Meath GAA discussion thread

Comfortable win for the ladies over a limited Tipperary side. Will definitely need to be more clinical in the semi final against Kerry as, like the Leinster final, had a lot of bad misses. Third year in a row we'll face Kerry in the knockout stages (apart from the final in 2022) but this will be in Tullamore instead of Tralee so will be more of a Meath crowd this time round having lost in Tralee the last two years.

Great to have both senior sides in semi finals though. Decent crowd at it as well.

Yeah thought it was odd as well. All other quarter finals were on Saturday afternoon/evening. I suppose there was never going to be a huge Tipp following, but there would likely have been at least a few more had their hurlers not been playing at the same time.

Will there be any change in jersey on Sunday, do we know? I'm thinking both teams' first jerseys are dissimilar enough to not need a change (don't think there was any change in 2019), but I remember our game against them in 2002 where both sides wore bizarre versions of the Leinster and Ulster Railway Cup jerseys.

Looking like it'll be a near sellout on Sunday. Don't remember the last time we were involved in a near sellout game in Croke Park, 2009 Leinster quarter final against Dublin perhaps?

I remember that 2002 game and no one on the Hill knowing who to cheer for when the teams came out before throw-in.

No change to the starting 15 from Galway.

Absolutely bricking it. Not confident at all but if we can get a run on Donegal, I think we'd be in a good position to see it out in the second half. Like the Galway game, all the pressure on our opposition whereas our season can be classed as a success already regardless of the result!

I've found a lot of lazy analysis throughout the week. So many putting down the wins we've had this season so far this season. Against Dublin, it was because we had the wind in the first half. Kerry, well they were without 6 starting players (ignoring the same situation for us) and Galway have been poor all year and we still only scraped by. I think very few of our games have been on TV which is probably an advantage for us. Robbie seems to be very flexible with his tactics. While in some games, we've relied a lot on 2 pointers, in our only two games in the whole season where we've failed to get one, we've won.

Just want to get Sunday over with now. I'm a bag of nerves.

I'm absolutely buzzing. Bringing my two girls who have already witnessed us beat Dublin and Kerry. Something that I haven't witnessed since I was 13.

I always think if I was born 10 years later (I'm 37) I possibly wouldn't have been following Meath as much. My Dad brought me and my sister to games all over the country and our childhood consisted of Meath winning being a given. My sister and cousins and I would stand in our grandparents garden on the main road out of Ratoath waving Meath flags (just because) during the championship. I remember one time when Tommy Dowd happened to drive past us and rolled down his window to say hi and we were star struck! On Sunday, I'll be wearing my late father's 1999 jersey, one of my daughters will be wearing my late sister's jersey while my other daughter will be wearing her Meath cap. And despite them being iffy about it at the start of the season, they're just as excited as I am. My eldest has even gotten adept at spotting people wearing Dublin gear!

It's brilliant seeing the amount of flags around the county again.

I'm veering wildly from thinking we could be beaten out the gate to thinking we could nab a win. At this point, I'm just thinking whatever happens, happens. It's been an incredible season and as long as we build on it next season, I'll be happy.