc then got asked to referee one of the LGFA league finals yesterday evening and that made my mind up for me. Yeah we're miles off Dublin, Kerry etc but there seems to be no progress from last year at all. I would have us a bit behind Louth in terms of development but not ten points behind. I really thought there'd be progress from last year but there isn't really its more of the same. The issue is much deeper rooted than the management or squad as its been like this for probably 12/13 years now. The most frustrating thing is the've had 5 weeks since the Dublin game, there was certainly a chance for finishing 2nd to Kerry in the group and the display yesterday is the response.



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    #7822
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    in my opinion we need to start looking at who is in county board, what their jobs are and are they anyway qualified to do them. if not then start looking at getting in professional advice on how to thinngs are done in the likes of tyrone or even mimic some of dublins good practice. i now firmly believe that we dont have the knowlodge or expertise in meath football circles to make the changes required for a good inter county team to flourish. if this was longford, rosscommon or monaghon you would be inclined to say why bother with a tiny population but thats not the case . we are a pretty much football only county with heading for a quater of a million population. but time is of the esscence now. we need to act before anymore apathy sets in. Apathy towards our football team is the enemy. it happened in both louth and cavan in 1960s for some reason, maybe older people could tell us what happened from those places.Louth were very dominant in leinster in 1940s and 50s . cavan from 20s to early 70s. almost 50 years of domination in ulster and got 5 sam maguires too. thats where were going. but we can stop the rot now. first id start questioning the people in county board id give them a few weeks to come back with a vison and blueprint for meath football ove the next 10 years. need to sort out whos there to pass the time and whos there to do a job. thats first staging post



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    #7823
    rpurfield
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭rpurfield


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122191806#Comment_122191806

    And who runs this review? Turkeys don't vote for Christmas! As well as that they are advertising for a football performance lead and this is replace the chap that's doing it the last couple of years already. There's more GPOs and so on than ever. While I'm sure stuff can be improved, its always the case, its not like its not being done already



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    #7824
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    well thats what id hope that this train has been set in motion from 2018 at least i think we knew then that the drubbings off dublin in 2014/16/19/20 were not just "off days". if these things are being done then thats a good help, id be inclined to go on information missions to tyrone and dublin and see what can be gathered. im sure in a county like meath with peopple from every county in ireland involved in football that there will be some links into the inner sanctum of these two counties.



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